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11 June 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur was created in late March and hasn't edited since 6 April. Mohammad asfaq was created on 11 April and was pblocked from article space on 24 May, following this ANI report. Digvijay Mishra 99 was created on 28 May, and has been used to make edits in article space that are very similar to the ones Mohammad asfaq was pblocked for.

Other behavioural evidence: edits to Paramardi by Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur, by Mohammad asfaq, and by Digvijay Mishra 99. Also cf the edit summaries here and here, and the ones here, here, and here. bonadea contributions talk 21:43, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • Blocked and tagged. A clerk might wish to consider endorsing a check to confirm and look for other accounts. Bbb23 (talk) 13:04, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - a check for others seems reasonable since there are at least three accounts involved. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:43, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:23, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • These three are  Confirmed to each other, but this is what you might call a "target rich environment", so I wasn't able to do an effective sleeper check. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:33, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

20 June 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Seems pretty clear-cut. Ashutosh pandey 999 was created on 17 June, a few days after the three previous accounts were blocked, and has only edited articles related to the Chandela empire.

Edits to Vidyadhara (Chandela king):

Edits to Vijayapala:

Chandelas of Jejakabhukti has also been edited by Ashutosh pandey 999 as well as by two prevous socks, Mohammad asfaq and Digvijay Mishra 99 (though the edits are not as identical). bonadea contributions talk 10:47, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

More quacking: Digvijay Mishra 99 vs Ashutosh pandey 999. --bonadea contributions talk 19:57, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

25 August 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Similar edits to Vidyadhara (Chandela king) [1] vs [2] from prior sock. In the history of that article, you can see this account pushing their preferred version, as have prior socks.

Created Keeratrai Chandel, a draft for the same person was created at Draft:Kirttivarman II (Keeratrai Chandel) by a prior sock, worth checking for similar text. Ravensfire (talk) 03:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They've also made an edit request on Talk:Alha (which is under ECP protection for socking and WP:CASTE issues) that matches an edit from a prior sock - see [3] vs [4]. Ravensfire (talk) 18:42, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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14 February 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The new account has reinstated reverted edits of earlier socks such as User:Suryansh Rathore, User:Digvijay Mishra 99, User:Arty.mishra, User:Jhaprashant948, User:Ashutosh pandey 999 and User:Veer sinh 21. Like earlier socks, the new account adds poorly-sourced content (no page numbers, adding content not actually supported by the sources etc.).

  • Connecting Chandel (Rajput clan) to Chand dynasty of Kumoan (e.g. compare the section titled "Chandel dynasty of Chand of Kumoan")
    • Suryansh Rathore: [49]
    • Veer sinh 21: [50]
    • Vikram Singh (Kumaoni): Pasted the same version

utcursch | talk 15:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC) utcursch | talk 15:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  •  Confirmed to one another, and very  Likely to the master based on historic data. I'm also blocking Divy90 - they are using a different device, but I'm pretty confident they are the same person. Don't see any others, but they're dotting about a wide, busy range - come back if you see any more. Girth Summit (blether) 18:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

10 March 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


utcursch | talk 15:58, 10 March 2023 (UTC) utcursch | talk 15:58, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note, something needs to be done about this LTA user globally -- several of their edits (which include poorly-sourced content bordering on hoaxes and copyvio images) are live on hiwiki and Commons. utcursch | talk 10:20, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

I agree with Utcursch that there has been sufficient cross-wiki abuse to request global locks for socks from now on and have changed the notice accordingly.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Blocked, tagged, global locks requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

07 June 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur is back as user:Ayushsinghrajputbanafar restoring edits of their prior sock Raghunath daas, see article history of Heheya Kingdom for more details. Also more of the same editting as Raghunath daas on Shishupala. The interactive analyser shows everything edits has been to an article previously editted by Raghunath daas. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 13:56, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Lmao bro I'm not akshay singh whoever but I am a hindu rajput from haihaya dynasty so I was just making it good! I'm not only one haihayavanshi in Indian and the legendary sources are allready mentioned and for a legendary dynasty only legendary texts is better for them like ramayan for sri rama. Can i don't even correct my dynasty from purans? because of someone other does too ? why it's like all acharyas are same person who told us story of lords in katha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayushsinghrajputbanafar (talk • contribs)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  •  Likely. Good enough for a sock block. Tagged and blocked. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 14:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

09 June 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

New account created immediately after the last sock (Ayushsinghrajputbanafar) was blocked, and has now restored the socks preferred version of Heheya Kingdom. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 11:02, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  •  Likely. Good enough. Blocked with tags. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]


19 June 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The user's first edit was restoring the version of User:Sabhajeet Chandel, a confirmed sock. Other edits also involving restoring content added by socks; for example [75] restores an infobox with an image uploaded by another confirmed sock User:Indrajeet ravan; [76] restores much of the content added by the blocked suspected sock User:Soorajmal Singh etc. utcursch | talk 17:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC) utcursch | talk 17:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • I noticed some other behavioural similarities.  Blocked and tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:32, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

13 August 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur is back restoring their preferred version at Heheya Kingdom. Tejarajaraja version, Ayushvarman7 version. The edits even cause AnomieBOT to have to restore the same missing references, result of Ayushvarman7 edit and result of Tejarajaraja edit. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 11:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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18 September 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


  • Previous socks were blocked on 9 September. Mohan12125 appeared a week later, and his first edit was a 9000+ character formatted and referenced addition attempting to portray the ancient ruler Kharavela as a Chandel Rajput (no scholarly sources support this). Like other blocked socks, whose edits involved linking the Chandel Rajputs to famous ancient rulers, a closer scrutiny of the content reveals that much of the content is not supported by references or includes obsolete theories / speculations presented as facts.
  • Uses the term "Chedi-Chandel" in an attempt to establish a relationship between Chedi and Chandel kingdoms. This is a pretty unique term - it has 0 results on Google Scholar; even on the regular Google search, it has around 8 results - only 3 of them actually mention the term "Chedi-Chandel" (others being close matches such as "#Chedi #Chandel") - of these three, Bharatpedia mirrors Wikipedia content and the other two are from the social media accounts of this person (as evident from their Commons uploads).
  • Other similarities.
    • E.g. "|title=Madhya Kalin Mahoba |date=2021-11-15 |publisher=Anjuman Prakashan |isbn=978-93-88556-71-2 |language=hi" in the following edits: Mohan12125 [83], Veer sinh 21 (blocked sock) [84], Arty.mishra (blocked sock) [85]
    • Referring to Vrishni ancestry claim in Dhanga's inscription: Mohan12125 [86], User:Aarya.xd (blocked sock) [87] utcursch | talk 18:16, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  •  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Tagging as a "proven" sock", as the behavioral evidence leaves no reasonable doubt. Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested for both this sock and the master, due to the hoaxes and source abuse. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:29, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

27 October 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


  • Atikaya and Suryakaant123 are obviously the same person, as their first edits were added same 9000 byte content to the article Rani Durgavati, claiming to revert it to last good version. Makraksh2 added the same claims of Chandel ancestry and changing name of Dalpat Shah to "Dalpat Shah Kachhwaha".
  • Like previous socks of Akshay Singh Rajput Thakur, all are obsessed with glorifying Chandels
    • Added Chandel ancestry to Rani Durgavati Atikaya [91], Suryakaant123 [92], Makraksh2 [93]
    • Divanshu111 added Chandel claim to Mahishmati [94], like the confirmed sock Basudevaa[95]
    • Like previous socks, Atikaya added changed the name of Bhim Chand (Kahlur) to "Bhim Chand Chandel": Atikaya [96], Soorajmal Singh (blocked sock) [97], Ashutosh pandey 999 (blocked sock) [98]
    • On Commons, Makraksh2's uploads are all made-up maps with the signature term "Chedi-Chandel": as pointed out in the last SPI request, this term has zero Google Search results if you ignore the socks' contributions
  • On Hindi Wikipedia, all have edited articles that previous socks edited on the English Wikipedia, focusing on Chandel ancestry and using the signature term "Chedi-Chandel". Too many examples to list, but like the last blocked sock Mohan12125, here are the edits focusing on Kharavela (खारवेल) and Mahameghavahana dynasty (महामेघवाहन वंश):

utcursch | talk 22:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC) utcursch | talk 22:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked, tagged, global locks requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:34, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

28 November 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

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