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follow. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. Shortcuts WP:CLEANSTARTWP:CLEANSTART WP:NEWSTARTWP:NEWSTART WP:FRESHSTARTWP:FRESHSTART...

the CLEANSTART spirit (it is not CLEANSTART, but CLEANSTART + the non-editing of all articles that an editor has previously worked on). CLEANSTART was...

point is, CLEANSTART doesn't allow this pattern, and cleanstart links to sock, hence listing here. Is the wrong forum (why does cleanstart link back to...

the JessFranborough account is an attempt at a WP:CLEANSTART, then it failed because per CLEANSTART: It is best that you completely avoid articles or...

and Lac47 is evident and admitted, based on the links provided to WP:CLEANSTART and WP:ILLEGIT I think that the sockmaster is actually older than Lac47...

previously had difficulty, blocks and bans does not entitle him to WP:CLEANSTART. I believe the reason for this is that he wishes to hide his extensive...

CheckUser can do. The one question that remains is whether or not WP:CLEANSTART was being taken advantage of; I will leave that for others to discuss...

([1] [2], [3] [4], [5] [6]). This is outside the terms permitted by WP:CLEANSTART#Returning to previous articles and topics. Burninthruthesky (talk) 08:45...

(talk) 01:58, 14 March 2010 (UTC) Yes it was me but in accordance with WP:CLEANSTART. I placed the retired tag on the dharma dreamer user page and there were...

have been a good faith WP:CLEANSTART account. However, they're editing in the same area, which would invalidate the cleanstart. I've asked them whether...

the area of Indian cinema. With no overlap it could just be a failed WP:CLEANSTART. I've tagged both with {{uw-agf-sock}}, but Jeduzzz seems to be moving...

hard to do so. Second, there are concerns about Sven Manguard being a cleanstart. Part of this has to do with a recent incident which I had only barely...

accounts, which suggests no evidence of abusive sockpuppetry (see WP:CLEANSTART). If User:Pietru comes back, then analyze and come back here. MuZemike...

before TerriAnneBaker was created. I'm taking this as evidence of a WP:CLEANSTART. That the second account ended up being blocked for spam doesn't really...

sure it's dead? --Gimubrc (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2016 (UTC) Delete per WP:CLEANSTART. [April Fools!] --TL22 (talk) 16:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC) The above discussion...

and concept. Some copyediting and clarification of the "Clean start under a new name" (WP:CLEANSTART) Conduct policy changes, December 2008 to June 2009...

(Before this gets archived) Doesn't DeRanged Resources qualify as a WP:CLEANSTART account? It has had minimal overlap with La goutte de pluie's contribs...

it for you. This is a completely legitimate alternate account under WP:CLEANSTART. On my previous account, I was a new page patroller. On this account,...

since May Wikipedia:Sock puppetry In the introduction, removed: "(see WP:CLEANSTART)" In WP:SOCK#Inappropriate uses of alternate accounts, removed: "Making...

account and started using the other. It looks like you're attempting a WP:CLEANSTART but you're continuing the same editing patterns & problems from your original...

order to pursue same disruptive/specific editing, contrary to proper WP:CLEANSTART. Equyl stating his intentions to create a page that is created same day...

editing with one account and then resume editing with another account (WP:CLEANSTART). In order to justify a check on suspicion of sockpuppetry, there needs...

sincere attempt at a fresh start. I strongly recommend that you review WP:CLEANSTART, clearly mark your old account as inactive (e.g. using the {{retired}}...

haven't looked to see whether there would be anything prohibiting a WP:CLEANSTART, but I'd want to see evidence of disruption or an attempt to deceive or...

sort should be added to the userpages above and to User:Bosoni per WP:CLEANSTART and WP:SCRUTINY to make it clear these were all the same person. This...

without disclosing their old account which could be a violation of WP:CLEANSTART as both received warnings for their edits in the articles they shared...

made any contribution ever since - however this is not a "genuine" WP:CLEANSTART as they are updating the same article. Historically, Orugoro and Kaori...

necessary), I shut it down and created this account in accordance with WP:CLEANSTART. I am not related to Cleocat16 in any way. South of the Tongass (talk)...

note: Requested evidence not provided after a week. Most likely a WP:CLEANSTART or something similar. Closing with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk)...

claims. Unrelated. One account does have a second account, but it's WP:CLEANSTART territory without any negative implications, so I won't be disclosing...

I don't even know if this is even worth looking into per possible WP:CLEANSTART concerns. –MuZemike 21:13, 29 August 2010 (UTC) I mean, that might be...

username in the past, it is registered with ARBCOM as recommended by the cleanstart policy. Nothing has changed on that account since prior to the creation...

actually the owner of these accounts. I decided, in the spirit of WP:CLEANSTART, to own up to this now rather than cause problems later. Twitbookspacetube...

is opposing anyone who admits to being a Cleanstart candidate. I'd prefer to know that someone is a cleanstart candidate, but currently they don't have...

calling out the editor, or the editor coming to his/her senses), then WP:CLEANSTART would apply, but 68 edits by MC to User:Vegetarian since Veg's last edit...

Additionally, if you have used other accounts in the past, review WP:CLEANSTART to ensure there are no potential sockpuppetry violations. You are correct...

tied to someone's real name, it makes more sense to view this as a WP:CLEANSTART. CU Clerk declined; closing. I will leave Oinuuadel a warning about using...

this edit he talks about a "cleanstart", [24], and then he contact an arb admin here:[25] Which is exactly what "cleanstart" says: "You are generally advised...

before "coming out of retirement." Per my conversation with DoRD and WP:CLEANSTART, a clean start is only a clean start if the original user never returns...

Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC) I'm sorry, but per WP:CLEANSTART, "if an editor uses their new account to resume editing articles or topics...

confirmation, we wouldn't block them because the assumption is that this is a WP:CLEANSTART, lost password, or something like that. In other words, nothing that falls...

generally assume that's because they lost their password, wanted to make a WP:CLEANSTART, or just wanted a new username, and don't consider it socking. If they...

tougher rules should apply to admins, whether changes are needed to WP:CLEANSTART, and whether the page should be renamed to reflect the change in our jargon...

account appears to be intended to avoid scrutiny, in violation of WP:CLEANSTART.   Cs32en Talk to me  18:41, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Waste of time. Noloop...

this an inappropriate WP:CLEANSTART (note the expectations that cleanstarting editors pick new areas to edit and that cleanstarts should not be done to avoid...

if they were the same, it could easily be a forgotten password or a WP:CLEANSTART account. Furthermore, users may edit while logged out, so I'm not seeing...

Timeline · SPI Tools Before presenting evidence, I am taking into account WP:CLEANSTART and the fact that Typical Albanian is inactive, so technically there isn't...

10 September 2025 (UTC) asilvering My reasoning here was based on WP:CLEANSTART. Can you tell me how this behavior does not violate that policy? wizzito...

that account after the initial block expired, I do not see it as a valid cleanstart or alt account but as an attempt to evade scrutiny. I will block the sock...

without disclosing their old account which could be a violation of WP:CLEANSTART as both received warnings for their edits in the articles they shared...

not to use it". They were advised about the possibility of making a WP:CLEANSTART, but they stated that "I don't want an account on this site ... I am happy...

related to Supersaiyen312/Xharm. Both the original account and the mangled cleanstart one have been CU-blocked by Courcelles. I don't know if e-mail discussion...

reported back so the parties would have policy to go by." WP:SOCK, WP:CLEANSTART, WP:CIV, WP:UNBLOCK, WP:EVADE. No direct dialogue between Timotheus Canens...

sockpuppetry unless there is an opportunity for a cleanstart. Sean.hoyland - talk 09:18, 1 June 2011 (UTC) CLEANSTART does not allow for a user to return to an...

blocked and tagged Beevest. The creation of that account was not a valid WP:CLEANSTART. You were simply trying to avoid scrutiny because of your disruptive editing...

instead advised the editor (under the theory that he was attempting a WP:CLEANSTART) to avoid the same kinds of edits in the same topic areas where he had...

has a peculiar request posted on his user and talk pages: "This is a WP:CLEANSTART account. I have had some trouble in the past and I am changing. Please...

(talk) 20:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC) Administrator note This seems okay per WP:CLEANSTART. Not perfect, but there is no editing overlap between the two accounts...

below. See Defending yourself against claims. Would this be a case of WP:CLEANSTART, as I think that people can not disclose their old account if they are...

had the two accounts in the first place, but they explicitly disclaimed CLEANSTART and said they abandoned the A1 account and switched to this somehow-already...

WP:CLEANSTART exists, and he's at the very least documented that he's got an old account. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:08, 17 August 2012 (UTC) Cleanstart applies...

with a user and he/she asks "Oh, You were blocked and unblocked for a WP:CLEANSTART. What Is your previous user name, Was curious about it." So, The page...

gives the appearance of creating a new account to evade scrutiny (see WP:CLEANSTART and WP:VALIDALT, specifically "Clean-start accounts should not return...

utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools The account Sennalen, a WP:CLEANSTART account, has claimed to have never edited Falun Gong in a few different...

in the edit summary and poor English when saying something. While WP:CLEANSTART gives the right to a user to create a new account to start over, 1989...

what I say is true. Wiki4Blog is my alternate legitimate account under a cleanstart. I have absolutely not violated the policies, but I messed up with this...

abandoning one account and creating a new one, but for it to be a valid WP:CLEANSTART one should not immediately go to the same articles and pick up where one...

Defending yourself against claims. Seems pretty clear to me. Not a WP:CLEANSTART because the editor went right back to the same area, and voted twice....

change this, the best way to do so is to stop using that account (see WP:CLEANSTART), create a new account with a pseudonymous username, and use that account...

and dive into the same type of editing - that is not compliant with WP:CLEANSTART or WP:GOODSOCK. I'm am blocking the sock, and the master, indefinitely...

creating a new one) is not prohibited by policy, but for it to be a valid WP:CLEANSTART one needs not to immediately go back to the same articles. Denying the...

you have no experience in writing articles (unless your account is a WP:CLEANSTART), with only this reverted edit in mainspace, so please take your time...

in this case hasn't edited in 6 months, it could just be a really bad cleanstart. The only potential to call it socking is "avoiding scrutiny", but if...

Tools MarioFan08 (and newer account Mariofan!08) was blocked for a bad WP:CLEANSTART following disruptive behaviour on two accounts and several IPs (per this...

as a sock of Lindodawki (talk · contribs). At best this is a failed WP:CLEANSTART, though the attempt is negated by the fact that they returned to make...

mainly focusing attention on the same articles. At this point, I felt WP:CLEANSTART applied, and since JimmyDarmodyRules (talk · contribs) was no longer editing...

Punk Boi 8, and for a while as this account (which I created under WP:CLEANSTART, and alerted the ArbCom at the time as far as I can remember). Anyway...

(permalink). If one of the old accounts eventually successfully appealed for a cleanstart I missed it. My impression is that the behavioral evidence seems convincing...

in violation of the policy regarding failed clean starts. Wikipedia:CleanStart#Editing_after_a_clean_start As a third aggravating factor, under line...

locked in February 2020 for long term abuse.[10] I'm not sure if a WP:CLEANSTART is something the community wants to offer a long term abuser, but that...

appeared 21 November 2012 stating that they had been PIPony22 and claiming cleanstart. That account is blocked as is the IP, blocked as a sock of YellowPegasus...

but understand why you need to do what you need to do. I hope you can cleanstart back at a later date. I won't know it is you (no one but an arb should...

fansite. Newellington (talk) 15:45, 9 August 2012 (UTC) Response: WP:CLEANSTART refers to a user wishing a "clean start", and has nothing to do with article...

belongs to what IP addr. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 19:17, 29 July 2015 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART under discussion at User talk:Ponyo#Rock Solid Talent Entertainment, Phil...

coming back on Wikipedia as I don't see that this user is here for a WP:CLEANSTART. The same 3RR reversions and going against consensus is still there, alongwith...

considered whether a new account could reasonably be considered a WP:CLEANSTART, and concluded that it would not (since there is currently something of...

attempted a cleanstart after I edited for a while as Yasht101 (which is my first and only other account that I have edited with). A cleanstart is when a...

Because of this, I don't think this can be construed as a legitimate WP:CLEANSTART. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 20:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) Look, I'll...

and say that the "privacy" issue is a smokescreen and an excuse for a "CLEANSTART" because BW knows how his block log history, if he has to drag it around...

get the wording changed to what you want - automatic disclosure of all CLEANSTARTs who ever mention something about Wikipedia that predates their registration)...

being used to continue a dispute. As such, it does not qualify for WP:CLEANSTART. My concerns are: Since being created on 20 September 2017 LargelyRecyclable's...

to evade scrutiny of editwarring through gaming the letter of the WP:CLEANSTART policy. I'm going to do a bit of a IAR and take the correct content action...

are they all active? (6) ...or have you undergone a WP:CLEANSTART? (8) Did you quit your Cleanstart and go back to your old account because you can't edit...

2012-08-29) and TortoiseWrath (since then; I treated the process as a WP:CLEANSTART), as well as the rare IP edit. Between my accounts, I have made (here's...

who is currently pblocked and under scrutiny (making this an invalid CLEANSTART), and I see a lot of logged-out editing in controversial areas regardless...

the password for each account. Knowingly scrambling and then doing a cleanstart many times within 3 days is suspicious and I still assert that creating...

There is already WP:CLEANSTART RudolfRed (talk) 00:12, 16 June 2023 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART is not what the op was talking about. Cleanstart is for a new account...

below. See Defending yourself against claims. Comment I'm pretty sure CLEANSTART allows for this exact activity: "Team BLRC" was an unacceptable username...

accounts never overlap and the second account appears to actually be a cleanstart. SwisterTwister talk 06:01, 21 July 2017 (UTC) User:Swister Twister -...

provide such results. He confirmed it was a good cleanstart; which means it no longer is a good cleanstart, and CU is permitted. ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB...

I'll answer this each one relatively short except for the Cleanstart one. With the WP:CLEANSTART, I was urged by a number of users I trusted including a...

suspicious that they are operated by the same user, counting as an invalid CLEANSTART in order to evade a contributor copyright investigation case. I have a...

(UTC) Reply to Carcharoth: Why are you even mentioning WP:CLEANSTART? If it was a WP:CLEANSTART, why did he edit articles and make posts at talkpages with...

than a simple case of sequential accounts, forgotten password, or WP:CLEANSTART. Cabayi (talk) 20:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC) FWIW, Maria19791979's use...

should be a proper chance for a WP:CLEANSTART (whether after 5 years or 10 .. but it should be a true cleanstart), and we would need a way to protect...

self-identified in the talk page, which far exceeded the minimum requirement in WP:CLEANSTART. Based on these two technicalities, you can't call that as evading block...

Shortly after he retired, and then returned under this account. Per WP:CLEANSTART, he was not allowed to do so due to the ban. Vaticidalprophet 05:52, 10...

one other "new" account for an unknown reason (it is clearly not a WP:CLEANSTART as their first edit on NY8642 was directly related to edits on TheMasterMind321...

unvarnished on English Wikipedia. 5. This proposal does not effect WP:CLEANSTART in any way. 6. Accounts can still be locally vanished if it is a WMF staff...

Polish diacritics, plus the username. I am calling this an invalid WP:CLEANSTART (since the original account was under sanctions). I have put a very direct...

nearly a year ago now. Then I wondered how I'd feel if he'd gone for Cleanstart 11 months ago, which he could easily have done. And just looking at the...

quickly and too harshly blocked (IMO), if this is the same person, a WP:CLEANSTART seems fair. Unless anyone else wishes to pursue this, I'm done here. Rgrds...

violated the terms of WP:CLEANSTART, and his account therefore became a sock account. At the point that his legitimate cleanstart became an illegitimate...

limited to one account, and expressly denied the option of a fresh WP:CLEANSTART. Should Fæ wish to change the name of the one account he is allowed to...

NBSB has apparently not resumed any feuds related to this retirement, WP:CLEANSTART also states: Certain articles and topics are particularly contentious...

which certainly is an inappropriate use of an alternate account; WP:CLEANSTART is not for editors under restrictions or sanctions. I have only glanced...

newest account a talk page message saying that if they were intending a WP:CLEANSTART, then returning to the same articles and making edits with the same BLP...

and so using undisclosed alt accounts is a pretty dubious idea (and a CLEANSTART isn't legitimate while there is an active sanction in place); I see that...

nothing, and Kww has blocked the account for violation of WP:SOCK and/or WP:CLEANSTART, so this is moot. Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:58, 18 October 2012 (UTC) For the...

that Fri74eodo was their account, acting like this was a case of a WP:CLEANSTART, which, of course, made no sense as both accounts were created within...

in relevant controversies under, calling it harassment even though WP:CLEANSTART explicitly describes such comments as the likely consequence of returning...

and has been excluded here per WP:OUT. This seems to be a misuse of a cleanstart account to avoid possible sanctions, but while still using both accounts...

B-class, but I've a feeling these were not by a new editor. I suspect WP:CLEANSTART in these instances. Sionk: My first ever submissions to DYK were ones...

have two prior accounts, which they have abandoned. This is a failed WP:CLEANSTART attempt rather than sockpuppetry, and they are Unrelated to any of the...

Smellytap was blocked, there may be a perceived justification under WP:CLEANSTART but that cannot apply a) because Smellytap was blocked and b) because...

scrutiny due to his falsifying references this is an obvious violation of WP:CLEANSTART especially as he is going back to the same articles which brought him...

noted that someone raised a concern with you on your talkpage about your CLEANSTART attempt. Please make sure to follow through with whatever ArbCom's documentation...

pre-empt any claims that this is a clean start, I'll restate that per teh WP:CLEANSTART policy, 'A clean start is not permitted if there are active bans, blocks...

is a highly disruptive user. Further examples include SPI accusations, cleanstart attempts, odd village pump requests, revealing personal information inappropriately...

cleanstart. So taking a confrontational stances similar to those of AVC would constitute both evidence of socking as well as violation of cleanstart....

account(s) at your user page (with the exception of situations like WP:CLEANSTART). Otherwise what you are doing here is basically a form of sockpuppetry...

against claims. Clerk declined - No need. You found an improperly done Cleanstart, it seems. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:23, 4 June 2012 (UTC) User confessed...

create a new account and remove any ties with his past account per WP:CLEANSTART. The user is already indefinitely blocked, I think that is enough for...

which one. Why not a WP:CLEANSTART? Sure, the pattern might seem suspicious, and disruptive is as disruptive does, and WP:CLEANSTARTs are supposed to avoid...

2020 (UTC) Additional question from User:WilliamJE 9.Did you read WP:CLEANSTART, particularly its section of requests for adminship, before this RFA began...

been able to find any successful examples to someone being given a WP: cleanstart. Maybe someone could link to some for my edification. I'm concerned that...

name Sue Rangell was stale. It was suggested that if EChastain was a WP:CLEANSTART account it was probably a misuse of a clean start. Other editors saw merit...

Sergeant started editing—so it now becomes clear that we have a breach of WP:CLEANSTART, since such accounts are not supposed to be used to pursue old disputes...

comment. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 20:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC) Read WP:CLEANSTART. There's a difference between an alternative account and an abandoned...

is irrelevant (I'm not going to bother investigating him) since users are allowed to WP:CLEANSTART. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:18, 29 November 2012 (UTC)...

less-than-competent attempt to WP:CLEANSTART, which is not an offense, just a failure. Either accept that you didn't succeed at WP:CLEANSTART or try again and do better...

there was no way a CLEANSTART was going to be granted. Considering your profane email to the Committee after being told your cleanstart wasn't going to be...

asking just to be sure. I assume you are a returning editor going for a WP:CLEANSTART, but the COI think also seems possible. Hobit (talk) 04:01, 9 October...

Wikipedia as another User per WP:CLEANSTART. There was an immediate complaint [55] about this (about his returning under cleanstart after retiring in the middle...

SI) User compare report Auto-generated every hour. Possible case of WP:CLEANSTART as the previous user suddenly abandoned all activity some time ago after...

accounts (there's two) were not clearly discontinued (I'm looking at WP:CLEANSTART), and on one of them one edit was made recently (minor, nothing to worry...

then a cleanstart is not merited because it'd permit him to just walk away from damage and conceal future problems from whatever cleanstart account Wikicology...

under the impression that if (for example) the current account is a WP:CLEANSTART, that privately disclosing to ArbCom (and then confirming they have done...

this to the recent case of Noroton. He made a good faith effort to WP:CLEANSTART and ran afoul of a WP:SOCK technicality. No harm had been done to either...

Versageek's definition of "disruptive", that just isn't policy. Period. See WP:CLEANSTART. Versageek's statement is simply incompatable with it. If I'd made the...

♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:21, 2 November 2012 (UTC) First, this is clearly not a WP:CLEANSTART. They are either a) unblocked and used that account, b) unblock and the...

19 March 2022 (UTC) I assume that the Rinda F. was supposed to do a WP:CLEANSTART, for a reason I do not know, so they created Fergiawan R. and used the...

29 November 2011 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART?? (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 21:23, 29 November 2011 (UTC) I thought of that, but CLEANSTART is for editors who have decided...

(talk) 15:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC) Maybe some of us are looking for a WP:CLEANSTART :) Tammy0507 (talk) 15:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC) Comment - four of the...

on a new account and re-editing Glenn Beck in exactly the same way. WP:CLEANSTART clearly differentiates between making a new account, and acting differently...

or two, albeit in a lot of articles :( Which would mean he couldn't WP:CLEANSTART, and anyway I think his style is so characteristic that he'd get spotted...

Adamgerber80 (talk) 07:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC) Please have a look at WP:CLEANSTART which states that you can only do so if your previous account is not blocked...

than a year of assaults by multiple socks and returning users breaching CLEANSTART to visit old grudges on the FA-related pages, and at the very time that...

a history of concurrent use, as well as the SCRUTINY angle/potential CLEANSTART violation considering the history of warnings/potentially problematic...

limited to one account, and expressly denied the option of a fresh WP:CLEANSTART. Should Fæ wish to change the name of the one account he is allowed to...

email enabled. We are old enough that this is not so uncommon. Plus cleanstarts, etc. It is all moot now, since they have been softblocked for username...

factor here. As VM notes, Pb. left because of heavy harassment, and WP:CLEANSTART is a valid reason to create a new account. At the same time, accounts...

the community via dodging scrutiny by using IPs an issue? How can WP:CLEANSTART apply here when we well know who this is? The only other question is,...

Jack Sebastian being a previously sanctioned user who is violation of WP:CLEANSTART then it needs to be presented or Dropped entirely. The Resident Anthropologist...

violated the principles laid out in CLEANSTART, and nothing in any policy states that an editor taking advantage of CLEANSTART must disclose the previous username...

forward: If this IS SchroCat, they have tried to have a (albeit hidden) WP:CLEANSTART at least twice [135] [136] and got a CU-block both times, as a result...

these edit sums [4], [5]. It's possible that Målfarlig! was aiming for WP:CLEANSTART, but SevcoFraudster and Sevcoteehee were created while there was an active...

were previously banned from is a clear violation of WP:SCRUTINY and WP:CLEANSTART ("Even if the original account is not under a formal editing restriction...

thus will not argue for or against this SPI. Perhaps, the user has a WP:CLEANSTART and might want to clear the air with an admin (though by policy they not...

a perfectly proper WP:CLEANSTART. --NeilN talk to me 20:35, 1 May 2017 (UTC) So we have an editor on an effective WP:CLEANSTART, with multiple blocks...

I no longer have access. This account is fully in compliance with WP:CLEANSTART, which ArbCom member Newyorkbrad can confirm. I was never blocked under...

was not involved in endorsed this user creating a new account as a WP:CLEANSTART noting the standard offer. Capitals00 later filed the SPI noting one of...

Wikipedia. Nevertheless, if I am reading them right, WP:VANISH and WP:CLEANSTART seem to be mutually exclusive. I don't recall being involved in any vandalism...

this connection "forever" even if old names are edited out manually. WP:CLEANSTART would be the alternative if such a break is desired. I did not remove...

have no active sanctions, then WP:CLEANSTART is an option. Blackmane (talk) 02:47, 24 May 2016 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART would be an excellent idea to apply...

Kagome. I looked into the matter, got some socks blocked, and suggested WP:CLEANSTART to BM. I tell him to stay away from articles he has edited, and refrain...

[42] -- what is your problem? You know very well that some editors make CLEANSTART accounts and that is their business. --Middle 8 (contribs • COI) 12:27...

other users straight at it like that. I would consider this account a WP:CLEANSTART account. RationalBlasphemist (Speak) 20:39, 22 July 2014 (UTC)  Done Well...

account they assumed it was allowed. Considering STANDARDOFFER and WP:CLEANSTART, as well as WP:CBAN and WP:BMB, please comment on this user's fate. A:...

and CleanStart, and rethinking what we should allow.)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:49, 3 February 2012 (UTC) Yes, the need to look at RTV and CLEANSTART is what...

information about me against my will, and I was forced to go in for a WP:CLEANSTART. I have actually been editting Japanese history articles since 2005.)...

ainm~Talk 12:52, 11 January 2012 (UTC) WP:OUTING does go both ways :-) WP:CLEANSTART is also very clear in its usage. I could see lots of blocks, unless I...

block for both accounts. New account with old pattern is a violation of CLEANSTART if such was ever in the cards; accounts are used only for edit-warring...

administrative action is appropriate. Jayjg (talk) 20:02, 2 March 2012 (UTC) CLEANSTART...means new username and avoiding old haunts and editors...that isn't...

nick and the signature is there. What I advise to him is Wikipedia:CLEANSTART#CLEANSTART if he wants to lose all his prior track. Lots of other people that...

I tried a cleanstart. But then I got caught. So what do I do from this point?--Deathlaser :  Chat  18:17, 4 June 2012 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART seems to indicate...

08:48, 28 January 2012 (UTC) The issue is Wikipedia policies (RFC/U and cleanstart) aren't coherent, so (as usual) discussion and consensus are necessary...

Asilah1981 I think you should know WP:CLEANSTART then. Yashovardhan (talk) 14:04, 4 June 2017 (UTC) I do know WP:CLEANSTART, Yashovardhan simply see little...

--Chemicalinterest (talk) 01:12, 4 September 2010 (UTC) It should be noted that WP:CLEANSTART covers the issue. If the user is a long term abuser of Wikipedia (Grawp...

Cracker92 (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2012 (UTC) If WP:Cleanstart is the standard here, Wikipedia:CLEANSTART#Contentious_and_scrutinized_topics says "It is not...

had no answer. It was suggested I either cleanstart or start back up publicly. I didn't feel like cleanstarting would be in my or others' best interests...

01:44, 27 June 2015 (UTC) First, let me clarify that this account is a WP:CLEANSTART. I had an older Wikipedia account that I stopped using. That account only...

just abandoned an account, and is considering a fresh start? We have WP:CLEANSTART, WP:SOCK#LEGIT and so on - I'm not seeing the problem here. WormTT(talk)...

a co-organiser of WP:WikiProject Cryptozoology.[22] when he made a WP:CLEANSTART. Just recently he has been active with that WikiProject.[23] And he has...

to confirm the link.) Terra Novus has said that he is making use of WP:CLEANSTART, but is continuing to edit some of the same articles [66], and the way...

Mathsci at ANI. Even if he were to return, as me or anyone else, per WP:CLEANSTART this is not sockpuppetry. Mathsci uses this bogus SPI as an excuse to...

primary account since 2 April; it seems that this sock was some kind of WP:CLEANSTART effort, which he can't do while under sanctions. Lengthening the block...

multiple accounts per the restrictions at WP:SOCKLEGIT or create a WP:CLEANSTART account. They have agreed to work with User:Boing! said Zebedee on cleaning...

in the spirit of Cleanstart. It was User:ThePhoenixReborn but some quickly said I was socking and it became clear to me that cleanstart is pretty much a...

limits to what you may do if you decide to start another account. See WP:CLEANSTART for details ... one of the things the community feels strongly about is...

a new user name continuing the POV pushing behavior is a misuse of WP:CLEANSTART at best and WP:BLOCKEVASION at worst. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)...

WP:RTV is not an appropriate prelude to restarting under a new name, WP:CLEANSTART. Due to some issues that needn't be discussed here, it would not be appropriate...

a sock a full 1.5 years later. I was resigned to Redmen44 being a WP:CLEANSTART until the same edit warring habits of Carthage44 eventually re-surfaced...

to declare a previous account isn't a breach of policy. If it was wp:CLEANSTART would be totally out of order. You've alleged that Bjmullan is a returning...

to know everything else. Whether it is socking, a poorly executed WP:CLEANSTART, or an IP that just signed up, I have no idea, but that should be settled...

opportunity. --Moni3 (talk) 22:48, 28 February 2012 (UTC) No. We have WP:CLEANSTART and it is respected. But if one chooses to start anew one has to stay...

a discussion is raised then there isn't much else that can be done. (Cleanstart could work I guess). –Davey2010Talk 14:28, 17 November 2019 (UTC) I'm...

to me)(see my edits) 13:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC) If you were going for a Cleanstart then no that wouldn't get you out of the restriction. Clean start only...

the question now is whether I should go to WP:ARBCOM or simply do a WP:CLEANSTART (the latter obviously after the ban has already expired). Anyone (besides...

who've invoked cleanstart ever become admins without publicly revealing their former accounts then I believe we should change the Cleanstart policy. But...

create an account, to abandon one account for another, even to have a WP:CLEANSTART. They don't have to answer demands to self-identify. However, in this...

them but the iBan also prohibits other, unrelated behavior such as WP:CLEANSTART and WP:VALIDALT, and there may be more that I am not aware of. --Guy Macon...

reminder: if you had ever edited similar articles before, then did a WP:CLEANSTART, you may not go back to editing those same types of articles, or else...

December 2012 (UTC) Oppose indef. It looks to me like Okip was doing a WP:CLEANSTART until he was baited by the WP:TAGTEAM deletion attack on ARS. He realized...

to keep editing under her new name. This also doesn't seem to be a WP:CLEANSTART, because in a clean start one starts over again with a new name and avoids...

same sort of behaviour in both accounts. This is a clear violation of WP:CLEANSTART, despite the connection between the two accounts being known. --Blackmane...

account arrives to propose a topic ban? Quite clearly either an invalid WP:CLEANSTART or as a minimum an improper alternate account as an attempt to distract...

waka) that they enable his instant identification. See advice at WP:CLEANSTART. Furthermore, he can't use "gravedacning", "harassement" and "meat puppetry"...

with an axe to grind with someone, that would therefore violate any WP:CLEANSTART or renaming. Next time, George, it's better to shut up when things are...

betsythedevine (talk) 18:20, 27 May 2011 (UTC) Try the instructions at WP:CLEANSTART. Your situation is exactly why we have that option. I don't blame your...

all "knowledgeable" accounts are socks: some are former IP's, some are cleanstarts, some are legitimate alternate accounts. 2) When an AN or ANI is filed...

appears more of a case of remaming via a new account creation than a WP:CLEANSTART so nothing to see really. Off2riorob (talk) 09:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)...

once again.[60] I was starting to feel sorry for you and recommend a WP:CLEANSTART, but you are just defying consensus here. Doc talk 08:19, 25 March 2011...

LibiBamizrach mentions how a "cleanstart" is interesting:[188]. Why is nsaum75 sending of-wiki messages about "cleanstart" to this "new" user who is obviously...

the preferred way to do it. -- ۩ Mask 20:38, 6 June 2011 (UTC) cf WP:CLEANSTART. Rd232 talk 20:57, 6 June 2011 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please...

evidence that Nolop used that IP address is minimal; I did not violate "cleanstart"; all of the socking stuff was already investigated and closed. Whether...

now looking for a clean start [90], this seems to be a violation of WP:CLEANSTART, which says Users who may not have a clean start: Any user who has active...

start when registering an account. IMO that's generally legitimate and WP:CLEANSTART is not usually interpreted very strictly in such a situation. The editor...

If you are banned or otherwise about to be sanctioned and decide to WP:CLEANSTART, that's not a clean start. PRAXIDICAE🌈 19:01, 12 July 2022 (UTC) Oh,...

that they're not able to outright say their editing does not violate WP:CLEANSTART seems like an issue, so I believe it's natural to wonder why they've never...

are an obvious exception. BTW, this isn't a WP:CLEANSTART as normally meant here on wikipedia. A cleanstart is when you intentionally don't link the two...

a co-organiser of WP:WikiProject Cryptozoology.[98] when he made a WP:CLEANSTART. Just recently he has been active with that WikiProject.[99] And he has...

has been known to be less than forthcoming about the past behavior of "cleanstart" accounts. POVBrigand's early attitude and knowledge of the relevant policy...

accept some pretty bad errors from them, but apparent practitioners of CLEANSTART should be presumed to know what they're doing when they make the new account...

should be visible (while noting the apparent contradiction conveyed by cleanstart policy), I note that: The actual block log entries in question do still...

January 2011 (UTC) This is just another waste of time, and a breach of WP:CLEANSTART, even if you believe him. Meanwhile this thread should be taken to RFC/U...

already admitted to creating the User:Lcmr2 account, saying it is a WP:CLEANSTART, but continuing to argue on the talk page of the article you were blocked...

come back and contribute, he has CLEANSTART or STANDARDOFFER. GoldenRing (talk) 11:35, 21 September 2017 (UTC) CLEANSTART?! I don't think so. Among a long...

the policy, including abandoning one and continuing with another (WP:CLEANSTART) as well as operating a legitimate and disclosed alternate account. It's...

(UTC) Well, then, we'd just be wrong. :) Maybe you're thinking of WP:CLEANSTART? If so, it's strongly recommended that you inform Arbcomm of your previous...

complete and total break from wikipedia, not a clean start. Please review WP:CLEANSTART and WP:RTV; they are different. -- Avi (talk) 17:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)...

policy for alternate accounts. -- Atama頭 21:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART specifically allows for cutting ties, but that's just not what they did...

to claim that Off2riorob is using a new account because he wants a WP:CLEANSTART. Furthermore, it appears to me that he is unable to comply with policy...

in several diffs in the very articles I told you to stay away from. WP:CLEANSTART means, as I told you, you go somewhere else, and don't leave anything...

who has been clean for a couple of years, and is almost following WP:CLEANSTART. As he has already outed himself by saying the other account is his (he...

contributions) 16:43, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Support With that many failed attempted CLEANSTARTs and failing to remedy the underlying problem, it's time to go. Also,...

Dougweller is talking here about very recent edits on your second WP:CLEANSTART account which were clearly contentious. It's not a very good idea to misrepresent...

bunch of old ones, instead of after-the-fact incorrect applications of WP:CLEANSTART. Considering however that this user was given this chance after complaining...

There is a consensus to decline the unblock request for User:Hidden Tempo (HT). The numerical vote count showed a moderately large majority opposed unblocking...

some kind of Scarlet Letter. I'm not sure about the technicalities of WP:CLEANSTART but I don't think it would be appropriate here. As long as the user doesn't...

permanently. If they come back, they haven't vanished. Maybe you're thinking of CLEANSTART which doesn't apply to users under active sanctions. 66.127.52.47 (talk)...

¡digame! 07:14, 21 June 2010 (UTC) But RTV is not the same thing as WP:CLEANSTART, which is perfectly allowed, and by no means do we have a "right" to know...

this to the recent case of Noroton. He made a good faith effort to WP:CLEANSTART and ran afoul of a WP:SOCK technicality. No harm had been done to either...

Roux on changing usernames, whether at WP:Changing username or under WP:CLEANSTART (the latter as long as at least one admin with knowledge of the situation...

had missed Solar Rock, blocked them too. Agree that he has abused WP:CLEANSTART in addition to the outright socking, and that he should be permanantly...

avoiding disruption to the project until this is sorted, as provided in WP:CLEANSTART. You should not edit the encyclopedia while there is a block in place...

blocked as your sock, which indicates that it was used contrary to WP:CLEANSTART. Therefore you were incorrect to have used Medjool to edit Copt/Coptic...

are. However, if they are, they seem to be making a perfectly valid WP:CLEANSTART. In the absence of evidence that they are being disruptive, which presumably...

editing similarly to an old account is a violation of his declared WP:CLEANSTART, that would be sanctionable if true. Beyond that, accusations of factionalism...

Ex post facto. Dennis Brown - 2¢ - © - @ - Join WER 01:15, 19 May 2013 (UTC) The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments...

aware that the Flooded account only goes back to 2018 as a claimed WP:CLEANSTART after a few weeks`of abandoned the previous account. In particular, I...

@RegentsPark and Lankiveil: I believe that KA$HMIR is in clear violation of WP:CLEANSTART and WP:SCRUTINY policies and therefore he should be topic banned or blocked...

2015 (UTC) Oppose: There's no problem that this appears to solve that WP:CLEANSTART doesn't already address.—Kww(talk) 15:13, 27 February 2015 (UTC) Its less...

sock. Gwen Gale (talk) 14:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC) I think she means a WP:CLEANSTART, but I have to say that whatever she means I'm not greatly encouraged...

happened, the first at a SPI when I was discussing the application of WP:Cleanstart. The odd thing is that overall I was agreeing it was not a new user. I'd...

sockpuppetry. (Though this bullet point is almost the exact opposite of CLEANSTART, as the main use of a clean start is when you think you've been messing...

against Coretheapple. I'm wondering if this is a returning user with a cleanstart account, because this bad behavior seems very familiar. Viriditas (talk)...

stopping the disruptive use of dispute resolution is a site ban. Well per WP:CLEANSTART, A wiki policy it's allowed but it has some careful qualifiers. A user...

~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:27, 16 February 2021 (UTC) Could be a WP:CLEANSTART, which is allowed. Fences&Windows 23:44, 16 February 2021 (UTC) And some...

they "retire" and then a short time later create a new account as per WP:CLEANSTART. Worrying about whether Wikipedia will be here or not is pointless and...

privilege of a clean start. It's even stated in the first section of the WP:CLEANSTART policy, Any user who has active bans, blocks or sanctions (including,...

so an unconditional unblock should be out of the question. In fact, WP:CLEANSTART is supposed to be for only editing in entirely unrelated fields. Typically...

tricky. If an indef block stays in place, I hope that he decides to use WP:CLEANSTART return and to duck away from some of his stalkers. If he does so, he is...

comment on content instead. You also wouldn't meet the criteria for WP:CLEANSTART by the way, because it's shown above that you have still have your old...

rather, successor account - one couldn't really go as far as calling it a cleanstart) of a much earlier account under one of the reasons listed in WP:SOCK#LEGIT...

except that I am pretty sure this user just blew their attempt at a WP:CLEANSTART because they are mad that their new account didn't get confirmed. Beeblebrox...

says "fuck it ... I can't deal with harassers like you, I'm going to WP:CLEANSTART to get away from you" and suddenly it's him who's blocked for Socking...

Trolling and socking are other potential reasons. Maybe its a failed WP:Cleanstart, maybe something else, but to me the evidence is clear that this isn't...

addition to, perhaps, trying again at the Russian WP (do they have WP:CLEANSTART?), I suggest in all seriousness that perhaps the Simple English Wikipedia...

severe enough to be damaging to the encyclopedia. I'm all in favor of CLEANSTART but the idea of starting clean is to separate yourself from your past...

help us achieve our goal. That person tried to violate WP:ILLEGIT (or WP:CLEANSTART, if we believe him) and that is simply not allowed. I didn't write these...

retiring this account and starting a new one would not be permitted under WP:CLEANSTART. P-K3 (talk) 23:16, 9 March 2021 (UTC) Considering this discussion on...

because your previous username is public, yours is not a WP:VANISHed or WP:CLEANSTART account, and your being an EEML party is of course relevant since you've...

prolific contributor out of the deal. This is basically a textbook WP:CLEANSTART, so long as we ignore the bit about it being invalid. I endorse clemency...

areas that the previous accounts edited in. This is allowable under WP:CLEANSTART. Blackmane (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2014 (UTC) 125.168.97.231, you need...

place on a large number of articles and their talk pages. AO was not a WP:CLEANSTART: the new account was created apparently because of a hard disk failure...

anyone is interested about reading more about Arab Cowboys so called "cleanstart" attempt you can read more here: and see how he after he created the Medjool...

Howicus (Did I mess up?) 23:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC) See WP:VANISH and WP:CLEANSTART. However, note that "vanishing" is only available to permanently departing...

editing under a different username, and s/he stated, "I decided to WP:CLEANSTART"[48]. As a single-issue editor, Gouncbeatduke does not seem to be abiding...

to redact their original account name as it was a WP:UNC and not a WP:CLEANSTART, and the old username is clearly labelled in the change log. Is he needing...

distance between himself and his editing history. (This was not a WP:CLEANSTART, as L. R. Wormwood immediately began editing the same articles and subjects...

and request a name change. BMK (talk) 21:24, 27 September 2015 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART is also another avenue. Blackmane (talk) 01:46, 28 September 2015 (UTC)...

both locally and on meta is traditionally read similar to the en.wiki WP:CLEANSTART policy since despite the wording saying vanishing is not a clean start...

discussions of A1candidate It seems to me that the sanctions preclude a WP:CLEANSTART, which was in any case problematic when changing from Levine2112 to A1candidate...

Katietalk 23:11, 27 April 2016 (UTC) One option is to do a quiet WP:CLEANSTART. Let Arbcom know and the IP troll should find it a bit harder to find...

article has been moved). That's not right per LOGOUT (misleading), or WP:CLEANSTART (overlap). The editor has made many statements, including they are in...

retired account would create a sockpuppet problem and would violate WP:CLEANSTART. So what you are asking is to violate a rule and create an WP:OUTING issue...

transparency and accountability. The exception to this is described at WP:CLEANSTART, but since the username you chose when you created this account explicitly...

the newest account, and the RfC was about the FA process. Reading WP:CLEANSTART, I see that it is unacceptable to deceive users in controversial areas...

place on a large number of articles and their talk pages. AO was not a WP:CLEANSTART: the new account was created apparently because of a hard disk failure...

"one size fits all" situation. Discussion is always an option. While WP:CLEANSTART is usually about blocks any editor who is sanctioned can use it as a way...

start again as a productive editor after having a shady past, see WP:CLEANSTART, but it explicitly states (in bold text, bold!) that "no active deception...

happen, (and if I knew that it was an allowed option), I would have WP:CLEANSTART to avoid such harassment, as I have ready recognized my past mistakes...

computer. It turns out that the iban made the validalt (as well as a WP:CLEANSTART should I ever want one) to be against the rules and I had to change the...

violation of WP:SOCK, and it is entirely possible that this is a WP:CLEANSTART account, or the account of someone who used to edit as an IP, but Roy...

had a new account (an area where I had an emotional attachment as per cleanstart ). [357] I created articles that were important to minorities including...

they would have a fair chance of getting unblocked. But even taking WP:CLEANSTART into consideration I don't think we can accept the socking while blocked...

--Floquenbeam (talk) 01:14, 23 August 2017 (UTC) I have an observation, from WP:CLEANSTART--"Any user in good standing who has no unexpired sanctions, and who is...

checkusered anyone who so much as mentions that Mo ainm is a failed WP:CLEANSTART - his previous account is not publicly linked from his new one, yet he...

all time high". The fact remains that Gouncbeatduke claims to be a WP:CLEANSTART account that previously edited under a different username (which s/he...

This applies to the person using the I-82-I account, and precludes WP:CLEANSTART. Guy (help! - typo?) 21:45, 5 September 2020 (UTC) The following discussion...

meaning, not in direct reference to the strict wiki-procedure known as WP:CLEANSTART. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 21:20, 11 February 2015 (UTC) I agree with Salvidrim...

IP as an attempt to evade scrutiny (albeit a rather poor one). Per WP:CLEANSTART, the existence of this discussion precludes this user from such a clean...

Mike in the studio, Mike. CassiantoTalk 20:29, 7 September 2020 (UTC) WP:Cleanstart time? --Moxy 🍁 21:13, 7 September 2020 (UTC) I am not sure that is particularly...

92.40.222.29 (talk) 18:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC) Good! you can do a WP:CLEANSTART here and avoid the topics that threw you into troubleWeaponbb7 (talk)...

seem the most painless. (They are presumably still in breach of the WP:CLEANSTART policy also.) If there is no appetite among the community for reinstatement...

disclosure, the blocked account is my old account, before I did a WP:CLEANSTART. I'm not particularly happy about outing myself, but this was such weird...

18 January 2015 (UTC) I don't see it contradicts it, I see it more as "cleanstart plus". The bottom line seems to be that a self-requested block can be...

here (even the initial account creation seems like a policy-compliant CLEANSTART), and the connection between the accounts has been disclosed. creffpublic...

It's obviously not a new user, but not obviously a sock. Seems like WP:CLEANSTART applies, unless there is any proof of using this account to evade sanctions...

Theguywholearnhistory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Per [1], [2], [3] and [4]. This user has persistently...

gone to some lengths to hide their previous editing history as per WP:CLEANSTART (both have been topic banned from Troubles articles in the last year)...

If this is the same user, I wonder if this account's attempt at a WP:CLEANSTART can be viewed as legitimate. The RnP account was known for nationalistic...

December 2021 (UTC) The closer should probably remind Encyclopædius that WP:CLEANSTARTs are not allowed for accounts under active sanctions iff this discussion...

care of that I suppose. More importantly, I see that this is a supposed CLEANSTART account, which begs an important question or two... Drmies (talk) 16:32...

before under a different username but started a new account for a WP:CLEANSTART. As a single-issue editor, Gouncbeatduke does not seem to be abiding by...

19:22, 4 November 2011 (UTC) @Paul: Incorrect. Hodja Nasreddin is not a CLEANSTART account. Biophys just changed his name back in 2010. If you check the...

before Robtencer started and this appears to be nothing more than a WP:CLEANSTART. However, given that I referred to the the edit history of Robtenter,...

clients.Only for privacy reasons like using there real name or under WP:CLEANSTART do users not disclose there previous accounts publicly.) 4:The User is...

(talk) 23:44, 3 August 2011 (UTC) Other possibilities: User:Cbrick77 is a CleanStart editor who would rather not make that public. User:Cbrick77 is an undercover...

epidemic that many would suggest it is). You may be interested in WP:CLEANSTART. --Izno (talk) 16:42, 10 March 2016 (UTC) If blocks are being used as...

successful, you could WP:CLEANSTART under DrewieStewie (as I read it, the block would first have to be lifted before you could CLEANSTART)? That way you could...

article using NLH as to stay off of the topic of martial arts as per WP:CLEANSTART. I stopped again that day May 24, 2015 and my next edit was June 23, 2015...

Could be a clean start, advise if is the case to follow guidance at WP:CLEANSTART and suggest that the name might lead people to think they were a sock...

help. If you have an old account and desire to begin anew, perhaps WP:CLEANSTART would be helpful.Hu Nhu (talk) 20:37, 14 February 2022 (UTC) I think by...

abandoned. On the contrary, the attempt was completely in violation of WP:CLEANSTART. -- Atama頭 21:46, 12 May 2011 (UTC) Would just like to drop by to endorse...

from addition, removal or discussion of infoboxes. This precludes WP:CLEANSTART. [38] Guy (help! - typo?) 21:50, 5 September 2020 (UTC) Notagainst (talk ·...

would remind BoopBoopaDoop to review the socking policies, especially the policies for WP:CLEANSTART. (X! · talk)  · @969  ·  22:14, 25 July 2010 (UTC)...

constructive edits. If you want to do that however then I recommend you read WP:CLEANSTART. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 01:00, 19 October 2022 (UTC) @Blaze Wolf...

to be, again, the subject of a WP:OUTING, neither do I want my pre-WP:CLEANSTART account to be tied to this one. Because that would be a re-outing. If...

Wikipedia, we should enforce that for them. Certainly, "fresh start" (WP:CLEANSTART) should be voided if they continue "editing patterns or behaviors that...

already be aware of, by even making such a request. If they are claiming WP:CLEANSTART it's the same deal, it's not a clean start if you want permissions based...

the content at Wikipedia:UNAME#Changing your username, WP:VANISH and WP:CLEANSTART adequately cover the matter, but perhaps for the need for some more clearly...

04:39, 12 January 2017 (UTC) The way to spot a cleanstart by someone who is not entitled to a cleanstart is to keep an eye on your watchlist and especially...

former_and_alternate_accounts I've formulated a possible amendment to CleanStart at Wikipedia_talk:Clean_start#Replace_Strongly_recommended_with_must?...

since Muffin Wizard has stopped editing, I'm going to assume it's a wp:cleanstart even though Muffin Wizards account doesn't state that it's been closed...

overlap between NeatGrey and Spectra239, this seems to be a valid WP:CLEANSTART. Drmies has unblocked NeatGrey. GorillaWarfare (talk) 02:17, 24 April...

but Jytdog was banned under a cloud, and does not benefit from a WP:CLEANSTART. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:49, 24 November 2019 (UTC) @Oshwah: maybe...

everyone has to disclose their past accounts on userpage unless it's a cleanstart but this was not a clean start since first edits of your account. You...

WP:legal threat and should result in immediate ban, though I'd say that WP:CLEANSTART should apply. Wnt (talk) 15:14, 21 September 2011 (UTC) I'll just deal...

their Bureaucrat wiki-magic, not someone who started a new account via cleanstart. Nobody Ent 01:56, 30 October 2012 (UTC) The only such case I'm aware...

2019 (UTC) Yeah, it's not the first time, I think. Some people prefer CLEANSTARTs like this (not assuming anything about this account). --qedk (t 桜 c)...

they just keep making new sockpuppets. Toss out the exceptions to WP:CLEANSTART, too, while we're at it, because we're willing to take your edits under...

16:08, 13 November 2019 (UTC) @CentralTime301: If you mean to make a WP:CLEANSTART, you need to stop editing using your old account. Which account do you...

There is no reason why someone vanished cannot exercise CLEANSTART", but there is. Cleanstart is for editors not under sanctions or threat of sanctions...

a good idea? 76.20.110.116 (talk) 22:48, 2 June 2022 (UTC) because WP:CLEANSTART specifically excludes blocked accounts and for the sake of transparency...

more relevant responses. Thanks, Lourdes 08:47, 25 January 2018 (UTC) WP:CLEANSTART might also be relevant. It is not directly applicable if you want a rename...

have been more clear. The problem is precisely that this violates WP:CLEANSTART, in that "the new account must avoid editing patterns or behaviors that...

owner:Online 14:50, 21 January 2018 (UTC) Clerk note: Do you refer to WP:CLEANSTART? If yes, this request must be declined and you should carefully read the...

editors to leave Wikipedia and then come back under a new account: see WP:CLEANSTART. It is, however, generally advised to avoid returning to old topics when...

simultaneously. In my opinion, if you want to conceal your identity, WP:CLEANSTART option is still available for you. However, that should be a real clean...

one of those two. He should also note the warnings at WP:SOCK and WP:CLEANSTART about returning to old topic areas under new accounts since nobody can...

this account also. TBrandley (T • E) 08:05, 11 June 2014 (UTC) Does WP:CLEANSTART provide the information you require? CaptRik (talk) 08:38, 11 June 2014...

Simply because I choose to begin my editing under this new account (see WP:CLEANSTART) by editing Transformers-related topics does not mean I am some vandal...

employer at the time had some concerns about security. In compliance with cleanstart, I contacted the arbitration committee and requested that the account...

hand, created a new account perhaps because they felt they needed a WP:CLEANSTART and thus don't want any one to know about their old account. As long as...

Or, depending on the situation, it can be considered a violation of CLEANSTART, either in the letter or the spirit. But here, you also have problems...

have already fallen into the trap of identifying yourself then follow WP:CLEANSTART to the letter. - Sitush (talk) 12:20, 23 January 2015 (UTC) I agree that...

account it got flagged as a WP:SOCK. In hindsight I should have gone for WP:CLEANSTART. So here I am with my 3rd account, with a note on my user page. How do...

have blocked and tagged DoctorTexan based on his admission. Obviously, CLEANSTART doesn't apply to block evasion. Also, regardless of his reasons, Mmoates's...

the project rather than leave or exercise cleanstart. So when a candidate stands who chose not to cleanstart from events this old it is important that...

fansite. Newellington (talk) 15:45, 9 August 2012 (UTC) Response: WP:CLEANSTART refers to a user wishing a "clean start", and has nothing to do with article...

long time and just recently decided to create an account, to it's a WP:CLEANSTART, to they're simply a quick learner. Is there some particular reason you...

Additionally, if you have used other accounts in the past, review WP:CLEANSTART to ensure there are no potential sockpuppetry violations. You are correct...

sure it's dead? --Gimubrc (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2016 (UTC) Delete per WP:CLEANSTART. [April Fools!] --TL22 (talk) 16:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC) The above discussion...

and over again. Addressing the account holder, if you want to make a WP:CLEANSTART, I appreciate the enthusiasm, but unfortunately, a site ban is a site...

December 2013 (UTC) Anyone who is blocked as a child is entitled to make a "cleanstart" return as an adult, providing they've been away for at least two years...

to start a new account, ie: WP:CLEANSTART. It might could be argued that if they are the same, it is a failed cleanstart, but since there isn't coordination...

17:57, 13 July 2014 (UTC) Say you create an alternate account under WP:CLEANSTART. You are an experienced user and you had multiple user rights on your...

dinged for a copyright violation. This doesn't seem to be a case of WP:CLEANSTART because the abandonment of the previous account(s) was apparently not...

sockpuppet of Barts1a that operated under the false pretense of a WP:CLEANSTART account. His whole shtick was to show up at WP:ANI threads and fan the...

before Robtencer started and this appears to be nothing more than a WP:CLEANSTART. However, given that I referred to the the edit history of Robtenter,...

combined with everything else, it cannot be a coincidence. This is not a WP:CLEANSTART account, as the user is continuing the same behavior as the old account...

it for you. This is a completely legitimate alternate account under WP:CLEANSTART. On my previous account, I was a new page patroller. On this account,...

very much to add other than there's no need to worry about abuse of WP:CLEANSTART, because it's supposed to be an option available only to good faith editors...

concerns run deep, it may be better to abandon this account and start over with a new account. (WP:CLEANSTART) Cabayi (talk) 07:01, 29 August 2022 (UTC)...

hominem" refers to Nick-D's socking accusation (LR was blocked for a Cleanstart violation). In that massive revert you can see how disruptive they are...

account and then discussion should occur. If they decide to move to WP:CLEANSTART then thats cool and they should not do what they did this time which was...

permissions) (r · p · f · c) Hi! I m autopatrolled here with this account. I m a CLEANSTART of User:Yasht101 who was a rollbacker and autopatrolled. I m much aware...

so 1 week for Bareham and indef the sock (no tags). Please go read WP:CLEANSTART to understand better what the term means. The behavior exhibited here...

a new account, then you can as long as you follow WP:MULTIPLE and WP:CLEANSTART as long as your previous account isn't currently blocked or banned for...

account(s) at your user page (with the exception of situations like WP:CLEANSTART). Otherwise what you are doing here is basically a form of sockpuppetry...

BLP (the Default-to-delete on BLP AfD's) is currently in flux, as is WP:CLEANSTART (the terms in which a user can drop their account and start a new one)...

socks. Users are free to abandon accounts and create new ones under WP:CLEANSTART, or they might have just lost their password, don't know how to recover...

(from 24.247.162.139; I finally gave up and just made an account per WP:CLEANSTART. If I'm going to keep editing like I am, I might as well have an account...

may think about the meaning and shortcomings of WP:CLEANSTART (and the situation when WP:CLEANSTART was not yet available), I am pretty sure that it does...

abandoned your old account User:Arunsingh16? Hello SpacemanSpiff, WP:CLEANSTART in good faith and best intentions. None of the articles created under...

WP:BADSOCK, vs being something like a forgotten password or a legitimate WP:CLEANSTART? ST47 (talk) 16:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC) @ST47: There's a bit more to...

continuing under your current account after EEML rather than invoking cleanstart and having an uncontentious RFA after two or three years under a new account...

Treat 22:20, 23 October 2012 (UTC) I'm fine with a correctly done WP:Cleanstart, but when someone willingly violates WP:RTV, they've lost my trust and...

formatting errors, and similar gramatical errors. If this is an attempt at cleanstart, it's inappropriate for Mkd07 to leap back into the same topic area with...

accounts, contradicting WP:CLEANSTART#Requests for adminship [2]. I have now reverted that bold edit [3]. In my view, WP:CLEANSTART#Requests for adminship...

user that registers a second account because they might be seeking a WP:CLEANSTART, which leads me to the next part of the idea - admins should be notified...

(from 24.247.162.139; I finally gave up and just made an account per WP:CLEANSTART. If I'm going to keep editing like I am, I might as well have an account...

been provided for how to edit wikipedia, or they are exercising a WP:CLEANSTART. Neither of those reasons should be a problem. If a clean start is so...

2013 (UTC) Oppose Either this account name is a misunderstanding of WP:CLEANSTART or it's WP:POINTY ... either way, an admin candidate should know better...

completely erode my trust in him; although it explicitly states otherwise, WP:CLEANSTART does apply to banned users in practice. If someone with a particularly...

Valiantheart. Please choose another username. You might be better served by a WP:CLEANSTART. Cabayi (talk) 05:42, 17 April 2023 (UTC) Done. LunaIsNotABoy (talk) 12:03...

disclosure. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:39, 25 November 2015 (UTC) On the cleanstart EightTwoThreeFiveOneZeroSevenThreeOne which was aborted as the the user...

that says identifying abandoned accounts/previous accounts before a WP:CLEANSTART is required for the granting of this permission (as opposed to, say, RFA...

information about me against my will, and I was forced to go in for a WP:CLEANSTART. I have actually been editting Japanese history articles since 2005.)...

grounds that there has been previous socking. If this is an attempt at a WP:CLEANSTART he needs to go about it differently. Since this isn't the first time that...

limited to one account, and expressly denied the option of a fresh WP:CLEANSTART. Should Fæ wish to change the name of the one account he is allowed to...

editors). Kudos for turning this account round rather than going through cleanstart. But I am uncomfortable with you having the deletion buttons yet, and...

TransporterMan (TALK) 22:47, 8 November 2012 (UTC) Hi, I'm contemplating a WP:CLEANSTART due to continuing on- and off-wiki harassment events. I remember using...

indication that he's retired his account, despite the counsel offered at WP:CLEANSTART. Meanwhile, User:BothHandsBlack is refusing to acknowledge that he's an...

Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 17:57, 12 January 2012 (UTC) Abuse of cleanstart --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC) Per most above...

vanish.  Skomorokh  01:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC) You're looking for WP:CLEANSTART, a subsection of WP:SOCK. It technically applies to those who had acted...

abandons the account and starts a new one. However, this is not a case of WP:CLEANSTART because the sockmaster never acknowledges his previous accounts and uses...

limited to one account, and expressly denied the option of a fresh WP:CLEANSTART. Should Fæ wish to change the name of the one account he is allowed to...

want to disclose here. By the way, I wonder why does Diabedia not go for CLEANSTART instead of playing incessant cat-and-mouse game. — kashmīrī TALK 00:04...

immediately declare the connection, I would argue this was not a legitimate WP:CLEANSTART. Vanishing is intended to be permanent, so at the least, the vanishing...

talk:Arbitration Committee—here—about how to formulate WP:RTV and WP:CLEANSTART for the future, so that they're consistently applied, humane, and something...

2021 (UTC) I have no main account except this one. This is a valid WP:CLEANSTART account, and my future participation on Wikipedia will depend on whether...

the policy, including abandoning one and continuing with another (WP:CLEANSTART) as well as operating a legitimate and disclosed alternate account. It's...

old accounts are not blocked, but I'm not sure that this is a valid WP:CLEANSTART. I'm going to ask them some questions. Girth Summit (blether) 12:10, 26...

[accounts should not edit policies ...] to: "Undisclosed alternative" In WP:CLEANSTART, copyedited and clarified the notion of "Clean start under a new name"...

like to retire my current account and create a new account as per WP:CLEANSTART with the username SHADOW. I am using this request system as there is an...

that. 71.163.243.232 (talk) 01:48, 8 March 2012 (UTC) Maybe then a WP:CLEANSTART is in your future? If so, then good luck with it.--v/r - TP 02:38, 8 March...

(UTC) @Salvidrim!: Understood, thanks. I guess it could also be a WP:CLEANSTART account that just happened to stumble into gun control. Faceless Enemy...

just a few talk page posts and then comments on this SPI. Maybe a failed cleanstart? Maybe a friend? Maybe willfully trying to confuse/evade detection? Maybe...

their early errors - but do we want to encourage editors to exercise cleanstart and run for RFA when they can say "this is the only account I have edited...

Secondly, you were recently unbanned. This makes you ineligible for a cleanstart account as it would avoid scrutiny. Furthermore, the evasion of scrutiny...

(talk) 23:10, 2 December 2013 (UTC) Perhaps I misunderstand WP:SOCK and WP:CLEANSTART. I can only assume Kumioko carried on this conversation at WPMILHIST with...

switching going on. I've read their talk page, and if they really wanted a WP:CLEANSTART, they shouldn't be editing on articles that they frequent, re-adding material...

Wikipedia's licensing requirements, but user's are allowed to make WP:CLEANSTARTs when they want to start anew as long as it's not an attempt to improperly...

a side note that there's an argument that Maestro2016 is some sort of CLEANSTART attempt, but even if Maestro really is unrelated, it should be concerning...

somebody with 1000 times his edit count, and he mentioned being a WP:CLEANSTART account. Given his potential relation to the other two users, I am requesting...

research into Wikipedia editing before trying it or perhaps a successful cleanstart/legitsock. In any event, it would be a great assumption of bad faith to...

otherwise I do not see an immediate need to disclose it publicly given the WP:CLEANSTART policy. Wrenhaven (talk) 23:29, 31 May 2019 (UTC) Comment Hi, It's pretty...

going on here. However, I have to question why a person would exercise WP:CLEANSTART by abandoning a registered account and going to an IP, because that would...

told them that they weren't allowed to use a brand new account under WP:CLEANSTART. I'm well aware of WP:BROTHER, I've been dealing with socks for years...

the case where the stalkee is an editor here, then the options of RTV, CLEANSTART and simple cessation of all editing must be presented. Again, we cannot...

like to retire my current account and create a new account as per WP:CLEANSTART with the username SHADOW. Note: The target username meets the requirements...

hundreds 08:46, 6 October 2018 (UTC) 0/10 - This could be an issue, Whilst CLEANSTARTS are valid and accepted you may be asked what your previous username was...

Similar username, trolling at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) and WP:CLEANSTART policy page. GermanJoe (talk) 00:46, 25 November 2017 (UTC) Accused parties...

banned from Wikipedia, you have way more recourse, first of all (BASC, CLEANSTART, OFFER, etc.) than a prisoner. You still have your support network in...

think that ASCIIn2Bme and The Hand have addressed the issue. One can cleanstart now with no fuss. Abandon the account and start a new one. It may be advisable...

abandoned your old account User:Arunsingh16? Hello SpacemanSpiff, WP:CLEANSTART in good faith and best intentions. None of the articles created under...

based editor of many many years". I believe this account is abusing a WP:CLEANSTART. I have never, as claimed in that ANI case, sought an indefinite block...

have to endure ongoing abuse from socks and returning users who violate CLEANSTART, and whether you think leniency is effective in dealing with such users...

tougher rules should apply to admins, whether changes are needed to WP:CLEANSTART, and whether the page should be renamed to reflect the change in our jargon...

However, in the scenario you describe the editor needs to comply with WP:CLEANSTART before using the new account. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:44, 30 December...

clear that R&P and Torpilorul are the same person. This was not a WP:CLEANSTART for sure. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:25, 4 August 2018 (UTC) I went and looked...

still floating around, and was wondering if perhaps "right to vanish" or "cleanstart" could be applied retrospectively, in part to erase the personal information...

probably a lost cause. If your life's dream is to be a WP admin, then see WP:CLEANSTART.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  03:38, 3 July 2016 (UTC) @SMcCandlish:...

account, which is abandoning your prior identity. This is essentially a WP:CLEANSTART, and that would void any claim on the admin bit, or any other "rights"...

disclosure.) That absolutely in no way is a sock, and is allowed per WP:CLEANSTART. --MASEM (t) 21:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC) Really? A personal attack? That's...

9 September 2023 (UTC) They have no page overlap and no time overlap. CLEANSTART might apply, but the account has under 1k edits. -- Guerillero Parlez...

(cont) 18:25, 1 July 2021 (UTC) Nope. Try again, Ritchie. I had two CLEANSTARTS (one for each name), but was outed deliberately by Singora on the first...

procedure should be when a user returns from WP:RTV or attempts a WP:CLEANSTART? A.) My understanding of WP:RTV has changed over time, partially because...

edit productively, you could use other source material. there is also wp:cleanstart if you don't want to appeal your block. pot, it's kinda bad form to project...

investigate · cuwiki · SI) As 72bikers appears to be under an active AE TBAN, WP:CLEANSTART does not apply. Given the previous block log and number of accounts, 72bikers...

05:31, 15 March 2014 (UTC) Sarah, it is important to note though that WP:CLEANSTART does not apply to editors whose behavior is currently under discussion...

the CLEANSTART was to avoid sharing the user's personally identifiable information, it is obviously and clearly irrelevant here. Accusing a CLEANSTART account...

connection. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:33, 12 June 2022 (UTC) Thanks. I think any CLEANSTART argument here is invalidated by the fact that they've been doing this...

I had decided to stay away from wiki for a while then edit as per WP:CLEANSTART but I did one mistake and some wikihounder detected my past. I request...

Another option is simply starting over with your new username. See WP:CLEANSTART for the details, but basically, since you don't have a ton of edits, you...

procedure should be when a user returns from WP:RTV or attempts a WP:CLEANSTART? A.) My understanding of WP:RTV has changed over time, partially because...

renamer: rename user Datestamp: 01:00, 23 January 2020 (UTC) Reason: cleanstart and new name too close to old to get a new create new account name Pofm...

article that had been originally created by a CU-proven sock violates the CLEANSTART protocol, for starters). One Maelbros sock is User:TBone The Brave, who...

because I was under the impression that he was attempting to engage in CLEANSTART to clear out his extensive block log and get out of a number of disputes...

second opinions; the only other opinion would be to have Mathsci retire/cleanstart or endure the harassment. I do not intend to let a legit editor be bullied...

If you want to make a clean start, we have a guideline to help you WP:CLEANSTART, which explains that you can create a new account and move on with bigger...

(talk) 18:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC) Mark, I strongly advise you read WP:CLEANSTART. If you want to move away from areas where you have had conflicts, that...

banned from Wikipedia, you have way more recourse, first of all (BASC, CLEANSTART, OFFER, etc.) than a prisoner. You still have your support network in...

some undisclosed paid editing going on here with a possible abuse of WP:CLEANSTART. I have offline evidence of this, but I am not going to present it here...

oddball solution might be that whowever made the complaint makes a WP:CLEANSTART and gives WMF permission to air the details, although it might not be...

username or didn't register an email address then under the Wikipedia:Cleanstart rules you can create a new account as long as there is no intention, now...

can start a new account with a name more to your liking. Please see WP:CLEANSTART for the policy on this. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:39, 2 October 2015...

Best, ~ Winged BladesGodric 08:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC) I agree but WP:CLEANSTART advises that he stay away from all topics he used to edit; if he goes...

have to endure ongoing abuse from socks and returning users who violate CLEANSTART, and whether you think leniency is effective in dealing with such users...

01:10, 19 January 2022 (UTC) Darius195, it sounds like you want a WP:CLEANSTART rather than a rename. Cabayi (talk) 15:35, 22 January 2022 (UTC) I would...

was not involved in endorsed this user creating a new account as a WP:CLEANSTART noting the standard offer. Capitals00 later filed the SPI noting one of...

(talk) 13:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC) RfC: is reincarnation a legitimate WP:CLEANSTART? Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 14:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC) Yeah, I like you guys and...

evidence he's trying to enforce a Checkuser ruling and I do note that Cleanstart policy warns very strongly that privacy is unlikely to be protected and...

2021 (UTC) I have no main account except this one. This is a valid WP:CLEANSTART account, and my future participation on Wikipedia will depend on whether...

filing editor felt attacked through community process. (Meanwhile, a CLEANSTART that files too much at ANI just got a one-week block. We block new editors...

here came about precisely because I realised an editor had performed a CLEANSTART in breach of that condition, and they didn't take kindly to me reporting...

to hide the dubious history of an account name, childish vandalism, WP:CLEANSTART and other criteria not listed in the policy. We have revertion deletion...

B-class, but I've a feeling these were not by a new editor. I suspect WP:CLEANSTART in these instances. Sionk: My first ever submissions to DYK were ones...

22:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC) (sigh), I am beginning to see why you did a cleanstart... Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 22:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC) HTDLS, please do...

scrambled the email and revealed the password on both the original and "CleanStart" accounts thereby require Meta-WMF to hard lock the account on account...

that this is a new user, and "sock of someone" rings more likely than CLEANSTART or experienced IP editor, but, having reviewed all of their edits, I don't...

to ANI but there are certainly innocent explanations for it (like a WP:CLEANSTART for instance, or prior experience as an IP or on an abandoned account)...

tougher rules should apply to admins, whether changes are needed to WP:CLEANSTART, and whether the page should be renamed to reflect the change in our jargon...

the same page] "or discussion" [with multiple accounts] Under the WP:CLEANSTART anchor, changed: "If you decide to make a fresh start and do not wish...

old one, for instance as a WP:CLEANSTART — I do not think WP:CLEANSTART is a good analogy - the reasons for a CLEANSTART are (presumably) different to...

2021 (UTC) I have no main account except this one. This is a valid WP:CLEANSTART account, and my future participation on Wikipedia will depend on whether...

violation of WP:CLEANSTART. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:18, 18 August 2025 (UTC) Where does it say that? I read WP:CLEANSTART, but it seemed more...