Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jpsorts/Archive

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Continued editing where the puppeteer stopped, e.g. ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Rajendra Prasad (pulmonologist) (see here), Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences. Same areas of interest and editing patterns. I'm close to calling it a duck but CU will help in case there is doubt. Muhandes (talk) 14:54, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

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✅, . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:25, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:53, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK, obvious edit pattern. Muhandes (talk) 19:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The two are editing the same articles: Etawah Safari Park, Saifai, Etawah.
 * Note the work on Draft:National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board was obviously done by IPs, then this new account created to move it from draft. One of the IPs is 2405:204:A519:A426:A422:E9FA:F852:976C, worked on Raj Kumar (professor) which is almost exclusively edited by the puppeteer. Another is 2405:204:A79D:2A90:CDD8:A0B9:86B9:4287, working on Punjab Sports University, another article the puppeteer worked on.
 * It all points at the same person, with the same interests, using IPs when they could, and creating an account when they needed to move the draft. --Muhandes (talk) 23:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * --Muhandes (talk) 23:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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You must provide evidence.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ to . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:06, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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Obvious same interests, Etawah Safari Park (where they work?) and sports university, especially the dispute about moving Punjab Sports University. Requesting CU for sleepers. Muhandes (talk) 22:28, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * to the logs. Combined with behavioral evidence, . Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 20:01, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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apologies in advance that so much of the evidence is crosswiki but let's start with the enwiki stuff first. Aside from the obvious WP:IDHT/CIR/attitude problem and lack of communication, they overlap with several socks of this master and the master themselves.


 * here with


 * here with and a few others and makes similarly nonsensical category additions just like StateH Curaj's edit


 * Similarly silly page moves as the master here

And these just cover the known and most common haunts of this sock farm, there's a ton more overlap here and elsewhere.

On other wikis: overlap here with the master and nearly every edit on Wikidata overlaps with Jsports. PRAXIDICAE💕 21:07, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on the behaviour described in the report, and some very similar CU data to previous socks, I'm blocking and tagging as proven.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:21, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK, Muhandes (talk) 23:25, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to curaj4.  Girth Summit  (blether)  05:48, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

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Very similar area of interest and editing patterns as jsports and more recent sock Curaj, editing about Saifai, Etawah and Yadav. Muhandes (talk) 16:08, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * - checkusers cannot publicly connect IPs to accounts. firefly  ( t · c ) 17:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * As the behavioral overlap is very strong. I've blocked for three months, as the current batch of edits appears to go back till September, but further blocks may be needed if editing resumes afterward. Vanamonde (Talk) 19:12, 14 November 2022 (UTC)