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Well this is disappointing to see. I'll admit I'm a little confused at the reasoning behind the block, [[User:Guerillero|Guerillero]]. I haven't run a check myself (and won't, because I consider myself to be involved with respect to IHA), but from the outside looking in it sounds like the checkuser evidence didn't rule out a connection between IHA and SA, but also didn't really contribute towards the decision that they were one and the same, either. (Though I have [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SkepticAnonymous&diff=1003124372&oldid=1003121711&diffmode=source asked for clarification] at the SPI since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SkepticAnonymous&diff=1003121711&oldid=1003042211&diffmode=source this comment] may supersede [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:IHateAccounts&diff=1003018876&oldid=1003017570&diffmode=source the statement that this isn't a checkuser block].) So that leaves me to assume that the block was based solely (or almost solely) on behavioral evidence, and I'm not seeing any sort of smoking gun here. I won't pretend I'm an expert in SA's behavior, but the link here appears to be fairly strong left-leaning beliefs, a distaste for the right-wing, and somewhat heavy-handed reversion of posts on their talk pages. This seems enormously broad to me, especially when combined with [[User:MJL|MJL]]'s analysis. [[User:GorillaWarfare|GorillaWarfare]] <small>[[User talk:GorillaWarfare|(talk)]]</small> 14:45, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:{{u|Guerillero}}, I am of a mind to unblock here. I respect your CU, but having just finished an in-depth check myself, I think the finding may not be as strong as you think. The UA and ISP are very common, and I think some of the other details just don't add up. IHA has edited for long enough that if they were a sock I would expect a more glaring lapse, but I don't see it in the CU data or their behavior. The behavioral evidence does it for me: IHA's stated positions and word use just do not line up with the often very nasty language used by SA. SA's use of various slurs and their rather un-lefty positions on gender seem in stark contrast to IHA. Having seen other users pretend to be queer leftists, they usually have a hard time keeping up the front, as they lack the lived experience. But IHA is pretty convincing to me. Plus, IHA has shown they are willing to be a positive contributor and have worked with a mentor. As GW points out, we have no shortage of strong willed leftists that are kind of angry, I think that is not strong enough evidence to link them. <small>Full disclosure, MJL asked me to take a look because they were concerned </small> [[User:CaptainEek|<span style="color:#6a1f7f">'''CaptainEek'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:CaptainEek|<span style="font-size:82%"><span style="color:#a479e5">''Edits Ho Cap'n!''</span></span>]]</sup>[[Special:Contributions/CaptainEek|⚓]] 18:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
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