Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ArjunKapoor¹²/Archive

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ArjunKapoor¹² created Madhu Kankariya, Wikipedian stuff then removed the puffery tag. Similarly, on orwiki at or:ସାୟମ ପ୍ରଧାନ, ArjunKapoor¹² created the page about Sayam Pradhan, and Wikipedian stuff removed a deletion tag.

Also, 2409:4062:200f:a86b::1f5:8ad is probably related, though I know you can't confirm that publicly; the ip created the wikidata item, d:Q101537128, for Sayam Pradhan, and Wikipedian stuff then edited it, despite the item not being connected to the page on orwiki. DannyS712 (talk) 23:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)


 * CC as a wikidata checkuser and a steward (since orwiki has no local checkusers) DannyS712 (talk) 23:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Based on my check on Wikidata, they are to be the same.  In the future, though, I'm usually not inclined to investigate cases that don't have a history of local socking unless requested by a CheckUser here, or the user has a persistent LTA case. --Jasper Deng (talk) 23:50, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The only reason I am resulting this is because they removed the templates about the issues, otherwise this would be a very simple case of forgotten password. Obviously they are the same. That said, I really don't see a case for a sockblock at this point because of no time overlap, you'll need other grounds first. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:37, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've blocked both as they were confirmed + the removal of maintenance tags by a sockpuppet on an article the master created is definitely block worthy + there is time overlap at the article. My previous comments conflicted with AmandaNP's edit. There is an overlap at Madhu Kankariya + a time overlap at that article unless I am going barmy, so I'm not entirely sure what AmandaNP means when they say there isn't a case for a sockblock. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:01, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't see your comment before I blocked, as the blocks went through using the tool before the editconflict was noted. However, I see a time and page overlap at Madhu Kankariya, so what am I missing about no time overlap? At Madhu Kankariya ArjunKapoor¹² edits, then Wikipedian stuff edits, then ArjunKapoor¹² edits, so unless there is some interesting issues with the page revision order on my browser / cached copy, I'm confused as to what you mean. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:05, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, I indeffed as they used the other account to remove the maintenance templates and for nothing else. I can't reasonably see that this is a case of forgotten passwords, especially as Wikipedian stuff made their first edit 8 minutes after the last edit made by ArjunKapoor¹². To me, it shows that they tried to use another account to avoid scrutiny around removing the maintenance tag from their own article. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:13, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ya, I didn't get enough sleep last night, I don't know what I saw at the time. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 01:30, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries then. I'll close this then as DannyS712 hasn't technically reported the IP and I don't feel super comfortable blocking when it doesn't have local edits. Autoblocks should catch their current IP for a bit. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)