Nediyakala Vasavan ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Editing same articles/similar topic articles with same edit summaries, specifically removing maintenance templates from File uploaded by Nediyakala. User was recently short-term blocked, this may have been an attempt to evade the block. BOVINEBOY 2008 17:18, 25 July 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Confirmed.  Blocked and tagged, closing. Mz7 ( talk) 03:34, 1 August 2021 (UTC) reply

• Cinephile Helper ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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While the format of the four usernames is similar, the themes are slightly different so the links between NV/BVH and CH/FM aren't as strong (hence the CheckUser request, although I'm still pretty certain). Where edit summaries are used, they end with a full stop and start with a capital letter.

Overlap is probably the strongest on Bhramam, where all four have added posters of some sort: NV, BVH, CH, FM.

On Bheeshma Parvam, all four have been fiddling with cast details: NV, BVH, CH, FM.

Overlap on "Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham": NV, CH, FM. There are probably more overlaps (such as ones similar to the KKK case where some worked on it in draft and others in the mainspace), but I think those are the most obvious ones. Sdrqaz ( talk) 15:30, 24 September 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Clerk endorsed - one of these accounts has already been blocked for UPE, the other is looking exceedingly ducky (eg creating Kanakam Kamini Kalaham, an identical copy of Draft:Kanakam Kamini Kalaham by the blocked Cinephile Helper account. Endorsing to look for other sleepers. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:48, 24 September 2021 (UTC) reply
•  In progress - ~ TNT (she/they • talk) 20:20, 28 September 2021 (UTC) reply
• Flick Maniac and Cinephile Helper are  Confirmed to each other, and to Nediyakala Vasavan.  Blocked and tagged ~ TNT (she/they • talk) 20:22, 28 September 2021 (UTC) reply
• Dealt with, closing. Girth Summit _(blether) 13:02, 29 September 2021 (UTC) reply

  Master is now 3X-banned. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 12:56, 30 September 2021 (UTC) reply

• Talkie Reich ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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TheresNoTime, given you've just completed a CheckUser run on the previous sockpuppets, did you see any trace of this one?

Same habits with edit summaries. On Bheeshma Parvam again, fiddling with cast details (just like all the other socks). Uploaded another version of File:Bhramam.jpg, which CH had uploaded a copy of. Fiddling with cast details on Minnal Murali, same as CH. Pretty much all the other edits they've made have been touched by the other socks too. Sdrqaz ( talk) 21:02, 28 September 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Clerk endorsed - massive duck. Any more accounts visible? Girth Summit _(blether) 13:03, 29 September 2021 (UTC) reply
•  Confirmed +
  • Click Chalk ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
•  Blocked and tagged. ST47 ( talk) 03:31, 30 September 2021 (UTC) reply

• Aurelius Emu ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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They're back! Same habits in edit summaries (see archive) and familiar stomping grounds, such as Asif Ali (actor) (NV, FM), Bhramam (TR, FM, CH, BVH, NV). Requesting CheckUser due to previous use of sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 09:59, 7 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Clerk endorsed - for a sleeper check. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:41, 8 October 2021 (UTC) reply
• Seems WP:DUCKy. Blocking. Leaving without tags until CU is run or declined. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC) reply
•  No sleepers immediately visible -- Amanda (aka DQ) 21:16, 9 October 2021 (UTC) reply
• Tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:29, 9 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• Stool Rhino ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same format in edit summaries and in username (not to mention the use of an animal in the second word like Aurelius Emu last time). Familiar stomping grounds, like Bhramam ( NV, BVH, FM, CH, AE, SR) and Pathonpatham Noottandu ( NV, SR). Same obsession with movie posters (NV, BVH, FM, CH were all adding posters to Bhramam, which they did too) and cast details (NV and SR were adding them to Pathonpatham Noottandu). Admittedly, they probably have a point at Bhramam, where they've been removing fan-made posters and adding the "official" one, but UPE is UPE. Requesting CheckUser due to previous use of sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 08:41, 16 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  In progress Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 11:57, 16 October 2021 (UTC) reply
• Stool Rhino and Aurelius Emu (from the archive) are  Confirmed to the master.  No sleepers immediately visible. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 12:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC) reply
• Closing. Thanks, Spicy ( talk) 15:54, 16 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• Baseline Gilgamesh ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I've been keeping an eye on this account since it popped up. Stool Rhino ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) was blocked on 16 October and their last edits were on Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value. Baseline Gilgamesh ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)'s first edit was to that page too, and has the same characteristics in edit summaries (see the archive). In addition, today they finally went back to one of their old stomping grounds with Bhramam, messing around with cast details again. Requesting CheckUser due to previous use of sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 10:31, 23 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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• Baseline Gilgamesh is  Confirmed to Stool Rhino. Blocked and tagged;  No sleepers immediately visible. Closing Girth Summit _(blether) 11:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• Yonex Cinemas ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Back at Minnal Murali, with similar habits in edit summaries and account name. As before, working with cast details and links. Example from a previous sock: Talkie Reich. Please convert the softblock into a hard one and look for sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 15:15, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

@ Girth Summit: Sounds like we need a new template for spihelper.js ... Sdrqaz ( talk) 16:35, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

  Is 'check conflict' a thing? I'm ready to say confirmed to Baseline Gilgamesh and Stool Rhino, with no obvious sleepers. Ping me if you disagree. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:19, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

  I mostly entertained myself looking for sleepers, and found none. I agree with on you Yonex. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:38, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• Re-blocking, tagging, closing. New template for SPI can wait a bit... Girth Summit _(blether) 16:54, 28 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• Rigid Hagrid ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Barely a day before another sock appeared. Like Yonex Cinemas ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki), back at Minnal Murali, with the same habits in edit summaries and username (though I would say the new one is delightful). As before, working with cast details and links. Given how persistent they have been, can the checking CheckUser privately flag down another to perform a hard range block? I know they have been performed in that way in the past to maintain the privacy of their IPs. Sdrqaz ( talk) 10:52, 30 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Confirmed Please ping me when the next one shows up. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:03, 31 October 2021 (UTC) reply

• True Recipient ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I should have caught this one earlier, but there are slightly different patterns to this one. What has stayed constant is the obsession with movie posters (see Special:Log/True Recipient). Overlaps include File:Meppadiyan.jpg, where True Recipient uploaded a new poster that Cinephile Helper had originally created; at Bheeshma Parvam, where True Recipient has been changing poster details to "second look" ( Special:Diff/1062439193, compared to Cinephile Helper); at Malayankunju, where True Recipient has been changing cast details ( Special:Diff/1061901301, compared to Aurelius Emu); at Meppadiyan, where True Recipient has been changing poster details ( Special:Diff/1060909263, compared to Cinephile Helper).

As requested in the last case, RoySmith, this one's for you. Given the five-week gap between the block of Rigid Hagrid ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) and the creation of True Recipient, I'm not too convinced they'd take the whole of November off ... maybe an attempt to throw us off the scent. Please check for sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 00:30, 29 December 2021 (UTC) reply

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• I'll save RoySmith the hassle -  Confirmed, no obvious sleepers. Girth Summit _(blether) 17:57, 30 December 2021 (UTC) reply

• Charizard Bucko ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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@ RoySmith: ^? Same obsession with uploading non-free movie posters ( Special:Log/Charizard Bucko), and points of intersection include Kothth, adding the premise ( Special:Diff/1064633896 compared to NV); changing poster details at Bheeshma Parvam ( Special:Diff/1065793016 compared to CH and True Recipient). Requesting CheckUser for sleepers. Sdrqaz ( talk) 18:39, 18 January 2022 (UTC) Sdrqaz ( talk) 18:39, 18 January 2022 (UTC) reply

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•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC) reply
•  Confirmed  No sleepers immediately visible -- RoySmith (talk) 19:02, 22 January 2022 (UTC) reply

• Lankalola ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Characteristic lack of communication and work with non-free movie posters: File:Hridayam.jpg (edited by both True Recipient and Charizard Bucko) and File:Aaraattu.jpg ( Nediyakala Vasavan, True Recipient, Charizard Bucko) and File:Naaradan.film.jpeg ( Charizard Bucko). I was tipped off here to their patterns, and I agree. What's making me hesitate slightly, however, is the formatting of their username, which is different to what I would usually expect. Requesting CheckUser for sleepers and confirmation, since this is a little less than a slam-dunk. Sdrqaz ( talk) 16:52, 17 February 2022 (UTC) reply

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•  Confirmed to True Recipient, amongst others. I don't see any other accounts on the ranges I looked at. Closing. Girth Summit _(blether) 14:15, 21 February 2022 (UTC) reply

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Less than a day after telling myself to keep an eye on this user to see what they did after they were autoconfirmed, I wasn't disappointed. On their eleventh edit, they uploaded another version of a movie poster uploaded by CheckUser-confirmed Lankalola ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) (who has a "suspected" tag, for some reason ... Girth Summit?) and also returned to File:Salute Malayalam Poster.jpg, which was uploaded by CheckUser-confirmed True Recipient ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki).   Looks like a duck to me. Sdrqaz ( talk) 12:39, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Thanks, RoySmith. Should Lankalola be re-tagged? Sdrqaz ( talk) 14:43, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply

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•  Confirmed No sleepers immediately visible -- RoySmith (talk) 14:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply
• Retagging Lankalola as confirmed as suggested above. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:49, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply

• 73.254.198.156 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))
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Fiddling with cast. Same as previous socks. Last known was User:True Recipient, who adds fake names in upcoming Malayalam film articles (eg: [1]).

This IP was also adding unsourced character names in upcoming Indian Malayalam-language films and actors' filmographies. These are actually fake names. For example, see an old edit where the IP added names in 2018 and see the original names we learned after the film was released. It appears the IP is just having some fun using word-plays. For example, this name is actually a pun on Chef Suresh Pillai's name, likewise, here "Tinu Chachappan" is a pun on Tinu Pappachan, here Vimala Nikhil is a pun on Nikhila Vimal. Recent edits include: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17].

After I put a report at ANI, IP stopped editing, but a suspicious new account, Fred R Waterford, created on the same day, put this on my talk page. Already blocked but a check would confirm the relation. The Doom Patrol ( talk) 14:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Alright. What about 73.254.198.156 and True Recipient? The IP is clearly WP:NOTHERE anyway.-- The Doom Patrol ( talk) 13:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

• Fred R Waterford is  Unrelated to anything. They were checked when they popped up, they're either a troll or an impersonator, either way nothing for CU to do here. ST47 ( talk) 02:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply
• Accounts are already blocked and the IP is inactive at this moment. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:18, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply