Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pradeep276/Archive

29 September 2015

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The two new accounts have come in to support the master in edit wars and no other contributions. see master, s1, s2. As is seen from article history and the master's talk page, there's a history of edit warring. This could be meat puppetry, but multiple single edit accounts are unlikely in that case. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:39, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:36, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * and are ✅.
 * and are ❌ to each other and to the master.
 * I've blocked/tagged PradeepBoston and blocked the master for one month. The two accounts are almost serial, but there is overlap at the tail end of the master and the beginning of the puppet, including an overlap on the same article. PradeepBoston strongly implies that this was his first account in the statement on his userpage. At the same time he states that he had been editing for years as an IP and wanted to create an account to "track" his contributions. Putting aside that he already had an account, the IP part is misleading. Throughout PradeepBoston's history he edits without logging in. These factors played a role in my blocking decisions. Although the master account hasn't edited since August 23, I still felt that a significant block was needed as otherwise the individual would simply start using the account again, and it's rather clear that this individual has an agenda at Wikipedia and is willing to be disruptive to achieve it.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:45, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing for now. Leaving unrelated editors unblocked. Please refile if there is more evidence.