Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dr. vivek Kumar Pandey

User:Dr. vivek Kumar Pandey

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Toddst1 (talk) 16:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

User: Ekbal anuj is the primary author of the article Dr. Vivek Kumar Pandey. The article is an almost verbatim copy of the user page of User:Dr. vivek Kumar Pandey. Both authors have heavily edited the same articles, especially Prem C. Pandey and appear to be alternate users, creating vanity articles about the Pandey family. There is some discussion of this on the afd page for Dr. Vivek Kumar Pandey
 * Evidence

Note that the Prem C. Pandey page is almost verbatim on User:Ekbal anuj as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddst1 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I remember there were previous articles (now deleted) about Dr. Vivek Kumar Pandey, but I don't have access to users' contributions to articles that have been deleted.

Based on the activity on Articles for deletion/Dr. Vivek Kumar Pandey and editing patterns, it appears User: 220.227.207.12 (now temporarily blocked for abuse) is also a sockpuppet of these two. Toddst1 (talk) 17:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments

It's pretty clear, from evidence presented and from editing patterns, including a unique style of detail in edit summaries, that these two accounts represent the same person. However, since one of the accounts is inactive for the last month, and the other started within the last month (so they are not simultaneous), and also since the behavior is not fundamentally abusive but simply violated the conflict-of-interest policy, I feel that blocks do not need to be issued. Accordingly, I am closing this case with a warning to the user involved, but without issuing blocks. (Note: I am not an admin.) Shalom (Hello • Peace) 01:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions