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Recreation of same copyvio article, Joy Kali Kolkattawali, lots of crossover and near identical user pages. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:27, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Added another one that is creating the same copyvios for this network. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:41, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Have tagged Shapin's page with the sock template since the blocking admin apparently forgot to. Phil roc My contribs 16:55, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * Shapin36 and Rikhiyart are ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Everyone's blocked, so closing. Also,, please do not tag socks. Thanks, GABgab 16:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * Brand new user who started editing 11 March 2018, yet somehow has the drive to create multiple new draft articles for Indian Bengali-language TV shows.


 * I didn't have any knowledge of Shafi674838393939, but Shapin36 was implicated by admin as a likely sock of Shafi, but Shafi seems to be very interested in Indian Bengali-language TV shows, and some Bengali-speaking actors/actresses.


 * There are about four areas of intersection between Shapin36 and Aryan88890 and they seem to hover in the 71-75 day range.


 * Aryan88890 intersects with Shapin36 here. How would a brand-new editor know that there was an existing draft article to edit?


 * The appearance of this account coincides with the expiration of an IP that I know was used by Shapin (both through duck evidence as well as through some communication at the Simple Wikipedia, along with deductive reasoning. (He asked why I'd blocked him, and after tracking down the summary I used when I blocked him, I figured out the IP--though it's pretty obvious if you look at these articles.)


 * I think the new tactic is to create draft articles, maybe so they are less likely to get hit with community scrutiny, then link to those drafts in articles. The same thing was done by this IP.


 * Perfunctory and inaccurate user page. "Look at me, I'm autoconfirmed, I'm a new pages patroller, I'm a recent pages patroller!" (paraphrased)

I have genuine concerns about this person's competency. They can't seem to follow any directions, and the conversation at the Simple Wikipedia was like pulling teeth. I also suspect these articles are being created for pay. They're all cookie-cutter articles, virtually none of them have been given any care or attention to notability. Lousy references, etc. Shafi has a talk page wall full of deleted articles. The movement to drafts seems like an attempt to game the system.

I feel pretty strongly that Aryan88890 is Shapin36. The reason why I'm asking for a CU, is that I'm not quite clear who the master is officially and it would be more settling to say that none of these accounts can exist because of a previous problematic user. I don't know if we'll be able to confirm to Shafi, because he edited quite a while back though. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:15, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

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Aryan88890 and Shapin36 are ✅ to each other. Blocked Aryan88890 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:14, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Then we're done here. Closing/archiving. Courcelles (talk) 19:14, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * A recent CU confirmed sock, Aryan88890, was attempting to set up Draft:Fagun Bou, which has since been deleted.
 * Brand new editor Adil199900 created Fagun Bou
 * There are consistencies between the deleted draft and the current article: Miscapitalisation of the word "Premiere", the use of Times of India references (not a huge deal... it's a big publication), but also the infobox seems pretty much identical including boldface for "Story" "Screenplay" and "Dialogue" and the misuse of the followed_by parameter for (presumably) a TV show Adorini that preceded this Fagun Bou in the same time slot. (I'm assuming.)

This is pretty much all the info I have since the new suspect only has three edits. Worth a CU, or ducky enough? And just for the future, Draft:KrishnaKali and KrishnaKali would be the next Bengali TV series articles to look for. The suspect created the live article, which was moved to draft space by. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:29, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The editor has created a few more articles and made a number of other edits. Joyee (TV series) was basically a recreation of an article that was deleted for copyright concerns. Some words were changed here and there, but it's got the same basic shape. Why would a new user have archived that article? Because they are part of a sock farm here to promote Bengali-language Indian TV shows. That article was previously edited by Shapin36, a sock of Shafi's. (Only admins will be able to see the link.) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 07:22, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Declining CU. No presence of sleepers, fairly .  QEDK  ( 後  ☕  桜 ) 08:07, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * . Favonian (talk) 10:10, 21 April 2018 (UTC)