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This is a duck test nomination because the records appear to be more than 90 days old. All of these accounts have done nothing but create BLPs of Deri Lorus and Dan Emil Joshua first in draft space and more recently in article space. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:50, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * The deleted versions of the articles aren't sufficiently identical to be material, but a group of SPAs pushing a not-especially-notable pair of musicians (and using a heck of a lot of low-quality press releases in a vain attempt to establish notability) sure looks like sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry/some kind of coordination to me. . GeneralNotability (talk) 14:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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Dan Emil Joshua was G5ed by User:Sir Sputnik as it a creation by a sock on this case. The page was recreated now, in similar form, by the suspected puppet.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 13:29, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * endorsed, they also created Draft:Deri Lorus. Praxidicae (talk) 13:43, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ except Crookedcat135 who is . -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 15:39, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Given the overlap I'm going to block crookedcat as well. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:29, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing for as they mentioned they were closing, but the SPIcase status template was not changed. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:21, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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DUCK. Created and edited on Deri Lorus and Draft:Deri Lorus. Mofitej528 also edited on Keba Jeremiah which a past sock edited as well.

CU for confirmation and sleeper check given the dozen accounts created so far  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 06:07, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅ to each other, and based on the content of the articles created, I am quite sure this is indeed a continuation of this same master (past socks are stale). ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:05, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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see Draft:Deri Lorus VAXIDICAE💉  19:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:47, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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DUCK

Previous socks:

Helpingan:

Helpingan created Draft:Deri Lorus, just like past socks.

CU requested for confirmation  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 16:54, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging sock accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:26, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging sock accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:26, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging sock accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:26, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Ongoing self-promotion. See article deletion log. Also:
 * - and cross-wiki abuse.-KH-1 (talk) 03:27, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Underpants is also clearly the same person, having recreated Spreadmediaglobal's Dan Emil Joshua and creating The Madras Tribune, owned by Deri Lorus, the subject Spreadmediaglobal writes about. – Thjarkur (talk) 06:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

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IP blocked as behavioral DUCK. No review of named account.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:59, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * . There are no accounts for me to compare the master to.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Underpants90 is a named account and there are recent socks from the archives that don't appear to be stale. Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Interesting. I wonder if someone added it after my decline? Anyways, I'll take a look... :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:13, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Ah, I should've made it more clear. The Spreadmediaglobal account is stale, and there are no logs or data that I can use to compare with the master account. I'll check out the recent socks and compare...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:14, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ,, and  from the archives appear to be non-stale. Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Yeah, sorry. I thought that this was the reason for my initial decline and that I didn't word things right in my response. I'm an idiot... lol  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:20, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , it was listed, just in the wrong place :). Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:15, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Aha! That makes sense... I must not have caught it. Okay, taking a look now....  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:22, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

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Mksudalin posted a request on my talk page asking that I "create an article about Deri Lorus" - a subject that was previously deleted and salted for repeated recreation by the blocked sockmaster. Upon further investigation of Mksudalin's activity, I find them to be a WP:PRECOCIOUS editor who has also recreated the previously deleted (and now locked) Mugen Rao. Carpediemist only ever edited Mugen Rao. BD2412 T 17:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * - ~TNT (she/they • talk) 10:43, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * are all ✅ to each other, and ✅ to via.
 * is to .  ~TNT (she/they • talk) 10:50, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have my suspicions, but there really isn't enough behavioral evidence for me to feel confident in blocking at this time. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:01, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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Logging for the record - behavioural evidence + interest in Deri Lorus ~TNT (she/they • talk) 10:51, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Technically, blocked and tagged on behavioural evidence ~TNT (she/they • talk) 10:53, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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Recreated Draft:Dan Emil Joshua which has been created by a number of their previous socks (see the case archive).

Showed up at the teahouse to ask about recreating an article which was G5 deleted due to being written by one of their previous socks

Requesting Checkuser for a sleeper check. 192.76.8.74 (talk) 16:13, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Per provided evidence. Thanks, GABgab 16:34, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * . PhilKnight (talk) 16:57, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 17:02, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

10 September 2021


The Stephen Zechariah article was originally created by (see ), a confirmed sock of Spreadmediaglobal. It was recently recreated by Igoodok as a draft, and then immediately moved into mainspace by Lessa10. Both are new accounts and likely socks.-KH-1 (talk) 01:06, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * . Could you take a look at this?.-KH-1 (talk) 04:20, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Lessa10 is ✅; Igoodok is ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:16, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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I just blocked Paralaogam4 after they created Deri Lorus (musician). I have questions about FeviGam, a new editor, who moved the article from Draft space into main space. Liz Read! Talk! 02:41, 16 September 2021 (UTC) Liz Read! Talk! 02:41, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - the accounts in the 10 September report are also highly suspect; there may be others, CU would be useful.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:36, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅., closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:16, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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IveMadeAn created Deri Lorus (singer), which was repeatedly recreated at Deri Lorus by prior confirmed socks.

Nonsmoker0000 then edit warred to remove the CSD tag. firefly ( t · c ) 08:26, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * An unmistakable carbon copy of the behaviour of previous pairs of sockpuppets. Both blocked. JBW (talk) 09:09, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Using undisclosed account to make promotional edits for ISKCON by creating ISKCON Temple, Salem. SRP International Stadium is another promotional non notable article. The suspicion was first expressed by Hemanthah at

Admitted the connection at User talk:தனீஷ். He is using the new account to continue the promotional edits and other problems as before.

When asked to disclose the connection on user page, started using filthy language. 

I suspect this user has more undisclosed accounts. Venkat TL (talk) 14:07, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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suspected it to be Spreadmediaglobal SPI, which seems right to me too.

Deri Lorus: IP, which was trying since Jun to get Deri Lorus created, asked Dhaneesh's old account on Aug 26 (diff). Dhaneesh created it on Aug 27 bypassing salt with Musicion suffix. Page was draftified but Ram posted on help desk asking for recreation. He links to es-wiki page created by blocked sock Prodflat, fr-wiki page created by above IP. Another blocked sock, Mksudalin, on only mention and no ping (diff), came later to correct his mistakes. On Aug 31, IP and another blocked sock ask some unrelated editor to recreate the same page. On Dec 3, another blocked sock asked Dhaneesh's old account for help with same (diff).

Stephen Zechariah: IP recreates page (previously recreated by Mksudalin) on Sep 25, linking to photos Mksudalin had uploaded on Aug 30. It's draftified but Ram moves it to main space (diff). Photos were deleted due to licensing. 's only edits are to add another photo to commons and page (diff). changes (diff) it to one sock IveMadeAn had uploaded.

Hussain Shaik Kadhar:, created Nov 15, drafts this on Nov 18. Ram moves it to article space same day (diff). Page interaction makes it look like an account switch. Individual user logs (flute, Dhaneesh) also show single overlapping edit for the two days Nov 18 & 19.

Devendran Dave: Created by Flute is prod-ed on Nov 19. 's only edit is to try de-proding (diff) incorrectly, which Dhaneesh reverts within minutes(diff) IP correctly de-prods later (diff). --Hemanthah (talk) 09:38, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:55, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is confirmed to via multiple confirmed socks. 's editing history entirely overlaps with FluteIsDrug's.  Girth Summit  (blether)  00:08, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The other accounts are not CU-confirmed, but blocking based on behavioural evaluation: they may not be the same individual, but they are coordinated. All blocked and tagged. Will apply some G5. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  00:23, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Recreating pages related to Deri Lorus (Deri Lorus (composer)) and The Madras Times (log). Deri Lorus has previously been created at titles such as Deri Lorus (log). Giraffer (talk·contribs) 14:55, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Checking for other accounts...  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:12, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Oops - forgot to come back and close this. No other accounts visible.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:58, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Ran a check when comparing this case to Weareme234. Found when looking at the IPs. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 05:02, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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Pro forma. ✅ to previous socks. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 05:02, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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The username gives the game away: "Dhaneesh Ram M V" pretty obviously equals the previously blocked "Ram Dhaneesh". For extra credit, the new account has started editing Salem City Municipal Corporation, an article that Ram Dhaneesh had frequently edited. CU is available if needed, although I think the behavioral evidence should be more than sufficient. (If you block, the active unblock request at User talk:Ram Dhaneesh probably ought to be declined as well.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:09, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:40, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ not only to the account, but also to  and thence to, . I don't see any other accounts.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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Same pattern of behavior seen here and here.

User:KikiDoYouLoveMe000 (Sock 1) created the Stephen Zechariah page in sandbox, User:Beaulahrejoice (sock 2) moved it to mainspace. "User:Beaulahrejoice" also created Stephen Zechariah page on the Simple English Wikipedia, and has a history of creating content related to Deri Lorus/Spreadmediaglobal. See the Stephen Zechariah log history for context.-KH-1 (talk) 01:43, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are to each other and to this master:
 * . ST47 (talk) 17:24, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 17:24, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 17:24, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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Newly created account which went right to editing a draft created by another sock of the puppeteer, KikiDoYouLoveMe000, and worked on by another sock, Beaulahrejoice.  Onel 5969  <i style="color:blue">TT me</i> 11:57, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * . MarioGom (talk) 22:32, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Salvio giuliano 22:41, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * and are ✅ to one another and a  match to Beaulahrejoice and KikiDoYouLoveMe000.  Salvio giuliano 22:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * - given the CU result, evidence presented by Onel, and overall similarities, I think it is safe to call these proven to the master. Please, block both CameronAćosta and HighBP. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 23:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with . I have also seen further evidence, not mentioned here, which in my opinion proves the case well beyond all reasonable doubt, so I shall go ahead with blocking. JBW (talk) 19:35, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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User has created the Stephen Zechariah which was created by numerous other socks and has also created and edited pages related to them. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 14:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Glad to see we're on the same page JBW. I wasn't entirely sure since the behavior doesn't seem to match exactly with other socks, but the creation of a page made by other socks was what made me decide to file this report. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 14:18, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree that this doesn't exactly match previous socks, but I found enough details to persuade me that it is not an independent account. The differences could be because it's WP:MEAT, a different person working for the same client, or because it's the same person, who is putting some effort into trying to look like a different person. My impression is that the latter is more likely, but it doesn't really matter, since either way it's covered by Wikipedia's sockpuppetry policy. JBW (talk) 15:25, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * While was creating this report I was busy investigating the same editor, and I have reached the conclusion that there is enough evidence to block the account. I think the previous accounts will be stale for CheckUser purposes, perhaps because the sockmaster has learnt to wait a little over 3 months for that purpose. Nevertheless, I'm leaving the CU request in place in case a clerk or CU thinks it's worth checking this latest account against sleepers, or in case there are other non-stale accounts that I don't know about. JBW (talk) 14:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * 's IPs are a good match for the data in the logs for - tagging as proven. I don't see any others, closing.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:51, 11 May 2023 (UTC)