Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vinodhchennu/Archive

12 October 2015

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User:Vinodhchennu claims to be the author and subject of the autobiographical article at Vinodh Reddy Chennu. It's currently up for deletion; the three other accounts appear to have been recently created for the sole purpose of contesting that deletion (whether by !voting or disruptively removing the deletion templates). One of the accounts (Vrc123) has the same initials as Vinodh. If these aren't genuine sockpuppets, then they are almost certainly meatpuppets. Psychonaut (talk) 07:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Another new user created this morning who is an SPA vandalising the Vinodh Reddy Chennu AfD and removing it from the daily log. JohnCD (talk) 09:43, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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I fully support Psychonaut's analysis. —  Jeff G. ツ (talk)   08:28, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - to compare the three accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:06, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Following are ✅ to each other:
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the sock, I'll leave it for others to determine how long the block should be for the master. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:50, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Considering the fact that the master's account exists almost purely for promotional purposes, and has a history of unconstructive editing over the course of more than two years, adding in the recent sockpuppetry I think the answer to "how long the block should be for the master" is indefinite. I shall accordingly place an indefinite block on the master account. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)