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I came across this via a REFUND request by Joshipti. Initially I had only looked at the user's repeated attempts to add himself to Wikipedia in some form or fashion and eventually blocked him for disruptive editing since it was a clear case of WP:IDHT. I started examining his edits and noticed that one of the pages he created (Shekhar Chandra Joshi) was linked to on the usertalk of Shekharpti, where there was another copy of his article. A look at the editor's habits shows that they began editing on November 1, after Joshipti's attempts to add himself began getting more attention. It's likely that this was him trying to evade detection, as his prior attempts to create an article elsewhere were met with deletion. Here's the list of pages and amount of times created: Shekhar Chandra Joshi (three times), User talk:Joshipti (twice), User:Joshipti (once), Draft:Shekhar Chandra Joshi (once), Category:Academic Profile (once). Shekharpti made their version at User talk:Shekharpti. All of these have been deleted.

I'm not sure if this is Joshipti or another person, but it is clear that they're working in tandem. Upon further inspection of the username I have to assume that it's likely Joshipti given the similarity of the names. Both contain part of the name "Shekhar Chandra Joshi", with -pti added to the end. This, along with the edits to add content on Joshi, makes it a WP:DUCK scenario.

Both have been blocked, but I'm curious to know for certain since this would have a big impact on whether or not any unblock attempts would be successful. I'm also curious as to whether or not there are other accounts out there, as I get the mild suspicion that they might come back to try again given Joshipti's tenacity at recreating articles. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:54, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, no sleepers. Blocked, tagged, closing. Katietalk 14:50, 2 November 2016 (UTC)