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12 January 2015

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I was browsing through for closing debates of AFD discussions, when I came upon a peculiar case. The concerned page is here. Kratipaw34 created the article Nitesh Estates Limited, which had been marked for XfD review. Soon after, votes for Keep flowed in. Two of the other suspected accounts, Ramesh985 and IP 46.229.224.226 have made their first edits in either the article or the AFD discussion. There's another evidence that binds them, again: All of them, except the IP have edited Sahara India Pariwar investor fraud case's AFD review. There is definitely something that is going on here.  Ethically  Yours! 06:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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I noticed this, too, and wish I hadn't closed the many tabs I had open working on the same SPI. I'd also add, , and a ton of IPs. You'll see many IPs -- changing every time, each from a different country, many of which I've confirmed as proxies -- warring over the same material on various articles about Indian real estate. Subrata Roy and Emaar MGF are two other points of overlap. I'll add more if I have time tomorrow. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 06:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * This chap definitely seems to be a smart guy. Most of the recognized proxies are blocked, so he must be using the latest ones.  Ethically  Yours! 07:52, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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. I'd like to rule out meat. I note that some of the accounts were created in early October 2014 but not used until later. If they are socks, it'd be good also to look for sleepers, particularly given my comment in the previous sentence.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * At a technical standpoint, this looks to be . The only accounts that can be ✅ socks of Ramesh are and.


 * However, this case reminds of the sockpuppetry that occurred on India Against Corruption. I highly recommend blocking all accounts. on the relationship of the IP. But it is allocated to Privax and I have amended the current block to a hardblock per the open proxy policy. Elockid   ( Talk ) 20:47, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts indeffed and tagged, although tags vary depending on account. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:07, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

19 January 2015

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Recreation of Nitesh Estates Limited and Just one other insignificant (possibly false) contribution Bazj (talk) 12:51, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Puppet's assertion in his CSD contention that "The page that was deleted before was completely different from this page" proves prior involvement & puppetry. Bazj (talk) 13:33, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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Indeffed and tagged based on duck. Article deleted. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:45, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

30 January 2015

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Recreation of salted article Nitesh Estates Limited at Nitesh estates limited and Nitesh estates. Dai Pritchard (talk) 11:21, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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Obvious, indeffed, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:13, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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, based on this account's name and this SPI's historical connection to promo article creation at Nitesh Estates. Already blocked as shared/promo username, but seems worth flagging it here. Requesting CU check to sniff out sleepers, etc. Murph 9000  (talk) 12:28, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * No basis for suspecting sleepers, and all accounts are stale anyway. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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Parijaatsharma created another version of Nitesh Estates Limited, the master's preoccupations. Refs are tagged with access dates of 2007 strongly suggesting it's a recreation of previously deleted material. Cabayi (talk) 13:10, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * I also want to mention Dexter287, an account active in the same time since the last CU. SwisterTwister   talk  05:22, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree. The recreation of Nitesh Shetty & overlapping edits are more than a little suspicious. Cabayi (talk) 08:45, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

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to check the two socks against each other and for possible sleepers. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:42, 14 August 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:29, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 12:23, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * technically. As with many of these cases these days, it's more likely meat than sock. Katietalk 12:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocking as meatpuppets without tags. Parijaatsharma is an undisclosed paid editor. Closing.