User talk:Reaper Eternal

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Hi Brian...

...although I have a strange feeling that isn't your real name :) PretendAuthority (talk) 14:56, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Could you cast your eye over an article for me?

There's an article recently been created at Kendra sunderland. As I notice you deleted what I assume was a similar article at Kendra Sunderland for BLP reasons, would you mind casting your eye over it for similarity? Dolescum (talk) 00:39, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks

Some fans are pretty hell-bent about getting their musicians into the Wikipedia, eh? Tarc (talk) 16:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

I've found that the more "hardcore" and less notable the musician is, the more likely it is that sock puppetry or canvassing will occur. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:54, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Aren't you that guy...

That ended up breaking an edit filter? DN-boards1 (talk) 23:52, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Aren't you that guy...who is currently evading a block? :P (Not that I care if you are, if you've matured.) Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Ummm....What makes you think that...? --DN-boards1 (talk) 14:34, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

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Dru yoga socks

Hello Reaper Eternal. All quiet, now that you blocked the socks and NawlinWiki protected the article. I'm not certain however that we got all the socks. The master may still be out there and one possible sock made a much similar edit on Dutch Wikipedia. Would you consider it advisable to request an SPI, or should I leave the matter until (and when) further disruptive editing occurs? Regards, Sander1453 (talk) 23:13, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

semi protect

Re User:Peter Damian - thanks for doing this but I don't think it is needed any more, no more vandalism now I am fully back, and it is a bit scary - looks very similar to the 'blocked' message :) Peter Damian (talk) 15:28, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

I've unprotected your userpage. Feel free to let me or WP:RFPP know if the IP trolls return and you want it re-protected. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:09, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

:) Peter Damian (talk) 17:19, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

SPI

I am not getting why you deleted Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Esquivalience. Would you like to explain? OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 18:42, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

I deleted it because the users are obviously different, and there is no reason to keep frivolous SPIs around. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:46, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

There are more than enough similarities for saying they are not different but same person. Thus I am still not getting what made you think that they are any different, or different enough that SPI should be deleted. One account is hardly 6 months old, while other one is only 1.5 month. None of your deletion reasons seems to be valid either way. Going by the contribution history, similar AfDs, interests, userpages, all that seems too much for such a new accounts. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 18:49, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

And I could find just as many tenuous "similarities" between you and them if I wanted to. Does that make you their sockpuppet too? Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:55, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

That had to be mentioned on SPI, if there are any, not here after unilaterally deleting a WP:DUCK case for no actual reason. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 18:59, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

I take as much unilateral action as I want because I'm a rogue admin on a power trip. Mwahahahahah! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:00, 23 May 2015 (UTC)