Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vinayvinyill/Archive

Pages Both Disrupted
1.Vaishnavism

2.Vaikuntha (very similar disruption between both accounts)

3.Vyasa (very similar disruption between both accounts)

4.Bhagavan (very similar disruption between both accounts)

5.Goloka


 * Both talking about lord Vishnu on there talk page. Both saying how Wikipedia is bad and they want to get blocked (see talk pages). Also quite similar usernames. NOTE:I did not add the 2 IPs or the 5th disrupted page, that was Dasanudasa. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 12:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * User has returned to edit warring on Goloka with the same claim that it is not mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, only the Brahmavaivarta Purana. See page history. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 11:26, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * Note: The User:Vinayv123 is already blocked for disruptive editing by PhilKnight Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 13:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Significant technical overlap and WP:DUCK behaviour. Blocked and tagged as proven. .-- Ponyo bons mots 22:54, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Same with added since my comments above. Closing.--  Ponyo bons mots 19:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same types of edits as Vinayvinyill and Vinay viniyl on Talk:Vishnu and other Hinduism articles. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 21:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding another. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 04:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding another. -- Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 14:18, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding a few more from edits on Talk:Vaishnavism.  Ravensfire  (talk) 17:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Completely understand that CU can't identify an IP, hoping the behavior alone and their activity enough to trigger some range blocks, even if it's just page / talk page level blocks on the range.  Ravensfire  (talk) 17:28, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * All blocked. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A similar pattern of edits on Hinduism-related articles. Comments on Talk:Vishnu specifically tagging and interacting with certain users (see here). Pattern of disruptive editing and original research. -- Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 11:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Comment They seem to be making disruptive edits using this IP.  Ratnahastin  (talk) 16:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * User is now indeffed. No reason given for CU request. Spicy (talk) 17:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence: I am guessing that CU will show that they are editing from the broad, and now anon-blocked, Reliance Jio IP range (compare for example  vs ) so I am not requesting a CU check per se but pinging  who may have taken a preliminary look. Abecedare (talk) 22:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Cosmology account created soon after the previous sock account was blocked on June 1
 * All accounts exclusively focused on promoting Hindu deity Vishnu (essentially all their edits) and undermining Shiva (eg, vs  and )
 * Practice of deleting other users' comments from talkpages (eg and  vs  and )
 * Matching content, language and typography in talk page message (eg,,  vs ,  and )
 * See also comment by rasining suspicion about the sock activity.

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Posting here as I did CU check God devotee who appears to be still editing from a wide range of IPs which all match each other. I decided to bow out as this looks too complex for me to deal with, especially as I have family visiting. Doug Weller talk 16:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Ok, God devotee, Cosmology dreamer and User:Cosmic lover, who hasn't edited yet, are all confirmed as socks of Vinayvinyill. I've blockws Cosmic lover and change Cosmology dreamer's block to a CU block. If there is a clerk around I'd appreciate them tagging, but if not I'll tag later one. Doug Weller  talk 13:51, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Doug. All three accounts tagged. Abecedare (talk) 15:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)