Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bhargava Krishna/Archive

26 December 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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The user creates a lot of articles, all of them without any references, and then syetematically logs out in order to remove "unreviewed" tags and maintenance tags (such as "unreferenced" and "copyedit") from these articles. I would like a SPI to confirm that it is in fact the same user - it seems overwhelmingly likely based on behavioural evidence, however. There's a number of IPs involved, most of them in the 117.195.x.x range. Since there's a new IP every day there is not much point in digging them all up here, or indeed in blocking them.

Diffs:
 * article created by Bhargava Krishna, IP removes tags
 * article created by Bhargava Krishna, one IP immediately removes unreviewed tag, and a day later another IP removes maintenance tags that had been added in the meantime
 * article created by Bhargava Krishna, IP edits the article a few minutes later, and the same IP immediately removes the unreviewed tag
 * article created by Bhargava Krishna, IP removes unreviewed tag.

There is a fairly large number of identical cases. The user has been warned about editing while logged out: and, as well as a final warning today.

They have also been asked to change the wording in the articles they create, so as not to include the same grammar errors and POV wording in every single article, but they have not reacted to that, either - that is not necessarily a blockable offense unless it becomes really disruptive, though. The IP users' removal of maintenance templates that are designed to address those problems is disruptive. bonadea contributions talk 10:58, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I've left the master an edit about it. Closing with just that, if they continue please re-report and we can look into blocking. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:00, 27 December 2014 (UTC)