Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Slade121/Archive

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Grosseteste is a sock created by the person also editing as Slade121. In short, both profiles have: I would add more, but I still haven't shaken the headache from the deafening quacks.... Guliolopez (talk) 01:05, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * been blocked for socking. While Slade121 is still blocked, Grosseteste is not. I'd advocate that the latter block be restored.
 * identical userpages. Compare Grosseteste's to Slade121's
 * identical circles of interest. Effectively Grosseteste's entire edit history overlaps with that of Slade121
 * made materially the same edits months/years apart. Compare Grosseteste's edit here with Slade121's here and here.


 * Update It has been pointed out to me (by the unblocking admin and editor him/herself) that the editor has "never once denied" using multiple profiles. But has not done so consecutively. And has not done so illegitimately. In a way that would contravene WP:SOCKLEGIT. However, given that the very first thing this latest profile was used for was a less than constructive/collegiate talkpage attack (which, effectively, led to a block), and the most recent thing the profile was used for was to reopen a long-closed editwar, I'm less than convinced that SOCKLEGIT applies. And, perhaps, that there may be an issue with misuse of a clean start. Anyway, I am leaving this SPI thread open. And will let the closing admin make a determination. Guliolopez (talk) 10:54, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Closing based on administrative history. Bbb23 (talk) 14:38, 20 September 2019 (UTC)