Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vrghs jacob/Archive

10 August 2011

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User was indefinitely blocked for copyright violations, has subsequently created socks here and on Commons carrying out the same copyvios and  are two. He's also been IP socking ever since his first block, but the ranges are too wide for us to block and collateral damage is also too high (checked by a couple of times before through talk page requests). Some of the IP socks used within a two week period a couple of months ago are listed at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Vrghs jacob. It's mostly a copyvio problem, I've protected a few pages and run through a clean up every few weeks on other pages, but it's a tedious process (MRG and I have spent too much time on this) and I'm open to other suggestions. This is a duck sock, but I'd like to see if there are any others around. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  16:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * It's these are related to, the only non-stale account listed.  TN X Man  17:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged all three. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It's these are related to, the only non-stale account listed.  TN X Man  17:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged all three. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged all three. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

21 February 2013

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This user looks like sock puppet of Harishrawat11, who is Sockmaster, as he makes same page edits as Harishrawat11 edits and Nirmal95 also edited, but Nirmal95 and Nirmal2012mathew is a sockpuppet of Vrghs Jacob and Harishrawat11 is a sockpuppet of Blamecivil95 which is a sockpuppet of Vrghs jacob, so it appears as if this is an added account created by the same user.... Almost all edits are relating to Indian Tax or Administrative Sevices: *http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Davidjohn13&dir=prev&offset=20130217094327&target=Davidjohn13... The diffs are: Thus I think Davidjohn13, Mejojospeh22, Harishrawat11, Blamecivil95, Nirmal95, Nirmal2012mathew are all the same editor or two editors at max supporting each other and distrupting Wikipedia.. So I wish to block them all.. YoyoJacob13 (talk) 09:35, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Civil_Services_of_India&diff=539015460&oldid=532808982,
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Academy_of_Direct_Taxes&diff=538693291&oldid=475382569,
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Board_of_Excise_and_Customs&diff=538693801&oldid=494715293

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If Harishrawat11 really is Vrghs jacob, then he complained about his own sockpuppetry to me back in November. (Longer version: a known sockpuppet of Vrghs jacob was persistently adding copyright-infringing text to Directorate General of Anti-Evasion. The sockpuppet was blocked, but the edits continued from an anonymous IP account. Harishrawat11 reverted the IP's edits, labelling them as sockpuppetry, and notified me on my user talk page. If both the IP account and Harishrawat11 are Vrghs jacob then perhaps he did this only to divert suspicion from the Harishrawat11 sockpuppet.)  —Psychonaut (talk) 11:42, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


 * User:Ajayupai95 claims he is NOT a sockpuppet of anyone and his claim has some validity based solely on a sense of trust he has garnered from at least 3 discerning editors. Is it possible he was caught in a "Sockpuppet Investigation Net'" but is innocent?? ```Buster Seven   Talk  12:29, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - to look at the behavior of all named users, including the filer. Edit summaries and habits are too similar. Rschen7754 10:34, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Blocked and tagged all, moved to correct master (a few levels back), tagged, closing. Rschen7754 11:13, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

30 April 2013

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This WP:DUCK sock of User:Vrghs jacob was blocked long ago, but I'm listing it here for completeness. Psychonaut (talk) 07:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * Closed. Rschen7754 08:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

07 May 2016

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The registered account is a self-admitted sockpuppet; see edit summaries at and. The IPs are single-purpose accounts that do nothing but edit, or post messages about, articles freshly created by the registered account. A check for further sockpuppet accounts wouldn't hurt, as this sockmaster has been known to create an awful lot of them. (I'm particularly suspicious about the creators of articles edited by the other IPs that have recently edited Shruti Kataria's articles.) Psychonaut (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * - For a sleeper check, based on a large number of sleepers previously found by CU (in the archives). Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 15:56, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * . In my view, an endorsement was not justified (even though I ran the check anyway). A single account sleeper check is always a longshot, and in this instance, a block could have been decided on behavior. Finally, sleepers found years ago is largely irrelevant to today.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:19, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account and G5 deleted the eligible articles. Closing now. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  15:00, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Understood, . Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 18:11, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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I blocked Japanmomo for racist attacks, but also tagged as a possible sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Vrghs jacob. The link to the earlier farm is quite strong. The new account Jamesbond112 was created after I blocked Japanmomo and has continued the same behavior -- (minus the racism) compare edit summaries -- vs ;  vs. Vrghs jacob has had multiple active socks at a time and therefore a check to uncover those would be beneficial. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  04:24, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that both accounts are the same editor and belong to Vrghs jacob as well. - Mailer Diablo 12:37, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. Could the archiving clerk/CU evaluate if this can be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Vrghs jacob and complete that before archiving, especially with the likely technical finding combined with strong behavioral match? I think it should be done, but I'll leave it for clerk/CU call, and will retag (if required) after that. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:54, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - Given the CU finding this should definitely be merged. Could an admin clerk please do this? Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. GABgab 16:33, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Retagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:41, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

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Disruptive editing to University of London, edit summaries are made in the similar way to Japanmomo and Jamesbond112 who heavily edited this article. Lack's engagement in talk page discussions. By edit contributions, seems to be interested in this university and Indian biographies. Diffs:   

Probably more socks to be discovered Aloneinthewild (talk) 21:39, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Given how quickly they're hopping IP's, blocking individual addresses isn't going to accomplish much, I'm afraid. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:53, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

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Re-doing the category adds made by User:Jkk12, a blocked sock. Wikiacc (¶) 00:26, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * IPv6 address is now caught in a checkuser range block for a week. As the IP is range blocked, there is nothing left to do here, so close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:14, 30 September 2020 (UTC)