Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KrishRoyceInc/Archive

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User created this page as a bare bones page, and then magically within a minute  the IP address not only saw it and started editing, but had enough info to expand the page and the creator never returned.

This same IP user also came through and cleaned up a different mess when the user moved a page (against the consensus on the talk page). The IP address also did a whole bunch of other following edits which went against that consensus, so it appears to me the user didn't like the result and it editing under an IP to not be noticed.

The users only other edits were creating a draft and then moving it live despite being rejected twice without addressing the issues. I know this is not part of the SPI but it furthers my support that they are up to no good and trying to hide what they can under an IP.

The IP has no other edits except for following up on this users controversial edits.  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  14:27, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * I agree, this is clearly editing logged out to avoid scrutiny, along with move warring. Account and IP both blocked for 2 weeks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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The day after the main user and IP were blocked, this IP, which never edited before came around. With the exception of 1 edit, every edit the IP made is linking to the page this user had created, which is no active. Seems a little bit too coincidental that an IP would come through and add Red Links to a red page the day after it gets deleted.  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  19:59, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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The IP edited in the archive geolocated to Italy. The IP listed here geolocates to Australia. Closing with no action.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:43, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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According to contributions KrishRoyceInc edited logged in from 10:19, 7 September 2019 to 16:59, 7 September 2019. Excluding some edits on 5 September, the latest IP (79.52.168.116) edited from 10:06, 7 September 2019 to 16:55, 7 September. By my reckoning to make these edits involves logging into the account five times and logging out to continue editing as an IP four times. The history of various pages show KrishRoyceInc is continued to edit while logged out, including edit warring against consensus.


 * KrishRoyceInc creates article at 13:36
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 13:40
 * Edited by KrishRoyceInc at 13:51
 * Edited by KrishRoyceInc at 14:00
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 14:01
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 14:02
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 14:06
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 14:07
 * Edited by 79.52.168.116 IP at 14:21


 * 79.23.170.136 IP re-sumbits KrishRoyceInc's draft on 31 August
 * 79.52.168.116 IP re-sumbits KrishRoyceInc's draft on 5 September


 * 79.52.168.116 IP edit-warring to recreated article merged per AFD
 * 79.52.168.116 IP edit-warring to recreated article merged per AFD

As KrishRoyceInc was blocked for 2 weeks (for editing while logged out) from 15:00, 23 August 2019, both the 79.23.170.136 IP and the 79.52.168.116 IP were used for block evasion. Moab12 (talk) 14:58, 9 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Added two more Italian IPs attempting to add cross namespace links to KrishRoyceInc's draft article located at Draft:The Absolution. Moab12 (talk) 11:31, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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The other page that was created was deleted twice before as well Articles for deletion/The Absolution and Articles for deletion/Absolution (professional wrestling). I cannot check who started the original article that was deleted at Articles for deletion/The Absolution but I would suggest checking that account as a sock as well, because I have never seen them referred to as "The Absolution" and it seems strange that two people would create an article with the same addition of the word the. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  17:03, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Since you were the closing admin on the first SPI I was wondering if you could take a look at this. This has been continuing for a couple weeks now and am hoping we can stop this disruption. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  18:12, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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IP edits too old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:43, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Its very clear that this user is still editing with an IP (probably masking their real IP). Here they made an edit as an IP  followed a half hour later by the logged in account, then immediately after the logged in account makes the edit the IP appears and makes a whole series of edits, starting with  which removed the old declines, clearly thinking they could remove since they "fixed" the issues while logged in. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  13:09, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Adding on since I missed this when I originally posted. The user created this page and once again within 4 minutes the IP was editing . -  Galatz גאליץ  שיחה Talk  13:21, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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IP edits too old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:43, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Yet again a new set of IP addresses for this user, but he same MO. This user created another page for a non-notable professional wrestling tag team and within a minute the user logs out and makes edits to the page. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  13:54, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Additionally this user just made two redirects at and  followed by minutes later the IP user changed a page to that name. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  14:09, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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IP edits too old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:44, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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More attempts to avoid scrutiny by editing as an IP. While logged in, KrishRoyceInc creates a not unreasonable redirect, which nobody looking at his contributions would have much of a problem with I doubt. However just 1 minute later KrishRoyce logs out and turns the redirect into an article. In addition there's another attempt to remove AFC notices from a rejected draft, not for the first time. Moab12 (talk) 08:33, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Impressive how the IP magically had an article ready to go as soon as the page was created. Another clear WP:DUCK. -  Galatz גאליץ שיחה Talk  14:51, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * This IP's edits are too old, so no action. However, as before, is clearly creating pages on non-notable wrestlers with their account, and then either logging out to overwrite their redirects with articles or else creating the page so that someone else can write an article in violation of WP:ACPERM; neither one is allowed. KrishRoyceInc is blocked indefinitely. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:56, 29 September 2019 (UTC)