Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tharaka Harischandra/Archive

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Each of these accounts are repeatedly creating pointless, content-free pages in draftspace that are similar/identical to those posted by the other accounts, as well as editing each others' pages:   —  {Cryptic  Canadian}  01:42, 14 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I've added three more suspicious accounts making similar pages. — {Cryptic  Canadian}  19:15, 15 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Added three more accounts. The activity is a bit stale now but I just wanted to make sure we had as much info as possible. — {Cryptic  Canadian}  16:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - To confirm and check for any others. Note that, although based on general subject this is probably one group, based on this may actually be two groups:
 * Possible Group 1: and
 * Possible Group 2:, , and.
 * Best, —Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 17:02, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - There's certainly some connection between these users. I see three plausible explanations.  One is that this is just plain old vandalism.  Another is that it's attempt to hide the real page they have been paid to write under a pile of distraction.  And the third is that this is some sort of "Learn to use wikipedia" class, and all of these are just homework assignments: "Write an article about a fictitious linux disto".  My gut feeling is door number three, but let's see if CU can shed any light on this. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:51, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 05:19, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Rather peculiar case. Gleaning anything from CU here is difficult because these accounts are all on various highly dynamic ranges. I can say the following accounts are ✅ to each other (Group 1):
 * Linux Shell -2243024
 * 2019T00440-SHELL
 * 2019T00440
 * The following accounts are to each other (Group 2):
 * Chathuri Perera
 * Tutu danu
 * The two groups plus all the remaining accounts listed above are to each other. I think that's probably the best CU can do here. Honestly, I think 's homework assignment theory isn't out of the question. I didn't find any obvious evidence of a school, but I do think multiple people are involved, and it's not clear to me what the goal is of all these accounts and drafts. Mz7 (talk) 05:49, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * all of you have been observed to be making unusual edits to linux-related drafts. We're puzzled by what's going on.  Could you please reply here and tell us what's up with these drafts?  Thanks.  -- RoySmith (talk) 12:53, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * None of these accounts have edited in about a month, nor responded to my request for more information. So, I"m going with the homework assignment theory and closing this with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:49, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * None of these accounts have edited in about a month, nor responded to my request for more information. So, I"m going with the homework assignment theory and closing this with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:49, 10 September 2020 (UTC)