Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ayushmaan14/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Ayushmaan14 is an LTA, most of whose socks are already blocked here for abuse of multiple accounts or vandalism. All accounts are confirmed on Commons. There has never been an en.wiki SPI, however, so this is to begin a consolidated local record, and to check the currently active. Many of the socks are stale, but behaviour quacks, including through admission, and I can provide whatever Commons data remain for stale accounts if needed. See primary focus on Indian trains, significant overlap includes:

See also usernames; e.g., Sanya Ayush 44 to Ayush maan14, Ayush maan13, Ayush maansecured, etc. Эlcobbola  talk 15:17, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Garib Rath Express: Ayushmaan14; Shashivaranam; Kedarnath33; AngelFromAndaman; Leavemealoneinhell
 * Dehradun–Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express: AngelFromAndaman; Leavemealoneinhell
 * Duronto Express: Ayushmaan14; Sudhat81; AngelFromAndaman; Ayushmaansecured; SanyaAyush44
 * Tejas Express: Ayushmaan14; Sudhat81; Kedarnath33; Ayushmaansecured; Ayushmaan13; Secured14; SanyaAyush44.

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who set up Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ayushmaan14 in case they want to handle active duck while this waits in the significant (ridiculous) SPI backlog. Эlcobbola talk 15:19, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I added a new sock to the list, which you blocked in Commons without further explanation. However, I don't see any checkuser admin here takes action per my AIV report against them. Is really a CU confirmed sock or just blocked for behavior evidence? Also notify  for the update. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 07:55, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * All of the accounts where the data is not stale are already blocked, including a checkuserblock that was placed by . The new account of concern, SanyaAyush44, has now also been blocked. Given the large and dynamic IP range(s) at play here, I'm not sure there's anything further for CU to do here so I'm marking it for Clerk attention to review the stale accounts and see if further blocks are needed.-- Ponyo bons mots 21:51, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What about ?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:53, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Taj04 was added to this report several days later so it wasn't included in my comment above. It is ✅ to the account that RickinBaltimore CU blocked. I appreciate you going through and reviewing all of these older clerk status reports. --  Ponyo bons mots 16:44, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, is ✅.--  Ponyo bons mots 16:47, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Going to just close this with 'no action' against the stale accounts, as they're not actively doing anything — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 21:27, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account immediately engages in same heavy pruning of List of Vande Bharat Express services (e.g., Vandesecured, Ayushmaansecured, Secured14, SanyaAyush44, Taj04, etc.), same verbose edit summaries, username similarity (Vandesecured vs. Ayushmaansecured and Secured14). Эlcobbola talk 15:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Please, compare to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Fairly consistent with past socks. No obvious sleepers visible, though I'm by no means confident that there aren't any. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account immediately engages in same heavy pruning of List of Vande Bharat Express services (e.g., Ganduflex, Vandesecured, Ayushmaansecured, Secured14, SanyaAyush44, Taj04, etc.), same verbose edit summary. Эlcobbola talk 12:23, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Very to past socks.  --Blablubbs (talk) 19:32, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
See following timeline: Of course, a brand-new user would not be expected to be aware of the Kerashtra21 account, or of barnstars. A brand-new user would also not be expected to be aware of me (I have no article overlap with master or socks, and have never interacted with these accounts on en.wiki) or of Ayushmaan14. Disingenuous "good hand" concerns about socking are not inconsistent with historical vandalistic trolling by master. Эlcobbola talk 17:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * 15:53, 22 December 2023 - Known sock blocked by me on Commons;
 * 19:03, 22 December 2023 - created;
 * 10:45, 29 December 2023 - Kerashtra21 posts rambling admission to socking (i.e., knows en.wiki block is imminent--indeed, blocked 20 minutes later);
 * 10:52, 29 December 2023 - Aerate22 suddenly emerges, 7 days after creation, and makes first ever edit to give Kerashtra21 a barnstar;
 * 11:00, 29 December 2023 - Aerate22 makes second ever edit, a message to me (the blocking Commons CU) about Kerashtra21 and master Ayushmaan14;
 * 11:02, 29 December 2023 - Aerate22 jumps into a discussion on Talk:Ayodhya Junction railway station, in which Kerashtra21 had participated 30 minutes earlier (and indeed the LTA's topic area of Indian trains), with purported concern about socking.

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Created just a day after previous sock user:Kerashtra21 was blocked. and almost exclusively editing articles edited by Kerashtra21. Usage of similar edit summaries. Ratnahastin (talk) 08:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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The user has left a comment in my talk page under a new user name user:Krishna2264 as indicated here Comment, claiming all the mentioned accounts: user:Secured14, user:Kerashtra21, user:Ayushmaan 13, user:Ayushmaan14, user:Taj04, User:Kedarnath33 as sock-puppets. The user page of user:Taj04 explicitly states it is a sock-puppet. Request blocking of all the above mentioned user accounts and not sure how this can be further addressed. Magentic Manifestations (talk) 12:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Moved Magentic Manifestations' post to the right section; they are referring to this addition FTR. Looks like all the accounts are blocked, but not necessarily tagged, and they all have an interest in Vande Bharat Express: Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Geolocates to the same city, but they are in a country that is difficult to CU. I can give a . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Wordsmith Talk to me 04:02, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence is as follows:
 * First edit to remove edits by known sock with edit summary "sock edits have been reverted".  (A brand new user knowing what a sock is?  A brand new user caring?)  Known sock  also engaged in the same "good hand" anti-sock theatrics (first edit included "these [Ayushmaan14] sockpuppets have to be blocked", second edit asked "to block and pin all sockpuppets of ayushmaan14", etc.)
 * Same focus on Indian trains (Duronto Express: BhandupAamche; SanyaAyush44; Ayushmaansecured; etc. Rajdhani Express: BhandupAamche; Ayushmaansecured; Ayushmaan14; etc.)
 * Same verbose edit summary style: BhandupAamche; previous SPI diffs
 * On Commons, same /35 range as known sock . Эlcobbola  talk 16:59, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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For reference, the Commons category for sockpuppets has these accounts:
 * User is blocked on commons as a CU action. Very ducky in terms of contribs in relation to the last sock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Bhagwan22 — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 09:22, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Many blocked here, sometimes with attribution to this case, others inactive since early 2023. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:59, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * BhandupAamche shares some IP ranges with blocked socks, but they are wide ranges, and I do not trust the geolocation one bit. I can't say more than : this will need to proceed on behavior. Other CUs may be able to do better. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:09, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Behavioral evidence links this account to the rest of the sock drawer. The Wordsmith Talk to me 01:38, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar editing as other socks, see vs  vs

Please request locks on meta — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 11:14, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Looks like it. I don't see an obvious reason to request a lock but you can do so if you want. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)