Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masskarthi007/Archive

26 March 2016

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Rajvinoth36 registered and picked up on editing Massu Engira Masilamani after master was blocked. Created Masss 2 (the sequel?). Seemingly promoting the same films. Bazj (talk) 09:48, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:34, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are top be related, though this could be paid editing as opposed to outright socking.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:05, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case with no action.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

06 April 2016

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There's a clear similarity between their names--the *karthi*007. Editing Indian film articles. There are several points of intersection as noted here, all 12 days apart.

Masskarthi007 dumped a sourced box office gross for this film, changing it from ₹ 900 crore to 136 crore. Anjaankarthik007 did the same thing. Enough here to warrant CU, methinks. Also, I think it qualifies as sockpuppetry because the user is making pernicious edits--adding unsourced and dubious financial information, ignoring obvious notes, adding POV fluff like "declared as super hit", "declared as hit", "declared as semi-hit", "declared as blockbuster" getting negative attention from good editors, then moving to another account to escape scrutiny. It's not a valid use of multiple accounts. Also, Masskarthi007 made similar POV edits "declared as a Box office Block buster", "declared as hit", "declared as super hit". Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:43, 6 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Addendum - I've indeffed the suspected sock and master for duck behavior after he started up again, but I wonder if poking around in the technical data might help any. I'm noticing intersections with Padmalakshmisx socks like Arichuvadi at this article, but I also see intersections with EmperoroftheKings and AniceMathew socks (like WhatAsalsA and SanalSonu) at this article. Stale, I know... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:21, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Checkuser is not spitting out anything useful, I'm sorry to say. Courcelles (talk) 19:02, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The hustle is much appreciated,, thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:11, 6 April 2016 (UTC)


 * CLosing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:19, 6 April 2016 (UTC)