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 * Evidence stuff:
 * The smoking guns: here, Amitbhb12 calls himself "Artist Branding", which is the name of his marketing and Wikipedia editing company. Another mention here. They have a Facebook presence here. Amitbhb12 was created 24 January 2015


 * Artistbranding added this content to their user page: "We Just Love to Contribute Various Useful Articles in Wikipedia." - Account created 20 April 2016. This account was soft blocked for username vio.


 * In walks Jiko.biswas the following day. Account created 21 April 2016 - User page reads: "I love to contribute in Wikipedia." He created some really outstanding promotional garbage in this version of Sunil Subramani. The career section is eye-gougingly bad.


 * There are at least three articles of intersection and one talk page of intersection between Amitbhb12 and Jiko.biswas.


 * I'm also looking at another account, ABCDEinfinity. User page: "i am a passionate learner." - Account created 30 March 2016 ABCDE has three areas of intersection with Jiko.biswas. ABCDEInfinity was created 30 March 2016. I think there's a possibility this is a growing sock ring, maybe with one main actor, and perhaps an employee or two.


 * On their FB page they've bragged about creating:
 * Saptrishi Ghosh
 * Pyumori Mehta Ghosh
 * Debojit Saha
 * Ram Kamal Mukherjee

(Some of these they haven't actually created...)

Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:03, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged. More information about a pattern of behavior might help identify additional accounts, e.g, the kinds of articles the accounts edit or create, and the way they edit or create. The technical characteristics are not distinctive enough to be the linchpin for whether to confirm.
 * is ✅ to the socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Rishika.dhanawade. Blocked and tagged.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:54, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. More information about a pattern of behavior might help identify additional accounts, e.g, the kinds of articles the accounts edit or create, and the way they edit or create. The technical characteristics are not distinctive enough to be the linchpin for whether to confirm.
 * is ✅ to the socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Rishika.dhanawade. Blocked and tagged.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:54, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

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Itsaritrahere has recreated Saptrishi Ghosh, an article created and maintained by socks of Amitbhb12 a day after it was last deleted for block evasion. ( last created it). I'd indef as a duck alone, but I'd like to get a CU just to be sure, since this user only has one edit to their name. Thanks, and a pleasant day to you! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:37, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the account as an obvious sock. The article they recreated had nearly identical phrasing and used the same sources. This report should be merged with Sockpuppet investigations/Amitbhb12 to note the actual master.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:07, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Done before you asked, or at least before I knew you'd asked. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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Recreated Sunil Subramani:. It's not promotional yet, but his previous edits are in other articles. OnionRing (talk) 14:29, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Also created Fuddu, a film by Subramani. OnionRing (talk) 14:50, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Quack. I note also IP 103.196.3.14 editing at Sunil Subramani and Rajat Poddar. IP geolocates to Murshidabad, West Bengal, India; ISP: Happynet Solutions Pvt. Including to help identify behavioral traits in the future. Thanks for the report . Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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Just to be on the safe side, and since the suspected sock has only one edit to their name, I'd prefer if a CU could confirm this. If you don't think it's necessary, then I'll just indef on duck. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:31, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Brand new user, Bishalbiswas9735 recreated Rajat Poddar, an article created by both and, both socks of Amitbhb12.
 * It's been about 2 weeks since the article was last deleted, which tends to suggest that the sock operator was lying low for a bit.
 * Name contains "biswas", like one of the other socks,.


 * Update: Okay, so I'm confused here, . The result was unlikely (and closer to unrelated), but Bishalbiswas just created Saptrishi Ghosh (Actor) an article that was obviously created to avoid the salting at Saptrishi Ghosh, which was an article created by...Amitbhb12 and his socks. So I'm totally going to indef this guy as a duck, but how do we CU-confirm future socks/sleepers if the sock data doesn't match the master? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:27, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:35, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * - Whoa! Thats...very odd given the biswas coincidence. Any chance of proxy/vpn/something? Thanks for looking, also. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:43, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Not likely. Indian IPs can always be problematic and there are so many small ones all over the place. But it's even worse than that. It's closer to ❌ than . Just in case anything had changed, I even checked the last account to be blocked behaviorally (Amitbhb07), and that account's technical data was clearly consistent with the master's.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay. Facts is facts. Thanks for the efforts! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:25, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Responding to your question in the evidence section, if an account is not a technical match, I'm not going to spend time looking for accounts related to the master. However, if I see an obvious use of other accounts related to the unrelated account (there's a mouthful), I will put that in my findings.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:28, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * In addition to the new stuff logged above, Bishal edited at Pyumori Mehta Ghosh, another article created by Amitbhb12. I would also propose that "BHB" in Amitbhb and the BB in Bishalbiswas may be related. So I guess I'll just remain confused how this guy can have similar account names, create the same articles, edit the same articles, and still be unrelated from a technical standpoint. I mean, I could think of a few ways, but sock operators aren't generally that smart. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm closing this SPI. Bishalbiswas9735 has been as a suspected sock by Cyphoid based on behavioural evidence and I see no reason for the SPI's lack of solid determination to justify overturning the block -- it is well within the administrative discretion of Cyphoid. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  16:58, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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Per DUCK, recreates Rajat Poddar. Sam Sailor Talk! 18:41, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Quack. is there any value to a CU here to help identify any patterns between this sock and the other socks? I'll hold off on closing for a moment. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing is fine. Bbb23 (talk) 19:28, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account created 13 July 2016, though user did no editing that day. Very odd behavior. It's almost as though this was intended to be a sleeper account.
 * Early edits were to create an article on Rubel Das (Surya), a Bengali-speaking Indian actor who was debuting in a film. Seems promotional. Amitbhb12 was here for promotion.
 * Other early edits occurred 19 July at Beparoyaa. 19 July was the day after the last suspected Amitbhb12 sock, Bemused Mortal, was indeffed.
 * Beparoyaa was created by Amitbhb12.
 * Some later early edits were to Ram Kamal Mukherjee, which was also edited by Jiko.biswas a suspected Amitbhb12 sock.
 * Lastly, what caught my attention was that Pritam das234 recreated Rachel White (Actor), an article previously created by Jiko.biswas
 * At the Rachel White article in this edit Pritam added the odd language "She did many television commercials for various Brands." This mimics language added here by Jiko.biswas, "Rachel White appeared in various Television Commercials for several Brands."
 * In the same edit, Jiko also goes on to list the various commercials White has been in:
 * "Colgate, Dettol, ICICI, Maruti, Gillette, MasterCard with Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh & zaheer Khan, Amul Macho with Saif Ali khan", etc.
 * In this version of Rachel White, we see the same content in the same order:
 * "Did television commercials for brands such as Colgate, dettol, ICICI, Maruti, Gillette and other brands such as MasterCard with Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan, Amul Macho advertisement with Saif Ali khan", etc.
 * While some are in alphabetical order, the sockjobber messes up once he gets to Gillette and MasterCard. Then he starts listing other actors that White has worked with. Anyhow, it's the same dude.


 * In that same deleted article by Jiko.biswas, you'll notice the content:
 * "In 2015 she did an important character role named Chandni in Bengali Film Har Har Byomkesh. Currently she is working in Rick Basu's debut directorial venture, Devi where she is sharing screen space with Paoli Dam"
 * Not surprisingly, in this version of Rachel White (Actor) we find:
 * "She played the character role named 'Chandni' in the Bengali Film Har Har Byomkesh." ... "Rachel White's Upcoming film is a Bengali Film named 'Devi' where she is sharing screen with Paoli Dam. The film is bengali film director Rick Basu's debut directorial venture."

They're obviously hitting the same bullet points, down to the order of commercials, even down to the same weird idioms like "sharing screen space" and "sharing screen".

Since previous CUs were not ultimately helpful, I'm indeffing on behavioral evidence, however, CheckUser, would it be possible for you to see if SwarupSS is a sock of this guy? He made a random comment in a speedy deletion discussion and it just seems weird that a random person would create an account to leave a meaningless comment on an obscure talk page that was about to be deleted. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:26, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * With no prejudice one way or the other toward this particular SPI, I would note that the idiom "sharing screen space", while possibly weird to western ears, appears somewhat commonly in film reviews and articles in India. I would rather not base an entire SPI on that phrase alone. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:34, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I mean, clearly I'm not basing the entirety of the behavior on that, I've got numerous points of comparison far more compelling, like the mathematically improbable "coincidence" of the identical commercial list. The "sharing screen space" thing is noteworthy because it's an odd duck who would choose idiomatic speech over formal tone for an encyclopedia article, then said odd duck would be even odder to use the same expression as the previous odd duck, instead of "appearing alongside" or "appearing opposite" or any of the other common expressions. Seems like it would have to be the same person, or unique individuals who keep plagiarizing content from the same sources. Neither is good. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:00, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Pritam das234 is ✅.
 * Group 1 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and between and  to the master:
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to the master technically but behaviorally dissimilar because they focus on Indian writers:
 * I've blocked all the accounts in Groups 1 and 2 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just noticed , who has created a draft article on Saptrihi Ghosh (Actor). This was an article that was salted because Amitbhb12 sock suspects kept recreating it. The content in the draft link appears identical to content found in this deleted version. Given the fact that the draft contains improperly formatted reference numbers (which you would see if someone copied the live article, then pasted that into the edit field) it's possible that he copy/pasted a mirrored copy, but it's equally possible that this is a member of the sock farm and he kept a copy of the "approved" version of the article. Is it worth a look? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:10, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The account appears to be ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking, . Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all the accounts in Groups 1 and 2 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just noticed , who has created a draft article on Saptrihi Ghosh (Actor). This was an article that was salted because Amitbhb12 sock suspects kept recreating it. The content in the draft link appears identical to content found in this deleted version. Given the fact that the draft contains improperly formatted reference numbers (which you would see if someone copied the live article, then pasted that into the edit field) it's possible that he copy/pasted a mirrored copy, but it's equally possible that this is a member of the sock farm and he kept a copy of the "approved" version of the article. Is it worth a look? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:10, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The account appears to be ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking, . Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all the accounts in Groups 1 and 2 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just noticed , who has created a draft article on Saptrihi Ghosh (Actor). This was an article that was salted because Amitbhb12 sock suspects kept recreating it. The content in the draft link appears identical to content found in this deleted version. Given the fact that the draft contains improperly formatted reference numbers (which you would see if someone copied the live article, then pasted that into the edit field) it's possible that he copy/pasted a mirrored copy, but it's equally possible that this is a member of the sock farm and he kept a copy of the "approved" version of the article. Is it worth a look? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:10, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The account appears to be ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking, . Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Nothing more to do; closing now. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:00, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:25, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Amjithambro dropped a comment on a talk page for the deleted and salted article Sunil Subramani asking how to get the article created. Amitbhb12 was a key spammer of this article's creation.
 * As I look at some of Amjithambro's edits, I see he's edited at Anu Joseph. This article was created by Jithdominic. Note the similarity between Amjithambro and Jithdominic.
 * Another contributor at Anu Joseph is Amjithambros. Obvious sock of Ajmithambro2511.
 * There is one central area of intersection between all these actors, Anu Joseph.
 * M.nair3866 has also edited at Anu Joseph, and is also an article creator. Maybe he's involved, maybe not, but I figured I'd note him since he's pretty much the only account to edit this article other than the obvious socks.

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Closing without taking any action. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:00, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Jithdominic04 is.
 * Amjithambro2511 and Amjithambros are to each other and ❌ to the master.
 * M.nair3866 is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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Meerasingh100 created Sunil Subramani, previously repeatedly recreated by Amitbhb12 and some of his socks. Sanjeev Arora removed a speedy tag from the article with the comment "Shouldn't be deleted. I don't have any idea who this Amitabh is. I'm an individual, don't know him.", which is a bit peculiar if he (Sanjeev Arora) is not identical to the person who created the article in the first place.

It seems very likely that there is a ring of paid editing here, connected to "Artist Branding", Amitbhb12's company (see the first SPI in the archive) - the company includes "Wikipedia Article Writing" among its other promotional services. Artist Branding's facebook page proudly links to Akshay Bardapurkar, created by one Akchakraborty; the article includes the huge refbloat that's expected from pages created by Amitbhb12 socks. Akchakraborty has also edited Arko Pravo Mukherjee which was created by Amitbhb12. bonadea contributions talk 18:11, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Similar references are being used in this deleted June 2016 version (only admins can see it) and the most recent version, which is just weird. Like, why would we know the birthdate of an assistant director unless he'd given it to them personally? Refs like this and . Unclear where we're getting the guy's DOB, but it appears in the most recent version and in the older, deleted versions. Old and new versions make sure to point out that the subject has worked with Anurag Basu. The subject has directed one film, but the article writers are acting like he's adored for his work as a first AD. Nobody knows first ADs. Name one famous American assistant director. C'mon. Pure fluff. And I'd say the guy is one film too early for an article. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:51, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Meerasingh100 is ❌.
 * Sanjeev Arora is.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * is technically but.
 * I've blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:09, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - While I believe there are some similarities here, I would like a second opinion on Babai05 just to be sure I'm not seeing something that's not really there. If you concur, please block. Thanks, GABgab 17:36, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm just not seeing it. I'm willing to discuss...but I don't see enough similarities to group them together. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:03, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
 * is technically but.
 * I've blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:09, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - While I believe there are some similarities here, I would like a second opinion on Babai05 just to be sure I'm not seeing something that's not really there. If you concur, please block. Thanks, GABgab 17:36, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm just not seeing it. I'm willing to discuss...but I don't see enough similarities to group them together. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:03, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm just not seeing it. I'm willing to discuss...but I don't see enough similarities to group them together. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:03, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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About an hour after Akshay Bardapurkar had been deleted as G5 following the previous SPI, and its creator (User:Akchakraborty) blocked as a CU-confirmed sock of Amitbhb12, Mrambidexter recreated the article. The account was created in August but I can't see any edits before today. AKSHAYGAUR007, an account created in July but also without any previous edits (that I can see), then removed the "new unreviewed" tag. The behavioural evidence seems pretty clear since the article looks very similar indeed to the previous version. bonadea contributions talk 21:07, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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recreation of salted and deleted material Akshay Bardapurkar Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:29, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Adding Indrajitgangulypune who added a photo (which, coincidentally, they found on Commons) to the new article about Akshay Bardapurkar. In addition, this edit shows a very characteristic referencing style - compare it to the current Akshay Bardapurkar article, for instance. --bonadea contributions talk 15:54, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Naming conventions of the two users are similar (first name+last name). Porisen = Pori Sen and Indrajitgangulypune = Indrajit Ganguly from Pune.
 * User page write-ups are similar. "Hello I am Pori Sen. I am from Berhampore, West Bengal. I love to contribute various articles and information in Wikipedia." "Hi. I am Indrajit Ganguly from Pune, Maharashtra, India. I am new to the world of Wikipedia. I am looking forward to contribute in Wikipedia." I'm amused that Porisen is brand new but loves to contribute.
 * Funky random capitalization in edit summaries:
 * Porisen: "User Introduction", "Akshay Bardapurkar (Politician) Introduction with a reference Link. Will update more information with reference links.", "Linking with Akshay Bardapukarkar (Politician)'s Wikipedia Page".
 * Indrajitgangulypune: "Updating Reference Links", "Updating Aneek Dhar's Official and Verified Facebook & Twitter Links in external Links Section", "Updating Reference Link for RASIYA SAAJAN’s music"
 * Amitbhb12: "Her Name's Spelling Changed to Anwesshaa" and "Website Link Updated"
 * Amitbhb07: "Photo of Indian Art Director and Production Designer Rajat Poddar taken on 17th May 2016 at 8:03 PM IST"

Given that we've had a recent flare-up of people interested in resurrecting Amitbhb articles like Sunil Subramani, (there's definitely something questionable happening there...) I feel that maybe a behind-the-scenes CU look would be helpful. Especially if team Amit has started using different ISPs/servers/proxies to edit, having some of that information might make it easier to link socks in the future. Maybe? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:59, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, what's up with "reference link" phrasing used by Porisen and Indrajit?

Porisen has now posted this and this - cf this by CU-blocked sock Mrambidexter. --bonadea contributions talk 17:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Btw, I know was declared to be unlikely in the 27 Dec SPI above, but all the same I'd like to mention this edit summary, in comparison to the diffs in my post right above this one. --bonadea contributions talk 23:19, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Porisen is . Indrajitgangulypune is .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:44, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there any chance this could be a different ring? It just seems difficult to believe that several of Amitbhb's articles have come back from the ashes without there being some kind of coordinated collusion. And are Porisen and Indrajit related to each other? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:50, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Could the Brilbluterin farm be related here? I see lots of intersections with Thertho Bose, who was implicated as part of that batch. Soham Chakraborty was one such article and it appears, also a breeding ground for Vamsiraj socks. (Different master, obviously.) Babai05, who was reported in one of the earlier reports here has numerous intersections with Thertho Bose. Just a thought. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:24, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No to all of the above.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:32, 12 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I've blocked them as either sockpuppets or meatpuppets working together to disrupt the encyclopedia with the same article especially given something I saw through deleted contribs. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:11, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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The user has only been concerned with creating the Akshay Bardapurkar article (as a draft this time, because of ACTRIAL no doubt) and inserting Bardapurkar's name into other articles. Compare this edit by one of the old socks with this edit by Samratshivaji. bonadea contributions talk 15:34, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 17:16, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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Recreated Akshay Bardapurkar which is always a red flag. It does not look exactly like previous versions, though some of the hoax claims from before are there (specifically, the claim that he was the producer of Rege), so I could not be sure it was another sock - it could be some other paid editor. A user who is only into creating new articles, almost never editing existing ones, from the day they created their account is of course always very likely to be doing it for payment.

But then I looked at other articles created by this account, such as Nude (2017 Marathi film) and Vishwajeet Kadam, and they are similar in rather telling ways to e.g. this creation by a previous sockpuppet. bonadea contributions talk 16:50, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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I'll ping who has also seen a lot of Amitbhb12's sockpuppets. --bonadea contributions talk 16:53, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Itspgk is very . The following accounts match technically but :
 * However, the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Mediabuzz
 * Prasannakumarbg
 * Shanki1107
 * I've blocked and tagged Itspgk. I've also blocked the three accounts that are confirmed to each other without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:24, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've kind of lost track of Amitbhb behavior. I remember some stuff he tried to build, but last time I brought him through the SPI wringer, I think I was off. The impression I was left with was that he was having someone else do his dirty work. I'm confused about the three that were confirmed to each other. If we suspect that Mediabuzz or any of the others are socking again, do we bring it here, or do we open up a different SPI? Like, they're confirmed to each other, but are they confirmed to the sockmaster? I sometimes get confused in the nuances. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:58, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Until a behavioral analysis is concluded, I wouldn't worry about it.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:19, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure what's needed here. It is clear that Itspgk = Amitbhb12 and that the 3 possible socks as listed are one. However:
 * What do Heena73, Bhupendra Avasthi & VikMohapatra "match technically" to that's different to Mediabuzz, Prasannakumarbg & Shanki1107?
 * Is "Behavioural evidence needs evaluation" required to link them to the other 3? Or all 6 to the master? Or both? Ben   Mac  Dui  17:50, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged Itspgk. I've also blocked the three accounts that are confirmed to each other without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:24, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've kind of lost track of Amitbhb behavior. I remember some stuff he tried to build, but last time I brought him through the SPI wringer, I think I was off. The impression I was left with was that he was having someone else do his dirty work. I'm confused about the three that were confirmed to each other. If we suspect that Mediabuzz or any of the others are socking again, do we bring it here, or do we open up a different SPI? Like, they're confirmed to each other, but are they confirmed to the sockmaster? I sometimes get confused in the nuances. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:58, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Until a behavioral analysis is concluded, I wouldn't worry about it.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:19, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure what's needed here. It is clear that Itspgk = Amitbhb12 and that the 3 possible socks as listed are one. However:
 * What do Heena73, Bhupendra Avasthi & VikMohapatra "match technically" to that's different to Mediabuzz, Prasannakumarbg & Shanki1107?
 * Is "Behavioural evidence needs evaluation" required to link them to the other 3? Or all 6 to the master? Or both? Ben   Mac  Dui  17:50, 11 February 2018 (UTC)


 * There's not a whole lot to go on with Heena73, VikMohapatra, and Bhupendra Avasthi, but all three are also quite stale, so no action is necessary one way or the other. Prasannakumarbg and co look like someone else to me. Particularly the unblock request from Mediabuzz seems out of character for Amitbhb12. I've separated these three into a new investigation here. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)