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12 June 2015

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I came across this per the article Mahabharata (Bengali film), which was tagged as a hoax. This article had originally been created at Mahabharata (2016 film), where it was also tagged and deleted as a hoax. The attempt to re-name the article gives off the impression that someone was trying to evade detection, which usually (but not always) means that there is a higher chance that there will be some sockpuppetry involved. A look at the article history for Mahabharata (Bengali film) shows that it was created by Certified&Verified, who also helped edit the article when it was titled (2016 film). They also edited Jeet filmography, an article that was created by Zaheed229 and heavily edited by Jeetnfc30 prior to his block for edit warring.

Here's where it gets a little tricky. There were a lot of accounts that have edited the original film article and some of them really do look like they could be potential socks. Some of them are easy- DiptoKarmaker's only edit was to the (2016 film) article, whereas there was another editor that heavily edited the (2016 film) article but edited another page that looks to be otherwise untouched by any of the other accounts that edited the (2016 film) article. One of the most obvious ties is the Jeet filmography, where Zaheed229 added the (2016 film) to the article with this edit, claiming that it had been verified and approved by Materialscientist. Jeetnfc30 later made the same claim with this edit.

Now this may not seem like a lot, but it is quite a bit when you consider that there appears to be no coverage for this film, hence the hoax tags. There was an assertion that the film's existence was verified by Materialscientist, but so far I can't find anything to actually back this up. Given that there appears to be zero coverage of this on the Internet. There are some pretty big names involved with this film so it'd stand to reason that there'd be something out there. A search using WP:INDIA's own news search brought up nothing to substantiate that this film is even a twinkle in anyone's eye. Now assuming that this film is a hoax (which at this point in time looks likely) it's pretty suspicious that a large group of editors would come and heavily edit the page to add various different pieces of information.

I've asked for a sweep just because there were 1-2 other names that I'm not entirely sure about and I'm somewhat hesitating on outright naming them based solely on their edits to the now deleted hoax pages. I'm kind of hesitant about all of this but the coordination in creating a page for what appears to be a non-existent project is a little too much to be ignored. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:40, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * - - Per the evidence provided by Tokyogirl79. Pages are delete, so I can't add any diffs. Still, it looks very suspicious.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  09:16, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * All ✅, blocked and tagged, but the (inactive) master is not in the list, see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Adil m104. Materialscientist (talk) 10:17, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I moved the case from Sockpuppet investigations/Zaheed229. Tiptoety  talk 10:30, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

16 June 2015

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New account reinserting the same hoax information about a nonexistent film. bonadea contributions talk 19:59, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

In addition to Tokyogirl's points, note that CBI229 references the Twitter account "jnfc30" in this edit summary. Cf this edit summary by previously blocked sock User:Jeetnfc30 (as far as I understand, jnfc is an abbreviation for "Jeet national fan club").

Based on the above, I'm also adding User:Jnfc30 to the list - that user's only edits have been to create and edit two articles about Bengali films, which have subsequently also been edited by CBI229. Both editors use the same "references will soon be added" arguments used by previous socks in the now-deleted articles:,. --bonadea contributions talk 15:13, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * This looks to be a pretty WP:DUCK scenario. They're re-adding the same film and they've renamed the article to Mahabharata - The Movie (which they've not yet created) in order to get around the saltings of Mahabharata (Bengali film) and Mahabharata (2016 film). I would recommend that Jeet filmography get protected because this is likely to happen again at some point since the sockmaster seems to just want to open new accounts. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  06:35, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:19, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * CU data on CBI229 are inconclusive - same country as the supposed master, but all edits by CBI229 come via some Google proxy-like apps. Please check behavioral evidence. Materialscientist (talk) 22:02, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Added semi-protection for a month. Indeffing sock accounts and closing.

28 June 2015

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The user name is a clear indication in the case of ActorJnfc30 (previous socks have included Jnfc30 and Jeetnfc30). That sock was created in order to tag team with TollywwodActive on Besh Korechi Prem Korechi (2015 film); TollywwodActive had added a large amount of POV and unsourced text very similar to that added to other articles by other socks (including long incoherent quotes and unsourced lists of salaries for actors - if you look at the history of Mahabharata (2016 film) you'll find the same kind of edits, but since it has been deleted I can't provide diffs). When those blatantly inappropriate edits were reverted, ActorJnfc30 was created and immediately restored the content. Note also that both accounts have made promises that references will appear "tomorrow" or "next week" or "soon", which was typical behaviour of previous socks in connection with the various versions of Mahabharata (2016 film) and Mahabharata (Bengali film). bonadea contributions talk 20:07, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:33, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

30 June 2015

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First edit was to add the same kind of unsourced, semi-coherent dialogue as earlier socks have added  and. bonadea contributions talk 18:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:40, 1 July 2015 (UTC)