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14 January 2014

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ActionFigureLover's second edit was to blind revert me just like Zarbon In his three minutes on Wikipedia ActionFigureLover already knew the term 3rr.  This was followed by use of a template for ActionFigureLover's third edit, by which point ActionFigureLover had been on Wikpedia for 4 minutes. Shortly after, ActionFigureLover made a post where they claimed to know Zarbon's personal name, but denied being a meatpuppet of Zarbon. I have asked for checkuser on the slim chance this is a third party trying to get Zarbon in trouble instead of an unusually blatant example of sockpuppetry. Edward321 (talk) 01:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I fully concur with Rylong's concerns over the IP he mentions below. Edward321 (talk) 15:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ryluong also notes concern about User:IHeartUM, whom I first encountered, improbably, at Articles_for_deletion/VoterMarch. IHeartUM made what appeared to be a flippant comment, here, which was soon thereafter followed by a similar comment from an IP, 166.205.50.87, that appears to correspond in general range to the IP described below.  IHeartUM is belligerent and certainly knows more than a bona fide WP rookie, e.g., this comment on my Talk page.  Ryulong may wish to consider adding IHeartUM to the list of puppets.  Even if these are not puppets of Zarbon, they appear to be related to one another.   JohnInDC (talk) 16:54, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * why am i being accused of being a puppet?! Please, READ Requests for checkuser/Case/Zarbon at this time. i am merely a concerned editor, nothing more, nothing less! ActionFigureLover (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:25, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

ActionFigureLover's actions do smell fishy and I wouldn't be surprised if someone with some prior experience on Wikipedia was not behind this new account. The actions of are also suspect.— Ryūlóng  ( 琉竜 ) 13:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

This may be an IP user who was harassing me for several weeks finally registering an account as well, now that I look at it closer. may also be related.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 13:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

was brought to my attention.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 17:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I would like to point out to everyone that this same user has been harassing me for over 10 years now on wikipedia and its sister projects. Additionally, this same user has been attempting to infringe my name as well as creating somewhat over 300 accounts in the past decade. I suggest constant checkuser activity in regards to all the systematic accounts that participate in following my activity. More than most of the time, the same user follows my contributions and does so by either reverting my actions or re-adding them in an attempt to duplicate and/or harass me. Additionally, I am very annoyed with this user's blatant attacks on my talk page. This person refuses to stop vandalizing not only the articles to which I contribute, but also my own talk page. If anyone needs any additional information to halt the actions of this sock-puppeteer, please ask me and I would be glad to inform of all the previous activity I have been made aware of. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated as I have brought this up with numerous other wiki projects of recent. Thanks in advance. - Zarbon (talk) 01:16, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * i just want to say that it makes absolutely NO SENSE y Im a suspect here. I dont even know IHeartUM or the Ip vandal. And how come Ryulong reverts me?! ActionFigureLover (talk)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Note: I've just blocked 166.205.48.0/20 in response to the IP trolling. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It's blatantly obvious that these are socks of someone and will soon be blocked, but could someone clarify why exactly we think Zarbon is the master? Some of the behavior specifically reminds me of, for example. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:13, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have no information on that, and provided what I knew about IHeartUM only because of IHeartUM's edit history that pulled in Ryulong, and the overlap in IPs between IHUM and AFL, which I don't think anyone else was aware of. JohnInDC (talk) 22:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * And Dragonron did post on Zarabon's talk page with one of his first edits, in addition to his interests in superheroes, the University of Miami, general obsession with Ryulong. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:37, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the three accounts indef as it appears their only purpose here is trolling and disruption and their resemblance to other recent trolls. I do not see clear evidence that Zarbon has been involved though, so I'm taking no action towards him. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)