Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Arjun19990012/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

The user is showing the same traits as another user, who has previously been blocked for a month. The account has only one motive, to try and increase the box office numbers of the movie Valimai, just like MovieBuffIndia. They both claim that they wish to make Wikipedia more neutral, yet do not show any interest in anything other than Valimai or the lead actor of that film, Ajith Kumar.

This is an edit by MovieBuffIndia on Talk:Valimai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Valimai#CREDIBILITY_of_Jatinder_Singh%3F

Here is the exact same edit by Arjun19990012 on the same page few months later

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Valimai#Credibility_of_Pinkvilla

This is another edit by Arjun19990012

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1133537935

And an edit with the exact same purpose by MovieBuffIndia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1075750425

They keep edit warring to remove the lower box office figure from a range of figures for Valimai. And for this, they keep trying to prove that the writer of the article which gives that number is not credible. Hope you will look into the matter. 103.148.20.156 (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Main account is . ST47 (talk) 03:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Based on the extensive cross over between the two accounts I'm comfortable that this is the same person. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user is showing the same characteristics as another account, which itself was a sock puppet of. The account has only one objective, to try and increase the box office numbers of movies starring Ajith Kumar such as Valimai and Thunivu, just like MovieBuffIndia and Arjun19990012. The latter two accounts did not show any interest in anything other than movies starring Ajith Kumar. This time, the sock has gotten smarter and has tried to hide the fact that it is a sock by acting neutral at first and editing neutral pages like List of highest-grossing Tamil films. But even here, their agenda is to push Ajith Kumar movies to the forefront.

Here is an edit by MovieBuffIndia on the talk page of Valimai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Valimai#CREDIBILITY_of_Jatinder_Singh%3F

Here is the exact same edit by Arjun19990012 on the same page few months later

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Valimai#Credibility_of_Pinkvilla

This is another edit by Arjun19990012

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1133537935

And an edit with the exact same purpose by MovieBuffIndia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1075750425

These two accounts kept edit warring to remove the lower box office figures from a range of figures for Ajith Kumar movies. And for this, they kept trying to prove that the source (Pinkvilla) is not credible.

Now this discussion given below

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force

should conclusively prove why is the exact same person as MovieBuffIndia and Arjun19990012.

Hope you will look into the matter. (BangaloreNorth (talk) 13:29, 21 June 2023 (UTC))

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

I am not the persons mentioned here. I don't even know who those persons moviebuffindia or arjun were. I have been editing many articles relating to box office figures and Tamil cinema. I don't have any agenda of pushing anyone forward as wrongly accused here. I have been editing unbiased for a long time here. I have given many evidences why pinkvilla is unreliable since they delete a lot of content in their previously published articles. This user BangaloreNorth has been saying things irrelevant to the current discussion and not commenting on the current issue. Instead he is always bringing past discussions which have no relevance to the current issue and is falsely accusing me now. I can verify that I'm not these other people. Thanks.


 * This user BangaloreNorth owes me an apology when they find out I'm not a sock. Also this user deliberately hides a lot of facts. If I have agenda of pushing Ajith films to the front, why would I start a discussion about a trade analyst named Manobala Vijayabalan who gives greater box office numbers for Ajith films, and ask other Wikipedia users their opinions if this trade analyst is reliable. Here is the link to that discussion I started 2 days before: wiki discussion. This user knows I started this discussion and has not commented on it. I have been editing a lot of film related content as per reliable sources as you can see from my contributions page. This user deliberately falsely accuses me of having only one objective of increasing box office numbers of Ajith films. So this user must apologise to me for making all these false accusations deliberately, knowing that all his accusations are false. Cinephile4ever 08:02, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Heads up that OP got blocked and socked (diff of latter is RevDel’d, and was at ANI. Give me a shout if you need pointing to it.) MM (Give me info.)  (Victories)  13:20, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - This needs to be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Arjun19990012 and then backed out here to the redirect. Bbb23 (talk) 16:36, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:49, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Evidence presented is woefully insufficient. Closed with prejudice. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:58, 10 July 2023 (UTC)