Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Divineabraham/Archive

02 August 2011

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Accounts removing speedies at Birkenhead Boys, identical to article previously speedied under at least one other spelling e.g. Birkenhead Drishyakala (Chenda), created by puppeteer. Much mutual doling out of barnstars between them. Gurt Posh (talk) 10:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Added User:Shashank2swim, creator of Pep figueiredo‎, with speedy tag removed by User:Divineabrahamad. Gurt Posh (talk) 11:27, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * Added, the creator of Birkenhead Drishyakala and contributor to Birkenhead Drishyakala (Chendmelam). Favonian (talk) 11:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * In fact, that account is older than the current master, so maybe the case should be renamed. Favonian (talk) 11:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Added and  and sorted the list by account creation date. If related,  is the oldest account by far, with  being the oldest of the remainder. See the last section of User talk:Divineab for an apparent admission that the accounts are related. There is sufficient behavioral evidence to block most of the accounts, but I believe that further investigation by a checkuser is warranted. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:20, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I just declined an unblock-auto request from for the above IP address. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:04, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Endorse for a check on all except where I think  before we CU him per This Diff. Also request sleeper check if not obvious. --  DQ  (t)   (e)  14:45, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following are the same:
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As DQ suspected, Shashank2swim is ❌. as well.  TN X Man  15:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Except for the unrelated account, all users blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

07 September 2011

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Apart from the rather similar user name, the alleged sock's very long user page included a picture from Commons, which is only used on one other page, User:Divineabrahamad/Sandbox, created by a confirmed sock. The user's other contributions are somewhat erratic. Because of the master account's track record, a check for sleepers and if possible a liberal amount of cement poured down their IP address are requested. Favonian (talk) 14:22, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * Loud quacking, but I'll wait to see what CU turns up. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:17, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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. Yes, I'll check. AGK [&bull; ] 22:46, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ by technical evidence. In relation to the subsidiary requests: . AGK  [&bull; ] 22:46, 7 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

09 September 2011

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contains a picture of the same bloke whose mug figured in the previous SPI. The other edits certainly show the pattern of a well-trained sockpuppet settling in. The account has already been blocked, but if the there is a manageable IP range to block, I would be grateful to be rid of this nuisance for a while. Favonian (talk) 15:41, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * Yes, we need a thorough sweep for sleepers and possible rangeblock. Please. Thanks ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:50, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * . Confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:19, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * ✅ that Johnlord is Divineabraham (DA).
 * Rangeblock is partially ❌, because DA is creating his accounts on a mobile internet connection in the UK that could not be blocked without an unacceptable volume of collateral.
 * Rangeblock ✅ for his other IPs. My last range block was actually catching all of his edits, but I forgot to set "block anon only" to off… My mistake.
 * This is for now, but your continued vigilance would be helpful.  AGK  [&bull; ] 22:14, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you both. I don't have high hopes, but I've instructed him to stop creating socks and to request unblocking from his primary account if he wishes to edit. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:45, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Despite emailing unblock-en-l, he's still creating accounts and requesting them through ACC. Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 17:23, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

11 September 2011

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When running a checkuser on other Divineabraham socks that I stumbled across, these accounts came up as matches to him. All three appear to be making unconstructive edits; if someone could take a look at them and say yea/nay whether this is the same guy or not, I'd appreciate it. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 17:22, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * I've looked at the edits, but there isn't really enough here for Favonian or me to determine whether these accounts are related or not. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:07, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * Hersfold, are you wanting this looked at from a behavioural perspective, or are you wanting a CU double-check? If he's still creating sock-puppets, why don't we file an abuse report with the mobile network that he uses to create these accounts? We could also file an abuse report with his regular, non-mobile ISP. I've locally stored the whois info for his IP, although his accounts are by no means stale so any CU could pull this data too. AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 09:54, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I would say the technical link between the three accounts and Divineabraham is more than . But yup, I do think you've found more sleepers.  AGK  [</nowikI>&bull; ] 10:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not seeing a behavioral link between these three accounts and the rest of them. What I do see, however, is a connection between the latter two accounts. As such I've blocked the two of them. Relist as necessary. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:57, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

02 December 2011

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 * 1) Compare User:Njavallil/ST. JOSEPH'S RC CENTER WIRRAL with Special:Undelete/St Josephs RC Center Wirral, the latter created by confirmed sock.
 * 2) Notice email address wikidivine@gmail.com on . Master as well as several puppets have used "divine" in their user names.
 * 3) Compare "Place : Anthiyalam, Palai, Kottayam District, Kerala, India" on with "Birthplace: Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, India" on  and.

I'll block the account as a duck, but in view of the master's track record a search for sleepers as well as a range block (if feasible) are requested. Favonian (talk) 19:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * ✅ with respect to Njavallil. with respect to underlying IP addresses.  with respect to sleepers: Njavallil seems to be all the Divine socks, for now.  AGK   [</nowikI>&bull; ]  21:01, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for a quick response. Closing the case. Favonian (talk) 21:09, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

17 August 2012

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User admits here to being a sock of DivineAbraham. Ibagli ( Talk ) 02:22, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. If they want to request unblocking, that should come from the Divineabraham account (and looks like one request was already declined this month). It would probably make sense to check for sleepers given that the user is threatening to continue socking unless the main account is unblocked. Jafeluv (talk) 09:19, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Checked per the open intent to sock, ✅., nothing else to report. WilliamH (talk) 03:57, 18 August 2012 (UTC)