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Love.zain18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Love.zain18

Ashrafk.salim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ashrafk.salim

Khan_Bhai_8691 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Khan_Bhai_8691

Khanj1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Khanj1998

Captain_a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Captain_a

A large number of accounts have begun editing on 7 August or 8 August, each creating one meaningless stub article. While this may be a coincidence, it is more likely that they are the same editor, and are all ducklings from one clutch. It isn’t yet obvious which of them is the mother duck. Request Checkuser. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:09, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Note - At this point, nearly all of the stubs have been deleted as useless stubs, A1 or A7, so that it will be necessary for an admin clerk (rather than a non-admin clerk) to examine the behavioral evidence to endorse for CU. Although the stubs were all useless, there was no obvious pattern of disruption because it was scattered through so many accounts.  (Maybe that is why they used so many accounts.  If one account had created the stubs, it might have been blocked as a vandalism-only account.)  Robert McClenon (talk) 08:56, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

More meaningless stubs bearing a resemblance to the previous ones. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:12, 8 August 2017 (UTC) More stub articles created at about the same time with a similar account name. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:15, 8 August 2017 (UTC) Not closely related in topic because this looks like spam, but a stub at the same time. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC) This is probably also the same editor, or at least warrants inspecting the feathers. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:20, 8 August 2017 (UTC) There is no longer any remaining evidence for this instance because the stub was deleted. The common subject is open source software. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:22, 8 August 2017 (UTC) User:Atfik123 starts a little earlier and so might be the sockmaster. All on the subject of open source but all useless stubs. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:24, 8 August 2017 (UTC) This one isn't quite as obvious except for the timing. Request Checkuser. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:27, 8 August 2017 (UTC) More of the same. Useless stubs created at about 0600 GMT. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:30, 8 August 2017 (UTC) And yet another account at the same time creating these stubs. Robert McClenon (talk) 06:32, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * User:Vanjagenije - The multiple cases occurred because I was using the arv feature of Twinkle to facilitate reporting. If anything like this happens again, I will try to remember that Twinkle creates too many subcases, and to add them manually.  Robert McClenon (talk) 04:20, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Please, do not create new case for every account. Just add them to the already opened case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:28, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please, check those accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:32, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:53, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved the casename to the oldest account Sanjaygp. was mentioned above but is not in the confirmed group. Does this mean that they are technically unrelated Amanda? They look different although still a COI editor since the article style is different. No tags applied yet pending the above question.
 * Apologies, I missed that. Without any return of the user, I'd have to say at this time. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 07:29, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:55, 20 August 2017 (UTC)