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03 April 2013

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The above accounts seem to be prosecuting a massive spam campaign to insert references to a child actor by the name of Sainath Dukkipati into as many Bollywood articles as possible. Their edits claim that Dukkipati is related to famous Bollywood stars and that he has starring roles in many past and upcoming films. Usually the claims aren't referenced, but when they are the reference turns out to say nothing at all about Sainath Dukkipati. When challenged about this he claims that "he's presence in the films are kept secret until the trailers are released". There are a few scattered references to Dukkipati in some Indian media blogs, though knowing their penchant for using Wikipedia as a source (or even plagiarising Wikipedia verbatim) it's possible they're just blindly reposting our own incorrect information.

The similarity of the edits leads me to believe that they're the work of a single individual who claims (probably falsely) to be Shah Rukh Khan's business manager and (probably truly) to be 13 years old.

Diffs: — Psychonaut (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Wikiassociate:
 * User:122.169.145.177:
 * User:122.169.128.201:
 * User:122.169.141.111:
 * User:122.169.140.208:
 * User:122.169.135.255:

Comments by other users
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 * I've seen this user and IPs edit in at least one article, putting in the same material. The quacking is very blatant. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 19:09, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, how much would you be willing to bet that this "child actor" is actually this user? The ages match, after all... Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 19:11, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * I don't think he is trying to sockpuppet on purpose here, but what is more disturbing is the disruptive edits. I've left him a final warning about adding the unsourced names and editing while logged out. If it continues, we will need to indef block him until he understands the problem, which may be a few years.  If he does come back and keeps adding it back, ANI might be the better venue.  Closing. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 13:47, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

30 April 2013

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The Sainath Dukkipati spam campaign is continuing from these IPs, and possibly others. Also reported to WP:ANI as suggested by User:Dennis Brown on the archive for this SPI. Psychonaut (talk) 14:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * Set up Special:AbuseFilter/552. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 04:57, 1 May 2013 (UTC)