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


29 May 2025

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– An SPI clerk has endorsed a request for CheckUser. A checkuser will shortly review the case.

Suspected sockpuppets

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The user created a page named Singh Anisha, which is also with a reversed name, similar to the one banned last year[1]

It follows the same pattern as the Ashish Singhal page: initially creating a page with the correct name, then creating one with the reversed name. SachinSwami (talk) 07:43, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

I suspect that B-Factor, SATavr, Almandavi, AndySailz, Jitendra indulkar, Dwarpaar, Chanel Dsouza and possibly a few other sleeper accounts may be connected to this SPI. It's hard to see a plausible explanation for how these accounts consistently turn up at the same obscure AfD discussions to cast "Keep" votes. These are some of the AfDs in question: AfD/Shyam Steel, AfD/Akshay Chaturvedi, AfD/Kushal N. Desai, AfD/Anjali Bansal, AfD/Viraj Bahl, AfD/Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and AfD/Singh Anisha.

B-Factor created Vogue Institute of Art and Design in May 2024, and IntellectualPoint recreated the same page in July 2024. IntellectualPoint resurfaced earlier this year to recreate Singh Anisha, and much of the content on this new page is identical to that on a previously deleted version from 2022, which cannot be a coincidence.

B-Factor also originally created Samaira Sandhu in 2017, which has been recreated and edited by spammers such as NASSCOM49 (talk · contribs), BFS Stand (talk · contribs) and Shaswat Sing (talk · contribs). SATavr recreated Danish Manzoor, which was previously created by spammers such as TheChunky (talk · contribs) and Dhruvrathee22 (talk · contribs). AndySailz recreated CONTUS TECH in 2023, which was recreated by another SPA three days later under the title Contus Tech. Yuvaank (talk) 20:47, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I categorically deny any involvement in sock puppetry or any connection to the editors named above. I respectfully ask that we adhere to Wikipedia's fundamental principle of assuming good faith. I cannot control who comments on AfDs I have initiated or participated in, nor am I responsible for the actions of others. My edits reflect my own views and are based solely on Wikipedia's policies and content guidelines. Chanel Dsouza (talk) 12:23, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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This case is being reviewed by asilvering as part of the clerk training process. Please allow them to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on their talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

  •  Clerk note: I added the accounts from the comment up into the suspected sockpuppets template for convenience. Also, CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk. The obviously dodgy !votes have been noticed by several different closing admins; I'm glad to see someone put two and two together and find that there are a list of accounts doing this regularly on the same AfDs. I don't think there is clear enough evidence to block anyone from this list on behaviour alone. asilvering (talk) 04:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Endorsed by a checkuser I noticed something bizarre after running the checks, but am not confident enough to pass judgment. Can another CU please check this case and against Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rrgilko again. - Mailer Diablo 06:18, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

03 June 2025

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– An SPI clerk has endorsed a request for CheckUser. A checkuser will shortly review the case.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Presenting a more refined list than the above, based on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Singh Anisha. I am less certain about AndySailz and HilssaMansen19 than the other four, though the AfD participation of the latter has been consistently problematic for a while now. Toadspike [Talk] 23:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rrgilko is related. Toadspike [Talk] 23:14, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On February 17, 2023, five edits were made in a single day, and on July 25, 2024, nine edits were made, after which the page was directly nominated for deletion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rizwan Sajan (3rd nomination)). Prior to this, the user made eight edits, none of which were significant, as all were on their user page.
The same page was previously nominated for deletion by DJ InstaMalik (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rizwan Sajan (2nd nomination)), who was identified as a sockpuppet in the same case.
The Anisha Singh page, created by JamieStar21, who was also a sockpuppet in this case, was recreated as Singh Anisha with the name reversed and is now nominated for AfD. CresiaBilli is supporting the AfD nomination. There appears to be a connection between this user and the group. SachinSwami (talk) 16:13, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All I will say in my defense is that I am not a part of this series. I feel that Sachin Swami has posted my name here out of mutual animosity to harm me. This comes under Wikipedia's policy of WP:PA. And you can see the best example of their mutual hatred here, how he changed his detailed Keep vote, after adding my comment.CresiaBilli (talk) 03:34, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My initial report did not include CresiaBilli. They seem to have been added afterwards by another editor. I don't know if that was appropriate. Toadspike [Talk] 11:48, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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These were already mentioned in the one above, with the exception of HilssaMansen19 and CresiaBilli. HilssaMansen19 I'm familiar with; I'd be very surprised to find they're associated with the rest of this group and I think the overlap is simply because HM participates in a lot of AfDs. CresiaBilli, however, I nearly added to the above list myself before I got down to this one, so:

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