Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MRandhwana/Archive

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SPAs used to create articles similar in formatting and tone:
 * MRandhwana created Mayur Ramgir
 * G.Isabelle created Kashif Khan (entrepreneur)
 * StellaB created PetCloud

Multiple similarities in behaviour, which I would prefer to avoid listing publicly per WP:BEANS. Similar (but separate) case to Sockpuppet_investigations/Capeman7.

-- Rentier (talk) 16:38, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Additional information

The edits showing the characteristic behaviour (article creations so no diffs are available) are linked above. Note the similarly-worded edit summaries, very similar structure of all three articles, identically-worded first sentences in Mayur Ramgir and Kashif Khan (entrepreneur). Rentier (talk) 22:42, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Update - September 19

PetCloud appears to have been commissioned through Upwork, which only confirms the behavioural evidence. The freelancer who did it completed a few dozen other jobs in the last 90 days (can email the details if anyone's interested). Rentier (talk) 23:29, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - .&#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. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:50, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Blocked, tagged, closing. Katietalk 00:03, 8 October 2017 (UTC)