Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masu7/Archive

27 August 2012

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These users have been creating similar articles such as Wayamba Royal College, Kurunegala (originally Royal College, Wayamba), Horana Royal College (originally Royal College Horana) and heavy editing on Panadura Royal College and Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Madya Maha Vidyalaya similar to that of Masu7 eg: [] &. Affiliated articles and cats have been created with little or no information or notability Alumni of Royal College Horana, Battle of the Greens,Category:Alumni of Royal College Horana,Category:Royal College Horana,Category:Royal College Panadura,Category:Alumni of Royal College Panadura,Category:Alumni of Royal College Horana,List of Royal College Panadura alumni and have engaged in heavy edit warring in Chamara Silva. He has not taken part in the naming discussion that was started in earnest []. Cossde (talk) 14:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The said users have engaged edit waring in; Panadura Royal College, Battle of the Greens, Horana Royal College, Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala, Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Chamara Silva. Panadura Royal College and Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Madya Maha Vidyalaya were articles that the primary user engaged in edit waring before and the Horana Royal College and Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala were created by the socks.Cossde (talk) 15:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Sounds like WP: DUCK. Electric Catfish 16:53, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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Samudrab and Telangapatha are ✅ (and to me, also behaviourally indistinguishable). Masu7 has been inactive for nearly a fortnight, and the behavioural link to that account is less obvious, so the request to check that account is. I cannot ascertain whether the confirmed accounts are editing from a workplace or a residence, but plainly, those users are sock- or meat-puppets. AGK [•] 12:58, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * . Where is the abuse, and why are these accounts considered to be the same individual? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamH (talk • contribs)
 * I've edited the page for readability. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:36, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

29 September 2012

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It seems that this is a resurgence of a former puppet master with a new puppet following the banning of two socks short while back. Just as last time similar activity has been monitored which includes edit waring in the articles Royal College, Colombo, Panadura Royal College, Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala, Monaragala Royal College, Nagoda Royal National College, Chamara Silva. Due to similar activity by User:Obi2canibe it could be considered at this could be the puppet master.Cossde (talk) 12:10, 29 September 2012 (UTC) Cossde (talk) 12:10, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * After Xe2oner was blocked RajaPaiya began editing articles Xe2oner has been |editing before. Cossde (talk) 07:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * this socking is obvious. Based on behavioural evidence, I have blocked and tagged all three named accounts. AGK  [•] 18:03, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

06 October 2012

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was blocked for 31 hours around 0530 2 October. They have been involved in a long-running naming dispute across numerous Sri Lankan schools articles that had resulted in resulted in this ANI report. The other main party in the dispute,, was similarly blocked. The dispute concerning the names had also spilled over into what might be considered partisan editing based on old school allegiances: adding or removing content that reflects on the various school reputations etc. During the block period, registered and began contributing to four of the disputed articles: they had a 29-minute run through them and made edits that accorded with Xe2oner's POV, then became inactive. The username apparently translates as "Royal Dick" and the content in dispute relates to use of the word "Royal" by several Sri Lankan bodies. I suspect sockpuppetry/block evasion. I also suspect that more blocks will be coming in due course. Will the alleged sock reappear? Should we wait that long for a check? Sitush (talk) 10:31, 6 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: it has just been brought to my attention that there have been long-standing concerns about socking in this area and that Sockpuppet_investigations/Masu7/Archive may be relevant to this case. - Sitush (talk) 12:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There is a filing of Sockpuppet_investigations/Masu7 which is largely redundant to this report except that it also seems to implicate as a potential master.

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Both these accounts are now blocked as a result of the case at Sockpuppet_investigations/Masu7 --HighKing (talk) 15:42, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * Nothing more to do here, please archive to the Masu7 case. De728631 (talk) 18:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

16 February 2013

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Continued obsession with Panadura Royal College and ‎Battle of the Greens. Not your siblings&#39; deletionist (talk) 21:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * Extended block to indef, closing. Rschen7754 10:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

06 April 2013

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Edit warring in Royal Preparatory School, recreating article after two discussed consensus of merge Cossde (talk) 13:16, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * Elockid already nailed him. Closing. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 13:37, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

09 April 2013

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Continued obsession with Panadura Royal College, ‎Battle of the Greens, Rajakeeya Maha Vidyalaya, Telijjawila, Nagoda Royal National College, Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Horana Royal College, Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala, Panadura Royal College and Royal Preparatory School. Cossde (talk) 17:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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චතුමධුර blocked and tagged. Elockid  ( Talk ) 15:45, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

16 June 2013

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The new sock User:Wo2gana has been active in topics frequented by Masu7 such as Royal College, Colombo, Royal Preparatory School, Royal College Panadura (creating new article when the primary one Panadura Royal College is protected), moving article to Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala, edit waring in dab page Battle of the Blues. In most cases he is not responsive in talk pages. Cossde (talk) 07:21, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

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 * CU not needed, per  and . Rschen7754 09:33, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

19 December 2013

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Same pattern of moving Panadura Royal College. See also User talk:Qwyrxian. Already blocked. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:49, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

29 December 2013

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Masu 7 has created another sock, this time changing references to Horana Royal College to Royal College, Horana against consensus. Similar behaviour has been shown by User:Xe2oner, User:Wo2gana, User:Samudrab all of whom have been blocked as socks of Masu 7.


 * Horana Royal College: Niroshvthanaw v Xe2oner v User:Samudrab


 * Royal College, Horana: Niroshvthanaw v Samudrab


 * List of schools in Western Province, Sri Lanka: Niroshvthanaw v Wo2gana v User:Samudrab  obi2canibe talk contr 14:52, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

If the above isn't enough for a CU, please say before closing. I have another bit of evidence that I'd prefer not to reveal unless needed. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:45, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I went ahead and blocked the editor to prevent further disruption. The pattern is just like the last sock. If I'm mistaken, he can speak up at his talk page and explain that he's not Masu7. However, I doubt that he will do that. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sockpuppet blocked indef per duck test, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:01, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

11 January 2014

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This user seems to be carrying out edit wars on aticles requented by the Papet master such as Royal College, Horana, Battle of Wayamba, Royal College, Wayamba. Cossde (talk) 04:05, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sockpuppet blocked indef per behavior, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 08:10, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

17 August 2014

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Pure duck. the same as the old and plenty more. Same behaviour, same actions. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:40, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

I went ahead and blocked him per "...all this time you blocked only 30 sock accounts of mine?" Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:53, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * No further action necessary. Mike V  •  Talk  09:41, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

25 August 2014

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Pure WP:DUCK - see previous SPI.-- obi2canibe talk contr 11:12, 25 August 2014 (UTC)  obi2canibe talk contr 11:12, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * I'm going to run a CU because I'm not seeing enough here to block for sure. The focus on Royal Colleges in this area of the world plus the writing style suggest a pretty strong link. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:29, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * CU says ✅ so I've blocked the account. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:31, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

30 August 2014

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Anothe WP:DUCK. Creating "Royal College" articles against consensus.
 * User:Shenifx (another sock of Masu 7) created Royal College (Panadura) Sri Lanka v User:Tk2Wox has created Royal College, (Panadura) Sri Lanka
 * User:Shenifx created Royal - St. John's v User:Tk2Wox has created Royal-St. John's
 * User:Shenifx created Category:Royal College (Panadura) Sri Lanka v User:Tk2Wox has created Category:Royal College, (Panadura) Sri Lanka  obi2canibe talk contr 13:32, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 17:02, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

11 January 2015

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The sock as been editing the same content as the sock master and the sockpupets before. Cossde (talk) 17:21, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked by me just now because of the overwhelming likelihood that this is Masu7 and the fact that he was continuing to make many edits. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:21, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * There's nothing to compare the account to, as all of the past socks are stale. This user doesn't seem to have many socks, so I don't think a check for sleepers is needed. Mike V • Talk 02:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

20 February 2015

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Masu7 is a chronic sock puppeteer who has used numerous socks to change references Panadura Royal College to Royal College Panadura against consensus. The later sock User:සේදර is doing the same:
 * Chamara Silva: සේදර v blocked socks PaTmal7C; MOttaCossaOb; Xe2oner  obi2canibe talk contr 12:47, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged (not checked). Elockid  ( Talk ) 00:24, 21 February 2015 (UTC)


 * User:වේළුපිල්ලේ re-created Royal College (Panadura) as Royal College (Panadura.) - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet. Dan arndt (talk) 06:26, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

22 February 2015

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As Masu is capable of evading blocks by creating new socks the following need indefinite full protection to prevent him from recreating them: Royal College - Panadura; Royal College - (Panadura); Category:Royal College - Panadura; and Category:Royal College - (Panadura).-- obi2canibe talk contr 14:11, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged (not checked). Made a few protections. Elockid  ( Talk ) 20:11, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

24 February 2015

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 * User:වේළුපිල්ලේ re-created Royal College (Panadura) as Royal College (Panadura.) - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet. Dan arndt (talk) 06:26, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * User:වේළුපිල්ලේ re-created Royal College (Panadura) as Royal College (Panadura.) - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet. Dan arndt (talk) 06:26, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

25 February 2015

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Duck. Recreating separate article for Panadura Royal College (Royal College (Panadura.)) and Category:Royal College (Panadura.) like the previous socks. APK whisper in my ear  08:20, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

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, waiting for an admin to block.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:DUCK on 's behalf. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  18:47, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

9 March 2015

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 * User:රාජකීයඅභිමාණය re-created Panadura Royal College as Royal College, Panadura (Srilanka) - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet. Dan arndt (talk) 02:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * User:රාජකීයඅභිමාණය re-created Panadura Royal College as Royal College, Panadura (Srilanka) - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet. Dan arndt (talk) 02:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

10 March 2015

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 * User:TrUEroYalway re-created Panadura Royal College as Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet.
 * User:TrUEroYalway re-created Panadura Royal College as Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura - looking at the above history I suspect that this account is another sockpuppet.

14 March 2015

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WP:DUCK - recreating separate articles for Panadura Royal College. All articles/categories created by the socks should be deleted and indefinitely fully protected to prevent new socks recreating them:
 * Category:Royal College- Panadura
 * Category:Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura
 * Royal College- Panadura
 * Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura
 * Royal College (Sri Lanka)- Panadura  obi2canibe talk contr 12:18, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * I have already changed all the variant articles to redirects, and protected them, and blocked the user for unconstructive contributions.  DGG ( talk ) 05:17, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Most of their edits are deleted. I need an admin to look in the deleted edits. If those two really recreated Panadura Royal College article, than it is obvious sockpuppetry.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:48, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


 * edited Royal College (Sri Lanka)- Panadura, Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura, Category:Royal College (Sri Lanka) - Panadura & Category:Royal College- Panadura. edited Royal College, Panadura (Srilanka) & Category:Royal College, Panadura (Srilanka). I have  both accounts per WP:DUCK. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  18:04, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

18 March 2015

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Creator of Royal College, (Panadura) - Sri Lanka and Category:Royal College, (Panadura) - Sri Lanka, which is the exact same pattern as the other sock puppets of User:Masu7. Dan arndt (talk) 08:34, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * (compare this and this). Admin needed to act.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:47, 20 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:26, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

28 March 2015

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Exactly the same behaviour as previous sock puppets - recreating deleted version of Panadura Royal College.Dan arndt (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

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created 7 Dec 2023. Ten minutes after creation, created Draft:Deshabandu Tennakoon in a single precocious edit. Went to sleep for a month, and immediately returned to master's usual topics (see interactions, Battle of the Blues, etc), then recreated Battle of the Blues (Ambalangoda) and Battle of the Blues (Matara). Edit warring at Panadura Royal College, similar to previous socks User:Samudrab, User:Telangapatha, User:Xe2oner, User:RajaPaiya, etc. Wikishovel (talk) 07:35, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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Masu7 is known for promoting the image of Nalanda College, Colombo by creating bios of its past pupils. Deshabandu Tennakoon being an old Nalandian conforms with Masu7's modus operandi. Chanaka L ( talk ) 14:39, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The Wordsmith Talk to me 00:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)