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Kauffner

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12 July 2013

Suspected sockpuppets

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

New user MergerDude has begun significant activity 3 hours following 2 weeks block of Kauffner for edits accompanied by demand for an AfD for merged article Han-Nom (24 May, 31 May, 1 June etc.), new user edits have placed an AfD for merged article Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Han-Nom (log).

MergerDude has come out of nowhere highly expert in wikipedia terminology and editing. Account creation on 27 June 2013 follows 19 June merge (following 2 months discussion, cumulating in 6-1 consensus) of article Han-Nom and extensive discussion at 30 May Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion requesting an AfD rather than a merge.

MergerDude AfD request echoes demand of Kauffner at ANI ANI 09:08 8 July "Somebody man up and take this to AFD already". MergerDude revised wording expands on Kauffner argument at ANI ANI 10:38 8 July "..original research. That's certainly a basis to go to AFD." MergerDude also picks up Kauffner's understanding "Nom" (Vietnamese written in Chinese characters)]. This could of course simply be a new User who witnessed ANI, without contributing there, and was persuaded of the validity of the demand for an ANI, and therefore reflecting Kauffner's language at ANI. Likewise MergerDude could have picked up the understanding "Nom" = Vietnamese written in Chinese characters" from Kauffner's arguments.

However, the reason why this looks less like benign coincidence is the staggered time signatures between Kauffner's pauses in activity and MergerDude's activity. This has the same Vietnam timezone UTC+7 hours and travelling time from one terminal to another as the previous sockpuppet User:TenMuses which were in the 12:00-15:00 time slot. The log in / log out timings are as follows:

Third set:

• Kauffner 05:00, 12 July 2013 ‎ Continued edit warring: unblock request - arguing for an AFD for Han-Nom
• Merger Dude 03:18, 12 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+157)‎ . . User talk:MergerDude ‎ (→‎Requests) (current)
• Merger Dude 02:07, 12 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+35)‎ . . N User:MergerDude ‎ (MergerDude moved page User:MergerDude to User:MergerDude/chart)
• Kauffner 23:23, 11 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+399)‎ . . User talk:Kauffner ‎ (r)

Second set:

• Kauffner 14:52, 28 June 2013 adjustments to infoboxes in Le Chieu Thong previously edited to lead to merged Han-Nom article
• MergerDude 12:30, 28 June 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23,705)‎ . . N User:MergerDude/Advocate ‎ (create)
• MergerDude 11:40, 28 June 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-45)‎ . . Object code ‎ (rm outdate merger tag) (current)
• Kauffner 07:15, 28 June 2013 inserts infobox in Trinh Kiem edited to lead to the merged Han-Nom article

First set:

• Kauffner 01:24, 28 June 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-641)‎ . . User talk:Kauffner ‎
• MergerDude 15:37, 27 June 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+187)‎ . . User talk:MergerDude ‎ (requests)
• MergerDude 13:36, 27 June 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+421)‎ . . N User talk:MergerDude ‎ (who I am)
• Kauffner 12:35, 27 June 2013 I definitely had fun writing Talk:Fucking, Austria#Requested move

Hence a check user request is made between MergerDude and TenMuses - based on travelling time from the main User:Kauffner terminal. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:37, 12 July 2013 (UTC)