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14 March 2014

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User:Arshad Roshan.a.a is already a confirmed and blocked sockpuppet of User:Mooni singh raizada. User:Varsha Deshayi appeared today and has been reposting copyvios contributed by the previous two accounts in the following articles: Like User:Arshad Roshan.a.a, User:Varsha Deshayi has the strange habit of redirecting articles to themselves. Psychonaut (talk) 11:25, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Parasparam
 * Chandanamazha
 * Chandhanamazha

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 * Already blocked and tagged, nothing left to do. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:40, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

18 March 2014

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This new account was created right after the last one was blocked. It's trying to recreate the blocked accounts' deleted articles   and restore the blocked accounts' deleted contributions to existing articles (compare  with, and  with ). The corresponding Commons accounts show a similar pattern of copyvios (same images, same articles, etc.). Psychonaut (talk) 15:01, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

31 March 2014

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The previous socks repeatedly (re)created Chandanamazha, under various titles, using copyright-infringing text and images. The User:Viren Vadhera account is doing exactly the same thing. The IP account is the only other substantial contributor to this freshly recreated article, and is removing deletion tags from it in the same manner as the previous socks did. —Psychonaut (talk) 13:17, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, page salted. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

14 April 2014

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Gave himself away at Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:45, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Arshad IN, just registered, has the identical userpage to ASR Roshan. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:17, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm adding User:Arshad XX and User:Arhaan Roshan. The first of these has the same user boxes and info boxes on its user and talk pages, and is making the same requests to seemingly random editors for its user page to be protected. The second is already blocked as a sock but hasn't yet been reported here. —Psychonaut (talk) 10:17, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The user boxes and editing interest of User:DreamXstealer match the other socks. I'd recommend blocking that account on that basis and in light of the CU results. —Psychonaut (talk) 17:07, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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Checking the editing history, including deleted edits, I found evidence which would not have been much clearer if ASR Roshan had announced " I am a sockpuppet of Arshad Roshan.a.a". Both accounts blocked and tagged. However, a CheckUser for sleepers etc would be welcome in view of the history of sockpuppets, including the fact that the account Arshad IN was created shortly after ASR Roshan had been informed of suspicion of sockpuppetry, and did no editing except cloning the user page. In conjunction with the editing history of the editor's other accounts, this looks very much like preparing a sleeper for when the inevitable block on came. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:52, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Arshad XX blocked too. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:31, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * - Hasn't been checked before so might turn up some sleepers or possibility of nipping this in the bud with an IP block. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I found and one possible inactive account. I (re)blocked a free VPN service, i.e. an open proxy, that has been used by several of these accounts. One range is also currently blocked. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:01, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:33, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

20 May 2014

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Created a hoax article about himself (Arshaad Roshan) which matches the biographical information on his former user pages (born 25 November 1999, from Kerala, etc.): compare with. As usual he has plastered the page with fake awards, though in this case they're real Indian media awards rather than Wikipedia barnstars and the like. Further evidence is probably available in the deleted page histories of Arshad Roshan and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Arshad Roshan, which I suspect are previous incarnations of this same page. (I can't check myself as I'm not an administrator.) Requesting CU as this sockpuppeteer has previously created sleeper accounts. Psychonaut (talk) 10:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added the unregistered IP account 188.48.171.248, whose only action has been to remove a PROD from and add spurious references to Arshaad Roshan . It geolocates to Saudi Arabia, the same country Arshad claims to live in.  Previous SPI reports for this user flagged IPs in the same range. —Psychonaut (talk) 12:28, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added the unregistered IP account 90.148.222.195, which is also removing deletion notices from Arshaad Roshan and also geolocates to Jeddah, the city where Arshad claims to live. —Psychonaut (talk) 12:45, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * - For sleeper check. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:56, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * is the only obvious account.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:07, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

27 May 2015

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Evidence:
 * RoshanXXX: This account's username is similar to the sockmaster and many of the previously confirmed sockpuppets, and its first edit was to recreate Arshad Roshan.a.a's favourite article Chandanamazha, fully formed, just hours after it was deleted for the fourth time.
 * Roshan016: Another similar username; created Onnum Onnum Moonu which confirmed sock User:Roshan014 takes credit for
 * Roshan014 and Aleena Afrah: Already tagged and blocked; reporting here for record-keeping purposes.

CU requested as Arshad Roshan.a.a is known to create sleeper accounts. —Psychonaut (talk) 16:19, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * There is some technical tomfoolery going on here with Roshan016, so I can't make a basis on the technical end. However, I've blocked it as a proven sock based upon the diff provided where the master account takes credit of an article created by the sock. This is a classic case of the user forgetting which account did what. Mike V • Talk 00:34, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There is some technical tomfoolery going on here with Roshan016, so I can't make a basis on the technical end. However, I've blocked it as a proven sock based upon the diff provided where the master account takes credit of an article created by the sock. This is a classic case of the user forgetting which account did what. Mike V • Talk 00:34, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There is some technical tomfoolery going on here with Roshan016, so I can't make a basis on the technical end. However, I've blocked it as a proven sock based upon the diff provided where the master account takes credit of an article created by the sock. This is a classic case of the user forgetting which account did what. Mike V • Talk 00:34, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

30 May 2015

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This fresh account's first and only edit has been to recreate Arshad's favourite article, Chandanamazha, fully formed, just a couple days after it was deleted for the fifth time. Psychonaut (talk) 08:19, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Just squeezing in DUCK Arshu's 25 for the record. Recreated 4 articles, all deleted by me just now. Blocked by me. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:27, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅. Tagged and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:53, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

30 May 2015

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I believe this is yet another sock of Arshad for the following reasons: —Psychonaut (talk) 19:57, 30 May 2015 (UTC) Psychonaut (talk) 19:57, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Like Arshad and his socks, this account is concerned exclusively with Malayalam-language TV.
 * Like Arshad and his socks, this account has posted a great deal of copyright-infringing material. (There are currently about two dozen warnings on User talk:Shalinimaneesh arising from copyvios, including deletion of copyvio tags.)
 * All of the account's new articles were edited by Arshad's sockpuppets just minutes or hours after their creation: see for example the early page histories of Akkamma Stalinum Pathrose Gandhiyum, Kailasanathan, and 4 The People (Television series).

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 * is at most .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:08, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I have reviewed this, and the strongest behavioural evidence is without a doubt the fact that every single article created by Shalinimaneesh was edited immediately afterwards by Roshan014, which was confirmed as a sock lower. This tells me that if it isn't sockpuppetry, it's at the very least clear meatpuppetry; based on this evidence (and the rest of the evidence provided by Psychonaut, such as the copyvio and the focused subject), I have this account as suspected. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

06 June 2015

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This is a new account which has immediately set about recreating Ashad's articles on Malayalam TV, including Priyanshu Jora, Sonia Balani, and Asianet Television Awards. Just like Arshad, he claims on his user page to be an Indian living in Saudi Arabia.

CU requested to flush sleepers. Psychonaut (talk) 14:06, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅. Blocked and tagged. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:08, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

08 June 2015

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This fresh account has recreated Arshad's article Karutha Muthu (which had already been deleted three times) and is editing all the usual pages Arshad is normally seen at (4 The People (Television series), List of programs broadcast by Asianet, Template:Asianet Shows, etc.). Psychonaut (talk) 18:38, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:59, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

11 October 2015

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The account is another SPA for AsiaNet-related articles, recreating Arshad's deleted articles under slightly different titles (e.g. Pranayam (TV Series) vs. Pranayam (TV series)). An administrator should probably compare the content of the deleted articles against the current ones.

The IP was used to edit the same articles immediately before or after the registered account. (This is particularly telling with Pranayam (TV Series), which the IP edited only a few minutes after the account created the article.) Psychonaut (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * Based upon the behavior I blocked the account and issued a 1 week block for the IP. Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 02:15, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

27 October 2015

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This is a new account which is precociously creating fully-formed articles on Indian TV. What makes me suspicious is that it's recreated one of Arshad's favourite articles using one of his alternative titles, Pranayam (TV Series). However, this evidence alone is not conclusive. For confirmation it would help if an administrator could compare the deleted versions (at Pranayam (TV Series) and Pranayam (TV series) to the current one. (That, or a CheckUser.) Psychonaut (talk) 19:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and to the master:
 * Note to and other non-admins: The two articles, current and deleted, are similar. Pretty much the same except for some formatting differences.
 * Blocks and tags. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:39, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note to and other non-admins: The two articles, current and deleted, are similar. Pretty much the same except for some formatting differences.
 * Blocks and tags. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:39, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocks and tags. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:39, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

14 November 2015

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Googly 215 is a new account whose only edit has been to recreate Arshad's deleted article, Pranayam (Television series). Blonde Bond, another new account, "discovered" it a mere 28 minutes later and has continued to edit it since then. Like the previous sockpuppets, Blonde Bond has an exclusive interest in Malayalam TV and engages in unattributed copying from other sources (e.g., ). Psychonaut (talk) 08:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Check the archived requests. Arshad has previously created this article under a number of different titles, such as Pranayam (TV Series) and Pranayam (TV series). —Psychonaut (talk) 16:15, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * What you mean when you say "Arshad's deleted article, Pranayam (Television series)"? I don't see any deleted article under that title?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:11, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * - to compare those two with previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * and  are ✅ to  (and the other two accounts confirmed previously to Hog Butcher). Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:47, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

20 November 2015

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The registered account's only edit has been to recreate one of Arshad's deleted articles, Sthreedhanam (TV series) (formerly at ). The IP, which geolocates to Arshad's country of residence, almost immediately "discovered" the new article and began editing it. The IP account is also focused exclusively on Malayalam TV, including Arshad's favourite articles (4 the People (TV series), Asianet, etc.) Psychonaut (talk) 12:55, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * is . Blocked and tagged. Blocked the IP for 72 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

26 November 2015

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Another fresh, single-purpose account for Malayalam TV which just recreated Arshad's article Ponnambili. Psychonaut (talk) 07:04, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * I blocked the sock and tagged his user page. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:47, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

15 December 2015

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Fresh SPA precociously creating fully-formed articles on Malayalam TV, including a recreation of Arshad's deleted article Ponnambili. Psychonaut (talk) 15:34, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:16, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm very familiar with this sock master and this is definitely them. I've blocked them as well as the proxy they were using and tagged the account.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

17 December 2015

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Restored Arshad's copyright-infringing contributions to Idea D4 Dance (cf. and ). IP geolocates to Arshad's self-disclosed city of residence. Psychonaut (talk) 13:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked one month for block evasion per evidence above. Closing case. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:12, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

23 December 2015

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The Indian Wisher is a new SPA creating fully-formed articles on Malayalam TV. The two IPs, which geolocate to Arshad's city of residence, edit the new articles (or their talk pages, or their AfD pages) soon after The Indian Wisher creates them. Psychonaut (talk) 14:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * The account is . I've blocked and tagged it. I've blocked the 159 IP for 72 hours. If you can, please review all the new articles and tag any you wish with WP:CSD. I don't want to delete them out of hand. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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Recreated salted Ponnambili as Ponnambili(TV Series). Similar habit of re-adding large chunks of copyvio to articles: see edit history of Mallam, Nellore District. I can't submit diffs as they've been revdel'd. Editor even tried to remove the revdel template: The Mighty Glen (talk) 15:27, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * Tagged sockpuppet. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 00:10, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

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-- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:59, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Mass creation of articles on Indian Malayalam TV Shows and editors:
 * Continuous use of WP:AutoEd through many socks:
 * Creations or edits around Asianet:  Contribs
 * Attempting to curate pages through old & new NPR systems:

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 * Blocked, tagged; closing. Katietalk 01:06, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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Recreating Parasparam (TV series) as Parasparam(TV series) to evade salt, overlap here. There is also significant overlap with two other masters, so this may also be meat. See etc... Praxidicae (talk) 13:06, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * Given that no administrator (including myself) has yet seen conclusive evidence of sock puppetry after ~3 weeks, I'm going to close this case. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:49, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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I dunno if this is part of a meat farm or what but they have a lot of recreations of past socks but seems to have the most overlap with this master, recreating Shalu Kurian, Thenum Vayambum (TV series) Praxidicae (talk) 15:02, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Also overlap here Praxidicae (talk) 15:14, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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❌, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 22 September 2019 (UTC)