Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HinduKshatrana

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

• Alan Charlotte (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I have noticed that Alan Charlotte (AC) has similarities with some users that belong to this SPI classification.

The 1st similarity I noticed is the edit summary style. They use manual reverts that look like the ones by rollbackers. (special:diff/1237044102, special:diff/1236198155 at Yadavs in Bihar). In the SPI archive (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/HinduKshatrana/Archive#14_May_2024), user:Hcsrctu uses this style (special:diff/1220263715, special:diff/1220264232). Please also note that user:Indica123 (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/HinduKshatrana/Archive#14_May_2024) also appeared at Yadavs in Bihar. In addition, special:diff/1236198155 is reverting to a revision by an IP whose range is already blocked (special:redirect/logid/163138137 as user:Hashid Khan, special:redirect/logid/163344315, special:redirect/logid/163707750)

The 2nd similarity is requesting page semi-protection in project namespace to gain the upper hand in content disputes (special:diff/1237046570, simple:special:diff/9545962).

The 3rd similarity is making personal requests to admin user talk pages to block users they met in content disputes. AC did this in simple:special:diff/9711325 and simple:User_talk:MathXplore/2024/07#inappropriate_editing_on_pages, user:Hcsrctu did this in special:diff/1220816866. This is the same as user:Hashid Khan (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/R2dra), who also made personal requests on admin talk pages (special:diff/1236056310, special:diff/1230703078).

Other similarities between AC, user:Hcsrctu, and user:Hashid Khan are explained in simple:special:permalink/9709366#Pseudo-rollbackers_and_proxy_revert_requests_around_south_Asian_topics. MathXplore (talk) 01:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, AC mentioned a Wikipedia contributor in simple:User_talk:MathXplore/2024/07#inappropriate_editing_on_pages (simple:special:diff/9673008) by referring to special:diff/1236925399 and special:diff/1236910384. user:Hcsrctu met the same contributor in special:diff/1222678304. How does AC know users that they never contacted before? MathXplore (talk) 01:48, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Blocked and tagged: Alan Charlotte blocked indefinitely per behavioral evidence and a likely admission here. CheckUser requested specifically to look into the likelihood of this account being HinduKshatrana. The group this account is part of was last found to be possilikely to HK. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:43, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Firefangledfeathers - I am limited by the CU policy as to what I can disclose about IP addresses, but I will say this much: I am very confident that the Alan Charlotte account is operated by the same person who was previously editing as Hcsrctu, and in addition to operating the Alan Charlotte account they have edited extensively while logged out, resulting in a wide range being blocked. I don't see any other active accounts however. HinduKshatrana is not stale, but the amount of activity on that account is low so there isn't a lot to go on; from what little I can see, there is no connection to the Alan Charlotte account other than both geolocating to the same large country. Girth Summit _(blether) 14:40, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 12:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]