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14 January 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Chamath456 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Sockpuppet being used to remove a speedy deletion tag from LankaPay, see history. Citobun (talk) 12:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: also 112.134.0.242 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Citobun (talk) 12:41, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Looks like a duck to me. Sock indeffed and master blocked for two weeks. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 17:47, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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30 January 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Jpcdjayasinghe (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Jpchamathdj (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Chamath237 (talk · contribs) was blocked fro two weeks for sockpuppetry on 14 January 2016. The blocked sock was Chamath456 (talk · contribs). Jpcdjayasinghe (talk · contribs) was created on 23 January 2016. Jpchamathdj (talk · contribs) is an older account which looks very much like a sock. The four accounts have edited similar articles - Sri Lankan company/television/telecom articles - and uploaded/amended corporate logos:

• Dialog Axiata - Chamath237 v Chamath456 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• Dialog TV - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• PEO TV - Chamath237 v Jpcdjayasinghe
• File:PEO TV logo.png - Chamath237 v Jpcdjayasinghe
• MTV Channel - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• News First - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• Sirasa TV: Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• Dialog i43 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
• Dialog K35 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
• Dialog K45 - Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj
• Hatton National Bank - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• Nations Trust Bank - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe
• TNL TV - Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe

Note the similarities in the account names. Jpchamathdj has tried to create an article on Chamath Jayasinghe in September 2012. I believe this is the real name of the user. The four account names use variations of Chamath Jayasinghe. obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:48, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Jpchamathdj (talk · contribs · count) is  Stale.
• The following accounts are  Confirmed:
  • Chamath237 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Chamath456 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Jpcdjayasinghe (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• I've blocked/tagged Jpcdjayasinghe. I've increased the master's block to indefinite. I've adjusted tags where needed. I see no point in blocking Jpchamathdj, even if they are behaviorally related, as they haven't edited since 2014. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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22 May 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Sampathhimasha2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Chamath237 (talk · contribs) has been blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry. Sampathhimasha2 (talk · contribs) is a new account that has been editing the same Sri Lankan telecom/technology/corporate articles and uploading/amending logos as Chamath237 and his sockpuppets Chamath456 (talk · contribs), Jpchamathdj (talk · contribs) and Jpcdjayasinghe (talk · contribs):

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* Airtel Sri Lanka - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj Axiata - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj Template:Axiata Group - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj File:Axis logo.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath456 File:Bharti Airtel Limited logo.svg - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj Dialog Axiata - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Chamath456 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe Dialog TV - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj v Jpcdjayasinghe File:Dialog TV logo.svg - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj Global Payments - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Chamath456 Ministry of Law and Order and Southern Development - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Chamath456 Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath456 Mobile country code - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 Parliament of Sri Lanka - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath456 v Jpchamathdj PEO TV - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpcdjayasinghe File:Robi Axiata logo.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Jpchamathdj Sampath Bank - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj File:Sampath Bank-Logo.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathd File:Smart Axiata logo.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpchamathdj Sri Lanka Police Service - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 Sri Lanka Telecom - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 v Chamath456 v Jpchamathdj File:Sri Lanka Telecom logo.svg - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath456 Television in Sri Lanka - Sampathhimasha2 v Jpcdjayasinghe University of Colombo - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 File:University of Colombo logo.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237 File:UoC logo small.png - Sampathhimasha2 v Chamath237

obi2canibe^{talk contr} 10:34, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Additional information needed - @Obi2canibe: Can you provide some diffs that are actually similar? You provided many diffs, but I can't see any similarity in edits, some of them are even opposite (like [1] and [2]). Vanjagenije (talk) 20:37, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanjagenije: Sorry for the delay in responding. The diffs weren't to show similar edits but that this new account was, as described in WP:IDENTICAL, editing identical articles as the blocked master and socks. It is very unlikely that a genuine new account would edit so many of the same articles as the blocked accounts. If you are looking for similar edits please have the look at the habit of uploading new versions of corporate logos: 1 v 2; 3 v 4; 5 v 6; 7 v 8; 9 v 10.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 11:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

•  Clerk endorsed - Can this account be compared to previous accounts? Vanjagenije (talk) 11:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
•  Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:06, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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