Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nilpriyo/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Page Jogomaya created by user:Shibadas2024 on February 29, 2024 which was moved back to Draft:Jogomaya by another editor the same day. Page recreated by user:Nilpriyo on March 13th and since has been edited back and forth by Shibadas2024, Nilpriyo, and user:2000editor. Note that ALL three accounts are editing with tag "mobile edit, mobile web edit." Interaction tool shows Nilpriyo and Shibadas2024 sharing edits on 22 pages despite Shibadas2024 only having 129 total edits. Interaction tool shows Nilpriyo and 2000editor sharing edits to 7 pages (although more than half of 2000editor's 104 edits are to those pages). There are a lot of IPs on those pages with similar editing tags so likely LOUTSOCKing as well.
 * Appears to be associated with and possibly UPE for Zee Entertainment Enterprises (specifically Zee Bangla) as the majority of edits for these accounts relate to that network. There is also this sock farm which heavily edits Zee pages so may be related here.
 * Also, Nilpriyo was previously checked as part of another SOCK farm. Just FYI in case there is anything a CU sees that may connect this filing so it can be merged.
 * Finally, pinging who has been dealing with this from a COI angle on the talk page of Nilpriyo. CNMall41 (talk) 07:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I also just restored the notability tag to the Jogomaya page that was placed by The Banner but just removed by one of the many IPs.--CNMall41 (talk) 08:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * , I just did some digging and see you dealt with this user in 2022 at this SPI so not sure if there is any related information. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Adding an IP and another account. Today the redirect from Mon Dite Chai was removed by IP 103.185.174.133 and then updated immediately by IP 49.33.208.78 who also creates a redirect from Draft:Mon Dite Chai. Both IP ranges continuously try to remove that redirect since January 2024. Was previously created as Mon dite chai serial under an alternative name by this sock farm. The same conduct (removing redirect and adding link to Zee Bangla was done recently by Shibadas2024 and Dipta dutta 89667hgfYuj. Request a block on the IPs (possible ranges) to avoid further disruption of UPE and socking. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, also seeing Ashtami (TV series) just created by Nilpriyo. Note that there is NO NEED for the disambiguation title and likely created to avoid detection. For months, IP addresses have been attempting to link Ashtomi from Zee Bangla and it keeps getting reverted as the page does not exist. Nilpriyo understands that a disambiguation is not needed as they attempted to link from the original name, then linked it to the disambiguation title thereafter. --CNMall41 (talk) 18:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @CNMall41 No, there was a need for the disambiguation in the title: Ashtami is an article about a Hindu festival, although several attempts have recently been made to over-write it with an article about the TV series. Pam  D  17:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I do see Ashtami and agree a disambiguation would be needed if that was the name. If you look at this version of Zee Banlga, you can see the name has been listed as Ashtomi, but recently changed to Ashtami with a disambiguation. So the original name was changed to Ashtami and based on the paid media in the draft and what I find online, it looks like a campaign of WP:NERWSORGINDIA. At this point, I am not even sure if the series exists. Note that none of the actors have Wikipedia pages and the sources are all recent and paid media. --CNMall41 (talk) 18:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Based on the IP range, I believe this is tied to this SPI for Symon Sadik.--CNMall41 (talk) 05:09, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * I am not entirely convinced by the behavioral evidence here; the overlap is on recent Bengali TV shows, and is of exactly the sort of editing you would expect from clueless fans of a TV show. I ran some checks on, where the evidence seems strongest, and while I cannot rule out carefully disguised sockpuppetry, I'm inclined to think this is ❌. . I will leave this open for a while in case some of the other SPIs that are mentioned here turn up something. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:36, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing, it's been a few weeks. Izno (talk) 20:24, 2 June 2024 (UTC)