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18 March 2014

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The master began editing on 1 March and has been heavily involved in making poor contributions to Biological E. Limited and Renuka Datla. Their edits have basically consisted of WP:OR/WP:SYN, trivia, unsourced stuff and outright WP:BLP violations.

began editing on 6 March and has been virtually a WP:SPA at the Datla article, making only two other contributions, both of which to Osmania Medical College and related to including the subject of the Datla article therein. Their edits to the Datla article have been similar in nature to the master.

first contributed on 11 March and has also made poor edits to the Datla article - between the three accounts, they have been repeatedly reinstating bad material. Jamnalal has also edited other articles, which include Perigreen and Inno Garage, both of which also attracted the master's attention.

The three accounts have all made single edits to their own userpages. Jamnalal 's says "Businessman, Innovator, Singer, Pacifist and Violinist.", master's userpage says " I am an avid reader, business analyst with good understanding on Indian business houses and technology." and Somdevsahni's says "Innovator. Knowledge Seeker and Tecno Enthusiast." There are some vague commonalties there.

What has brought this to a head is the recent edits at the Datla article, where the master over-rode an entirely valid redirect to reinstate their poor content. After a bit of warring, they disappeared but Jamnalal turned up. Then within minutes, Jamnalal was replaced by Somdevsahni (first edit in the current sequence is here). These contributions are awful but the numbers mean they'll win any revert war, despite and myself trying to explain why their stuff is just not acceptable.

The timing of all this, on a relatively obscure article, is odd. As is the swarming and the collective incompetence. A CU for sleepers might also be useful. Sitush (talk) 19:23, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * If you've done nothing wrong then you will have nothing to worry about. I've made this report in good faith but, like anyone, I'm fallible and I will apologise.


 * If, on the other hand, you are in fact a sockpuppet then what will happen is that the Somdevsahni account will be indefinitely blocked but the master account (53harishkv) may only receive a temporary block of perhaps a week or two, allowing them to return on condition that they do not try to undermine Wikipedia in a similar manner again. Receiving a temporary block would most likely happen if 53harishkv admits their mistake now. If  53harishkv doesn't acknowledge sockpuppetry now but is discovered to have been doing it via the investigation process, then the likelihood is that account will also be indefinitely blocked rather than just suffering a temporary block.


 * The master account was certainly aware that there are restrictions on using multiple accounts because an example was mentioned on the article talk page at 17:22 today. You didn't edit again until a bit later than that but, sure, you may not have looked at the talk page. In which case, the lesson to take from this episode into the future is that if you see some to-ing and fro-ing going on at an article then it is usually best to check the talk page before adding to the storm. That applies generally and can help to avoid edit wars, which is a term that 53harishkv used themself today. - Sitush (talk) 20:51, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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I am sorry I have no clue of the claims of Sitush. Only wanted to contribute some information I knew. Nothing beyond that. If my work is questionable. I shall keep myself away from editing. I mean no offence and I am really sorry. I dont even know what this sockpuppeting is and I shall do nothing that is against the wikipedia standards. If any thing comes out against me, I will learn from the mistake and not repeat it again. Somdevsahni (talk) 19:36, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. As I told you. I have no clue. I have only edited with the want to contribute and not to spoil the quality of the article. I am really sorry if my acts caused troubles. How can I rectify them? Somdevsahni (talk) 02:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

My apologies for the inconvenience caused. If I have unwittingly caused any damage to Wikipedia, I believe that I have to be punished for that. Me along with millions of students have been been helped by wiki in gaining a better understanding on the world. Any thing that causes a trouble to wiki has to be blocked and removed. @Sitush: I am personally sorry for the trouble caused to you. @Somdevsahni and @Jamnalal Sorry to you two too because you got into a trouble because of my acts. 53harishkv (talk) 02:41, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Per behavioral similarities and provided diffs on Renuka Datla. It would be good to get CU to clear this up. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * - L Faraone  04:16, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with a host of others. Socks blocked and tagged; blocked for two weeks. L Faraone  04:32, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:14, 24 March 2014 (UTC)