Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rhithin/Archive

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Rhithin, an account active since 15 November 2019 has only made edits to the Infobox of Dassault Rafale regarding its speed, including this change:. Rhithin was blocked for 72 hours for edit-warring on 16 January 2020. Bengal Informer, an account active since 3 February 2020 has made numerous changes to aircraft infoboxes, specifically regarding speed, including this change to Dassault Rafale: Mztourist (talk) 03:36, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * technically; different countries and devices. However, keep in mind that the accounts don't overlap temporally; Rhithin hasn't edited since 2020-01-16, whereas Bengal Informal has edited primarily over the past few days. In addition to the overlap that Mztourist mentioned, there are a few shared behavioral quirks, particularly in communication style: compare and . Bengal Informer also left a weird, targeted message at Nigel Ish's talk page, see ; Nigel Ish was the main person reverting Rhithin when they were blocked for edit warring. Overall, a weird case. I was expecting a technical match, but it isn't quite there. I'm inclined either to disregard the CU result or simply issue a WP:DISRUPT/WP:CIR block for edits like these . Mz7 (talk) 10:37, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * And after reviewing what looks to be blatant vandalism here, I've blocked Bengal Informer indefinitely for disruptive editing. I think it's possible Rhithin is related, but due to the technical data I don't think we have enough evidence to block. The account looks abandoned, so perhaps it will stay that way. I'll go ahead and mark this as closed with no further action. Mz7 (talk) 10:43, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I had posted a block request against Bengal Informer for vandalism. Mztourist (talk) 10:46, 5 February 2020 (UTC)