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10 July 2015

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IP addresses are both from the Fars Province University of Medical Science and Health Care Services in Iran and adding edits similar to those of the blocked Iranian Empire. The editor has now dropped the 'e' he added to 'second', but still uses lower case for proper nouns, still changes the lead to read "ancient Persian Empire" rather than just "Persian Empire", etc. As I'm involved I'm not acting on this, but I think the one week block should be extended. Not sure if there's a solution to using university IP addresses other than protection. Doug Weller (talk) 15:08, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I know we don't link accounts with ordinary IP addresses, but we do identify socks with uses of specific libraries, universities, etc. in my experience. If I weren't involved I'd extend Iranian empire's block as this is obvious. Doug Weller (talk) 08:41, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Doug Weller (talk) 10:40, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request as we rarely disclose the IP address of a named account per the privacy policy.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:10, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * . Block the two IPs for three days, and double the master's block.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  10:32, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Doug says he's involved, so I've done the honors. Both IPs blocked for 72 hours each. I've blocked the master for two weeks from today. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)