Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Param.arora/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Registered right after master warned on Talk and immediately went to edit same articles, proposing same page move as master was warned about. Similar edit summaries (consistently starting with small letters).

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(In fact, both accounts feel like socks of some other account.) — kashmīrī  TALK  11:07, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Created soon after previous sock blocks, same topic areas (Indian castes/clans, especially Arora-related), similar edit summaries. OhNo itsJamie Talk 17:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * . They're in the same wide range, but on different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and blocked as a suspected sock based on the technical results from Oshwah above (which I peeked at, that's not a super common ISP) as well as the behavioural overlap. Add the "truth" username and the balance tips to this being a sock.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:01, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Behavioural. Recently created, continues edits to virtually the same 3–4 articles as the master and the other socks. Similar editing style. — kashmīrī  TALK  22:51, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You have a reason, the two accounts show some dissimilarities, too (incidentally, that's why I used the term similar and not same, identical). On hi-wiki (thx, Ratnahastin!), Sanatani consistently uses English summaries while Param.arora summarises their edits consistently in Hindi. However, the high degree of overlap in editing scope may warrant a CU. — kashmīrī  TALK  18:52, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

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Comments by Ratnahastin
I'm active on Hindi wikipedia and i would like to present some behavioural evidence


 * Hindi wikipedia page of राजपूत was edited by Sanatani and after 2mintues param arora also edited Rajput page and reverted the sanatani
 * both have edited Arora hindi page by sanatani and param 06:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same geolocation, but different ranges and user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:09, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * - could you comment more on the similarities you see between their edits? My first impression was that the master seems to have a much better grasp of the English language, but I haven't checked all of the socks rigorously. Can you point out anything that caught your eye, aside from the article overlap? Thanks    Girth Summit  (blether)  15:56, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks and  for the additional information. CU has been run, and is not conclusive. Given the differences that I've noticed, the fact that one is reverting the other on hi-wiki, and the differences between their edit summary usage that Kashmiri has pointed to there, I'm going to close this without further action.   Girth Summit  (blether)  08:25, 30 May 2021 (UTC)