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Sockpuppetry since 2017

Apparently, user ClientCE/Dixsoc/RELseniors2/Debnikcis/Nodestiny20/Thirdplace is a same person. All of them have same writing styles (incoherent at the best) with certain interests on the Confederate States as well as slavery (which he/she has been very enthusiastic about it). All of them also keep editing on same page Voodixie as well as several articles that having similar themes. We can check the evidences through their contributions below:

• Contributions/ClientCE
• Contributions/Dixsoc
• Contributions/RELseniors2
• Contributions/Debnikcis
• Contributions/Nodestiny20
• Contributions/Thirdplace

--- FirstStooge (talk) 07:13, September 11, 2020 (UTC)

Since none of those users have more than 50 edits, and none of their periods of activity seem to overlap with each other, Hanlon's Razor would suggest to me that this is one person who keeps losing their password and can't be bothered to retrieve it, rather than someone trying to be deceitful. I left a message on Thirdplace's talk page. Benkarnell (talk) 01:44, September 24, 2020 (UTC)

So I haven't heard anything back. Has anything else been done as part of the Voodixie Cinematic Universe? I honestly appreciate what it seems like this person was trying to do - writing a timeline by means of letters and primary documents. But you're totally right, what's actually written is unreadable almost to the point of being gibberish. Is it grounds for deletion? Benkarnell (talk) 22:48, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

I can not even put Grammar template there, because while the grammar can be fixed, the storyline can not. If they are not sockpuppets, then their writings must be somehow cryptic by nature. It can not even be placed into Adoption. If that is true the user is a person who keep forgetting his password, then deletion of incoherent, almost bordering supremacist, pages is better than user blocking. --- FirstStooge (talk) 17:36, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Well then, maybe try once more to contact the various user accounts, and then delete. I agree, it's worse than merely bad grammar. Benkarnell (talk) 18:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

There are some other problems. Leaving a full address on some pages, and adopting No Destiny without any kind of permission or process - one of the usernames even incorporates the No Destiny name. I never heard anything from Thirdplace (the most recent account used). I just left a message for Nodestiny20 (the only other one active in 2020, with a lot more edits than Thirdplace). We'll see if I hear anything. I think that I will remove the address from all those pages immediately, since it's clearly inappropriate. Later we can consider deleting some of the less coherent articles. Benkarnell (talk) 22:09, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

I believe it will be ended at the deletion of articles, but somehow I got a gut feeling when it (or they) ever returns, it will be escalated into a permaban rapidly. For now, I will leave it to the senior admins to decide this issue. --- FirstStooge (talk) 11:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Like I told you above, Ben, he did return and this article sealed our judgment. Permaban for multiple abuses, multiple accounts, semi-trolling, incoherent writings with contents bordering to racist, pro-Confederate thinking. Funny, it is not too long after this discussion, he showed up by himself and proof our repeated doubts are true. Now, let's execute this troll for once and forever. --- FirstStooge (talk) 19:29, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

I was looking through some older things that I wrote, User talk:Usa-csa clearly seems to have been him as well... Now in the latest nonsensical page he claims to live in a home for handicapped seniors, apparently this one. Now I'm not interested in throwing down the banhammer on a confused old man looking to pass some time, but I think it's appropriate to start deleting some of those older pages. And work my way toward the more recent ones later, when he's moved on to something else. I feel like it's OK to be merciful in this case. Benkarnell (talk) 13:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I believe you are right, Ben. Perhaps deletion of his pages is correct thing to handle him as by all cases he is harmless as I perceived. --- FirstStooge (talk) 14:38, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Looking thru Category:Voodixie, there are still more usernames that don't appear anywhere on the list you made. Most have only one edit, or at most have edited just one page. It makes me think that he's maybe using a public computer that won't save passwords and usernames, so he just creates a new account every time. That also means that reaching out on his various user pages won't do any good, he'll never see the notifications. Benkarnell (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Add User:Holiday12 to the list. He seems to have actually kept this password and logged in using the same username 10 days later. I'm actually struggling with what to do with this content. It's all just so odd. False Dmitri (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet of Timba

User:James 638 has posted polls on the forums with no edits at all with similar grammar mistakes to User:Timba 3857. Looks like sockpuppetry here. For the record, Timba was a spammer of the forums who was blocked twice for it. Firestarthegodcat (talk) 03:06, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that too. And Timba also used a sockpuppet during one of the blocks. But this time, there is no block happening, so I don't see why Timba would use a sockpuppet. And the posts aren't quite as spammy or weird as Timba's were. I don't think there's evidence that they're the same person, but I'm watching if it gets bad again. Benkarnell (talk) 04:06, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Found User:Kovu 85721. Reeks of the same behavioral traits. --Firestarthegodcat (talk) 03:29, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

That's another obvious one. What a weird person. Timba's original is currently in a 3-month block for the other thing. I'll extend it even further, I guess. False Dmitri (talk) 18:49, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Why is his talk page access revoked, I wonder? --Firestarthegodcat (talk) 03:28, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Accident, I think. I changed it. False Dmitri (talk) 03:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

User:Peter Bread 852 is another possible sockpuppet. False Dmitri (talk) 23:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

I agree. Please block ASAP. I believe they need an entry on the Wall of Shame as well. --Firestarthegodcat (talk) 06:19, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

User:Pope Gramel II and User:Queene Anne 687314 same syntax Jamesmcavoyfanclub (talk) 15:10, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

This is blowing my mind, it feels like dealing with persistent weeds, not a person. Less destructive than annoying. False Dmitri (talk) 15:25, 18 March 2021 (UTC)