Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/පසිඳු කාවින්ද/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Disruptive editing and multiple voting at Articles for deletion/Pasindu Kumara. Proudsrilankan has arrived and their first ever edit is to post a keep !vote. The IPs also transparently related and posting keep votes (expunged by another editor). In this version you can see two keep votes inserted by the IPs but signed "Mike Douglas" and "Don Omar". There is no evidence that either are related to the sockmaster, but if checkuser is deemed necessary and if those names come up as possibles, then worth noting. I expect that checkuser is not required for the case though as it falls into the category of WP:DUCK, and those two are probably just innocent victims. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 10:53, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Allow me to explain everything:
 * A few minutes after the AfD Articles for deletion/Pasindu Kumara was created, commented on it, expressing their opposition to the nomination. The article in question is  Pasindu Kumara, which was created by  a very short while before, so the only way this IP could be aware of the AfD's existence is if it was notified or was tracking their recently created article.
 * A while later, this is what the AfD looked like. The "vote" by "Don Omar", whose username is linked to, an account that hasn't edited in 17 years, was posted by . Another IP, added this post that links to.
 * I proceeded to remove the disruptive comments and impersonations by the IPs, who all geolocate to the same city. A few minutes later, very suspiciously reverted my cleanup. After I reverted this edit, they re-inserted content added by one of the IPs.
 * Then, an account created a few minutes ago, appears at the AfD to !vote keep using nearly identical reasons as the suspected sockmaster. Nythar  (💬-❄️) 10:56, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * is ✅ as a sock of . .-- Ponyo bons mots 15:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Both indeffed.  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  16:16, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Tagged accounts. - please block  for one week (anon-only, account creation blocked). Lots of obvious socking going on on that range. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:58, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Done.  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  18:11, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing. Spicy (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2023 (UTC)