Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kethan123450/Archive

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Same interest in Banjara, same inability to understand WP:V (eg: this vs this), similar name. Duck. Sitush (talk) 16:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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 *  qedk ( t  愛  c ) 16:26, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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Please see my comment here. The account was created after the block on the last sock, went to Talk:Banjara and wrote some long screeds basically supporting the edits of the master, complaining about the removal of those edits and saying about one of the sources I made good use of it. Since their only edit to the article was a revert of, it is difficult to see how they "made good use of it" unless they are referring to the edits of a prior account. I think we need CU on this because it looks like it may run and run. Sitush (talk) 10:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

They have now said that they are not socking. - Sitush (talk) 11:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * The reason why I semi-protected that Banjara article, was because it looked really fishy that after Sitush reverted the sock edits, an IP came along hours later to undo Sitush's changes, then a new account was created. I notice some writing similarities, like here, a Kethan sock has trouble with punctuation spacing, is lazy about capitalisation and seems to like ellipses. In this edit from the new suspected sock I see problems with punctuation spacing and inconsistent caps. Same here, where they introduce odd ellipses. That said, I'm not 100% sure, because some of the Kethan socks wrote in a very simple, lazy way, like "I collect information from google, utube and local places so plese don't edit again." This is in contrast to the walls of text I'm seeing at Talk:Banjara. Without a comparable amount of text to look at, I can't block on duck grounds. So a CU might be helpful here. There are also other, older accounts that could be candidates, like Arunkumarnaik, who was heavily interested in Banjara warring last year. See that SPI here. It does seem obvious, though, that this article is being watched very closely, and edits that aren't in line with that person's (or those people's) perspective encourage an "enthusiastic" response. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:09, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I also notice Arunkumarnaik making comments like "who ever trying to defame caste will be prosecuted...". I see "defamation" appear twice on the Banjara talk page and in various edits by IP suspects and GLChr001, like here. While the new suspected sock has been blocked for not being here to build an encyclopedia, I still think a CU would be helpful in identifying whether or not the Kethan batch is related, since that batch doesn't seem as aggressive. This would help shape a better understanding of their behavioural profile. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:10, 29 June 2020 (UTC)


 * at best, and with the user already indef'd, we can leave determination to a block appeal. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:27, 1 July 2020 (UTC)