Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Siddharthmenon2121/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
The first two accounts were both active at Siddharth Menon (singer) on November 20, adding similar information within 20 minutes or so. On February 19, the IP address made a large amount of changes to the subject's film credits and awards. Moments later, the sockmaster account began making edits to the infobox photo, claiming to be the subject. After I fixed some header info that had been damaged in a previous edit, and having to restore a previous version to do so, the sockmaster account again stated in an edit summary that they themselves were the subject. Despite a WP:COI warning from User:Czello, the user continued to edit the article. Minutes later, the IP address began editing again, now claiming to be part of the subject's team. Both accounts received COI warnings from myself and other editors. I opened a case at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard where User:Scope creep agreed there was a conflict of interest with both accounts. They were then warned again and the editing seemed to stop. In the meantime, edits were made to the article, removing all of the unsourced information. Today, a third account has returned and re-inserted much, if not all, of the previous deleted unsourced information and instructing editors not to remove it. NJZombie (talk) 19:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC) UPDATE: Since filing this report, the current account has made the same claim as the IP account, stating on my talk page that they know the subject personally. Sockmaster account is now asking for editors' phone numbers and while the newest account is asking me for an e-mail address.

UPDATE 2: User:Ohnoitsjamie has since indeffed both of the registered account. At the moment, only the 202.191.65.246 IP account remains unblocked. NJZombie (talk) 13:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * for 1 fortnight. The Wordsmith Talk to me 04:14, 7 March 2024 (UTC)