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I blocked Bigredlighthouse after they were outed as a UPE by a Liborbital/Susana Hodges sock. was created by Bigredlighthouse but edited within 3 hours by Wikieditions. They've since removed the UPE tag 3 times and is displaying an unusually sophisticated knowledge of policies and guidelines at Talk:Oliver_Isaacs for someone who claims to just be a "loyal follower" of the subject. Their involvement here back in 2014 (their only other edits) is also peculiar as it coincided with two other SPAs making edits to the article. SmartSE (talk) 10:46, 8 November 2017 (UTC)


 * And now we have Gserrano0 editing the Isaacs article alongside Wikieditions. They have disclosed they were paid for some other edits: . SmartSE (talk) 12:18, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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The discussion over Isaacs is becoming very disruptive and spilling over onto user talkpages as well. If (as suggested) the wikilawyering is moot, we need to know soon so people can avoid a time sink there, while we patiently explain basic WP policies to folks who might essentially be billing hourly for it. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:47, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * to each other, matching UA and geolocation but using different ISPs:

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  23:55, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other but not the master


 * Thanks for the check berean. Wikieditions should be blocked IMO as even if the technical data isn't conclusive their editing is disruptive and as I noted they are unlikely to be a new user. Unsure about the serrano pair as that doesn't seem to disruptive but they are meats of BRL. Now we also have a new user who's obviously an experienced UPE on the scene:
 * forgot to sign so reping berean SmartSE (talk) 13:07, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * forgot to sign so reping berean SmartSE (talk) 13:07, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Closing. With just a single edit, I see no reason to block the alternative Serrano account. If they return to using a second account on the same page, bring it back here. As for meatpuppetry, that's been solved by blocking one of the editors for UPE. ~ Rob 13 Talk 04:36, 3 December 2017 (UTC)