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===30 June 2024===

====Suspected sockpuppets====
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In April 2023, Newimpartial was topic banned from [[WP:GENSEX]], and their activity declined considerably. In January 2024 LunaHasArrived registered, and in April 2024 started to edit heavily; Newimpartial's activity picked up again shortly after, in May 2024. Their time cards also suggest they are in the same timezone ([https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec-timecard/en.wikipedia.org/LunaHasArrived LunaHasArrived], [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec-timecard/en.wikipedia.org/Newimpartial Newimpartial]) and both use British English.

Luna's activity has been almost exclusively focused on areas that Newimpartial was forced to abandon by their topic ban. Since arriving they have made 188 edits to mainspace and article talk pages across 23 articles, all of which are within [[WP:GENSEX]]. Of these 23 articles, Newimpartial was heavily involved with 17 of them, with 1583 edits to those articles. Of the remaining six, three were created after Newimpartial was topic banned ([[Cass Review]], [[Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre]], and [[Sall Grover]]), and the other three Luna has only edited once each.

The overlap in these articles often extends to the specific content. For example, at [[Talk:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull]] {{diff2|1134808812|Newimpartial disputed}} labeling her as "pro-women". {{diff2|1197585180|LunaHasArrived first edit to the page - and third overall - was to do the same.}} At [[Talk:JK Rowling]] {{diff2|1085296684|Newimpartial described}} Suissa & Sullivan, 2021 as "fringe". {{diff2|1224055870|LunaHasArrived has described them similarly}}, as "nearing into conspiracy". 

At [[puberty blocker]] Newimpartial has {{diff2|1010669281|sought to maintain}} a paragraph indicating puberty blockers are safe. LunaHasArrived has {{diff2|1217558543|sought to maintain the same paragraph}}. At [[Women's Liberation Front]] Newimpartial {{diff2|1052301481|changed the short description}} from {{tq|American radical feminist organization}} to {{tq|American radical feminist organization known for opposing transgender rights}}. Luna's {{diff2|1224001222|''only'' edit to that page}} was to revert an edit that changed the short description back to {{tq|American radical feminist organization}}.

This shared interest extends beyond article space. Newimpartial was very invested in downgrading the reliability of The Telegraph on transgender topics, having [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_392#RfC:_The_Telegraph|heavily participated in an RfC proposing that in November 2022]] (32 edits) that was prompted by their edits elsewhere. LunaHasArrived has shown similar interest, having extensively participated in the recent [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#RFC:_The_Telegraph_on_trans_issues|RfC on that topic]] (33 edits), [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_441#The_Telegraph_and_trans_issues|the BEFORERFC discussion]] (20 edits), and the {{diff2|1222394427|preparation for the BEFORERFC}} in user space (2 edits); collectively, over 20% of their edits have been on this topic.

Finally, there are also indications that LunaHasArrived is not a new editor, although they have [[User_talk:LunaHasArrived#Prior_accounts|denied using prior accounts]]. On their first edit (having made a few prior as an IP) they were {{diff2|1197475563|citing comparatively obscure essays}} such as [[WP:COATRACK]], and have otherwise shown signs of precociousness. [[User:BilledMammal|BilledMammal]] ([[User talk:BilledMammal|talk]]) 07:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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====<big>Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</big>====
*{{unrelated}}. These two accounts are editing at the same time with an ocean between them, and I did not see any other indications of sockpuppetry from either account. Closing. [[User:Ivanvector|Ivanvector]] (<sup>[[User talk:Ivanvector|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ivanvector|Edits]]</sub>) 19:31, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

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