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23 March 2015

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Wiki_Elvis and WikiElvis1965 are obvious. Hillbilly_blues began editing once Wiki_Elvis became inactive but before WikiElvis1965 became active. All three have a singular focus on Skinny Molly and its members. They also consistently tag their edits as minor, regardless of how much content is added. Wiki_Elvis (1, 2, 3, 4), Hillbilly_blues (1, 2, 3, 4), plenty enough proof of Wiki_Elvis1965's intentions. I would have left it alone and assumed that the user simply wanted to rename their account and didn't know how to, or maybe forgot their login information. But, then Bluesbass1 and Hank123321 came along behaving quite similarly while presenting themselves as a different person, which would be in violation of WP:SCRUTINY, as well as make it impossible to consistently communicate with that user and help them learn how the site works.

Wiki_Elvis1965 claims to be from somewhere in Europe, and Bluebass1 and Hank123321 says they're more specifically from Barcelona. Bluebass1 became active after Wiki_Elvis1965 ceased activity, and quit once just before Hank123321 became active.

Bluebass1 is focused on the Luke Bradshaw article (a member of Skinny Molly), carrying out edits that show prior awareness of the deletion discussion. Hank123321 is focused on the related band Eric Quincy Tate, linking them in various articles (as previous accounts did with Skinny Molly), sometimes hiding them inbetween bigger names. Hank123321 also tags almost all of his edits as minor.

All of the accounts have trouble capitalizing the pronoun "I," usually only doing so when it's the first word in a sentence (WikiElvis Wiki_Elvis1965, Bluebass1, Hank123321).

The original articles by the users all avoid in-line citations (even removing any maintenance templates concerning them, and maintenance templates in general), despite apparent familiarity with other bits of Wikicoding. 1, 2, 3.

If these accounts belong to the same user, this personal attack, the attempts to avoid any and all WP:SCRUTINY (minor edits and sock accounts), and the continual removal of maintenance templates indicate that they're not quite here in good faith and probably have sleeper accounts (hence the CU request). Wiki_Elvis's first edit is extremely WP:PRECOCIOUS in some ways, such as figuring out how to create articles with Wikilinks and pictures, which could indicate older accounts. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:47, 23 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok, between WikiElvis1965 derogatorily accusing users of having autism and then claiming to have autism as an excuse for his problems with civility and WP:IDHT, it's getting real hard to assume good-faith here. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:04, 23 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The accounts without activity look too much like sleeper accounts, and that he kept those hidden is concerning. And just before saving this, I see that User:Mike V has blocked those accounts.  Ian.thomson (talk) 22:45, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * These all look extremely duckish to me. Note Hank123321's similarity of writing style to WikiElvis 1965 in their comments on Articles for deletion/Luke Bradshaw: no capitals at the beginnings of sentences, no capitalization of "I". BMK (talk) 21:48, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * per the evidence provided. It looks like we may have a promotional issue amongst the accounts. Mike V • Talk 19:37, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Bluesbass1 appears to be ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:13, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks and issued a 1 week block to the master. I've also blocked Hank123321 based upon the behavioral evidence presented. Mike V • Talk 22:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Bluesbass1 appears to be ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:13, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks and issued a 1 week block to the master. I've also blocked Hank123321 based upon the behavioral evidence presented. Mike V • Talk 22:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Bluesbass1 appears to be ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:13, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks and issued a 1 week block to the master. I've also blocked Hank123321 based upon the behavioral evidence presented. Mike V • Talk 22:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Bluesbass1 appears to be ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:13, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks and issued a 1 week block to the master. I've also blocked Hank123321 based upon the behavioral evidence presented. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 22:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks and issued a 1 week block to the master. I've also blocked Hank123321 based upon the behavioral evidence presented. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 22:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)