Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ayan2312003/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Group B1
 * Group B2
 * Group B2
 * Group B2


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Background: Arjuna and Karna are mythological figures, half-brothers, rival archers, and combatants on opposite sides of the Kurukshetra War in the roughly 2000 year-old Indian epic, Mahabharata. Unfortunately, their combat has not ended on wikipedia and over the past few years two or more (sets of?) users have continuously (1) dumped large amounts of text from the epic onto these and related articles, and (2) extolled the superiority of Karna/Arjuna while belittling the other. Edit-warring, disruptive editing and (confirmed) sockpuppetry has followed. Afaik, this is not a significant real-world or religious issue, which makes me suspect that we are dealing with a very small number of sockmasters with idiosyncratic idee fixe.

Evidence: As discussed at the MKS Harsha SPI, behavioral evidence shows that the group B1 accounts listed above are socks of each other (pro-Karna/anti-Arjuna POV camp) and have been blocked by admin. The accounts listed in group B2, and the accounts linked to (SPI) may be linked to the same sock-farm, but behavioral evidence is currently not sufficient, or sufficiently examined, to take any further action.

Filing this report solely to record the above evidence and actions, and to serve as a place where future related socking-activity (which is likely) can be reported. It is ok to archive this report immediately for now. Abecedare (talk) 17:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Closing as requested. Cabayi (talk) 21:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)