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Tannaray68 has been re-adding unreliably sourced and dubious lyrics to a well-known hymn over the past year and has made no attempt to participate in the talk-page discussion despite multiple calls to do so. Soon after Tannaray68 was informed on their talkpage about the discussion and warned about their disruptive editing and (slow) edit-warring, first an IP and then a new account cropped up to repeat those additions ( and respectively).

IMO this is a case of WP:DUCK (which is why I haven't requested a checkuser) with the main question being whether the IP and new account are sock- or meat-puppets. The fact that both Shashwat9430 and Tannaray68 tend to misuse the "minor edit" marker, makes me suspect the former. Abecedare (talk) 21:22, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the check, User:Bbb23. Given that they are two different persons, I'll explore if the second editor is willing to discuss the content issue. This SPI can be safely closed. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 02:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
❌ and just as unlikely to be meat as they are editing from two different continents. Shashwa9430 is the older account.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:43, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing per filer. Bbb23 (talk) 12:10, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Compare this diff: to all the contributions made by the IP. Same Girnar page, same unexplained content removal, same vandalism. GTNO6 (talk) 08:47, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Edit: I only request a behavioural investigation, I know the policy. Thanks. GTNO6 (talk) 08:48, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Edit 2: New IP just admitted to being Tannaray:. The post is signed in the next revision in the history. GTNO6 (talk) 07:41, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Edit 3: Tannaray confirmed everything was an accident. This can be closed without action (for now). GTNO6 (talk) 07:46, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * The IP is currently blocked for 31 hours. It is possible must be possible that these users are different people because  Girnar has seen lots of POV pushing in the recent weeks and the content in question is also exceptional. The article needs a semi-protection and we will see what happens next. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 09:49, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I am almost sure they are the same person now that a new IP has linked to an edit made by the sockmaster and reffered to the editor in first person (literally admitted to being a sockpuppet). Classic case of WP:DUCK. Maybe not a vandal but clearly a disruptive editor who is seeking edit warring and content dispute over and over again - and it wouldn't be the first time he attempts it. GTNO6 (talk) 07:54, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That is possible and this is why the user was already warned before you filed this SPI. Further action is not needed unless logged out editing in violation of WP:SOCK is still continuining. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 14:32, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I did make some edits when I was not logged in and only realized it afterwards. But I don't think all the IP addresses were mine. If there's any way to link those edits to my account I would be happy to do it. I will also make sure that it will not happen again.

Now, please focus on the real issue of article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Girnar. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tannaray68 (talk • contribs) 19:07, 8 July 2022 (UTC)


 * The article is under protection due to content dispute and edit warring. Once the protection expires you are free to discuss the article on its talk page and reach consensus to change parts of the article. Note that the protection is not an endorsement of the current version of the page, but rather just a way to avoid edit warring as specified above. GTNO6 (talk) 07:40, 9 July 2022 (UTC)


 * You have already indeffed the filer GTNO6 (who already withdrawn SPI) for sockpuppetry while the reported editor here has already recognized the accidental logged out editing and promised not to repeat it. Can you close this SPI as well? Thanks Abhishek0831996 (talk) 03:30, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Closing per the above. Spicy (talk) 18:05, 26 July 2022 (UTC)