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Quack. Derivative name, account created a few hours after the master was indeffed, first edit was to recreate the master's recently speedied redirect Caleb Coyne. Meters (talk) 23:35, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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. I honestly can't believe this case is still open after 4 days. Somebody close this case already, since it's very, very, obvious that User:The Spanish Wizard 2.0 is a sock. Phil roc My contribs 15:19, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * As JamesBWatson says, no harm done. I keep an eye on my SPIs until they are closed so I would have seen any new edits. I probably wouldn't even have bothered taking this to SPI with that first edit if it hadn't been a recreation of a long-standing hoax redirect that was recently discovered. Meters (talk) 19:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Did you block The spanish wizard as well? Doesn't seem like it. Phil roc My contribs 21:13, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Already blocked, several days ago, by Materialscientist. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:23, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Yes, a duck, and I fully understand why you can't believe the case is still open. However, there is always a backlog of sockpuppet investigations, often a very large backlog, and some cases just do get left for a long time. Unless we get more administrators willing to deal with sockpuppet investigations, and more CheckUsers, we are stuck with that situation. (However, at least in this case the sockpuppet didn't do any more editing while the sockpuppet investigation was waiting, so there was no harm done, whereas sometimes a sockpuppet carries on doing a load of disruptive editing while the case is waiting.) Anyway, I've blocked the account now. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:40, 20 November 2016 (UTC)