Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thewikiuser1999/Archive

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• DHT5035 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Krishna57edits (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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• Editing the same articles (Northern Conquest of Raghunath Rao, Battle of Kandarpi Ghat), with similar behavior. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 22:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Possibly the same person, given rapid interactions and general subject overlap. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 01:54, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Additional information needed - @Iazyges:  Clerk declined. In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:

1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Blocked and tagged DHT5035. In the two articles they edited, they restored the versions of socks. Krishna57edits is not obvious to me, so I'm leaving it in the same status for Iazyges to respond to Vanjagenije's request. Bbb23 (talk) 23:55, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Just noting for the record that I blocked and tagged IndicHistorian555 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki).--Bbb23 (talk) 16:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Closing as the requested evidence for Krishna57edits hasn't been provided. Feel free to re-file with additional evidence if you wish. Spicy (talk) 00:02, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Guchhemane556 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Just noting for the record that there is a potential connection between this sockmaster and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Indo12122, based on overlap at Chandragupta II's Campaign of Balkh. Recently blocked Indo sock Guchhemane556 recently restored content added in December by TWU1999 sock Agniveer099. Agniveer099 was in turn restoring content from Indo sock Magadhan3933. That's as far into the chain as I delved. CU evidence suggested a possible link, but was inconclusive. Dropping this note here in case further connections pop up in the future. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 23:06, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Closing. This is just a note for the future. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 23:06, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Sudsahab (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Krishna57edits (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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There is no doubt in my mind that Sudsahab is a sock of our master (and it seems that User:PadFoot2008 thinks so too); they are CU-confirmed with Krishna57edits, who was mentioned in an earlier report. I've blocked them but I don't have CU info on the earlier instances; the clerk can certainly mark them as CU-confirmed with each other, adapt my block, or note it in the log. Drmies (talk) 16:55, 28 April 2024 (UTC) Drmies (talk) 16:55, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Tagged the two accounts as confirmed to each other and suspected to the master (I hope because I've never used the helper script's capabilities in this area before). Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• @RoySmith: Per your request at Spicy's Talk page. Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Krishna57edits did not save. See User:Sudsahab. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:56, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Bbb23 I'll pick this up on the talk page. RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Sonipat zamidar (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same topic focus, same rapid interactions, recreated Battle of Sarai Sobhachand, last created by Krishna57edits. Wikishovel (talk) 12:12, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• CheckUser requested - This account looks like a sock, but there's also a behavioral connection to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AdityaNakul which still has accounts that aren't stale. Requesting a CU to determine if there's any technical evidence linking the user to one or another. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 21:48, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• The Wordsmith - I checked against the CU logs for this case, and against socks from the AdityaNakul case, but I'm not seeing anything concrete. All I can say is that they are in roughly the same location, and that Sonipat zamidar has a habit of editing while logged out, but I don't see a firm connection to any other accounts within the CU window. Behavioural analysis would be needed to take any action. Girth Summit _(blether) 14:53, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Girth Summit: Thanks, I'll handle on behavioral evidence alone; I didn't expect you to find much given the location but figured it was worth a shot. Since this case was filed, the page recreated by this account was also edited by Historyenjoyer10 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and Apollogetticax (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), who both admitted sockpuppetry. I'm not asking for another CU, but can you confirm that I don't see a firm connection to any other accounts within the CU window means those socks also didn't turn up in the logs? The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 16:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Most of Sonipat zamidar's edits come from a couple of fairly little-used, narrow ranges. Those ranges have a little bit of other activity on them, quite a bit of which is, I believe, Sonipat zamidar editing while they are logged out. There are one or two other accounts, but they are technically and behaviourally different. There is nothing I can see technically to connect them to any blocked accounts from any case - all I can say is that they are in the same large country. Could be meat-puppetry, could be someone who uses a particular account when editing from an office laptop and a different one when they use on their personal device at home, or it could be entirely innocent - I can't tell from the technical data alone. Sorry I can't shed any more light on it, that's all I've got. Girth Summit _(blether) 17:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

•  Blocked and tagged for both possible sockmasters based on behavioral evidence, leaving the case open for now just until Girth confirms that the other socking accounts are irrelevant. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 17:00, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
•  Requested actions completed, closing The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 17:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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