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Editing a draft which was created by User:Jha09. Yuugone (talk) 06:26, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Using same kind of edit summary Yuugone (talk) 06:32, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

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Hello Yuugone, I edited the draft because i personally follow the actress. I will also edited other users draft.

And i used the same edit summary because i am new to wikipedia and did'nt known what to write there. So wrote what the previous user had written. Cannot understand the reason of investigation. Please help. SahanaChopra2 — Preceding undated comment added 10:45, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Sir..i want to say please don't delete my accpunt. I won't follow any other users work if that counts in sockpuppet and do whatever you say. Please help me out.

SahanaChopra2 06:13 24 December 2022

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 * There is also a considerable amount of article overlap, and the SahanaChopra2 account was created a few days after the previous sock,, was blocked. - please compare to previous accounts for confirmation. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:10, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:05, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
 * are to each other.   is  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:17, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've blocked SahanaChopra2 based on their behaviour. Tagged and closed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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This is for several ranges, with one fairly broad range, but with Jha09 not showing any real signs of remorse or stopping and editing across a fairly broad range of articles, I think short range blocks are worth considering. There's already at least one account blocked in the 120.58 range.

The edit summaries show notable similarities with the master - using periods afterwards is a common sign. 120.58.0.0/16 - , 2405:204:31AB:13A6:0:0:0:0/64 - ,

Master/socks - ,

Several common articles would be Aakanksha Singh, Megha Akash, Pandya Store. Draft:Alice Kaushik is also a good example for IP range behavior with edits from master, named sock and both ranges.

Editor interaction over the past few months for the master and two named socks shows a solid list of articles -. It doesn't have the IP edits though.  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:06, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * IP ranges blocked. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:24, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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Overlap on and similar (but not identical) edit summaries. Pretty sure this is Jha09 but not quite confident enough to block on behavioral evidence alone. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 10:12, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 10:12, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Technically, this is looking - same large country, but no other similarities.   Girth Summit  (blether)  10:47, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing without action given the CU result. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:57, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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Pro forma, obvious from article choice and behavioral style. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 07:10, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Despite the range's size and location, collateral damage appears quite low, so I went for a month off the bat, could be longer in the future. Filing this mostly to give a basis for applying WP:BANREVERT. and anyone interested in doing cleanup: It can be safely assumed that any edit from an IP on this range to an article previously edited by Jha09 and/or with their distinctive edit summary style is sockpuppetry, and can be reverted at any editor's discretion.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 07:10, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

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Submitted one of Jha's drafts without otherwise editing, and many other overlaps. Not sure if this should be filed here or Sockpuppet investigations/Insaanhuok as they're kind of comingled, but that's why we pay our clerks so well. Star  Mississippi  11:55, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * More likely Kajal1985 srivastav, where I reported them a few days ago. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ugh. it's a sock squid! This can definitely be merged. Star   Mississippi  12:27, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Dealt with at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Kajal1985 srivastav, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 12:55, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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Always suspicious of new editors who immediately go to the drafts of blocked users, see here  Onel 5969  TT me 10:15, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Okay, hold onto your butts. The checkuser data shows that all of these accounts are ✅:
 * (currently blocked as a master)
 * (confirmed to Shezthz, suspected sock of Leo Francis 92)
 * (currently blocked as a master)
 * Based on notes from cuwiki these accounts are ✅ to SyntaxErrors098, and at best to Leo Francis 92. They are  to Jha09 due to lack of data. I may be back with more, I have to run. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:00, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * is part of this group, I forgot to include them. And just in case it needs to be said, is an ACC patroller and I did not check them.
 * please copy this report to Sockpuppet investigations/SyntaxErrors098 (leave a copy here, please). When [re-]tagging it's not necessary to note that they're also suspected to Leo Francis 92: there are so many promofarms in this region that "suspected" connections just cause confusion. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:58, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Please also re-tag . Based on the available logs and data they match this case much more closely to Leo Francis 92, who I don't believe is still active. Courtesy ping in case I missed something. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:57, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem with this if you're confident, . Might be worthwhile retagging and  as well, who I thought were acting in cahoots with Zedgehog.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:08, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Filing moved to Sockpuppet investigations/SyntaxErrors098, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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Recreation of Draft:Alice Kaushik UtherSRG (talk) 11:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other. AayatS is the oldest account, and I couldn't connect to any of the geographically-related cases I've been investigating today.
 * They are technically to this case because of a gap in data, but based on what is available on cuwiki I would say this is a new sockfarm. The recreated draft has been edited by confirmed socks of at least one other sock case, the related (deleted) article has at least three different sockmasters in its history, and the networks the recent ones are using are very spammy, to the point I'm considering anonblocking an entire country. I'll leave this for behavioural analysis, but based purely on technical data I would file this as a new case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * They are technically to this case because of a gap in data, but based on what is available on cuwiki I would say this is a new sockfarm. The recreated draft has been edited by confirmed socks of at least one other sock case, the related (deleted) article has at least three different sockmasters in its history, and the networks the recent ones are using are very spammy, to the point I'm considering anonblocking an entire country. I'll leave this for behavioural analysis, but based purely on technical data I would file this as a new case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * They are technically to this case because of a gap in data, but based on what is available on cuwiki I would say this is a new sockfarm. The recreated draft has been edited by confirmed socks of at least one other sock case, the related (deleted) article has at least three different sockmasters in its history, and the networks the recent ones are using are very spammy, to the point I'm considering anonblocking an entire country. I'll leave this for behavioural analysis, but based purely on technical data I would file this as a new case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Split to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/AayatS, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 09:44, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

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Another new user, with overlap with the puppeteer. Most of their activity was on Draft:Chandan Madan (Indian Television Actor), which was deleted, so I am not sure if the puppeteer had anything to do with that prior to its deletion.  Onel 5969  TT me 09:59, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * The results for this are complicated:
 * to this case as it's stale and I don't have any data on it
 * to Sockpuppet investigations/AayatS, who some of the more recently investigated socks in this cases turned out to be
 * ✅ to
 * These two are currently tagged as suspected to Sockpuppet investigations/Amanheheh337, but both behavioural and technical evidence strongly contradict that finding. I would interpret the technical data as - Amanheheh337 switches between a variety of devices while this group uses a single, different device.
 * also ✅ to, who in turn is confirmed to the confirmed group above. They are tagged as suspected to Sockpuppet investigations/Dmjoshi12. That case is stale, but data from past checks and common interest in Chandan Madan bring me to a conclusion.
 * please copy this report to Sockpuppet investigations/Dmjoshi12 and re-tag the socks listed here, you can use proven, and please remove the altmaster tags. Thanks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:10, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, see WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Dmjoshi12. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:54, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Is the intent to move this case fully under Dmjoshi12, or are we trying to archive this SPI under both Dmjoshi12 and Jha09? The latter would be a bit confusing—it would be ideal to decide on one sockmaster if possible. Mz7 (talk) 01:37, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * , I would normally have just moved the filing but I interpreted 's request to "copy this report to Sockpuppet investigations/Dmjoshi12" as meaning to leave a copy of the filing here as well. Perhaps he can clarify. Spicy (talk) 01:41, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's harmful to leave a copy here since this is where it was originally filed, but these are Djmoshi12 socks, and they're probably not Jha09 socks based on what I'm able to investigate. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:30, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * , I would normally have just moved the filing but I interpreted 's request to "copy this report to Sockpuppet investigations/Dmjoshi12" as meaning to leave a copy of the filing here as well. Perhaps he can clarify. Spicy (talk) 01:41, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's harmful to leave a copy here since this is where it was originally filed, but these are Djmoshi12 socks, and they're probably not Jha09 socks based on what I'm able to investigate. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:30, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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There is considerable amount of article overlap between sockmaster and FilmyTV also they are updating Pandya Store's episode count on daily/regularly basis same as sockmaster. Ajeeb Prani (talk) 10:41, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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Sir all my edits are done in the television section only. That's the only edit I known. Hence it is very obvious to overlap with other users, especially with someone who has over 12000 edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FilmyTV (talk • contribs)

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 * Account CU-blocked by, closing. GABgab 17:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Updating episode count in Pandya Store same as the sockmaster and blocked sock also they left a message on Imsaneikigai's talk page at the top instead of bottom same as the sockmaster. Someonewhoisusinginternet (talk) 13:47, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to and  to  from the previous go. I will block shortly. Izno (talk) 04:17, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Izno (talk) 04:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hum Tum (2022 TV series) has been edited by a series of now blocked socks over the last couple months, including:
 * User:ShanayaJaiswal
 * User:WikiiUsee

User:Lazy Monday creates account on December 15, 2023. User has been editing the pages that were also edited by these previous blocked socks. This is part of a larger sock farm working on film related pages so I would suspect UPE for clients and the creation of new accounts after being blocked in order to continue that work.

Editor Interaction Analyser shows Lazy Monday editing 8 pages also edited by WikiiUsee, and 8 pages edited by ShanayaJaiswal. Note that many of these pages are within the same number of days after the blocked socks edited them which shows they clearly came to Wikipedia to target those specific pages. Note that all the blocked accounts as well as Lazy Monday have edits that are all marked the same ("Mobile edit, Mobile web edit"). The oldest sock I can find related is Jha09 from 2022, which coincidentally also shares editing for a page with Lazy Monday. CNMall41 (talk) 07:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ along with:
 * . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * What about Lazy Monday? --Bbb23 (talk) 14:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * By "along with" I meant that the reported account is also confirmed so I didn't include them in the list, but then I used the list to block and tag and missed Lazy Monday. Will rectify momentarily. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * What about Lazy Monday? --Bbb23 (talk) 14:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * By "along with" I meant that the reported account is also confirmed so I didn't include them in the list, but then I used the list to block and tag and missed Lazy Monday. Will rectify momentarily. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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Created two pages today (Shehzada Dhami and Samridhii Shukla) both previously created by sockpuppet User:IINDIAA and deleted under G5 last month. Chaotıċ Enby  (t · c) 12:45, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ❌. Checkuser cannot rule out WP:UPE, but the recreations are not similar to the deleted versions, and it appears a third editor also tried to create another distinct draft of Samridhii Shukla today. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)