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28 February 2016

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See Articles for deletion/Khojaly Massacre recognition and Articles for deletion/Khojaly massacre memorials. Typical AfD hijinks. -- Mr. Magoo (talk) 13:02, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Also compare 1 and 2. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 13:09, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Something weird is going on at AFDs Articles for deletion/Khojaly massacre memorials and Articles for deletion/Khojaly Massacre recognition. Looks like an attempt at votestacking by using sock accounts. I would like to ask for an investigation to determine who's behind this. Could be the nominator himself. Grand master  21:38, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

It seems like it's for some reason continuing, so I'm adding the two new ones. I think the procedure is to ping when adding more? Pinging Bbb23. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:40, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I think my request is a duplicate, please merge it with the previous request. Grand master  21:45, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah hehe I had already listed them. But to your benefit, I hadn't listed the two recent ones yet. I were just in the process of listing them as you made yours. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:50, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Just checking the IPs will reveal that these are false accusations and I am neither connected nor do I know these accounts. Markus2685 (talk) 19:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Group 1 – the following two accounts are to each other and  to Markus2685:
 * is to the master and Group 1. The account is just as likely to be meat.
 * is ❌.
 * I've blocked the two accounts in Group 1 without tags. I'll leave the disposition of the others to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:42, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Sarah Rauscher and Albert Einstein 321 are to each other and  to Group 1.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * In any article like this, it may be difficult to distinguish between sockpuppets, meatpuppets, and unrelated users who simply happen to hold the same view about a highly divisive issue where opinion is sure to be split along ethnic / national lines. I'm glad a CU check caught some likely socks, but I don't see enough evidence to be confident about blocking the accounts not clearly linked via CU.  Closing now.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sarah Rauscher and Albert Einstein 321 are to each other and  to Group 1.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * In any article like this, it may be difficult to distinguish between sockpuppets, meatpuppets, and unrelated users who simply happen to hold the same view about a highly divisive issue where opinion is sure to be split along ethnic / national lines. I'm glad a CU check caught some likely socks, but I don't see enough evidence to be confident about blocking the accounts not clearly linked via CU.  Closing now.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC)