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14 January 2016

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Sockpuppet being used to remove a speedy deletion tag from LankaPay, see history. Citobun (talk) 12:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Edit: also . Citobun (talk) 12:41, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Sock indeffed and master blocked for two weeks. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:47, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

30 January 2016

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was blocked fro two weeks for sockpuppetry on 14 January 2016. The blocked sock was. was created on 23 January 2016. is an older account which looks very much like a sock. The four accounts have edited similar articles - Sri Lankan company/television/telecom articles - and uploaded/amended corporate logos:
 * Dialog Axiata - Chamath237 v Chamath456 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * Dialog TV - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * PEO TV - Chamath237 v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * File:PEO TV logo.png - Chamath237 v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * MTV Channel - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * News First - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * Sirasa TV: Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * Dialog i43 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
 * Dialog K35 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
 * Dialog K45 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
 * Hatton National Bank - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * Nations Trust Bank - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
 * TNL TV - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe

Note the similarities in the account names. Jpchamathdj has tried to create an article on Chamath Jayasinghe in September 2012. I believe this is the real name of the user. The four account names use variations of Chamath Jayasinghe.  obi2canibe talk contr 11:48, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * is.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * I've blocked/tagged Jpcdjayasinghe. I've increased the master's block to indefinite. I've adjusted tags where needed. I see no point in blocking Jpchamathdj, even if they are behaviorally related, as they haven't edited since 2014. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked/tagged Jpcdjayasinghe. I've increased the master's block to indefinite. I've adjusted tags where needed. I see no point in blocking Jpchamathdj, even if they are behaviorally related, as they haven't edited since 2014. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked/tagged Jpcdjayasinghe. I've increased the master's block to indefinite. I've adjusted tags where needed. I see no point in blocking Jpchamathdj, even if they are behaviorally related, as they haven't edited since 2014. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked/tagged Jpcdjayasinghe. I've increased the master's block to indefinite. I've adjusted tags where needed. I see no point in blocking Jpchamathdj, even if they are behaviorally related, as they haven't edited since 2014. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

22 May 2016

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has been blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry. is a new account that has been editing the same Sri Lankan telecom/technology/corporate articles and uploading/amending logos as Chamath237 and his sockpuppets, and :  obi2canibe talk contr 10:34, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Can you provide some diffs that are actually similar? You provided many diffs, but I can't see any similarity in edits, some of them are even opposite (like  and ).  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:37, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay in responding. The diffs weren't to show similar edits but that this new account was, as described in WP:IDENTICAL, editing identical articles as the blocked master and socks. It is very unlikely that a genuine new account would edit so many of the same articles as the blocked accounts. If you are looking for similar edits please have the look at the habit of uploading new versions of corporate logos: 1 v 2; 3 v 4; 5 v 6; 7 v 8; 9 v 10.-- obi2canibe talk contr 11:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * - Can this account be compared to previous accounts?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:06, 29 May 2016 (UTC)