Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ak 770/Archive

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Edits mostly centers around Shimla for both the users. Makes it obvious because of the usr page details. ,. Similar user name, the suspected sock seems like the full version of the person's name. Seems like a case of WP:DUCK. Editor interaction here. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:43, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Both accounts have been challenged on their talk pages. It seems prudent to wait for some reaction. Cabayi (talk) 17:11, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Their reaction was to transfer the master's problematic behaviour to the sock, thus removing any question about whether it might have been an attempt at a legtimate alternate account. blocked the master from file space and indeffed the sock. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 06:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding tags. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Re-creation of Convent of Jesus and Mary, Shimla and recent edits mostly centers around Shimla. ~ Amkgp 💬  14:07, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * These two accounts are ✅ to each other along with . I've tagged them all and changed Ak 770's block to a site-wide indef. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:47, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Same edit area, Shimla, Annadale, Shimla, and nearby places. Similar user name like the previous sock "Ayush Kashyap 770", has the string "Kashyap" + a number, '990' in this case. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:34, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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based on compelling behavioural evidence. Closing —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 23:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

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Same editing area, in and around Annadale, Shimla and Shimla. Also note the similarities in user names of the current one and the blocked users. Substantial overlap here. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:34, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * based on overlap and similarities in username. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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see edits to this article, similar username (007, AK 770/007 ) as previous accounts PRAXIDICAE🌈 19:15, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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I'm hesitant to block based on a link to one article. Aj has been editing for a very long time without being discovered. Indeed, they are older than the master. As far as I can tell from looking at the archive, a check was run only once in October 2020, and that check did not reveal that Aj was a sock. Please provide evidence in the form of diffs demonstrating that the edits of Aj and master/socks are similar, not just that they edited the same article. All tagged socks are stale; however, CU logs might assist in determining whether it is likely technically that Aj is a sock. For the moment, I'm not requesting a CU.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:01, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * No additional evidence provided. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:10, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Same editing area, Shimla related including Annadale, Mohit Chauhan, Sankat Mochan Temple, Shimla, etc . Interaction.


 * Note that hsuya in username 502hsuya is Ayush in reverse, name of one of the confirmed socks 'User:Ayush Kashyap 770'. Not to mention the self profile in these revisions  of user pages as well as the edit summary in this revision by the suspected sock mention 'Ayush Kashyap'. A case of WP:DUCK I beleive.


 * Seems like this is the original account that was dormant, possibly there are more. So maybe a CU investigation is required. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:10, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the sock on behaviour but given it's become more active I agree that a sleeper check is worthwhile so (being a little cheeky and endorsing). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:21, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 13:51, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * 502hsuya is to Aj Ajay Mehta 007; they're the same IP range, and that range also shows up in several CU logs for this case.  However, it's a really big range with a rich socking history, so it's hard to give much credence to that.  I also found  who is (indisputably) ✅ to 502hsuya.  I'll block Shimle, but leave it to a clerk to figure out how they want to handle the tagging.  -- RoySmith (talk) 14:15, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 08:58, 23 April 2022 (UTC)