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09 December 2012

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GLCFan1 was created in July 2012. The editor soon ran into problems with copyright violations, formatting, and the like. On September 10, GLCFan1 was blocked for 48 hours (the editors second block). Right at the tail end of that block, BrBrLeJa was created, and immediately began editing the same group of articles. GLCFan1 has edited 66 distinct pages (see ), BrBrLeJa has edited 82 (see ); of those, the two have 36 articles in common (see the intersect report: ). While it is possible that they just both happen to be fans of the same TV shows (the only articles either account edits are those on TV shows and their episode lists), the percentage is extraordinarily high. BrBrLeJa has definitely edited while logged out before on the IP address (see the Contribution History for List of Austin & Ally episodes, specifically on December 9); it was unclear if that was an error or done to avoid scrutiny. The thing that really caught my eye was that today BrBrLeJa left a WikiLove for GLCFan1 today (note that BrBrLeJa has never previously edited any User Talk page other than xyr own) in this edit; okay, that's not damning, but the next edit was to remove a warning placed on GLCFan1's page (this edit). To me, that looks like the user was actually complimenting him/herself, then removed a warning without remembering to switch accounts first. One final piece of evidence: other than the edit summary, this edit by BrBrLeJa is identical to this edit by GLCFan1.

As for Scream4Lover1, the main concern was that the account was created just after BrBrLeJa stopped editing today, and, after creating a 1 line user page (note, btw, that all three have single line user pages) the editor immediately jumped in to the same article (List of Austin & Ally episodes), and immediately started edit warring about writing credits. I'm not as certain on this account as I am on the GLCFan1/BrBrLeJa connection, but it still seems likely to me.

If this is approved for CU, and a connection is found, please check for any sleepers, since this would clearly indicate a willingness to create multiple accounts to avoid scrutiny. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:39, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * - to confirm and check for sleepers Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 00:59, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ the three name accounts plus . Courcelles 05:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks to be finalized. NativeForeigner Talk 08:04, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

13 December 2012

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Same sets of articles as GLCFan1, same changes that violate WP:MOS—compare this by RossRydelR5 to this edit by 70.190.10.219, one of the previous socks. I just reblocked the IP address this morning for a month, but would like to confirm the named account by CU and check for sleepers since we found one last time. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:31, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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Qwyrxian isn't the only person who has seen the similarities. I mentioned it in an edit summary, and another editor expressed the same opinion. There is a clear similarity between the re-capitalisation of words, especially "Songs featured" to "Songs Featured" and all of the editors have identical editing habits. --AussieLegend ( ✉ ) 03:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - Courcelles 04:08, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and closed Courcelles 04:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)