Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sweetindian/Archive

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Sweetindian had been edit warring on L. Murugan and ultimately made a legal threat which led to getting blocked. A few days after that, Indiaproject was created and after making a few edits to other articles they went to L. Murugan and made the same edits


 * Sweetindian
 * Indiaproject

After making yet another rv to their preferred version of the article, Indiaproject abruptly slapped a "retired" tag on their user talk page. Three minutes later, Sweetindian did the exact same thing on their talk page. Notfrompedro (talk) 17:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged (including master), closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:08, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Dravidianstock2 Asked other editors to protect "Cabinet minister" L. Murugan and claims it as a ploy by opposition party cadres like the previous socks. Cadres of certain parties in TN are emplyed to make controversial content in page of Union Cabinet minister, The page dedicated for cabinet minister and former TN BJP state L. Murugan is consistently vandalised by DMK cadres from TN. The page of cabinet minister and former TB BJP chief L. Murugan is completely vandalised and have lots of false claims..
 * Dravidianstock2 continued editing the same content as in List of temples in Tamil Nadu. and added the same content in Om Namah Shivaya.
 * Dravidianstock2 Writes added citations in the edit summary when they are actually adding content like the previous socks..
 * The account added similar content in the same paragraph two days after, when the content added by  was reverted.

Please Check for sleepers.SUN EYE 1 17:43, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Added who was created 3 days after Dravidianstock2 was blocked, and  is continuing the disruptive edit war of 157.49.141.74 and 111.92.42.81 in Kongu Tamil and restoring the edits of pervious sock in Arunthathiyar with false edit summary.. Removed a section in talk page by another user in Talk:Sacred language like the previous sock. SUN EYE 1 09:13, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Added who was created 19 hours after  was blocked, is back again to restore the content added by last sock. Updated Uthiyur and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham which was edited by most of the socks.SUN EYE 1 15:02, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Added who was named after measurements like the socks of Tamilianda  and  and even has "sock" in the username. This account was used to edit war over the content added by the IP range 157.49.130.244 in Proposed states and union territories of India. Abuses me in my talk page and uses the signature of Dravidianstock2.SUN EYE 1 16:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Added, similar name as 70mmsock and was created a day after 70mmsock was blocked, the account expanded the unsourced paragraph added by 157.46.70.209 in Sacred language. The content was earlier expanded by Dravidianstock2 and Indiaproject. Uses the same misleading edit summaries like other IP address.SUN EYE 1 07:27, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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please take a look at this, the user Dravidianstock2 is currently on a disruption spree.SUN EYE 1 15:41, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * requested to add parts of north eastern kerala in Talk:Kongu Nadu and it was not not done because of no sources. Dravidianstock2 later added it without sources..
 * Both IPs are interested in adding content to Uthiyur and Vanavaraya Nallur(created by Dravidianstock2).
 * Uthiyur was created by and was expanded significantly by both Dravidianstock2 and 111.92.42.81 IP range.
 * The 157.*.* IP range added request in a talk page and Dravidianstock2 signed it..
 * 111.92.42.81 continued 157.51.126.58's edit war in Kongu Tamil. *157.49.151.148 makes an edit request and Dravidianstock2 responds to it within 3 minutes.
 * was used to restore the content of across more than a 15 pages.SUN EYE 1  15:02, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Merge
Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Tamilianda to this SPI as Tamilianda was blocked as a sock of this user. Thanks SUN EYE 1 15:14, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - please compare the already-blocked accounts and, if possible, run a sleeper check. I do not endorse a check on Dakkss; I am not convinced they are the same person as the others listed above. The IP ranges mentioned above do seem to have some activity by this group, but I am not willing to make those rangeblocks because it looks like there would be a lot of collateral damage. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 06:25, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Dravidianstock2
 * Tamilianda
 * These and the other blocked accounts (Indianculture2, 70mmsock, 60kgs, 61kgs, and 10mmuser) are very to Sweetindian. I didn't run any checks on Dakkss per GeneralNotability's note. Sleeper detection is a little difficult in this case because they are using a very common technical configuration; this is all the accounts I found. I'll add tags. . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:43, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * These and the other blocked accounts (Indianculture2, 70mmsock, 60kgs, 61kgs, and 10mmuser) are very to Sweetindian. I didn't run any checks on Dakkss per GeneralNotability's note. Sleeper detection is a little difficult in this case because they are using a very common technical configuration; this is all the accounts I found. I'll add tags. . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:43, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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Pretty sure based on Tamilianda's block that he/she is not the actual sockpuppeteer, but it is very clear that this account is Tamilianda - same type of edits, even going as far as reverting other user's reverts of Tamilianda's edits. 10mmsocket (talk) 07:21, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

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Tamilianda is a sock of Sockpuppet_investigations/SweetindianSUN EYE 1 08:08, 12 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for spotting that - now added to Sweetindian SPI 10mmsocket (talk) 08:29, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Handled in the 27 July case. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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The IP range reported in the previous SPI of this master is being used to evade the block everyday since the last block. If possible, this IP range should be blocked.
 * Edit warring over the same content introduced by 157.49.158.221 with Amritauniv, Gooduser12, 157.49.131.158 and 223.182.214.134
 * 223.182.214.134 (This range was also reported in the previous SPI) edits Uthiyur which was edited by all the other socks.
 * 157.49.158.221 made similar request like older sock when asking for page protection. and 157.49.158.221 requested protection decrease in Kongu Vellalar which was expanded significantly by older sock.
 * Amritauniv is named after Amrita University which was edited by older socks.. Amritauniv has also edited Amrita Schools of Engineering.
 * 49.207.196.46 restored some of the content without sources which was previously added by and 157.49.130.244 with WP:FAKE references.-
 * Someuser1234 is canvassing others to restore the content which they added using the 157.*.* IP range.. 157.49.154.30 is used to restore the content added by their previous socks..-  SUN EYE 1  16:18, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Tamil098 makes same requests to edit articles like Someuser1234. -  SUN EYE 1  15:26, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 157.49.158.118 and 157.49.171.233 restored the content added by their sock accounts. -  SUN EYE 1  09:07, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 157.49.*.* and 223.182.*.* IP ranges edit wars with User:सत्यशोधक at Pongal (festival) and Tamil098 reported the user for edit warring.-  SUN EYE 1  12:10, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked Someuser and Tamil. I cannot apply that rangeblock at this time, there would be far too much collateral damage. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:36, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Added tags for Amritauniv, Someuser1234, Tamil098 -- RoySmith (talk) 15:40, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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The IP range reported in the previous SPIs of this master is being used to evade the block everyday. This IP range is using different IP address each day and it is impossible to list them all here.

கிருஷ்ணதாசன் was created just to edit war over the content added by the 157.49.*.* range in Uthiyur(This page was edited by most of the socks and IPs of this master).. Claims to have added translated content from other wiki like the 157.49.*.* range., grammar, punctuation.

Suneye12 was an impersonation of my account and was created to continue the edit war of 157.49.*.* range.. Same content previously removed by older sock. The master has also impersonated who filed an SPI against them with  and. High level of IP Vandalisation. when requesting page protection.

2409:4072:8e08:163d:7017:5db5:5a19:93c7 also edit warred along with the 157.49.*.* range. -  SUN EYE 1  06:55, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - கிருஷ்ணதாசன் sure looks socky, but this is an area that draws so much partisan interest, it's hard to tell for sure. Asking for CU to confirm.  As for the IPs, there's three different /16's listed in the archives, so not practical to block.  WP:RFPP will be more useful here. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:59, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TNT (she/her • talk) 19:19, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * are ✅ to each other, and ✅ to . . ~TNT (she/her • talk) 19:24, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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Mental12sun has a similar name as the last sock. Restores the WP:SPS added by the 157.*.*. range reported in previous reports.

Newacc12 restores the content added by the 157.*.*.

157.49.154.67 Restores content WP:FAKE references added by 157.*.*. range and the 223.182.* range reported in the older SPI's.. The Tamil words in their edit summary translates to "go report to an admin...female dog" -  SUN EYE 1  10:49, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Wholepak added the same Hindutva propaganda about the same political party as done before by .. Wholepak created the same article in Tamil before adding the same content here. This is also a habit of older socks of this master to update the content in other Indian language wiki articles which they were interested in en.wiki. ,, , ,. Wholepak asks another user to edit an article previously edited by -   SUN EYE 1  16:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * , I have added who was created to restore the content added by  in Pseudo-secularism. Perhaps, that might be the reason why Materialscientist blocked the user. Both Acc12346 and Newacc12 use "acc" instead of the word "Account" in their usernames. -   SUN EYE 1  14:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

The user has now resorted to using throw away accounts to edit a single page like the case of Acc12346 and Wholepak. A new account was created just hours after the previous blocks and has the same habit with the previously reported 157.49.* and 223.182.* of claiming major news outlets as political mouthpieces to censor content critical of the BJP.-   SUN EYE 1  07:46, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

is created to restore the content added by previous socks including the 157.49.* IP range in Kaumaram.. is created to continue the edit war of the 157.49.* IP range on the content added by their previous socks in Sacred language.. As I reported before, now single accounts are being used to edit separate pages. -  SUN EYE 1  07:46, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

157.49.173.240 removed the page protection request added by me for Sacred language when the sock content was restored by who was reported above.. 157.49.185.212 requested a decrease in page protection for the page Kaumaram lastly edited by who was reported above. -   SUN EYE 1  10:54, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

157.49.187.133 goes around writing nonsense about me in talk page of another user accusing me of working for a IT wing of a political party like older socks. 157.49.173.117 files a blank report against User:सत्यशोधक for edit warring like the previous sock.-  SUN EYE 1  14:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * , you CU-blocked Wholepak...thoughts on Newacc12? FWIW I agree they're 157.49.180.80, who is blocked for block evasion, but I'm not certain on that IP's relationship with this case. There's a /16 involved here, of course. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:32, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:18, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Newacc12, Huggst65, Oneaccon, and Nallava12 are all (very) to several confirmed socks in the archives based on technical evidence.  I would have called them ✅ except that it's a very common user agent, so I'm leaving some wiggle room.  I'll leave the tagging to a clerk.  I have not looked in detail at their editing history, but I would have no objection to a clerk tagging them confirmed if they felt the behavioral evidence was strong. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:29, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah, no comment on the IPs. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:30, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I've come back to this one. Looking at Newacc12, Huggst65, Oneaccon, and Nallava12, there's not a lot to go on vis-a-vis behavior, so I'm just tagging them all as suspected and moving on. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:54, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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The 157.49.*.* IP range reported in all of the last reports is still editing everyday.

157.49.160.126 created a section in and Usermade removed it and calls me a sock. This is likely because I recently reverted their edits by older socks in the same article. Not to mention, this user's socks have a history of impersonating me and constant abuses against me. Usermade copy pastes the content added by their older socks in the article's talk page. 157.49.172.43 restored content added by their older sock. -  SUN EYE 1  16:36, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Joinacc pops up today to restore the content added by older socks.-  SUN EYE 1  12:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

116.68.104.42 added the same sources and WP:SPS added by older socks. -  SUN EYE 1  09:01, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

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You are nicely creating a drama user:suneye1. Admins please check all the socks. Noone of the edits were unsourced and everything is logically correct. Any person with minimum understanding can surely tell that dmkitwing is paid edittor. But you wont belive. Let it happen.. bye bye wikipidea. i am leaving this editting by next week — Preceding unsigned comment added by Usermade (talk • contribs) 16:40, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

FWIW, has been blocked as a sock. GoodDay (talk) 19:11, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
'''This case is being reviewed by Tamzin as part of their training as a clerk. Please allow them to process the entire case without interference. You may pose any questions or concerns either on their talk page or on this page.'''
 * Named accounts by Drmies and El_C respectively.  as confirmed and suspected, respectively. Drmies, may I ask, should this be considered confirmed to Sweetindian, or confirmed to one of the other accounts that was likely to Sweetindian? I ask because, if the former, this is strike three.As to 157.49.160.0/19, there's too much collateral on the range to justify a long block, but not much collateral, and much of it is non-constructive for other reasons. So, : . There's also the possibility of a longer block from the talk and template talk namespaces, but I worry that that would just push them back into mainspace.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:47, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Tamzin, confirmed via super-strong CU likelihood in relation to other evidence, so to speak. As for 3X, that's not something that's ever really occupied me: there's no way that this person, this editor, will ever be let back in the fold. I did place that block for you. Drmies (talk) 04:44, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I do like keeping 3Xes in order... bundling up my sox, one might say... but "super-strong CU likelihood" probably doesn't meet the "confirmed by a CheckUser [sic]" standard of WP:3X. So, noting this for the future and closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 15:42, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Similar name as older socks,.
 * Their first edit was to request a redirect to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham; this article was one of the most edited by many of the older socks this sock farm along with Amrita University and Amrita Schools of Engineering.; one of the older socks was named  based on these educational institutions.
 * Restores content added by older socks in Kongu Vellalar.
 * 157.49.163.19 IP range which was reported in almost all the older SPI, updates "Koṅgaṉa siddhar". A month later Tamil99 created an article about it..
 * This user also edited Uthiyur which was created by the 157.* IP range and edited my many of the older socks of this farm..
 * 157.49.141.243 pings me to revert one of their edits.-  SUN EYE 1  10:02, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

WP:DUCK

 * Tamil99 added an image in simple.wiki, four days after it was uploaded to commons by .-  SUN EYE 1  15:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' What? I am not any sock or anything as such. I am noway related to that education institute and all. I am Tamil teacher from Malaysia. I am new user here and even the first edit, I made is into troubles. I don't know anything about Uthiyur and I just hyperlinked Kongana Siddhar there. If any of the edit is false claim, please let me know.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The range is busy, but Tamil99 is ✅ from ; given the other factors, I have no doubt they are the same person. Blocking, tagging, no comment on IPs.  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:50, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * At this point, the IPs haven't edited in a while, so closing with no further action. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:18, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Srinithi67 translated Maridhas Malaichamy to Tamil language in Tamil wikipedia on 16 January. 2 hours later, the IP 157.49.163.248 (the IP range 157.49.* is used mostly by this sock master and reported in all of the previous reports) edited the English article.. Then, the IP and  edited the same article in Wikidata, 11 hours  apart from each other.. The Ip range 223.182.* reported in the previous reports also edited the wikidata item 4 hours before Srinithi67.. Srinithi67 created Uthiyur in kn.wikipedia; this article was created and edited by most of the older socks.
 * also has the same habit of editing wikidata like the latest blocked sock .. Name2a edited articles about Amrita educational institutions; this is one of the most interested areas of this sock-farm as reported in older SPIs. Name2a added references with a totally fake edit summary in the same page like an older sock.
 * with similar name as Name2a came up yesterday to and accuses me of editing politically like the previous socks. Not to mention, this sock farm has a history of making abuses and threats against me. Name6554 edited the above mentioned page created by Srinithi67, 12 minutes apart from eachother.. Name6554 was created on 10:28, 24 January; 22 minutes after Srinithi67's latest editing session which started at 10:58, 24 January -  SUNEYE 1  18:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:39, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The three named accounts are ✅.  -- RoySmith (talk) 17:42, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'll just go ahead and close this. The IP hasn't edited in 10 days, so not really any point in going further. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:23, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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Watsonsherwin adds the same misleading edit summary "per source" as an older sock to edit content without sources.. Same as older socks, this one edits multiple wikis; Watsonsherwin made an edit request in a talk page of an article in ta.wiki and an older sock made the edit after 17 days.

Hellosamy made an edit request in Kongu Vellalar, one of this sock farm's most intersted articles. Atleast 3 older socks made edit requests in the article. and 2 edited it. Hellosamy made promotional edits to Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research by citing the own website of the institution, same as the older socks doing it for many other educational institutions..

2409:4072:8E3C:49F3:B406:14C5:A234:2940 edited the tamil version of Uthiyur, reported in almost all of the previous reports and edited by most of the older socks. Edited the tamil verison of Konganar, created by an older sock.. Has the habit of editing wikidata like the older socks and edited "Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham" in wikidata an article edited my many socks in en.wiki.. This IP range was also reported in one of the previous reports. - SUN EYE 1  16:37, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:32, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Watsonsherwin is a good technical match to several past socks. It's not a perfect match, but given the history here, I'll call it ✅.  Hellosamy is .  They geolocate to within about 50 km of Watsonsherwin, but that's not enough to block on. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:50, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * made one edit to restore the edit of past socks in Sacred language.
 * made a single edit to restore content of past socks.
 * created Sagar International School which is was previously created in simple.wiki by a past sock .. The images of the school were uploaded to commons by a past sock ..  asked another user to restore content in Kaumaram added and edit-warred over by at least 3 past socks.
 * made one edit to vote keep in Articles for deletion/Sagar International School.
 * uses misleading "per source" edit summary to edit content without sources.. Hannah109 expanded Pillayar Suzhi which was copy-edited 15 days later by . After a month, Tyih copy-pasted the content to another article to create a section.

Amritha educational institutions
who has same interest in Amritha educational institutions like most of the socks reported before, removes redirect and added 13k bytes of content to Amrita Schools of Business.. The very next day with less than 20 edits edited the page and made some clean ups.. with only 2 edits came up to add more than 7k bytes of content to Amrita Schools of Business after 20 days.

Tamilgirl22 also edited Amrita Vidyalayam which was created by 5 days earlier.. added content to the article after one day of it's creation.. Tyih makes misleading edit summary and habit of past socks.

IP address

 * 14.139.187.130 restored some content added by the previously reported 157.49.* Ip range of this user.. The Ip also edited Amritha educational institutions.. The IP changed a redirect to Narayana Group of Educational Institutions 20 days after it was significantly expanded by . - SUN EYE 1  08:24, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:56, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This is a bit complicated, there are lots of IPs involved jumping across some wide ranges, but I have been able to make the following connections:
 * , which is already blocked, is in a group that is ✅ to one another, and includes, , , , , and . This group is confirmed to , who is already tagged as confirmed to this master, so I will block and tag these accordingly.
 * , is already blocked; there isn't much to go on, but they're using a different IP range; however, they are ✅ to, and for reasons I won't go into here, I am confident that they are connected to Sweetindian - I will block these and tag as proven. No comment on the IP. Girth Summit  (blether)  12:30, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, all the named accounts are blocked. I'll leave this for someone to make a behavioural determination about whether the IP needs any action.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:38, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see enough activity on 14.139.187.130 which is clearly tied to this group of accounts to take any action there. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , archiving. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:51, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Tyjh99 has a similar user name as the past sock . Removed the same templates from a same draft done by an IP reported previously..
 * Jvgyigs has interest in Uthiyur like almost all of the past socks.. Same content addition in the infobox as a past sock.
 * Both have the same habit of editing Wikidata like past socks..

Amrita educational institutions
Tyjh99 has same interests in Amrita institutions like all the past socks, they translated Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in ta.wik.. They also uploaded an image of Amrita university in commons.

IP address
The Ip address reported in the last report significantly expanded Kundadam block while Tyjh99 created Kundadam.. Expands Amrita Vidyalayam created by a past sock,. IP pops up to remove the orphan tag in an article created by, the next day. - SUN EYE 1  14:22, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:25, 4 May 2022 (UTC)


 * These are all ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 00:43, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, I see Hbjhhbhbj doesn't actually exist; the account failed on Special:AbuseFilter/890 -- RoySmith (talk) 00:47, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocking the accounts that have actually edited on enwiki as ✅. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:50, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Corna2342 was created 13 days after the last set of socks were blocked. Corna2342 created Uthiyur Hills from a redirect to Uthiyur. Uthiyur is a hotbed for most of the previous socks. Corna2342 restored the reverted move done by a previous sock.


 * Corna2342 created Marudhamalai from draft, later sumbitted for AfC,, the article was redirected again. Three days later another account Nallur2 removed the redirect and expanded the article.. Corna2342 translated Kanthe Gounden Chavadi and Avinashipalayam from the same articles in ta.wiki created by Nallur2..

Articles related to Amrita educational institutions are a hotbed for almost all of the previous socks.
 * Amrita educational institutions
 * Ygyggy significantly expanded Amrita Centre for Computational Engineering and Networking and Corna2342 came there after 3 weeks to move the article.. Corna2342 resumed the edit of Ygyggy in Amrita Schools of Engineering.. Ygyggy uploaded an possible copyvio image in commons belonging to one of the institutions.

The IP 14.139.187.130 restored the same content in Sacred language added repeatedly by previous socks.. 14.139.187.130 resumed editing the content added by Corna2342 within a day.. 14.139.187.130 added a image uploaded in commons by previous sock .. Edited Avinashipalayam ten days after it was created by Corna2342.
 * IP address

Requesting for a sleeper check since the last check revealed a lot of sleepers. - SUN EYE 1  09:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC)


 * The same IP was also reported in the last two reports.- SUN EYE 1  16:05, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * - seems likely, endorsing to confirm and check for others per the filer's rationale. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:53, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:40, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to previous confirmed socks:
 * No comment on the IP - I'd ask to make a behavioural determination there.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 14.139.187.130 belongs to a school, but the majority of the recent editing seems to be from this user. - please block  for one month (anon-only, account creation blocked). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of past abuse from that IP, 1 year.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 02:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP - I'd ask to make a behavioural determination there.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 14.139.187.130 belongs to a school, but the majority of the recent editing seems to be from this user. - please block  for one month (anon-only, account creation blocked). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of past abuse from that IP, 1 year.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 02:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP - I'd ask to make a behavioural determination there.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 14.139.187.130 belongs to a school, but the majority of the recent editing seems to be from this user. - please block  for one month (anon-only, account creation blocked). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of past abuse from that IP, 1 year.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 02:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Udhayanidhi7530 was created 16 days after the last set was blocked. Erreneous John and Udhayanidhi7530 were created a month after the last set was blocked.
 * Erreneous John resumed editing content added by a past sock.. Erreneous John and past sock added a river in the same section of Template:Tiruppur district.. Created an article about a place of worship in Uthiyur; Uthiyur is a hotbed of socks of this master as mentioned in previous reports. Erreneous John added image uploaded to commons by Udhayanidhi7530.
 * Udhayanidhi7530 is being used to edit only commons and other wikis to avoid getting caught. Udhayanidhi7530 uploaded images about Uthiyur, a hotbed of past socks as mentioned above.. Also significantly expanded Uthiyur in ta.wiki.. Uploaded image about an article Vanavaraya Nallur created by a past sock.
 * Thaletto1908 is named after the past socks,, and . All four of these mostly edited only Ponniyin Selvan: I. Thaletto1908 linked a soundtrack of an article added to a disambiguation page by a past sock.

Please check for sleepers since the last two checks revealed sleepers. - SUN EYE 1  15:17, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 02:29, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * These are all : with Corna2342 and Udhayanidhi7530 ✅ to each other. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:47, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * blocking and tagging -- RoySmith (talk) 02:49, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
AS7488SA was created 14 days after the last set got blocked. Delhikabai was created two days after AS7488SA. Hjhjvhj was created 2 days after Delhikabai. User1234p was created one day after Hjhjvhj. AS7488SA's one edit is to add an image. This image is a modification of an image previously uploaded and added by a past sock.

User1234p made 2 edits. On edit was an unsourced addition on Uthiyur Hills, expanded from redirect by the sock. The other edit was an expansion of Dharapuram, a place of interest for past socks. Hjhjvhj's only edit was to readd the same content added by two past socks. Hjhjvhj is named likely using random keystrokes like past socks, ,

Delhikabai's first edit was to expand Amrita Hospital. Articles related to Amrita institutions are a hotbed for almost all of the previous socks as reported in most of the previous cases. This account also edited Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and uploaded a copyvio image of the institution in commons. Delhikabai removed the same section in the same article using a very similar edit summary like a past sock.. Edited Template:Kaumaram while four past socks were blocked for slow edit warring in Kaumaram.

Please check for sleepers. Blocking their IP for account creation will be extremely helpful. - SUN EYE 1  13:20, 2 October 2022 (UTC)


 * CU revealed account is mostly used to edit Ponniyin Selvan: I (film) and related articles like past socks Special:Contributions/Thaletto1908, Special:Contributions/Laxman.1908 and Special:Contributions/Laxmanthaletto
 * CU revealed account added the word "Gounder" to an article,  created a Draft:Vettuva Gounder 2 about the same community. Past socks have also significantly expanded articles about a closely related community.
 * Delhikabai during article creation, uses the same edit summaries as old socks starting with "created a page". created a page on social group in Tamil Nadu, created a page on notable temple, created a page on Marudhamalai Town that is differnt from that of temple
 * - SUN EYE 1  15:12, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 22:39, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * are all ✅ to each other. The following accounts are ✅ to that group   In aggregate, those two groups are only  to Sweetindian.  Likewise, AS7488SA is  to the others.  The nature of the data makes any CU findings somewhat dubious, so . -- RoySmith (talk) 22:56, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - please indef Delhikabai, User1234p, Hjhjvhj, Kanishk2002, Username09864, Jhjbhj23, Qwertyui123u and J123ukjjs per the behavioural and CU evidence. Going to pass on blocking Siva.2113, who has no edits, and AS7488SA who has one edit and is only "possible" to the two groups, for now. Feel free to re-report if these accounts continue editing in a suspicious manner. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:38, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Spicy - ✅. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * was created 15 hours after the last set of socks were reported.
 * Pagers resumed the edit of a last sock in Dharapuram.. The edits in the same article were then resumed by.
 * Tfhgvjkjil is another random keyoard username similar to past socks, , , , ,
 * Tfhgvjkjil significantly expanded the Tamil-language article of Kongu Tamil in ta.wiki, which was a previously expanded by this sock master with in en.wiki, and IPs.
 * Both edited ta.wiki like past socks.. Pagers has the habit of updating wikidata like the past socks. - SUN EYE 1  17:01, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that =  = . Now blocked. There may be more sleepers but there's insufficient evidence, so please watch over the relevant articles.  appears ❌ and may be a coincidence, please use behaviour investigation if situation persists. - Mailer Diablo 23:06, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:32, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * B8ird created Kongunadu cuisine. Seven minutes later they translated and added it in ta.wiki., a habit of past socks.,
 * Two days later a previous blocked sock, User: who is still active on other language wikis came to the same article in ta.wiki and resumed B8ird's edits and added over 4k bytes of content.. Four days later came there and edited it.
 * Tickmark4's first edit was to link Kongunadu cuisine (created by B8ird) to Kongu Nadu and B8ird's last edit as of now was to do the same.. Tickmark4's second edit was to remove the orphan tag on Kongunadu cuisine.
 * Similar edit summaries.
 * Has the habit of editing wiki data of the articles they edit on en.wiki like past socks. - SUN EYE 1  09:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to . is ✅, and editing the same subjects. Blocking all, requesting locks, closing.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Both the accounts were created with random Keystrokes like, , , ,
 * Nkhhbkj was created to restore the edit of previous socks in Kaumaram.
 * The last blocked socks edited Kongu Nadu and articles related to it, and one of them created Kongunadu cuisine.. Yrhjvhi added content about it.
 * Very similar edit summaries like previous socks. -  SUN EYE 1  08:46, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * and are  to each other.  Whether they're Sweetindian or not is another question; I'll call that  on the CU data.   -- RoySmith (talk) 02:56, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * based on behaviour., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Account created two weeks after the last set was blocked.
 * As reported in most of the previous SPI cases, this account also has a huge interest in Amrita educational institutions and most of this account's edits are in different articles of Amrita educational institutions.
 * A previous sock puppet moved Amrita Hospital to Amrita Hospital, Faridabad which was then reverted.. This account created a move request to move the article to the same name with the same reasoning as the previous sock.. Also, this account added a image to the same article uploaded by the same past sock.
 * Calls images as "pic" like a previous sock.
 * Uses numbers in sentences for the number two like a previous sock.
 * Similar edit summaries like previous socks. -  SUN EYE 1  16:59, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith: Two minutes after Hedgeunkil left a message here below, a new account came to my talk page and threatened to kill and bury me in Tamil language.. A Previous sock also left a death threat in Tamil language in my talk page a year ago.
 * TheMan5487946 also shares the interest of editing different articles of Amrita educational institutions like Hedgeunkil and many of the previous socks., see edits between 7 August 2021 and 3 September 2021. But I'm not very sure of this one. -  SUN EYE 1  12:42, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * None of the edits were against any of the wikipidea policies. Hedgeunkil (talk) 20:31, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Hedgeunkil is ✅. I also see  who looks  on the raw CU data, but I'm not seeing any editing overlap.  Perhaps somebody could dig into their edit history more deeply and make a final call? RoySmith (talk) 21:28, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Concur that the other account is not related. for Hedgeunkil, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 11:28, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Two minutes after the last blocked sock left a comment on the last filed SPI, a new account  came to my talk page and threatened to kill and bury me in Tamil language.. This sockmaster has a history of leaving death threats in my talk page. - SUN EYE 1  15:51, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * This all happened months ago, and they're already blocked - don't quite understand why you are reporting it now? FWIW, they are ✅ to ; I don't see any other accounts on the IP they used. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:51, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The new ID restored almost everything here, that was banreverted here by Kuru. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:56, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Solid behavioral evidence. . Ready for closure. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:11, 28 September 2023 (UTC)