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24 April 2013

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At 15:54 on March 10, 2013, Amytrish was created. At 16:33, Amytrish created an AfC that was later accepted and moved to the mainspace. At 11:19 on April 8, 2013, Amy created an improperly formed AfD for said article. At 14:45 on April 6th, Smarojitbiz was created. At 11:59 on April 9, 2013, Smarojitbiz commented on the AfD, stating that "...there are zillions who make short films on GLBT Issues and win awards it solely cannot be the reason to have a Wikipedia page...." A minute later, SineBot signed the comment. At 12:03 on April 9, 2013, Thefriendlycasper was created. At 12:23 that same day, Thefriendlycasper edited the AfD saying, "I agree with the above editor User:Smarojitbiz . Under Criteria G11 of Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion  this should be deleted." To date, this is Thefriendlycasper's only edit. At 16:28 on April 24, 2013, Bloggermahoday was created. Less than 10 minutes later, the user also commented on the AFD, agreeing with the editors above him and calling Nakshatra (Filmmaker) a "propoganda-based page". SineBot also signed that edit. This is Bloggermahoday's only edit. At 18:42 on April 24, 2013, Idiotbox123 was created. Like the others, Idiotbox123's only edit is to the AfD, which mentions that "it's really funny to see how people made fake/new accounts just to trash this guy. I smell jealousy and personal hatred here. Wiki community should focus on article's sources and not at the barking dogs." SineBot signed the comment. Based on the evidence, I'm not sure if Amytrish is connected to the suspected accounts, but there is definitely something fishy going on here. MJ94 (talk) 22:44, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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The malformed AfD has created confusion above. The AfD tags at Nakshatra (Filmmaker) were added by Smarojitbiz but s/he neglected to follow the procedure and didn't create the discussion page. Amytrish created that, presumably by following the redlink in the AfD tag. I doubt Amytrish is a sock: why would somebody create a page, write 5kb of text and then create socks to try to get it deleted? Dricherby (talk) 00:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I also doubt that Amytrish is a sock; however, I've added to be safe per a clerk's offwiki suggestion. MJ94 (talk) 01:05, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

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Since the AfD has been closed, I don't really see anything significant to be gained by doing a CU. It seems to me that Thefriendlycasper and Bloggermahoday should be indef-blocked per DUCK as SPA's and/or probable socks of Smarojitbiz. Not sure what to think of Idiotbox123; might or might not be a sock of Amytrish. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Currently available technical evidence indicates that the following accounts are related: Currently available technical evidence indicates that the following accounts are related: is related, based on geographical location. T. Canens (talk) 15:28, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Amytrish for using Idiotbox to doublevote in an AFD, and Smarojitbiz for using Thefriendlycasper to do the same. I'm leaving Bloggermahoday as he looks more like he was canvassed to the discussion than a sockpuppet. I'll be splitting this case into the two groups of sockpuppets. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:31, 3 May 2013 (UTC)