Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tarun K Chowdary

Tarun K Chowdary

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

Populated account categories: confirmed · suspected

For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tarun K Chowdary/Archive.

07 July 2022

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

Suspected sockpuppets

• AyeshaSinghFC (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 103.214.61.210 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools

Accounts are confirmed on Commons, but requesting check here to establish local record and as basis for actions related to double/triple voting; please consider the following:

• AyeshaSinghFC's first edit was to insert copyvios into Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, which was also edited by Tarun K Chowdary, who had only hours earlier been blocked on the Commons for copyvios.
• AyeshaSinghFC's second edit acknowledges "I was trying to create a page for Indian Television Popular Actress Ayesha Singh"; Ayesha Singh was created by Tarun K Chowdary.
• Remarking related to the proposed (re deletion of Ayesha Singh has been AyeshaSinghFC primary focus; indeed, that is the abuse of multiple accounts as both have !voted, double voting, keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayesha Singh (2nd nomination) (Tarun K Chowdary, AyeshaSinghFC).
• Both Tarun K Chowdary and AyeshaSinghFC have slipped (?) and spoken in a plural tense ("We have created the wikipedia page for the actress" (AyeshaSinghFC); "This Wiki page is very important for us" (Tarun K Chowdary)), which seems a distinctive tell.

Although IPs cannot be commented on, 103.214.61.210 is included for reference as it also has effectively !voted ("This page shouldn’t be deleted") and has the same erroneous advocation for images stolen from social media to be included ("Wikipedia can use a personal photo from her Instagram account"--compare to "I uploaded them as found on internet so that copyright violation doesn't happen") Эlcobbola _talk 12:26, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• The accounts are  Confirmed. No other accounts visible. Sock indeffed, one week for the master as this appears to be the first time they've done this. No comment on the IP. Girth Summit _(blether) 13:24, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
• IP hasn't edited in a while, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:03, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

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12 July 2022

– An SPI clerk has requested administrator assistance for action regarding the case below. The requested action is below.

Suspected sockpuppets

• Mysticalx04 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Brand new account--very first edit is to !vote keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayesha Singh (2nd nomination) (article created by Tarun K Chowdary), an AfD which has already been subject to significant socking by this user. Эlcobbola _talk 11:43, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Endorsing CU to confirm because if this is a sock and not just a coincidence (assuming a lot of good faith here) the master's block should be lengthened. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Possible. They geolocate to the same city, but that's about it. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
• Hmm. I took another look at the behaviour. The formatting of these AfD comments [1][2] is very similar and distinctive. In combination with a CU result that doesn't rule out socking, I'm satisfied that this is a sock.  Awaiting administrative action - please indef Mysticalx04 as a suspected sock and upgrade Tarun K Chowdary's block to indef, as he does not seem to have learned anything from his one week block. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

• @Spicy: Agreed, it passes the duck test for me as well. Template:OPblocked Mysticalx04 and increased Tarun's block to indef. Also struck Mystical's AfD vote. —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 20:18, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

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