Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DasSoumik/Archive

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Pro-forma report due to case split, see below. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 00:00, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

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✅ at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Mysuperradishfinger. , closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 00:00, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Lots of overlap, including votestacking here
 * Focus on Indian entertainment, compare page creations
 * Not getting along with (aka ), see this COIN thread by the master and this AfD nom that is solely based on who the page creator is.
 * There are two additional ducky traits, but I'll keep the details in my pocket: One is about the way they create pages, the other is about edit summaries. Please ping me elsewhere for details if it isn't obvious. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:40, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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'''This case is being reviewed by Tamzin as part of her training as a clerk. Please allow her to process the entire case without interference. You may pose any questions or concerns either on her talk page or on this page.'''
 * – please confirm and look for others. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:42, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * - - TheresNoTime 😺 19:08, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It is that  is . They are a good match geographically and technically, but there's a non-browser version difference which in the timeframes we're talking about is unlikely to have been caused by an update. Would recommend regarding behavioural evidence only - TheresNoTime 😺 19:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm fairly confident in the link, but I will leave this for someone else to review. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:41, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * (per above) ~TNT (she/her • talk) 00:49, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I intentionally didn't ask Blablubbs about his reasoning, because I wanted to see if I'd come to the same conclusion. I noticed the similarities in edit-summary style without even noticing Blablubbs' comment about that; looking at page-creation style, I see the similarities there too. Meanwhile the overlap includes some articles like and  that have basically only been edited by DasSoumik sox. . Please block Bapinghosh indefinitely for sockpuppetry. (Don't tag, though, please, since I'll be renaming this before I close.)  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 18:58, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * clpo13(talk) 22:23, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Focus on Indian Bengali entertainment and translation . Queries  regarding Bengali TV series like Khorkuto, Gangaram, Gramer Rani Binapani, Mohor to disrupt/list them for deletion so that the editor may ask for money from media houses for re-creation/protection.
 * Again, Not getting along with, see this COIN thread by the master and listing Articles for deletion/Ambarish Bhattacharya (2nd nomination) exactly same way as Articles for deletion/Rajanya Mitra nomination that is solely based on (This page has been created by a sockuser) which is an invalid reason for AfD as per.
 * See possible evidence of WP:MEAT here.
 * Requesting a CU for help;  as she helped last time. If the account is a sock, then request for sleepers check if any. Thank you. 2402:3A80:6E1:9A2E:A110:65A0:5AD7:4F15 (talk) 05:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Evidence of WP:MEATPUPPET. See instances of taking advice from others/editing on behalf/working in co-ordination disclosed in replies/explanations at and . Also, Both have declared to be from same geographic region of West Bengal/Kolkata and are Bengali speaking editors at their userpages and talkpages. Also, they ( and ) lists articles for AfD with same rationale Not enough sources. See the similarity  and  . Thanks. 2402:3A80:1A4E:9197:C5B8:CED1:C0FD:9A1D (talk) 10:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * The filer is obviously loutsocking. I blocked them for a bit.  --Blablubbs (talk) 12:56, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:18, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Noting that this account has since been unblocked. Archiving. Spicy (talk) 05:56, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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The Trakinwiki account was created on 14 June 2021, just four days after 's final attempts to get his block lifted. Trakinwiki's very first edits were !votes at AfD, a pattern of behavior that was "very very very weird for a new user", as one editor observed at the time. Trakinwiki has only participated in a few dozen AfDs, but that's enough for there to be several language-related giveaways. We have the odd phrase "lack of in-depth coverages", which has been used exactly twice in the history of Wikipedia: once by Trakinwiki here, and once by blocked sock here. We also have "subject is meeting WP:NACTOR", another rare phrase that has been used once by Trakinwiki here and once by Bapinghosh here. There are difficult-to-explain edit summary similarities (compare with ;  with ), and Trakinwiki's articles about Indian state legislators use some of the exact same language as those written by previous socks: with only a few false positives, the articles found by this search query are almost all by either Trakinwiki or TryingToDo. Trakinwiki has made requests for the AfC reviewer and new page reviewer; Bapinghosh made similar requests. The editor interaction tool finds overlap at several fairly low-traffic articles, such as Hira Thind and Falaque Rashid Roy. The accounts in the archives are stale, but I'm requesting checkuser in case there's anything of interest in the logs or on CU-wiki and to check for any sleepers. Even if CU doesn't find anything, though, I think there's ample evidence for a behavioral block. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:59, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on the notes on CU wiki, I'd call this technically exceedingly ; the evidence presented in the report removes any room for doubt. Blocking, tagging, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:49, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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Samir Bishal was previously reported here (see ), but that report was removed since it had been made by another sockpuppet. The account seemed pretty DasSoumik-esque to me as well, so I figured I'd try again. There are edit summary similarities (e.g. compare with, "information box"), and there's overlap with previous socks here and elsewhere. Both Samir Bishal and previous socks frequently ask for help from Titodutta (see ), and they also request others to review their drafts (see and ; note the similar wording). I think there's enough here to justify a check: is non-stale, and I understand there are also notes on CU-wiki. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:34, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd be surprised if Samir Bishal and Blogs19 were one and the same since they clearly don't get along (SB reported a Blogs19 sock, while a Blogs19 sock reported SB), although I suppose they could just be playing mind games with us. On balance I do still think that Samir Bishal is DasSoumik: for another behavioral tidbit, compare Samir Bishal's "you can select the page for afd" with Aniaug's "I have selected the page for AFD". Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:39, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 23:58, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Samir Bishal is to DasSoumik, but it's a really crappy match.  They're also  to Blogs19, and if anything, that's a slightly less crappy match.  I wouldn't put too much faith in either of those.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - The presented evidence is good enough. I'll also note the use of books.google.co.in (, maybe not so surprising), and more edit summary overlaps (,, , etc). Please, block Samir Bishal as suspected sock. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 21:00, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 11:50, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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I came across engaged in an edit war to recreate Keya Patar Nouko, a page where DasSoumik socks have been active in the past. The editor interaction between Nilpriyo, DasSoumik, and another sock seem to show a fair amount of overlap. Not sure if the older socks will be stale for CU or not, but I think this deserves a closer look behaviorally even if CU is off the table. signed,Rosguill talk 00:05, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * There is archived data for this case; technically, Nilpriyo is in different (but nearby) country, different UA, no overlap on IP ranges. I have no problem with someone doing a behavioural investigation if they want to, but as far as CU is concerned this is ❌.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:28, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing without action given the CU result. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:22, 7 December 2022 (UTC)