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Same style and a particular interest in Mexico City policy []  Aloha27  talk  23:18, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:02, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Seeing as how the IP User has not edited since 18 December, I believe this investigation can be closed. I'll keep an eye out for further edits. Thank you.  Aloha27  talk  19:58, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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SunCrow was blocked in March 2020 by User:Seraphimblade, whereas the IP account started editing in November 2020. The IP account has edited 225 pages. Of those 225, nearly one third are pages that SunCrow edited. These overlaps include highly distinctive pages, such as nudity-related pages, New York politicians, pages related to the bands Go West and Vertical Horizon, obscure musicians, and Demographics of the Marshall Islands. The two accounts use similar language in edit summaries: (i) "revise", (ii) "remove minutiae", (iii) "condense", (iv) "Cleanup". Both editors also have in common a tendency to stalk me to articles they've never edited before. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:17, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Obvious block evasion with long-term static IP. Blocked for 6 months. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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(1) In February 2021, a Suncrow sockpuppet was blocked. In July 2021, Amandil appeared. In Amanadil's first week of edits, they edited pages for obscure Christian leaders such as Gilbert Bilezikian and Bill Hybels that SunCrow had also edited. (2) Out of Amandil's 1701 edits, 455 (25%) have been to pages that SunCrow edited. (3) The edits that they have in common are spread out over minor and major politicians (in particular for New York), minor and major music acts, baseball figures, and obscure Christian leaders associated with the obscure group Christians for Biblical Equality. The page for the group is so obscure that only five editors made substantive edits to it between SunCrow's last edit and Amandil's first (more than a three-year span between them). Snooganssnoogans (talk) 12:26, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * The extensive overlap on obscure articles, similar edit summary style (,, etc.) and similar use of scripts convince me that this is the same person.  - please indef Amandil21. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:20, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Done . Not 100% sure on tag templates so would be great if someone can tag. Star   Mississippi  00:07, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) Tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 07:54, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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The editors have a considerable overlap in page edits. They have edits in common spread out over minor and major politicians (in particular for New York), minor and major music acts, baseball figures. The most damning evidence is that the IP account edited the page Go West (band) where SunCrow is the biggest contributor. The sockmaster has previously had a sockpuppet with a similar IP (74.67.45.185) blocked. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:39, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Given that they are on the same range as a previous sock and do the same types of edits on many of the same articles I think it's safe to say they're the same person. I've blocked the IP for 3 months for block evasion. SunCrow, as you're likely reading this I just wanna say that this is one of the blocks I'm in no way happy to make. You have clearly shown that you can be a productive editor and I've seen many good edits from you. My suggestion here is that you request an unblock on your main account potentially after a bit of a break as that will likely make the unblock request easier. I know that I'm not alone in thinking it would be good to have you back with Mathglot giving you their advice back in March. --Trialpears (talk) 01:16, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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Approximately one in three edits made by Paradise40 are to pages that SunCrow has edited. There is probably more overlap if you check the overlaps between SunCrow's other socks and Paradise40. Paradise40 was created one week after the last SunCrow sock was blocked. Like SunCrow, Paradise40 edits pages related to NY politicians. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2022 (UTC) Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern of making multiple edits to one page in one short of time, overlap on pages in Mississippi politics such as Chris McDaniel (which last sock also edited) and same pattern of marking non-minor edits as minor. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 21:48, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Was there anything in your check to suggest a connection to this case? Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:09, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Nope. Everything on SunCrow is stale and the geolocation noted in the archive is off. MotionActivated435 is definitely ✅ to Lokisandal34.-- Ponyo bons mots 23:18, 26 June 2023 (UTC)


 * In that case, nothing more to do here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:50, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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I investigated the MonMothma account after receiving a private tip. MonMothma exhibits the same POV and editing style as past socks, mostly gnoming and cutting subpar content from articles. There's significant interaction between the two accounts, which makes the connection pretty clear; note the similar edit summaries and overlap on a few different obscure articles. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 15:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * . I checked the account and the data supports this being SunCrow, but this isn't a checkuser block. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 15:10, 30 April 2024 (UTC)