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I suspect the puppet master may also be User:A35821361, or the four sock accounts may be the same unique person. User:A35821361 was blocked on May 17 May for breaking the 3RR, which may have encouraged the use of other accounts.

For certain one of them is from User:FreeBahais who was indefinitely blocked on May 29, and around the same time User:Bahaionline suddenly became active editing the same pages. User:Illuminator123 was very active from 22 April to May 9, then the sock accounts became active or were created May 28 (User:FreeBahais), May 29 (User:Bahaionline), or May 25 (User:Steven10W) promoting the same type of content that User:Ladyruthwhite, User:A35821361, and User:Illuminator123 were promoting.

The edit histories of the sock accounts are very short. They tie together by the content being edited. 100% of sock edits are around a few dissidents of the Baha'i Faith and the pages Free Bahá'ís or Free bahais created by User:FreeBahais and User:Bahaionline on May 28 and May 29, respectively. The other pages being edited are about some early members of the Baha'i Faith who left and became opponents of it, and the sock accounts are collectively trying to promote them as a strong movement or denomination, despite evidence to the contrary. Basically it's a smear campaign using multiple accounts to get around blocks and reverts. The various edits don't share an ideology themselves, only the intent to promote opponents of the Baha'i Faith.

Please also check the IP address User:174.255.201.95. That address made two reverts on May 9 that match exactly a previous revert by User:A35821361 (by User:A35821361, by User:174.255.201.95). It was during a time when User:A35821361 and User:Illuminator123 were both edit warring with the same general purpose, and it certainly looks like someone logged out of one account and forgot to log back in to the other while editing. Cuñado ☼ -  Talk  19:09, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

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A35821361 is the only account I have used for editing on Wikipedia. This allegation of sockpuppetry is part of a pattern of intimidation by members of the Bahá'í Faith on those who wish to shed light on historically accuracy, which is not always the narrative sanctioned by the Bahá'í Administrative Order. In fact, this intimidation has led several prominent academics to leave or be ex-communicated by the Bahá'í Administrative Order (see Juan Cole, Abbas Amanat, Denis MacEoin, and Ehsan Yarshater). Sincerely, A35821361 (talk) 20:40, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * FreeBahais and Bahaionline are between and.
 * Steven10W and are ✅ to each other and between  and  to the above two accounts.
 * Illuminator123 is ❌, and Ladyruthwhite is.
 * I've blocked without tags Steven10W and Unitarianbahais.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:13, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm going to close as is, not really much need to create an account for one sock and master. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:42, 2 July 2017 (UTC)