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29 August 2015

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Majorsmithers is an old account but little used (only 10 edits in two years) but the overlap of that account and ViktoriaSoviet editing on Lyn Philp, and then Majorsmithers coming to the aid of Viktoriasoviet's two articles (at Articles for deletion/David whittet and Articles for deletion/Fred Potts (film director) is too coincidental to ignore. The fact that Mangoclowns has only edited three times, of which two were on Viktoria's AFDs, is also too big a coincidence. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 03:51, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged, including master.
 * is ✅ and a much older account than the master. However, behavioral evidence needs to be carefully evaluated as there are a lot of questions about whether Escapement is the same person. At first blush, it looks like they are not because, for example, they voted the opposite at two AfDs from Majorsmithers. However, there are also some remarkable coincidences, and game-playing may explain the behavioral dissonance. I've done a little bit of analysis, which I'll include here for the clerk or administrator who looks at this.
 * On the David whittet AFD, Escapement voted delete but pointed out that a misspelling of the subject’s name: David whittet should be Whittet. The next day Majorsmithers voted keep and said the misspelling was easily fixed.  Escapement formatted their delete vote properly, whereas Majorsmithers had trouble.  On the Fred Potts (film director) AfD, it was the opposite.  Escapement couldn't format the vote, whereas Majorsmithers did it properly.  They again voted opposite. There's also  overlap on other articles.  On List of New Zealand films on April 17, 2014, the two accounts again edited back-to-back with Majorsmithers backing out part of Escapement’s edit.  Also overlap on Lyn Philp. Finally, just like Majorsmithers, Escapement came out of nowhere after a long gap to cast two votes.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:46, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, including master.
 * is ✅ and a much older account than the master. However, behavioral evidence needs to be carefully evaluated as there are a lot of questions about whether Escapement is the same person. At first blush, it looks like they are not because, for example, they voted the opposite at two AfDs from Majorsmithers. However, there are also some remarkable coincidences, and game-playing may explain the behavioral dissonance. I've done a little bit of analysis, which I'll include here for the clerk or administrator who looks at this.
 * On the David whittet AFD, Escapement voted delete but pointed out that a misspelling of the subject’s name: David whittet should be Whittet. The next day Majorsmithers voted keep and said the misspelling was easily fixed.  Escapement formatted their delete vote properly, whereas Majorsmithers had trouble.  On the Fred Potts (film director) AfD, it was the opposite.  Escapement couldn't format the vote, whereas Majorsmithers did it properly.  They again voted opposite. There's also  overlap on other articles.  On List of New Zealand films on April 17, 2014, the two accounts again edited back-to-back with Majorsmithers backing out part of Escapement’s edit.  Also overlap on Lyn Philp. Finally, just like Majorsmithers, Escapement came out of nowhere after a long gap to cast two votes.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:46, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  02:35, 1 September 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:47, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This account also seems to be in the mix here. They leave a link about J Force here in an article written by Escapement. Further, in a different now-deleted article written by Escapement, both Majorsmithers and Crofters edit closely with Escapement. See Special:Undelete/Suzie_(2006_film) (admins).
 * This account also seems to be in the mix here. They leave a link about J Force here in an article written by Escapement. Further, in a different now-deleted article written by Escapement, both Majorsmithers and Crofters edit closely with Escapement. See Special:Undelete/Suzie_(2006_film) (admins).
 * FYI, Crofters is ✅.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:26, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocking master 72 hours and indeffing Crofters. I've retagged accounts. I'm convinced enough that if there is a logical explanation then they can make it in a block appeal. Closing.

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Both suspected socks have been WP:STALK the same user on The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker. I think this is Escapement because the older account connects to previous socks on an obscure article about a boxer. Sro23 (talk) 13:38, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Hello.

I was in the middle of replying to this earlier on when my laptop rebooted. I'm the guy he keeps on harassing. My other laptop is very old and throttling, so I cannot be bothered typing the whole story again. So basically, here is a shorter summary of what this guy has been doing to me recently.


 * Spams anxiety and gaming related forums with aliases, and demands I be banned.
 * Read my Sylvester Stallone related posts from elsewhere, so he followed me here.
 * Posted up my parents' full names as it's listed somewhere online, in a birth certificate.
 * Certain forums are poorly moderated as they've became highly inactive, and he knows this.
 * He steals pictures of people I know to use as his avatars on forums (i.e. Mark Strange).
 * Registers sock puppets and replies to his own posts, kidding on he has back-up.
 * Mentions my personal/legal issues and my autism, and says he'll not quit until I'm gone.
 * Posts troll bait on other forums to provoke a response, and sends me friend requests I do not approve.
 * Obtained my friend's address from a YouTube video we created, and sent people there asking for me.

I'm not sure if contacting the local authorities will really do any good. I've had a history of being abused online and the anonymous nature of it all means it's almost impossible to detect where it originated from. It's hard to get anything done about it, as the people who are harassing me at message boards use pseudonyms and sadly, this has been going on for around 15 years.PeterMan844 (talk) 14:33, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Yes. That's him...again! He's constantly harassing me at a message board that has no active moderators, and posting things to explain the situation to others sadly just feeds his fire.

http://bluelight.org/vb/threads/830158-There-s-this-creep-bugging-me-online-who-keeps-harassing-me-and-others!

PeterMan844 (talk) 23:36, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - given that a third account (Therecordkeepers) has now appeared, there could possibly be more accounts I'm missing. Sro23 (talk) 19:30, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * and are ✅;   is a very  match to them as well. No technical way to tie these to the master as all known socks are too stale to check. Yunshui 雲 水  12:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Please indef Walterarchivist and Therecordkeepers. Thank you. Sro23 (talk) 13:32, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sro23 - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:40, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

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WP:STALKing the same user shortly after three sockpuppets were just blocked: Sro23 (talk) 18:51, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

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Although it's not my fault he does what he does, I want to apologize to Wikipedia staff for this guy being a nuisance here. He followed me here because he monitored all these things I posted on message boards about i.e. my former support workers, my beef with The Internet Movie Database, over their moderators removing verifiable film credits on the page for Sylvester Stallone, and me using forums to discuss the Resident Evil games, which is why he mass registered at a forum I go on that doesn't have any moderators. Everybody there is getting sick of his spam, but he just jumps proxies and registers again anyway. He also sent people to my friend's house a few weeks ago, after he posted fake ads on a site we couldn't trace. Someone on a forum advised me to 100% ignore him and not mention him or react at all any more, as talking about him is giving him energy to keep doing this.PeterMan844 (talk) 22:35, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - . Please block sock. Sro23 (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * . GABgab 19:27, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

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The account was dormant for a long time before suddenly returning. (Note Escapement received only a temporary block back in 2015 for socking, which is why they are still able to edit). Recently, several suspected sockpuppets of this sockmaster have been popping up to harass a certain user. Sro23 (talk) 02:38, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing own request. Please compare Escapement to the more recent socks in the archive. Sro23 (talk) 02:39, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to the socks blocked earlier this month. I don't see any obvious sleepers. Blocked and tagged. Katietalk 20:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 20:38, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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Duck + megaphone. bonadea contributions talk 20:24, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:50, 1 October 2017 (UTC)