Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rajabasu/Archive

22 September 2012

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Recently, an article, K. V. Gautam was put up for a deletion discussion. The article has previously gone through PROD and then CSD under a different title, K V Gautam. This article was first created by User:Rajabasu. Now, User:Swati Bhatnagar has created the article again (with the new title) and their arguments in the deletion discussion are similar. In addition to all this, Rajabasu removed the  template from both his own and the accused sockpuppet. This activity is very suspicious. This is the first time I've done a SPI so I'm not sure on whether a checkuser is needed or not, I left it as no -- please help me clerks!

P.S. I added the IP because it's relevant, it's also been used to forge the signature of a non-existant user and also looks similar to the other edits. I understand that CU can't be used to link it - I just thought I'd include it anyway. Matthew Thompson talk to me bro! 08:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * The behavior of the suspected sock seems suspicious enough to warrant a checkuser (if not an indefinite block per WP: DUCK), and it looks like the IP is connected per WP: DUCK, too. Electric Catfish2 01:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:33, 26 September 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:49, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * - to determine if this is socking or concerted meatpuppets.
 * ✅ Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:41, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeffing sock and giving master 72 hours.