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Both users are editing on same article which is of Vaibhav Palhade. Similar patterns on Marathi Wikipedia also found on वैभव पल्हाडे. X-wiki spamming and self promotion.  ✝iѵ ɛɳ  २२४० †ลℓк †๏ мэ 10:47, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Another connection can be found with which is already blocked for abusing with multiple accounts.(check cat) -- ✝iѵ ɛɳ  २२४० †ลℓк †๏ мэ 14:43, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts are already globally locked as socks of Viralvilla. I've blocked and tagged them locally. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:39, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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Draft:Vaibhav Palhade has been deleted seven times. The history includes sockpuppetry from Viralvilla. It has now been recreated by Meenunag, a new WP:SPA. Is this another of Viralvilla's socks? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:38, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Materialscientist CU-blocked and tagged Meenunag already and they've been globally locked. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:29, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

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Recreation of Vaibhav Palhade, which I have nominated for deletion. The log for the page shows that the ViralVilla and one of their socks were creators of earlier versions of this article. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 10:48, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Based on behavioral evidence, . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:44, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I've salted both the article and draft at sysop level due to repeated re-recreation by sockpuppets. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:53, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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Looks duck to me as they also recreated the same page Draft:Vaibhav Mahadeo Palhade just a slite change in the spelling from earlier Draft:Vaibhav Palhade, the repeated recreation can be seen here   QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 01:39, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Near-identical draft to a past version by Meenunag., , GeneralNotability (talk) 00:14, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Ultrabone. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:02, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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Similar range to IPs in deleted revisions for drafts created by the sockpuppetry. Similar style. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:30, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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Pro forma. Blocking /64 for 2 weeks. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:30, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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Contributing to same articles not in NPOV, especially Vaibhav Palhade. CptViraj (talk) 08:59, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Hi, Can't you compare with ? -- CptViraj (talk) 05:59, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * CptViraj - I could, but is a confirmed sock puppet account? I try to only run checkuser if I can compare confirmed sock puppet accounts that aren't stale with any accused accounts here. This way, I know for absolute sure that what data I'm comparing is good. Otherwise, if I'm comparing a suspected sock's data to new suspected socks, and those get confirmed, and so on... the data becomes unreliable as you move away from accounts that we know for sure are sock puppets. Does that make sense?  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   05:56, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I get it, Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 06:08, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocking Avstudios1298 as without tags pending any CU/closure of the case. Pratyush.shrivastava has come across my sock radar before re this case due to their request of removal of create protection on the draft title. They may connected to this sockmaster in some way. However I think at most, if anything, its meatpuppetry. Their behavior is not the same and they were not found in previous CU checks run for this case. I won't close for now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:15, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * A CU check won't come back with any other accounts I can compare to. All previous sock puppets are too .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:11, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I think there is enough evidence to check Pratyush.shrivastava against Avstudios1298 regardless of the master (see and ).  Vanjagenije   (talk)  19:32, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * . Same country, different geolocations, ranges, and user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Avstudios1298 blocked and tagged as an obvious sock puppet. Evidence is not sufficient for action against Pratyush.shrivastava. DrKay (talk) 18:14, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

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Another account from same sockfarm, they waited to bypass page protection on Draft:Vaibhav Palhade, they are also promoting Draft:Youth Against Rape on hiwiki, mrwiki and uploads on commons for both of the pages. Queer Eco feminist [they/them/their] 08:55, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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Pratyush.shrivastava was blocked for one week in September, and suspected again in a report on 15 December and Dreamy Jazz thought to be meat but there was insufficient evidence. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:05, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing. – bradv  🍁  00:43, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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The sockmaster has repeatedly tried to create articles about Vaibhav Palhade. We now have someone claiming to be Palhade asking at Draft talk:Vaibhav Palhade for help in creating such an article, and the removal of page protection. Is this just another sock? The only other article that this new editor has contributed to is Paras Gola which was created by Alen Palander, one of Zaid Zayd's socks, which is an interesting twist, so it might be interesting to compare the CU results with those of Sockpuppet investigations/Zaid Zayd/Archive. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:40, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * The only non-stale account in this archive is, to which Realmausami is . However, it is not clear from the archive whether we have actually concluded that Pratyush.shrivastava was truly a sock of Viralvilla. Realmausami is also ❌ to Zaid Zayd. Behavior should be the deciding factor here. Mz7 (talk) 04:42, 29 April 2021 (UTC)


 * User has not edited since April. Closing without action. Mz7 (talk) 19:25, 9 July 2021 (UTC)