Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Bodhidhamma

Bodhidhamma
I stumbled across this (really, I was running a check on a completely different user, so it was an odd occurence) case of major sockpuppetry related to the ongoing edit war at Buddhism in modern India. I can say with a high level of certainty based on the IP evidence that, , , , , , , , and are one person. Note the two impostor accounts. This is potentially a workplace IP, so meatpuppetry is a possibility, but based on the nature of the editing, it looks like a single person to me (scrutiny welcome). Dmcdevit·t 11:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Added from this WP:ANI post. Thatcher131 12:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

He is avoiding his block by using a sock puppet account User:Indianbuddhist. See the most recent edits and. Determined chap, that, but it's fairly obvious that he is a sock given the name ("buddhist" at the end, same as User:Ambedkaritebuddhist or User:Shrilankabuddhist and tendentious editing on Dalit Buddhist movement ). Hkelkar 12:54, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Bring this up at WP:ANI. The checkuser page can only provide technical confirmation, not enforcement. Thatcher131 18:35, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a Request for checkuser. Please do not modify it .''

Bodhidhamma




All accounts are new. All account names have similar names of similar etymologies. They have been editing the same articles Indian Buddhist Movement,Indian Caste System,Hindu,History of Hinduism, as well as their respective talk pages. The aggressive and insulting tone used by the accounts are 100% identical as you can see here, here and here.As far as User:Truthlover,while he pretended to "calm things down" between his fellow socks (as a facade) he then went on to push the same anti-Hindu POV by moving Indian Caste System to Hindu's Caste System(fork article speedily deleted), which is part of the agenda of users like User:Dhammafriend, which is why I suspect him to be a sockpuppet also.Hkelkar 00:58, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments

All three socks have rabidly anti-Hindu views (see edit summaries of their edits in history page) and my talk page here, and here, as well as on the talk pages of the socks and sockmaster, all of which are the same wording used by new users with very similar names (as an aside, the word "Dhamma" and various other Neo-Buddhist concepts are used or alluded to in all three of the user names)Hkelkar 00:58, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Dhammafriend is Truthlover Dhammafriend (and Truthlover) has completely reverted this page to how it was prior to his/their ban. He/They did not only remove the navayana concept, which he/they question but also all the citations that cleared up citation neccessity's. I have reverted the page to how it was prior. Thegreyanomaly 23:22, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

It is also important to note that "they" reverted the 'official-style' referencing back to their informal previous citations, they also removed claims of dubious assertions and etc. the proof is [], [], []

Interestingly. TL reverted it to just DF left it before his ban. --Thegreyanomaly 23:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Hkelkar 00:58, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * As an aside, Bodhidhamma is trying to change his username to PakkaPunekar.Hkelkar 02:04, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Please specify the code letter of the criteria you think applies. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Code letter 'B'. Dhammafriend was blocked and he used his socks to continue editing.Hkelkar 04:41, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Then we'll need a link to the closed case. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the information is largely the tendentious (and alomst identical) edits made by the user (socks) in question.He has been making the same edits to Indian Buddhist Movement as an earlier sock Dhammafriend. Thus, although he has been unblocked, he is now using socks to present the appearence of false consensus.

Consider this set of edits made by "both": http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Buddhist_Movement&diff=78213353&oldid=77970781

And this set of edits made by Dhammafriend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Buddhist_Movement&diff=79045179&oldid=79040822

He seems to be using his socks per Codes D & E at this time.Hkelkar 00:39, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The reason we have the codes is that we want you to pick one and supply the diffs and links it requires. Then, we can see whether the diffs, links, and other material you supply justify a check. If your request doesn't fit any of the codes, we are generally not going to act on it. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 23:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the Request for checkuser. Please do not modify it. Subsequent requests related to this user should be made above, in a new section.''