Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shivambangwal/Archive

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Articles for deletion/People News Chronicle and Articles for deletion/Youthistaan have been.. a little chaotic. Although most editors !voted delete, one user, Arunpawargere, has consistently been arguing keep. This has been mostly harmless although against the majority view. However, on 26 Jan, and later on 30 Jan, a new user Ritukaapur has been out of nowhere removing AfD templates and improperly NAC'ing these two AfDs as Keep when there is no consensus to do so. A brand new user showing up and editing in the same argued areas sounds like a sock, or meat. (I've notified the reported users using Twinkle.) casualdejekyll  14:03, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * These users are ✅ to one another. From some of the things I see in the CU logs, I suspect there are cross-wiki abuse issues as well, so will indef both and request locks. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:20, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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Request for an enwiki check by a steward. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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Pro forma. ✅. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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Editor is working on same page People News Chronicle after few days. PQR01 (talk) 09:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * This is a bit of a weird suggestion, but I think this account and User:Sonamnegi121 are the same troll, who might not be Arunpawargere but saw that they were blocked and decided to go along with it because for whatever reason trolls get their kicks from. (Also apologies for commenting in the CU only section, I'm a bit daft.) casualdejekyll  03:01, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, Casualdejekyll. I noticed that most of your suggestions are "a bit weird". I am being accused of being a sockpuppeteer. I am not. I was never blocked before. Never been banned. Never had issues with Wikipedia. Whatever you guys are saying, I do not know. I do not know that person, never heard of them, never saw them, never talked to them, never met them. I am who I say I am when I say it and I have told you multiple times that I am not who you say I am. I am Goo Figure. You can go figure that. Goo Figure (talk) 07:20, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * CU isn't going to help here - without giving too much away, the CU data is weird and I don't trust it. Behavioural evaluation needed.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:56, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I concur with Girth Summit here. Looking at behaviour. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:03, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think Goo Figure is the same user as Simransertt. Whether is coordinating off-wiki is not clear, but I'm going to AGF here. Closing without action. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:09, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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Another WP:SPA who immediately started doing promotional edits for People News Chronicle, and voted !keep on the AfD  Jumpytoo Talk 22:31, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Hi. I'd just like to say that an idea popped into my head that I think is a bit weird but worth investigating. User:Goo Figure and this account to some extent have significantly better English then Arunpawargere, and I thought that maybe they are both the same person, who is a troll that is not Arunpawargere but someone else pretending to be them for whatever sick reason trolls do their thing. casualdejekyll  03:04, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi too, Casualdejekyll. I'd just like to say that an idea popped into my head that I think is a bit weird but worth investigating. Who told you I am (I don't even know that person) whoever you think I am? I am trying to have this page kept because I personally invested my time editing it to have it kept. What makes you think I am pretending to be whatever "I am pretending" to be? Your accusation is baseless and uncalled for. Read the article and try to make it better. Stop making accusations without any piece of evidence. Goo Figure (talk) 03:51, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * This is not the place to have an AfD discussion, but I'd just like to note that the reason the article is having everyone !vote Delete is not because of the quality of the article, which can be fixed, but actually because of the subject of the article not being worthy of inclusion by not passing WP:GNG. casualdejekyll  18:21, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:27, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to ; based purely on the technical data, both of these accounts are exceedingly to . Getting involved in the People News Chronicle stuff is pushes me over into ✅ on both of these. Note that Simransertt is the oldest account - this may need to be renamed.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked Sonamnegi121, and reblocked Simransertt as a CU block. Please consider whether the case should be renamed, and tag the socks accordingly.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:34, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I have done this myself (thought it needed tidying up since one of the socks has just made an unblock request). Girth Summit  (blether)  14:54, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * When reviewing the case above, I did a check myself and found that is 100% ✅ to the other accounts (based on CU evidence not reviewed in the last check). Furthermore, CU evidence suggests that the user behind these accounts may have access to the account .  as this would be the oldest account. CU data cannot be used on it's own here to link the users (cannot go into why this is the case though). Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - on review of the CU logs of Shivambangwal and a inspection of their edits leads me to conclude this account is related. Please move the case to the oldest account. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Re-closing. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:04, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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Sockpuppet_investigations/Wanderer_kanishk linked all these accounts. Wanderer_kanishk was the creator of Articles_for_deletion/Shivam_Bangwal at the time of it's AfD. casualdejekyll 21:07, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * to this case. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Since all accounts involved are already blocked, I'm not going to do a full behavioral investigation here, but I have left a post-archival note at the other SPI cross-referencing this finding. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Pro forma - these are all confirmed to  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:52, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocking and closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:54, 11 February 2022 (UTC)