Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Akshadev/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
A link among these accounts was already suggested last year, but was simply blanked by the account. Since that time, two of the accounts have been renamed. All share very similar user pages and share the behavior of blanking talk pages without archiving (The Ancestor, Akshadev, Beadrill). The three accounts arrived within a few hours of one another to support a page move at Talk:LVM 3 using similar patterns of linking to external sources. With multiple socks likely and tag-teaming activity probable at several articles (see overlap at the history of Indian Space Research Organization or the history of List of 5G NR networks) it seems necessary to clarify the relationships among these accounts and whether there are others actively involved in the problem. Dekimasu よ! 12:49, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * I think what happened here was that I noticed three accounts on the List of 5G NR networks page within a fairly short time, and a quick look at their contribs showed all three to be interested in the same (rather unusual) mix of topics, mobile networks and association football. At that point, I couldn't really see any actual abuse worth reporting or blocking them over, although it did technically contravene WP:SOCK. I thought it might do to drop the hint that people were noticing the connection and that if they were trying to hide it, it wasn't fooling anyone. They have since shown a propensity for personal attacks (some rather nasty edit summaries in the 5G NR netowrks page's history, and comments in Beadrill's talk history), which when combined with more recent activities (which have continued to show the same editing patterns across all three accounts), suggests that this is all one person. Mako001 (C)  (T)  🇺🇦 15:11, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Pinging Mako001, who seems to have flagged this problem once a while ago. Dekimasu よ! 12:51, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * One of these accounts attempted to canvass another editor who had just suggested a move of another page by first !voting to support the other move request, then making a clear "request for support", but blanked the section on the other editor's talk page (and even removed support for the other move request) when it was pointed out that this was inappropriate canvassing. Yet the account did not try to canvass the other accounts indicated above, which it interacts with much more frequently. Dekimasu よ! 13:09, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Other links: the account name "RealSirSavage" was changed to "Akshadev", and the now-deleted user page of "SirSavageOfficial" (which still exists as a separate account) which was created by "The Ancestor". SirSavageOfficial and Akshadev overlap in editing at Chopan railway station. This should be sufficient to establish the links between the master and "The Ancestor" regardless of the CU results. Have not blocked anything yet. Dekimasu よ! 14:01, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * - please compare the accounts and check for others per the filer's rationale. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:00, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Couldn't be more ✅ if they tried. Salvio giuliano 16:44, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've indeffed the two socks and blocked the master for two weeks because of the obvious attempt to deceive at Talk:LVM 3. I thought about indeffing the master given the long history of socking, lack of communication, and personal attacks mentioned in the filing. However, I decided to be lenient because most of their edits seem OK. Any further socking will result in an indefinite block. Closing. Spicy (talk) 16:54, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
On December 26, Akshadev contacted me at Talk:Millat FC for help deleting an svg football logo he had uploaded which had been moved to Commons. Akshadev said that he did not want to be involved in uploading images at the moment. The next day, a logo for the team was uploaded by Indfootball editor: File:Millat FC logo.svg. Based on the evidence below, this may have been a single-purpose account for file uploading, which is now also editing in other areas.

First, in the previous sockpuppet case, Akshadev was using socks to support move requests. All of Indfootball editor’s talk page edits on Wikipedia to date are responses to move requests initiated by Akshadev. It is true that this includes one “oppose” message here, but note as well that the oppose there is bookended by supports from multiple IPs with no other edits to Wikipedia.

Next, Akshadev recently added an archive bot to Indfootball editor’s talk page: here.

The other interactions between the editors are remarkably in sync. Here are just a few examples: 3 minutes after creation by Indfootball editor, Akshadev added a source for a non-free image:. Another example of a file source edit, 11 minutes apart, is here. It is not clear how Akshadev would know the correct attribution for an image uploaded by a different editor.

There are also dozens of both editors appearing, editing in quick succession, and then disappearing. For example, 2 minutes after Indfootball editor altered an image, Akshadev changed the size of that image; Akshadev had never previously edited that page:. 5 minutes after Indfootball editor altered an image, Akshadev changed the image size and other details; Akshadev had never previously edited that page:. 8 minutes after Indfootball editor altered an image, Akshadev changed the image size; Akshadev had never previously edited that page:. 8 minutes after Akshadev added a hatnote, Indfootball editor changed the page image; Indfootball editor had never previously edited that page:. A large number of additional examples are available at the editor interaction analyzer.

Akshadev has explicitly stated that he now has only one account, so asking for a full check. Dekimasu よ! 06:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
In addition, the edits changing and adding logos appear to be primarily replacing images previously contributed by Writereditor19. Writereditor19 has been opposing other requests and edits made by Akshadev, such as at Talk:Nagoa Ground and at Talk:Sporting Club Bengaluru, where Akshadev deleted one of Writereditor19’s comments rather than replying or striking a doubled vote. I recently asked Akshadev not to hound other editors; an eye should be kept on this aspect as well, but if this turns out to be socking, then Akshadev was already given a second chance previously. Dekimasu よ! 06:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Indfootball editor is ✅ to from Sockpuppet investigations/DaDeadzombie. They look ❌ to Akshadev. However, in my check I uncovered an instance of unambiguously inappropriate logged-out editing by Akshadev. At Sockpuppet_investigations/Akshadev/Archive I noted that any further socking would result in an indefinite block on Akshadev's account. Because of this, I will be indefinitely blocking Akshadev as a CU block. Spicy (talk) 11:08, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Tagged Indfootball editor, closing. I would prefer that this case section not be moved to DaDeadzombie as it involves a block on the Akshadev account. Spicy (talk) 11:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)