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Similar competence issues, especially with referencing. The Rizwan Castle article which was created by Abhishek shannu is wikilinked with source here by this new user Shannu Prashar, compounded with similarity in names and the fact that the new user's first edit comes on 7 August 2019 after the sock puppeteer's last edit on 5 August 2019, I suspect this might be a case of SP. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:58, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * - timing and interest overlap is a red flag, and I see the new editor also has edits revdeleted for copyvio although that could be an unrelated copyvio. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:49, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * leaning toward . Abhishek shannu seems to have a stable geolocation.  Shannu Prashar sometimes geolocates to the same city and sometimes geolocates to somewhere around eight hours away.  They are using different devices to edit, and they're generally using different ISPs. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:16, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Cabayi (talk) 12:06, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've ran this again based on the userpages (almost duck level evidence). They are using the same unique type of mobile device as the other. Based on that, and the userpage evidence, there is enough to make a block here. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 15:49, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Interesting – I must not have noticed the similar user pages. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:10, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 21:16, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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Nonsky asked for an article created by Shannu Prashar, namely Chukwunonso ezekwueche, to be restored. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:29, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Way beyond ❌. Maybe they asked someone else to do it? -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 05:44, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Nonsky admits to being Chukwunonso Ezekwueche and having hired Abhishek shannu at freelance.com. Nonsky then offered to pay to write the biography. There's clear meatpuppetry here, though looking at his talk page Abhishek shannu has also been the puppet of other masters (despite being master in the wiki-sense). There's also a case of Nonsky/CE's WP:NOTHERE to be considered. This runs beyond purely puppetry - kicking to an admin for a fuller consideration. Cabayi (talk) 12:24, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Whatever else may be going on, it's clear that from Special:Diff/920648545 that User:Nonsky is WP:NOTHERE, so I've blocked them on that basis. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:40, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Cabayi (talk) 15:33, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Similar incompetence shown while referencing and all the edits are Bihar centric like the previous IDs. This by older sock Shannu Prashar and this by the new suspected sock. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:59, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * by for being a vandalism-only account. —  Newslinger   talk   10:17, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * unblocked, but there was nothing in the block log nor tags to show the SPI aspect at the time - I'd like Yunshui to confirm that's his intention before closing again. Cabayi (talk) 12:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I was unaware of this SPI at the time I unblocked, and did not factor abuse of multiple accounts into the unblock rationale. I have since run an CU check based off this SPI, but although it doesn't tie Ys91620 to Abhishek shannu, it does appear that Ys91620 primarily uses a range that has long been blocked for sockpuppetry and disruptive editing. I have no issue with someone reblocking that account, as their edits post-unblocking strongly suggest that they are an undisclosed paid editor in any case. Yunshui 雲 水  13:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Reblocked, closing. Cabayi (talk) 14:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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I've honestly been searching for the correct master for a few days but it seems most likely to be AS or another paid editor. Trishneet has created 4 articles - all of which are recreations from various socks:


 * Jayvijay Sachan previously created by
 * Vivek Bindra previously created by
 * Ashish Rhudra previously created by
 * Sumit Goswami previously created by

However, Vivek Bindra has a distinct tie with Abhishek and Trishneet, in that they both call him a "motivation speaker" as opposed to motivational. Praxidicae (talk) 16:07, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 14:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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RoZTaly was registered two days after was blocked, editing in the same area and created Jayvijay Sachan under Jayvijay Sachan (comedian). GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 18:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ –  bradv  🍁  05:10, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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More spam just after the last one was blocked. Praxidicae (talk) 17:45, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * , . Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:13, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

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SPA, registered after was blocked and recreated Draft:Jayvijay Sachan. First edit was to as notable alumni at Chaudhary Charan Singh University (Draft:Ashish Rudhra was last created by Kaka harya). GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 18:34, 26 April 2020 (UTC) (18:40, 26 April 2020 (UTC))

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 * Is there a reason that you didn't close this report yet? --MrClog (talk) 10:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Aside from the above there were a bunch of stylistic similarities between deleted versions of Draft:Jayvijay Sachan and these by the new account, so I went ahead with the block. I've tagged the draft as G5, also in light of the block comments on the original account. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:10, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, did the closing just now. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:46, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Yet another creation of Draft:Vivek Bindra it was most recently created by in main. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 10:19, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * The drafts indicated are fairly different, and while they have a few linguistic peculiarities in common I think they're just common to Indian English. My guess is that Vivek Bindra is paying for an article and they're unrelated UPE editors, but there isn't enough solid evidence for me to feel comfortable UPE-blocking Vanalaya. Closing without action. creffett (talk) 12:39, 29 May 2020 (UTC)