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Editor interaction tool

I believe we have a tool for checking the editing overlap of two accounts, which anyone (not just checkusers) may use. It doesn't seem to be mentioned on this page.

Where is it, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go. [1] Simonm223 (talk) 14:12, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I've added a link to the page, under "See also". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:33, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Admin and Ban Accounts: This is when someone is admin, created another account, and does bad stuff on the other account and undoes the change after a bit, for the purpose of malicious intents, but on wikis it will stay there and they wont hide the change. They may also ban the other account without IP banning. It is usually easy to detect this. Wikan Boy 123 (talk) 04:05, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: no idea what this is supposed to mean - admins are also subject to the sockpuppetry policy, and malicious edits are reverted regardless of the user. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 11:11, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MEAT due to external websites?

See the discussion that has opened at WT:CANVASS on this general topic. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Canvassing#Section_on_what_is_not_canvassing Coretheapple (talk) 17:43, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "get out of jail free card" to "get out of jail free card" in the "Alternative account notification" section because it is a Wikipedia policy linking to a Wikipedia essay. Wiki-96H-10E (talk) 20:28, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I think that's a reasonable idea, because the essay is more specifically relevant than the mainspace article, and because we don't need to provide a dictionary-like definition of a familiar term. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:21, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]