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03 June 2014

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After he had been warned multiple times, User Abhinand1234 has apparently opened another account to continue disruptive editing on Parvathy Nair's page. The edits are exactly same: diff diff Veera Dheera Sooran (talk) 11:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:39, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

04 January 2016

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Calicutspecialist (talk) 15:21, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

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This is a bad-faithed nomination. The so-called master has once reverted the reporter and the reporter also once reverted a tag placement on the article by Josu4u. Dat GuyTalkContribs 22:08, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  17:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I did not and will not check the two listed alleged puppets of each other.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

23 February 2016

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Similar interest and editing style towards Parvathy Nair, which includes adding her DOB from Filmibeat (an unreliable source) and removing Nimirndhu Nil and Janda Pai Kapiraju from her filmography section because those roles were minor. Kailash29792 (talk) 03:22, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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, and  are all ✅ and blocked. Parvathy Nair semi-protected for a few months. Courcelles (talk) 07:47, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Went ahead and semi'ed Yakshi – Faithfully Yours for a while as well. Courcelles (talk) 07:49, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:35, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Exclusively edits Parvathy Nair like the previous Sockpuppet
 * - Last sockpuppet Megamohan
 * - Current Sockpuppet Perakka007


 * Was created 10 days after the last sockpuppet was blocked
 * Even repeats edits like adding Parvathy Nair's name in the infobox alongside prominent cast members
 * - Megamohan
 * - Repeats the same edit after becoming Perakka007
 * - Adding her name into the cast of Poppins as Megamohan
 * - Adding it again as Perakka007  Jupitus Smart  09:54, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - PLease, compare to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:07, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The last sock noted in the archives is from February 2016.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:43, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Per Ponyo, all previous accounts are . Yunshui 雲 水 11:58, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


 * . GABgab 14:33, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I think that behavioral evidence is strong enough, so I blocked the sock. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:32, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

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Returned again for same edits on Parvatii Nair and Neerali. Last sock was indeffed only yesterday. Present one was a sleeper a/c now being reused. Need to run a checkuser to see if there are more accounts. --Let There Be Sunshine 08:25, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * Based on a helpee coming into the IRC channel, I suspect this is more likely to be meat puppetry so figured it was worth a mention. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:22, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

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Lathaj8 and are  to each other. Lathaj8 is to the master. and Yourmistake are ✅ to each other. Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

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More sockpuppets or meatpuppets from Abhinand1234 series. Continued attempts to promote actress Parvatii Nair. Recently indeffed socks – Yourmistake (on May 26) and Lathaj8 (on May 27) made repeated attempts on Neerali to place the actress's name on top of the cast list after Mohanlal's, and replacing existing poster with a square poster (as it features the actress too) through edit warring, after which the page was ECP'ed on May 27. Right after that, they are struggling to re-add the stuff by sabotaging the protection by contacting protected admin and repeated edit requests on the page:
 * Szzs.vsn - diff
 * Zyravi - diff (asking to rewrite the lead as "Mohanlal and Parvatii Nair in lead roles")
 * Weedo vivek - diff (same thing Zyravi asked the admin)

Weedo vivek also made an attempt at WP:RFP/C over the wrong perception that it would grant permission to edit ECP pages. And here comes a seemingly second person, but sheds the sheep's skin with a false claim at the end, saying: this article is not in encyclopedia format and needs a lot of modifications and people can contribute and add lots of facts regarding the movie to make it more complete - another way of asking to unprotect the page. When responded, a reply was given by "Szzs.vsn" (clearly both are same person & look at the timing and shared "concerns"). Szzs.vsn makes another false claim about referencing and asks to replace the existing poster with the same above mentioned poster that Yourmistake and Lathaj8 were struggling to add. Much like Lathaj8, Zyravi and Weedo vivek were also sleeper accounts suddenly resumed after the predecessors block and page protection. --Let There Be Sunshine 18:38, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

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❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:14, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Overlapping edits at Neerali & Parvatii Nair, shared with recently blocked socks –, . Promotion of the second article and subject has been the reason for the master's block. The first article is the latest film she appeared.


 * A/c created on June 1, 3 days after the last two blocked.


 * – Began editing after protection expired at Neerali on June 3.


 * Makes repeated reverts despite being informed not to re-add without reaching consensus, and was warned , – a behavioral trait shared with Yourmistake (Neerali March revisions).


 * – Asks for third opinion too early in a discussion before discussing it himself . This trait too was last seen on Yourmistake during this discussion. See the use of WP:3O by a rookie user with 9 edits.


 * User also quarrelled to replace the existing poster with the same one that Yourmistake and Lathaj8 were trying to add (as this one also features Parvatii Nair). And for that, even made a ridiculous claim that all posters released by the production team are unofficial except this one, which I proved him wrong after a discussion.

There is more to this case as in evidence and possible connected accounts. --Let There Be Sunshine 19:34, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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DunsonDavis and are ✅ to each other. .--Bbb23 (talk) 20:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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Same as earlier, advocating cast rearrangement to promote Parvatii Nair at Neerali (presently ECP'd for "persistent socking").

Santoshdonut:-


 * Created one day after a cast reordering was made, based on the film's FB page.
 * Has overlapping edits at Parvatii's article as well.
 * This username also indicates a COI: Santosh T. Kuruvilla is the film's producer and Donut Factory, an official promotional partner of the film.
 * User somehow managed to change the cast order in the FB page and made edit request at talk page.

Jestinas:-


 * Minutes after Santoshdonut's request was "not done", Jestinas made new request to add Parvatii's and Nadhiya's name along with Mohanlal's in lead section. Result was again "not done". Same request was made by other socks before.
 * Santosh in Santoshdonut could also be this production designer (draft made by Jestinas). It is to be remembered that former sock Yourmistake had once admitted that he works in film industry.

Sameershan:-


 * New a/c created solely for making next edit request.
 * Managed to push Parvatii's name one more position higher in the FB page and made an edit request for the same.

This is not the first, second or third time this person is frequently creating new accounts to disguise as different editors, and editing in close proximity. --Let There Be Sunshine 15:16, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to previous socks:
 * Santoshdonut
 * Jestinas
 * . Sameershan is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
 * . Sameershan is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

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See below.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)


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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and technically to Abhinand1234..
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

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It's now confirmed based on behavioural evidence. User is same as Calicutspecialist and similar to Yourmistake & Abhinand1234.

Sameershan removing all minor roles from Parvatii Nair's filmography -, , as did Yourmistake - , , , and Calicutspecialist - , , ,  etc etc. See the uniformity of Sameershan and Calicutspecialist in using the word "one scene movie" for minor roles - , ; ,.

Sameershan recently opened an SPI against me -. Calicutspecialist & Abhinand1234 has also done this against other editors who questioned his edit -,. It could be also a retaliation against those who opened SPIs against him.

Sameershan also has overlapping edits with Yourmistake at Talk:Neerali.

Abhinand1234 is someone who maintains close contact with the actress -. The actress don't want her minor films to be listed in her filmography, and the user was editing on her behalf to protect and promote her image and socking for the same. --Let There Be Sunshine 08:06, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

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User Let there be sunshine is the one who added many films in Parvatii nair filmography one day suddenly



He added a movie named Dum with a fake reference from a Sify website news portal, later it is proved he is wrong

and he added many un noted appearances of her in Parvathi filmography same day. May be she is acted or not. (It is so evident that he is adding films to someones filmography without proper reference ex:-Dum)

in a interview Parvati Nair itself said. there are films in wikipedia she is not acted. 13.15 secs

So we had a discussion another experienced editor user DBigXray User_talk:DBigXray about the same. He is so helpful for me because am new to wikipedia.

He teach me how to edit and reach conscious in wikipedia

So He suggested to contact her official website for details about Parvatii Nair filmography

His words :- yes @Sameershan:, A response from the subject (he Voice) from her official mail ID or official FB page will certainly be a good and strong source to remove the movies that she has not acted upon. Using this, further sources can be digged.

And I contacted as per his suggestion

Parvatii nair reply from official email ID was :- Nimirndhu Nil and Janda Pai Kapiraju ( its telgu version ) were movies Parvatii nair had lead roles in, after about 2 days of shoot she had to discontinue the shoots for some reasons( she point out the reasons I can forward the emails as per admins request). may be they have used some shots of her. But she wanted to remove that film(both language) from her filmography,

So we thought its good to be removed(its not notable appearance) and I did

And user DBigXray suggested me  You can put up a Question on the policy about minor films on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film, somebody will answer.

And I did that too. For getting a suitable suggestions

16 October 2016 to 23 march 2018 before these edit

The filmography not had these films in this period. Its not new films we are adding. These guy let there be sunshine edited page of Parvatii nair before. He did not changed it.



When I checked there was a previous issue for the same 2015.



That time it was User:Editor_2050 who was fighting for the same need. like let there be sunshine doing. He is currently blocked.

Later he and other editors agreed to remove those films. We can see in later edits

2016,2017 there wasn’t these un notable appearances in her filmography. Then why we are re adding these filmography now?

I have doubt about this user let there be sunshine. Thats why I gave socket pepper investigation.

Not as a revenge pls checkuser the account then you people know the truth.

same Sify web portal news who used to add the

Movie Dum to Parvatii filmography that she is not acted. To active Love action Drama strange isn’t it? Sameershan (talk) 17:23, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
 * LOL. Do you have any idea what you are talking about ? And FYI, this is not a dispute resolution section or a platform to unleash your wrath and intolerance. --Let There Be Sunshine 13:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I am new here in wikipedia.just learning things now. Sameershan (talk) 18:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's debatable.--Let There Be Sunshine 07:11, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * It does seem initially plausible that if the subject of the article gives an interview complaining that her Wikipedia page is inaccurate, multiple fans of the article subject will see it and act independently to edit the article. However, I'm adequately convinced that's not the case here – besides the obvious overlap in articles edited and similar edits, the retaliatory SPIs (a common theme), behavioral cues such as the "CheckUser me to prove me innocent" and confirmed socks' ways of communicating demonstrate that Sameershan is a sock of Abhinand1234. Accordingly, I've . Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 04:09, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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One of the identified socks in this SPI archive is and was blocked in late July, I believe this account is theirs too. Before the block, they created [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Future_Generali_India_Life_Insurance&oldid=851186138] which was later moved to draft by MER-C for advertising issues. A day later this account was created and their fist edit was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Future_Generali_India_Life_Insurance&diff=prev&oldid=853666257 to the draft] claiming they were removing unsourced content.

They made another three edits at WP:RFU requesting undeleting of the mainspace article, thinking that it was deleted, while it was just moved to draft.

Then they went into hibernation until 24 september when they came back, removed COI tag from the draft and [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Future_Generali_India_Life_Insurance&diff=prev&oldid=860977871 submitted it] to AfC for review.

After an edit to another page unrelated, there next edit was to [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assetz_Property_Group&diff=861941510&oldid=854923200 Assad Property Group] another advert-looking article created by before they were blocked and left untouched since August. They also removed COI tag and submitted it for review. –Ammarpad (talk) 15:29, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * Cyberduck icon.png It looks like a duck to me/ -- The SandDoctor Talk 18:46, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

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This seems more like a UPE firm to me but see Assetz Property Group and Assetz Property Group and Co. and this which was originally Draft:Neuberg Diagnostics Praxidicae (talk) 14:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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✅ to previous socks. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:48, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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Yet another recreation of Assetz Property Group and Co. last created by. <span style="font-family:monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:hsl(205, 98%, 55%);">GSS (talk |c|em ) 03:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Cabayi (talk) 17:18, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * - Despite the tool marking them as stale the deleted contributions of the most recent socks should be fresh enough for comparison. Please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 17:19, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure which accounts you're referring to or what tool, but I'm checking.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:23, 26 June 2019 (UTC)


 * One of the IPs used by Ask Divya is the same as one used by RheaSpeaks. On the same date they use completely different UAs, and the one used by Ask Divya has never been used to my knowledge.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * , The tool I meant is User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/sockStaleness.js which shows the accounts as stale for me since Assetz Property Group and Co. has been deleted. Thanks for checking despite my lack of clarity. Your conclusion aligns with 's notion in the 07 June 2019 case that it's a UPE firm. Cabayi (talk) 18:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Which accounts does it show as stale that you believe are not stale because of deleted edits?--Bbb23 (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * , oops, the script was User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/cuStaleness.js, and for me every account on this case & archive show as stale (except for the two which show as ). The two accounts I had in mind that would be fresh were (shows as ) and  (shows as ). Cabayi (talk) 19:01, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * They don't show up as stale for me. My strong suspicion is they show differently for admins vs. non-admins. I never knew that. Too bad as it makes your job harder.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * , I suspect, if I put myself through RFA again and got the bit, I'd just move on to the next level of refrain - "You know, this job would be even easier with CU". --Cabayi (talk) 20:16, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * - Please indef the sock. Cabayi (talk) 18:39, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked & tagged. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 19:15, 26 June 2019 (UTC)