Second Sockpuppet War

The second sockpuppet war was a sockpuppet wave on wikiHow by Dazwarier, who was thought to have left the site for good years agoDazwarier. decided to troll Byankno1, now known as EpcotMagic. This resulted in his main account for the past 3 years, AmongUsIsC00l being blocked. This sparked the second sockpuppet war, just over 4 years after the last started.
== January 2024: AmongUsIsC00l is blocked. ==
On January 10th, AmongUsIsC00l was blocked. This sent shockwaves through the community. A trusted user, a welcomer and one heralded as a future NABer and admin. How could it be that Dazwarier had changed. So far, the war has not spawned many new techniches and Dazwarier is known for heralding the past and bringing up past events. Old tactics have been used and failed. Dazwarier currently resides on MasonLockwood, who registered today and has not been identified yet. As the war continues, it is expected that new tactics will rise and fall, that trust will fall to 2020 levels. So far, no innocent users have been blocked, but with the war barely 1 week in, it remains to be seen if Dazwarier will continue.
== February-March 2024: Inactivity, faked death, and resurgence ==
Inactivity followed with Dazwarier laying low. However, with the resurgance, an obituary popped up stating that Dazwarier had passed away. This was proven to be false as more accounts followed. More recently, IP Bans have been utilized. This doesn't appear to be an effective deterent, as Dazwarier is known to use VPNs. Dazwarier's inactivity could also be an attempt, possibly at starting a clean slate.
== April 2024: More sock accounts, SquidGame2002 ==
Dazwarier's death turned out to be faked. Many new accounts, which were racking in hundruds of edits PER DAY. These never lasted long. The registration of SquidGame2002, which would last 12 days, was the longest lived account. It is believed that a report by this user caused a block
== May 2024: The end of the war ==
After this block, Dazwarier made a series of attempts at returning. None of them worked. This eventually lead to an account titled Its time to say goodbye. Forever being registered, claiming that Dazwarier is leaving. So far, this has been true. Unusually for Dazwarier socks, the account is neither blocked nor closed and its message is still up to this day. It is unknown whether the admins are aware of this and have left it as a monument of what is seemingly victory for the first time in 5 years.
== June 2024: Observation sock accounts ==
Following this message, a few more Dazwarier socks, none of which were notable, were blocked. These accounts were not making edits and were more observing the site. This could be a attempt at a return and waiting for a time to strike, but such a thing is unlikely, at least not from Dazwarier.
On June 8th, a tweet to the wikiHow twitter account issued a threat stating that something will happen on the 4th of September 2024, which will mark 5 years since Dazwarier initially registered for wikiHow all those years ago.
on June 10th, a diary entry leaked claiming that an admirer is looking to start a new war. This could be the fire needed for the 3rd sockpuppet war.
A big question is if Dazwarier returns on the 4th of September along with potentially the new user, we could be seeing a dual-allied sockpuppet war for the first time.
For now, peace has been restored to the site by the immense work of the admins. The socks never lasted anywhere near as long as in the first war. The admins were able to put up a strong fight. The admins have learnt from the mistakes of the first war, and the lesson learned from the second war is that no one can truly leave wikiHow and that even the most trusted users could be hiding a dark secret. This will be remembered should a 3rd war breakout, whether from Dazwarier or not. 
== July 2024: An unexpected ally ==
Despite the war ending, a user named Traceflix5 replied to Dazwariers appeal on Reddit, claiming to be telling JayneG about the complaint. So far, no action has been taken.
== Future ==
September 4th 2024 will mark 5 years since Dazwarier registered. It is very likely that Dazwarier has something planned for this significant of a date. But for now, the admins won the 2nd sockpuppet war. 
Backing this up, a tweet was sent claiming that something is going to happen on this day.
== Theories ==
After AmongUsIsC00l was blocked, several theories were brought up. Some believed that it was a case of mistaken identity and the account did nothing wrong. Others believed that the account had been sold to Dazwarier.
After the end of the 2nd sockpuppet war, new theories appeared.
Some users believe Dazwarier to have truely quit the site. Others believe he is the user Traceflix5, part in due to "her" replying to Dazwariers appeal to the r/why reddit. Others believe that Dazwarier is plotting a return for the 4th of September. Outside of Dazwarier, some users believe that a user named Ashton11, who admires Dazwarier, may try and start a new insurgency inspired by but no lead by Dazwarier.