Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pillow4/Archive

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Besides similar usernames, Pillow4 blanked Pillow6's sandbox. Both accounts created identical sandboxes, see User:Pillow6/sandbox and User:Pillow4/sandbox. --   LuK3      (Talk)   13:24, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * No doubt about it, also editing the same extremely specialized topics. But seeing as they don't have any real reason to jettison the first account (just some expressions of concern), one might charitably assume that this is just a lost password + cluelessness about account policies... -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:10, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * has been the topic of discussion at WP:AN/I based on their one-sided, undiscussed taxonomy edits. Pillow6 popped up following the AN/I discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:10, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Pillow6's unsigned, 'naive' questions on their talk page (here and here, e.g.) are uncharacteristic of an editor who is apparently well-versed in editing wikicode. Pillow4's first edit was to delete a large section from the page of a user who's not been active since 2018. It would be interesting to learn the story behind that; it's unlikely they're the same person. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 15:30, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I undid the deletion from the other user's page; Pillow6 re-did it. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 07:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Obvious duck is obvious. -- Amanda - mobile  (aka DQ) 07:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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New username in the + template making rapid changes in taxonomy. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:02, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * , but for sleepers (I have one based on username alone without edits in mind that's almost stale). —Mdaniels5757 (talk) 16:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * No block for Pillow4? —Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 22:48, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - endorsed for sleeper check, also because we haven't had a proper CU on this group yet. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Pillow4 and Pillow6 are ✅. Quilt1 is . Other than that, . Salvio 21:14, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:18, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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New username similar to that of existing confirmed socks making numerous rapid edits in the same narrow topic area.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avetheropoda&type=revision&diff=972889356&oldid=967656781
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AArchosauromorpha&type=revision&diff=972895587&oldid=972662747
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ALepidopteran_superfamilies&type=revision&diff=972908537&oldid=943168561
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Pillowquilt
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Pillow4 Anaxial (talk) 14:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paraphyly&diff=prev&oldid=972918880
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paraphyly&diff=prev&oldid=971800889

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 * All blocked, including a CUblock on the IP. Close? —Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 17:14, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Yup, tagged Pillowquilt. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:34, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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Editor blanked User:Pillow4/sandbox, in addition to tripping the edit filter trying to edit User talk:Pillow6. --   LuK3      (Talk)   15:01, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:51, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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appears to be yet another sock, see edits to this cat for example, which restore the same edit by  and the same here here and here  PRAXIDICAE💕  17:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * With the above, plus the restoration of previous socks' edits to Anthozoa, it looks like a duck to me. - Please indefinitely block  as a sock. --Jack Frost (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * firefly ( t · c ) 20:34, 18 May 2022 (UTC)