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24 May 2016

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Nikgudz has been edit warring on Serbian parliamentary election, 2016, repeatedly making changes to the infobox. Today they made three full or partial reverts. Following their third revert, Izkala made a series of edits to the infobox, reverting much of Nikgudz' edits. Shortly afterwards, this IP reverted all of Izkala's changes. I believe it is highly likely that the IP is Nikgudz for two reasons; firstly, this was their fourth revert today, so logging out may have been an attempt to avoid getting caught breaking 3RR. Secondly, the manner in which the revert was done is typical of Nikgudz' style, which is usually done without an edit summary (e.g. this revert of this change). Number  5  7  15:05, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Less than an hour after you blocked Nikgudz, they are now editing from another IP (see e.g. this. Number   5  7  07:42, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Update: This IP has been blocked already, but does this warrant a longer block for the main account? Number   5  7  08:40, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * I don't think making one revert while logged out warrants an SPI or a CheckUser. Yeah, it's a bit of a sleazy thing to do, but anything beyond a EW/3RR block is overkill.  Izkala (talk) 17:15, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Two reverts bringing him up to five in total. It's clear he has no respect whatsoever for 3RR or BRD. Number   5  7  18:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * I agree that it's likely the user editing while logged out. I have blocked both the account and the IP for 3 days based upon the behavior. Mike V • Talk 22:58, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've increased the block to 1 week for the block evasion. Mike V • Talk 13:48, 25 May 2016 (UTC)