Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Balakashyap/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Similarity of user names; editing sockmaster’s user page Nick Levine (talk) 11:05, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Also: similarity of edits. Nick Levine (talk) 12:46, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - This should be moved to as the master. Also, please add the Meta notice for global locks. Bbb23 (talk) 01:50, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Spicy (talk) 16:13, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged as suspected. I haven't asked for a lock given it's only suspected. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:45, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I really think a lock should be requested. The account is now indefinitely blocked at 3 projects: ours, Commons for socking, and Wikidata for various reasons. They have also edited, without being blocked, at ta.wiki and meta. Would you reconsider?--Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Clearly the same person as they create the same low quality unsourced geo stubs in Tamil Nadu. Compare here and here. Also, there is username similarity with all other socks and also they edited one of the previous sock's user page multiple times. See  Editing the user page of other socks seems to be a behaviour highlighted previously. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:28, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other and to :
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:58, 17 July 2023 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editing on Vairichettipalayam and recreation of Talk:Valappurnadu which many sockpuppets have created. Liz Read! Talk! 18:20, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Very very to the last batch of socks in the archive. Blocked, requesting lock...   Girth Summit  (blether)  09:36, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The day after account creation, immediately resumed recreating unsourced Malayan Balakumar, Pasarikombai, Valappurnadu, and adding an unsourced infobox to Kollimalai Taluk. Wikishovel (talk) 11:00, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to a previous sock tagged as suspected. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:50, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:52, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 01:19, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Created both and ; both pages were previously created by other socks (and ONLY other socks); both pages this user created with similar content as previous creations. Also, this user edited ta.wikipedia.org as did other socks (see CentralAuth). (If you DO block the user, please also delete the pages they created). OutsideNormality (talk) 19:32, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, global lock requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:39, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Recreated Malayan Balakumar,  in line with the previous socks Article overlap with previous socks   Ratnahastin  (talk) 14:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * I'll say is proven to previous accounts and ✅ to ., . DatGuyTalkContribs DatGuyTalkContribs 18:26, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
SPA created 2 March. 11 March, created sandbox bio of Malayan Balakumar, then added unsourced changes to Draft:Malayan Balakumar , created by blocked sock User:Ranjith001 in January. Feeble attempt at hijack of Bala (actor), then tried to recreate Malayan Balakumar at Malayan Balakumar (Dubbing artist) and Balakumar.

Same fondness for low quality, unsourced Tamil Nadu geo stubs, now at Draft:Karavalli and Draft:Karavalli (second draft). Wikishovel (talk) 05:28, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, plus
 * Spicy (talk) 16:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)


 * ,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

The name and Interaction Timeline Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * This is probably Sockpuppet investigations/Balakashyap. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:16, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:19, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Group 1 is the following accounts, which are ✅ to each other:


 * Group 2 is the following accounts, which are ✅ to each other:


 * Group 1 and 2 geolocate to the same country. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)