Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sandipan1997/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Sandipan1997 was blocked a few days ago for spamming about a business/brand called Soulflower; several attempts, the latest Soulflower brand currently at an open AfD. Now the AfD has been joined by Sandipan Banerj, who seems to have earlier tried to create an article on the same subject; that, and the similarity in usernames, suggests a connection.

In fact, based on the registration dates it may be that Sandipan Banerj is the original/master, and Sandipan1997 the sock, although the former isn't blocked so I'm not sure what's happening there.

I'm also including Mridhamalay82, just in case; their only edit so far is at the same AfD. (There are also a few IPs there, but I guess they're not worth listing here?) -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:20, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ blocked, and tagged. Courcelles (talk) 15:19, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * AFD semied so we can get to a consensus without the socks. Closing case. Courcelles (talk) 15:20, 16 May 2023 (UTC)