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K. I. Forline appears to be using multiple accounts. On the aforementioned account, they have been working on an article draft, S. Michael Hudson, and have asked  and   for advice regarding the draft. Meanwhile, K. I. Foeline also made queries to those users regarding the same draft, and created an article about Hudson (edit filter log). Noticing both accounts were being used at the same time, instead of the original being abandoned in a clean start, and their similar contributions, I asked them about this, sending messages to both accounts, assuming good faith as it didn't seem like the accounts were intentionally being used in a disruptive manner. I got responses from both accounts, the former's being "Hello Linguist111 - I am responding to your observation that I made two entries last month. nth. My proper entry is under K. I. Forline. Due to poor typing skills I made an entry under "K. I. Foreline" that was an error." , and the latter's being The edit that was done as K.I. Foreline was typing mistake. K. I. Forline is the proper submission. . I'm not sure what they mean by this, but it appears they have admitted the accounts are being used by the same person. Nevertheless, I think it's clear the accounts are connected. I'm opening this case because, while the user appears to be acting in good faith, this use of multiple accounts may warrant administrator action. Linguist Moi?  Moi.  13:45, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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I have blocked the sock account without a tag. I agree that the user's comments are not clear. However, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that the second account was not opened maliciously. If for some reason, they want to use the puppet account as their only account, that can be dealt with if they request it. In the meantime, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:07, 3 November 2016 (UTC)