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20 February 2015

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Two rather blatant promotional accounts, promoting the same non-notable film. See and compare to. Note that the second link will probably be deleted by the time an admin gets here. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:18, 20 February 2015 (UTC) Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:18, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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Also possible: Created and immediate (only) edit was to Vishwavijay (film) in same mode as master. That article's now-deleted history and others in master's deleted history also overlap strongly with: and several in 117.201.*.* with same edit pattern (removing AfD, re-adding same/similar content, etc.). DMacks (talk) 03:18, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

I have not done anything. That was my friend with the account Rajathalaivar, not me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superheroprashast (talk • contribs) 12:36, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Sock blocked and master warned. Mike V • Talk 02:10, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * , could you provide some more evidence about ? His contributions are deleted, so can't see them, but you can. Was the article he created (Vishwavijay (film)) identical to the one created by ? If it is, that may be an evidence of sockpuppetry.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:31, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * - Since both users created article "Vishwavijay (film)", I'm endorsing the CU to compare Rajathalaivar with Superheroprashast / Vishwavijay 2016 .  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:53, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * and are ✅. Sock blocked. -- Euryalus (talk) 07:11, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Socks are blocked, master is warned. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:14, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

12 March 2015

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New editor repeatedly recreating Vishwavijay (same target as master). Surprising use of WP deletion-process technical terms for a new editor, but consistent with tit-for-tat response similar to how other editors responded to some of his other socks' edits. Not surprising that he was completely incorrect in this use, which is part of pattern of the master refusing to understand WP processes or read links in messages about them. DMacks (talk) 15:27, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

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The sock is blocked indefinitely. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

09 February 2016

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Recreating articles about the non-notable Prashast Singh films Vishwavijay and Chennai Circuit, which the sockmaster did last year. Similar "hero" username. No other edits. McGeddon (talk) 17:26, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:03, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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User is engaged in what I'm sure is hoax proliferation via the creation of alleged film articles like Battlefield Enforcement and Kattarpanthy, both alleged to be written, directed and starring one Prashast Singh. Both feature crappy posters of the guy--Kattarpanthy has him sporting a drawn-on beard for Christ's sake.

This is consistent with other sock edits, like the creation of Prashast Singh's Vishwavijay (AFD here) and Chennai Circuit (film) (AFD here) by. There's also Land of Indians (AFD here) created by. Again, all these films contain the commonality of Prashast Singh attributions.

Accompanying many of these bogus articles are IP addresses like 117.214.174.6, 59.89.23.165, 117.201.83.64 and so on which typically geolocate to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; ISP: BSNL. That is likely to be a tell for sock flareups. Similarly, the article Kattarpanthy was edited by 117.214.168.3 which (no surprise) geolocates to Dehradun.

Indeffing PokkiriPandian for block evasion. Will tag accordingly. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:20, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * On 9 June 2016 I indeffed PokkiriPandian for hoax article proliferation as detailed in the archive.
 * NaanThalaivar was created 10 June 2016.
 * Despite only having made about 20 edits, NaanThalaivar intersects with PokkiriPandian at Kanthaswamy, at Rocky Handsome, and at Urumeen, which has only had 2 edits since May.
 * One of the other socks in the archive was, which bears an obvious similarity in name to NaanThalaivar.
 * Pokkiri mostly used Mobile web edits, as does Naan.
 * Pokkiri created his account in April 2015, and went about a year before he started attracting negative attention, which culiminated in the Prashast Singh hoax articles he created. Naan's edits thus far have been fairly good-hand, but that might be part of the ruse.
 * Might also be worth noting that there are intersections with RajtheEmperor socks. Rajathalaivar (above bullet point) fits the Raj formatting as well, and the Raj operator also used "hero" as . That could wind up being the master, but I dunno about the CU possibilities. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:46, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please check also against the RajtheEmperor drawer. Thanks for your well-laid out report, . Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:04, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Do you know of an account listed at RajtheEmperor that's not stale? The last CU action in that case was confusing at best, but even the accounts checked against each other are now stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:45, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, no, I'm sorry. I misread a year and thought that drawer wasn't stale. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 12:52, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Just because of the stale issue with the other SPI, I'm not sure that wanted the endorsement changed back to open. He did say "check also", so I assumed he meant in addition to checking the new account against the non-stale behaviorally blocked  in this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * OK. Changed back to "endorsed".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:50, 14 June 2016 (UTC)


 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked the unbcked account and tagged both. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unbcked account and tagged both. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unbcked account and tagged both. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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More introduction of his idiotic hoax projects.
 * 117.214.173.207 - - Submitted 8 October 2016 - Geolocates to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; ISP: BSNL
 * 117.201.176.24 - - Submitted 21 December 2016 - Geolocates to Araghar, Uttarakhand, India; ISP: BSNL

Duck. Not taking action since the IPs are stale. I'm just updating the archive with nere examples. However it should be noted that Rotten Tomatoes has been tricked into hosting his crap. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:54, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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Duck. This child created Aa Gun Thaam, a hoax article about some phony film that he was trying to spread in various Indian film list articles. He attempts to circumvent scrutiny by uploading his crap to various film sites. Ex: Spicyonion has a profile on the film. Enjoy the absurd posters and his janky trailer. Oh goody, blu-ray.com apparently doesn't have a very high threshold for inclusion, nor does IMDb. Here's some totally legitimate user ratings and reviews.

Will also note that also edited the article. Geolocates to Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; ISP: Hathway. User indeffed. Closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:53, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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