Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sivakarthy/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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Two of the accounts were identified by. See below for the rest.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:36, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

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Just so there's some behavioral history, here is a copy of the message I left at Bbb23's talk page about this guy:

Hi B, I'm not sure this is a "ring", but I've happened upon a weirdly incompetent set of users who are definitely the same guy. I first noticed this guy, making a whole bunch of butcher edits to a Malayalam TV series' infobox:
 * They can't figure out line breaks,
 * They misuse various parameter,
 * They include Indic scripts
 * They miscapitalise
 * They use the show_name_2 parameter to include "A made for each other story", though the infobox renders the content as "Also known as: A made for each other story".
 * They add the channel parameter when we already have network
 * Then there is the weird choice to include International broadcast in the References section.

Then going back through the edits at that page, I noticed that this guy,, a few hours earlier added:
 * a bunch of parameters they didn't understand. They add channel when we already had network. Parameter followed_by is almost certain to be misused, as is released and first_run.
 * Here he seems to have problems in the related parameter with line breaks and he adds the network parameter when we already have channel
 * Then I noticed that Sreesiva added International broadcast to references.

These are clearly the same person, and I feel like this is a serious competency issue since there are so many mistakes going on, so I'm wondering if there are other accounts related. If you want me to open an SPI, I'm always happy to do that. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The following accounts are ✅:
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Suspected sockpuppets



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Although we did a CU pass on March 8, this account didn't turn up, but I see a large intersection between this user and other Sivakarthy socks. Given how massive the last CU cleanout was, I think another might be warranted. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:13, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * At Swami Ayyappan (TV series) I see socks Amminithankom and Harikarthysiva and Krishnan vb and Ananthankvb and Ananthappy. Obviously this is a very attractive article to him.
 * At List of programs broadcast by Asianet I see socks Luttappykumar and Amminithankom and Harikarthysiva and Sreesiva nandhana and Kammaran and Aanjaneyadas and more. Yet another very attractive article to him.
 * At Bharya (TV series) I see socks Luttappykumar and Shine m tom and Sreesiva nandhana and Kammaran and others.
 * These were the first three articles the new account edited, which again seems like they're very drawn to them.

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is stale but seems to be a behavioral match. is using a different device but in Madhavanair42's range and also editing same set of articles. Madhavanair42 is using a different device from the master but I didn't check all of the old accounts. The master, Madhavanair42 and Akmal Hashim are relatively close to each other; different ISPs are in use but they all are within 50 miles. This should be decided based on behavior. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:04, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Reported account is blocked and tagged based on behaviour. I haven't done the others given age. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:49, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 17:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * is . Using the same ranges but a different device, although in the same category of devices. .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Inconclusive - I don't have enough info to say whether or not Atheera raj illalai is the same person. Most of the confirmed socks seem to be interested in various Malayalam-language topics, with a significant focus on TV, and most of the recent socks have edited List of programs broadcast by Asianet. While Atheera created Jack Daniel (film), a Malayalam movie, and has added a nickname to a Malayalam actor's page, he hasn't worked in any television articles as far as I can see.
 * is . Using the same ranges but a different device, although in the same category of devices. .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Inconclusive - I don't have enough info to say whether or not Atheera raj illalai is the same person. Most of the confirmed socks seem to be interested in various Malayalam-language topics, with a significant focus on TV, and most of the recent socks have edited List of programs broadcast by Asianet. While Atheera created Jack Daniel (film), a Malayalam movie, and has added a nickname to a Malayalam actor's page, he hasn't worked in any television articles as far as I can see.
 * is . Using the same ranges but a different device, although in the same category of devices. .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Inconclusive - I don't have enough info to say whether or not Atheera raj illalai is the same person. Most of the confirmed socks seem to be interested in various Malayalam-language topics, with a significant focus on TV, and most of the recent socks have edited List of programs broadcast by Asianet. While Atheera created Jack Daniel (film), a Malayalam movie, and has added a nickname to a Malayalam actor's page, he hasn't worked in any television articles as far as I can see.
 * is . Using the same ranges but a different device, although in the same category of devices. .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Inconclusive - I don't have enough info to say whether or not Atheera raj illalai is the same person. Most of the confirmed socks seem to be interested in various Malayalam-language topics, with a significant focus on TV, and most of the recent socks have edited List of programs broadcast by Asianet. While Atheera created Jack Daniel (film), a Malayalam movie, and has added a nickname to a Malayalam actor's page, he hasn't worked in any television articles as far as I can see.


 * Also Atheera seems to be more interested in dropping multiple, incoherent complaints/requests on talk pages than editing articles, whereas none of the recent socks seems to have commented on a talk page, or rambled about "Hinduphobia" like he has. Also interesting: there are no areas of intersection between Atheera and the other socks. So I don't think there is a strong behavioral link just yet. Even if he had more interest in Mayalayam articles, it wouldn't be out of the question that he could be a different person. If an IP range geolocates to the Indian state of Kerala, you would expect to see people interested in Malayalam subjects. So the other behavioral points leave me with enough doubt to say that it's inconclusive. If Atheera edits the Asianet article, or TV articles or other CU-confirmed socks start blowing up talk pages with incoherent posts, then that'll be more indicative of a match. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)