Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HVJAIN/Archive

Evidence submitted by Timneu22
Also User:122.162.84.198. Users have no edits except to Harsh Jain, which has been CSD'd multiple times and AfD'd once. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 12:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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 * Merged in from Sockpuppet investigations/Delhi2010/Archive. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

28 November 2010

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Repost of deleted hoax autobio Harshvardhan Jain and article on his Dad Jagmandardass Jain, both alternate spellings of the articles he's been blocked for several times for sockpuppetry: see WP:Articles for deletion/Harsh Vardhan Jain, WP:Articles for deletion/Jagmandar Dass Jain and Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of HVJAIN. Invitrovanitas (talk) 18:21, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

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Blocked, articles deleted per CSD G5. Nakon 18:39, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

08 December 2010

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HARRYMAGIC1 has created vanity pages Harsh V Jain and JD Jain, as well as editing his old HVJAIN and Harrylondon talk pages. Both are confirmed sockpuppets. Recommend deletion of vanity pages under CSD:G5 (Creations by banned or blocked users) and salting. Ng.j (talk) 06:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Oh, well, I forgot about the HARRYMAGIC account before checking. Anyways, blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 07:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

17 December 2010

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Created vanity pages Jainbhai, Jain Harsh (previously deleted as Harsh Vardhan Jain and several other titles), and JD Ghaziabad which is a new version of Jagmandar Dass Jain (deleted in AfD: Articles for deletion/Jagmandar Dass Jain) bonadea contributions talk 17:42, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * Note I just did a WP:DUCK block before seeing the SPI (which I saw on the talk page after blocking). Since the last time there were a couple more that the SPI unearthed, a CU might still be beneficial. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:57, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I just replied to an email I received, this is a sock account. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:30, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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✅, no sleepers. TN X Man 18:40, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * All blocked, move to close. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:42, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

13 June 2011

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created articles Harsh Jain, Ghaziabad and JD Jain, Jain Samaj. Many previous (deleted and salted) articles about these people have been created by socks in this farm. JohnCD (talk) 12:51, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

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These two accounts are ✅ matches to each other, but the archived accounts are. TN X Man 13:28, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

I've blocked the two accounts as socks of HVJAIN based on clear behavioral evidence and as they are also socks of each other (SOP for the farm). &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

17 June 2011

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recreating JD Jain, Jain Samaj, Harsh Jain, Ghaziabad etc as redirects, and mucking about with the user pages of previous HVJAIN socks. JohnCD (talk) 20:26, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

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DUCK, but already blocked by Orange mike as a VOA. JohnCD (talk) 20:27, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw no sleepers, so I'll mark for close. TN X Man  13:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

16 July 2011

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re-created the often-deleted bio of HVJain as Harsh, Ghaziabad. Fairly DUCKy but might be worth a check for sleepers. JohnCD (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK, but I'll endorse for sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:24, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Nothing else. –MuZemike 19:40, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

03 January 2013

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Creation (twice so far) of HV Jain (Jain Bhai), a reworking of Harsh Jain (protected title). Checkuser will probably not get anything from the original accounts, but while a duck quacks for this one, there may also be sleepers. Peridon (talk) 18:22, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * - All the old accounts are, and there's no particular reason to believe that sleepers are likely. . T. Canens (talk) 15:23, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Please merge this case to /HVJAIN. T. Canens (talk) 15:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Delhi2010. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the rather obvious sockpuppet. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:24, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

16 August 2015

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More puppetry in the same vein as his previous vanity/fantasy works bigging himself up as director of several sound-alike companies, currently 15 which will be costing him around £200 a year in companies house fees - he's investing a lot into these fantasies.

Encountered Ghaziabad2015 at NPP today with HV Jain - Jain Bhai, following the trail of pictures back to commons encountered:


 * , banned here but not on Commons where c:Category:Harsh Vardhan Jain links current images to previous sock.
 * c:User:Priyash001, not active on en but his pics on commons (File:PriyashDine1.jpg, File:PriyashDine2.jpg, File:PriyashDine3.jpg, File:PriyashDine4.jpg, File:PriyashDine5.jpg) tie the following users to previous sock.
 * 2013-05-01, U5 user page
 * 2014-05-22, U5 user page
 * 2014-12-11, HV Jain aka Jain Bhai
 * 2015-08-16, HV Jain - Jain Bhai Bazj (talk) 18:38, 16 August 2015 (UTC)


 * is deleting the user pages as I filed the SPI. They were very similar in form. Bazj (talk) 18:41, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * I can affirm that the user pages I deleted were basically identical. As they were old accounts I didn't pursue the matter, wasn't aware there were so many of them. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:48, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * - to compare those accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Everything here is or otherwise uncheckable except User:Ghaziabad2015, which isn't related to any other accounts. Note that en-wiki CUs don't have the ability to check Commons accounts. Yunshui 雲 水 09:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Admin action needed - It seams obvious to me that and  are socks of HVJAIN. I'm asking an admin to indef them.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:28, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The four named accounts (two were already blocked by our friendly neighbourhood ). ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  23:00, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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The activity from the HVJAIN sock farm is so old now that I have my doubts whether this can be connected, but I'd be remiss not to at least ask for a check, given that Himalayan7914 has created Draft:Harsh Jain, which has seen a lot of socking activity from the HVJAIN camp (with Harsh Jain long since protected). -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * - I see no non-stale target to compare this user to, and as noted above the socks are so old that log data won't be helpful either. This will need behavioral investigation. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:14, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The connection is possible but too thin to justify a sockpuppetry block/tag. I've blocked as an advertising-only account instead. The Wordsmith Talk to me 19:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)