Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Randhwasingh/Archive

20 May 2016

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Tina Dabi created by the main account (actually converted from a redirect) is at AfD, the other two accounts (among a few others) suddenly showed up in support -- Rehanpocha at AfD, Amit Rathee on the article. What seems weird to me is that the history of the article shows accounts as old as 2009 coming in to the article as their first edit ever and I'm a bit confounded. With the huge proliferation of Civil Service Examination candidate articles over the past few months it's very very likely that this is linked to something offline and will likely have to head to WP:COIN soon, a start could be this and any sleeper checks. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:15, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Group 1 – the following accounts are ✅:
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are a technical match to Group 1 but :
 * For more history on Semanti Paul, see his block log.
 * is ❌.
 * Blocked and tagged accounts in Group 1.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this took a different direction from what I had expected. From the looks of it Arupesh Sarkar seems to not be a link behaviorally. As for Semanti Paul, I came across this discussion where a few CUs had participated. Behaviorally, SP's edits are in a completely different area from the other group this year but if you look at Conradjagan's edits from prior to December 2015 then you'll notice the similarities in choices. This type of edit from Conradjagan is what got Semanti Paul in trouble. That said, for a long time I've seen the two names popup on my watchlist and I've always confused one for the other because of the similar edit summaries and edits. I think there is a definitely a link, if not socking then they are working off the same script. Maybe who did the earlier behavioral analysis can take a look, or  who commented in the earlier discussion can take a look to compare any language tells. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * User:SpacemanSpiff, I have to pass on this one right now--it calls for more acuity than I can muster. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 00:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * For more history on Semanti Paul, see his block log.
 * is ❌.
 * Blocked and tagged accounts in Group 1.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this took a different direction from what I had expected. From the looks of it Arupesh Sarkar seems to not be a link behaviorally. As for Semanti Paul, I came across this discussion where a few CUs had participated. Behaviorally, SP's edits are in a completely different area from the other group this year but if you look at Conradjagan's edits from prior to December 2015 then you'll notice the similarities in choices. This type of edit from Conradjagan is what got Semanti Paul in trouble. That said, for a long time I've seen the two names popup on my watchlist and I've always confused one for the other because of the similar edit summaries and edits. I think there is a definitely a link, if not socking then they are working off the same script. Maybe who did the earlier behavioral analysis can take a look, or  who commented in the earlier discussion can take a look to compare any language tells. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * User:SpacemanSpiff, I have to pass on this one right now--it calls for more acuity than I can muster. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 00:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this took a different direction from what I had expected. From the looks of it Arupesh Sarkar seems to not be a link behaviorally. As for Semanti Paul, I came across this discussion where a few CUs had participated. Behaviorally, SP's edits are in a completely different area from the other group this year but if you look at Conradjagan's edits from prior to December 2015 then you'll notice the similarities in choices. This type of edit from Conradjagan is what got Semanti Paul in trouble. That said, for a long time I've seen the two names popup on my watchlist and I've always confused one for the other because of the similar edit summaries and edits. I think there is a definitely a link, if not socking then they are working off the same script. Maybe who did the earlier behavioral analysis can take a look, or  who commented in the earlier discussion can take a look to compare any language tells. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * User:SpacemanSpiff, I have to pass on this one right now--it calls for more acuity than I can muster. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 00:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


 * No behavioral connection found for group 2. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:29, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * In May 2016 I neglected to report as ✅.  The following accounts are also confirmed:
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged.
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * While checking this time, I noticed significantly more diverse behavior than first reported back in May. The following kinds of articles are edited: Indian actresses, some Pakistani female BLPs, journalist-related articles, cricket-related articles, religion-related articles, train-related articles, bridges, census articles, Bihar-related articles, political event and politicians, and elections.  Many  accounts are throwaways, used briefly and then abandoned, and at least with one sock there is a large temporal gap between two and only two edits.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)