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28 August 2015

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Two brand new users showed up on the talk page of an article created by IndianBiz, contesting the speedy deletion of the article using similar phrasing. vs, and vs. bonadea contributions talk 06:17, 28 August 2015 (UTC)



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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I came across these three accounts and the IP while going through speedies. The page Mukhtsar With Shashank was created by IndianBiz. The article was nominated for speedy deletion via A7 as a non-notable YouTube show at 05:16, 27 August 2015‎ and almost immediately after IndianBiz tried to remove the speedy tag. They were issued a warning soon after that. Now Ishashaaz is older, as their account was created on 15:27, 9 December 2014, however their sole account was to argue for the article's inclusion on 18:29, 27 August 2015. On the following day the account Thalaiva420 was created at 04:11, 28 August 2015 and their only edit was to argue for the page's inclusion. The IP is listed because they edited the now deleted page and tried to add the director to Gorakhpur's list of notable residents. To its credit, the IP did not try to argue for inclusion on the talk page, although that might have been something they were about to do prior to the page's deletion. They might have also thought that by removing the A7 tag put there by Bonadea, that they'd overcome the speedy deletion and that the page was safe from deletion.
 * I'm going to merge my content above. For some reason I didn't notice the already open SPI. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is a case of meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry, but either way it looks like these accounts are all connected. The web series in question is of extremely dubious notability given that it has a grand total of 93 followers on YouTube. It's not the type of series that would really have a big fanbase that'd get this immediate of a reaction unless someone created accounts (or signed into an old one) or if they asked their friends to log in.

What made me suspicious was this edit by Thalaiva420 where they tried to "fix" the content posted by IndianBiz. They also have the same issue with spelling as IndianBiz.

I've already blocked IndianBiz as a promotional username, but I haven't blocked the other accounts yet. I'm not sure that this needs a check for other accounts other than the ones listed here, since by large this looks to be a case of someone using the accounts after they open them or remember them, but the use of an older account does concern me if this is indeed sockpuppetry. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's my rundown of the case, including the reason why I believe the IP to be related. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I do want to say that Ishashaaz is older, but they're not the most active account here and if they are confirmed as a sock, it's likely because someone remembered that they had an older account. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - to compare the three (I'm not sure if Ishashaaz is stale, as all his edits are deleted).  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:56, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It's not, the deleted edit was made in August 2015. Courcelles (talk) 23:35, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * And after a computer freeze and Windows update session, these three accounts are ✅. Courcelles (talk) 02:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I've blocked and tagged the accounts, as well as issued a 1 week block to the IP based upon the behavioral evidence in the deleted contributions. Mike V • Talk 15:38, 3 September 2015 (UTC)