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-- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:06, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Actually there is more, so full list ✅:
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:13, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
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 * I've reblocked/tagged everyone just in case. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:21, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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ASA shows up a few days after Swapouts last block and recreates Kaatelal & Sons, same copyvio Praxidicae (talk) 14:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already CU-blocked and tagged by Amanda. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:14, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks like this sock is not related to this case per the deletion log for Kaatelal & Sons + Sockpuppet investigations/House xChurch/Archive. Reopening with a view to merging this case as this account is confirmed to another sockmaster. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:33, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Merging the case per the above. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:34, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Re-closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:37, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

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gamed for ACperm and upon getting it immediately created Kaatelal & Sons, registered just a few days after the last batch were blocked. Oh, this too Praxidicae (talk) 21:02, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * , its them. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 21:11, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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New account comes out of the woodwork to subvert the AFD outcome here by creating Hero - Gayab Mode On Praxidicae (talk) 14:05, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Overlap here  and here with  and a ton of others. Praxidicae (talk) 14:09, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. It's them. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 17:33, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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word for word, down to the afd recreation of Hero – Gayab Mode On as User:Htcomputertechs/sandbox + edits here with past socks. Praxidicae (talk) 14:57, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:47, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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I don't know too much about this master. Based on the above, I think it's pretty ducky that they're related, but I'm asking for a CU because this was a dormant account that came back to life, which suggests some pre-meditation to engage in socking. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:29, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * New Japan User I's first edits were to create a user page, which is a typical sock hallmark. There, they proclaim that they live in Japan. Seems legit.
 * They then made a few trivial changes to Japanese subjects. Here and here they add serial commas to an article about Island countries. Here they add a serial comma to an article about Japanese cuisine, and here they make a few cosmetic changes. Wow, they must really love Japanese stuff! Anyway, they got tuckered from all that editing, and went dormant for three months.
 * Suddenly, in December 2020, they awake from their slumber with a a profound fascination with Indian entertainment subjects! Television mostly.
 * There are several intersections with the last sock I intereacted with, RJ Jai, including at Qurbaan Hua, Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 and Baalveer Returns. The sock operator made a ton of edits at Qurban Hua, where they built out a beefy episode list. It's too bad that I had to revert it. The Japan account also intersects with the master account in a few areas.
 * The new editor has also taken to uploading images, which is not something most newbz do.
 * At this image, we can see that two prior House xChurch socks have worked there. Similar here.
 * Here they edit a template. That's unusual for a newb. Note also that the edit history is littered with sockpuppets.

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 * That's them. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 21:41, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Plus --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 21:44, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:59, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
 * was recently blocked as a CU-confirmed sock of House xChurch.
 * In these sequential edits, the editor deletes a space, adds it back, deletes a different space, then adds it back. Sequential test edits, you might say.
 * At the same article, shortly thereafter, YugModi changes the spelling of a name, then changes it back.
 * Looking at YugModi's edit history, I see a heavy interest in the article Vighnaharta Ganesha, which has seen edits by House socks and.
 * But as I look at this article's edit history, in addition to YugModi, I see another Y-name, . Both of these editors have extensively edited this Vihaan Rajsingh article. See the interaction report.
 * Also in this edit history I see a user named, which bears an obvious similarity to YugModi's username. Now maybe that's just a coincidence because Yuga has something to do with spans of time in Indian mythology, and there are a few characters with this word in their names, but it still seems odd.

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 * - there is a lot of overlap in the editing interests there, and the similarities in usernames also raises eyebrows. There are plenty of non-stale accounts in the archives, hopefully CU will be able to find some matches and potentially catch any sleepers. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:09, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * related to one another:


 * ❌ as far as technical evidence goes:


 * None appear related to the master (again, as far as technical evidence goes).  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't think there's enough to go on here to block any accounts. Yes, there's an interest in the same article, but there's not enough similarity in their editing styles to be conclusive. Without any CU evidence suggesting a link to the master, I'm not convinced a block is needed. Of the two accounts that came back as 'likely', one of them has only edited once - there's not enough evidence to go on there either. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:00, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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-- Amanda  (aka DQ) 12:46, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Found on a sleeper check. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 12:46, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

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Small edit count newer user that recreated a page previously created by a known sockpuppeteer. Seems suspicious. Bensci54 (talk) 17:53, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Bensci54 - I need more information. What page was created that was created by a previously known sock puppet? What evidence do you have that makes you believe that is the master account? Please provide specific evidence with diffs.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   01:38, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The article created was Kyun Rishton Mein Katti Batti which was previously created by User:Veer Raichand, a confirmed User:House xChurch sock. Bensci54 (talk) 17:24, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't fault Bensci54 for being suspicious—the new editor's name looks like a throw-away and they did recreate a previously deleted draft. I looked at this 17 December 2020 version of the deleted article (which Bensci54 will not be able to see). This was after a spate of edits by Veer Raichand with some unsubstantive edits by others mixed in there. I compared it to this version of the Viddgayll article. The only real similarities I see are:
 * The use of "cracks start developing" phrasing in the plot summary (which may have been copied/closely paraphrased from Zee TV's description)
 * The use of bestmediainfo.com as their first references.
 * There were more dissimilarities, I think such as:
 * Veer Raichand used "it stars" vs. Viddgayll "it starring".
 * Veer listed five main cast/starring. Viddgayll listed three.
 * Veer listed the production company as the verbose Arvind Babbal Productions Pvt. Ltd, where Viddgayll listed Arvind Babbal Productions.
 * Viddgayll misused the location parameter, Veer did not.
 * Veer added a series overview table to the article, where Viddgayll did not.
 * One calls the series "approx. 21 minutes", the other lists "22–24 minutes".
 * So, while we have seen some crews deliberately change how they presented a resubmitted article, without other evidence that they are the same person, it could just be that this editor created an article about a series they're watching. OK, now I'm going to get weird here: The only other edit I could find from this new user was that they uploaded an image here at the Tamil Wikipedia for the television series Sembaruthi over an image uploaded originally by Dhashwanth KL, who is an indeffed sock of Daaask. The Tamil article on Sembaruthi has been edited by several of these socks including Dashukl, and I know that this person used 2409:4072.*, which is also present at that article. And given how sparse the editing history is, I wouldn't be surprised if several of the names at the Tamil article were socks of Daaask, however, that's a matter for a different day. Anyway, I don't think there's sufficient info on Viddgayll yet to proceed, unfortunately. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:30, 19 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Could well be WP:UPE, but looking narrowly at the question of whether they're a House xChurch sock, I don't see any evidence to support that. If nothing else, the newly created version of Kyun Rishton Mein Katti Batti is totally different from the one deleted the previous week.  Closing with no action. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:27, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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This was brought to my attention by. The socking is obvious. Ask me off-wiki for some WP:BEANS observations, but it's pretty obvious even without that. I've already blocked them, but asking for CU mostly to keep the data current and look for more sleepers. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * PS, I've held off tagging until the CU results. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:23, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:59, 12 February 2021 (UTC)