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17 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Identical userpage content, submitted within minutes of each other. Also promotion-only accounts. Similar usernames too. ◊PRAHLADbalaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 18:44, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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@GeneralNotability: Could you point me to the LTA case? ◊PRAHLADbalaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 20:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This is the AryaShah LTA, I'm surprised we don't have an existing SPI for them. They're all blocked and contributions have been oversighted, since they've been around a while I'm not tagging per WP:DENY.  Blocked without tags, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:41, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Prahlad_balaji I'm not aware of a formal LTA case for this one. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:01, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

22 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Lard Almighty (talk) 13:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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21 October 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious. CptViraj (talk) 07:50, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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21 October 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious duck, same pages created. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 09:25, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another obvious duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 09:34, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 09:38, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 09:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 09:47, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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11 November 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Username and edits duck DannyS712 (talk) 05:26, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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02 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

clear duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 07:20, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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08 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious. CptViraj (talk) 15:17, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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17 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Username DannyS712 (talk) 07:49, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FYI Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested already based on username --DannyS712 (talk) 07:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked without tags, closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:58, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

17 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Already blocked and locked, just filing for the record DannyS712 (talk) 17:52, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Clerk note: Okay. Intentionally leaving untagged, nothing to do. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:53, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

01 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Pretty obvious. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 06:32, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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06 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Quack, quack. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 10:01, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked and locked. Pahunkat (talk) 12:11, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Added infobox to User talk:Aryashahnaughty. Created Draft:Aryashahnaughty. Please note deleted Arya Shah and similarities in all edits by AryaShinkansen. Ima block. Just documenting. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:11, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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23 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


This one is a duck, same name as other known socks. Attempted to edit the user page of the main account using the suspected sock account and also recreated the same self promotional article Draft:Arya Kinchitkumar Shah. Requesting CU because they continue to use multiple accounts to recreate the same articles. Jns4eva (talk) 08:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Already blocked and locked,  no tags, closing. Blablubbs|talk 01:09, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

02 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

See infobox on userpage. DUCK. Pahunkat (talk) 09:51, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Has been locked globally. --Achim (talk) 11:17, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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26 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

DUCK. User:AryaYoutuber. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 08:15, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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28 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck at User:AryaInfluencer. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 10:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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03 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious per created pages. Requesting a sleeper check. aeschylus (talk) 17:57, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed, no further accounts visible. ST47 (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

09 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

See Special:PermaLink/1027677016 & User:AryaShahJapaneseIndian. Ducks Minorax (talk) 12:59, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, this is clearly them Added AryaKinchitkumarShah6p as it is fairly obvious that it is a sleeper. Requesting a CU as they have sleepers. aeschylus (talk) 13:37, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 05:08, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

The usual. JavaHurricane 06:09, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CU-blocked by Materialscientist, along with the sock reported below and one other account. JavaHurricane 06:23, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 06:24, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

15 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 06:12, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 06:24, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

17 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious. CptViraj (talk) 04:27, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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24 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Eostrix  (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 12:49, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • information Administrator note Blocked and globally locked. Closing SPI. Ashleyyoursmile! 14:49, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

07 July 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Created similar userpage with an infobox and occupation "student" as their very first edit, although this time it appears that they have chosen a username that is different from previous socks. Ashleyyoursmile! 08:07, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 July 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Created User:AryaGoogle about "Arya Shah", requesting CU to check for sleepers DannyS712 (talk) 05:59, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely). They both geolocate to the same general area, but they're on different ranges, ISPs, and user agents. Setting as "possilikely" due to the close geolocation. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:05, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • CU results irrelevant; this is textbook AryaShah. They've been blocked and reported to SRG, no further action necessary. No tags. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

07 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

See this diff admitting [3] Tommi1986 let's talk! 11:22, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me [4] Already locked. Doesn't look like sleeper checks are indicated looking at the archive, so I think this can be closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:29, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account globally locked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

29 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Same pattern. CptViraj (talk) 06:28, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yup. Already handled by Materialscientist.  No tags per established practice, archivenotice tweaked accordingly, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:08, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

09 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck per user page. Eostrix (🦉 hoot hoot🦉) 06:10, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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As accounts in this LTA farm are created in batches, please check for sleepers. JavaHurricane 06:26, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Clerk endorsed - a sleeper checks seems useful, as per the archive there have been previous sleepers and no recent sleeper check has been noted in the archive. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 11:37, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did find another account in CU, but it's already been blocked and locked. Closing without further action. Mz7 (talk) 19:33, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

09 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Per deleted contributions. Please check for sleepers as accounts are created in batches. JavaHurricane 05:27, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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29 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Seemingly identical userpage content, username follows the pattern.

Requesting CheckUser for a sleeper check as the filing history indicates batch-creation is possible. firefly ( t · c ) 08:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Added 6PocketPark. Both accounts blocked by HJ Mitchell following reports at AIV. Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested for reported accounts. Given the history of sleeper usage/batch creations in this LTA case, CU is needed here. JavaHurricane 09:30, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

The usual. As before, sleeper check please due to the history of batch creation and sleepers. JavaHurricane 06:28, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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18 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Blocked as a sock based on userpage; global lock requested. SpencerT•C 17:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it possible to stop tagging this LTA? --Minorax«¦talk¦» 08:40, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Nothing more to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:09, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

08 February 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 15:26, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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19 April 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Deppty (talk) 10:49, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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31 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Please check for sleepers due to the history of batch account creation. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 07:17, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • There are lots of accounts, but it looks like they've been handled by stewards already - I don't see any that aren't globally locked. I'm not going to list them here per WP:DENY. Closing without further action. Girth Summit (blether) 11:28, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

03 September 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Looks like a duck to me. Very similar username to the others, user page edit with infobox exactly like the others. Maybe do a sleeper check as it seems batch-creation has happened in the past. Signed,The4lines |||| (Talk) (Contributions) 04:43, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  In progress... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:52, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I only have the logs of previous CU checks to go off of, but given this user's IP and the network's assigned range, and the IP and assigned range of previous socks, I'd call this  Likely. Given the username and having the exact same user page as previous socks, I'd say that I'm convinced enough to block, tag, and close this SPI - hence I am doing so... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:57, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

12 December 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Re-created Draft:Shah Arya. Draft and user page contents appear to be similar to previous creations. Username similarity to other socks. Uhai (talk) 23:32, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked without tags Obvious sock is obvious, blocked. We appear to have requested a global lock on previous iterations, and this one has cross-wiki activity, so I've done the same. Previous iterations don't usually appear to have had CUs run, or found sleepers when CUs have been run, so marking for closure. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:28, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

29 January 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Name and see contents of User:ARYA SHAH AT INDIA Uhai (talk) 09:54, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Now locked. For the record, it's easier to just report these to meta:SRG or the stewards IRC channel. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:39, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

14 February 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

See user page. I am unable to request a global lock on meta nor on IRC, so if someone can do this on my behalf, it would be appreciated. Please also delete all the pages this account has created. Uhai (talk) 19:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked, and all editing deleted. JBW (talk) 20:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing as the account is already blocked and locked globally. Mz7 (talk) 10:59, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

31 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Russian translation of blocked user, possible block evasion, also some accounts are globally locked ToadetteEdit (chat)/(logs) 20:30, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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23 August 2023

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  • Popped up in an EF report at ANI. Already blocked and left untagged as that appears to be the routine with this master. Could a Clerk please request a global lock before closing?-- Ponyobons mots 19:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. --Blablubbs (talk) 20:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

22 November 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

See userpage. CptViraj (talk) 09:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Already blocked, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested, closing. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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