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Balakashyap

11 March 2023

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Similarity of user names; editing sockmaster’s user page Nick Levine (talk) 11:05, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also: similarity of edits. Nick Levine (talk) 12:46, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • @Callanecc: I really think a lock should be requested. The account is now indefinitely blocked at 3 projects: ours, Commons for socking, and Wikidata for various reasons. They have also edited, without being blocked, at ta.wiki and meta. Would you reconsider?--Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

17 July 2023

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Clearly the same person as they create the same low quality unsourced geo stubs in Tamil Nadu. Compare here and here. Also, there is username similarity with all other socks and also they edited one of the previous sock's user page multiple times. See [1] [2] Editing the user page of other socks seems to be a behaviour highlighted previously. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 09:28, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 09:58, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

26 July 2023

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Editing on Vairichettipalayam and recreation of Talk:Valappurnadu which many sockpuppets have created. Liz Read! Talk! 18:20, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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03 September 2023

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The day after account creation, immediately resumed recreating unsourced Malayan Balakumar, Pasarikombai, Valappurnadu, and adding an unsourced infobox to Kollimalai Taluk [3]. Wikishovel (talk) 11:00, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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04 November 2023

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Created both [4] and [5]; both pages were previously created by other socks (and ONLY other socks); both pages this user created with similar content as previous creations. Also, this user edited ta.wikipedia.org as did other socks (see CentralAuth). (If you DO block the user, please also delete the pages they created). OutsideNormality (talk) 19:32, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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31 January 2024

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Recreated Malayan Balakumar, [6] [7] in line with the previous socks [8] Article overlap with previous socks [9] [10][11][12] Ratnahastin (talk) 14:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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16 March 2024

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SPA Ramkumar00 created 2 March. 11 March, created sandbox bio of Malayan Balakumar [13], then added unsourced changes to Draft:Malayan Balakumar [14], created by blocked sock User:Ranjith001 in January. Feeble attempt at hijack of Bala (actor) [15], then tried to recreate Malayan Balakumar at Malayan Balakumar (Dubbing artist) and Balakumar.

Same fondness for low quality, unsourced Tamil Nadu geo stubs, now at Draft:Karavalli and Draft:Karavalli (second draft). Wikishovel (talk) 05:28, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Spicy (talk) 16:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

02 July 2024

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The name and Interaction Timeline Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Group 2 is the following accounts, which are   Confirmed to each other:

27 August 2024

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Disruptive page moves on Sendamangalam.Namakkal district, Sendamangalam. Similar to User:Nikilankumar Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 07:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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29 September 2024

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WP:DUCK Frost 14:39, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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08 October 2024

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Inappropriate moves[16], edited the same pages as previous socks[17], username[18], unusual use of links in edit summaries.[19]. Our Panjāb has also shown a similar behavior, which means there could be sleepers. Frost 03:50, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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PhilKnight (talk) 15:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


09 October 2024

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User redirected Baidwan. GTrang (talk) 04:55, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This and other recent socks reported here (somewhere on or after Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Balakashyap/Archive#27_August_2024) are actually Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truthfindervert. Per comments at Special:PermaLink/1247461646, although these socks can be connected to each other, including to Truthfindervert, I can't see a connection to Balakashyap. -- zzuuzz (talk) 05:18, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

13 October 2024

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WP:DE at Sendamangalam (disambiguation), Senthamangalam and Senthamangalam taluk Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 07:05, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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13 July 2025

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Per initial user contributions. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 13:23, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the overlap in Vairichettipalayam, Sendamangalam and other articles is enough for blocking. PhilKnight Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 17:38, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is only one editor who is consistently trying to spell Sendamangalam as Senthamangalam. It can be seen in the page histories of Senthamangalam, Sendamangalam, Senthamangalam (Namakkal district) and Talk:Sendamangalam. Diff v Diff v Diff v Diff. There is also another account with a similar name to the previous socks, User:Knbalakumar2526, which appears to be inactive now. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 07:55, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Diff v Diff Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 08:27, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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