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25 April 2015

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Pretty loud quacking sock adding the same copywritten material as the original COI editor. Both are WP:SPA editors focused on Michael Bell (artist)‎. The Dissident Aggressor 20:34, 25 April 2015 (UTC) The Dissident Aggressor 20:34, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've decided to help with this one. Here's the first set of diffs I've found. There's something about portraits for John A. Gotti by Michael Bell added by both accounts. I'll investigate the contributions further for more similarities. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 16:53, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * All of Mafiagent's edits to Michael Bell. Will now proceed to check for similarities with Galleriared. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 16:56, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * DissidentAggressor's deletions of Galleriared's additions. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 17:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * Please, provide WP:diffs of "sock adding the same copywritten material as the original COI editor".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:54, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I really do not understand how those diffs that you provided prove anything.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:47, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I proved diffs to compare all of the edits they made to the article. So far, I can only detect something about portraits for John A. Gotti by Michael Bell added by both accounts. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 15:38, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  22:30, 8 May 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  22:43, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Adding based on deleted contribs.
 * Since Galleriared declared themselves to be the artist on their deleted image of Jan 15 with this edit summary "FAIR USE I am the artist and I own the original artwork" then I believe we should leave the master as is rather than adjusting to the older account. Meatpuppetry is likely here; indeffing promotional puppets and closing.