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Both have made edits in the same articles with the sockpuppeteer receiving more than a fair amount of warnings. Edit in the onscure same articles: sockpuppeteer, sock; sockpuppeteer, sock. Trying to create false consensus on Talk pages: sock, sock, sock, sockpuppeteer. Edits in the draft created by the sockpuppeteer: sockpuppeteer, sock.

Could be the sock of another previous sockpuppeteer. Gotitbro (talk) 03:06, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Added IP which has edited in another obscure draft created by the master, egregiously removed content after the master had disruptively added a cn tag replacing a RS in an article, copyediting edits of the master and clear POVPUSH edits in tandem with the sockpuppet. The IP address requires a block here as well. Gotitbro (talk) 20:01, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - On Special:Diff/970286864 + Special:Permalink/970288540 alone. -- Amanda - mobile  (aka DQ) 04:07, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ for and . The following accounts are ✅:
 * My instinct is that it's the same person but a behavior sanity check won't hurt; CU-wise they're same IP and user agent, but it's from somewhere that has a higher chance of having false positives if looking just at CU data alone.  Maxim (talk)  21:46, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , Just want to confirm, when you said, "My instinct is that it's the same person" you were talking about Nishesh99 compared to Bhattarai1237? -- RoySmith (talk) 20:33, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , yes, Nishesh99 compared to Bhattarai1237.  Maxim (talk)  12:30, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Bhattarai1237 and Nepal knowledge indeffed and tagged. TruthIsTruth0 and Kb knowledge have no edits. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:37, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed that the IP is probably related, blocked for a week. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:11, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , yes, Nishesh99 compared to Bhattarai1237.  Maxim (talk)  12:30, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Bhattarai1237 and Nepal knowledge indeffed and tagged. TruthIsTruth0 and Kb knowledge have no edits. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:37, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed that the IP is probably related, blocked for a week. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:11, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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Similar username as the master and a previous sock, editing the same obscure Draft created by the master. Gotitbro (talk) 17:29, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * . Can you look into this, seems like a recently activated dormant account not caught in the previous CU; please check for any sleeper accounts as well. Gotitbro (talk) 17:42, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you move this SPI under Nisheshbhattarai, since that appears to be the first/original master? Gotitbro (talk) 06:15, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅.  Maxim (talk)  17:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:14, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * moved to the oldest account. Thanks for letting me know. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 07:19, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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Username; interest in colleges and Chitwan District- related topics. Popped up on my watchlist today, so it was obviously missed in previous investigations, but it appears to be older than the username the SPI is currently under. The fact that this user has access to accounts that haven't edited in over a year suggests they may be a blocked user from even earlier. is probably the oldest among the known accounts. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:55, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - this seems to me that this account was once a sleeper (as 4th May edits would be stale for CU in August). The account has become active again a few days after the last block. Requesting and endorsing for a sleeper check (they may have created more sleepers in the last couple of days seeing as they have used one). Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:19, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, no additional accounts visible. ST47 (talk) 16:35, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same POVPUSH as previous IPs and socks. Eg.,.

The range is also being used by a lot other vandals, likely other sock groups and no useful edits are coming from it (has already been blocked from specific articles for vandalising them), asking for a wider block on 27.34.0.0/17. Gotitbro (talk) 09:20, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Calling this POVPUSH is a bit of a stretch, but the edits to Krishna Janmashtami do look like those of past socks. Blocked the IP for a week. Filer's suggestion to block the /17 is, the majority of the contributions from that range appear to be good-faith and so a rangeblock would be needlessly disruptive. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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Similar edits in articles created or edited by previous socks/IPs. Gotitbro (talk) 14:46, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Added IPs from the same range as of previous socks making edits in same articles. Gotitbro (talk) 14:51, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 * This is the article (should be speedy deleted) that was created by a previous sock and has been mostly edited/repeatedly submitted for AfC by sock IPs from the same range and edited by the latest sock account. Previous sock made disruptive edits in an article, the same is done by the latest sock. The rest are edits related to the Chitwan District in Nepal which particularly interested the previous sock (added some likely IP socks). Gotitbro (talk) 16:33, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Gotitbro - I need more information before I can make a decision. Are the diffs or links you can provide? Which similar articles exactly are being edited, and by whom? Any in-depth information you can provide will be helpful. :-) Thanks -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Darshantole is maybe  and now blocked as a suspected sock.  but I note that it's already rangeblocked anyway. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:26, 8 November 2020 (UTC)