Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dinushan w77/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Brand new accounts which "just happened" to discover Articles for deletion/Nissanka Senadhipathi and vote !keep after the creator was blocked for harassment. Note that if these accounts are confirmed, TPA and email should be revoked to match the sockmaster's block settings. creffett (talk) 18:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention - John Wicz tried to remove the AfD template, Chamani lakma tried to remove sections (presumably, they were removing the parts which they thought were causing the article to get deleted). creffett (talk) 18:14, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * I stumbled here after trying to open the exact same case. Just my $0.02, both sockpuppet suspects write in a similar argot one would expect from a non-native English speaker, even John whose only edits are to the AfD in contention and to write how he's from America on his user page. Loudest ducks I have ever seen. Ifnord (talk) 19:07, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Self-endorsing for CU attention due to the possibility of votestacking (and because the suspected sockmaster is blocked for some pretty unpleasant harassment). For full disclosure, I was the original blocking admin on Dinushan w77. creffett (talk) 18:11, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 *  Maxim (talk)  20:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , AfD semi-protected to discourage further socking. Closing. creffett (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 *  Maxim (talk)  20:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , AfD semi-protected to discourage further socking. Closing. creffett (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 *  Maxim (talk)  20:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , AfD semi-protected to discourage further socking. Closing. creffett (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , AfD semi-protected to discourage further socking. Closing. creffett (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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New editor whose first edit happens to be a request to edit the same AfD that the previous socks were active on (which is now semi-protected). diff, contribs The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:29, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Pinging since he was involved in the last investigation and the edit request in this case. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , almost certainly the same person (since they found their way to the AfD as edit number 1). I'm going to request checkuser here just to be certain - since we're removing all of the socks' communications options (to match the master's block), I don't want to drop the hammer incorrectly. creffett (talk) 01:53, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * per above - very high probability that it's a sock, but I'd like to make sure I'm not going to completely cut off an innocent user based on one edit. creffett (talk) 01:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, . Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 06:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)