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05 June 2014

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This user first made an appearance at Changing username/Usurpations requesting a username that had not been used for about a month and a half and complaining stating that his username had been made to be temporary. He was declined on the basis that accounts with major edits are almost never usurped. Needless to say he then decided to have another go and per the result continuation theory and the fact that the situation had not actually changed from the first time was again declined. His request at CHU/Simple doesn't look like it's going too well either. Both User:Dudel250 and user:Thekillerpenguin have expressed very similar concerns in that the very similar username change would cause problems. 

So where's the sockpuppetry. Take a look towards Penguin's user page. Not only does the IP follow the DUCK pattern of being on the side of the one that continues to beat the horse (chance) that died long ago, (see this ) but i'm more than convinced that threats of harm should be acted on. Whether i'd call them three separate threats of harm or just one posted three times is something i'm not sure on.

Even if the report is dismissable as Meatpuppetry surely the threats of harm warrant something? MM (I did the who in the whatnow?)  (I did it!) 11:30, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I contest this claim, such is the nature of Wikipedia, the beaurocrats and administrators turn a simple rename request into an eternal nightmare, just get rid of my old username, please? TempUName (talk) 19:34, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Whoever is behind that account essentially copied my userpage and replaced sll instances of "Thekillerpenguin" with "Pablothepenguin". It's also the account that made threats at |here and |. What catches my eye is the fact that in the second diff, Pablothepenguin signed the insult with TempUName's signature, so it's quite possibly a sock/meatpuppet of TempUName. Thekillerpenguin    (talk)   23:15, 5 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Addendum: Pablothepenguin is also the account that made the request for the username change at WP:CHU/S, again still signed as TempUName.  Thekillerpenguin     (talk)   23:22, 5 June 2014 (UTC) It turns out that Pablothepenguin is TempUName. He's just had his account name changed. The altercation with the IP still stands (and I'm not sure what he was thinking of doing when he copied most of my userpage).   Thekillerpenguin     (talk)   01:36, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Albeit I should point out Temp has had his username changed after a fourth attempt. While I'm glad he's finally had that fiasco sorted out unfortunately he's started a second one. MM (I did the who in the whatnow?)  (I did it!) 23:47, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * It's pretty clearly a WP:DUCK all right. But I can't help but feel that Pablothepenguin got rubbed the wrong way. He comes here not knowing the rules and gets three of his username requests denied. If that happened to me I'd be pretty angry as well. In light of that, I will not issue a block. However, Pablothepenguin, please remain civil and courteous in your interactions with other users from now on, and don't create sockpuppet accounts or log out to bolster your point. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:15, 6 June 2014 (UTC)