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This editor recreated Adrian Mead a couple of months after the original article created by the suspected puppet master was drafted. This seems very blatant so they may not be aware that they must declare alternative accounts. Their editing interaction is not dramatic either. but this last edit poses a problem. Dom from Paris (talk) 08:39, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Clarification: Yes, this is an alternate account, created when I couldn't access Edit a few years back, and now reopened again for the same reason. I apologise for the confusion, but I assure you it was not done with the intent of violating guidelines or engaging in other bad-faith activities on the website. I was not aware of the need for declaration previously.SavageEditor (talk) 10:02, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * As I said I don't really see any other problematic edits and I think the above statement is in good faith but owing to this recreation of deleted content I didn't think I had much choice but to report it. Dom from Paris (talk) 13:00, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Login's not working properly. Trying to get it sorted, likely an issue on my end. Also, as stated above, this is not deliberate sockpuppeting with an intent to cause bad actions or otherwise intefere with admin. This acount predates the Adrian Mead article revision by several years.--SavageEditor (talk) 20:39, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Are you using two accounts? Are you aware that WP:socking is not allowed?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:49, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Please, comply with WP:SOCK. Why can't you access your SavageEdit account? What is the problem?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:18, 23 July 2019 (UTC)  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:18, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Given the above statements from SavageEditor declaring that both accounts are theirs and were used for legitimate reasons (login problems), I am marking this SPI as closed with no further action. To avoid this sort of confusion in the future, I recommend including a note on the user pages of both accounts declaring the link between these two accounts: see WP:SOCK for the policy on this. Mz7 (talk) 04:26, 22 August 2019 (UTC)