Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bhanwar singh vaish/Archive

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Suspected sock dropped a message on Jimbo's talk page here asserting that he is Bhanwar singh vaish's 29-year-old uncle and he assures us that Bhanwar will not violate any more of our policies. Note that teen Bhanwar was blocked for incompetence, so I don't know that unblocking him is going to prove fruitful.

I first blocked Bhanwar in Feb 2019, and this Jay prakash bais account was created in January 2019, so there is a possibility that this is a legit account owned by someone related to the kid. However it's also possible that with all the heat Bhanwar was getting from annoyed community members, he created the account so that he could edit when he eventually got blocked. This also kind of has the aroma of paid editing, but who knows. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:31, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅, and certain technical details suggest this is more likely one user with two accounts than two users sharing a connection. I also don't think these are the user's only two accounts, but can't confirm anything else at this point. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:31, 22 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Since Bhanwar singh vaish is blocked Jay prakash bais is editing almost same articles with similar no edit summary pattern and mobile only editing. IMO this is convincing that they are same. In anycase, leaving this up to the patrolling admin to judge. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 14:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll note also that despite creating a user account in January, Jay didn't start editing until four days after Bhanwar was indeffed. That's rather suggestive of utilising a sleeper account. Also adult Jay has the same areas of interest as Bhanwar, like public schools and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2019, a children's reality series. Seems fishy. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:27, 24 March 2019 (UTC)


 * . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

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Editor interaction is really high, especially given Midbro has a fairly low edit count. The edits to Draft:Bhakharwadi by Midbro  is especially interesting as it was created by BSV and the only other editors to touch it are reviewers. The overlap to multiple DAV schools is also unusual.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:42, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Just noting since I was mentioned here that I do not currently have access to CU nor to my private notes. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 17 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Midbro just left a comment on my talk page about an article that was created by BSV. More and more evidence this is their sock. (and just uploaded an obvious copyright violating image, another repeated issue with BSV)  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:51, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:02, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm requesting CU, because wrote in the last CU "I also don't think these are the user's only two accounts, but can't confirm anything else at this point." I think that warrants another look. Otherwise, the DAV schools thing seems pretty ducky. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:57, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ with . Last addition to Ivanvector's notes in the cu wiki was March 20 which was two days before the original case was filed. I looked at the notes and didn't see anything.
 * Cabayi (talk) 12:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * G5s, closing. Cabayi (talk) 12:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

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Similar edit here as prior sock here. So far, everything they've edited was also touched by Midbro, with the Superstar Singer being a big focus for both. The user page for Sidtalk is also strikingly similar to Midbro prior to being tagged as a sock. Their user name appears to be inspired / copy from who's reverted BSV socks multiple times.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:40, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Too many coincidences, . GABgab 23:18, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

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The Edit2Text account was created 10 days after the last BSV sock was created.
 * Editor interaction is pretty substantial with BSV and several socks
 * Especially note that E2T has edited several BAV school articles which BSV was highly involved
 * E2T also created List of schools in Singrauli district, listing many of the school articles BSV and socks created


 * Phrasing on a request on Jimbo's talk page is similar to prior sock post   Ravensfire  (talk) 15:31, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare this user to and .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  16:51, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. It's difficult to speculate on possible sleepers because of the incredibly wide IP ranges used. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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New account, went straight to a page created by Edit2Text. Intersection with that editor and with the master seems enough to justify check-user (again!). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:26, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * - for comparison with the archive. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:24, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I already checked Ritz1409 in another case, where I said the editor was on a likely proxy. Regardless, I did another check.  Bsv has some idiosyncratic technical results that make it a bit easier to identify his socks, but they are not present in R1409. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:34, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Ritz1409 smells like a sock but behaviorally doesn't line up with this master that well either. JLAN, do you have any thoughts? Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:24, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Kevin, User:NinjaRobotPirate. Really I've nothing useful to add – it seemed too much for co-incidence, so I brought it here. It's not confirmed, so let's close and move on. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:56, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per above. The SandDoctor  Talk 13:31, 16 August 2019 (UTC)