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Master account blocked with multiple unblock requests declined; last declined at 18:22, 20 June 2019. Sockpuppet account created next day at 13:49, 21 June 2019. Obviously related based on name. Also editing same material. For example see at the file that is being discussed for deletion. Whpq (talk) 05:15, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 16:52, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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Keeps adding images with unknown copyrights. Here, here by User:AndrewBasumatary and here, here by sock User:Bekarinsan - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:33, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I'll semi the article for a while. Blocked, tagged, closed. Katietalk 17:40, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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Again started adding images with unknown copyrights. Here, here by User:AndrewBasumatary and this by this new user. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:25, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  10:40, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * - Please, compare this account to the master.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:47, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ and article semi'd for three months.

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Obvious sock of User:AndrewBasumatary. Same edit pages, similar edits and similar name. Similar editing style by this new sock and the recently blocked sock User:NabinBoro. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:40, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:56, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Started adding images with unknown copyrights again! like all the other socks. Here, here by User:AndrewBasumatary and here by this new sock. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:48, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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✅, images deleted and semi-protections added. . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:59, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Close per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 15:09, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Similar method of editing where they remove reflist template from the reference and place a redundant citation. As displayed by this new user and older socks,. Interation tool results Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:28, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 20:26, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

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Similar method of editing where they remove reflist template from the reference and place a redundant citation. As displayed by this new users WithKindRegards and Specificedits, and older socks , ,. A case of WP:DUCK. New ID's first edit today.

Specificedits was created earlier but seems on an image addition spree like the original ID, sockmaster AndrewBasumatary.

Editor Interaction Tool results, - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:48, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * , going to delete pages. GABgab 20:43, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

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Another. Again similar method of editing where they remove reflist template from the reference and place a redundant citation and older socks, , , ,. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:01, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 15:56, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

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This time in a different article, but same method of deleting reflist and adding a redundant source in the "Reference" section as displayed by older socks, , ,. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 06:40, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Such a nuisance lately. Isn't there a way to prevent them from socking? By blocking their IP range for example? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 06:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I have added user:Itsmayflower as well. Same MO.  See removed reflist and redundant reference. -- Whpq (talk) 13:34, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Article Jamuna Boro needs to be protected again it seems. PP expired today only. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:40, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ + . . Unfortunately, the accounts are using busy ranges, so a range block would affect many unrelated users. If there are specific articles this user is targeting, it may be helpful to place them under temporary semi-protection. Mz7 (talk) 11:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I have placed the following articles under 10-day semi-protection:
 * Manish Kaushik (boxer)
 * Laishram Sarita Devi
 * Pooja Rani
 * Mz7 (talk) 11:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Itsmayflower now, Jamuna Boro semi-protected for six months. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 21:49, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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Again, same method of deleting reflist and adding a redundant source in the "Reference" section as displayed by older socks,  , ,. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC) Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:53, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Tagged the master as banned, as a CU check has been done three different times (see WP:THREESTRIKES). Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:54, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

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Same old method of deleting reflist and adding a redundant source in the "Reference" section. I would like to request IP range block. This sock puppeteer wouldn't stop it seems. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please confirm & check for sleepers. is still fresh. Cabayi (talk) 15:59, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ to RexDas. No other accounts seen. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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The name is similar to a previous sock account (user:Bekarinsan). Edits in the same topic area (women boxers), Edits same topics (Jamuna Boro, Lovlina Borgohain). Uploads images claiming to be the copyright holder but are copyvios from Facebook, etc (File:Boxer huang hsiao wen.jpg). Whpq (talk) 13:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I think behavioral overlap is reasonably convincing, since many of the pages they're interested in have a long history of AndrewBasumatary sockpuppetry. I also note that this account went active right around when the PP on Jamuna Boro expired. Self-endorsing for CU - I think all known socks are stale, but I'd appreciate a sleeper check. In particular, I suspect the following are also socks of the same person:
 * GeneralNotability (talk) 14:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, we have CU confirmation between four accounts, and their interests clearly overlap with AndrewBasumatary, good enough for me to start handing out blocks. (please double-check my tags before archiving...I'm going to go manually tag them with the altmaster sockpuppet tag with AdorableAndLovely as the master since that's oldest, so they won't be done right away) GeneralNotability (talk) 00:54, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅:
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅:
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * For sleepers, I think that someone reasonably experienced with the sockmaster's behaviour would be best placed to identify them. If I could structure my checks as an SQL query that included user agent details, I'd have more luck. :p   Maxim (talk)  23:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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Similar edits to other AndrewBasumatary socks, e.g. on Jamuna Boro. Lard Almighty (talk) 15:55, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to socks in the archive. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:40, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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Same edits to Jamuna Boro as other AndrewBasumatary socks. Lard Almighty (talk) 06:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Technically ; based on edits.
 * there are still several accounts tagged as socks of both AndrewBasumatary and AdorableAndLovely, who is also a sockpuppet. Please correct this. For accounts newer than RexDas with a checkuser-block please use "proven". Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:33, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'm unclear on the right procedure here - I dual-tagged those accounts because we think they're AndrewBasumatary socks, but we know (via CU confirmation) that they're socks of each other (and AdorableAndLovely is the oldest of those socks). Am I misunderstanding the use of the alt-master tag? GeneralNotability (talk) 22:57, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * the tags in the template should always refer to a sockmaster with a separate case, otherwise they're redundant and confusing. If there was a reason to keep the AdorableAndLovely-confirmed accounts as a separate case (i.e. if there was suspicion that it's a second person behind those accounts) then this method would make sense, but I think that's not the case. Behaviourally they're pretty obviously the same person, they've been making the same disruptive edits to one particular obscure BLP for a year, and on top of that based on CU logs I'm comfortable with a finding of to AndrewBasumatary for every account I looked at (other than Shewasspecial, but that could change). That's pretty much as "proven" as it gets without a confirmation, so there's really no value in categorizing the accounts differently. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , understood, sorry about all that. I'll go fix the existing cases up. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:08, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Past cases modified per CU request. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:12, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

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Obvious sock based on name. Also similar behaviour with copying images from facebook (File:Ankushita with bhagyabati and lovlina.jpg)m=, and editing same topic areas (e.g. by Andrewbasumatary15 and by BekarEdits, a known sock. Whpq (talk) 20:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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Regarding the uploading of Facebook images, this user also keeps inserting broken image links even after reverts. Cairo2k18 • (talk)  •  (contribs)  08:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I've reported them in the past. Definitely a WP:DUCK. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:58, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Username similarity, brand new editor creating multiple drafts about indian athletes, immediately editing sock-heavy Ankushita Boro. Ducky, but I'm not seeing the specific kinds of edits that convince me on behavior alone.  CU will confirm and maybe find some more sleepers. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:20, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * based on technical information. Behavior makes it a slam dunk. . Also, Andrewbasumatary15 is technically confirmed to but the latter hasn't edited so I'm noting that here in case future behavior makes it likely the user is a sock. Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 22:50, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Duck, user name and edits. Lard Almighty (talk) 11:46, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked from WP:AIV; keeping open for checkuser(s) or clerk(s) to determine whether checking and/or tagging should be done ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't see much evidence of sleepers in the archives, so I don't think CU is needed here. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:01, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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Started editing after latest sock (AndrewBasumatary29) was blocked and similar edits on Ankushita Boro and Lovlina Borgohain  and Bhagyabati Kachari. Lard Almighty (talk) 06:38, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Added two more. Similar diffs, Youngminds63 although made constructive edits, is likely a sock. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:35, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Adding another. Similar diffs on Bhagyabati Kachari. Lard Almighty (talk) 06:03, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * WP:DUCK again. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd request that these few pages to be protected. I've been watching this sockfarm for sometime now, and these are the pages in which they are most active. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:38, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I concur. Requests have been made in the appropriate place. Lard Almighty (talk) 12:13, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 11:47, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Blocked the unblocked accounts in this case. Tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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Similar edits. Similar style. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:03, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

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Pro forma report. . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:04, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

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Similar editing area and style, image additions et al. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Started editing the preferred articles immediately after the page protection expired . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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I concur with the filer's assessment. Image EXIF shows these were copied from Facebook/Instagram which is the same behaviour as previous. -- Whpq (talk) 13:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:38, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK it seems. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:21, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Similar edits on Ankushita Boro‎ . Created after latest AndrewBasumatary sock blocked. Lard Almighty (talk) 13:08, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Tagged the sock (already blocked by ), closing. Cabayi (talk) 09:15, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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Username and similar edits, e.g. this and this Lard Almighty (talk) 16:00, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:47, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

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Newly created user immediately goes to edit a page frequented by the socks. Note the addition of board/event logo in the BLP infobox like they did for other articles. this for example. Requesting CU as well as protection of the article. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:45, 27 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Added Bikuisback. Here and here, they added/replace the profile pic with the event logos, like the banned sock puppets. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:24, 27 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Added Loveyounikki. Same subject area interest of Indian female boxers and adding logos to BLP infobox.  Accpount is already blocked for vandalism bit reporting for completeness. -- Whpq (talk) 15:40, 2 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Added Loveyouamira. Declared alt account of Loveyounikki.  Also uploading File:Nikhatzareenboxer.jpg image swiped from Instagram simoilar to other accounts. -- Whpq (talk) 15:40, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Shared interest in female boxers from India, same odd habit of putting logos in the picture field of infoboxes? Sounds like AndrewBasumatary. I've  all four listed here, they all are fairly ducky.  to verify the relationship to each other and check for sleepers. Note that  is the only non-stale sock in the archives and that one does not have a chain of CU to the master. Left everyone untagged pending CU findings. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:59, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It's them, and the only additional is below. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 13:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm not sure what "It's them" means. Are you saying CU-confirmed to BeingBasumatary or to AndrewBasumatary? -- RoySmith (talk) 02:46, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It won't necessarily mean it's confirmed technically, just that all the technical evidence combined is enough evidence to convince me. And they would be related to BeingBasumatary as that's the only non-stale. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 02:11, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagging as suspected. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:22, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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New account. Similar edits on Nikhat_Zareen and Ankushira Boro. Lard Almighty (talk) 07:52, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * The (blanked) user page clearly shows that this user is the same as Kacharirocks (presebted above for CU check).--Ymblanter (talk) 07:55, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm not seeing what you're seeing - how do the user pages "clearly show" that they're the same? I just see two people with big pictures on their userpages. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Putting a max size picture (one Buddhist topic, one traditional Indian topic) on the user page and then immediately blanking it.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:33, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * It's them, found above. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 13:56, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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Similar username, similar interests, and hijacking Rajesh Narwal, like User:Loveyouamira. Diff: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumanuil (talk • contribs) 07:18, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Not clear what happened here, but there was a missing SPI case status template. I've fixed that, but given that this report is 10 months old, it's meaningless, so I'm just closing it. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:34, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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Keeps adding images with unknown copyrights. ,  just like confirmed socks here, here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:07, 4 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I see that there is another sockfarm User:Tusharbhise706 with a suspected sock User:Anonymousgeek21, but judging from their activity of adding images of unknown copyright and their editing area, I believe they belong here, in the SPI/AndrewBasumatary . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:12, 4 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Social media style pics being added by this user just like the previous ones. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:50, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Another of the targeted Jamuna Boro]articles with social media style images. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:52, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Adding another ID, same behaviour . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:42, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Well, Dumbiryanispecial was created by - socking doesn't get any more obvious than that :). And Decenthacker is making similar edits to many of the same pages, so it's a good bet that they're related. Unfortunately, all of the previous AndrewBasumatary accounts are stale, but looking at the histories of Nikhat Zareen and Jamuna Boro, I'd bet that AndrewBasumatary and /Anonymousgeek21 are in fact the same sockfarm. I think this is blockable based on behaviour, but  - to check for others given the concurrent use of multiple accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:15, 12 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Found one account that may be a sleeper which is . No edits to support the technical evidence, but I'm going to call this account . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:45, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I tagged the blocked accounts and Tusharbhise706 as proven to AndrewBasumatary based on behaviour/CU (not sure it's worth bothering with double tags here). We can take another look at Shajanstalin if they ever edit. Closing. Spicy (talk) 23:59, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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Same topic area, Indian female boxing. Also note the user name which is the sockpuppeteer's name in reverse. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:58, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Crossover on Nikhat Zareen and the backward username make this patently obvious. - Please block  indefinitely as a proven sockpuppet. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 12:39, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
 * firefly ( t · c ) 10:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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Possibly the same person. Removed the very image that the last confirmed sock added. In these very articles. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:54, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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The editor is editing female Indian boxer articles (,, , and uploading copyright violations (File:Zareen kom.jpg). The editing interest and actions certainly match up. -- Whpq (talk) 14:37, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * - looks like a sock to me based on the strong focus on the same small set of articles edited by previous socks. The only editors to have made major edits to these pages recently have been socks of AndrewBasumatary. Please indef Hanshudaxx. Thanks,  Spicy (talk) 21:51, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * firefly ( t · c ) 10:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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Same editing area (Nikhat Zareen) as well as addition of images of unknown copyright, a characteristic of this sockfarm. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to, and to notes from old cases. Don't see any other accounts at present. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:04, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagging Yratamusadwerdna as confirmed, in light of what I've just looked at.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:05, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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Behaviour is consistent with previous socks with an interest in female Indian boxers. Contributions are all to Nikhat Zareen, which was recently edited by User:Likhtehaidilse, a confirmed sock. Image uploads are copied from social media feeds with dubious license claims which is consistent with previous behaviour. File:Nikki vrct.jpg is from the subject's Twiter account per this news article. File:Nikhat nikki.jpg has EXIF showing this image is from a Facebook related property. See Sockpuppet investigations/AndrewBasumatary/Archive. Whpq (talk) 14:17, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Most likely. Addition of images with questionable copyright, etc. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:35, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 17:38, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Addition of images with unknown copyright. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * They are very, as far as CU data goes - same very large country, but a different part of it, and different IP range and UA.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The behaviour is different - they seem to be indiscriminately adding images to a variety of articles, one of which happened to be an article edited by this sockmaster. Not seeing the focus on Indian female boxers. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:39, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

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Same interest in female boxers such as Nikhat Zareen from AndrewBasumatary, from Wikisearcher321. Same activity of uploading of copyvio images from social media accounts such as Instagram. User:Loveyouamira uploaded File:Nikhatzareenboxer.jpg from Instagram. Wikisearcher321 has uploaded File:Zareenibadelhi.jpg from from Twitter. Whpq (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged, leaving the CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 21:38, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus -- RoySmith (talk) 00:00, 29 March 2023 (UTC)