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See below. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * All ✅. As this edit is using a sockpuppet to harass another user based on their physical appearance, I'm blocking indefinitely even though this is the first time we've discovered it. . Closing TonyBallioni (talk) 22:10, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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Made almost the same harassing edit as User:Gorilla Warfs. Compare this and this DanCherek (talk) 13:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Update: they were blocked as I was writing this, so not sure that this is needed anymore... DanCherek (talk) 13:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

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For the record, I’d go with. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:25, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Empire AS is a huge Atif Aslam fan, having made many substantive edits to that article over the last year or so.
 * Gold Star 786, a self-avowed top fan of Aslam's (per user page), shows up with a new account yesterday, with a primary goal of kicking off some updates to some Atif Aslam articles.
 * There are other weird sock-y behaviours Gold Star does, like creating sub-pages, voting on AFDs, and making minor, relatively pointless changes, like futzing with template fixes, etc.
 * However, more damning: Look at this version of Empire's user page, including age and hobbies and compare to this version of Gold Star 786's user page.
 * Then, look at User:Gold Star 786/common.js (odd enough that a 1 day old account would have a fleshed-out common.js file) and compare it to the most recent deleted version of User:Empire AS/common.js. There are a lot of similar tools being used. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:31, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * – I'm basically convinced this is the same person based on the filing; the user page and common.js (Izno was kind enough to restore it) are especially damning. There are some other similarities too, but I'll keep those in my pocket for now. I think there's enough to block on behaviour, but given that there were some sleepers the first time around, I think it's worth a look by CU to check if there are any others accounts. Blablubbs&#124;talk 16:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Same country but different geolocation. Same wide range, different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:56, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Combined with the evidence presented (and some linguistic hints that I'll keep to myself), that's good enough for me. – please block the sock indefinitely. Thanks. Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:35, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the sock and tagged it as suspected. I'll let the clerk decide if that should be changed. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:57, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That's perfect, thanks :). Closing.  Blablubbs&#124;talk 20:21, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I reran this check from a different angle, and I can say that Gold Star 786 is all but ✅ to be Empire AS. I've reblocked the account as a CU block. Mz7 (talk) 06:56, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Self-admitted. Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:02, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * - please block the IP for a week. For future reference, the range is ; Telenor Pakistan, busy-ish, geolocates to Lahore. Underlying is . Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * for 72 hours only since this seems like a relatively dynamic range. Mz7 (talk) 19:59, 24 April 2021 (UTC)