Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ravi.kandy/Archive

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Take up from where Ape Maw Rata left off in article Radala, here. Continuing the same disruptive pattern in other articles such as Dewa (people), Nirupama Rajapaksa, and Thirukkumaran Nadesan. Chanaka L ( talk ) 13:23, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The user has admitted their guilt, here. I instructed him to reveal all their accounts.-- Chanaka L ( talk ) 13:04, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:04, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mark as in progress earlier. is ✅ to . Furthermore,  are all ✅ to each other. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:11, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * and for future reference. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:14, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - as I'm no longer a clerk, I'd best leave clerking actions to the clerks where possible. As such this needs to be moved to Ravi.kandy as that's the oldest account.Just for reference I would say that I see the connection from Ravi.kandy to the others in the second group as strong but I'm happy to discuss this through with any CU on request. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved case to oldest account, retagged socks. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:39, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK in articles Gasthara and Govigama. Heads up, who left a message on the sock's talk page. Chanaka L ( talk ) 10:44, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:40, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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Appears right after the banning of the previous sockpuppets Cy191 and Cx19. Edits the same pages and the same content as the previous socks in Gasthara and Govigama. The content being added is also the same CV1210 vs Cy191. Calling it WP:DUCK - UmdP  13:10, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * CU blocked and tagged. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like everything's done here, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:33, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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This is a duck. The previous accounts editing Gasthara have almost entirely been shown to be socks, whereas this account's second edit was to remove a PROD of the sock-made article. Requesting checkuser to check for sleepers. Recently, was blocked as a sock of Ravi.kandy, and. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 00:25, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - looks suspicious, please compare to the archive and check for sleepers. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 07:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:36, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There's precious little to go on here. The best I can do is  or maybe even   .  That's four templates for the same low price I usually charge for one or two. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:46, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * See my comments below, under 14 November 2021. JBW (talk) 15:06, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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Account suddenly appears to re-add the content added by previous sock accounts to the Gasthara page and removed the deletion tag. Obvious WP:DUCK UmdP  05:28, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * There's a whole lake full of ducks around, including Rowfmv1 and Ruccpi45. It looks as though there is probably a mixture of sockpuppets and meatpuppets, which reduces the relevance of CU results, but obviously it doesn't much matter which. I shall block these latest accounts. JBW (talk) 15:06, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * For the record I am also adding, another duck, and blocked. JBW (talk) 15:26, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged these and the previous account as suspected. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:48, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
TDRSen created House of Dinaraja, a near-copy of deleted article House of Dinajara (note the typo) by Ravi's sock, Kudarathwatte. Golden Sun Lord has taken over editing now, but the editing routine is too similar. User:Diannaa noted the same. Ravitrekking extensively edited Dewa people, a favourite of Ravi.kandy and Kudarathwatte. Leaving Sinhala text at odd words is the signature of their edits. Ravi.kandy vs TDRSen <b style="color: SteelBlue;">Chanaka L</b> ( talk ) 11:18, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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I also propose adding the account Teacup85 due to similarities to older socks for example Teacup85 vs Ape Maw Rata - UtoD  13:22, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Without being aware of this case, I blocked and tagged TDRSen and Golden Sun Lord as socks of each other. Particularly with the addition of Teacup85, it would be useful to check the three non-stale accounts, as well as any older CU data. I don't see any reason to take any action with respect to Ravitrekking who hasn't edited since 2020. Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Golden Sun Lord is ✅ to TDRSen, Teacup85 is and Ravitrekking is . They are  to Ravi.kandy but given the staleness take that with some salt. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked and tagged Teacup85 as suspected. Please retag TDRSen and Golden Sun Lord as confirmed to each other and suspected to the master. Bbb23 (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:54, 2 April 2023 (UTC)