Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rishika.dhanawade/Archive

07 November 2015

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Contributions closely resemble (mostly to one of the sock User:Digvijay411, and was created at about the same time), they are editing the same articles that the master had interest on. And as usual, they were in dispute (as the history of Karan Singh Grover tells) with Durr-e-shahwar's sock. Looking at the date of creation, there might be a probability of sleepers. — UY Scuti Talk  06:40, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * Per this, User:Digvijay411 is the sock of User:Rishika.dhanawade. The suspected sock has had high interests in the topics edited by the sock master. In this 50 revisions, Digvijay and Jimmy Aneja reverted the same revisions here and here, while letting away Rishika's revision here. I suspect they might've been using these accounts to show that consensus is on their side. — UY Scuti Talk  10:43, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  09:24, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * compare those based on provided diffs.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:45, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * and are ❌. I should add that I don't find the diff evidence persuasive.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * The behavioral evidence is strong. My suspicion is paid editing. Please create a new SPI with Chander as the master. I believe they are the oldest account., once that is done, ping me because I want to block the accounts as a checkuser block.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:21, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This case is now moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Chander. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a new case has been created. Obviously, this case still exists.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence is strong. My suspicion is paid editing. Please create a new SPI with Chander as the master. I believe they are the oldest account., once that is done, ping me because I want to block the accounts as a checkuser block.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:21, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This case is now moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Chander. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a new case has been created. Obviously, this case still exists.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence is strong. My suspicion is paid editing. Please create a new SPI with Chander as the master. I believe they are the oldest account., once that is done, ping me because I want to block the accounts as a checkuser block.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:21, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This case is now moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Chander. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a new case has been created. Obviously, this case still exists.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a new case has been created. Obviously, this case still exists.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

08 February 2016

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Brand new (Feb 3, 2016) user who jumped out of the gate with article creation at Rang Nava, and who was using reFill by their fourth edit. User recreated Abhalmaya, which was previously created (and poorly) by IamRDOfficial, who was indeffed after a CU (Bbb23) determined that this was a sock of Rishika.dhanawade. The opening sentence at Abhalmaya as of this edit by CutiePieAkky included fluffy phrases like "The show had a huge and strong star cast." and "The first season was more popular then the second season with the viewers." An older version created by IamRDOfficial contained similar fluff like "Abhalmaya is widely hailed as being the first daily Marathi TV show and still has a huge cult following amongst the people who watched it when it was released. It was the launching show for many good actors and actresses...A few years after the first season, Abhalmaya 2 was telecasted as well, but that was not popular as the first run." Fundamentally the same content.

There are also significant intersections, like at Karanvir Bohra which is crawling with sock operators and at Mukta Barve. Both users seem to be focusing on Indian Marathi-language subjects. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:59, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

I've added MarathiPaulPadtePudhe to the CU list above as I've seen some intersection between CutiePieAkky and MarathiPaulPadtePudhe. I also note that MarathiPaulPadtePudhe states on his talk page "I am here to contribute to Marathi people articles" which is pretty much what I just said above. This user was blocked for copyvios, and the blocking admin, noted that the user was "Surprisingly aware of Wikipedia's procedures for a new user." This user also jumped out of the gate with article creation, and was using reFill by their sixth edit. I'd suggest a sleeper check considering how prolific they've been with socks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅. I blocked/tagged the unblocked account and tagged the other. I G5'd all the new articles created by CutiePieAkky. MarathiPaulPadtePudhe has a much longer list. Could someone G5 those, ? Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * , thanks for checking. I'm on it. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:54, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Aaaaand done. All deleted. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

20 March 2016

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File:Qubool Hai 17th Break Bumper Poster.png is pretty telling--it's only be edited by socks of Rishika.dhanawade. Gautam Rode is also a hotbed of RD socks, and frankly, if you look at the recent edit history at that article, I think all those 103.* IPs are related to this user since they seem to follow around both IamRDOfficial (a CU confirmed sock of Rishika) and Luciferthechampion. I think this will be much clearer to illustrate with an interaction report.

Many of these IPs were blocked by Bbb23 for 59 days as part of a prior CU block, and my money's on RD being behind them. this IP, for instance, knows how to use reFill. While I'm obviously not asking for CU confirmation on the IPs, I think that behaviorally speaking, it's pretty telling, particularly here where only Luciferthechampion and the IPs have edited.

Considering how prolific this sock operator is, I think it would be wise to see if there are any other accounts lurking out there. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:55, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * is ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:36, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

06 April 2016

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Eagle-eyed mentioned to me that TheMarathiHolic attempted to solicit him and another editor (the latter via IP 103.225.181.125) to recreate Ganvesh, an article created by Rishika, that I deleted for block evasion. Sock that created the article was similarly named, MarathiPaulPadtePudhe. Duck. Indeffed. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:39, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:21, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

07 April 2016

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I am aware that IPs are not linked with accounts by CU. But this IP is a quacking duck and should be blocked based on WP:DUCK itself. The IP placed edit requests 1 and 2 on two pages of Rithvik Dhanjani and Mukta Barve, both of which are semi-protected for "Persistent sock puppetry" thanks to all the socks of this account. Master Rishika.dhanawade has herself extensively edited Dhanjani's article and Barve's page has been edited by socks  and. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 10:35, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked per WP:DUCK.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:27, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Quick note for historical purposes: Mukta Barve was heavily edited by 103.* IPs and that's the primary reason why I protected the article. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:31, 7 April 2016 (UTC)