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08 February 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Suspected sockmaster created

WP:G5. That editor has already been banned based on CheckUser evidence. The .75 IP's only edits have been to that article, including removing the speedy deletion tag. The .37 IP has a longer edit history, which most recently includes creating the article talk page with the text "It is an Official Page. Please don't remove this page." Beebek bhurtel's only edit is also to the talk page, also contesting deletion. —me_and 11:34, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

I've just added Sarojupreti and Bibekbhurtel5 to the list. Both are already blocked (Sarojupreti seems to have been deemed the sockmaster of them all), but I'm including Bibekbhurtel5 as I think that makes it more obvious that Beebek bhurtel is also a sock. For more evidence, see the edit history of Shree Harikul Model Higher Secondary School (e.g. by Beebek Bhurtel, by Bibekbhurtel5, by Sarojupreti132). —me_and 14:57, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removing the CheckUser request – I think the similar usernames and edit histories are sufficient evidence without CU. —me_and 15:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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New account  Confirmed, blocked, tagged, and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:53, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

12 February 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Past socks include

McGeddon (talk) 18:38, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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08 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


User page gives the users name as "Saroj Upreti", with the obvious link to the sockmaster's username. This account and previous accounts have all edited

Shree Harikul (e.g. FB's edits: [1], previous account edits: [2][3][4]). —me_and 16:28, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

Also, this account first edited on 20 February, most recent blocked sock was blocked on 12 February. —me_and 16:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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02 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Ducky, per this version of his user page, where he identifies as Saroj Upreti and says he hails from Nepal. He did this before as Fighterman Baadshah here. I can block him on duck, but I think it might be worth a CU if only to refresh the CU data on him. The last case we had in the archive was from March. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 08:02, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I've blocked the account as is. There haven't been any additional accounts in the previous checks, so a sleeper check isn't needed. Mike V • Talk 18:30, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]


05 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

User:Dangerous Khiladi 5 and User:Bollywood Nude both added the near-identical line "This film is a remake of the 2013 malayalam film Mumbai Police" to Dishoom on the 16th and 17th of June (1, 2), Bollywood Nude repeating the lowercase but failing to pipe the link.

A day after Khiladi was blocked as a sockpuppet of Sarojupreti, Bollywood Nude pinged a bunch of admins accusing the apparently unrelated editor Nepali keto62 of being a Sarojupreti sock, and posted a fake blocked-as-a-sockpuppet template on Nepali's user page.

Requesting a sweep for sleeper accounts, since Bollywood Nude has been active since March.

McGeddon (talk) 09:14, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

I support you.
Talk to me 10:44, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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16 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Two new editors who have been active at

Nepali keto62, which is behaviour we've seen in previous investigations. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

More evidence at
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Question. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:22, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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  • He confesses that he has two accounts here; is this just an attempt at involving Nepoli in a socking investigation?
    Pocketed 13:15, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • @
    Pocketed 13:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Also, at
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Question, User:Tiger Gang denies any connection with User:MasterPiece2016, which does not appear credible. Whoever they are, I'd say we have blatant dishonesty and deception of some sort here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Yes, though an important question is whether Nepali keto62 is involved in that dishonesty and deception, or is innocent despite the links. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:26, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:36, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Please listen me. I will tell you guys the truth.
Questions?!?!? 14:31, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
What can you tell us about User:MasterPiece2016? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I am 100% sure
Questions?!?!? 14:44, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
@
Questions?!?!? 16:16, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
I'm just saying that the school and geographic location connect all of these accounts, not necessarily that everyone is a sock of Sarojupreti. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I just added two more potential socks, Abhishek Jha Nepal and BaralSir. They are both single-purpose accounts active on a related AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anil Jha, about the principal of the school. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:03, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

BaralSir doesn't seem to have edited Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anil Jha, David Eppstein. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think the connection comes from this edit on the talk page of WikiProject Nepal and the fact that this was their first edit, and their account was created (contrary to what they say on their user page) just today. Uanfala (talk) 21:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, got it. I now also see that that comment has been quoted in the AfD. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:44, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Adhering to the policies and guidelines set forth by Wikipedia, I completely deny any association with the user BaralSir. As a sensible user, I understand the consequences sockpuppetry has and moreover, I respect the community trust guidelines of Wikipedia. Abhishek Jha Nepal (talk) 04:31, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As to the his comment on Wikiproject Nepal pages being his first edit, I presume it was because he claims to be an expert in Nepal related pages, so Wikiproject Nepal might have been the first thing to enter his mind. Abhishek Jha Nepal (talk) 04:31, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nepali keto62 because he isn't more success in wikipedia. So Please help us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiger Gang (talk • contribs) 02:39, 17 July 2016‎ (UTC)[reply
]

Talk to me 15:43, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
If an editor is creating multiple accounts, then they are sockpuppets. In any case, what is clear is that these editors are trying to have fun at the expense of Wikipedia and to cause confusion. On the one hand, administrators do not block editors as sockpuppets without reasonable evidence that they really are the same person. However, administrators do block editors for being
not here to build or maintain the encyclopedia. My advice is already stated. Stop all of the game-playing. Take a break from editing at all in order to get over the game-playing mood. Then figure out how to support the encyclopedia collaboratively, and listen to experienced advice. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:53, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
@
Questions?!?!? 01:02, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
@
Questions?!?!? 08:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Just because no one commented in the discussion for more than 3 days or more doesn't means that you should close the discussion as you have tried to it here as withdrawal. Ayub407talk 08:52, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, they didn't actually say "I withdraw my nomination", they said "{{withdraw}}". Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:54, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And they didn't see what gets transcluded from that template? David Biddulph (talk) 09:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've no idea. I'm just pointing out what the specific edit they made actually was, as I think it is important to be accurate here. Had they actually entered the text "I withdraw my nomination", I'd say it would have been significantly more damning than adding a template that transcluded the text. Boing! said Zebedee (talk)
I guess they were copying each other. They are young editors after all. Ayub407talk
If you check their user page history, you do see a lot of similarities, but not exact...Examples:
They both also remove contents which are warnings from their talk page.
@
Questions?!?!? 15:04, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

Please block Red Rose62 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) since it was created by Nepali keto62. — JJMC89 (T·C) 16:36, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hmm. Is somebody attempting to impersonate me? --Redrose64 (talk) 20:19, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Arbitrary break
  • VarunFEB2003 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) looks awfully suspicious as well here. Created in May 2016, he's been heavily involved with these socks from the start. There's way too much cross-over to be a coincidence.
    1. Signed Nepali's guestbook: [5]
    2. Nominated some of the sock's userboxes for deletion: here. Note that Tiger Gang nominated a sock's page for deletion as well, so this user has been known to conflict with themselves.
    3. Created the sockpuppet investigation on Nepali with regard to his bot at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nepali keto62. Done only six hours after the bot was created.
    4. Has a similarly over-complicated userpage that relies on many subpages in his own userspace, similar to other confirmed socks. I fail to see how even the most competent editor could create that userpage shortly after joining.
    5. Created a guestbook similar to other socks, which was signed by multiple confirmed socks. This includes creating a barnstar to award to those who signed his guestbook, same as the other socks.
    6. Both expressed a desire to control a bot despite not having programming skills. This is the most damning thing for me, since it's highly unusual for users to find their way to bot requests and request someone make a bot for them to operate. See [6] [7].
I think this needs CU. ~ Rob13Talk 18:13, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I also just noticed User:VarunFEB2003/GuestbookBarnstar was created by Tiger Gang. The behavioral evidence will need evaluating here. I'm quite surprised that these were unrelated given all this cross-over. ~ Rob13Talk 19:04, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Looking further, I also found that VarunFEB2003 participated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eden English School Btl, an AfD for a page edited by Nepali. ~ Rob13Talk 19:11, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you so much. After advice from Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi I never talked to NEpali after I understood I was biting him. I have nominated a user sub page created by Tiger Gang without adequate info for speedy deletion. Thank you all and Regards VarunFEB2003 (talk) 13:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please note that the range 49.126.254.0/24 has been blocked for a week and is probably related to this SPI based on their edits and geolocation. ~ Rob13Talk 02:47, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

21 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


The hunter boy appeared immediately after the blocking of Tiger Gang and Nepali keto62. User talk:The hunter boy/Editnotice says that he is from Jhapa, as for the others, and he has the same obsession with presentation of his user pages and subpages (and signature), rather than doing anything to improve the encyclopedia. Seems to be quacking loudly. David Biddulph (talk) 10:41, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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His contributions shows him editing only on his userspace. Created guestbook, templates, etc... Seems also like a duck. Ayub407talk 12:11, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ayub407: Hello Ayub bro I am not his sockpuppet. How can you say that i am his sockpuppet? Rishi Singh Rathod (talk) 12:11, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am copying this user page from Pratyya Ghosh. He may also copied from him.Rishi Singh Rathod (talk) 12:16, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
At first i will finished my guestbook,userpage and talk page and forward to contributions. Rishi Singh Rathod (talk) 12:19, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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22 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

This is another sock created after yesterday's blocks. Likely more in the draw, so bringing here. I got informed because of this reinsertion of Tiger Gang's edit. Then there's also the usual social networking stuff like User:Bahaddur/Service_Awards and this. Anyone else can feel free to Duck block, but I'm leaving it open for a CU to pull out the other socks. —SpacemanSpiff 11:41, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:37, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]


23 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Translation of the username by Google translate shows that its Saroj Upreti. Also added wikiproject Nepal on its userpage. Seems to be a

duck. Ayub407talk 13:21, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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In addition, the user is requesting barnstars, similar to how

Nepali keto62 valued them greatly. Dat GuyTalkContribs 13:25, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me Ayub407talk 13:29, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
They're also using dates as headings on user talk pages, like Tiger Gang did. Maybe they picked that up from the format of this page! Cordless Larry (talk) 13:31, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have a conspiracy theory... that
User:Jimbo is the sockmaster of everyone! Dat GuyTalkContribs 13:36, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
...and now they have admitted that they are a sock of Sarojupreti. --bonadea contributions talk 13:37, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there any way to tell the user that if he wants to be unblocked (which is a extremely small chance now), he should go to
    WP:UTRS? Dat GuyTalkContribs 13:45, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
You can post it on his orignal talkpage. But
WP:UTRS will be completely useless now becuase of multiple accounts creation in a short peroid of time. Perhaps a standard offer should would be a good idea if he is willing to contribute the encyclopedia constructively. Ayub407talk 13:50, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
  • As per Cordless Larry, i also noticed this nearly 30 or 40 minutes ago. On other hand, this (maybe) a goodfaith editor, continesly asking for help. Look at his my talk page.—Constanstin 13:41, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:41, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]


24 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Similar User Pages, similar low-level disruption.

Pocketed 11:42, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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It seems to me that Nepalirider123 is unrelated to Sarojupreti but actually User:Adamsmith ? Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:52, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those barnstars? Undoubtedly; but in that case, I still think Adamsmith is someone else- just can't place it...
Pocketed 12:00, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Here is my
Rajusharmaofc (username now changed to Adamsmith). Ayub407talk 12:52, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply
]
Non-admin comment: Another sock, Silent Hunter blocked. Total, 28 accounts created by Sarojupreti. This is crazy. Ayub407talk 16:28, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know why this user is creating so many accounts, i reviewed the user page of Silent Hunter, and then Silent Hunter left barnstar in my user talk (for reviewing their pages). And when i clicked (at username) in his signature, i saw Silent Hunter tagged (blocked) as another sock of Sarojupreti.—Constanstin 16:29, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

I already found that Nepalirider123 is Red X Unrelated to Rajusharmaofc. Nepalirider123 is also Red X Unrelated to Sarojupreti. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:09, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]


27 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

This user was registered today, and please note the similarity of name: Nepali Writer, Nepali keto62, etc. —Constanstin 06:08, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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21 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


I came across this user and I have been watching it for a month. The more the user edits, the more my suspicions rises that this user could be a sock of Sarojupreti because of the same editing patterns of Tiger Gang. I'm listing below the evidences.

  1. edited
    Dance Plus (season 2) (diff1) which was created by Tiger Gang and was also edited by another sock Nepali Bibek. (Tiger Gang diff 1) (Nepali Bibek diff 1
    )
  2. edited Dance Plus (diff2) (diff3) (diff4) which edited by Tiger Gang before. (Tiger Gang diff 2)
  3. heavily edited
    Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) (diff 5) which was edited by Tiger Gang a month back.(Tiger Gang diff 3
    ).

These are the behavioural evidences. I am requesting a checkuser to verify technical evidences. Ayub407talk 08:17, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:31, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

30 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Okay, while Hell Rider didn't edit much here, but contributed a lot at Nepali Wikipedia. The userpge of Hell Rider at Nepali Wikipedia is similar to Nepali Bibek here (diff1). A simple google translate of the userpage at Nepali wikipedia shows that both users were born in 11 March 2001, from Jhapa and lives in Shivasatakshi Municipality. Clearly a duck over there but block evading here. Also, just like the other socks, Tiger Gang [diff2] and Nepali Bibek [diff3], Hell Rider (diff 4) also interacted with VarunFEB2003. Ayub407talk 09:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Hell Rider edited
    Chhota Bheem and the Shinobi Secret, which was last edited another sock Nepali Bibek. (diff 5). Ayub407talk 09:39, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]

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30 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious

sock, has Upreti in his name and interacted with VarunFEB2003 Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:08, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

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17 November 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

Recreation of Lalit Bisht previously created by SRZA002. The suspected sock is only here to promote Lalit Bisht and his work (Jeet Lengey Jahaan). Please see deleted contributions of Laletbist (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and Lalitbisht22 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 16:42, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Sir Sputnik: Sorry actually, I was not aware of the redirect which SRZA002 created in the past, so this looks more like an autobiography which the subject trying to create since 2012 when their first film was released. Laletbist was registered in 2016 and created Lalet Bist (Lalit M S Bisht) which connects them. The reason for including Lalitbisht22 was the creation of Lalit bisht but, I just looked at this revision of Lalitbisht22 userpage which I missed yesterday and found them unrelated due to their different birth date so I think his case can be moved to Lalitmsbisht as the master if possible. GSS (talk|c|em) 05:03, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Additional information needed - @GSS: This is going to need more evidence. SRZA002's creation of Lalit Bisht was a redirect, so that doesn't tell us much, and a connection between the two stale accounts and this case has not been previously established. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:30, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • If there's no longer a suspected connection to Sarojupreti, I'm just going to close this outright. The sockpuppetry concerns among the three accounts reported here are stale, since the most recent edit from what would be an alternate account if they are one person was about two and a half year ago. Concerns over autobiographies are better reported at
    WP:COIN. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply
    ]
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