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19 July 2015

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The original account began with adding false information to the WRRL page. It was blocked under uw-softerblock. The "Zachary Syner 13" came next, again adding the same information to the WRRL page. The "Cfghdfkk" followed, only making a couple edits, again to the WRRL page, again vandalism edits.

The "RaleighRadioGaGa" may or may not be associated, but it carries the same nonsensical username, so I thought it be best to check that one out.

"Thecoolguy2001" continued making the same edits to the WRRL page and began editing the WQAZ-LP page, again with incorrect information. It is notable as The Syner Foundation owns WQAZ-LP and one of the previous accounts used was "Zachary Syner 13". Coincidence, maybe, but worth looking into.

"Amradiodata" made a single edit, readding the same incorrect information as the previous accounts to the WRRL page. "Xxxzzzxxx15" made a single edit on 7/18 to the WQAZ-LP page, changing "Fined" to the more tame "History". If this is a representative of The Syner Foundation, they could be trying to make their station look better (in light of a $16,000 fine from the FCC) and vandalize a competitor's Wikipedia article.

The IP user has the same writing style as the sign-in accounts and might be helpful in the checkuser process.

If anything, I believe a checkuser is needed for the multiple accounts making the same edits across the two pages. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 02:21, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Group 1 - The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 2 - is  to Group 1.
 * Group 3 -, not surprisingly given the dearth of evidence, is ❌ to Groups 1 and 2.
 * The remaining accounts, including the master, are.
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 20:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't think RaleighRadioGaGa was connected, but I wanted to play it safe on that one. Thanks for the CU, much appreciated. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 21:04, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * First, your one point about nonsensical user name made no sense to me. It's a silly user name, but certainly not nonsensical like a couple of the others. Second, we don't normally run a CU against an account that has no evidence to back it up. I was already running the CU, so I did it anyway, but ... Mind you, I'm not accusing you of bad faith, just perhaps not familiar with the relevant policies.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I would have understood if you hadn't run the CU against that username, since admittedly the evidence against that account was/is weak. I do, however, understand your point and next time I will just mention it as a possible sockpuppet but not list it for a checkuser.  I apologize for that. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 21:26, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * RaleighRadioGaGa here... I'm a relative novice to Wikipedia editing and have no idea with what I'm being associated/accused/cleared. Could someone explain to me what all this means, and what it has to do with me?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaleighRadioGaGa (talk • contribs) 22:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * You were alleged to be the same person who created the account Shilo communications inc., as were other accounts. I compared the other accounts (not Shilo) with your account and found there was no technical connection between you and them.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:08, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I see. Thank you for the clarification. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaleighRadioGaGa (talk • contribs) 23:44, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * You were alleged to be the same person who created the account Shilo communications inc., as were other accounts. I compared the other accounts (not Shilo) with your account and found there was no technical connection between you and them.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:08, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I see. Thank you for the clarification. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaleighRadioGaGa (talk • contribs) 23:44, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Given the evidence above I have indeffed Groups 1 and 2. I rather don't think any of them (or User:Shilo communcations inc is the correct master, though; I seem to remember more radio station-related vandalism and sockpuppetry of the same kind (but unfortunately not the involved usernames). Thus I haven't tagged them as socks of a specific master. If someone else thinks we should tag them as socks of some master (likely Thecoolguy2001), I won't object. Huon (talk) 16:58, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing the case as I don't think there is anything more to do. I agree that Shilo is probably not the true master, but is at least the oldest account that is part of the blocked group. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:39, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

22 November 2015

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New account created today, the first three (and only three) edits made were to the WRRL page. The accounts linked above made similar edits in violation of WP:SOCK. This user has been blocked for sockpuppetry (and vandalism) before for vandalism on the WRRL page. This sock is a quackin'.  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 16:40, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I have notified RadioHistory14 of this SPI. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 16:48, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked based upon behavior. Mike V • Talk 23:51, 23 November 2015 (UTC)