Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ankit Yallapu/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * Both make their first edit in Feb 2021 to a user sandbox
 * Both have a single purpose interest in promoting Changa (app) (a non notable company)
 * Woodpecker is used to create the article. Ankit is used to remove the CSD tag (possibly to bypass the disallow filter that stops new users removing CSD tags on their articles, which Ankit says he was aware of here).
 * Replying to each other.
 * Both deny any relation to the company, apparently finding out about it from casual Googling, although I'm sure at least one is an employee for the company, so this is UPE territory.
 * Timestamps, particularly on, make it implausible IMO that they don't at least know each other (although user denies any relation to the other user)
 * - a comment in removing CSD tags on a page you created (even though it was the Woodpecker account that created the page, not Ankit) reads like a confession to sockpuppetry

ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:44, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

I am sorry to say, but ProcrastinatingReader has rephrased some of my messages. just to summarize to all the Clerks and SPI Admins: 1) I am new to wikipedia editing, my only intention was to start my wikipedia journey as I like the project. 2) I a came across this Article on Wikipedia and hence decided to make edits, when I got to know the WP:DISCLOSE policy. I mentioned it immediatlly on my talk page 3) ProcrastinatingReader says
 * a) "Both deny any relation to the company".
 * Ans- I have never denied it, please check my previous messages.
 * b) " a comment in removing CSD tags on a page you created (even though it was the Woodpecker account that created the page, not Ankit) reads like a confession to sockpuppetry".
 * Ans- I was just being open for the conversation and correcting my unintentional mistakes as and when required that doesnt mean I am guilty as      you are asumming here.

I myselfy would request for checkuser to keep Wikipedia in good hands.

Thank you Ankit Yallapu (talk) 13:13, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I think it's highly likely that these two are the same person (they share some rather interesting writing style similarities), but it has the stench of UPE and the master was a sleeper (created July 2020, first edit February 2021) – please look for others. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 08:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . They're both geolocate very closely, but they're on different ranges and the same common user agent.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:07, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, no. I have zero reason to doubt these two are working together in some way (Ankit Yallpu just happens to come back to Wikipedia after a three-moth break just one hour after Woodpecker's article is created?), and per Blabbs, I smell UPE either way. . GeneralNotability (talk) 01:11, 15 July 2021 (UTC)