Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Maheshworld/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Both these editors are working on obscure Indian movies/ series which would not be considered reliable under most of our criteria. Their seems to be many overlaps on their edits and many of their articles, its only them editing the articles with maybe a few cleanup edits by established editors. They seem to be part of some ad agency engaged in creating articles around Dushyant Pratap Singh and his movies.
 * Shalu Shukla makes this article and Mahesh World comes to modify it on that day. No other editor has added any content.
 * Dushyant Pratap Singh has been created by Vg wiki079 and all the other content edits have been by the other two.
 * Aazam was created by Maheshworld and has seen edits by Shalu Shukla
 * All the content edits on Zindagi Shatranj Hai a movie by Dushyant Pratap Singh are by these three with Maheshworld creating the article and Shalu Shukla adding the poster. A similar case with another of his movie, Trahimam which was created by Vg wiki079 and Shalu Shukla again added the poster.
 * I can also see other editors like DushyantCorporation who have already been blocked for an overtly promotional username probably also associated with Dushyant Singh. A checkuser is requested as they may be associated with previously blocked editor Cvsingh.cs10 whose sock started The Hundred Bucks another of Dushyant Pratap Singh's movies.  Jupitus Smart  03:24, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:00, 2 July 2023 (UTC)


 * geolocates to the same large city and is to the confirmed accounts.
 * The accounts which are confirmed to each other have a large overlap in CheckUser evidence, but it may be shared use of a single device. Even if this is the case, they are likely coordinating. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:05, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * - I will not consider shared device usage: Shalu Shukla and Maheshworld are editing with the same device, same topics, and alternating from one account to the other very close in time (but without overlapping). These are the obvious signs of being the same person, and if that's not the case, they will get a chance in an appeal to explain how and why they are coordinating their editing. Vg wiki079 follows a similar alternation pattern that also suggests coordination with the others. Please, indef all 3 accounts. Maheshworld and Shalu Shukla as confirmed, Vg wiki079 as suspected. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 19:52, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged as requested. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 03:49, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I am highly confident that the two puppets named here are linked to each other, noting the closeness of their account creations, similar levels of editing activity, and on the basis of tag-team editing on various Indian film articles, such as Pyar Ke Do Naam and Two Zero One Four. Even on articles where they don't overlap, their styles match: for instance, compare their joint work at Two Zero One Four to Kitelobo's work at Kooki (film)--in both cases, the socks edit carelessly and in a promotional fashion; in the case of Two Zero One Four, they ignore that we've sailed past the stated projected release date of March 2024 (and that we still haven't actually had a reliable source confirming that principal photography has actually commenced--in the case of Kooki, Kitelobo ignores that there are actually abundant high-quality reviews that establish the subject's notability (and that it has already had a limited release at a film festival last year), likely because these reviews are mixed-to-negative. The connection to Maheshworld is a bit more tenuous and is based on their overlap at Shravan Tiwari, as well as the fact that these editors' behavior clearly makes them out to be sockpuppets of a farm. I've already blocked Globalaltair because their individual edits at the aforementioned articles as well as at Razakar (film) are clearly promotional (compare the state of that article now to when Globalaltair was done with their first draft). Note that at Razakar (film) there is also overlap with other sockpuppet networks, including socks from Sockpuppet investigations/Fostera12, Sockpuppet investigations/Souniel Yadav, and Sockpuppet investigations/Nenetarun. Not clear whether this is a coincidence or a sign of one big network. signed,Rosguill talk 15:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)


 * , I'm confident on the basis of their editing records, I was mostly hoping that the CU would shed light on who else they are connected to. signed,Rosguill talk 13:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * , I've taken a look, but based on the technical data I can't say anything stronger than - there is a small amount of overlap between the two accounts you've listed, and going off of the CU logs I also see some overlap between Globalaltair and Maheshworld, but we're talking about some wide, busy ranges here. It's not the sort of technical connection that I would rely upon to push the block button, but if you are convinced on the basis of the behavioural evaluation then use your discretion.   Girth Summit  (blether)  10:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Doesn't sound like there's much more we can say here. Closing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:25, 18 May 2024 (UTC)