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Jasmin Bhasin image uploaded by old account  but in article changed by new account. From his old account user page where he mentioned his name is shubham pawar from which new account username is made which is  shp03. Princepratap1234 (talk) 15:44, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * - So much about this case is ducky, I hesitate to even ask for CU. But, I found something really odd on commons.  In both co:File:Jasmin Bhasin.jpg and co:File:Varun Sood.jpg, the image was uploaded by Wefffrrr and then two minutes later, Shp03 came along and changed the licensing from cc-by-3.0 to cc-by-3.0-BollywoodHungama.  So, yeah, obviously working in close collaboration, but if they're the same person, why this odd two-account dance to change the licensing tag?  I'm really curious to see what CU divines from this, although to be honest, I'm not sure it will make any difference in the long run. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:29, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I ran a check to see if there were sleepers, but could find none; other than that, the check did not reveal anything particularly useful, aside from the fact that Shp03 recently edited from an IP that was subsequently hit by an autoblock intended for Wefffrrr.  Salvio 15:01, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * With that added tidbit from CU, blocking and tagging both for socking. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

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he mentioned his name on user page of old account and that is exactly same to new account username. Princepratap1234 (talk) 09:15, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Here's a couple more that are almost certain to be socks. The first two based on editing overlap, the third on their "i am shubham pawar" userpage comment.
 * There's also a bunch of possibles based just on username, going back years, most of which have 0 edits. And User:Aniketgawali7/sandbox mentions Shubham Pawar, but I don't have time to chase all this down right now.  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: would be the oldest account. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There's also a bunch of possibles based just on username, going back years, most of which have 0 edits. And User:Aniketgawali7/sandbox mentions Shubham Pawar, but I don't have time to chase all this down right now.  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: would be the oldest account. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: would be the oldest account. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)


 * It's clear that Shubhampawar253{253,9069,906} are all the same person from extensive editing overlap plus the obvious name similarity. I suspect ShubhamPawarb3 is also the same person but that account hasn't edited in 5 years, so I'm not going to do anything about it. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:09, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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New account and just about all of their edits are to articles that prior sock has edited.  The obvious edit is here, restoring edits from Shp03 that were reverted and this one  submitted a draft that Shp03 had been editing. WP:DUCK  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:35, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * per the evidence presented, but it looks like after Wefffrrr was blocked, they laid low for a few days, then started editing as the IP mentioned in 24 July 2021, then immediately created Roshinibb. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:18, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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Similar types of edit and same geo location. Princepratap1234 (talk) 09:44, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for week, see 23 July 2021 (Roshinibb) -- RoySmith (talk) 23:26, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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They switched to 43.242.226.29 after .28 was blocked. .42 and .43 were both active before .28 was blocked. Previous also on .10, .11, .2. All these IPs are focused on TV and movies in India. I suggest a range block, a /26 should be sufficient as I don't see an IP over .63. I don't see activity on other topic areas from the range recently.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 08:00, 26 July 2021 (UTC)  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 08:00, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Today, July 27th, they switched over from .29 to (all edits so far to Indian-Bengali TV, sharing Ki Kore Bolbo Tomay wih the .29).-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 12:50, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * I don't have a lot of confidence that we've found the right netmask yet, but I've blocked 43.242.226.2/26 for a month; -- RoySmith (talk) 22:53, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

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Editing Marathi related articles and account created after latest sock got blocked Princepratap1234 (talk) 20:11, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * , I don't see much point in CU; a sleeper check 7 weeks ago didn't find anything useful, and this is uber-ducky. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:59, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

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Editing articles related to Marathi people, TV shows and bengali cinema, a behavior related to the previous socks. Kalu Dada from Thathri Kutty (talk) 10:39, 9 September 2021 (UTC)


 * These are highly popular topics and a /38 is a very wide range. Can you give me something more specific to go on? -- RoySmith (talk) 18:46, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgot to ping -- RoySmith (talk) 18:48, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Not enough information to do anything useful here, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:14, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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New account and editing marathi related articles. This might be sock of. Princepratap1234 (talk) 15:07, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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vs and they have edited same pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Princepratap1234 (talk • contribs) 15:31, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * -- RoySmith (talk) 15:16, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - Please, compare to previous socks (like  and ).   Vanjagenije   (talk)  09:31, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to and .  to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:13, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagging with dual tags and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:02, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same IP range and same editing area. Princepratap1234 (talk) 08:56, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * The range is probably Special:Contributions/43.242.226.0/24, which has had a prior CU block. Special:Contributions/49.32.192.0/19 is another range they've been using lately (and also has been blocked previously for block evasion).  Ravensfire  (talk) 17:48, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * I blocked this IP for 3 months. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:30, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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IP range is similar. Editing marathi related articles. 223.235.216.36 (talk) 18:05, 26 March 2022 (UTC) 223.235.216.36 (talk) 18:05, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked Special:contributions/43.242.226.0/24 for one year. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:37, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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The user has joined Wikipedia on the second day after was blocked (25 June Blocked). Exactly after 16 days the user has started moving the page ( Wikipedia Join 27 June and Page Moved 13 July ). Uploads images like an expert without mistake. This user is contributing in the same page where Shubham last contributed. Shubham uploaded the image with the name "File:Sarsenapati Hambirrao.jpeg". This user has uploaded a new image on the same title. PravinGanechari (talk) 10:19, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * The CU data isn't entirely conclusive here, but there is overlap on multiple IP ranges which puts me into territory at the very least. However, the enormous overlap in editing interests, and the uploading of an identical file, leave me with little doubt that these are the same person. Blocking and tagging, closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  11:21, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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Draft resubmitted Draft:Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat doubt same user Afd removed   AShiv1212 (talk) 03:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * - The /24 range of the IP has been blocked three times: the first by in March 2021 for 3 months as a CU block, the second by me in March 2022 for one year as a result of a report at Sockpuppet investigations/Wefffrrr, and most recently on April 10 by Ponyo for a year for persistent addition of unsourced content. The two named accounts here were created after the last report at the Wefffrrr SPI. We have three choices: the first is to leave it here with the IP as master for evaluation before deciding where to move it; the second is to move it to Morekar, the older of the two named accounts; and the third is move it to the Wefffrrr SPI. I can see advantages to all three, but I lean slightly toward the third because (1) there is topic and article intersection with the Wefffrrr SPI and (2) it makes it easier to use the various tools at our disposal if all the allegedly related accounts are in one basket. I'll leave the decision to a clerk. Bbb23 (talk) 10:39, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merged with Wefffrrr per above. Reopening case. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:05, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've run CU on the accounts. They look different from one another - same large country, but different UAs and no overlap on IP ranges. Neither has edited from the IP range listed. Can't rule out WP:MEAT, so will leave this open in case anybody wants to look at the editing more closely. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:00, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The IP range is now blocked. Vatmess has been blocked for other reasons. Neither the CU or behavioural evidence seems sufficient to take any action with respect to Morekar. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 14:28, 19 June 2023 (UTC)