Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vinayvinyill

Vinayvinyill

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

Populated account categories: confirmed

For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vinayvinyill/Archive.

08 May 2024[edit]

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

2409:4071:D8D:F611:0:0:6548:5313 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
2409:4071:248C:F6A2:6C2E:1D98:183:A5AD/64 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
2409:4071:dba:8fba:d7b1:4c71:42f0:f6e3/64 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

Same types of edits as Vinayvinyill and Vinay viniyl on Talk:Vishnu and other Hinduism articles. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 21:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding another. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 04:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding another. -- Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 14:18, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a few more from edits on Talk:Vaishnavism. Ravensfire (talk) 17:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completely understand that CU can't identify an IP, hoping the behavior alone and their activity enough to trigger some range blocks, even if it's just page / talk page level blocks on the range. Ravensfire (talk) 17:28, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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

All blocked. Closing. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 04:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

01 June 2024[edit]

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

God devotee (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

A similar pattern of edits on Hinduism-related articles. Comments on Talk:Vishnu specifically tagging and interacting with certain users (see here). Pattern of disruptive editing and original research. -- Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 11:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Comment They seem to be making disruptive edits using this IP. Ratnahastin (talk) 16:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

User is now indeffed. No reason given for CU request. Spicy (talk) 17:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

16 June 2024[edit]

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Cosmology dreamer (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

Evidence:

Cosmology account created soon after the previous sock account God devotee was blocked on June 1
All accounts exclusively focused on promoting Hindu deity Vishnu (essentially all their edits) and undermining Shiva (eg, [1] vs [2] and [3])
Practice of deleting other users' comments from talkpages (eg [4] and [5] vs [6] and [7])
Matching content, language and typography in talk page message (eg, [8], [9] [10] vs [11], [12] and [13])
See also comment by Hbanm rasining suspicion about the sock activity.

I am guessing that CU will show that they are editing from the broad, and now anon-blocked, Reliance Jio IP range 2409:4071::/33 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) (compare for example [14] vs [15]) so I am not requesting a CU check per se but pinging Doug Weller who may have taken a preliminary look. Abecedare (talk) 22:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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

Posting here as I did CU check God devotee who appears to be still editing from a wide range of IPs which all match each other. I decided to bow out as this looks too complex for me to deal with, especially as I have family visiting. Doug Weller talk 16:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, God devotee, Cosmology dreamer and User:Cosmic lover, who hasn't edited yet, are all confirmed as socks of Vinayvinyill. I've blockws Cosmic lover and change Cosmology dreamer's block to a CU block. If there is a clerk around I'd appreciate them tagging, but if not I'll tag later one. Doug Weller talk 13:51, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Doug. All three accounts tagged. Abecedare (talk) 15:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]