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Draft:Nilesh Maurya and Nilesh Maurya were both created by Wuki writter. Wuki writter then posted at the teahouse talking about publishing the page and google indexing (in broken English). Then Taarak Mehta (first edit within last day or so) created Talk:Nilesh Maurya, with nearly identical wording: asking that the page be published and indexed by google, also in broken English. An unusual request, and I find it unlikely that a random editor just stumbled on an unpatrolled new page and had the exact thought as its creator. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:20, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. The truly convincing evidence was wuki blanks the page, soon after followed by Taarak restores the deleted content. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:54, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

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Recreating the article about Nilesh Maurya at User:Robot index/sandbox. The user name is relevant given the fixation on Google indexing by previous socks e.g., bonadea contributions talk 13:37, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Just noticed the time stamps – this sock was parallel to the other users, not created after them. --bonadea contributions talk 13:38, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and WP:U5'd. Requesting clerk support: given the chronology, perhaps this should get re-filed under Robot index?  -- RoySmith (talk) 17:07, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
 * In progress. Please stand by. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:16, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Move completed. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:20, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:20, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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2 more accounts whose interest seems to be in recreating deleted article Nilesh Maurya. David Biddulph (talk) 21:26, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ along with both socks from the archive. Deleting and salting the re-creation targets. ST47 (talk) 21:32, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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Recreated Nilesh Maurya originally as Nilesh Naik(Cricketer) and then sneakily moved it to Nilesh Maurya (Author) which is nearly identical to past sock creations. Praxidicae (talk) 11:44, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:54, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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Name similar to previous SOCK, recreating Prabhat Maurya (Nilesh Maurya) along similar lines to previous behaviour. Spike &#39;em (talk) 15:49, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * added another similar name, similar creations of cricketers in userpage before move to mainspace. Spike &#39;em (talk) 16:10, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Also Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:48, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * And and  Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * G5'd all creations and will do some minor clean up later. Closing. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:57, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This farm goes way deeper than this; I was in the middle of checking but beat me to the results. The following accounts are ✅:
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 * please move this case to Rajiv Hu Main and re-tag all of the accounts. You can use "proven" for Ajay. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * is to this group.
 * please move this case to Rajiv Hu Main and re-tag all of the accounts. You can use "proven" for Ajay. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * is to this group.
 * please move this case to Rajiv Hu Main and re-tag all of the accounts. You can use "proven" for Ajay. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * is to this group.
 * please move this case to Rajiv Hu Main and re-tag all of the accounts. You can use "proven" for Ajay. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * please move this case to Rajiv Hu Main and re-tag all of the accounts. You can use "proven" for Ajay. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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Created pages Nilesh Odedra and Draft:Nilesh Ajay Maurya which are very similar to the SALTed Nilesh Maurya created by other recent socks. Spike &#39;em (talk) 09:41, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I see evidence of ducky socking by comparing the draft and last creation of the salted article. CU check to find any sleepers / related accounts. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * - although the other socks in the archive were all using the same device while this account is using a different one, they're on the same networks and editing the same pages. Possibly a meatpuppet, but no matter for our purposes. . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:20, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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Recreated the non-notable Nilesh Odedra. Larry Hockett (Talk) 18:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Robertrio9833 is ✅ to, but to earlier socks due to proxy usage.  due to behavioral match. ST47 (talk) 04:17, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

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Created Nilesh (cricketer) which is along same lines as the multiply deleted Nilesh Maurya. Also created Nilesh Patel (cricketer) and trying to get its name changed to Nilesh Maurya. Spike &#39;em (talk) 12:42, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Unaware of possible sockpuppet issues, I draftified the 2 new articles as they were under-sourced. I found the link to this SPI when cleaning up. --kingboyk (talk) 18:09, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with . . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

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Mahesh Sharma (cricketer) about little known cricketer and making false claim that name is Maurya, which many of previous socks have done too. Spike &#39;em (talk) 07:20, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Added another potential sock, who has created Prabhat Maurya (cricketer) along the same lines as the salted Prabhat Maurya. Given I've found this additional sock, requesting CU to see if there are any more. Spike &#39;em (talk) 13:08, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Iamsrk9321 ✅ to archive. Arijit Singh U.K is . -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:48, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * - Please indef Arijit Singh U.K for block evasion. Gaming ACPERM to create master's Maurya tell-tale without any other edits is conclusive for me. Cabayi (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:35, 27 February 2020 (UTC)