Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Drpremrajpushpakaran/Archive

16 July 2012

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Both users have demonstrated that their only purpose on Wikipedia is to introduce information about the questionably notable Prem Raj Pushpakaran (see the AFD). The SockMaster was blocked for 1 year for repeatedly trying to introduce his autobiography, and soon thereafter, the sock began trying to introduce the biography again, as well as repeated attempts to add his name to the List of people from Kerala. (See here, here and here.) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:13, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * see also the exact replication of the article that was deleted per Articles for deletion/Prem Raj Pushpakaran at locations such as User:Drpremrajpushpakaran which have now been recreated User:Vikas4326lb/sandbox --  The Red Pen of Doom  16:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * An administrator familiar with this incident has blocked the suspected sock. [] so this can probably be closed? -- The Red Pen of Doom  18:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Already blocked. Marking for close. Elockid  ( Talk ) 20:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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I was originally going to take this to ANI due to concerns from several editors that this is an bot/automated account however after seeing an attempt to create content from this master on Commons it seems to be a fairly obvious WP:DUCK. I know usually x-wiki contributions don't matter but the name alone is enough quacking.

Further concerns are that this account solely edits articles beginning with "Prem" (and the only non-prem edits are to Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and blanking it's user talk page with no response to editors' concerns, including 3 disruptive editing blocks. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:50, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

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Seems to be a fairly obvious WP:DUCK. The username is the same as the last sock Profpremrajpushpakaran, except with an extra "p" in the middle. Both accounts have similar interest areas and have edited articles on Indian space launch vehicles, such as Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on the previous account, List of PSLV launches and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle in the currently active account. —Gazoth (talk) 16:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged as obvious. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:36, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

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Fairly obvious WP:DUCK. The username is the same as the last two socks, User:Profpremrajpushpakaran and User:Profpremrajppushpakaran, again with an extra "p" in the middle. Area of interest is the same once again, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and List of PSLV launches articles. —Gazoth (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * - . Please block the new sock indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:48, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * . Mz7 (talk) 22:38, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

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Obvious WP:DUCK. At User:Pamukpaz/sandbox, this individual is using Wikipedia as a web host for a personal resume. Previous socks have done the same. See also Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Prem Raj Pushpakaran and this search for additional context. Peacock (talk) 14:51, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:43, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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WP:DUCKish name similarities to other names within this sock farm. These named came up in connection with Sockpuppet investigations/Jishnu 2023. While the clerk examining that case has concluded most of those users appear to be students in the same course at a school where shared IP addresses are common and are not likely sockpuppets, this user (whose edits do not overlap the other editors in the Jishnu case) appears related by IP address. I will note that Platoonking's only contribution was to User:Platoonking/sandbox, which PamukPrudhommé has also edited extensively and PamukPhillip has edited briefly. This sandbox is a biography of Prem Raj Pushpakaran, the attempted creation and re-creation of which originally got the base user of this sock farm blocked. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:24, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked all of these for WP:DUCK block evasion and spamming. From their draft: Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran is noted for his charm, grace, warmth, self-restraint and humility. Indeed. Closing. Spicy (talk) 14:11, 20 May 2023 (UTC)