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Chanakya Volume 2 has repeatedly attempted to make a disputed change to Mathematics in medieval Islam, apparently to further a pro-Indian POV, as in this diff and this and this and this and this. In the past 2 days, Chanakya Volume 2 has not edited, but a new IP 68.33.73.81 has made a similar edit to that last one, here, then this, then this.

Further, Chanakya Volume 2 made edit comments like "As stated before, I fully laid out reasoning for edits", and IP 68.33.73.81 similarly wrote "stated info is already given for why edits were made" and "users are ignoring initial reasoning for edits, which were laid out long before talk page was updated."

Today, a new SPA user, BobbyDig16, who has made only 2 edits, both to Mathematics in medieval Islam, like this, with a similar style of edit comment to both the above, namely "Proper edit summary/description was given for original changes, namely lack of quality/existence of sources ...".

These edits have been reverted by at least 6 different editors since May 2016. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:12, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged. Behaviorally blocked IP for 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Behaviorally blocked IP for 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Behaviorally blocked IP for 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Behaviorally blocked IP for 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Behaviorally blocked IP for 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

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This IP-hopping user has been engaging in intermittent edit warring for weeks on multiple articles related to science in Islam. Comparing this edit with this one  indicates that the user is evading a block previously made in this thread. Eperoton (talk) 00:50, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

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Added two more IP socks to the list. Not only on the already mentioned articles, but also on the Barmakids page these socks are doing the same thing, namely reinstating the exact same edits, that the sockmaster + already CU blocked socks had made. - LouisAragon (talk) 04:37, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, it certainly looks that way, as both LouisAragon and Eperoton have noted. 68.33.72.255 has also edited House of Wisdom in the same style, asserting "I have been the only user to provide full details for edits and these users (potential collusion occuring) have not. Please do not revert edit.". Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:51, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Those IPs are stale now, and the range is very busy, so there is noting we can do. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:52, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious duck is obvious. Exact same articles and exact same articles as his earlier socks and IPs;
 * Barmakids --
 * Mathematics in medieval Islam --
 * House of Wisdom --
 * Silk Road transmission of Buddhism --
 * Islamic Golden Age --

- LouisAragon (talk) 00:18, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

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, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:09, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

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Obvious WP:DUCK is obvious. "Plantain Supernova" instantly hopped into the exact same articles (i.e. Barmakids, Medicine in the medieval Islamic world, List of largest empires) to spread the same bogus, by the means of edit-warring and using non-RS sources. A dead giveaway; here "Plaintain Supernova" reinstated the exact same edit, that Chanakya Volume 2 and his confirmed socks/IP socks tried to add earlier.--- LouisAragon (talk) 17:30, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - the archive is stale. However, ; . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:53, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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Repeated edits to Medicine in the medieval Islamic world. Plantain Supernova was blocked on 4 October for abusing multiple accounts, including edits such as this one adding claims about Sushruta sourced to Burjor Avari, and Atreya sourced to Plinio Prioreschi. Today Beensmacked Biyombo created an account and repeatedly added this and this and this to the same article, citing the same authorities on the same two topics each time. These edits were reverted by another editor. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:20, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * This was copied from Sockpuppet investigations/Plantain Supernova. - WP:DUCK. Please block the sock. Sro23 (talk) 03:11, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Indefinitely blocked. ~ Rob 13 Talk 12:33, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

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Same shit, different day; reinstated the same edit, that the earlier blocked socks/IPs/sockmaster tried to add. LouisAragon (talk) 15:25, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅, already blocked, no sleepers immediately obvious. Closing. ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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✅ in Sockpuppet investigations/Eulalefty,. GABgab 03:23, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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Behavior consistent with that of other socks of this user. 331dot (talk) 09:36, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Tagged and blocked. Neil N  talk to me 13:41, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Restored same edit of an earlier blocked sock on Cradle of civilization. Have tried it months before with IP earlier. This similar IP was also reported back in 05 October 2016.
 * IP inserted: "followed by the Indus Valley civilization in contemporary Pakistan."
 * CV2 inserted: "followed by Ancient Egypt and later the Indus Valley Civilization in modern-day Pakistan."
 * IP's summary: ""Indian" civilization to more frequently used "Indus Valley".
 * CV2's summary: "India was changed to Indus Valley". Lorstaking (talk) 04:21, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * IP has stopped editing, closing. GABgab 00:58, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

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Same old story. Pro-Indian historic revisionism on the same articles (i.e. Barmakids, Heliocentrism, Indian influence on Islamic science). - LouisAragon (talk) 23:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare these two and look for any additional socks. Sro23 (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ to the master plus:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * As below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:44, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Noting here for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:44, 9 May 2018 (UTC)