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Yash removed the CSD on Adityab's Incred Finance. It's his/her sole edit after a 2.5 year absence. I'm concerned Yash's account may have been hijacked. Cabayi (talk) 11:36, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * , I said hijacked rather than socking because Yash seemed to be non-promotional before the hiatus, and the post-hiatus edit looked to me a change of character. Now that Yash has made a second edit, which seems a little more wiki-oriented than Incred-oriented my concerns are slightly allayed. I didn't think there was any chance of comparing to Yash's "before", but I thought a comparison of location between Yash & Adityab might have revealed a connection.
 * In any case the CSD's removal, even though it looks a bit opportune, didn't strike either of us as egregiously out-of-order - I didn't restore it, and you removed it once it was. Given that, if you don't feel there's any collusion or hijacking worth looking into, that's fine by me.
 * Still can't help but feel that, if I were returning after 2.5 years absence, I wouldn't be starting with a CSD removal. The situation feels odd. Cabayi (talk) 13:33, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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I don't understand why you think the master account was "hijacked" as opposed to a simple allegation of socking. Gaps happen. In any event, a check of the master will not prove one way or the other whether the account was compromised as we have nothing from before to compare it to.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:48, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. I blocked the master for 3 days and blocked/tagged the puppet. None of this is relevant to the hijacking allegation. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:55, 27 March 2017 (UTC)