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As per overlaps on obscure pages, one of them (on the master's Ministers' Hill Baptist Church ) just 15 minutes apart. Also on the master's Dreamz Unlimited - Nagaland, which isn't shown on the EIU. GABgab 19:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:15, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please compare these accounts. Thanks, GABgab 19:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other. Blocked master 72 hours, indeffed sock and tagged.
 * Thanks - closing. GABgab 18:02, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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User:YticagaS is super active in adding the term "Meeteisakthu" (etymologically, "Meetei+Sakthu", where "Sakthu" is a swear word) multiple times, despite being reverted each edits in the article Meitei people at here, here and here. The same was being done by an already blocked user Arambai Tenggol, multiple times, despite being reverted each. Additionally, for this user, he added that particular word to multiple articles, all of them getting reverted, at here, here, here, here again and again in page Meitei people and here in page Imphal.

User:YticagaS was active last year during November 2022 and never edited wikipedia until 24 July 2023. User:Arambai Tenggol account was created on 15 May 2023, and got blocked on 3rd June, 2023. It's very likely that after this newly created account, was blocked, the old unused account was reused. During the gap timing, it's very likely that the person had created and used other accounts, though not detected as of now. Both accounts are well noted for attacking Meitei related topics, like User:YticagaS removed Meitei translation of the title from the page Dzuko Valley at here, and the User:Arambai Tenggol added another different swear word at here in page Imphal. Haoreima (talk) 21:59, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

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See Sockpuppet investigations/The Anonymous Earthling.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:47, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/YticagaS to Sockpuppet investigations/The Anonymous Earthling. Closing. Tags are pending in the main case. MarioGom (talk) 22:45, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

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Since a very long time back, User:The Anonymous Earthling (suspected sock master) was edit warring by refraining from any discussion (consensus) regarding the page Dzuko Valley, claiming the valley to be part of only Nagaland (Viswema) and not of Manipur at here, here, here, here, again and again (uncountable diffs further), and removing Meitei language/Manipuri language name of the valley from the article at here, here, here, here, etc...

Similarly, this recently created account User:Sahovi Phinyo is also claiming the same thing that Dzuko valley belongs to Nagaland only at here, here, etc... This person is saying the same at the article's talk page at here {coincidentally replying to the pinging of User:The Anonymous Earthling (suspected sock master)}.

Similarly, User:YticagaS removed the Manipuri language name in this recent edit at here.

Notably, User:The Anonymous Earthling got super active in doing those edits on 23rd March 2023, the day itself, on which this person was blocked again but later auto-unblocked. 2 days back, on 21st March 2023, User:Sahovi Phinyo account was created. On the day of it's account creation itself, this person was also super active in editing the same article, having similar behavior. Haoreima (talk) 03:35, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Pinging User:Dreamy Jazz, User:Sir Sputnik, User:GeneralizationsAreBad and User:Berean Hunter who were previously involved in the investigation. Please keep an eye on Sockpuppet investigations/YticagaS too as it's also relevant. --Haoreima (talk) 04:03, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * I've added from the Sockpuppet investigations/YticagaS report. Using CU, I see that,  and  are ✅ to one another - blocking them without tags for now.  is ✅, in the sense that they are using the same IP range and the same (common) UA, but some behavioural investigation would be needed to be confident enough to block.  is on a range the others haven't used, but it has an identical geolocation (same city) and is on the same (common) UA so is maybe  - again, a behavioural evaluation would be useful.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:15, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You mentioned YticagaS twice as confirmed, I wonder if you meant to list another user? MarioGom (talk) 22:43, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I took another look, and it was just those three. I'm not sure why I listed that account twice, can't have had enough coffee.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:30, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - Please, indef The Anonymous Earthling as confirmed master. Note this is their second sockpuppetry block (first was temporary). MarioGom (talk) 10:25, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding - that popped up since my last check, unambiguously ✅ to The Anonymous Earthling.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:56, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Same editing area (Naga people). Also note the region - 'Chümoukedima', one of the main topics that the sockmaster frequents. It is also the one of the first edits of the suspected sock. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:21, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Sockmaster account was blocked on 28th August and the suspected sock account was created on 6th September, having 9-10 days of gap. All the four articles (List of traditional Naga games and sports, Chümoukedima district, Salhoutuonuo Kruse, Talimeren Ao) that the suspected sock account had recently edited were all once active editing zones of the blocked sock master account. --Haoreima (talk) 12:12, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:56, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Ponyo bons mots 18:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ directly to . Blocked and tagged.-- Ponyo bons mots 18:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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Same editing area with a strong Naga ethno-POV. Restoration of similar changes by these new IDs  (see the POV edit summary). Interaction. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:04, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * was checked in the archive and not blocked, with no edits since. looks technically, but there's some tells that make it seem like they're a different user to this case, just with a similar POV. . DatGuyTalkContribs 17:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Same editing area with 'Naga' POV. Substantial interaction Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Best I can say is and that  Courcelles (talk) 19:09, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
 * There are similarities in topic area, but I'm not seeing anything in the behavioral evidence to indicate they're the same person. The Wordsmith Talk to me 20:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)