Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/2012smine/Archive

15 November 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets

All of the above are single purpose accounts, and each one has been editing the Indian School of Business page of late; I suspect these might be meatpuppets, if not clear socks. Some similar markers are mentioned:
 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Some user accounts have been set up around the same time. User:RajniCant01 set up on March 1, 2012. User:2012smine set up on March 2, 2012. User:Afora1 set up on February 2, 2012. User:Nikhilsikri set up on November 5, 2012. User:Student_2k12 set up on November 6, 2012.


 * User:Nikhilsikri also has a name similar to someone from ISB (I'll not mention the name here, for privacy reasons).


 * All of them have started leaving edit summaries from their first or second edit, and in one case from their third edit.
 * Two of them have used the term Update quite similarly in their edit summaries. RajniCant01 and Afora1).
 * Three of them, in their edit summaries, advice other editors quite similarly to "come to the talk page", without ever themselves showing up.Student 2k12, Afora1, 2012smine  Wifione  Message 11:40, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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This looks like an open and shut case. The edits are all made at the same time and they edited exclusively one page.

Having said that... There doesn't appear to be any wrongdoing, so the purpose of creating multiple accounts eludes me. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 07:03, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Please provide evidence of abuse to justify a checkuser. &mdash; Coren (talk) 13:29, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to accept; there's no abuse currently. So might I request the case be archived? Thanks and regards. Wifione  Message 19:10, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * - This looks like a school project, not sockpuppetry. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Closed, per above. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)