Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shrikanthv/Archive

24 January 2012

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Master added product images and promotional links to Braking chopper and DC injection braking then the links were removed and images modified to remove branding info. Master complained about the image edits and reposted the links a enough times to be blocked indefinitely. Now puppet is posting tags to delete these articles. User names differ only by position of initial. Joja lozzo  16:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

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The commercial business (Kimo) is in Germany but the user name suggests an Indian connection, so travel may be involved. However, while it looks like a sock and walks like a sock, it doesn't sound much like a sock, so perhaps I'm wrong here. Joja lozzo  01:15, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

The "master" wanted the images removed once the branding was deleted. The "sock" is attempting to "remove" the images by having the articles where they are used deleted. Joja lozzo  03:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * It took me a bit to follow that reasoning, and I agree that it looks quite odd. Nonetheless, the accounts are ❌. Amalthea  20:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I must admit I didn't realize the similarity in names before you pointed it out, nonetheless, from a technical perspective, they are unrelated (editing from different continents, no indication of proxy). Amalthea  21:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems weird that one account would add content and then another would try to CSD the article. Amalthea seems fairly convinced that the accounts are unrelated, so I'll close as such. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, convinced that from a technical perspective the edits were made from different places, and all that. I've now looked at this for a while longer and note:
 * The company does have a partner in India. Travel may be involved, or maybe a company VPN.
 * Besides the connection and motivation shown in by Jojalozzo, looking at specific edits also shows similarities, for example the quite unusual spaces before commas.
 * Since there is a reasonable explanation for the technical discrepancy, and there now is even strong behavioral evidence, I am going to block the account for block evasion.

I'm also going to write them an e-mail to try and set them straight. Amalthea 09:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)