Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pranay Chopde/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
I created the account at WP:ACC (request 337165; didn't see any red flags at the time), then came across another request from this master. For reasons documented on the tool, I think that this is likely related to an account checkuserblocked as a  sock,. There's likely no CU data yet, but CUs should have access to data on ACC. &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 17:28, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I'd be amazed if it wasn't the same person. Thanks blocked. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:10, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
created 20 October. Loud quacking: SPA with heavy edit overlap with blocked sock User:Dr.Piyush Parmar at Parmar (Rajput clan):, and with master on others. Same focus on editing and moving around articles about castes and clans related to Parmar, Pawar, Bhoyar etc. Recreated Parmar at Parmar (disambiguation). Wikishovel (talk) 14:34, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Adding, created 17 October. Heavy editing overlap with and User:Dr.Piyush Parmar, at Bhoyar Pawar and Draft:Kshatriya Pawar, and with master on others. tried to resubmit Draft:Kshatriya Pawar created by User:Dr.Piyush Parmar :, then changed their mind and tried to submit it as a redirect:.

has just recreated Draft:Kshatriya Pawar at Kshatriya Powar, after creating a redirect from Kshatriya Pawar to Bhoyar Pawar. Interaction of the four accounts:. Requesting checkuser.

On 19 Oct tried to convert redirect from Powar to Parmar into an article on a Kshatriya caste called Powar/Panwar and Pawar/Bhoyar. Redirect was restored some hours later. Today, has changed that redirect to their new Kshatriya Powar, essentially a rewrite of what  wrote on 19/10. Wikishovel (talk) 18:47, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * - This is being currently dealt with at Sockpuppet investigations/Panwar P.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:45, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Closed. See below.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editing similar pages, similar account creation dates and usernames. Similar types of edits and summaries. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 19:37, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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I was busy with another SPI case yesterday, so I asked to look into it. Below, I have provided some evidence after conducting some research on this case.

Panwar P was created on 17th October and Parihar Piyush was created on 20th October, with a three-day gap. Both of these users are editing articles on the same topic called 'Bhoyar and Pawar.' Additionally, both users are editing Indian district pages and adding language and demographic information.(Special:Diff/1181463117, Special:Diff/1184301113) Please check the following diffs with same edit summarise:


 * Special:Diff/1184620898
 * Special:Diff/1181461083
 * Special:Diff/1180850187
 * Special:Diff/1184620252
 * Special:Diff/1181339046
 * Special:Diff/1184150498

Also upon reviewing the history of 'Bhoyar Pawar,' it is evident that they are using the same edit summaries, and both are consistently using a full stop after the summary wording.

Please check the following timelines where they edited the same pages with similar edit summaries.


 * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I believe both users have the same username logically, as observed in Bhoyar Pawar, which was created by Panwar P. In the Bhoyar Pawar section of this page, they mentioned Parihar/Pratihar as a surname used by Panwars. Therefore, the names used by both users, Panwar and Parihar, stand for Panwars, and 'P' stands for Piyush. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - .&#32;In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  10:09, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * - Please, compare those two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 23:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ This looks like a first offense for the master, so just one week, no tags.  Indeffed the sock. RoySmith (talk) 00:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * What about Sockpuppet investigations/Pranay Chopde/Archive? Is this account connected to that one?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Vanjagenije thanks for the ping. Yeah,  are ✅ to  and  is .  I'll CU-block as needed.  Could you handle the case merge and (re)tagging? RoySmith (talk) 17:19, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:15, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Per a message on my talk page. advised the reporter to file a proper SPI, and I normally agree that cases should be filed at SPI and not on administrators' talk pages but this was rather obvious. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:27, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅. fyi, you created this account. I'm going to take a look at the block settings for the range. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:27, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ivanvector Thanks for letting me know. It looks to me (from my browser history, I didn't re-reserve the request) like the IPv4 is unblocked right now, so ACC requests will continue to be created unless the IPv4 address is blocked or a tool ban is set. You should have access to the ACC data at . &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 17:41, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks for the link, there's an odd anomaly with the data between ACC and checkuser. Can't get into specifics here but I'll have to look for it next time. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:00, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Justin Grealish, Parihar Piyush and master Pranay Chopde all make edits on Betul district(Justin Grealish ), (Parihar Piyush), (Pranay Chopde) Bhoyari and also on Malvi language (Justin Grealish), (Parihar Piyush), (Pranay Chopde). Socks like Parihar Piyush and Wiki Samant also made edits on page Panwar(Parihar Piyush , (Wiki Samant). Wiki Samant, ,, . and Justin Grealish, Both are Rajput POV pushers, and they're involved in adding (Rajput caste) to many WP:BLP without any sources.
 * Parihar Piyush created page Kshatriya Powar that was deleted through AFD later Justin Grealish Also, try to create a similar page through Sandbox by copying and pasting text from an old deleted page  but then he/she removed from sandbox. Utcursch asked him on the talk page of Justin Grealish if he/she is Paranay Chopre and suggest reading WP:Sock but he or she didn't reply. Alayyop (talk) 10:48, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Didn't check because the evidence was weak.  is .  DatGuyTalkContribs 20:37, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Alex Cupper cited a journal article, supposedly published in the Indian Research Journal of History and Humanities and Social Sciences (IRJHHSS). No such journal exists. The link leads to an Academia.edu page and a Zenodo page, which lists four articles attributed to "Rajesh Barange Pawar" (RajeshPawar92), supposedly published in the non-existent IRJHHSS and "The Journal of Indian History (TJIH)". All the articles glorify the Pawar/Powar caste, the main focus of Pranay Chopde and socks. One of the articles lists "Pranay Chopde" as a co-author.
 * Update on 2024-04-30: Both zenodo and academia.edu have removed these papers as fraudulent, but here is the archive.org version.
 * Similar edits to the article Bhoyari (e.g. adding Pawari as the primary name, adding Kshatriya claim for the caste etc.)
 * Alex Cupper
 * Parihar Piyush (blocked sock)
 * Panwar P (blocked sock)
 * Adding the claim about "Bhoyar Pawar" being related to the Paramara dynasty / 52 clans:
 * Alex Cupper
 * Panwar P
 * Whitewashing peasant/pastoral origin in the article Rajput clans:
 * Alex Cupper
 * Parihar Piyush (blocked sock)
 * Unsourced addition to Malwa about Bhoyari being spoken in Betul, Chhindwara, Wardha
 * Alex Cupper
 * Sanjay Thakur Pawar (blocked sock)
 * Removal of Marwadi, Malwi etc. and addition of Bagheli, Bundeli etc. to Powari language
 * Alex Cupper
 * Sanjay Thakur Pawar (blocked sock)

utcursch &#124; talk 16:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC) utcursch &#124; talk 16:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * was blocked on March 9 as a suspected sockpuppet of and while Pranay Chopde is likely stale, from a technical standpoint Iamlionofthejungle is highly  to be the same as  and . I don't see a strong connection with these three accounts to  from a technical standpoint. - Aoidh (talk) 01:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note that I've blocked the following as ✅ to each other:


 * I've tagged them all as confirmed to because the CU evidence is very clear, but only suspected to Pranay Chopde per the previous tagging on some of the accounts. I'm not sure if a Clerk wants to split off this group into a separate Ageofwars SPI. Note that  did not show up in my check and I have not checked the account.--  Ponyo bons mots 15:57, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * - See above suggestion from Ponyo. Izno (talk) 20:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm going to keep this case here since they were dual-tagged as suspected. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)