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Nxtgenwiki was blocked for repeatedly recreating articles about Manan Shah, an "ethical hacker" from Gujarat, India. Manan Rockx Hacker, and Manan Rockx were created and deleted. Manan Shah is now SALTed.

Manan Shah's website is mananrockx.com, which is a clear match to Mananrockx, who again recreated Manan Shah, as well as some other now-deleted articles which may be unrelated.

In late May and early June, a Gujarat-based IP (180.211.114.122) created Draft:Manan Shah and Draft:Avalance (Manan Shah's company). That IP has also added many links to the non-draft versions which were later created. No other recent edits.

Geeknnerd is a WP:SPA who edited the Draft:Manan Shah, but got impatient when it was declined through AFC, and copied it over to Manan Shah (Ethical Hacker). Geeknnerd has denied having a COI and having any connection to Krishtailor. Notice that Geeknnerd signs at the beginning of their comment, doesn't use capitals, and uses ellipsis without spaces where periods would be more conventional, all of which match Krishtailor.

Krishtailor's only two edits are to created Avalance Global solutions with many of the same very flimsy sources used at the Manan Shah articles, and to comment on its AFD.

Articles for deletion/Manan Shah (Ethical Hacker) and Articles for deletion/Avalance Global solutions provide additional context. Grayfell (talk) 21:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Came here from the AfD. This looks like a duck to me and the accounts are no doubt linked (and seem to have a COI as well, I mean Geeknnerd uploaded this as "own work"). All 3 accounts (except Mananrockx) have tried multiple times to get their article up (using different titles even after it has been salted). I can't view the deleted history of Mananrockx so I don't know if they have created the same article or not - but the username shows that there might be a weak link. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:04, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There's a speedy deletion notice for Manan Shah on Mananrockx's talk page, and a warning for creating Avalance Helathcare Solutions [sic], which seems like a clear enough sign. Grayfell (talk) 05:35, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see now. Yes, this is typical ducky behaviour. All of them seem to be related. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 05:39, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

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The most recent edit by one of the suspected puppets is July 15. Closing without prejudice.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:33, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

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recreation of salted article Manan Shah - Hacker Manan Shah Manan Shah (MananRockx) Manan Shah (Ethical Hacker) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:58, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare the alleged sock's version of the page with previous iterations, and block if they look similar enough. Thanks, GABgab 22:51, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * , compared, blocked this account and as suspected socks based on the behavior. I haven't bothered with other old socks that I found. Closing. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  00:18, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of Manan Shah using different title MANAN SHAH. The article was created multiple time by multiple users please see this Search results. GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:51, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * I've moved the case. See these: . GABgab 21:51, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please compare these pages to past creations to make the call. Thanks, GABgab 19:52, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The articles are somewhat different (but neither worthy of inclusion) - I would not personally block the above as socks based upon this recreation alone -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 01:58, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Closing. GABgab 02:14, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

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Another SPA trying to create an article on Manan Shah, this time at Manan Shah Ethical Hacker, since most obvious variations have been salted. As previous socks, this editor puts their signature at the beginning of posts, and uses poor grammar and punctuation on the talk page. The grammar of the article itself is much better, suggesting it came from someone else. Grayfell (talk) 18:08, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * i dont understand why you moving in thisTechbrains (talk) 18:13, 30 March 2017 (UTC)techbrains Moved from the talk page of this case. GABgab 00:32, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:52, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sock tagged and indeffed. Closing.