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23 December 2014

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their contributions and obsession with Arjun Kapoor's article is very similar to the parent account who was recently blocked for threatening me. More specifically, same non free images loaded by both users, here and here. KRIMUK  90  ✉  09:58, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Spiderman1993 has just blanked this page:. I think we can safely assume socking... AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:28, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

I am to socking but User Krimuk90 is building fake allegations on me and trying to block me for life. From:Spiderman1993 (talk) 13:30, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * While Spiderman1993's field of editing is the same as Mridul's, his vocabulary is somewhat different, and his alignment of text is correct. I dunno what to say about socking. Kailash29792 (talk) 13:50, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think you need to say anything, given the above confession. And the fact that Spiderman1993 has continued the same copyright-violating uploading of images that got him into trouble in the first place. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:56, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Mike V •  Talk  00:43, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * They're highly . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:55, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and tagged. Mike V  •  Talk  17:27, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

13 February 2015

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History of continued harassment towards me. Removing mention of herself from an archived discussion. Soon after, a message was posted in this archived page. KRIMUK  90  ✉  03:34, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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Checkuser comments: All of the IP addresses that the master account and its socks have used, as well as the two IPs identified on this SPI, are highly dynamic and at least some of them are likely proxies. There is no reasonable prospect of qualitatively identifying any socks here, not that we would normally comment on IP addresses. A short block for the most recent IPs is all that can be done, and I've applied one-week blocks. Risker (talk) 04:53, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Risker, closing. Mike V • Talk 04:56, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

30 March 2015

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Similar interest area, namely adding/removing height information and changing pictures in Bollywood actor/actress articles. this summary is very similar to this summary by original account. Obsession with Arjun Kapoor also continues in such experimental edits as this, which comprised much of the original account's contributions. And more obviously, this username is similar to the name of her previous sock. Krimuk | 90 ( talk ) 07:44, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * And as expected, soon after lodging this complaint, this abusive message in Hindi was posted on my talk page. -- Krimuk | 90 ( talk ) 08:50, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * -  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:22, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * This was ducky enough to warrant a block without a check; that being said it's a technical match as well.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:31, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:59, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

19 April 2015

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recreating recently deleted userpage made by a sock. User:Vanjagenije if you had looked at the only userpage created you'd have seen it was just deleted (i can't show you that) literally the day before Hell in a Bucket (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2015 (UTC) [] should clear it up. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 22:53, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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An obvious sock who doesn't seem to be tired of harassing me. -- Krimuk | 90 ( talk ) 01:24, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I have previously summarised Mridul Sharma's long term harassment towards me in this thread. Hope that's helpful. "Katrina Mukti D'Souza Kapoor" is a name Sharma has often referred to me as, I think because my username "Kri" and "Muk" are part of this name. Also, this user page that they created references my real name "Smarojit" (which was my username before I requested a change) and copies a format I previously used on my user page. If you also look at the page history of my previous username, an IP sock of Sharma is making those very same edits. -- Krimuk | 90 ( talk ) 02:02, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * - Please, explain. What is recreated, and who was original author?  How exactly is  harassing you?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:53, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * By the way, I believe might also be a sock. User page of  was redirected to User:Sher Singh 111 by a sock  before Sher Singh 111 account was created.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:56, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * - To compare and  with  based on the evidence above.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  16:19, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The users 'Katrina Mukti D'Souza Kapoor', 'Sher Singh 111' and 'Arjun Kapoor 26' are now blocked, tagged, and ✅.


 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:21, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

23 May 2015

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Only one diff needed as they admitted being a sock on my talk page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:5_albert_square&diff=next&oldid=663636364

This user constantly harasses Krimuk90. This to me is serious and the user has a history of setting up other accounts. I'm therefore requesting CheckUser to see if they have any sleeping accounts. As the user has emailed me quite a few times begging to be unblocked, I suspect that they may have. 5 albert square (talk) 10:48, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅. I adjusted the tag on the puppet. No apparent sleepers. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:40, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

27 July 2015

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I only have one piece of obvious evidence and that is that the IP blanked the SPI:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mriduls.sharma&diff=prev&oldid=673266785

This IP is editing from the same areas as the previous blocked IPs so I've blocked it on sight and I'm about to tag it. I'm aware CU can't do anything about IPs, I'm just listing it here so we can keep a track of the IPs being used. 5 albert square (talk) 07:10, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:17, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

09 February 2016

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Gamer201 is an old account, created in 2008, but didn't make their first edit until 18 November 2015, editing only in their own userspace until 3 December, when they suddenly decided to remove material from an old talk page archive belonging to, the exact same material regarding Mriduls.sharma that has previously been removed by other socks (see archive history, Superman403 is a blocked Mriduls.sharma sock; as for Chander, see below). Among their very few edits outside their own user space are also a revert of an edit made by Krimuk90 (who Mriduls.sharma had multiple run-ins with), edits, including odd moves, of Boney Kapoor, an article edited by both Mriduls.sharma and multiple previous socks, and the edits that caught my eye, replacing the sock tag on User:Mriduls.sharma with a tag, and removing everything but that tag from User talk:Mriduls.sharma. Edits trying to hide the fact that Mriduls.sharma has been indeffed for socking that fit in with edits previously made by other socks (edits which include blocked sock Ranvirojha trying to move the user pages to a different name...).

When looking at the edits made by Gamer201 I found Sockpuppet investigations/Chander, which fits in perfectly with this SPI and Gamer201's edits, including trying to remove the exact same material from Krimuk90's old talk page archive as Gamer201 did. Chander was indeffed in November 2015 (not long before Gamer201 started editing...), but made their last edit just short of three months ago, so there might still be a chance to compare Chander and Gamer201 technically, which is why I have requested a CU check. Considering the number of previous socks there might also be sleepers. Thomas.W talk 19:21, 9 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Gamer201, Chander and Superman403 (blocked as a Mriduls.sharma sock by Ponyo in March 2015), plus a number of IPs, have all tried to remove the exact same material about Mriduls.sharma from a one-year-old user talkpage archive (Gamer201, Superman403, Chander), material that isn't in any way degrading or insulting, unless being referred to as a "her" is seen as degrading. An archive there's no way to find by chance, which is why I see all of the accounts as connected to each other, as either sock-puppets or meat-puppets. Thomas.W talk 21:20, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:43, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, all the accounts here are . I CU-blocked the last account in May 2015, which means the gap between the technical evidence supporting that block and Gamer201's technical evidence is six months.
 * Gamer201 is . They are using the same range of IPs, and at least one of the user agents is close to what they used in May 2015, taking into account the lapse of time.
 * Gamer201 is ❌ to Chander.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeffing Gamer201 with tag. Chander actually makes the opposite edits to Gamer201 and Superman403 (he replaces instead of removes). That doesn't rule him out per se but it appears that he found that archive by first reverting an IP and then backtracking to that IP's edit to the archive.

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Editing same sort of pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Renamed_user_henga2423&diff=prev&oldid=636912602

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Renamed_user_henga2423&diff=prev&oldid=636888111

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arjun_Kapoor&diff=prev&oldid=633682353

Then Arjun is editing Mriduls talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mriduls.sharma&diff=prev&oldid=748127539

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mriduls.sharma&diff=prev&oldid=748127539

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mriduls.sharma&diff=next&oldid=739991181

And they are claiming to know one another:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Renamed_user_henga2423/Archive_13&diff=prev&oldid=748122661

I'm wondering if they are in fact the same person. Requesting CU to see if this is the case and also to check for any sleepers. 5 albert square (talk) 17:27, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * I am not listing any already-blocked accounts. I am limiting myself to accounts that fit the behavioral patterns described in this case, even if the accounts are technical matches.
 * Arjun Kapoor 85 is ✅, blocked, and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:50, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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"Kumirk90" is an impostor of Krimuk90. Material.scientists is an obvious impostor of admin Materialscientist. Both accounts edited at Arjun Kapoor, which was also a hotbed of activity for a bunch of socks. I don't know who the actual master is, but given that two impostor accounts have sprung up in the last day or two, I'd like to get a CU to look into things. I've blocked both accounts, but have not tagged anyone. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:45, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Addendum: just added Supsupermanser to the CU list. He popped up at Arjun Kapoor restoring content added by Kumirk, and he also intersects with Kumirk at Abhishek Bachchan and Vivek Oberoi. In all these cases, he was adding actor heights based on information at lightscamerabollywood.com. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:56, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * These are all ✅ to, who is a confirmed sock of . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:21, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:53, 8 November 2016 (UTC)


 * All socks tagged Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 01:24, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Abhijit404, a CU confirmed sock has previously been an irritant to (formerly Krimuk90). In the archive, one of the socks was an impostor of Krimuk. Similarly, BoneyK has done some stuff in Renamed user's userspace.
 * Account is a pale imitation of yours truly. Again, an impostor account like the previous socks. Contininuing the Cyphoidbomb focus, BoneyK has attempted to harass me on my talk page and reverted a number of edits of mine.

Pretty ducky, and the accounts have been indeffed, but I'm filing this for completeness. I'm opening a CU request only because he's been rather prolific l'm curious if there are other accounts out there that need to be discovered. No idea what this guy's game plan is, and other than opening the SPI a few days ago, I don't know what other intersection I've had with this person. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Highly :
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Highly :
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Tagged and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:42, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Impersonation of Cyphoidbomb (like with ) and userpage vandalism Linguist  Moi?  Moi.  19:08, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Has been blocked for impersonation. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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See editing history of investigation casepage and archive page Linguist  Moi?  Moi.  19:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * All have been blocked and tagged. Thanks for adding them to the case, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:24, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Admits it on user page. Linguist Moi?  Moi.  08:43, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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Suspected socks created User:Mriduls.sharma/1000 and User talk:Mriduls.sharma/1000. Sro23 (talk) 12:01, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Those accounts are already blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:55, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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Reinstating the same edits to Arjun Kapoor blocked sockpuppets have made:. This person has been non-stop socking lately. Sro23 (talk) 11:50, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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Linguist Moi?  Moi.  12:00, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - it's quacking loudly, a sweep for sleepers would be appreciated. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:09, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There was also account . Both accounts now blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:02, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That makes Harry.singh12 the oldest account, by 42 minutes. I'm disinclined to move the case given the very small time discrepancy and only 5 edits by that account, but another clerk can correct me if this is wrong. Both accounts tagged, case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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Duck. Admitted it here when they were pleading for a second chance at redemption.

IPs used:
 * Chandigarh, India; ISP: BSNL - Edited here - self-admitted - circa 6 December 2016
 * Chandigarh, India; ISP: BSNL - Edited here - self-admitted - circa 6 December 2016


 * Chandigarh, India; ISP: BSNL - Edited here - self-admitted - circa 7 December 2016
 * Chandigarh, India; ISP: BSNL - Edited here - self-admitted - circa 7 December 2016


 * Haryana, India; ISP: BSNL - Favonian pointed out to me that the user also edited from this IP circa 6 December to recreate harassment pages directed at Sro23 and Krimuk90. For the benefit of behavioral analysis, the vandal tends to create sub-pages in userspace, often with disparaging comments and threats, often involving some disparagement involving transgender slurs. - circa 6 December 2016
 * Haryana, India; ISP: BSNL - Favonian pointed out to me that the user also edited from this IP circa 6 December to recreate harassment pages directed at Sro23 and Krimuk90. For the benefit of behavioral analysis, the vandal tends to create sub-pages in userspace, often with disparaging comments and threats, often involving some disparagement involving transgender slurs. - circa 6 December 2016


 * Haryana, India; ISP: Balaji Telecom - Originally created some of the disparaging pages circa mid-Nov 2016. - Accusations of prostitution, threats to hack Sro23's account, etc. - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:21, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Haryana, India; ISP: Balaji Telecom - Originally created some of the disparaging pages circa mid-Nov 2016. - Accusations of prostitution, threats to hack Sro23's account, etc. - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:21, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Some of the IPs have been dealt with by Favonian. I'm just including the above details for future behavioral connections. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Duck, based on his harassment of Sro23 and Krimuk90 (renamed user) here. Has taken to referring to himself as the "Sanjay Dutt of Wikipedia" whatever that means. Only creating SPI to log that new behavior. User has been blocked and tagged. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:14, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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