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EoS in EoS2020 stands for Ecstasy of Soul as in Ecstasyofsoul. Both have only edited Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.-- Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:05, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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. Not only is it abundantly clear that these two accounts are one person, but it is also equally clear that they are the same person as the blocked account, so it will be helpful if a clerk can move this investigation to that account as master. I have blocked the two sockpuppets, and I shall tag them and semi-protect the article for a while. JBW (talk) 19:42, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Following up from the comment below from RexxS, it appears that the first account created (though not the first account to edit) was, so a clerk should move it to that master, not 10987abc. JBW (talk) 20:49, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, I won't protect the article after all, because it turns out that got there way ahead of me and protected it. JBW (talk) 19:49, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The plot deepens. I have now realised that semi-protected the article three days ago, and since neither of the sockpuppet accounts is confirmed or autoconfirmed, they should not have been able to edit the article at all, but they did, 7 times each. I'm not at all sure what to do about that. I'll try unprotecting the article and reprotecting it, and I'll ask at Village pump (technical) to see if anyone can throw any light on the problem. JBW (talk) 19:57, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * That's odd. Anyway, it was absolutely clear from the article history of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum that was the same as, so I blocked then both and semi'd that article as there had been no useful contributions from IPs for quite some time, but of course throw-away accounts are so easy to create. Let's hope it settles down now. --RexxS (talk) 20:10, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have unprotected and reprotected the article, and I created a new account and tried editing the article with that account before and after changing the protection. Sure enough, I could edit before, but not after the change, so it looks as though the problem is solved. I have actually come across this problem very occasionally before: page protection not taking effect, despite showing in the log as having been done. Pinging  just in case you're interested. JBW (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up, . It's almost certainly a rare occurrence, but it's very helpful to know that unprotect and reprotect fixes the issue. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 21:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * They are two different articles. JBWunconfirmed edited Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, which was previously protected, but protection expired two days ago. 10987abc was able to edit that page through protection because they were autoconfirmed. The page was not protected when Ecstasyofsoul edited it. The other artice is Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. There do not appear to be any suspicious edits to that article since RexxS protected it several days ago. ST47 (talk) 21:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * How the hell did I make that mistake? Confused.svg JBW (talk) 21:26, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Renamed, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:01, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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focused edits on Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Talk:Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, and a relevant section on my talk page.  Operator873 talk connect  14:38, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Noting 2020Editor blocked per NLT. Noting that I thought I heard two different flocks quacking. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 00:47, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I think there might be two separate groups working against each other here, and I think may also be related to this sockpile. I'm having trouble keeping track of what the various perspectives are, but as far as I can tell Dubai knowsitsall, Meme3838, and Code447 are claiming that Hamdan has a "secret true love" while Nancy and 2020Editor are claiming that he's already secretly married to an American woman, and apparently these are mutually exclusive. Endorsed for CU to see what we're dealing with - sockpuppetry or some kind of group of "fans" or whatever. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:33, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Meme3838 is ✅ to the archive. The rest are independent of each other except 2020Editor is likely Hpx130 on technical and behavioral combined, though I doubt that's everyone for that group. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 09:35, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2020Editor & Hpx130 processed at Sockpuppet investigations/Hpx130. Cabayi (talk) 10:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Meme3838 blocked & tagged, closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:20, 28 July 2020 (UTC)