Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yammiso2020/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar changes to census figures without any source. May be this user also. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Another possible sock, an older account added. First making an unsourced change, then used non-government source, but making similar edits after previous edits by them and other possible socks were reverted on the grounds of being unsourced . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)


 * These were back to back changes concerning the same parameter (population figures) by Yammiso2020, Surajkumar27 and Swarup2690 after our reverts. Note that the numbers provided by Yammiso2020  and Surajkumar27  are exactly same (130725310). Redflag for me, hence the SPI. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

I hope you do not mind, but I have added Dilku811 to your SPI. He/she is an obvious block-evading sock of Dilku911. The choice was either to do a separate SPI, or to add him/her to the one you started. Both Dilku911 and Dilku811 make unsourced changed to numerical data in articlesDilku911,Dilku911,Dilku811,Dilku811,Dilku911,Dilku811 Dilku811 has also changed "fastest-growing" to "slowest-growing" in the Economy of Bihar.Dilku811 -- Toddy1 (talk) 11:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Absolutely not. Keep adding if you find more . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:49, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Subhajit7382 also likes changing numbers:Subhajit7382,Subhajit7382 -- Toddy1 (talk) 02:35, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

I am suspicious that Subhajt Mondal may be the same person as Subhajit7382. Subhajt Mondal has a similar name to Subhajit7382 and showed up in the edit history of Economy of West Bengal, where first Dilku911 made edits changing numbers, then Subhajt Mondal made their edit, then Subhajit7382 edited, then Dilku811 edited. Subhajt Mondal is clearly interested in numbers (like the other accounts) - they changed the labelling of the number and explained in the edit summary. But his/her edit did not have the same hallmark as most of the edits by the other accounts; so I am suspicious, but uncertain whether Subhajt Mondal is the same person or not. -- Toddy1 (talk) 11:00, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Regarding your post of 10:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC): The reason Surajkumar27, Yammiso2020, Anishssgj changed the 2023 population to 130,725,310 on 2 October was probably that that number was given in The Indian Express in its 2 October 2023 article: Bihar caste survey data out: What it says. Anishssgj gave a citation to the article, that supported that part of the changes he/she made. So with hindsight, that piece of evidence looks like a false positive.
 * 130725310 can be explained by The Indian Express

Swarup2690 made an edit on 30 September changing the number to 134,099,452. I have no idea why he/she chose that figure. -- Toddy1 (talk) 10:49, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Look, I don't doubt that and  are the same person as each other (I'll block that one shortly), or that  and  are, although I don't see the latter's use of multiple accounts as abusive, assuming they're not operating any others. But I will need more evidence than "they make unsourced changes to census articles" to endorse a check on half a dozen other accounts, one of which is five years old. Unexplained changes to numbers are a very common form of disruption/vandalism.  Spicy (talk) 23:22, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The information provided by seems like a reasonable explanation for why the users would make these edits. I'm going to close this case without further action. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)