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Victory Clarion

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

29 July 2016

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Suspected sockpuppets

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TrainGem created 25 June 2016

GrassRoots created 12 July 2016

RabbitBucket created 28 July 2016

  • All three edit almost exclusively Sri Chinmoy (along with some diversionary edits elsewhere), and with self-stated broad knowledge of Chinmoy.
  • Even though they are all new accounts, all three follow their every Sri Chinmoy edit with long (and very similar) talk-page announcements/explanations of the edit: TrainGem: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]: GrassRoots: [6], [7]; RabbitBucket: [8].
  • All three create talk-page headers that are initial capped (all previously diffed above); RabbitBucket didn't on his/her one Chinmoy talk post but then did on my own talk page: [9].
  • All three usernames are two initial-capped words conjoined as one.
  • All three repeatedly spell my name with a lowercase "s" [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], even though that's clearly incorrect.

NB: I've watched this article closely for over three years, and I'm very aware of the comings and goings of various editors (it tends to attract only strong Chinmoy supporters or strong Chinmoy detractors -- very few neutral editors). The rapid appearance of these three extremely similar editors, out of the blue within a very short space of time, was very obvious sockpuppetry.

NOTE also: This could perhaps be the SPA Victory Clarion (talk · contribs), whom Drmies reverted on 13 June [15] and whom I subsequently warned about COI because of that and because of their Chinmoy-derived username [16], [17]. That account hasn't edited since then, but TrainGem was registered 11 days later.

I'd like to request that CheckUser also check for sleepers, especially in case Victory Clarion (talk · contribs) is involved. Softlavender (talk) 01:17, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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 Technically indistinguishable plus Moira77 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

26 August 2016

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Suspected sockpuppets

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Identical patterns as the previous socks:

  • Account was created 10 August 2016, two weeks after the master and previous socks were blocked, taking up where they left off. Pattern is to create a new sock approximately every two weeks.
  • Editing almost exclusively Sri Chinmoy (along with diversionary Hindu-related edits – this time more extensive – elsewhere), and with self-stated broad knowledge of Chinmoy.
  • Following their Sri Chinmoy edits with long talk-page announcement/explanation of the edit: [18].
  • Repeatedly spells my name with a lowercase "s" even though that's clearly incorrect: [19], [20], [21].
  • Like previous socks GrassRoots and RabbitBucket, signs all talk-page posts with tildes that abut the text instead of the normal space after a period.

NB: I've watched this article closely for over three years, and I'm very aware of the comings and goings of various editors (it tends to attract only strong Chinmoy supporters or strong Chinmoy detractors -- very few neutral editors). The rapid appearance of this continuous bunch of extremely similar editors, out of the blue within a very short space of time, has been very obvious sockpuppetry. Softlavender (talk) 06:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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