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Came across the user through WP:FFU - Vaibhavchodhari requested an image to be uploaded however the request above that is from the exact same Flickr uploader

Reading the first request([]) They've apparently been socking on Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sockpuppets_of_Yash_gawli) too and I assume now that's failed they're trying their luck here,

I'm assuming their request at Requests for permissions/Confirmed was to bypass the restrictions ?,

Thanks – Davey 2010 Talk 22:02, 12 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Their other 2 accounts User:Nileshjaind and User:Jugal15 were both CU-blocked today (12 Aug) by Bbb23. – Davey 2010 Talk 22:18, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Additional information on cu.wiki here. Эlcobbola  talk 23:07, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

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Technically. Thus far, all the accounts I've checked have been technically different. Yet, all of the behavior points to them being socks. Blocked and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:19, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

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So far they have 5 edits and two of them are to WP:Requested articles subpages. Looks like it's a meat puppet to me. Or could be a sock puppet. Diff1 and diff 2. Masum Reza 📞 20:43, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * has blocked the puppet. This case needs to be closed and then archived. Masum Reza 📞 20:59, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I asked on meta for global lock. Masum Reza 📞 21:20, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 21:12, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

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User has created Draft:Yash gawli which leads me to believe this is Yash himself, Various IPs have been going to WP:FFU to get his image uploaded so these could be him or those (and this account) could be working as some sort of team (Obviously IPs cannot be revealed so that's fine), Thanks – Dave | Davey 2010 Talk 20:42, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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. Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:12, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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Just for the record: recreated Yash Gawli at User:Micivisey/sandbox, Draft:Yash Gwala and Draft talk:Yash Gawli, blocked per WP:DUCK. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:52, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * Comment I asked on meta for global lock. Masum Reza 📞 11:19, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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Quack quack. Created Draft:Yash Gawli. Hiàn (talk) 03:41, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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Seemingly the puppeteer also operates IP socks from. See such edits as. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:59, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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Creating Draft:Master Yash. Has also been IP hopping for the past two weeks adding his name to film articles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) but blocking the IPs is probably not feasible. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:01, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, G5. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:23, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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More Yash Gawli spam, Draft:Master yash gawli. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:35, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, G5, salted. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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More SPA Draft:Yash Master recreations and submissions. Why submit to this name when it's not a proper alias? Also a different IP wants to support retaining it. Requesting checkusers to confirm. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 03:54, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * CU is unlikely to be useful here. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:04, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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As obvious as they get, with a recreation of Master yash again. Previous socks have all used variants of "Yash master", "Master yash". – Thjarkur (talk) 20:02, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:04, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

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Rs7932006 created Draft:Yash (master) on 1 September and Kamalakamalagayari created Yash(child actor) today. It's becoming a bit useless to report this since it's just whack-a-mole which repeats every day, usually with IPs, but thought I should report since these are accounts. – Thjarkur (talk) 09:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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see Draft:Yashi Gawlii Praxidicae (talk) 12:46, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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See Sockpuppet investigations/Abubakar Balarabe where I reported the same suspected sock under a different master. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 15:40, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Surprisingly, this is ❌. It's more likely to be related to Abubakar Balarabe, above.  I've been cracking down on Yash Gawli-related spam, so he's probably trying to recruit other people to edit for him. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:35, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It is truly surprising since I can't imagine anyone ever trying to write about Gawli except for Gawli himself. Praxidicae (talk) 17:39, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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See contributions including their block log. --94.73.36.0 (talk) 15:16, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The sock here was blocked in August, there's nothing to be done. Praxidicae (talk) 15:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

I am sending a checkuser to check for confirmation based on this revision --94.73.36.0 (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm declining the request for the reasons I just outlined. They're already blocked. This isn't a fishing expedition. Praxidicae (talk) 15:24, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * see Yash Gawli (Master) (may well already be deleted by the time you read this) Shirt58 (talk) 10:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, that's almost certainly him. Already globally locked, but I deleted the article and blocked anyway.  Sometimes the stewards unlock accounts before we'd unblock them. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:21, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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The IP has created Draft:Yash Gawli Actor. The alleged sockmaster has repeatedly created Draft:Yash Gawli as can be seen from the page history of that deleted draft and the sockmaster case. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:22, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Partial block adjusted. I'll add something simple to the title blacklist, too. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:03, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Sandbox is very ducky to past socks. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged,, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:21, 19 July 2021 (UTC)