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ArmchairVexillologistDon

10 May 2014
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User:ArmchairVexillologistDon was previously indef blocked on 11th May 2009. User:ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! was a reincarnation of sorts and was indef blocked on 20th July 2011, and said "Goodbye" on their Talk page on 15th November 2011. The User:Italay90 account was created on 15th March 2012 - there's a deleted edit on 20th May 2012, and the first edit proper on 19th July 2012. Italay90 demonstrates some uncanny similarities in editing patterns and style. I don't want to list them all - I'd just end up giving them a template to avoid further detection - but I'm happy to provide further detail (if needed) via email. But these accounts are the same person. For example - AVD doesn't seem to grasp indentation and formatting - for example here you can see the use of bolding within sentences, and the lack of indentation. Italay90 displays the exact same editing characteristics - see this all-bolded demand with no indentation. Also, both editors' user pages are adorned with flags - User:ArmchairVexillologistDon User:ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! and User:Italay90. And both editors edit in the same topic area of UK nationalistic-related topics, or naming topics, and always with the same views. -- HighKing++ 15:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bbb23 - the intention of the evidence above is to show a correlation or relationship between the two editors, based on:
  • Editing style (bolding, indentation)
  • User page decoration (British or British territory Flags, multiple copies)
  • Topic (Topics of British overseas territories, pro-Commonwealth, anti-independence)
I'll add more diffs here later, and I'll email you with some other evidence. If there's anything else you want bolstered, let me know and I'll do my best. -- HighKing++ 13:20, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

is there any specific evi

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 Clerk note: HighKing, you're going to have to provide more evidence, or no action will be taken on this report.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:19, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]