Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Regstuff/Archive

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Regstuff was recently blocked indefinitely. It is possible that he has sleeper accounts here or even if not, the above accounts are similarly promotional and need to be scrutinised.


 * Bsnigam: A Vasudev-promotion account. As with Regstuff, he's created a DYK for one of his two articles which Regstuff assisted with. Overlap in K. V. Kamath is also unusual. His other article, INSIGHT: DNA of Success, a Vasudev book, was deleted.
 * Germansec: Another largely Jaggi Vasudev/Isha Foundation promotional account; also a DYK creator. Curious overlap at Ongole cattle although this may be a coincidence.
 * Madrasiman: By large, a Vasudev promotion account. He has created 1 article, Linga Bhairavi, a Vasudev-created goddess and temple of the Isha Foundation. His only other substantial non-Jaggi edit is on Jim Corbett who was a wildlife conservationist and has a sanctuary named after him. This interest coincides with Regstuff who created the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary article.
 * Nishanth nair: Another Vasudev promotion account. Both he and Bsnigam have intersected at Rishi Prabhakar.
 * Sbhtta: Vasudev promotion account; interaction with both Regstuff and My Lord.

Besides these accounts,
 * A few days ago, I reported Sockpuppet_investigations/Snehamagapu to look into two new accounts which cropped up immediately after some controversial information was added to Jaggi Vasudev.
 * One of the pages related to the Isha Foundation and Jaggi Vasudev is Rally for Rivers. This was created by, a sock of My Lord. My Lord and his socks have also extensively edited and policed Isha and Vasudev articles. —Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 16:43, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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I would also like to add another user in this SPI. Registered on 18 October, he suddenly appeared aggressively at Talk:Jaggi Vasudev and took up the cudgels against me at ANI (possibly in retaliation), after the report was filed against Regstuff on ANI. Several editors/admins have shown concerns at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents that this newly registered account is not a newbie editor and is WP:NOTHERE. This user has also edited Adiyogi Shiva statue another article related to the Subject Jaggi Vasudev. Clearly Jaggi seems to be the main topic of this users edit. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  18:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector Thanks, I was not sure if I am allowed to comment in the section of the original filer. So I just added it in "others" section. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  20:29, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Bsnigam: Out of total 56 edits by this user, 51 Live edits were made on Jaggi Vasudev topic.
 * Madrasiman: Out of total 35 edits by this user, 24 Live edits were made on Jaggi Vasudev topic.-- D Big X ray ᗙ  05:35, 20 November 2018 (UTC)


 * This looks to me like another attempt to get opponents blocked by the OP and the above editor, since both failed to get their way on the article. They are convicting people of COI without investigation and trying every way to get their opponents blocked. One can find accounts on any popular subjects they have vastly edited the concerning subject -- but simply making many edits on one subject does not make one a COI editor. That said, most of these accounts are stale and the rest are obviously unrelated, with DBigXray adding Qualitist (whose main interest appears not to be Jaggi Vasudev, contrary to what DBigXray claims) only because Qualitist brought him to ANI. has been targeted as well, who has to do nothing with RegStuff and he edited the subject only for removing POV and libelous information. I would consider this SPI a fishing expedition that needs to be rejected because there is no concrete evidence that these accounts are actually related. Editing the same page and rejecting your unjustifiable POV is not a sign of sockpuppetry. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 05:50, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * OK. Let's take this one by one.
 * Regstuff has been tried and convicted. In my ANI against him, I made it clear right at the outset that I was involved in discussions/disputes with him.
 * It makes sense to check if he's got any sock/meat puppets. So yes, this is also a "fishing" expedition as explained in the first line of my "explanation" above.
 * While I'm not certain if the other editors are related to him, they do exhibit similar traits. Madrasiman's article is very likely promotional. The propensity of many of the others to create DYKs immediately after creating articles is also suspicious. Yes, some of the accounts are stale.
 * If you think that two brand new accounts created as soon as something controversial about Jaggi was added (whose sole edits are to remove said something) is not suspicious, then I can't help you.
 * I don't think Qualitist has anything to do with the Jaggi Vasudev-promotional gang. But he's fishy for other reasons. I've had run-ins with him over at Statue of Unity.
 * As mentioned in my notes above, My Lord didn't just remove stuff, he also added stuff, an entire Jaggi-promotional article, in fact. Grep the My Lord investigation page for mentions of "Jaggi Vasudev". Repeat for "Sbhtta", an account which has been listed here. I doubt that Regstuff is related, but I might be wrong and it's worth considering, again, as noted in my explanation.
 * Lastly, I suggest that you also ask yourself this question, "Why did Regstuff, president of the Wikipedia Jaggi Vasudev fan club, not participate in the move vote over at Jaggi Vasudev but chose to object only in a side discussion?"
 * The end.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 08:29, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Is there any particular reason why this case is not being attended to? Thanks.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 16:43, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Are meatpuppets also checked via SPIs? I find the fact that some of these promotion accounts also created DYKs suspicious.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 07:17, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. FWIW, I noticed just now that Linga Bhairavi, created by Madrasiman, has been deleted twice before. And what now? Should I bother reporting these guys to WP:COIN?—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 13:30, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

As noted above, I believe Qualitist belongs to another gang. I've included him in the Capitals00 SPI.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 19:32, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Also, out of curiosity, are the two editors listed at Sockpuppet_investigations/Snehamagapu unrelated to this lot as well? Thanks.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 19:32, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * and appreciate if you can check and comment if the accounts at SPI/Snehamagapu are related, the edits are suspicious. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  18:43, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * had been involved in WP:PROMO editing for Jaggi Vasudev and his Isha Foundation
 * Both Stsridevi and Snehamagapu are new editors who had removed content from controversy section of Jaggi Vasudev within minutes of each other. Both accounts have only 1 edit and stopped editing since then so this is what we have. Sockpuppet investigations/Snehamagapu had come out unrelated, so I feel the suspicion raised above needs some looking into. regards. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  21:54, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Both Stsridevi and Snehamagapu are new editors who had removed content from controversy section of Jaggi Vasudev within minutes of each other. Both accounts have only 1 edit and stopped editing since then so this is what we have. Sockpuppet investigations/Snehamagapu had come out unrelated, so I feel the suspicion raised above needs some looking into. regards. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  21:54, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Both Stsridevi and Snehamagapu are new editors who had removed content from controversy section of Jaggi Vasudev within minutes of each other. Both accounts have only 1 edit and stopped editing since then so this is what we have. Sockpuppet investigations/Snehamagapu had come out unrelated, so I feel the suspicion raised above needs some looking into. regards. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  21:54, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * added another account in the "comments by other users" section; I have moved Qualitist to the main list. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:17, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I had a look and couldn't find anything particularly useful. Leaving it open for another check because I'm tired.  Courcelles (talk) 01:02, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Meatpuppetry can be investigated here, but if you need to submit private or off-wiki evidence of any kind, please refrain from posting it on wiki; email it to me, instead, please. Courcelles (talk) 14:14, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * is the most ❌ to everything.
 * and are . I can't connect them fully only because they are on different ranges. Same country, provinces, cities, same UA.
 * is to the two above. The only reason I separate it is because only the country and provinces match, not the cities, but still within the same area.
 * is . Same country, different province, completely different UA.
 * if you wish to do any follow up. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 09:07, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Could we get any kind of evidence linking the two? I can't really just blind check. Maybe a separate SPI if a long list is needed? -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 04:44, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Snehamagapu is to Regstuff, Stsridevi is ❌. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:25, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

There's insufficient evidence to tie the four remaining accounts together. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 09:47, 14 March 2019 (UTC)