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13 January 2014

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The user is a suspected sockpuppet of User:Sayan Basu, who already has 4 banned sockpuppets. This user has restored the texts which was inserted by Sayan Basu in the article Jalpaiguri. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  12:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Diff by user Anurag Aryaa
 * Diff by user Sayan Basu

Hope the above diffs will give some clue that this might be the same user. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  06:37, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I removed certain information from the article Jalpaiguri (I think he belongs from that place) which apparently looked like factual errors and asked him not to refer Jalpaiguri as a city . Then he, along with his suspected socks includingUser:Peter Barrymore, User:Magi Choda, User:Kate Cruise and User:Janet Winslet have either vandalised the article Cooch Behar (which is my home town and has been mentioned on my userpage) in vindication or have re-added removed information from Jalpaiguri. Amartyabag   TALK2ME  10:50, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

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Adding in some diffs after being directed here by Amartyabag. Sayan Basu has been adding in content to Jalpaiguri regarding malls and speculation regarding economic growth with a particular phrasing:


 * The opening of ... large shopping arcades might be the main reason for these drastic developments taking place in the city.


 * The opening of ... might be the reason for these drastic developments taking place in the city.

After Sayan Basu was blocked, a new account Anurag Aryya was created and makes similar edits after going on a blanking spree:


 * The opening of malls & multiplexes like ... might be the main reasons for such rise in population and developments taking place in Jalpaiguri City

There are two additional accounts that have been tagged as suspected sockpuppets by Materialscientist after going on a blanking spree on Cooch Behar:



-- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:53, 16 January 2014 (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. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * - but I suspect this may have been done already. I realize the sock is blocked, but the block is not indef; also sleeper check would help. Rschen7754 00:17, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The CU evidence shows a very strong technical match between, , , and , making it very the same individual. The amount of IPs used is overwhelming, and finding socks is like finding a needle in a haystack here.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  19:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Master and confirmed socks all blocked indef, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:44, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

08 March 2014

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The account is evidently a vandalism only article. The account has been used for section/article blanking on more than 3 articles. 





Sayan Basu and its socks had an inclination to edit Jalpaiguri and Siliguri related articles. See this edit where he asks for removing blocks on Jalpaiguri. The article was blocked on 21 February and the first edit made by this user was on 23 February.

Sayan Basu had a history on vandalising articles related to Siliguri and Cooch Behar and so is this user. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  10:48, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * is very a sock of .--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:35, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked as confirmed based on CU result and behavioural evidence. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:26, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

22 March 2014

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The user is creating similar articles as created by Sayan Basu like, Jalpaiguri National Airport, South Jalpaiguri. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  06:03, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked per the DUCK test given the articles they've recreated. Tagged and nuked. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:38, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

08 April 2014

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The user name is similar to the Sockmaster. The shock is targeting similar type of articles for introducing factual errors. For example, his modus operandi is to change the status of the articles in Jalpaiguri district from Town to city, or village to Town/City while reverting the same for the articles in Cooch Behar district. One of the earlier sock has vandalised the article Tufanganj and this user has again choose the vandal the same article. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  13:20, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * @admins - Please block the sock urgently or it will keep on introducing factual errors (it got autoconfirm rights). Amartyabag   TALK2ME  16:22, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * The technical data shows a very match to the master. When combined with the behavioural evidence it's safe to call this one confirmed.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:44, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:17, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

15 July 2014

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The user seems like a sock of User:Sayan Basu, whose multiple socks have been banned on similar grounds of inserting factual errors. The article was protected earlier, with admin only edit rights till 10 July 2014. The user name was created on 13 July with edits only on Jalpaiguri related articles. There is another User, User:V jazz which was created on 10 July 2014, which is also editing on Jalpaiguri related article. The user has also created a fictitious article Jalpaiguri Airport, which was earlier deleted.

Like User:Sayan Basu, this user also like adding "city" to the article. See diff and

I have detected another User:Cluebot10, which is uploading image possibly violating copyright (and username policies?) and obvious misrepresnting images with wrong descriptions and file names related to Jalpaiguri. I doubt all these user names are related and sock of Sayan Basu. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  12:45, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * @Admins - Please base your decision on behavioral edits. Please block these account on an urgent basis, as these accounts are constantly used for intermittent insertion of factual errors. Amartyabag   TALK2ME  14:53, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:05, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The only check I ran was on and the results were . . Note that I deleted this user's creation of Jalpaiguri Airport as the references included in the article did not support the material at all and in some cases contradicted it. In addition to the creation of a hoax article, the fact that Anjali mj created a fully formed and wikified article (including infobox, images, categories and succession boxes(!)) in their very first edit doesn't bode well as to them being a new account.
 * I did not run a check on as no specific evidence was presented to connect the account to the master, and I didn't run a check on Cluebot10 as it's already blocked.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:11, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeffing socks with tags and closing.

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The master is already blocked by Abusing multiple accounts and the possible sock is repeating the same thing which master did at Jalpaiguri see below:


 * Removing more footnotes template: vs
 * Changes in population: vs
 * Possible sock adding mostly the same information which master tried: vs
 * Using same image as image_skyline: vs

I think the evidence's above are enough but if you need more please ping me i'll try to findout more. Thank You – GSS (talk) 15:35, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

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This report probably belongs at Sockpuppet investigations/Sayan Basu. The account listed here as the master, as all the accounts at the other case, are .--Bbb23 (talk) 16:03, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * What multiple accounts was Mahua Bora abusing? Is that a puppet of someone else?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * As implied by the message above from Bbb23, I believe it is a sockpuppet of Sayan Basu. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:22, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I moved the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:26, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Per Bbb23, CU won't yield anything useful. We'll have to make do by looking at behavioral evidence. - Mailer Diablo 23:32, 17 June 2016 (UTC)


 * . All accounts have been indef-blocked, so nothing further to do here. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:55, 24 July 2016 (UTC)