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Suspected sockpuppets



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Several articles created by User:Arjunfilmantena (talk) have a tendency to attract new, SPA editors. These editors have a tendency to remove COI maintenance templates such as, , and. Requesting checkuser to filter out any good-faith new editors. SamHolt6 (talk) 15:23, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * In addition, User:Arjunfilmantena and User:Gccvai have copied each other's userpages (despite this making Arjun's page inaccurate), and both editors have attempted to remove afd notices from an article created by Arjunfilmantena.--SamHolt6 (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Now User:Me.vaishakh, who has not edited in several months, has also attempted to remove an afd template from Vijay Moolan; this is the same edit made by User:Arjunfilmantena and User:Gccvai.--SamHolt6 (talk) 16:22, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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Other observations:
 * Gccvai has engaged in typical sock behavior, dropping pointless talk page comments like this and this to get to autoconfirmed status, no doubt.
 * Here we get a meaningless user page, likely to avoid redlink scrutiny.
 * The Me.vaishakh account is obviously Gccvai. Look at this talk page. Same format, i.e. a meaningless talk page comment written in similar English. And just like Gccvai, suddenly Me.vaishakh has a user page. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:54, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Important note: Me.vaishakh is the oldest account, created 5 July 2017. I don't see any deleted contributions, so it's a bit bizarre that they didn't edit until 2018. Arjunfilmantena was created 8 September 2017. Ravi.aadhar was created 27 September 2017. Gccvai was created 19 November 2018. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:08, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked three of the duckiest accounts, Arjunfilmantena, Me.vaishakh and Gccvai, but I haven't looked into Ravi.aadhar and don't have time right now, so I'm curious if there are any other undiscovered accounts. I saw one earlier today that seemed weird, but I can't find it. It had a strange, multiple consonant structure, like Pvvr or something. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:15, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * - For other undiscovered accounts. Thanks, GABgab 00:16, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Ravi.aadhar is stale and the other accounts are ✅. Other than that,  Salvio Let's talk about it! 14:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
 * for follow up given the account not blocked is stale. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 01:34, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Please see the above -- The SandDoctor Talk 10:01, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm not sure what to do about the unblocked account, so I guess I'll just close. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:16, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The suspected sock was registered today his first and the only edit was to from the Draft:Rathish Ambat. Also, is the oldest account in this farm, so I guess the case should be moved accordingly. GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:19, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:48, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I would probably block via WP:DUCK, but think that a CU check might be beneficial. What do you think ? -- The SandDoctor Talk 20:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It wasn't per se with regards to finding more socks but it was useful to give a.
 * per comments by and my own previous assessment that UnniMuku89 appears to be a DUCK.  The SandDoctor  Talk 16:24, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Both users made no edits outside Rathish Ambat that was last created by the master and it was draftified by. Svar012 recreated the same article in their namespace by ignoring Draft:Rathish Ambat and then moved it to mainspace without submitting it for a review. The account was inactive since February 2019 but suddenly reappeared just after I reverted Jithinmt's edit. Svar012 also claimed this image as his own work in his comment on my talk page that reads  GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Comment looks to be sock/meat puppetry at the very least. Undisclosed paid or conflict of interest editing is also likely in the mix, given Svar012's ability to furnish a non-copyrighted, meta-data equipped photograph of the subject at . I would recommend checkuser be run, if it inst too late.--SamHolt6 (talk) 17:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Possible meat, but very less behavioral evidence in case of Jithinmt, so please check between Jithinmt and Svar012. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 17:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . They geolocate to the same area, but they're using different devices on different ISPs.  From the log, Arjunfilmantena is probably from the same geographical location, but any other information has been lost to staleness. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:13, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * - These looks like meats to me. Denying COI as of previous socks - indicates that they are connected. Please indef the socks. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 16:56, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:31, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:31, 19 June 2019 (UTC)