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

• Moirang Shayon (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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A simple duck test based on topics, edit summaries, and behaviors in general Khruner (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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This case is being reviewed by RoySmith as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case (including admin actions against suspected socks) without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

• @Callanecc: My first reaction was to request more specific evidence, but I took a quick look myself. Looking at the interaction timeline, I'm seeing shared topic interests, but not any obvious socking from the content point of view. On the other hand, the common use of "For better formatting" and "For further details" in the edit comments is certainly suspicious. I'd endorse for CU. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:35, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @RoySmith: This is a good example of when just a little digging gives you the information. I'm not totally convinced that they're the same. Having said that I'd probably be willing to block with CU result of possible (or higher), so endorsing for CU seems like a good approach - please do so. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:38, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
•  In progress - ST47 (talk) 16:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Kangleingakpa is  Likely to Amudon Nongyai (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (and see overlaps at [1][2]) which would make this Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam 2.
• Moirang Shayon is also  Likely to this group, particularly when the very similar behavior is taken into account.
• Here are the accounts that I was able to find:
  • Amudon Nongyai (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Amudon Nongyai 2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Goutamkumar Oinam 2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Goutamkumar Oinam (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) - not blocked, but  Possible based on CU log
• Both socks  Blocked without tags, and @RoySmith: can you please handle moving this case to the correct title, and ensuring that all of the accounts are tagged? ST47 (talk) 16:28, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  ST47, Hmm I'm looking at WP:SPI/PROC#Advanced clerking, but none of the cases listed seem to fit this. It's almost "No case is currently active for the account that we wish to file the case as, but a prior case has been filed", but there is an active case. Unclear how to proceed. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  @RoySmith: Since the two cases have interleaved edits, I don't think we should do a history merge. My suggestion would be to move this page to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam, close and archive it, and then copy/paste the contents of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam 2 (with appropriate edit summaries) to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam, finally closing and archiving the duplicate case. And you would use the {{SPIarchive notice|Goutamkumar Oinam}} template on both source pages to properly link to the new archive. ST47 (talk) 16:56, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  (I was never a clerk and I don't know anything about the training process, so perhaps Callanecc will have better guidance.) ST47 (talk) 16:56, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  ST47, OK, I've done all the tagging and blocked Goutamkumar Oinam. I'm going to hold off on the case merging until I've got a better plan for how to do it and/or hear from Callanecc. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  So it looks to me like Goutamkumar Oinam is the oldest account so this page and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam 2 need to be moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam. A proper history merge is the preferred option but as noted above it's not really an option in this instance due to the overlapping options. In this situation, we'd do what's effectively a copy and paste move/merge. So, the two reports (here and at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam 2) get copy and pasted onto Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam (noting where they come from in the edit summary for attribution) and both left on the page and closed. While the one at Goutamkumar Oinam 2 was filed first, I'd probably put this one at the top since it's got the CU result. Then replace this page and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam 2 with either a redirect (what I normally do) or {{SPIarchive notice|Goutamkumar Oinam}}. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:20, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Closing -- RoySmith (talk) 12:37, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Kangleingakpa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Moirang Shayon (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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• Kangleingakpa has been spamming infoboxes of Roman/Greek gods with marginally related Manipuri gods [3] like Goutamkumar did repeatedly. [4]
• Kangleingakpa edited Baruni Hill, which only the sockmaster has ever edited.
• Kangleingakpa removed cleanup tags on Wangbren which only the sockmaster has ever edited. Goutamkumar repeatedly removed cleanup tags on his own articles.
• Kangleingakpa and Moirang Shayon overlap on Lainingthou Nongpok Ningthou.
• Moirang Shayon overlaps with Goutamkumar on Kanglei mythology, an article with next to no other editors except the sockmaster.
• Moirang Shayon uses WikiMapia as a source [5], like the sockmaster repeatedly did [6]

Noting that the last known sock was Amudon Nongyai in March.

– Thjarkur (talk) 15:23, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Requires merging per my comments at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kangleingakpa. ST47 (talk) 16:29, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Closing -- RoySmith (talk) 12:37, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Luwanglinux (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same interest in Manipur related articles and introducing severe POV in there almost as soon as the account was created. Gotitbro (talk) 10:49, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• If this is related, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Luwanglinux will need to be merged here. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 11:04, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
•  Additional information needed. In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:

1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

•  Clerk note: Requested info not supplied after a week, closing with no action taken. Feel free to reopen if additional evidence is available. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:54, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

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Haoreima is adding equivalencies between Manipuri deities and those in various ancient Mediterranean cultures, just as Kangleingakpa did. Compare Haoreima's edit to Neith with Kangleingakpa's edit to the same article, and Haoreima's edit to Minerva to Kangleingakpa's edit to the article on Minerva's Etruscan equivalent Menrva. They are also the only two accounts to have made substantial edits to Lainingthou Koubru. A. Parrot (talk) 21:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I was just coming here to see if this account had ever been investigated as being related and saw there was this open case. Seems likely to me. -DJSasso (talk) 14:33, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Admitted here that he is Goutamkumar Oinam as such blocking. -DJSasso (talk) 19:57, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Already blocked and tagged. Closing. Blablubbs|talk 19:49, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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