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LINYperson615 is using AITFFan1 to edit war at Roslyn Estates, New York. I suspect this is a sock because:
 * AITFFan1 has made only 8 edit, all to articles about places on Long Island, New York. By coincidence, LINYperson615 is "a passionate history lover (and Wikipedian) from Long Island", who mostly edits about places on Long Island.
 * AITFFan1 began editing to defend LINYperson615's edit at Roslyn Estates, New York. By coincidence, both have also edited about nearby Flower Hill, New York.
 * Both have similar user names: upper case letters, then a word, then a number.
 * LINYperson615 opened the AITFFan1 account on October 29, 2020, but did not start editing with that account until July 5, 2021. Why open an account and not use it for 9 months?  If you look back to October 29, 2020, three articles LINYperson615 had created were nominated for deletion, and LINYperson615 probably intended to use the AITFFan1 sock account to advocate against the deletion.  Having these articles deleted was upsetting, as they are the only articles deleted of 36 created they had created.  At the time, LINYperson615 even sent messages to the nominating editor.  So now, this dormant account has a new use.
 * It's pretty uncommon for a brand new editor to delete a "rogue" word.  It's part of a lingo used by more experienced editors, and a word LINYperson615 has used a few times: . Magnolia677 (talk) 22:03, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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To whomever is reading this, please read my comments below in full.

-Hi User:Magnolia677, if I may explain myself to clear this up. I did create this account back then – however my intentions never were to breach Wikipedia's policy through "sockpuppeting" and I did not set it up to defend those articles (in fact I honestly had absolutely no clue about the policy on having multiple accounts). I wanted to start fresh with a new account (this one) as per the clean start after that incident occurred (as you correctly stated, I was quite upset and frankly a little embarrassed by those articles getting deleted. Yet for whatever reason, I decided to stick with the older one. Lately I've started debating again which to use. Our disagreement on the Roslyn Estates page especially made me think of it. I admit again that I was not at all familiar with Wikipedia's guidelines on second accounts (and was not until this incident). I've been switching back and forth between accounts these past few days trying to figure out which one I want to use going forward. Hopefully going forward we can both move on and continue editing in a civil manner. Once again, I apologize for not better disclosing the connection (and for switching between accounts even after writing to you), and I apologize for the misunderstanding and for my tone to you earlier (I was very upset again because I really did not see how my Roslyn Estates edits were not notable and hence my tone). I enjoy and take pride in editing in good faith and really do hope to continue editing in good faith with the newer account. I am now aware of the guidelines (thank you for making me aware of them), and I am permanently walking away from the older account in favor of this one (although I might want to change my name; I will be sure to still have the current name on my user page if I do change it that way there won't be any confusion). I appreciate that you made me aware of the policy – I now know what to do going forward. But I am very nervous because I never meant to do this in bad faith nor did I mean to "sockpuppet." My sincerest apologies, Magnolia (and again, for now on this account is the one I will be using). AITFFan1 (talk) 01:29, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

-So it’s been a week now since this investigation opened. For lack of better terms, I have been a nervous wreck all week. After the investigation opened up, I read up on sockpuppetry, and I understand how serious these accusations are. I am very frightened because it was never my intention to break Wikipedia policy and deeply enjoy and take pride in good faith editing. I enjoy building this encyclopedia in good faith for the benefit of the entire world and never intend to abuse the privilege of editing/creating articles. It is extra concerning to me as a younger user (age-wise, and that is not an excuse), as I really am unfamiliar with handling things like this. I'm extremely frightened and concerned, for lack of better terms, that I will be blocked indefinitely from editing (when researching sockpuppetry when reading up on it after this investigation opened last week, I saw that many suspected sockpuppets/sockpuppeteers (even unintended ones) get blocked indefinitely from contributing (I am equally-concerned that all of the work/articles I've done/created will be deleted or reverted). I am petrified that this might happen to me, and I have been frightened all week over this. I now completely understand (and apologize) what I did wrong and am BEGGING for forgiveness for my mistake. I take full responsibility and accountability for my actions, and I promise that I will not do this again. I enjoy editing in good faith (especially creating new articles; I've created well over 30 successful new articles so far with both my older (now retired) account and this one (the replacement account) in the little over a year that I have been on Wikipedia, and I really hope to continue doing so to help build this amazing encyclopedia). Thank you for your time reading all of this, and I really, really hope to continue building this encyclopedia understanding what not to do going forward. AITFFan1 (talk) 17:42, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * has acknowledged that both accounts are theirs, placed a disclosure on their user page, and stated I am permanently walking away from the older account in favor of this one. So, I'm going to WP:AGF and close this with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:35, 17 July 2021 (UTC)