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The suspected sock was inactive since 11 August suddenly logged in to move Draft:Kalinga Literary Festival. GSS (talk |c|em ) 07:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * +Avisekhrath who removed the COI notice from Kalinga Literary Festival that was created by Debamitra Mishra. GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:18, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Added some IPs that were removing speedy deletion notice from the same article. GSS (talk |c|em ) 14:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * +another IP, Csbiswal123 (registered today) and Riddhisiddha all SPAs. Riddhisiddha was registered last month but began editing yesterday to . GSS (talk |c|em ) 09:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * +Jitenadhikari who is editing in the same area and there's a good amount of overlap too per the EIA report. GSS (talk |c|em ) 04:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * . all accounts, no blocks on the IPs as they have not recently edited. –Darkwind (talk) 07:49, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

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Re-creation of Rashmi Ranjan Parida, that has been heavily edited by socks of this case promoting various festivals and their founder (see also Draft:Rashmi Ranjan Parida). A very likely duck. Note - I have added Aulkik with a similar pattern regarding the re-created article for Mystic Kalinga, one of the mentioned festivals. GermanJoe (talk) 17:38, 29 December 2019 (UTC) GermanJoe (talk) 17:38, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, which was marked as suspected previously. All three accounts are to older blocked accounts. . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:08, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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Same username and recreated Draft:Mystic Kalinga Festival. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 05:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - On Draft talk:Mystic Kalinga Festival he claimed to be the founder of the Mystic Kalinga Festival. Rashmirparida created the article Rashmi Ranjan Parida which says that Rashmi Ranjan Parida is the founder of Kalinga Literary Festival. ~ GB fan 10:50, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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The suspected sock was registered a few days after was blocked and moved Draft:Kalinga Literary Festival to Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF). GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 12:55, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * , but given the behavioural overlap I'm fine blocking. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:19, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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The suspected sock was inactive since September 2019, suddenly restarted editing five days after was blocked, first made some random edits then created Draft:Kalinga Literary Festival in his talk page. Possible duck if not direct socking. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 16:19, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * Considering the age of this suspected sock, checking for sleepers may be useful here. --MrClog (talk) 10:41, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocking based on behavior. Copy/pasting the same draft, evading the WP:SALT, etc. ST47 (talk) 15:17, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Note: Ranpurboy is stale, just adding for the sake of completeness. All editors engage in systematic promotional SPA editing for various so-called festivals and awards by the Odisha Diary Foundation. All of them use the same mixture of local routine news and PR fluff (although the same could be said for most other COI-editors too). Strong topical overlap and similar editing/sourcing patterns. Due to the recurring issue and the likely misuse of sleeper socks, I am asking for a checkuser too. GermanJoe (talk) 11:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * for the stale account.
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and to the master, and have also been editing logged out:
 * is ✅ from this group but . You may also want to compare with Sockpuppet investigations/Mhdsuhail111 given the very close username similarity, but I am short of time and have not done any analysis.
 * Confirmed accounts blocked awaiting tags. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:44, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on logs of past checks I find that Mhdsohail is to Mhdsuhail111, and as I had said in that case some time ago, "Mhd" is very common shorthand for "Muhammad" and shows up in usernames of unrelated accounts quite frequently. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:31, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:12, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Confirmed accounts blocked awaiting tags. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:44, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on logs of past checks I find that Mhdsohail is to Mhdsuhail111, and as I had said in that case some time ago, "Mhd" is very common shorthand for "Muhammad" and shows up in usernames of unrelated accounts quite frequently. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:31, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:12, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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I find it so unlikely that a completely unconnected editor shows up with a COI to Mystic Kalinga Festival, Draft:Smile Foundation, Smile Foundation and Kalinga Literary Festival given the UPE involved in the previous creations from this farm and the fact that their only three creations are the same as those in this farm. CUPIDICAE💕 16:31, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hello. The previous editor Rashmirparida was blocked from editing due to sock puppetry. I am aware about that. I am also aware that sock puppetry is very serious crime on Wikipedia. I know Rashmirparida in real life too. Hence I have declared conflict of interest honestly on my user page. Admin can confirm that I am different person from Rashmirparida. Compare my contributions with Rashmirparida, compare my languages and editing pattern with Rashmirparida. Feel free to ask me if you have any further question. I would be happy to answer. Pratikbhansali123 (talk) 10:21, 19 March 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pratikbhansali123 (talk • contribs) 17:24, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Continuing the work of a blocked sock puppet/farm is as good as them doing it themselves for hte purposes of Wikipedia. You're hardly an impartial editor and are just continuing the reason they got blocked - undisclosed paid editing. VAXIDICAE💉  15:27, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Ohk. I didn't know that. I am new here. Now I understood your concern. What should I do in this case ? Pratikbhansali123 (talk) 07:11, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Since they've declared the COI and their relationship with the past socks, I'm willing to extend a little rope here. Closing without action at this time. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:36, 20 April 2021 (UTC)