Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Viruswitch/Archive

16 January 2015

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 * For background, please see Talk:Satyananda Saraswati. This is sock/meat puppet report. User:Viruswitch is the oldest account among many accounts who edit warred to keep a disputed contentious material out of the above article. User:Vigyani 12:45, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Offline canvassing -, A couple of posts at , some older posts were deleted after those were pointed as proof of off-wiki canvassing on the article talk page,  A online petition
 * 2) Viruswitch, , , ,
 * 3) Enigmafay 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Enigmafay was created on December 5, 2014 to help Viruswitch edit war. Viruswitch went inactive after Enigmafay was created and returned on 5 January only to edit war again (to help Enigamafy) and has been inactive since then. I believe Enigmafay is a sock account of Viruswitch. There is some more evidence linking these two accounts (on wiki and off-wiki), but I won't present that here as it reveals personal information.
 * 4) Mayankpjn: Only edits to make Satyanda look good, ,
 * 5) Tamarata:, , ,
 * 6) Ompixie: This is not new account, but their edit summary here indicates that they are part of the group.
 * 7) Valerie dhyanat. This account's behavior is slightly different. But the account is created recently and clearly result of off-wiki canvassing.
 * 8) Viktor Blagov: Recently created, Only edits to defend Satyanada
 * 9) MrinalMani -
 * 10) RohitJangid77 -
 * 11) Sudhkamp - Only edit to remove talk page comment of opposite side SPA account
 * 12) ArisPs - Only edits to defend Satyanada
 * 13) Hpjaiswal - Only edits to defend Satyanada
 * 14) Samuel2233 - new account, first edit is to defend Satyanada
 * 15) Protocol108 - SPA, Only edits to defend Satyanada.
 * 16) Helloaryan -, personal attacks (this account has edited some other articles also, but it was created after all this dispute began and their editing indicate them to be a part of the group)
 * 17) Amit2014hsshrma - this account has edited some other articles also, but it was created after all this dispute began and their editing indicate them to be a part of the group
 * 18) 2601:9:7680:fed:20a1:b5c3:5e04:2482 - ,
 * 19) 2a02:580:51b9:a200:dcc8:1188:b496:4611 -
 * 20) 117.251.210.112-
 * 21) 116.14.224.97 - only edit to article talk page
 * 22) 116.203.230.46 - only edits to article talk page.

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 * There is some possibility that many of these accounts/IPs are operated by 1 person, they knew how to sign and they also knew how to reply like a regular user. Bladesmulti (talk) 16:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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I'm not going to be able to finish this right now, but I've gotten this far: Viruswitch, Enigmafay, and Ompixie are all ✅. Courcelles 21:24, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Any update on your progress? Thanks, Mike V • Talk 17:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm going to assume that Courcelles is too busy to take a look at this right now. I've relisted the case so that another CU can take a look. Mike V • Talk 20:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I am taking the unusual step of refactoring a post by Courcelles, as there is no such account as Ompixies, and Courcelles must have meant Ompixie. I note that Mike V has blocked the accounts which Courcelles has confirmed. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:19, 2 February 2015 (UTC)


 * As far as I can see, it looks like and  are the only other  accounts. Otherwise, I wouldn't rule out MEAT. Elockid   ( Talk ) 03:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the accounts on the basis of meatpuppetry. Mike V • Talk 01:43, 14 February 2015 (UTC)