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Pkvashisht
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25 August 2020
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Rx 1000 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: original case name) - Riya101 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Repeated recreation of same promotional pages of non-notable Media company and people around it. Here and Here Please check for more related accounts if any. thanks QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 06:04, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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Clerk endorsed - Blocked on the behavioral evidence. CU may help make the case for a global lock. Please check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 14:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Confirmed to:
- Pkvashisht (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- पंकज कुमार वशिष्ट (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Jelly Jatt (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ST47 (talk) 15:37, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- Clerk note: Reported at c:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections#Rx 1000. Cabayi (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- I blocked and tagged three of them in Commons indefinitely with Pkvashisht as the oldest account as sockmaster. Taivo (talk) 19:37, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
- Reported for global locks at SRG (permalink). Cabayi (talk) 10:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- I blocked and tagged three of them in Commons indefinitely with Pkvashisht as the oldest account as sockmaster. Taivo (talk) 19:37, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
- Clerk note: Renamed case Rx 1000 -> Pkvashisht, and re-tagging everybody -- RoySmith (talk) 13:58, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
10 September 2020
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Px 100 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Creation of same set of articles on hiwiki, enwiki, commons uploads to feed Pankaj Vashisth and other articles [[1]], Draft:Pranjal Dahiya is another article in the same set their promotional creations. They also recreated Draft:Pawan Chawla on hiwiki w:hi:पवन_चावला. thanks QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 05:29, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Seems probable, please confirm. Cabayi (talk) 09:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely). The CU data is consistent with the master, and the overlap of Pawan Chawla and Pankaj Vashisth on other projects looks like a WP:DUCK to me. 
Blocked and tagged, 
Global lock(s) requested, closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:48, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
15 November 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Masterstrock1 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Masterstrock1 is mainly concerned with promoting a visual effects company called Reflection Pictures Studio, having created an article about the company (currently at AfD), as well as drafts and articles about films and songs where RPS have (supposedly – it's not sourced) been involved in the production. To me, this looks like paid editing, although they have denied this. Masterstrock1 has also created Draft:Pankaj Vashisht, uploaded photos of Pankaj Vashisht to Commons – e.g. this, which appears to be a selfie, uploaded an article to Wikinews which was deleted as promotional (see log entry which shows the article is about Pankaj Vashisht), and created Draft:Yaarian Di Tod which also mentions Vashisht's name. Googling Pankaj Vashisht and Reflection Pictures Studio indicates that PV and RPS are connected, though the key is "indicates" – not "proves".
The archived reports in this SPI state that the previous socks promoted Pankaj Vashisht across multiple projects, though their contributions at en.wp have been deleted; several previous accounts have user names indicating that they are P.V. There are other similarities between Masterstrock1 and previously blocked socks, including:
- uploading (subsequently deleted) photos of the singer Dilbagh Singh at Commons: Masterstrock1, prev sock Rx 1000
- adding mentions of "Pawan Chawla" and "P&M movies", in Draft:Gajban Chhori created by Masterstrock1, and in multiple edits by previous socks, see e.g. User talk:Riya101 and User talk:Rx 1000 for deletion notices for drafts about these topics. bonadea contributions talk 15:34, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]- CheckUser requested for sleepers; Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK, Global lock(s) requested. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- No obvious sleepers. Izno (talk) 03:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)