Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Advaith Anil Kumar/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Intersection of everyone at List of programmes broadcast by Zee Keralam. Intersection of various accounts at other articles. Username similarity. All editing using the same platform. I'm very comfortable that all the suspected socks (all new accounts) are socks of each other, but the master has been editing a while. I'm requesting CU to confirm and to make sure there are no other accounts given the volume of socks. Bbb23 (talk) 17:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - : Why would you create all these accounts? MarioGom (talk) 18:59, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I'm not sure why you're asking the master why they created all the accounts, but (1) the master doesn't talk - they have communicated twice in the last few years, once in June 2022 and once in March 2021; and (2) they have made many edits since you asked your question and yet have not responded. I seriously doubt they will respond, and I don't expect their response - if they were to make one - to be at all helpful to you.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This type of account creation has some CIR-feel to it, so I wanted to give a chance to the master to modulate the action to be taken in this case. Anyway, since the user is ignoring notifications, let's proceed. . MarioGom (talk) 17:14, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 19:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure it's worth making the distinction, but are ✅ to each other, and in a separate group  are likewise ✅ to each other.  Those two groups are  the same.  On the other hand,  is only  to those two groups, but it's really no more than "In the same large country as each other", so that's not worth much.  Given the questions raised about CIR vs socking, I'll take no action for the moment and let you decide where to go from here. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:35, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, see Sockpuppet investigations/Anianugraha/Archive -- RoySmith (talk) 19:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * , I recommend blocking the accounts in the two confirmed groups and leaving Anianju alone unless the stuff in the archive grabs you in some way. What do you think?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:42, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * - : I agree. Let's block all accounts except Anianju. Hopefully this serves as a second and last warning. Also the case should be merged to Sockpuppet investigations/Anianugraha. MarioGom (talk) 19:48, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * How do you want the tagging done? I can block without tags and let you tag how you like. Also, doesn't the merge need to be done by a clerk/admin?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think we can tag as confirmed to the oldest in the blocked group (Advaith Anil Kumar). Merges should generally be done by clerks, but when a histmerge is needed, I'm ok with any admin doing it, and I just double check archives and clerk notes after closure. So feel free to histmerge yourself, or mark the case as needing clerk action if you'd prefer not to. MarioGom (talk) 19:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * To qualify my previous answer: any admin who is veteran at SPI and knowledgeable about histmerges, which you obviously are. MarioGom (talk) 20:04, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry for all the back and forth, but I'm not so sure anymore this report should be merged into the other. I know that the master here is the alleged sock there, but the finding there wasn't so good, which is partly why it got closed with no action, and more important, we'd have a case where 10 accounts are confirmed to the oldest of the 10 as the master but with nothing tying them to the master here or the master there. Personally, I'd suggest a straight move of this to Advaith Anil Kumar. Thanks to Roy, we have a link to the other case, so it won't be lost as historical evidence of something. Your thoughts?--Bbb23 (talk) 22:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Case moved. MarioGom (talk) 22:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. Thank you for your patience, . Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
First one has a similar name to the sockmaster. Both accounts restoring edits from previous socks. Target articles include some of the same ones the master and other socks edited. For example: List of programmes broadcast by Zee Keralam. Lost of overlap with other socks  &mdash;  Archer1234  (t·c) 14:31, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

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You must provide diffs showing similarities between the new suspected socks and previous socks (overlap on articles is not good enough), particularly for WIFKUTRDSIEHIEHKAEHMLMKAKM5. Not only is their username different, but when I looked at their edits (before coming here), I found them to be quite different.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:40, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Both accounts ✅ plus . I agree with Bbb23 that the evidence provided was not sufficient to check WIFKUTRDSIEHIEHKAEHMLMKAKM5 directly; however, when I ran a check against Advaith Anil Ramarjun, WIFKUTRDSIEHIEHKAEHMLMKAKM5 came up as confirmed during the natural course of the check., closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:23, 17 March 2023 (UTC)