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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:51, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * All accounts ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:51, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Just an FYI in case you run into this sock master again. You can either open a new SPI or drop me a note on my talk.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:53, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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This user Vikram Q1W2 comes to my talk page and starts abusing me as well as starts getting defensive about their "Nikhil sir" since in the talk I was discussing about sockfarm Nikhil Srivastava and his modus operandi. This user even starts explaining how the IPs recently trolling my talkpage are from Lucknow and not from Maharashtra from where Nikhil is. I don't remember crossing paths with User:Vikram Q1W2 before. This looks like a clear case of sockpuppeetry or meatpuppetry. Adding more IDS and IPs for checking. Pinging since they know of the recent attacks on me. Would like to request CU as well. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:12, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Also look at the diff added by sock master and User:Vikram Q1W2 talking about the same thing in another user's talk page . The content has since been removed by non-biased users in teh current version Kayastha.


 * Seems on a recruitment drive too . Pinging as well. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:23, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Look at this. Turned the sockfarm page into a memorial. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:36, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Pinging also. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:39, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * This looks like a clear attack on Sitush with whom the sockfarm had problems the most. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:08, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Another diff this by by banned sock User:Shitush and this by this new suspected sock User:Vikram Q1W2. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:21, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

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Consider this checkusered. I'm afraid I can't comment on IP addresses, and many of the accounts are stale. However, I believe the main party of interest, Vikram Q1W2, is probably unrelated to both Nikhil Srivastava and today's socky IPs. I mean technically unrelated, because there's obviously some other relationship going on. Vikram Q1W2 is however part of another sock farm, partial details of which are available on their talk page - currently labelled as Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Sheeba Asia, though I doubt that's an original account. As for any new socky IPs turning up, they should probably just be blocked. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:40, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I think we can close this as nothing further to do at this time. I also wish to point out that the lack of technical relationship I mentioned above should not be interpreted as proof of anything. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:02, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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Similar topic area "Sena Dynasty". Similar caste-centric (Kayastha) unsourced POV like the suspected sock master, ,. Moreover the sock master declared that they are "Bengali" here, the new user also edited a biography of a Bengali person and the Sena Dynasty which was centred in modern Bengal. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:38, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those two based on provided diffs.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * . Same location and range, though the range is very large. Different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:27, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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Although there is a separate SPI page for Sanatanisena1920, the edits by the sockmaster Nikhil Srivastava and Sanatanisena1920's sock Wonderfulindia  look very much similar. They are known for their edits in Kayastha related pages and are very persistent sock/meat puppeteers. Interaction here. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , It seems to me, this should have been filed under the existing Sanatanisena1920 case. Is there some specific reason I shouldn't merge them?  Normally I would just do that, but you've been around for a while, so I figured I'd wait to hear your input. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sanatanisena1920 and its proven sock Wonderfulindia have already been blocked. SPI case page here. But since Nikhil Srivastava is the older account and the edits by Nikhil and Wonderfulindia are similar (above diffs), I have a hunch that these users (Sanatanisena1920 and Wonderfulindia) are Nikhil Srivastava's sock/meat puppets (known for such behavior) and thus IMO this case page should be merged here.- Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:30, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , you cu-blocked Nikhil, but didn't note who they were a sock of. Do you remember who? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It was a group of socks that were being used to edit caste articles disruptively who were attacking Sitush. I tagged Nikhil Srivastava as the master account.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:37, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Re-tagged the sockpuppets as suspected Nikhil Srivastava socks and merged the Sanatanisena1920 case here. I don't think there's more that needs to be done so closing. Sro23 (talk) 20:54, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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All these accounts are engaged in keeping a particular set of content on Srivastava (subcaste) Srivastava, recently when I undid content put by a Sockpuppet who was blocked a new account was created just few hrs ago to undo my edits. Heba Aisha (talk) 03:58, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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Please add the following user, repeating the same edit on 24 March: – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No one has taken note of this account who is reverting Srivastava article to the version by the sockpuppet. Heba Aisha (talk) 04:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to one another:
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


 * This will likely have to be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/Nikhil Srivastava. Blablubbs&#124;talk 01:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Duck block on that last one, closing Girth Summit  (blether)  14:45, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unclosing - my bad, has noted that it needs to be merged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:46, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I think so, yes – is tagged as a sock Nikhil Srivastava. I can't merge the cases myself though, this one needs a histmerge. Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I don't feel like flying solo on a histmerge, but I've dropped a note on GeneralNotability's talk page to see if he's got time to hold my hand and walk me through it. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:04, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, merged, retagging socks to reflect this master, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  07:01, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Before this gets archived, could you look at the tagging again? Shouldn't they be tagged as CU-confirmed? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'll bow to your judgment on the proper tagging. My concern was that the socks were confirmed and/or likely to each other, but not to the master. If there's a better way of recording this, I'll be happy to retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:22, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, I see now. I saw that the master was tagged as confirmed, and missed that it was an earlier tagging from an archived case.  This is fine, thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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All these accounts are engaged in keeping a particular set of content on Srivastava (subcaste) Srivastava, recently when I undid content put by a Sockpuppet who was blocked a new account was created just few hrs ago to undo my edits. Heba Aisha (talk) 03:58, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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Please add the following user, repeating the same edit on 24 March: – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No one has taken note of this account who is reverting Srivastava article to the version by the sockpuppet. Heba Aisha (talk) 04:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to one another:
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:05, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


 * This will likely have to be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/Nikhil Srivastava. Blablubbs&#124;talk 01:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Duck block on that last one, closing Girth Summit  (blether)  14:45, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unclosing - my bad, has noted that it needs to be merged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:46, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I think so, yes – is tagged as a sock Nikhil Srivastava. I can't merge the cases myself though, this one needs a histmerge. Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I don't feel like flying solo on a histmerge, but I've dropped a note on GeneralNotability's talk page to see if he's got time to hold my hand and walk me through it. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:04, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, merged, retagging socks to reflect this master, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  07:01, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Before this gets archived, could you look at the tagging again? Shouldn't they be tagged as CU-confirmed? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'll bow to your judgment on the proper tagging. My concern was that the socks were confirmed and/or likely to each other, but not to the master. If there's a better way of recording this, I'll be happy to retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:22, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, I see now. I saw that the master was tagged as confirmed, and missed that it was an earlier tagging from an archived case.  This is fine, thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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Differences are as follows: 1, 2. 3, 4. Ninja Roti and Ninja2019 are already blocked for disruptive editing or persistent sockpuppetry. Would request checkuser for initiating action against the user Large swipe, who is currently active. Ekdalian (talk) 05:16, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Same country/ISP, but that doesn't say all that much.


 * is there a reason you created and ? Also, are you ? There's not absolute evidence of abuse, so I want to give you a chance to speak here, but I'm pretty confident you're the three accounts I just linked. Any clerk or admin can act on this at their discretion without need to consult me further. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Since Large swipe has not edited in 11 days, and since, as Tony says, there is no outright policy violation here, I am going to leave a note on their talk page for admins reviewing it in the future, documenting the finding that they likely edited as Pandya101 (and accrued a number of serious warnings under that name). Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:22, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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Tracking an abusive SPA today who returned to Srivastava and insisted on restoring "high quality sources including the university of oxford" led me very quickly to this case. See below. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * The following are ✅ to each other, and obviously connected to the case per WP:DUCK. They are to previously confirmed socks based on network and geolocation, but confirmation is not possible.
 * Large swipe is with this group, and Dual Engine Boon is  for lack of data. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Large swipe is with this group, and Dual Engine Boon is  for lack of data. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Large swipe is with this group, and Dual Engine Boon is  for lack of data. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Large swipe is with this group, and Dual Engine Boon is  for lack of data. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Large swipe is with this group, and Dual Engine Boon is  for lack of data. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Post-close, I'm also listing these already-blocked accounts as socks of this case. They have not been checked as they are stale, but.
 * It's also pretty obvious that the socks listed in Sockpuppet investigations/Ninja Roti should be included here. They may not be the same person but they're pretty clearly working together and have a common agenda. please evaluate merging that case to here, and tag all of the socks appropriately. The ones checked today should be marked proven, the others at your discretion. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It's also pretty obvious that the socks listed in Sockpuppet investigations/Ninja Roti should be included here. They may not be the same person but they're pretty clearly working together and have a common agenda. please evaluate merging that case to here, and tag all of the socks appropriately. The ones checked today should be marked proven, the others at your discretion. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It's also pretty obvious that the socks listed in Sockpuppet investigations/Ninja Roti should be included here. They may not be the same person but they're pretty clearly working together and have a common agenda. please evaluate merging that case to here, and tag all of the socks appropriately. The ones checked today should be marked proven, the others at your discretion. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * . . Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 22:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
See this post on my page. Compare especially this diff by కాయస్థ శిరోమణి with this by Wearsome studies, a known sock of Nikhil Srivastava. I have blocked కాయస్థ శిరోమణి per WP:DUCK. Bishonen &#124; tålk 20:19, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Seems like it. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:27, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Did you want CU to confirm and/or a sweeper sleep, or are you filing pro forma? Everything in the archives is stale, so a CU could check against log data but it won't be as precise. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 09:33, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I didn't ask for a CU because I think it's obvious, and also because one of my evidence diffs is old; I filed for the record only. Bishonen &#124; tålk 10:45, 30 July 2022 (UTC).
 * The last case resulted in quite a few other accounts being discovered, so I took a quick look - I didn't see any other accounts on the range they had been using. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:46, 30 July 2022 (UTC)