Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Sanjiv swarup


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.

User:Sanjiv swarup

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

GameKeeper 15:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Many new users trying to prevent the deletion of an article Articles for deletion/Edeskonline. Looks strongly like votestacking or sockpuppetry. In general it looks like some people are trying to use wikipedia to advertise a non-noteable product.
 * Evidence

Note Sanjiv swarup, has replied on the talk page. Wikipedia talk:Suspected sock puppets/Sanjiv swarup
 * Comments

Ruzbehraja 13:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support nomination, in my opinion, sockpuppetry is pretty apparent and I don't think that an entirely new user, let alone five, could have even heard about AfD's or known how to get there. --Cremepuff222  ( talk,  review me! ) 22:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Do not support nomination:Fristly, i dont think 5 different users can be tutored to support the same thing. Secondly, it has not been proven, and implicating people without sufficient cause is not appropriate according to me. Thirdly, If you see some of their contributions, they are over a wide variety of topics and have contributed to many articles which have substance. They have enhanced the contents of many different articles. Do review your findings.


 * Comment Your first point: A Sockpuppet is the same user logging in as different ID's, this is what I think has been happening. Secondly, This has not been prooven but that is why this case is open . I strongly disagree with your third point. Of the 5 users listed as socks. 3 have made less than 5 edits and most edits have been on talk pages, why do you think their edits over a wide variety of topics and have substance?.
 * Further evidence User: Vijaykumartb even alters User:Sanjiv swarup talk page edits, see here.. Here  User:Sanjiv swarup removes talk page discussion between himself and some of the potential socks (and more worring other possible puppet accounts), which ignored indepedent comments, but leaves the independent comments behind. It is clear he has some special relationship with these users as opposed to the independent user. They look strongly like meatpuppets or sockpuppets to me, and there may be more than the 5 listed above.  GameKeeper 14:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Clear use of sockpuppets to votestack on Articles for deletion/Edeskonline. Ssunderagarwal, Vijaykumartb, Latha padm, and Ramesh debata are indef blocked as socks of Sanjiv swarup. Kalivd appears to have an independent existence, and is not blocked. Sanjiv swarup is blocked 24 hours for violations of WP:SOCK. --Akhilleus (talk) 00:12, 16 April 2007 (UTC)