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06 May 2012

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The above mentioned users/IPs have made similar edits in the same sections of the Iyengar, Vadakalai and Thenkalai pages. "Iyengar" is a priestly caste in India, while "Vadakalai" & "Thenkalai" are sub-sects within the iyengar community. The pages are highly related to one another, and the main "Iyengar" page itself has descriptions about "Vadakalai & Thenkalai" under the "Ethnicity" section.

Diffs from the Vadakalai page: Diff of edits by in the Vadakalai page:. Diff of edits by in the Vadakalai page:,. Here the users have made the same edits, by giving different reasons. The IP gave a source, where the contents couldn't be found, and the source(from google books) itself wasn't available for online viewing. The registered user(latter) made the same edits. Highly disruptive editing with no regard for wiki's editing & verifiability policies, inspite of adequate explanations given by me in my edit and talk page comments.

Diffs from the Iyengar page: Diff of edits by in the Iyengar page:, ,. These edits are similar to the ones made in the Vadakalai page. These edits are made under the "Ethnicity and Genetics" section of the Iyengar page, more specifically under the "Vadakaai Iyengar" sub-section, where the data is similar to that in the Vadakalai page. Diff of edits by in the Iyengar talk page:. Here the user was unable to make edits as the page was protected by an admin'. So the user left his comments in the talk page, which is similar to the edits made by the "Sockmaster IP" in the main page, before it was protected. Diff of edits by in the Iyengar page:,.

Diff of edits by user in Thenkalai page & the Iyengar talk page: This Ip has been inactive since August 2011. However i have reasons to believe that this IP is linked to the above suspected sockpuppet accounts & the sockmaster. - Here the IP made similar complaints regarding the same "sub-sections" in the Iyengar page. - Here the IP made edits in the lead of the Thenkalai page. As i'd mentioend before "Thenkalai" is s sub-community of "Iyengar", and the same contents could be found under the "Thenkalai Iyengar" sub-section in the Iyengar page. Although this IP has been stale for a long time, i thought it would be useful for admins to verify all possibilities.

Going by the diffs the users/IPs are evident sockpuppets of the sockmaster and/or to one another. The reason why i've been deleting, removing, and labelling their edits as "invalid/vandalism/disruptive"(if you admins must know) is because - These users/IPs have been providing non-sources(refs that don't contain any of the info' reg' their contribs), and have been deleting existing data, which are well sourced with reliable "university & government publications". They've also been providing online book sources(from google books) that are not available for online viewing, but all i could see was the front page cover and not the source for the contents. They also keep changing their complaints in their edit comments, but they keep making the same reverts which is evident of "WP:IDONTLIKEIT" types, but they've been wrongly accusing me by echoing my own comments(tactic by getting the opponent annoyed). While these lead to simultaneous reverts & edit warring, i believe that the same editor has been using multiple accounts/IPs(mentioned above) and tipping the balance in an edit war/arguement. Most of these "suspected sock IPs/users mentioned above" are one tick ponies who make edits in the same/similar pages. I hereby request the admins to take stern action against the sockpuppets. Hari7478 (talk) 20:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Closing as insufficient evidence with no actions taken. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  16:52, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

17 January 2013

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The following users have been making similar edits(disruptive) in pages relating to "Thenkalai, Ahobila Mutt", around the same time of the day. Diff of edits by user:fastandfurious in the thenkalai wiki page -, , , , - User has been keen in including data related to "Ahobila mutt"-please make a note of this name. Though i've been asking the user to provide a neutral party source(for the challenged data), the user gave the same edit summary and continued with his reverts. I believe this editor has been using various IPs to tip off the balance during an edit war. Diff of edits by "userip:50.131.113.48" in the thenkalai wiki page -, - Again, the user made similar edits regarding the inclusion of "ahobila mutt" under the section. Diff of edit by "userip:216.31.219.19" in the "ahobila mutt" page which is closely related to the thenkalai page and its contents - - Here the data and the edit pattern are clearly related to the changes made in the thenkalai page. Diff of edits by "userip:24.130.196.69" in the ahobila mutt page -, , - this Ip has been removing sourced data regarding "Vadakalai"(counterparts to the thenkalai community) from the ahobila mutt page. All Ips are from the Santa Clara region(county) in California, U.S. Hari7478 (talk) 22:45, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Geolocation alone shows all the IPs are located closely together in California. Checkuser is . --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 22:59, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * There's been no editing from those IPs in nearly a week, so closing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:06, 23 January 2013 (UTC)