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Appears to have moved pages from these non-autoconfirmed editors to mainspace without any contact. Looks like a sock ring designed to subvert ACTRIAL (see contibs of main sockmaster). Might well be only a small part of a larger ring. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  03:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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Note if you check the user's contribs, the actions are identical for HudaTimesNews as with the others. If the others are confirmed socks then it leaves no doubt as to HudaTimesNews also being a sock, even if checkuser doesn't verify. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  19:47, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * MediaTribe
 * MumbaiMediaEditor45
 * ArshadNomanSayed
 * HudaTimesNews is but there is very little data. At the least, HudaTimesNews should be blocked for a username violation, but it should be a soft block.
 * the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:18, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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The user Lallayjp re-moved Draft:Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band to the article namespace when the film is still unreleased. I have moved it back to the draft namespace again. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 23:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * If connected, this account would have turned up in the CU check. The only point of similarity is the page move, which has since been repeated by another editor who very clearly isn't a sockpuppet, meaning it's not all that indicative of sockpuppetry. Closing without action. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:20, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

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See user page which recreates Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band + naming convention. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:42, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
 * PRTeamMT Has now created Shaadi teri bajayenge hum band in mainspace. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:24, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
 * also added Yohan Poonawalla due to promotional overlap. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:25, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * I have added User:Lallayjp as they have moved the declined draft of Yohan Poonawalla into main space + performed other promo edits. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:32, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

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Yohan Poonawalla is to. The other accounts are ✅. the confirmed accounts. Blocked Yohan Poonawalla without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:47, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:38, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Recreated Yohan Poonawalla with a move from draft space at AfC exactly like did. Similar writing styles, nearly identical recreation. CU for sleepers and possible range block. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * There's also this incredibly suspicious edit that he appeared to copy from who is blocked as a sock of  but the behavior seems closer to this master to me.  CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:55, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

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✅ to Yohan Poonawalla. Blocked without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Tagged as a sock of SunilGuptaWiki and closing.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:13, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

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DDR recreated Yohan Poonawalla as Poonawalla Yohan to evade salt and GTX45Ninja moved it to mainspace, same MO as last set and the added bonus that GTX has now recreated Draft:Shaadi Teri Bajayenge Hum Band. CU for sleepers. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:34, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Added Rude as they created an article (looks like an SPA) and DDR moved it to mainspace similar to past socks. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:35, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * I meant to take the sleepers part out actually but if it'll help.. :P CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:46, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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I suspect you forgot to change the status to CU.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:44, 5 March 2018 (UTC)


 * All three blocked, plus the sleeper Courcelles (talk) 18:47, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * No tags. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 05:18, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

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Recreated Draft:Dilip De. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 21:12, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:48, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

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only editing same page as pupetter, who has been blocked from editing that page due to edit warring Moons of Io (talk) 09:35, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the IP and indeffed Krishnarthiindia for block evasion as well as for being a suspected sock or meatpuppet of MediaTribe, whose socks have repeatedly tried to recreate this article with similar content. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:09, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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User:Krishnarthiindia, just blocked above, created Mohit7979's user page. Uncle Spock (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * - the userpage thing is certainly suspicious, and the accounts also overlap here. However sometimes people randomly do weird stuff so I don't want to block them purely based on a sock creating their userpage. Please compare the accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:34, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Krishnarthiindia and Mohit7979 are to each other, but it's no more than being in the same large country, which is almost meaningless.  Indian socks writing spammy articles about Indian businesspeople are 10 paise a dozen, so I'd say UPE is likely, but being socks not so much.  I'm especially dubious about calling this a MediaTribe sock.  The last reported sock in that case was 5 years ago, which is an eternity in sock years. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:32, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Per Spicy's finding that the userpage creation wasn't enough evidence on its own, closing without action. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:17, 15 June 2023 (UTC)