Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aaajit22700/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

May be this three are same man. It's I have done first time. some mistake happened. Sorry

I was reading information about kidney racket because one case is also of my village. In this case Suresh Shyamlal Gupta had raised the voice very much so I checked wikipedia. After reading the full information in this article I felt on little suspicious. I checked all editer people contributing to this article. After that Sockpuppet report. Yesterday I have drop a message on that talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PravinGanechari (talk • contribs) 10:34, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Zgz.or&users=Jsah258&users=Azaishah2000&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki&allusers=on PravinGanechari (talk) 17:29, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This case manages to have less evidence than the evidence that socklist provides automatically, since the filer posted the inferior  version of the link already included in the template, and literally nothing else. I was close to speedily closing it on that basis, but I did look through the full EIA and it does show some interesting patterns at AfD. After Articles for deletion/Ajit Kumar Srivastava (producer) was filed, Zgz.or launched a textbook UPE-like canvassing campaign, including references to "we". That's one of three AfdDs where there's interesting overlap between some combination of them, Azaishah2000, Jsah258, Urbanlife1984, and Priyatungi (the last two of whom I've added to this SPI). Compare edit summaries at the three   : We get a "Comments and view" from Azaishah at one and the same from Jsah at another; "review shared" from Azaishah; eight minutes later, at a different AfD, "review added" from Jsah, both echoing "view added" some months before from Urbanlife; when Priyatungi edited a !vote in October, they said "some change",  just like Zgz.or the other day. All !votes were to keep, in the UPE-prone topic area of Indian TV & film, many in classic UPE style like this "just a newbie but"-type !vote from Priyatungi.Since there was no evidence in the filing, I'm treating this as if I'd found it myself, and this isn't the kind of case I'd self-endorse on, so I'm going to mark this as  due to the suspicious !voting patterns and edit summary overlap, but will leave it to another clerk/CU to decide what to do next.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:07, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:55, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, so there are a couple of groups here:
 * , and  are all ✅ to one another.
 * and are confirmed to one another, and also to.
 * The two groups are in the same country, but quite some distance apart from one another - it seems likely they are two different people. However, I have no doubt that both groups of accounts are being used improperly - I will block all, and ask to consider what tags to apply.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:04, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Girth. Well this is definitely the most mileage I've gotten out of a case I was on the verge of procedurally closing. Since there's a high likelihood of meatpuppetry here between the two sockfarms (even if it's just two freelancers trading favors), I'm going to keep these in one case for now, with no prejudice against another clerk/CU splitting it if future filings justify that. Moved to Aaajit, the oldest named account. : Zgz.or and Priyatungi as confirmed to Aaajit, Jsah and Urbanlife as confirmed to Azaishah (oldest in that cluster), suspected to Aaajit. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 12:50, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User is performing the same pattern of flickrwashing of Suresh Shyamlal Gupta photos as Aaajit22700 and Zgz.or, to add photos to that article. I put some of Aaajit's long-overlooked Flickrwashed March 2023 photos of Gupta up for deletion on Commons earlier today at c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Aaajit22700 (notifying that user), and ten minutes later Zuck28 uploaded some new and equally washed-looking photos of Gupta to a new Flickr account, and from there to Commons. Belbury (talk) 15:35, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Hi @Belbury,
 * I appreciate your concern, and I want to clarify that I am not a Sockpuppet. I have been actively working on multiple articles to improve their content, and Suresh Shyamlal Gupta is one of the subjects I have focused on. When I encountered a lack of suitable images of Gupta on Wikimedia, I utilized publicly available photos to upload them to Wikimedia and subsequently used them in the article. I was unaware of any issues or problems regarding the images I used.
 * I am not an expert about the Wikipedia guidelines and terms, but I pledge to learn more and follow all the guidelines.


 * I encountered difficulty finding a suitable primary image for the article's infobox on Wikimedia Commons, so I turned to publicly available images on Flickr. My understanding was that this approach, which I observed with other images uploaded via Flickr, offered a convenient solution. Since I am not the owner of the image, I used the Flickr link to upload it. I acknowledge that my understanding of the process may have been limited, and I genuinely intended to contribute in a positive manner. I now realize the importance of being mindful of copyright and licensing, and I am committed to learning more about Wikipedia's guidelines in this regard. I appreciate any guidance or assistance that can be provided in ensuring that I contribute in accordance with the site's policies.


 * I want to express my willingness to revert my edits and apologize if I unintentionally did something wrong. I am also open to receiving guidance from experienced editors and administrators to ensure that I adhere to the appropriate standards and procedures.
 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention, and I look forward to resolving this matter in a constructive manner.
 * Sincerely,
 * Zuck28 (talk) 16:05, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I would kindly ask you to review my editing history, as I consistently adhere to ethical practices. In my contributions, I have either utilized my own photographs by directly uploading and integrating them into articles, or I have sourced existing images from Wikimedia Commons for relevant article categories. However, I encountered a challenge when I was unable to find a suitable primary image for the article. Consequently, I made the decision to upload a publicly available image using Flickr. My rationale for this decision stemmed from observing that previously existing images were also uploaded via Flickr. It was not my intention to act inappropriately, as I genuinely believed this to be an acceptable approach. I now recognize that there may be limitations to my understanding, and I am fully committed to learning and adhering to proper Wikimedia guidelines. I would greatly appreciate any guidance or assistance in ensuring that my contributions align with the site's policies. Zuck28 (talk) 16:41, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Previously, I encountered a similar challenge when attempting to upload a publicly available image directly to Wikimedia and subsequently using it in the Baryl Vanneihsangi & Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
 * articles. Regrettably, the images were removed due to copyright concerns.
 * [[File:Baryl Vanneihsangi.webp]]
 * [[File:Salahuddin Owaisi.jpg]]
 * Upon further examination, I observed that existing images on Wikimedia had been utilized by linking them through Flickr. Based on this observation, I followed a similar approach today. I genuinely did not anticipate any issues with this method and believed it to be the appropriate way to upload images that are not our own. Moving forward, I am committed to gaining a better understanding of the correct procedures for image uploads and usage on Wikimedia, and I am open to receiving guidance on this matter. Zuck28 (talk) 16:53, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The story stretches credibility given the other interactions with the set of editors in this history as well as on Commons. This is either a sock or another COI/UPE editor in the same line, and both are blockable offenses. So blocked. Izno (talk) 04:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)