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Suspected sockpuppets

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This account has hallmarks of recently active sockpuppet accounts created by User:Hidden Tempo and User:NoCal100 - engaging in a sufficient number of edits in unremarkarble areas to become autoconfirmed, and then turning to aggressively caustic behavior in U.S. politics, specifically relating to Trump/Biden issues.

Diffs:


 * At Donald Trump: Of course I'm expressing anti-Democrat sentiment so I'm sure I'll be raising the alarm bells of the other editors as I haven't expressed more "sensible" opinions such as suggesting Trump won't be reelected via weasel words.
 * On their talk page: I sincerely doubt anybody adding this is doing so to inform someone George Bush lost the 2000 popular vote out of educational purposes, but rather to make the presidential winner look bad.
 * At Obamagate: Its funny Wikipedia doesn't count votes, until situations like this occur and then they gladly will.

My expectation is that there is a rather large and sophisticated sockpuppet ring currently directed to edits in the area of U.S. presidential politics. BD2412 T 21:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Note for convenience: Two socks were deemed highly likely to Hidden Tempo on 22 April 2020,, and one was confirmed to NoCal100 on 17 May 2020.. In other words, those two sockmasters who BD2412 mentions above have been active recently enough so they can be checked, if a CU finds the evidence good enough. Bishonen &#124; tålk 00:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC).
 * Also, I am not at all convinced that Hidden Tempo and NoCal100 are unrelated. They share a common acerbity. BD2412  T 00:22, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Update: The editor in question has stated that they previously edited under another username, User:Bold and Brash, and under IPs. BD2412  T 19:13, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ to either HiddenTempo or NorCal100. HiddenTempo is one of "my" cases so unless he's suddenly changed everything about his technical data this isn't him. NorCal100 I looked at and also isn't him. As an aside, those two are also likely not one another (though it is theoretically possible, I suppose.) TonyBallioni (talk) 03:54, 1 June 2020 (UTC)