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New user Ruralpuritan, as their second edit ever, inserts new information to whitewash the Ravi Shankar (poet) article here at 3:10 p.m.

After being reverted for cause, reinstates it here at 3:17 p.m.

After being reverted again, user Wikiwackerwasawiccan was created at approximately 3:20 p.m., and their only edit was to restore that material again here at 3:30 p.m.

Given the amount of edit warring, IP hopping, and recent page protection on this page, a checkuser is requested.  Scr ★ pIron IV 19:56, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:33, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

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Editors focused on Ravi Shankar (poet) making nearly similar claims malicious editing here, here and here.

Users adding/removing the same material from the Shankar article here, here, and here

IP's have been changing, due to an apparent move, but behavioral evidence is clear. IP claims to be the subject of the article.  Scr ★ pIron IV 14:47, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare to the master and the previous sock. Thanks, GABgab 03:36, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Although appears to be editing from a different continent, the ISP offers hosting and co-location services, so it's not relevant. The rest of the technical data is a match, so if the behavior lines up the account should be blocked. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:31, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * . GABgab 22:12, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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Newly created user restoring precisely the same content to the Ravi Shankar (poet) page as seen here. User's only contributions are to whitewash this article, and add spurious WP:PRIMARY information.  Scr ★ pIron IV 13:22, 17 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Adding a request for a sleeper check now, as there is a long history of socking here, all the way back to 2013 with Sockpuppet investigations/Sipho Tottenham who appears behaviorally to be the original master account. New accounts removing COI tags, and the page is becoming problematic.  Scr ★ pIron IV 13:03, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  23:28, 23 August 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:55, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm accounts and check for sleepers.
 * - Katietalk 00:12, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * TerribleTowel,, and are ✅ to each other.
 * Literarybiographer is based on geolocation.
 * Confirmed accounts blocked and tagged. I've also put ECP on Ravi Shankhar (poet) for one month. Katietalk 00:24, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Indeffing Literarybiographer based on behavior and agree that there is a good possibility that Sipho Tottenham may be the master. Closing for now.

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As before, newly created users adding spurious unsourced or primary sourced claims to the subject article. Requesting a sleeper check again, as it is common for the master to have a few around. Also, master has been travelling the Pacific Rim lately, not uncommon for the geolocation to change.  Scr ★ pIron IV 13:01, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:07, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Greenenergyisgood is ✅ to Hindugoddess and they are confirmed to Indianlit, TerribleTowel and Plumtreegumtree.  and closing.

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Same single purpose edits to Ravi Shankar (poet) regarding criminal history, seen here and here, making the exact same edits. Not also here where they specify "puritan" as part of their user page, but change it to Quaker. Also note that the the IP edit geolocates to the article subject's hometown, and the sockmaster claimed to be the article's subject.  Scr ★ pIron IV 19:50, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked without tags. Please move this case to StephaneTolland who is years older than Ruralpuritan. There was a 4-year gap in StephaneTolland’s edits.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:43, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:16, 2 December 2017 (UTC)