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22 June 2015

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Edits and behaiviour are the same as and his blocked sockpuppets - Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Vipskul.

Editor is adding copyrighted images to Wikipedia, as well as the exact same text to the Venkat International Public School article.

Editor also made pretty insignificant edits in order to become autoconfirmed to allow him to edit the protected article - Happysailor  (Talk) 11:30, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * - - To look for possible sleepers.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  19:19, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ and, except as noted, ❌ to any other accounts:
 * The following accounts are ✅, ❌ to any other accounts except to the Vipskul group:
 * The following accounts are ✅ and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * All of the accounts that are not already blocked should be blocked. I will take care of that after we sort out the procedural issues. We obviously need to correct the master for the Vipskul group (I didn't check which one is the oldest, but there are clearly older ones than Vipskul). Then we need to decide whether we're going to create one or two more SPIs for the other two groups. I'm in favor of doing it for the Akshay2197 group but undecided about the Pettickal group. I'd prefer to make the final decision, but I'd like to hear your thoughts first. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Altafalam is the oldest account of all those. But,, don't you think that the Akshay2197 group should be linked behaviorally to the main group? They are both obsessed with the Venkat International Public School.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Your point makes things easier. My suspicion is that the Akshay2197 accounts are not the same person as the other accounts but that they are meat puppets, the idea being that we have two individuals who are perhaps classmates. If we go with that idea, I wouldn't separate those three accounts out from this case. Not sure how I'd tag them, though, but leaning toward tagging them as socks because we don't have any templates that adequately cover this kind of scenario. How does that sound?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I would tag groups 1 & 3 as socks of Altafalam, but I would tag group 2 separately. Still, I don't think new SPI is needed for group 2, those are just two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Great. I believe I've done all the blocking and tagging per our discussion. I'll leave it to you to double-check before closing. Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:25, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅, ❌ to any other accounts except to the Vipskul group:
 * The following accounts are ✅ and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * All of the accounts that are not already blocked should be blocked. I will take care of that after we sort out the procedural issues. We obviously need to correct the master for the Vipskul group (I didn't check which one is the oldest, but there are clearly older ones than Vipskul). Then we need to decide whether we're going to create one or two more SPIs for the other two groups. I'm in favor of doing it for the Akshay2197 group but undecided about the Pettickal group. I'd prefer to make the final decision, but I'd like to hear your thoughts first. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Altafalam is the oldest account of all those. But,, don't you think that the Akshay2197 group should be linked behaviorally to the main group? They are both obsessed with the Venkat International Public School.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Your point makes things easier. My suspicion is that the Akshay2197 accounts are not the same person as the other accounts but that they are meat puppets, the idea being that we have two individuals who are perhaps classmates. If we go with that idea, I wouldn't separate those three accounts out from this case. Not sure how I'd tag them, though, but leaning toward tagging them as socks because we don't have any templates that adequately cover this kind of scenario. How does that sound?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I would tag groups 1 & 3 as socks of Altafalam, but I would tag group 2 separately. Still, I don't think new SPI is needed for group 2, those are just two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Great. I believe I've done all the blocking and tagging per our discussion. I'll leave it to you to double-check before closing. Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:25, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * All of the accounts that are not already blocked should be blocked. I will take care of that after we sort out the procedural issues. We obviously need to correct the master for the Vipskul group (I didn't check which one is the oldest, but there are clearly older ones than Vipskul). Then we need to decide whether we're going to create one or two more SPIs for the other two groups. I'm in favor of doing it for the Akshay2197 group but undecided about the Pettickal group. I'd prefer to make the final decision, but I'd like to hear your thoughts first. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Altafalam is the oldest account of all those. But,, don't you think that the Akshay2197 group should be linked behaviorally to the main group? They are both obsessed with the Venkat International Public School.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Your point makes things easier. My suspicion is that the Akshay2197 accounts are not the same person as the other accounts but that they are meat puppets, the idea being that we have two individuals who are perhaps classmates. If we go with that idea, I wouldn't separate those three accounts out from this case. Not sure how I'd tag them, though, but leaning toward tagging them as socks because we don't have any templates that adequately cover this kind of scenario. How does that sound?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I would tag groups 1 & 3 as socks of Altafalam, but I would tag group 2 separately. Still, I don't think new SPI is needed for group 2, those are just two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Great. I believe I've done all the blocking and tagging per our discussion. I'll leave it to you to double-check before closing. Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:25, 23 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Everything is OK, I checked. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

17 November 2015

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User has restarted the Venus International School article, by utilising a copy/paste of the deleted content, including maint. tags that are dated May 2015 - Happysailor  (Talk) 17:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked based upon behavior. Mike V • Talk 20:00, 26 November 2015 (UTC)