Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Abhay Gupta Varanasi/Archive

25 August 2012

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Hello, this user has recently created an article namespace page about himself, also he is a minor and this account has also previously been convicted of sockpuppetry. I requested the deletion of this page on #Wikipedia-en on freenode. This was then carried out by Rjd0060. The article had a small COI issue, and also a notability issue. I would suggest a block to prevent him revealing further personal info. W.D. 11:16, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * I have corrected the name of the accused within this report but have not moved the case because I see other sock accounts but not sure where the previous SPI case is. Other accounts are:
 * (this is oldest account and normally would be the master)
 * (this is oldest account and normally would be the master)

Is there a previous SPI case for this? If not, I'm inclined to move it to the oldest account unless there is an outstanding reason to not do so. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:11, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:17, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking that User talk:AbhayGupta12 was accidentally created when tagged for this investigation but there is no such account. That may need to be CSD G6.
 * Apologies for that, there was a spacing issue, the actual user is

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  22:23, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * . I am going on holiday so may not be able to comment on this any further though. W.D. 19:56, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved case to Abhay Gupta Varanasi as oldest account. No need for checkuser as they are clearly the same user which I'm indef-blocking for block evasion. Tagged and closing. Will leave a block notice for the sock.

07 October 2012

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all posting details of this 10-year-old and his cricket team. All the "Abhay Gupta" accounts are clear DUCKs; the "cricket team" account's edits are mostly to the article of the same name, now at AfD, which lists AG as captain, it also made this edit moving one of AG's accounts. All blocked and tagged, but checkuser requested to look for sleepers, as this one is very active just now. JohnCD (talk) 14:15, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * - I blocked one related account, but they are editing from dozens of IPs spanning a number of ranges, so it's going to take some time for me to go through it all. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:46, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, is related, as is, but I didn't see any other obvious accounts. The ranges they're editing from are very busy, so some combination of salting and whack-a-mole is probably going to be needed here. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:15, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I left a note for the closing admin on the AfD SALTing may be required with a link that points here. NativeForeigner Talk 02:48, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

08 October 2012

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I didn't realize when I placed the three articles up for AfD that this has been a longer term issue. The above account was involved in one of the page moves is the latest round of socks and it likely to be related. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:19, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * This account and all the accounts from yesterday are technically indistinguishable. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 11:32, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I take this move as evidence that are related. So I've blocked Dr.Sapurnanand Stadium. If not for sockpuppetry I might have done that for the username too. De728631 (talk) 17:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Closing.

13 October 2012

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First three are DUCKs; don't know the evidence for 2012 AAE Cup, but already blocked by Gogo Dodo JohnCD (talk) 21:29, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * All blocked and tagged, reported for the record. JohnCD (talk) 21:29, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * For the record, All are ✅. IP block is really hard to justify on this. I'll keep checking back on the ranges. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  21:41, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

29 October 2012

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More by and about this persistent ten-year-old. JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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All blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. Reported for the record. JohnCD (talk) 22:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

05 January 2014

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He's back, though he never really left. I blocked all of the above accounts as obvious ducks of wannabe cricket player/film star (the film star this is fairly recent). Way back when, a range block was not feasible, but I'm asking a CU to see if the situation has changed any in the past year. A sleeper check would be nice, too, but I did a poor man's check and I don't think I missed any recent accounts. Thanks. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:33, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * - eyeballing the deleted contributions. Rschen7754 19:07, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Still not feasible and your poor mans' check was probably more useful than CU for finding sleepers. NativeForeigner Talk 08:55, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Darn. Rschen7754 08:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

08 November 2014

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More of the glorious, but fictitious, cricketing career of Abhay Gupta, who must be about 12 by now - let's hope he grows out of it soon. JohnCD (talk) 16:09, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK, reported for the (ever-growing) record.

Also for the record note that, from his contributions, is a different Abhay Gupta. JohnCD (talk) 16:13, 8 November 2014 (UTC)