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Suspected sockpuppets



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No idea if this is the same person but they become active just two days after the master was blocked and created Manya Singh which look very similar to the one created by Dtt1 earlier please see. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 19:29, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * There are enough differences that I don't think this is Dtt1. Could be UPE, but I'm not confident enough in that to block right now. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Within 2-3 months of Dtt's block, Suryabeej pops up with an obviously not new account, creating a fully formatted AFD within the first 10 or so edits and a completely custom sig with the same drop shadow as Dtt1's.

Now they're repeatedly trying to push Vivek Verma again CUPIDICAE💕  17:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * And also note while this isn't on enwiki, their !vote on Simple for Ashish Chanchlani is similarly formatted and worded as their AFD votes here and here, including their weird random bolding. CUPIDICAE💕  17:49, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * .&#32;In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:55, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No diffs provided. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:29, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This involves some xwiki evidence, so my apologies in advance (and the fact you may have to take my word for some of it.)

Dtt was blocked at the end of Feb 2021, Surya was created May 1 2021. Like Dtt, both share an interest on their userpages in BLM (and my userpage, for that matter.)

They have very similar signatures and I find it strange that a new user (Suryabeej) was able to so easily create such a difficult signature. Dtt1's sig Suryabeej's sig, which is a different color but similar font and back shadow.

Both Surya and Dtt1 created massive amounts of word for word machine translated articles from enwiki to hiwiki. They also recreated Vivek Verma, word for word on hiwki.

Surya also got started at ANI and AFD within their first 50 edits, more than aware of previous discussions. Dtt1 and Owlf also had some spats, which Suryabeej appeared to continue when they (rightfully, despite being an obvious sock) nominated Prakash Neupane for deletion.

See also dtt1's request for rollback and Suryabeej's request, both make similar idiomatic faux-pas. PRAXIDICAE💕 17:47, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Obviously a sock. Just adding some additional bits on top of the evidence provided by Prax:
 * Consistent timecards.
 * Styled usernames in user page.
 * Same editing style and tool usage (see table for edit summaries, see algo edit tags).


 * ←Created blank page (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * added using HotCat (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Adding short description: "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper) (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Adding short description: "Indian Politician" (Shortdesc helper) (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Adding short description: "Indian Singer-Songwriter" (Shortdesc helper) (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * cleanup (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * correction (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 0 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 1 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 2 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 3 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 4 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 5 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 6 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 7 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 9 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * new section (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * ref added (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * reference (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * reply (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Requesting speedy deletion (CSD A7). (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * typo (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * wikilink (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)


 * Adding short description: "Indian Singer" (Shortdesc helper) (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)


 * Adding short description: "Indian Singer" (Shortdesc helper) (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 10 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 11 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)
 * Filled in 13 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 (Suryabeej/, Dtt1/)

--MarioGom (talk) 10:26, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm sorry, but I don't see enough evidence here to take action, and I'm guessing after two months, neither does anyone else. None of the similarities seem that distinctive, and the new evidence regarding edit summaries is entirely script-related or common words/phrases. If evidence for something has been presented, it's that Suryabeej is likely not on their first account, and may have some sort of COI with respect to Vivek Verma; this close without action should not be construed as a rejection of any COI/UPE allegations. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 19:40, 29 June 2022 (UTC)