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Obvious IP sock - see restoring edit from prior sock Shivu 03. Other articles edited have been previously edited by the master or prior socks. Obvious sock from behavior, left them a pointed warning and options for future.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:32, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/2402:3A80:1826:AF73:0:1E:1ACA:4E01 is already blocked as a sock, it looks like a possible range is Special:Contributions/2402:3A80:1820:0:0:0:0:0/44, at least through the past month I believe that all edits are from GD02. Not sure that's needed at this point though.  Really wish Indian telecoms would assign a /64 to each subscriber.  Kinda wish partial blocks worked on categories, but that would be a real bear to implement in any reasonable manner. Thanks!  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:52, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * The particular IP cited here hasn't edited in 6 weeks, so not going to do anything there. I took a quick look at Special:Contributions/2402:3A80:1820:0:0:0:0:0/44; it's hard for me to judge how much of that range is related to this.  And, yes, partial block by category would be a winning tool.  There's a few threads in WP:VPT about that.  In any case, I'm going to close this with no action taken due to the staleness of the IP. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:51, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Ammu was created about five days after the Giriprasad Damodar 02 account was indeffed.
 * Ammu has edited about six articles, but has four intersections with Giriprasad, including at a live article Shivani Narayanan, and the draft of that article Draft:Shivani Narayanan. That's odd.
 * Giriprasad didn't seem to like that their Shivani Narayanan draft had been declined a few times, so they appear to have circumvented scrutiny by creating in live space. Similarly, Ammu deleted notability flagging and other maintenance templates. So this smells like a continuation of UPE.

Not entirely ducky IMO, so requesting CU. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same geolocation and ISP and range (though very wide), different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:57, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * you blocked for socking, but didn't note who the other accounts were.  Do you remember? -- RoySmith (talk) 00:54, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like I blocked&tagged:
 * DMacks (talk) 09:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * DMacks (talk) 09:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * DMacks (talk) 09:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * DMacks (talk) 09:24, 1 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Added tags for Ammu Editz and Giriprasad Damodar 02, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:52, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

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Blocked as a sock of Ammu Editz on commons, who I'm very certain is a full sock of Giriprasad (see , note the comments from Achim55). Special Editz 02 has also recreated Draft:Riya Manoj, originally created by a prior sock  Ravensfire  (talk) 03:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * pinging  Ravensfire  (talk) 04:00, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Quack. Blocked. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:44, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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Recreated Roshni Haripriyan which was originally created by GD02 and moved to Draft:Roshni Haripriyan, and recreated Alya Manasa which has been created by GD02 and Shivu 03, another GD02 sock. Name is in similar format. From their image uploads on Commons, see history of this file with multiple uploads from GD02 socks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:41, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Pretty ducky. The new version of Alya Manasa and a previously deleted version both have the weird phrasing "she rose her fame". Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:03, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Name matches usual format, created after prior sock was blocked. See history where HB02 is reverting back to version by prior sock. History of several articles shows strong interest in similar articles full interaction. There are other possible accounts / sleepers, so requesting CU check.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:21, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Rashmika 02 was blocked on April 2 but Harish Baskar02 was created on February 20 and then slept for several months before editing. Definitely should CU search for more such accounts. DMacks (talk) 09:49, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * is blocked as a sock of GD02 on commons (see history of this file for why). Here, after HB02 was blocked, SE008 edited Poove Unakkaga (TV series) making substantially the same edit  which HB02 had made .  That was the main account I was suspecting and wanted the CU check, but the edit today made this account very WP:DUCKY. Would still like a check for further sleepers.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked here and on commons, and undid a bunch of file-upload messes here and there. "Copyvio on commons" is another behavioral match. DMacks (talk) 09:49, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * . Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:23, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I've also blocked, since they appear to have been missed by DMacks. A sleeper check is borderline . Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:23, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That one was not mentioned in this SPI at the time of my comment. DMacks (talk) 17:26, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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Submitting Draft:Roshni Haripriyan, made by sockmaster. CU for any sleepers. Noah 💬 17:32, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * There are also intersections with (known sock of this master, see archive) on commons. DMacks (talk) 17:52, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus the following:
 * All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The SandDoctor Talk 07:20, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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Same focus on Indian actors/TV; for example: Note also username pattern (compare "Editz" to known socks, , , etc.) is confirmed on the Commons. Эlcobbola talk 18:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Pandian Stores: Edison008 Editz; Special fans Editz; Anonymous9802; Rashmika 02 (known sock); Bigg Boss Special Editz (known sock)
 * Thalattu (TV series): Edison008 Editz; Anonymous9802
 * Baakiyalakshmi: Special fans Editz; Anonymous9802; Rashmika 02 (known sock); Bigg Boss Special Editz (known sock)
 * Raja Rani (TV series): pecial fans Editz; Anonymous9802; Noobie anonymous;Rashmika 02 (known sock), Ammu Editz (known sock)
 * Cooku with Comali: Special fans Editz; Anonymous9802; Noobie anonymous; Rashmika 02 (known sock); Giriprasad Damodar 02 (master)

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 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The possible users are in the same geolocation as one another and in a relatively-close geolocation as the confirmed socks. They're on the same wide range as all users, but on different user agents. Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving SPI open for behavioral investigation on the other two.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm convinced Noobie anonymous is Giriprasad Damodar 02 based on editing overlap and a bunch of technical beans, and the "possible" from CU is enough to push this into proven territory for me. I'm less sure about Anonymous9802 based on behavior, but the username makes it a no-brainer -- RoySmith (talk) 17:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: upon further consideration and research, I'm no long convinced the two in the "possible" group are socks. I've unblocked them both. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:23, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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Powerstar2020 re-created the same page Chaitra Reddy that was created 6 days back by sock User:Special fans Editz. GermanKity (talk) 07:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Noting that Powerstar2020 was confirmed as a sock of Romil.Choudary, but the connections between this SPI and that one seem strong. --Finngall talk 15:22, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * - could an admin clerk please merge this into Sockpuppet investigations/Giriprasad Damodar 02? Special fans Editz is blocked as a sock of that master. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 07:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Merged. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 07:57, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * @Blablubbs @Dreamy Jazz I just want to confirm if the intent was to merge just this one day, or to merge the whole case? -- RoySmith (talk) 17:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , as the previous location was Sockpuppet investigations/Special fans Editz and Special fans Editz was CU confirmed to this case my intent was to merge the entire case. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:39, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @Dreamy Jazz Ah, that makes sense. At first reading, it looked like it had been merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Romil.Choudary.  Thanks for the clarification, I'm going to go ahead and close this. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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Edited Draft:Roshni Haripriyan, originally created by GP02 and edited by their socks, edit was to upload copyright vio images, a common pattern of GP02 socks. Also added copyvio image to Shivani Narayanan, which prior socks have done  before. . Obvious sock.  Ravensfire  (talk) 19:01, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note - the account has been globally locked. It may be worth a sleeper check as GD certainly isn't afraid to create new accounts.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:38, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Obvious. Lock-request filed. DMacks (talk) 02:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ DMacks (talk) 04:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagging Gp Editzz.008 locally. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:26, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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Similar name to prior socks, overlap with past few socks is there. The strong focus on Pandian Stores is the giveaway though. Compare the revert of the prior sock Special fans Editz to the more recent revert from Mia. The same "The story starts introducing..." paragraph, similar plot additions.  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)


 * If possible, wouldn't mind a sleeper check. With  spotted and blocked from the ANI report, that's two active accounts, wouldn't be all that shocked if there were more active / sleeping.  Ravensfire  (talk) 22:06, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * - what Ravensfire said. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:16, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Also:
 * (note slight punctuation difference) who has not logged into enwiki but has already abused and been blocked on commons. This sock-drawer needs global-locking. DMacks (talk) 00:52, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * (note slight punctuation difference) who has not logged into enwiki but has already abused and been blocked on commons. This sock-drawer needs global-locking. DMacks (talk) 00:52, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * - ~TNT (she/they • talk) 00:54, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . It's they are .  regardless given behaviour,  and  ~TNT (she/they • talk) 00:59, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

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DGP has Usual topic-choices, behavior on the usual file pages, and username pattern. Already CU-blocked on commons for multi-account abuse. The public log there doesn't mention who they think the master is, I'm filing it here for this master based on public behavior. Vish is less strong a connection (fewer different pages edited and no commons edits), but still copyvio contributions and a recent editor strongly interested in Hello Mini, which is one of DGP's favorites as well as username pattern. Both Indef'ed. DMacks (talk) 18:49, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Nothing left to do here, so closing.  if you're filing a report for socks you've already blocked, I'd suggest just noting that it's a pro-forma report and closing it yourself to save time.  It'll still get into the archives, which I assume was your intent. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:33, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the process note! DMacks (talk) 19:57, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma...account blocked, IP likely too dynamic. DMacks (talk) 02:33, 27 September 2021 (UTC) DMacks (talk) 02:33, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

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Same user-name pattern and topic-focus (especially Premam and increasing prominence of Sai Pallavi in articles). This sock-drawer is known for x-wiki and using different accounts on different wikis, so requesting CU to root them out. DMacks (talk) 20:17, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * The sock drawer is stale, but there is enough in the CU logs to make me confident that this is the same person, even without the username and editing interests. Blocked and tagged as proven, requesting g-lock; will add some notes on CU wiki. I don't see evidence of any other accounts on this project. - is there anything else you're looking for here, or can this be closed?   Girth Summit  (blether)  12:39, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine, thanks! G-lock and having a "fresh" account with CU data will help when they pop up again here or elsewhere is a big help. DMacks (talk) 13:13, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks - closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:16, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

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Same interest in Indian Tv (e.g., Raja Rani (Tamil TV series) - Gpeditz007, Special fans Editz; Sundari (Tamil TV series) - Gpeditz007,Mia editz.008; Chaitra Reddy - Gpeditz007, Special fans Editz; etc.) Same "editz" and "00#" username (compare to known socks Edison008 Editz, Laxmii.Editz008, Mia editz.008, Special Editz008, etc.) Эlcobbola  talk 17:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Leaving CU request, although all of the tagged socks appear to be stale. Bbb23 (talk) 18:11, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * To remind of a comment I made in the archive, "This sock-drawer is known for x-wiki and using different accounts on different wikis, so requesting CU to root them out." and that sleepers are sometimes found. DMacks (talk) 18:22, 6 September 2023 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:52, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:35, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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Created a few weeks after Gpeditz007 was blocked. Small edit, but wikilinked on Yaaradi_Nee_Mohini_(TV_series) the same actor as prior sock. On Sai Pallavi, they have both added a paragraph on uncredited roles vs. There's a couple of other tells that should be easy to spot.  Ravensfire  (talk) 22:29, 17 October 2023 (UTC)  Ravensfire  (talk) 22:29, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 10:49, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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Plipplip07 is a blocked sock although I cannot locate which master they are under. They edited heavily in Pakistani television pages with a lot of cross editing related to P.Karthik.95 (previously reported as a sock under another master). Both Perso007 and Hana Shinohara (both created after the block of Plipplip007) have been consistently editing the same pages, including addition of unsourced content. All four accounts have overlap that is more than just coincidence. CNMall41 (talk) 22:23, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Comment Perso007 is more probably a sock of Giriprasad Damodar 02 - see the history on Sai Pallavi where you'll find edits from GD02 and some of their socks, in particular Gpeditz007 and Plipplip07.  Haven't put an SPI on this account together yet as I still need to pull some relevant diffs / habits for this editor. I will be shocked if  is a sock of this account or GD02 - they've been editing for quite a while and there have been more than a few CU's done against GD02 socks while they've been around.  They have a clean block log and just being reported as a sock should never be taken as a sign of guilt.  I think I would be socking for at least 4 different masters if that was the case!  Ravensfire  (talk) 04:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, I didn't mention the previous SPI as something to "be taken as a sign of guilt." On the contrary. It is more for CUs and admins to know that they will unlikely be a CU connection based on it when they get results. Not my job to tell them what to do but always wise to mention it to help them with the behavioral aspect of the investigation. Lately there have been a lot of SOCKS avoiding detection by switching up IPs. These film-farms are all related and are getting smarter. That includes a TON of LOUTSOCKing. I do see what you mean about GD02 and, with Gpediz007 being a similar styled username, I think there is a closer connection there.--CNMall41 (talk) 18:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * for P.Karthik.95: I'm not convinced the article intersection is grounds to suspect sockpuppetry. Also for Ravensfire per their comment about being reported under several different masters (jokes).
 * Both Giriprasad Damodar 02 and Plipplip07 are stale, and nothing came up for either of them in my checks of the other accounts.
 * Perso007 and Hana Shinohara are at best to each other. They use different unique devices on some of the same networks, but the networks are incredibly large.
 * please merge this to Sockpuppet investigations/Giriprasad Damodar 02, Perso007 is already tagged as a sock in that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Merged from Plipplip07 to Giriprasad Damodar 02 —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:01, 23 June 2024 (UTC)