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15 May 2014

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A brief introduction: Sqadgangsterkilla was a vandal-only account indef blocked in late 2011 for the addition of several hoaxes (and other vandalisms) related to public housing and street crime (as gangs) in the United States, and rappers. As you can see here or into his talk, all the pages he created were deleted (see East Side Kelly Park Compton Crips, Southside Royal Crips... and another deleted page that I reviewed 3 years ago -but now I don't remember if it was one of these-, discovering it was a copy-paste from Crips article)... Anyway, 98.195.163.162 is a static IP that continues his work (before, he edited in the same pages, and in the same style, of Sqadgangsterkilla) adding lots of vandalisms and gaining several blocks (last 3 are of 3 months, 6 months, 1 year ). Practically the anon is blocked since 2012. I've added him in the sp list just to complete the panoramic view, but is clearly Sqadgangsterkilla per WP:DUCK. Anyway, some days after block's end the anon made this edit, 13 minutes before article's creation by Dwaynerealonerichard. Telepathy? 98.195 and Dwayne edit the same pages, as done here or here. 98.195 also linked this other page (removing a note) created by Dwayne. Dwayne created DeGaulle Manor and Christopher Homes Projects that seem to be existant (by references). He also changed some datas about rap-related pages, as here (reverted by STATicVapor), or here (reverted by me becase it was unexplained). 98.195 changed this date adding no reasons and I reverted... Btw, to resume:


 * The fleld and the style is the same (public housing in the US, street crime facts, rappers) and, casually, early (nov. '11, jan. '12) last edits of 98.195 (one year ago) were in the page Algiers, New Orleans.
 * This is a minor argument but another "coincidence" (IMHO): the nick "Dwaynerealonerichard" is complex as "Sqadgangsterkilla"... They share a similar style (sqad-gangster-killa, dwayne-real-one-richard)

It seems to me evident that Dwaynerealonerichard is Sqadgangsterkilla and 98.195, also because Dwayne's account was created after the end of 98's block. This was the "crime" section of Algiers, New Orlenas (by 98 and Dwayne) reverted by me some minutes ago and this was added by 98.195 one year ago. In the reference added this time I've not found that Algiers was labeled as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America. Btw, 98.195 has the habit to add this kind of "crime" sections (all rollbkaced, as you can see). I'm sorry if this report was a bit long or confuse, I'm following this user from the end of 2011 and each time he simply waits for block's end, starts again with this kind of edits, and is blocked again. From March 2012 he collected a total of 2 years of blocks, with an interval of few days. At this point I don't think that any edit could be considered trustable and, also if I've marked as patrolled DeGaulle Manor and fixed Christopher Homes Projects, I suggest for a further control. Also because, for what I've seen several times, pages created by SP of indef-banned users are deleted. I link to you also this strange message by Dwayne in the talk of Christopher Homes Projects.

Ah yes, I've reported also 98.163.207.37, because it seems to be related, not only because it is a "98". He did 3 edits in the pages edited by 98.195 and Dwayne: here he fix a word in DeGaulle Manor, after he makes a little edit in Chirstopher Homes Project and after he remove some content from "Crime" section of Algiers, New Orleans. It could be related, or it could be an user from New Orleans that is simply editing onto new pages related to his/her home city. It is just to be sure that this IP is or not him using another IP.

To end: I think that the user is simply continuing in the same way after a block's end. For the first time from 2012 he created an account, maybe to have the possibility to create new pages. I follow him for so long to recognize suspect contribs, the same of two and one year ago. I don't think he has changed his approach to Wikipedia and, in case of block, I suggest for one longer than 1 year for the IP (3 or 5 years) and, of course, indef for the SP. The amount of disruptive editings and long blocks make it difficult to trust his actions. A check to the contribs would be urgent, because they are well mixed with other text and difficult to check. Thanks for attention. Dэя-Бøяg 15:41, 15 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: last edit (2 hours ago) of Dwaynerealonerichard is this percentage change without any reason given in Waterbury, Connecticut... Coherently with the percentage changes of 98.195. --Dэя-Бøяg 23:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * As the master account is beyond, and checkusers very rarely publically link accounts to specific IPs in accordance with the Foundation's privacy policy, this report will need to be reviewed based on the behavioural evidence alone.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:47, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Re-listing as open: by an uninvolved administrator.  AGK  [•] 13:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
 * To me, this edit is a smoking gun. Looking at the contribution history of 98.195.163.162, it's blatantly obvious that the IP was Sqadgangsterkilla. And that single edit on its own ties that IP to Dwaynerealonerichard. That is enough for me to block the new account indefinitely. I'm not comfortable for blocking an IP for an extremely long time (3-5 years) though it seems to have been static for the past 4 years and the last one year block didn't seem to have any collateral damage, so I'll block 98.195.163.162 for 2 years this time. The other IP... It's new, I'm going to block for a month which is all that I'm comfortable with, if after a month it resumes editing in the same manner and/or a new sock pops up (presumably an account using that IP) then I'd consider a longer block. But I try not to be too aggressive in blocking IP addresses. I'll take care of all of these and I'm marking this for closure. --  At am a  頭 21:18, 23 May 2014 (UTC)