Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zach464/Archive

01 May 2014

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User had several of their user pages deleted, and is now editing on the account listed. Articles that they've recently edited on their sockpuppet account have been edited by their main account prior. Evidence: #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5. – Recollected &#8226;   03:25, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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The new account effectively admitted who they were, in this discussion where they responded as ZachCierzan on behalf of Zach464. But Zach464 last edited in November of 2011. ZachCierzan wasn't created until April of this year. Considering the 2 1/2 year gap, it's very possible that Zach forgot his password and created a new account to edit again. I suspect that Zach returned and created a new account in response to the MfD discussion which was opened on the day that the ZachCierzan account was created and became active. Abandoning an old account and creating a new one isn't forbidden, and none of this editor's actions are an abuse of multiple accounts per WP:SOCK. I'm going to mark this for closure, there doesn't seem to be any action needed. --  At am a  頭 22:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)