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It smells something fishy here. Both editors are editing in the same area and KaranSharma0445 created Sharvind Page's article Draft:Divya Agarwal in mainspace and blanked Draft:Divya Agarwal using an IP address. Sharvind Page also blanked Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Manveer Gurjar. GSS (talk |c|em ) 07:02, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * text is substantially identical. Either the same person or are working from the same source for the same client, either way, it's a no go. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:25, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

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Same username as "Sharvind Page" who was blocked by and repeating the same kind of editing e.g. blanking Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Manveer Gurjar. GSS (talk |c|em ) 07:47, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * , closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:10, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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Same username styling FirstnameSlastname###, overlapping edits here with and disruptive page moves. Requesting CU only because they usually have several at once. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:10, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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Adding VishalSingh209: compare the two accounts' edits to Krystle D'Souza:,. TMGtalk 18:13, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:12, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:12, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:12, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

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Overlap here, recreation of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi + naming convention (KS4numbers) CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:19, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * , closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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Quite the coincidence they've recreated Benafsha Soonawalla, Nitibha Kaul, Renee Dhyani (Pakistanpedia), Lucinda Nicholas, Sapna Chaudhary (2 sock farms), Priyanka Jagga (AdnanAliFaizal) Praxidicae (talk) 16:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * so . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:10, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

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Editing in the same area and recreated all recently deleted article including Sapna Chaudhary (dancer). GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:25, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 12:37, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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Similar username as their previous sock and recreated Manveer Gurjar. GSS (talk |c|em ) 11:55, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * Obvious, Blocked. SQL Query me!  12:22, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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Here we go with another one, recreating all their deleted articles. GSS (talk |c|em ) 15:58, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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✅ + . . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:16, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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Both editing in the same area and recreated Divya Agarwal. Usernameace was registered a day before Stud0708 and their previous sock. GSS (talk |c|em ) 09:48, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to and  which are socks of Dimpletisha. Draft:Shehzad Shaikh is a focal point.
 * and are.

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:27, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * is a possible to and they are possible to the above. Same or similar ranges but they are using a different device from the above.

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The suspected sock was registered at the same time blocked their previous sock and recreated their deleted article Renee Dhyani in one go and repeated the same edit at Bigg Boss (Hindi season 8) (please see the history). GSS (talk |c|em ) 12:29, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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✅, . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  08:12, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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The suspected sock first made some random edits to reach the autoconfirmed status and then the  as their previous sock. The article is currently semi-protected. GSS (talk |c|em ) 13:43, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hi I'm not a sock puppet of Karan Sharma. Stop lying and trying to ban me or defame me on wikipedia. I wont do any more move pages and will be carefull. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DipikaKum123 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

The suspected sock also repeated a page move of Shastri Sisters already proposed by this master and rejected by consensus in 2018, without any further discussion.  General Ization Talk  15:36, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

, could you take a look at this SPI? It has been open but (seemingly) unprocessed for 6 days, during which the suspected sock has made nearly 100 disruptive edits. Thanks.  General Ization Talk  13:59, 31 January 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:01, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Was looking at this while pinged.

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:14, 31 January 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:23, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * - Might be worth a CU taking a look. Neither the latest confirmed sock (Karanvir2146) nor the current suspected sock (DipikaKum123) are stale. The SandDoctor  Talk 19:29, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Also is ✅.

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These editors all have an obsession with BLP articles, primarily Deepika Singh. After discussion suspicions on IRC, it was concluded that User:ArjunSharma98 was most likely User:KaranSharma0445. I came across these socks when User:Nora Fatehi went to Oshwah's talk page to complain about Arjun which seemed odd -User_talk:Oshwah.

For what it's worth, NoraHatehi231 did make a socking allegation about ArjunSharma98 as a suspected sock of User:IsntItCinema which is a sockpuppet of User:Dimpletisha. D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 14:15, 13 April 2019 (UTC)


 * All three editors have edited Deepika Singh within a matter of 35 minutes according to the Interaction Analyzer
 * Arjun and User:NoraFatehi231 have also edited Hina Khan and Parth Samthaan within the same small time frame.
 * User:NorahFatehi231 and User:RizkiMadani9 have edited Sanaya Irani within an hour of each other.
 * There is a significant amount of articles in which all three of these editors have crossed paths on within the same time frame.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusti (talk • contribs) 14:33, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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I am not a sock puppet of Karan Sharma why are you doing this I am not at fault I told you i am sorry about it. and plus I am just a fan of these actors so just adding what is right. I dont know who this rizvi or karan is. PLease stop this just so I can't edit on wiki. Its not nice your making me upset wth these false accusations. Nora Fatehi (Talk/Edits) 17:41, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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I've removed RizkiMadani9 from the list as they are a sock of another master. ArjunSharma98 is confirmed as Dimpletisha. I'll check Nora Fatehi now.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:23, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern. Straight to recreating deleted templates (with edit summary "again") and editing BLPs of Big Boss series. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 10:11, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * -, those templates were previously created by Chander. What evidence is there to tie NimkiSingh2214 to KaranSharma0445? Cabayi (talk) 10:24, 17 May 2019 (UTC)


 * I believe the recent accounts and IPs are the same sock farm with the same agenda, this being the most recent SPI case account that I saw from template's history. But I don't know which exact account they would be. KaranSharma0445 account was the one reverting redirects without explanation on the templates that I reverted back to redirects except the CfDed ones. As for being sock, first edits to recreate a template. Immediately reverting a sock edit. Readding same info as reverted sock edit. Edits since filing this are all to Big Boss BLPs (as expected). I previously inquired User:Ponyo about IPs doing these types of edits before, but I don't know who the sockmaster is (due to privacy). This, not being an IP, I can't check the geolocation. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 11:05, 17 May 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅ and blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:01, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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IP editor trying to force same edit  as KaranSharma0445. IP has same focus on Bigg Boss shows and related articles as KaranSharma0445.  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:46, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:04, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

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Same IP range, same editing pattern, using same language, DUCK — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 22:00, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * is telling. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 09:24, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked, closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 16:55, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

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Very DUCKy again, same sockfarm. Same sort of edits to same articles. Like or  and other examples. Articles like Bigg Boss Tamil 2 is protected, so presumably they have to use an account again instead of dynamic IP hopping. As usual, ignoring talk page messages while making bad edits like changing colors, styling, removing templates, adding lots of unsourced material, etc. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 08:20, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Sherin.Love plus the accounts below are ✅ to :
 * . Please merge this one report to the other case.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:22, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please merge this one report to the other case.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:22, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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Seems to follow the same exact pattern -- same sort of edits on same articles adding the same type of trivia with no summaries. Became active after socks and IPs got banned and articles protected. Talk page messages ignored like other accounts. Looks like DUCK to me again, although I am not 100% sure. In any case, SPA and promo-only/meatpuppet at best. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 11:51, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

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Special Editor 2019 is ❌ but is ✅ to. .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:23, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Logged LoggoL and Special Editor 2019 over at Sockpuppet investigations/LoggoL as they are unrelated to this case (easier tracking). Closing. -- The SandDoctor Talk 14:56, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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Being disruptive again by restoring reverted edits. Very DUCK to me. Edits like which is exactly what was reverted before. Same IP range/location. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 10:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

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I said I am not and just doing my own bit, this user is keep stalking me. Cant she just leave me alone its very annoying and harrasment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.177.69 (talk) 11:48, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for not being more specific. See User_talk:Ponyo/Archive_44. I assumed I shouldn't link more info per that comment. Previous IP examples 2 Oct and 1 Jul from Ealing, Northolt. The edits are the same narrow set of Big Boss articles and people who participated on the show. I'm also unsure what information you guys have when you check these or what tools you use when geolocate IPs. (Although, by this time, they will just hop to a different IP. At least there would be a past record for the future cases.) — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 13:41, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see your dilemma. There's two different flavors of "us guys".  I'm a garden-variety admin.  I have the low-budget secret decoder ring that lets me see articles that have been deleted.  That's not super-secret, since everything I can see has at one time been visible to the public (and may, in fact, still exist on some mirror site).  Some (very small number of) admins, called checkusers, get special fancy secret decoder rings that let them have access to highly confidential information, like what IP address a given edit was done from.  There's two rules that control their access to that.  One is that they're not even allowed to look at that unless there's already a strong case that socking is likely.  The other is that once they've looked, they're not allowed to share that information except in the broadest and vaguest way.  That's what Ponyo meant when he said, As a checkuser I can't link the IPs to the actual master account publically due to our privacy policy.  But, any information that you've got from publicly available sources on the wiki, you're free to summarize here in a SPI case.  You don't have access to anything confidential, so there's no restriction on what you can do with the information you have.  What you can't do, however, is bring in information from off-wiki.  Let's say you personally know an editor.  You can't say, "I know User:JohnDoe, he's a classmate of mine in school; I've watched him log into three different wiki accounts in the school library, where the IP address is w.x.y.z".  That would be WP:OUTING.  People get banned for that.  But, as long as you stick to information which publicly available on the wiki, you're good.  -- RoySmith (talk) 14:57, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

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4 109.152.176.134  1 109.152.176.146   5 109.152.176.171   1 109.152.176.192   5 109.152.176.215  16 109.152.176.246   9 109.152.176.247  25 109.152.177.7  68 109.152.177.9   1 109.152.177.13  14 109.152.177.29   2 109.152.177.36  27 109.152.177.69  20 109.152.177.99   5 109.152.177.119  54 109.152.178.72  64 109.152.178.114   9 109.152.178.121 and those ranges are stable going back over the entire time span. Other titles edited in that range mostly look related to Indian TV/Movies. So, I propose to soft block 109.152.176.0/22 for a year, pending a CU check for legitimate users in that range. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:47, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * you need to be more specific. What does Same IP range/location mean?  I don't see any mention of a 109.anything in Sockpuppet investigations/KaranSharma0445/Archive
 * Looking at just the edits to pages with "Bigg Boss" in the title from a fairly wide IP range, over the past four years, I see:
 * The collateral damage would be negligible.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:19, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
 * So shall it be written, so shall it be blocked. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:35, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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Looks DUCKy again. Same sort of edits to same sort of articles. markup knowledge from the get go. For example, vs. May be this is LoggoL again though, since their edits overlap a lot. The timestamp gaps between edits of Special:Contributions/109.152.177.69 in previous report is uncanny. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 12:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

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I think this is actually a sock of. They've editing several of the same articles (see Mersal (soundtrack) and Petta (soundtrack) which were created by the master. The similar name reinforces that SRN is the correct master.  Ravensfire  (talk) 15:21, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

On second more careful look, I think Ravensfire is right that this is not the same person. They certainly behaved like someone with a new account but clearly not the first time editing. I jumped the DUCK on this one due to a readdition of content I saw, sorry. But apparently they are still fishy as per above? Anyway, the time ranges I meant were the last from contributions: I guess this was just a coincidence as they have a tiny overlap of edit times earlier. I just wish there was an easier tool to compare these. I assumed a CU can just take a quick look at the account's last IP(s) and either say "Yes" or "No", because it sure takes us mortal folk a long time to make these conclusions, especially since those Big Boss articles are a gigantic mess. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 16:19, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 08:30, October 20, 2019 - 08:31, October 20, 2019 -- IP
 * 10:47, October 20, 2019 - 11:15, October 20, 2019 -- Account
 * 11:48, October 20, 2019 - 12:25, October 20, 2019 -- IP
 * 12:30, October 20, 2019 - 16:40, October 20, 2019 -- Account
 * There's a few tools that anybody can use. Click the "Editor interaction utility", "Interaction Timeline", and "User compare report" links above.  I find the timeline one the most useful, but there's still plenty of room for better tools to be written.  -- RoySmith (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Any updates on this report? If you look at Sockpuppet_investigations/Satish_Raman_Nair/Archive, you'll see this likely sock and prior accounts have the same fixation on creating non-notable soundtrack articles.  There's going to be a decent amount of cleanup from this sock, once they are blocked.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:24, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * , forgot the ping on this ...  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:26, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

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again, you need to be more specific. You say, The timestamp gaps between edits of Special:Contributions/109.152.177.69 in previous report is uncanny. Which gaps? Compared to what? Pretend you were somebody who didn't know any history of this case and was trying to figure it out from what's presented here, i.e. put yourself in my shoes. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:14, 21 October 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:21, 22 October 2019 (UTC) Already blocked, so closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:55, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Sanuj Satish 2006 is to.

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The suspected sock was registered 10 days after was blocked. Editing in the same area and moved Mahira Sharma to main that was created by VR333. <span style="font-family:monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:hsl(205, 98%, 55%);">GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 12:03, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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blocked, tagged, closing — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoySmith (talk • contribs) 14:20, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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New account created a few days after prior sock was blocked. Has similar curt edit summaries ("Added", "Updated"). Editor interaction is rather high with past two socks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 15:39, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

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✅, . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:16, 3 November 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:58, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:52, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Post archival note: Imwet and the above account are confirmed to each other but are.

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Account created in 2017, but significant activity didn't start until January of this year, a week or so after the last KS sock was blocked. Showed strong familiarity with Wikipedia from the start. Editor interaction is pretty high -  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:41, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

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❌, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:09, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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See previous case. Same geolocation (Northolt, Ealing, UK), same topic area and same articles. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 15:09, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * This IP is stale. Blocking it won't accomplish anything even if it turns out to have been operated by KaranSharma0445. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

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New account, straight to same Bigg Boss article area, overlap with IPs from the same geolocation, reporting a recently active one (although they usually go stale instantly). Similar sounding name and use of number and "kkk" like User:KKK90. Articles where both edited like Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Madhurima Tuli or Vishal Aditya Singh all have this master confirmed, for example as User:ShehnaazGill1210. Asking for a CU to root out any other accounts and because it's such a broad range of IPs I don't know where to begin finding potential ones. Every tenth of so IP from the IP ranges have been editing Bigg Boss related articles over years. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 10:57, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, and tagged. No other accounts seen.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:23, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * - Please block the IP for 2 weeks. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 13:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * IP blocked, closing. <span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif">qedk (t 桜 c) 19:25, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * IP blocked, closing. <span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif">qedk (t 桜 c) 19:25, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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Active IP. I guess edit summary of is probably enough. In any case, same articles and same geolocation. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 15:07, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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She is keep on doing this its like im not aloud to edit on wikipedia. I am not even doing anything wrong. User:Hellknowz without any proof how can she just accuse anyone like this. this is harrassment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.212.251 (talk) 15:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment Obvious sock, also see the IP talk page where I left them a pretty pointed message and their response admits they are a sock.  Ravensfire  (talk) 15:38, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * And I don't see how anyone would believe their apology or that they understood anything in the slightest. They got banned in the first place, have circumvented the ban, edit warred, hidden new accounts, pretended under accounts, IP hopped, and even made legal threats. Their actions and sockpuppet archive page speak for themselves. It is obvious they will deceive others to achieve their goals and have absolutely no regard for Wikipedia policies until they get caught. Their disruptive edits have wasted more editor time than they could ever hope to offset with their good edits. There is zero reason to ever allow them to edit Wikipedia. It just sucks that they are editing from broad dynamic IP ranges and there's no way to block without collateral damage. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 15:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ++  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * This area (Indian television and film) has a decent number of highly active and unrepentant (until caught!) socks that I would love to see Wikipedia improve the CU system with an automated tool to periodically check new users against known signatures and notify CU's on any highly positive matches for further review. I know, technical limitation and potential privacy issues, but something like this would be so nice here and in the other areas with high sock activity levels (and help reduce some of the paid editing too!).  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

User:Ravensfire please listen i am really sorry dont do this i have understood please give a chance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.212.251 (talk) 15:40, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Could someone create an LTA page for the vandal? The abuse has continued for two years now and the user page of the master tells that the user has been banned from Wikipedia for persistent sockpuppetry. I personally think an LTA page is in order. -- Java Hurricane  17:28, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please block the IP for 2 weeks. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 16:56, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The IP edited for a couple of days over a week ago. I see no point to a block. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:49, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The IP edited for a couple of days over a week ago. I see no point to a block. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:49, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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Similar focus of editing, use of edit summaries with "Added" and "Update", recreated Mahira Sharma. Please confirm and check for sleepers. MrClog (talk) 09:54, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

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No one except me and a bot and a patroller has edited the page Mahira Sharma. She is a famous TV personality but without a Wikipedia page, so I decided to create one for her. And I'm not at all related to User:KaranSharma0445. And this User:KaranSharma0445 never created a page of Mahira Sharma, he was just busy simply moving pages.

-User:ImPritamShaw(talk) 14:46, 14 April 2020 (GMT)


 * Comment - also has overlaps with admitted IP sock 86.148.212.251 to Rashami Desai, Arti Singh and Paras Chhabra, probably more as well. I'm not 100% sure on this as I've been fooled on earlier KS socks, and some of their areas of interest don't feel like the normal KS sock.  They did hit Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 and Bigg Boss (Hindi season 13) which are pretty common KS targets.   Ravensfire  (talk) 15:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I saw their edits before and it didn't strike me as anything obvious. Most edits have issues, with some pretty bad sourcing issues. But these articles/people are common "targets" for the topic subject. The account isn't new, but it did start editing only after all IP ranges got blocked. It feels like a coincidence, although a checkuser can probably quickly tell. They edited a bunch of other stuff before, including a school, which inadvertently suggests their affiliation. I am also not sure if they are using canned summaries or what, which is why they are in that form. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 15:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

, is there any connection per the technical data with any other sockfarm? -- Java Hurricane  02:36, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Nothing stood out to me immediately—I mainly compared the data of this account with the data of the two suspected sockmasters. If you have compelling behavioral evidence suggesting a connection to a different sockmaster, I would be happy to rerun the check. Mz7 (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for running the check. This editor *feels* like a sock of someone, but there's nothing I can point to specifically for behavioral evidence.  There are too many active sockmasters in the Indian film and tv area and lots of enthusiastic new editors that are good at following existing examples.  Some meat puppetry as well, but I don't think that's happening here.  I'll put them in the enthusiastic new editor group.  Thanks for the check!  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:23, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * did, from what I can tell, previously create either a draft or the Mahira Khan article. One of their submissions: "Sharma was born ... in a rich family." Similarly, the suspected sock wrote about the subject's family status: "She was born in a Brahmin Family." (A caste label without proof of self-identification?! Shame on you, kid.) That said, it is important to note that another major editor at Mahira Sharma, was previously blocked as a duck of KaranSharma0445, but that Bbb23 flagged as an actual sock of . So if we CU, we might want to be looking down a couple of alleys. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 01:47, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I compared ImPritamShaw to, which is one of the only non-stale accounts of KaranSharma0445 in the archive, and the result was ❌. I also compared ImPritamShaw to several of socks of Vc4137, and the result of that was . Mz7 (talk) 02:12, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above discussion. Mz7 (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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Same IP range and similar area of edits. Same types of edit on Bigg Boss and contestants of bigg boss and also on Devoleena Bhattacharjee Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Princepratap1234 (talk) 08:36, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

1 and 2, same statements like get back guest appearances of Hina khan and mentioning Sidharth Shukla who was not related to a topic. Princepratap1234 (talk) 16:40, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Same geolocation, so this 99% them. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 09:31, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 1 week and closed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:30, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

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Same geo location which is UK, Ealing and editing only Indian TV shows. Princepratap1234 (talk) 12:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Oh look, they're back. There was an IP range block for a year before during which we didn't (presumably) see them much. After that, they've been sneakier. But I really don't see any other solution that doesn't involve tremendous waste of editor time. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 13:46, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

User:Hellknowz, they were active but we couldn't catch them. ,, all these were active but nobody suspected them. They all are sock puppets. Princepratap1234 (talk) 14:03, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * --Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:27, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing as the IP has not edited in several days. Mz7 (talk) 22:39, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

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Same geo location and same area of interest. Similar types of edits. Princepratap1234 (talk) 13:19, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Closing as the IP has not edited since May 23. Mz7 (talk) 22:39, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

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only edits indian tv shows and same edit history with same edit summary. Princepratap1234 (talk) 14:24, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , Please see the request for more information, below. If you can't supply the required information, we'll have to close this with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:50, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * An attempt by the accused user to remove the report was reverted. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:30, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * I have temporarily blocked the suspected sockpuppet as they were continuing to disrupt the investigation. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 09:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . Unfortunately, all previous sockpuppets of this master are now . Additionally, we will probably need more information than this to make a decision about the account. .&#32;In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.
 * Pinging . Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 22:38, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Requested information not supplied. The suspected sock hasn't edited in 3 months anyway, so no point investing time in this.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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Account created on 6/1 after prior suspected sock (Roshnikaur123) was blocked for blanking the SPI. Like many KS socks, the account name follows a common pattern. Similar edit summaries to most recent prior sock vs,  and  vs , ,

Shows strong interest in Bigg Boss articles, a common focus for KS socks. Easy smoking gun are these revertings, removing tags from long ago KS socks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Also a lot of activity on 109.158.70.0/24 which is a common range for KS socks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * - between the diffs presented above along with the blanking of this SPI page, I'm reasonably convinced Preetykaur761 is a sock of KaranSharma0445. --    LuK3      (Talk)   13:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Originally reported Sockpuppet_investigations/KaranSharma0445/Archive, but closed due to lack of information from reporter. Roshnikaur123 stopped editing after the report, but started up today. Several of their edits today and   are returning information I removed as being added by the prior KS sock. The last one in particular is telling - it's just pure fancruft that KS loves to add to Bigg Boss articles.  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:46, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Sock removed a comment here from another user.  Probably will be reverting edits as a WP:DUCK soon to limit the disruption.  Ravensfire  (talk) 19:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Adding 82.47.210.111 IP - recent edits have all been to articles that Roshnikaur123 has edited.  Ravensfire  (talk) 19:18, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

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I am not a sock puppet. Please let me edit it. I am not doing anything wrong. I won't add fancruft things. Please let me edit Wikipedia.
 * Edited the userpage of here – another blocked sock. 2405:201:4013:801A:ED21:CDB0:13E0:669A (talk) 21:41, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

User:Ravensfire User:Hellknowz I am sock ks so please block me. User:RoySmith I will never come back here again. I am the Person so please block.
 * Karnsharma is not the master actually. He has been editing Wikipedia since 2014. Nobody caught him before but all older accounts with username sahib are of him . Princepratap1234 (talk) 15:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , can't say I'm surprised by that.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:54, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @Princepratap1234 can you clarify what you mean? What specific account(s) are you talking about, and what evidence is there that they're socks? -- RoySmith (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , I believe they are talking about Sockpuppet_investigations/Imtitanium/Archive, where a lot of the accounts start with/have Sahib in the user name. Here  Roshnikaur123 removed a sock template from one of those Sahib accounts.  The contributions of the last account in that archive show them adding reality show templates Special:Contributions/SahibCollege55, something that KS socks have done quite frequently.  I'm so used to saying KS socks, that even if you merged them, I'd still call 'em KS socks!  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:17, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ,The oldest account of him should be User:Sahib0921, same username pattern and editing only Indian Tv shows. He mentioned on his user page that his name is sahib. Princepratap1234 (talk) 05:55, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * I don't really know what's going on here, but enough time has been wasted on this.  Roshnikaur12 is clearly NOTHERE and blocked as such. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:17, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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Started just after prior sock swore off editing (ahh, the sincerity...). And new sock promptly jumps right into the same areas - indian reality TV shows and actors. Shows same interest in Devoleena Bhattacharjee date of birth - and. Same warning people about using images with watermarks - vs. Same image preference vs.  Ravensfire  (talk) 02:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also this is telling. They keep saying one thing and then doing another thing. Then they get caught and they get confrontational. And it's clear from their comment that they have not bothered to even look at the "rules". After all this time, they still don't understand all the problems with their editing and have a complete disregard of the community and consensus. And that doesn't even begin to address lieing and socking. I wish we could just DENY and BANREVERT promptly but the broad topic of interest, huge IP range, getting caught late, evidence gathering and CU queue makes it a massive waste of time for everyone. — HELL KNOWZ   ▎TALK 12:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Pretty much everything just said. Also, why do I bother discussing with them at all? Like I think they will change?  Ravensfire  (talk) 12:12, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * In addition to the evidence provided above, I've spotted a curious commonality in the writings of Kevin and several earlier confirmed socks. That's enough for me to call this proven.  In our last episode, I blocked  as NOTHERE; since they exhibit this same behavior, I'll change that to sock/proven.  FWIW, back in January, Princepratap1234 was also suspected of being a sock and found unrelated by CU; I'll add that I checked their edits and don't see this behavior, confirming CU's technical finding.


 * I'm going to leave this open and ask another clerk to look at this and consider endorsing for a sleeper check, or just close it if you don't think it's worth doing. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:35, 1 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Nobody else appears to think this is worth a sleeper check, so I'll just clean up the queue a bit and close this. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:29, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same IP range and geoloaction is england. Editing Indian(Hindi) TV shows. 2409:4063:6C15:FC4A:4D63:DD37:E795:A5A (talk) 13:14, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Mz7 (talk) 02:15, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No evidence provided. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 17:01, 7 April 2022 (UTC)