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They both edit City Articles Here are the diffs https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selkirk%2C_Manitoba&type=revision&diff=723442457&oldid=723255389 Autistic editor (talk) 15:29, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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Two long-standing admins? Either this is the craziest socking ever or the filer has a WP:CIR issue... ansh 666 16:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

For background, this started when came to my attention after editing Selkirk, Manitoba citing opinion for changing the settlement's status from 'city' to 'town', apparently because the transit agency uses 'cutaway buses', which no city would do. (A similar change was also repeatedly made at List of communities in Manitoba by population.) Of course I reverted this change, as all reliable sources clearly state the settlement is a city. The IP was persistent, eventually violated a few policies, and so I blocked it. I soon received a message from (whose first WP edit occurred just days before the IP block) that his shared IP "vandalizes a lot". This user then created Articles for deletion/Selkirk, Manitoba, and also updated the article with population data from the Canada 2016 Census (the first population data set of which will be released in February 2017). I then received a message from suggesting that the IP 142.161.21.21 and Autistic editor may be sockpuppets, followed by a message from Autistic editor to "Go ahead start a Sockpuppet investigation". Autistic editor then posted this message at User talk:Autistic editor, and immediately filed this sockpuppet investigation. So, here we are. (BTW: it appears that Malcolmxl5 is part of this investigation as a result of editing the Selkirk article soon after I did so. The 'User compare report' clearly demonstrates that in over a decade, the two of us have little overlap in our editing history.) Mind  matrix  17:29, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

I know You are sockpuppets and you should be blocked Autistic editor (talk) 17:48, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Boomerang, please! See here. GABgab 18:57, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Okay Because i live in selkirk Autistic editor (talk) 19:28, 3 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Am out and about this evening (I'm enjoying some live music) so replying on the phone. Not sure what brought this on! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:32, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm back home but a bit late to the party. All seems to be sorted, Thanks everybody. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:29, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * is a ✅ sock of ; perhaps we could move this report to create Sockpuppet investigations/Shy-Boy? The following are all ✅ from the Shy-Boy account:


 * All blocked. Obviously I didn't run any checks on Mindmatrix or Malcolmxl5 based on this bogus report. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:01, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. I moved the case and tagged all. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:58, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Update: I've just blocked on the grounds of this sockpuppet investigation; there were sufficient WP:DUCK grounds, as the user's edits under the new name have included downgrading Selkirk, Manitoba from city to town status again and making unsourced alterations to its census population, as well as weird verging on nonsensical edits pertaining to Selkirk Transit — both hallmarks of this user's past history — in addition to the "Riley" part of their username being reflected in more than one of the past socknames too. Bearcat (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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The RU-6972 account is older than the master and the casename will need to be moved but I'll wait for endorsement from others and move after agreement. His desire to edit like Cluebot matches with his confirmed account ClueBot RI as well as the the first two initials of the username. Also this post makes him a duck. Captain Caveman2 created this article making him a duck. 206.xxx's edit with summary "Only boys are Named Casey And Riley Is Her Name.o R I L E Y" combined with writing style and article subjects is a giveaway. 207.161.104.129 is a static IP that I found this morning which is him. See the edit summary. Also that IP seems to obsess over the name Ashley which is something that Paperkings does as well...both insisting that it must be a female name. The IP has had numerous blocks as seen from the block log. I've upgraded that last six month block to a hardblock. I've already applied tags to the accounts as Shy-Boy but they will need to be re-tagged after moving. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:44, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:44, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * This is an older account and IP that he used to blank Dale Earnhardt. Other socks have edited NASCAR subjects. The IP, 206.45.160.22's edit as an example and Shy-Boy/RU-6972/142.161.21.21 all edited or blanked this article in Nov-Dec 2015.
 * This is an older account and IP that he used to blank Dale Earnhardt. Other socks have edited NASCAR subjects. The IP, 206.45.160.22's edit as an example and Shy-Boy/RU-6972/142.161.21.21 all edited or blanked this article in Nov-Dec 2015.
 * This is an older account and IP that he used to blank Dale Earnhardt. Other socks have edited NASCAR subjects. The IP, 206.45.160.22's edit as an example and Shy-Boy/RU-6972/142.161.21.21 all edited or blanked this article in Nov-Dec 2015.

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 * For the record, the only non-stale account is ✅.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:07, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * All accounts are blocked. IPs are either blocked or stale. CLosing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  07:03, 8 July 2017 (UTC)