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22 October 2015

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During a 24 Hr block for edit warring, (67.84.106.237 diff) made an identical edit to the Second Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line) page that Epicgenius had made before (diff).

This was done from sockpuppet account to avoid scrutiny because he was continuing to Edit War during his block. 184.14.61.182 (talk) 01:24, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

I have requested CheckUser due the unusual nature of this identical edit being performed as a first edit by an IP user. 184.14.61.182 (talk) 01:27, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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This user's evidence is insufficient (a single edit that agrees with mine), not to mention wrong. The accused IP is from Hicksville, New York, while I am using an IP address from Queens, New York. I did edit the Second Avenue article with my IP address, but it was the edit before that (also, this was before my IP address was autoblocked, and it's a different edit that actually has nothing to do with the contentious edit). I also used another IP address recently; that address is shared, so I won't name it publicly, but I can disclose it if requested to do so.

We are not the same user; this is just coincidence, and I think any checkuser scan will prove that. The accused IP is a dynamic IP, which should be enough to disprove the "experienced-at-first-edit-therefore-must-be-sockpuppet" claim. See these other IPs from the same range as the one named above, with similar editing patterns (I suspect the same user as those accused, but not that of me) and yet not the same edits as mine:


 * Contribs/67.84.106.91
 * Contribs/67.84.106.62
 * Contribs/67.84.106.227
 * Contribs/67.84.106.216
 * Contribs/67.84.106.168
 * Contribs/67.84.106.154
 * Contribs/67.84.106.153
 * Contribs/67.84.106.135
 * Contribs/67.84.106.13

The OP is understandably angry, but he/she has very little evidence to support this assertion. The accused IP user has made three other edits to three other pages. Two of them have never been edited by me because it is not in my editing area. Anyway, there are other anonymous "first-time" users on WP:NYCS who actually have experience in editing. I suggest a close because of the lack of enough evidence, especially behavioral evidence. epic genius (talk) 01:55, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Clarification: I originally thought my current IP address was this one, but the IP must have changed in the meantime. Sorry for about that. epic genius (talk) 03:21, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Just wondering, are checkusers able to check privately to see which IP addresses have been used by a certain user? epic genius (talk) 15:29, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I've declined the CU request. We rarely publicly disclose the IP of a named account.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:03, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Everytime we run a CU we see the IPs used by registered accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:34, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not enough evidence. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:47, 3 November 2015 (UTC)