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24 December 2014

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Both accounts have edited Walter Keane to say that Walter and not his wife Margaret was the real creator of the paintings, backing the assertion up with a link to the "first-hand witnesses" source http://bigeyesmovie.com. In fact, ReportersWithoutBordersJournalist's edit to the article was just a revert to FACT CHECKER's version. (See history.) Both accounts accuse Kikichugirl, who was reverting them, of slander/libel/etc, and both claim that Wikipedia's policy supports their actions. I think I needn't say any more but that this looks like a WP:DUCK; I seriously doubt that two different people would behave so similarly, especially considering the relative unpopularity of their opinion. (Do we need CheckUser? I don't know...  argh.)   ekips 39 07:06, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

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Comment by Kikichugirl

 * User:FACT CHECKER also created Susie Keane's Puppeteens which was deleted for unambiguous copyright infringement. User:ReportersWithoutBordersJournalist created Draft:Susie Keane's Puppeteens which was declined in AfC submission in November. For me, this is Cyberduck icon.png It looks like a duck to me. &mdash;  kikichugirl  speak up! 07:13, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot to point that out. Thanks.   ekips 39 07:36, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. There's certainly enough evidence of similarities presented to warrant a CU, perhaps enough to warrant blocks based on duck. However, because of a few dissimilarities, which could mean nothing, I'd rather have a technical finding.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:06, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This is a real iffy one. CUs would normally call this completely unrelated, but i'm going to throw a . The technical evidence is far from conclusive alone though. Sadly, I can't expand on it either, except this appears to be one account for home, one for the road. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:17, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on the CU finding and the behavioral evidence, I've blocked the master for a month, and indeffed and tagged the puppet. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:25, 26 December 2014 (UTC)


 * With new evidence available, this is now ✅. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  17:51, 23 January 2015 (UTC)