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AnAimlessRoad

AnAimlessRoad (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

29 April 2012

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HappyDays2u2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
109.225.102.37 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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As soon as AnAimlessRoad was blocked the IP and the new user jumped to the same articles that the blocked user edited advocating the same things:arguing that Eustace Mullins is not antisemite Shrike (talk) 06:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Unrelated, I'm afraid. The Cavalry (Message me) 21:58, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

02 May 2012

Suspected sockpuppets

ProwlingToad (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
91.63.217.224 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
91.63.202.190 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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User:AnAimlessRoad began abusive editing on the Falun Gong namespace around April 22. Among other things, edits involved making allegations of censorship and propaganda on talk page(s) (see [1][2][3]). He was indefinitely banned on April 25. The following day, IPs 91.63.217.224 and 91.63.202.190 began embarking on similar editing patters on the Falun Gong namespace,[4][5][6] and making virtually indistinguishable talk page comments as were made by User:AnAimlessRoad.[7] The IP was blocked on April 26. User:ProwlingToad created an account on 2 May, and starting engaging in virtually the same behavior on the Falun Gong talk page: namely, attempting to use it as a forum, a platform for anti-Falun Gong propaganda, and for complaints that editors are conspiring censor the page, etc.[8][9]. The Falun Gong namespace is naturally contentious on account of the group's status in China, but I can attest that I've never seen anything like this. To have three accounts in a one-week span making edits and initiating talk page discussions of this nature is highly unusual. I'm not sure if this merits a checkuser, or if the disruption is sufficiently unambiguous as to warrant a block without checkuser. We'll see. Other remedies may also be more appropriate. Homunculus (duihua) 23:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Rather obvious, but Confirmed with respect to the named user(s). No comment with respect to IP address(es). - Alison ^❤ 18:59, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked and tagged. IPs are block stale. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 14:20, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

07 May 2012

Suspected sockpuppets

AnAimlessRoad (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
77.99.63.125 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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User:AnAimlessRoad was site banned a couple weeks ago. He then created a (now confirmed) sockpuppet, User:ProwlingToad. Both were involved in disruptive editing at Falun Gong An anonymous IP caught my eye this morning when he was reverted for vandalism at Falun Gong. When I checked IP's editing history, I found that it followed the very similar patterns as User:AnAimlessRoad. Both have fairly limited editing histories, but there is overlap on a number of topics, including Multiple rocket launcher, Falun Gong, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, as well as a variety of topics related to denialism (Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre, respectively), and Chinese-Korean relations. don't think it's possible this is a coincidence. Homunculus (duihua) 20:21, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Update: it is not a coincidence. The IP has admitted that he is the same person as AnAimlessRoad. See these talk page comments at The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: On April 24, AnAimlessRoad complains of "Jewish-related-article gatekeepers" censoring the article.[10] Later that day, IP address take responsibility for those comments, saying "I never mentioned anything about Jewish people. I said "Jewish-related-article gatekeepers".[11] AnAimlessRoad is attempting to circumvent his site ban by editing from an IP address.

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It's been two days since the IP edited, so I'll mark this for close. If they edit again, or create another account, please feel free to refile. TN X Man 14:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]