Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Chanakyathegreat/Archive: Difference between revisions

He was editing as {{User|Mightyocean}} until he was blocked by Admin/Checkuser MuZemike as an obvious sock of banned user {{User|Chanakyathegreat}}. This guy {{User|Lurkingsub}} first edit was on the talk page where the discussion was left off, obviously a [[WP:DUCK]]. <small>[[User:Dave1185|<fonti facestyle="font-family:Rage Italic"; font-size="4" style="color:#000000large; color:green;"><i>Dave</i></font>]] ^{<span style="font-family:Italic;color:black">[[user_talk:Dave1185|♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®]]</span>}</small> 14:44, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

*Anyeonghaseyo! You may close this as MuZemike has just blocked him for abusing multiple account. Its the weekend, look on the bright side... at least the creep wasn't drinking and driving, right? Best. --<small>[[User:Dave1185|<fonti facestyle="font-family:Rage Italic"; font-size="4" style="color:#000000large; color:green;"><i>Dave</i></font>]] ^{<span style="font-family:Italic;color:black">[[user_talk:Dave1185|♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®]]</span>}</small> 16:24, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Came right out and said it. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthony_Bradbury&diff=prev&oldid=454538401]. Sighted sock, slammered same. Posting here for the record and for confirmation. Don't ''think'' a CU is necessary? - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 21:40, 8 October 2011 (UTC) [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 21:40, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

*Patrolling clerk please note that I'm nominating "Taurgo" for double confirmation per suggestion below and to check for sleepers. As a regular of Indian Navy related pages, these are signs of socking and for "Flyingalbatross", I'm trying to eliminate that possibility of him being a quiet sock of "Chanakyathegreat" and to check if he might instead be a sock of {{User|Shivanshkhare}}, due to recent image copyvios (besides the transferral of copyrighted text, which is another obvious long-term problem on the pages) on the related pages. --<small>[[User:Dave1185|<fonti facestyle="font-family:Rage Italic"; font-size="4" style="color:#000000large; color:green;"><i>Dave</i></font>]] ^{<span style="font-family:Italic;color:black">[[User talk:Dave1185#top|♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®]]</span>}</small> 13:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

<small>Line break for readability. [[User:AGK|<fontspan colorstyle="color:black;">'''AGK'''</fontspan>]]<small> <nowiki>[</nowikI>[[User talk:AGK|&bull;]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 21:45, 9 October 2011 (UTC)</small>

These editors are periodically editing anonymously, but their ranges are also occasionally, although not terribly often, shared by unrelated editors. Do not hesitate to block with autoblock, but also do not be unsympathetic if there are unblock requests from other editors; there could be a small volume of collateral. [[User:AGK|<fontspan colorstyle="color:black;">'''AGK'''</fontspan>]]<small> <nowiki>[</nowikI>[[User talk:AGK|&bull;]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small> 21:45, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

*{{adminnote}}I've blocked the three socks of Flyingalbatross/Growingneutrons/Chanakyathegreat. The Taurgo sockfarm I'll leave to another to deal with, given the complications of the status of the sockmaster. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 02:33, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Aban1313 appears {{unrelated}} to Growingnuerons from the archive. <font color="darkorange">[[User:Tnxman307|TN]]</font><b><fontspan colorstyle="midnightbluecolor:darkorange;">TN<big/span>]][[User talk:Tnxman307|X]]</big></b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b><font color="red">]][[Special:Contributions/Tnxman307|<span style="color:red;">Man]]</fontspan>]] 20:22, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Strong [[WP:DUCK|behavioral evidence]] suggests that this account is the latest sock- or meatpuppet by this editor. Not ''quite'' enough to block without sending it through SPI first, so, here we are. Reccomend a check for sleepers based on past history by the suspected sockmaster. [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 03:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

**{{user|Kochikandavanachivenda}} matches technically, but has not edited any articles that I can see. <font color="darkorange">[[User:Tnxman307|TN]]</font><b><fontspan colorstyle="midnightbluecolor:darkorange;">TN<big/span>]][[User talk:Tnxman307|X]]</big></b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b><font color="red">]][[Special:Contributions/Tnxman307|<span style="color:red;">Man]]</fontspan>]] 20:25, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

* {{clerknote}} I left Koch unblocked atm, leaving that to another clerk. The rest are blocked and tagged.<fontspan facestyle="font-family:comic sans ms;">[[User:Alexandria|<span style="color: #000080">'''Alexandria'''</span>]] <small>[[User talk:Alexandria|<span style="color: #000080 ">(talk)</span>]]</small></fontspan> 20:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

** Koch has a rather interesting edit history when you squint at it. Technical match is good enough for me. [[Tetris|Blocked]]. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 22:15, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Behavioral evidence = {{megaphoneduck|ultimate}}. Requesting CU to be sure. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 18:58, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

*Go ahead and put this duck out of his misery. He has quacked his last quack. <fontspan facestyle="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Woe90i|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''Augmented Reality'''''</fontspan>]]</b>^{<i>[[User talk:Woe90i|<font color="maroon"></font>Woe90i]]</i>}</fontspan> 22:06, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

*{{endorse}} - {{User|Streakingpast}} against {{User|Linestwice}} per Large similar reverts [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships&diff=459101210&oldid=458097343] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships&diff=467129583&oldid=467056656]. Still looking around for a connection to the master, will post back soon enough. -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] <font color="blue">[[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)]]</font></font></fontspan>]] 20:32, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

*Unless more diffs can be provided, all I can offer for a check against the master/sleeper check is the same topic area where socks were before, and abuse of multiple accounts as noted above. -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] <font color="blue">[[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)]]</font></font></fontspan>]] 20:40, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

**The contribution history - comparing the Special:Contributions between Chanakya, his small army of socks, and these - is the main thing - both of these (the original and the one you found) are [[WP:GIANTDUCK|giant ducks]] on behavior. Chanakya's habit of "theme accounts" makes things more difficult; but given the subject areas, "attitude", and username-pattern to previous Chanakyasocks, IMHO these have enough to be blocked on [[WP:DUCK|the duck test]] alone. (I already would have, but decided to wait for CU first.) - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 21:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

**Please check {{user|ChupaRustam}} on behavior- they match technically, but seem to be editing different topics. <font color="darkorange">[[User:Tnxman307|TN]]</font><b><fontspan colorstyle="midnightbluecolor:darkorange;">TN<big/span>]][[User talk:Tnxman307|X]]</big></b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b><font color="red">]][[Special:Contributions/Tnxman307|<span style="color:red;">Man]]</fontspan>]] 15:15, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

*{{clerknote}} Blocked the lot for now, will look into the last one later. -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] <font color="blue">[[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)]]</font></font></fontspan>]] 15:17, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

**Given the sock-spamming habit of this editor, who clearly intends to continue, would there be grounds for proposing a [[WP:BAN]]? - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 22:03, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

[[WP:GIANTDUCK]] - not even trying to hide block evasion. Already bagged and tagged, here for the record. [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 02:37, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

*:And another. This is getting ridiculous. Requesting fresh CU for more sleepers. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 04:53, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

*[[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Ban proposal for User:Chanakyathegreat]] - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 05:00, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

More socking from Chanakya, degenerating to personal attacks now. The first two are already blocked, having been emitting the {{megaphoneduck|ultimate}}; third is suspect. Requesting CU due to the habit of sockfarm creation this user has. [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 20:25, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

**Alright, and no worries - with this user, diffs are hard to find though, due to his habit of having "theme accounts" each in a seperate India-related topic area; the contributions have to be viewed as a whole instead of a diff or two being smoking guns. But I'll see what I can do when (unfortunatly, I doubt it's an if) the next time Whack-a-Sock is needed. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 10:24, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

:Has [[User:Armyjawan1]] not been dealt with yet?, hes displaying similar areas of interest to Chanakya and socks. Notably to do with articles relating to the Indian air force. <fontspan facestyle="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Woe90i|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#F2F3F4;">''Woe90i''</fontspan>]]</b>^{<i>[[User talk:Woe90i|<font color="maroon"></font>Woe90i]]</i>}</fontspan> 23:16, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

**Hopefully once the holidays are over he'll go back to school and have less time to be tenditious... - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 20:57, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

{{megaphoneduck}} - the usual removal of the UK from the Great Powers article [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_power&diff=prev&oldid=467924904] and other anti-UK edits. Already blocked, added here for the record. CU optional for sleepers if another thinks it's needed. [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 19:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

[[WP:GIANTDUCK|The Quack of Doom]]. Both already blocked due to deafening behaviorable quacking, but the history of Chanakya's socking is that where there's one, there's more. Requesting CU for sleeper check. [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 19:32, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

:They're blocked, so I'll mark for close. <font color="darkorange">[[User:Tnxman307|TN]]</font><b><fontspan colorstyle="midnightbluecolor:darkorange;">TN<big/span>]][[User talk:Tnxman307|X]]</big></b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b><font color="red">]][[Special:Contributions/Tnxman307|<span style="color:red;">Man]]</fontspan>]] 19:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

*Were done here. -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue;"> (ʞlɐʇ) ]]</font></fontspan>]] 15:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

:{{megaphoneduck|ultimate}}. Blocked and tagged accordingly. Believe a sleeper check should be carried out given past pattern of this banned user creating sockfarms. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 02:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

*{{megaphoneduck}} and blocked accordingly. Request CU go ahead for sleeper check. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 01:54, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

*::{{ec}}Ugran blocked due to {{megaphoneduck|ultimate}}. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 02:16, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

* {{checkuser|1=Diahel}} <font color="darkorange">[[User:Tnxman307|TN]]</font><b><fontspan colorstyle="midnightbluecolor:darkorange;">TN<big/span>]][[User talk:Tnxman307|X]]</big></b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b><font color="red">]][[Special:Contributions/Tnxman307|<span style="color:red;">Man]]</fontspan>]] 14:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

***[[WP:GIANTDUCK|Quackus rex]]. Blocked, tagged, and the articles this latest sock attacked semi'd as they're favourite Chanakyatargets. Fully concur that another sleeper check should be run given the sockfarms of "role accounts" this banned user is fond of creating. - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] _{<font color="maroon">[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color:maroon;">One ping only]]</fontspan>]]} 02:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)