Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Deshabhakta/Archive

Evidence submitted by Profitoftruth85
Deshabhakta and 117.194.193.226 are pushing the same versions of the pages Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Communist Party of India (Marxist). Newjokers could possibly be a sock as well, this user is pushing the same version of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Additionally, on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh it seemed like they edited in turns. One users reverts edits, material would be added back, and then another account jumps in, material would be added back, and then the other account jumps in.
 * I just saw this as well: 117.194.193.226 is now pushing the same version of both Operation Woodrose and Template:Military of India as Newjokers
 * I'm not sure how common or uncommon this is but both 117.194.193.226 and Newjokers use contractions like "rvv" for revert--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 09:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I added 59.160.210.68, this IP is also pushing the same versions of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as well as Operation Woodrose. He also uses the same contractions: rvv instead of revert--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 16:37, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Newjokers as well as 117.194.193.226 and 59.160.210.68 are involved in the another investigation, but it is about the same issue. that page is Sockpuppet investigations/Newjokers.--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 23:40, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

I checked WHOIS of the IP which I am accused of being a sock puppet; it falls in Calcutta thousand miles away from where I am :D A totally baseless allegation; based on something like use of 'rw' for revert - Strange! --Deshabhakta (talk) 11:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Deshabhakta the basis of the claim wasn't the use of "rw" instead of revert, it was that the users and ip addresses listed pushed similar version of the rss and communist party pages. Thanks--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 17:24, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Newjokers

Related to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh article. Several editors and IP's are consantly reverting changes made by User:Profitoftruth85 Both username's were registered within a day of eachother, and both went to this article in question at once.

The 117.194 IP's are in the same netblock and resolve to Calcutta. Neither edited before, so it seems they are related to this case. 59.160 resolves to Bangalore and made previous edits in other area's so i am not entirely sure it is a sockpuppet (Though it may be a meatpuppet).

I do note that the 117 IP warned Profitoftruth85 for 3RR, which would logically seem beyond the amount of experience these editors should have. I kind of wonder if these are "Good hand / Bad hand" accounts though. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 23:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I doubt that Deshabhakta is using sockpuppets. I have had dealings with him in the past and he seems to be honest. Plus, it's not as if he's using a sockpuppet to vandalize and then reverting to make him look more powerful. I think that this is accusation is founded on the accusing party's conflict of interest on the article Communist Party of India (Marxist.  Mr. R00t    Talk  19:10, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * What is my conflict of interest on that article?--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 19:45, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not certain if Deshabhakta is a sockpuppet, as i originally filed my case under "Newjokers". I do believe that all the other accounts and IP's are related to eachother though. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 22:50, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
I do think 117.194.193.226 is Newjokers based on editing patterns alone, but I will not pursue any admin action at this time as this all happened 10 days ago. I also agree that Deshabhakta is not related here, or at the least I cannot conclude anything as I am not seeing any connections here. No action taken. –MuZemike 02:14, 26 June 2010 (UTC)