Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bengalurumaga/Archive

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Abusing IP for disruptive editing. IP clearly belongs the user, edits in the same articles with similar editing styles: Multiple such related edits. Looks like a DUCK to me. Gotitbro (talk) 12:26, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * 1, 2 same edits on languages of India
 * 1, 2 same edits regarding educational institutions in Bangalore
 * 1, 2 same edits on affiliate church

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 * I have left a warning for the user on their user talk page. As they haven't edited for almost a month, a block seems non-preventative of anything, and the IP address appears to be shared (registered to Technische Universität Dresden), so a block would hit collateral damage. I'll also note that the last two examples that were cited in the SPI report were spaced years apart, making it a long stretch they're related. For these reasons, I don't think any further action is needed at this time. Mz7 (talk) 23:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

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Beginning in September, users with the IP range 109.41.* have introduced many controversial and otherwise unencyclopedic edits to Local_churches_(affiliation) in defiance to objection from other editors and requests to utilize talk page. This behavior was continued by Ingalls2211 and the other usernames listed above, most of which were created in the last month and display no engagement with any articles apart from those related to the topic of the local churches. Some users above have also engaged in disruptive behavior by edit warring, removing article tags without justification, impersonating other editors, or using usernames that imply affiliation with certain organizations related to the local churches.


 * Evidence of Disruptive Behavior
 * Impersonating other editors: Abishai717 and Abishai 330 are similar to my username Abishai 300. These users also copied my user page. Compare mine with theirs: User:Abishai717, User:Abishai_330
 * Creating usernames that imply affiliation with certain in organizations related to the local churches while making edits ([| diff]) that seem intended to discredit the local churches.
 * Davidchen lsm - "lsm" refers to Living Stream Ministry, a publisher of local churches publications
 * DCP wilde - DCP, or Defense & Confirmation Project is another local churches related organization. See the footer of this site
 * Kangas3303 - might refer to Ron Kangas, a prominent member within the group.
 * Accusing other editors of vandalism: diff1, diff2
 * Accusing others of edit warring: diff1
 * Removing tags without explanation: diff1,diff2, diff3, diff4, diff5
 * Ignoring complaints from other editors or requests to use talk page: diff1, diff2, diff3, diff4, diff5, diff6
 * Possible attempt subvert the consensus building process on talk page: see the replies at the bottom of this discussion on the talk page.

For a more complete description, including diffs, of how the actual content these users have added may violate Wikipedia guidelines such has NPOV, NOR, Copyright violations, etc. see my explanation on the talk page of Local_churches_(affiliation). Abishai 300 (talk) 19:51, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts belong to the same:, , , , , ✅.  is . . - Mailer Diablo 22:25, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Checking Special:Contributions/109.41.131.149/16 there's nothing relevant for over a month. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 15:35, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Pretty ducky. Several intersections in odd areas like Indian topics, Christian topics, US conservative topics. User has a penchant for edit-warring.
 * Here Bengalurumaga decides that Christianity Today is a "liberal left wing" publication, parroting recent statements from Donald Trump. When that was reverted six minutes later, 141.76.121.211 comes in 8 minutes after that to restore the content. Clearly bad-faith editing and POV pushing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:09, 20 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Adding Ingalls2211 and requesting CU. I'm not totally certain they're related, but was hoping someone could look into a relationship between Ingalls2211 and Bengalurumaga. I don't see any interest in Indian-related topics from Ingalls, but they all intersect at Local churches (affiliation), with 141.76.121.211 editing 20 minutes before Ingalls2211 does, and they both add a bunch of prose. Please also note Sockpuppet investigations/Ingalls2211, and if there is a connection, we'd need to move the Bengalurumaga SPI. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:31, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * I've indeffed Bengalurumaga and with El C's permission have stretched out the IP block to 1 year. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * - Bengalurumaga is ✅ to Ingalls2211 along with several other socks from the Ingalls2211 SPI. Can a clerk please move this case to the Ingalls2211 SPI? ST47 (talk) 02:05, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Wait, I made a mistake. Bengalurumaga was created 21 May 2017 and Ingalls2211 was created 16 October 2019. So I guess we should move the Ingalls2211 SPI into this one, unless an older master can be found. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:22, 21 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Cases merged and tags updated. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 19:17, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:11, 21 December 2019 (UTC)