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21 December 2015

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A small zoo of SPAs (and an IP for good measure) suddenly showing up to promote "Rahul Khismatrao" via the articles The Theory of Creator and Rahul Khismatrao. The copyright notices from "CinnamonTeal Publishing" (, file description) make it clear that blatant COI and meatpuppetry are going on at least; the only question is whether it's outright sockpuppetry as well. Given that they use the exact method of filling out talk pages by simply copying another, I think so. Kolbasz (talk) 16:16, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Note also how they keep insistently removing the AfD template:, ,. Kolbasz (talk) 17:45, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

And finally, phony AfD outcomes:, Kolbasz (talk) 17:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * - per provided diffs.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:15, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . Mike V • Talk 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * . Mike V • Talk 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * . Mike V • Talk 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * . Mike V • Talk 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * . <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * . <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 01:06, 22 December 2015 (UTC)


 * The four confirmed socks have been tagged and blocked indef, master blocked two weeks. IP blocked 31 hours for vandalism by another admin. Closing case now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:49, 22 December 2015 (UTC)