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27 May 2013

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Individual was editing as 41.132.117.15 and then created Ohwrotcod (as discussed at Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive798 and acknowledged at ). Also edited as 41.133.1.200 having forgotten to log in (acknowledged at ).

Individual is focused on deleting etc. one class of Dr Who articles (novels) and not deleting/saving from deletion another class of Dr Who articles (audio dramas): see User_talk:DonQuixote and edit histories, Special:Contributions/41.132.117.15 and Special:Contributions/Ohwrotcod. (As you can see, Ohwrotcod disagrees with me on a number of articles!)

Ohwrotcod was banned for 72 hours for edit-warring and other disruptive edits: User_talk:Ohwrotcod.

Individual stated here that s/he discovered s/he was blocked when she went to add citations to Zagreus (audio drama). 40 minutes before this, we have, where 41.133.1.164 removes a AfD notice from the same article. (Note: that AfD notice appears to have been an incomplete attempt by another IP editor to start an AfD.) Looks like the use of an IP edit to get around a block. Bondegezou (talk) 10:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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I blocked Ohwrotcod for 72 hours for edit warring and for using an IP address (User:41.132.117.15). Although the user had no real defense for the edit warring, after he was blocked he claimed he had used the IP innocently and then switched to a registered account (see here). The contribution histories don't necessarily support the innocent part, but they do show that he stopped editing as the IP just before he started editing under the new account name. I don't know where he acknowledged this earlier as he didn't provide a diff, and I didn't hunt for it. The new IP, the one listed in this report, is obviously the same user, based on the IP itself (same location, same provider) and the article the IP edited (Ohwrotcod apparently cares about Dr. Who articles). I have blocked the new IP for one month. I increased the block of the earlier IP to one month. I increased Ohwrotcod's block to two weeks. I suppose I should tag the three users to keep track of this in case there is more disruptive behavior.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:36, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Based on comments by Ohwrotcod at User talk:Ohwrotcod, I have unblocked the named account and the IPs. Essentially, Ohwrotcod explained (putting aside the ranting) that they edited as the second IP without realizing that they had been blocked. The timing of the edits supports that, so I am giving the editor the benefit of the doubt, although I've advised them to stop editing while not logged in. I've also removed the tags from the user pages.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:20, 27 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Appears to be resolved, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:58, 28 May 2013 (UTC)