Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur was created in late March and hasn't edited since 6 April. Mohammad asfaq was created on 11 April and was pblocked from article space on 24 May, following this ANI report. Digvijay Mishra 99 was created on 28 May, and has been used to make edits in article space that are very similar to the ones Mohammad asfaq was pblocked for.


 * Mohammad asfaq created Qarachil expedition on Kumaon, which was moved to Draft:Qarachil expedition on Kumaon.
 * Digvijay Mishra 99 created Qarachil expedition on Kumaon, which is pretty much indistinguishable from Mohammad asfaq's version.


 * Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur created Draft:Chandelas Chahamanas War, which was declined.
 * Mohammad asfaq created Chahmanas Chandelas War, which has been redirected; this is the first version of that article.
 * Digvijay Mishra 99 created Chandelas Chahamanas War (which I draftified), and here is the first version of that.

Other behavioural evidence: edits to Paramardi by Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur, by Mohammad asfaq, and by Digvijay Mishra 99. Also cf the edit summaries here and here, and the ones here, here, and here. bonadea contributions talk 21:43, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. A clerk might wish to consider endorsing a check to confirm and look for other accounts. Bbb23 (talk) 13:04, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - a check for others seems reasonable since there are at least three accounts involved. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:43, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:23, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * These three are ✅ to each other, but this is what you might call a "target rich environment", so I wasn't able to do an effective sleeper check. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:33, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Seems pretty clear-cut. Ashutosh pandey 999 was created on 17 June, a few days after the three previous accounts were blocked, and has only edited articles related to the Chandela empire.

Edits to Vidyadhara (Chandela king):
 * edit by prev sock Digvijay Mishra 99
 * Ashutosh pandey 999

Edits to Vijayapala:
 * Digvijay Mishra 99
 * Ashutosh pandey 999

Chandelas of Jejakabhukti has also been edited by Ashutosh pandey 999 as well as by two prevous socks, Mohammad asfaq and Digvijay Mishra 99 (though the edits are not as identical). bonadea contributions talk 10:47, 20 June 2022 (UTC)


 * More quacking: Digvijay Mishra 99 vs Ashutosh pandey 999. --bonadea contributions talk 19:57, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 22:06, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar edits to Vidyadhara (Chandela king)  vs  from prior sock. In the history of that article, you can see this account pushing their preferred version, as have prior socks.

Created Keeratrai Chandel, a draft for the same person was created at Draft:Kirttivarman II (Keeratrai Chandel) by a prior sock, worth checking for similar text.  Ravensfire  (talk) 03:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


 * They've also made an edit request on Talk:Alha (which is under ECP protection for socking and WP:CASTE issues) that matches an edit from a prior sock - see vs .  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:42, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Comment - 2 more pages have similarities between and  See page Vijayapala  and page Battle of Nadaun  Add one more name to the list  and  have similarities in Battle of Kalinjar (1022) page. . CU Check - PravinGanechari (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Look on the Vidyadhara (Chandela king) page, had added the information,   removed the information but  has added that information back.  PravinGanechari (talk) 00:57, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Even on Paramardi page, these two have similarity in editing. (   and   ) PravinGanechari (talk) 20:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Another page Vidyadhara (Hindu Rajput Emperor) also has edit similarity (  and   ) PravinGanechari (talk) 17:32, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Another user has come, there is an edit similarity between  and   and both these accounts have been created on the same day. ( 6 September 2022 ) PravinGanechari (talk) 19:01, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * There is also edit similarity between  and   in the page Chandelas of Jejakabhukti PravinGanechari (talk) 19:13, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I also add this to this list,   has added back the same information that "Deep Singh Parashar" had added about
 * "Gidhaur Chieftancy" in Chandel (Rajput clan) page.
 * PravinGanechari (talk) 15:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * New account It's been 11 days. This new user is contributing in the same page that  has contributed. and username have similarity  PravinGanechari (talk) 16:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * had moved the Jagat Chand (Chandel) page, at the same place this user is editing . ( total edit 8 ) PravinGanechari (talk) 16:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * also belongs to the same group, added the same Image which was uploaded by  . PravinGanechari (talk) 17:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * has also added the same information that had added in "परमर्दिदेव" page on Hindi Wikipedia. PravinGanechari (talk) 18:18, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * In Heheya Kingdom page 	 and  share a word in the edit ( Rajput ) PravinGanechari (talk) 18:52, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - New article Battle of Basantpur, created by Suryansh Rathore (with a fake reference), then 8 minutes later Arty.mishra adds these unsourced paragraphs, and same misspelling of section heading . Storchy (talk) 02:11, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - Frankly, at this point, it's WP:DUCK. Three different people don't confuse Russia with Chandela kingdom. All three accounts added the text "invaded the Chandela kingdom " to the article Vidyadhara (Chandela ruler):
 * Suryansh Rathore: Sep 5
 * Arty.mishra: Sep 13
 * Jhaprashant948: Sep 13
 * I'm going to wait for formal confirmation, before I mass undo additions by these users: it's a huge time waster going through each reference cited by these accounts (I spent an hour going through around ten of them, and found none of them support the content cited). utcursch &#124; talk 07:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * To begin with, I'm not endorsing a check on Takshak24, Satyamsinghsengar or Deep Singh Parashar due to a lack of convincing evidence.
 * - please compare Suryansh Rathore, Arty.mishra, Jhaprashant948, Suryapratap Chand, S.S Rautela and Vishnuvarman chandel I. The evidence presented above should suffice for the first three. Suryapratap Chand overlaps on a number of obscure articles recently created by suspected socks as does S.S Rautela . Vishnuvarman chandel I has not done much on enwiki but on hiwiki they are repeatedly restoring 's edits with the same edit summary, see e.g., . Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:09, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:43, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * are ✅ or at least  to each other and to several previous socks.   are ; they're all in the same large country, but that's it. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:07, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The new account has reinstated reverted edits of earlier socks such as User:Suryansh Rathore, User:Digvijay Mishra 99, User:Arty.mishra, User:Jhaprashant948, User:Ashutosh pandey 999 and User:Veer sinh 21. Like earlier socks, the new account adds poorly-sourced content (no page numbers, adding content not actually supported by the sources etc.).


 * Created Kirtti-Varman II (Chandel king)
 * Suryansh Rathore, Jhaprashant948 and Arty.mishra: Created/edited now-deleted Kirttivarman II (Chandel)
 * Ashutosh pandey 999: Created now-deleted Draft:Kirttivarman II (Keeratrai Chandel)
 * Vikram Singh (Kumaoni): Re-created with same content
 * Chahamana priya singh: Created Draft:Kirttivarman II Chandel with same content


 * Similar edits on Chandelas of Jejakabhukti, changing the name to "Chandel", calling it "Royal Indian Empire", calling the founder "Chandravarman" etc.
 * Jhaprashant948:
 * Chahamana priya singh:


 * Connecting Chandel (Rajput clan) to Chand dynasty of Kumoan (e.g. compare the section titled "Chandel dynasty of Chand of Kumoan")
 * Suryansh Rathore:
 * Veer sinh 21:
 * Vikram Singh (Kumaoni): Pasted the same version

utcursch &#124; talk 15:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC) utcursch &#124; talk 15:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Mentioning Chand kings as Chandel without a source, linking the deleted article Kumaon invasion of Garhwal (1678):
 * Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur:
 * Digvijay Mishra 99:
 * Suryansh Rathore:
 * Vikram Singh (Kumaoni):

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 * ✅ to one another, and very to the master based on historic data. I'm also blocking  - they are using a different device, but I'm pretty confident they are the same person. Don't see any others, but they're dotting about a wide, busy range - come back if you see any more.    Girth Summit  (blether)  18:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Last set of socks was blocked on 14 Feb. Soorajmal Singh appeared on Feb 28, presumably when the account creation was enabled again.
 * User:Soorajmal Singh:
 * Uploaded File:Emperor Yasho-varman I Chandel.jpg under the name "Vishnuvarman", which was also used by User:Jarasandha21 (e.g. see File:Samrat Kirttivarman I Chandel & Lord Vishnu.jpg). On Commons, User:Jarasandha21 was confirmed to be a sock of User:Digvijay Mishra 99, who was confirmed to be a sock of User:Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur on enwiki.
 * Uploaded File:Hindu Rajput Emperor Kirttivarman I Chandel and Lord Sahastrabahu Sudarshan or Shrimann Narayan.jpg, which is same as File:Samrat Kirttivarman I Chandel & Lord Vishnu.jpg - uploaded by User:Jarasandha21.
 * Re-created the blocked sock User:Suryansh Rathore's Battle of Kalinjar as Battle of Kalanjara (1022)
 * User:Soorajmal Singh made same edits as blocked socks to Hammiravarman, describing his royal house as "Haihaya, Lunar dynasty", adding religion/caste in lead etc.:
 * User:Soorajmal Singh:
 * User:Suryansh Rathore (blocked sock):
 * Several other blocked socks have added "Haihaya, Lunar Dynasty" as the house in infoboxes of articles on other Chandel (or purportedly Chandel) kings; plus they use the schwa-deleted variant "Chandel" as well as the Sanskrit transcription "Chandela" - User:Digvijay Mishra 99, User:Jhaprashant948 , User:Mohammad asfaq , Arty.mishra , Ashutosh pandey 999
 * User:Aarya.xd
 * Restored User:Surajmal Singh's version on hiwiki:
 * added a copyvio image uploaded by User:Soorajmal Singh on Commons:
 * Shows same behavior ("Haihaya, Lunar Dynasty", "Chandel" and "Chandela"):
 * Creating articles about Chandel (or purportedly Chandel) kings with "Haihaya, Lunar Dynasty" in infobox, citing sources that do not support the content. The articles by socks have been deleted, but those with access to deleted revisions can view the content and verify this.
 * User:Soorajmal Singh: Bhubhujaam-Varman (Chedi-Chandel ruler)
 * User:Chahamana priya singh (blocked sock): Draft:Kirttivarman II Chandel
 * User:Suryansh Rathore (blocked sock): Udyot Chand
 * User:Vikram Singh (Kumaoni): Kirtti-Varman II (Chandel king
 * Describing Nannuka as "Chandravarman"
 * User:Soorajmal Singh:
 * Blocked socks - User:Chahamana priya singh, User:Arty.mishra , User:Jhaprashant948
 * Creating new articles on topics related (or purportedly related) to Chandels, when articles already exist:
 * User:Soorajmal Singh: Chandra-Varman (Chandel ruler) when Nannuka exists
 * User:Digvijay Mishra 99 (blocked sock): Alha ( Alhat singh chāndela) when Alha exists
 * User:Mohammad asfaq (blocked sock): Paramardi-deva when Paramardi exists

utcursch &#124; talk 15:58, 10 March 2023 (UTC) utcursch &#124; talk 15:58, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * On a side note, something needs to be done about this LTA user globally -- several of their edits (which include poorly-sourced content bordering on hoaxes and copyvio images) are live on hiwiki and Commons. utcursch &#124; talk 10:20, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

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I agree with Utcursch that there has been sufficient cross-wiki abuse to request global locks for socks from now on and have changed the notice accordingly.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, global locks requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur is back as user:Ayushsinghrajputbanafar restoring edits of their prior sock Raghunath daas, see article history of Heheya Kingdom for more details. Also more of the same editting as Raghunath daas on Shishupala. The interactive analyser shows everything edits has been to an article previously editted by Raghunath daas. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 13:56, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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Lmao bro I'm not akshay singh whoever but I am a hindu rajput from haihaya dynasty so I was just making it good! I'm not only one haihayavanshi in Indian and the legendary sources are allready mentioned and for a legendary dynasty only legendary texts is better for them like ramayan for sri rama. Can i don't even correct my dynasty from purans? because of someone other does too ? why it's like all acharyas are same person who told us story of lords in katha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayushsinghrajputbanafar (talk • contribs)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . Good enough for a sock block. Tagged and blocked. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 14:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account created immediately after the last sock (Ayushsinghrajputbanafar) was blocked, and has now restored the socks preferred version of Heheya Kingdom. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 11:02, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * . Good enough. Blocked with tags. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user's first edit was restoring the version of User:Sabhajeet Chandel, a confirmed sock. Other edits also involving restoring content added by socks; for example restores an infobox with an image uploaded by another confirmed sock User:Indrajeet ravan;  restores much of the content added by the blocked suspected sock User:Soorajmal Singh etc. utcursch &#124; talk 17:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC) utcursch &#124; talk 17:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * I noticed some other behavioural similarities., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:32, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur is back restoring their preferred version at Heheya Kingdom. Tejarajaraja version, Ayushvarman7 version. The edits even cause AnomieBOT to have to restore the same missing references, result of Ayushvarman7 edit and result of Tejarajaraja edit. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 11:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:22, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - Vasudeva7878 is clearly, to the point that I would call it proven, and there is an apparent relation of Tejarajaraja to and . Please, indef both accounts. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 20:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * . Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Previous socks were blocked on 9 September. Mohan12125 appeared a week later, and his first edit was a 9000+ character formatted and referenced addition attempting to portray the ancient ruler Kharavela as a Chandel Rajput (no scholarly sources support this). Like other blocked socks, whose edits involved linking the Chandel Rajputs to famous ancient rulers, a closer scrutiny of the content reveals that much of the content is not supported by references or includes obsolete theories / speculations presented as facts.
 * Uses the term "Chedi-Chandel" in an attempt to establish a relationship between Chedi and Chandel kingdoms. This is a pretty unique term - it has 0 results on Google Scholar; even on the regular Google search, it has around 8 results - only 3 of them actually mention the term "Chedi-Chandel" (others being close matches such as "#Chedi #Chandel") - of these three, Bharatpedia mirrors Wikipedia content and the other two are from the social media accounts of this person (as evident from their Commons uploads).
 * Mohan12125
 * Blocked socks: User:Ashish0051, User:Virochanajit , User:Roshanch , User:Sabhajeet Chandel , User:Tejarajaraja
 * Other similarities.
 * E.g. "|title=Madhya Kalin Mahoba |date=2021-11-15 |publisher=Anjuman Prakashan |isbn=978-93-88556-71-2 |language=hi" in the following edits: Mohan12125, Veer sinh 21 (blocked sock) , Arty.mishra (blocked sock)
 * Referring to Vrishni ancestry claim in Dhanga's inscription: Mohan12125, User:Aarya.xd (blocked sock) utcursch &#124; talk 18:16, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Tagging as a "proven" sock", as the behavioral evidence leaves no reasonable doubt. for both this sock and the master, due to the hoaxes and source abuse. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:29, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
utcursch &#124; talk 22:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC) utcursch &#124; talk 22:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Atikaya and Suryakaant123 are obviously the same person, as their first edits were added same 9000 byte content to the article Rani Durgavati, claiming to revert it to last good version. Makraksh2 added the same claims of Chandel ancestry and changing name of Dalpat Shah to "Dalpat Shah Kachhwaha".
 * Atikaya:
 * Suryakaant123:
 * Makraksh2:
 * Like previous socks of Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur, all are obsessed with glorifying Chandels
 * Added Chandel ancestry to Rani Durgavati Atikaya, Suryakaant123 , Makraksh2
 * Divanshu111 added Chandel claim to Mahishmati, like the confirmed sock Basudevaa
 * Like previous socks, Atikaya added changed the name of Bhim Chand (Kahlur) to "Bhim Chand Chandel": Atikaya, Soorajmal Singh (blocked sock) , Ashutosh pandey 999 (blocked sock)
 * On Commons, Makraksh2's uploads are all made-up maps with the signature term "Chedi-Chandel": as pointed out in the last SPI request, this term has zero Google Search results if you ignore the socks' contributions
 * On Hindi Wikipedia, all have edited articles that previous socks edited on the English Wikipedia, focusing on Chandel ancestry and using the signature term "Chedi-Chandel". Too many examples to list, but like the last blocked sock Mohan12125, here are the edits focusing on Kharavela (खारवेल) and Mahameghavahana dynasty (महामेघवाहन वंश):
 * Suryakaant123:
 * Divanshu111:
 * Makraksh2:

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 * Blocked, tagged, global locks requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:34, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Suryabhanu 108's first edit was re-adding the content added by Sankaravijayan1, a blocked suspected sock. Other edits are the usual Chandel caste propaganda as well.
 * NarsimhaPrasad's first edit was re-adding the contetnt added by Akshaypratap108, another blocked suspected sock. Other edits simiarly restore content added by the blocked socks. utcursch &#124; talk 00:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Chandel.arts's uploads on Commons are same as those of earlier socks. (Blocked on 30 November.)

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 * - Please, check against other accounts.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:54, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All of these accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as proven based on behaviour, and I will request global locks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:43, 2 December 2023 (UTC)