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The editor received warnings for disruptive editing on the previous account. They have a fairly disruptive editing history. This editor may have made a new account, I notice the names are very similar. The articles and list entries they edit are linked to Hollyoaks and Neighbours (soap operas). Noticed the link in the edit history of List of births, marriages and deaths in Neighbours. It makes me wonder if this is a long running theme and it could be that there are more accounts to evade a potential block after receiving final warnings. Rain  the 1  18:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

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The master is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:53, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  11:42, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * No response from filer. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

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All of the accounts have edited the lists of births, marriages and deaths in British and Australian soap operas, and AsquithI00 and Lasquith have very similar usernames. Both AsquithI00 and Lasquith made disruptive edits to the lists, either by commenting out sourced entries for no reason: and, or adding various unsourced entries:  and. Lasquith added false information in this edit, which I assumed at the time was some sort of experiment/test edit. Both editors also have a history of removing content with no explanation: and. They have also added unsourced information and birth dates to BLPs, particularly actors involved in soap operas. Liamasquithjp00: and. Lasquith: and.

Lasquith has continued to add a character who died off-screen to List of births, marriages and deaths in Neighbours: and, despite being asked not to on the talk page and in edit summaries. The IP added the same character back shortly after they began editing:. Both User321a and the IP caused disruption to List of Neighbours characters (2017) on 23 September. They performed the same edit here and here. As well as the soap opera articles, both AsquithI00 and User321a have made edits to the B & M article. Both Lasquith and User321a performed similar edits on soap opera lists, where they would unhide the infobox (which was hidden to avoid having too much whitespace) and spread the information over multiple paragraphs, instead of expanding the section or waiting.

While looking for diffs for evidence, I also came across the following accounts, which I believe belong to the same editor: User:Asquithl00 and User:LJPAsquith00. The usernames are similar to each other and to two of the editors mentioned above. All of the editors have all edited similar articles, for example LJPAsquith00 and Liamasquithjp00 edited the Aldridge article, adding in unsourced content.

I also noticed another pattern with the accounts. One will suddenly stop editing, possibly after receiving warnings on their talk page, and a new account appears shortly after. Asquithl00 started editing on 6 August 2016 and stopped on 29 August 2016. That same day LJPAsquith00 started editing and stopped on 1 September 2016. Liamasquithjp00 then appeared on 10 September 2016, before stopping on 25 November 2016. A couple of months later, Lasquith begins editing on 2 January 2017 and stopped on 17 September 2017. User321a started editing on 21 September 2017. I notice the first case did not have enough evidence, so I hope I have provided enough diffs. If not, please let me know. JuneGloom07   Talk  02:18, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

The IP and User321a have performed the same edit to the same articles, here: 77.96.147.86 User321a and here: 77.96.147.86 User321a. - JuneGloom07    Talk  17:36, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * I previously reported this two of these accounts. Due to an unexpected break away with work, I was unable to provide differences. JuneGloom has pointed out the differences. I have noticed they have continued their disruptive editing and the situation appears more problematic than first thought. I'd be surprised if there were not sleeper accounts waiting. Rain  the 1  10:45, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * As the oldest of these accounts, Liamasquithjp00 should be treated as the master. I have moved the case page accordingly. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:51, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - The evidence above makes it pretty clear that these accounts are all the same person. This comment on their own talk page shows that they are trying to pass their current account off as a different person (also that they don't know what sockpuppetry is.) Please block the current account, temporarily for misuse of multiple accounts to avoid scrutiny, and the others indefinitely to restrict them to a single account. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:38, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * all --5 albert square (talk) 07:42, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:35, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Following his block for misusing multiple accounts, User:Liamasquithjp00 stuck to the User:User321a account (from what I can tell) until today. I noticed User:WestMidlandsboy2000 edited List of Coronation Street characters, a page User:User321a has regularly edited. Their userpages are pretty identical, specifically the Userboxes: WestMidlandsboy2000 and User:User321a. User:WestMidlandsboy2000 later amended the date he joined from User:User321a's account creation date. He also mentions that it is a "new account" indicating he had a different one previously. JuneGloom07 Talk  22:49, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

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Why did you create this account?--Bbb23 (talk) 23:43, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I forgot my password and I didn't supply an email address to the last account. I mentioned it at Help talk:Logging in, and PrimeHunter said that I would have to create a new account. WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 07:02, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I also said: "Note Sock puppetry". PrimeHunter (talk) 10:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Here's what you need to do. If you look at the policy section cited by PrimeHunter, there are three things you're supposed to do. I think you can reasonably omit #1 and #3 and just follow the instructions in #2. Once you have added the required links/userboxes to the two userpages, come back here and let me know so I can make sure you've done it properly. You should also add to both pages that the User321a account is no longer being used because you forgot the password. Please understand that if in the future you remember the password to the User321a account, you cannot use it as you are not entitled to have two accounts active at the same time.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:43, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * What tag do I need to use? I am on the Sock puppetry page and there's loads of tags on there, but I'm not sure which one I have to use for this kind of issue. WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 16:12, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * If it were simple, it wouldn't be Wikipedia. Use .--Bbb23 (talk) 16:39, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 17:13, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

I think I've done it correctly, but I'm not sure. Could you please give it a once over? Thanks WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 17:25, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The userbox is fine on the WestMidlandsboy2000 userpage, but you need to add it to the User:User321a userpage as well. Then, on both userpages at the top in text you need to say something about losing the password to the User321a account and that you are only using WestMidlandsboy2000.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried to do it on the User321a page, but it says that I am unable to edit it for some reason. WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 19:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * There's an edit filter that prevents new accounts from editing userpages other than their own. I therefore created the userbox for you. I also added text about the password, etc. You should use similar text on your new userpage.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:34, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Added WestMidlandsboy2000 (talk) 20:40, 12 November 2018 (UTC)


 * We're done here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:46, 12 November 2018 (UTC)