Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Souniel Yadav

Souniel Yadav

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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Souniel Yadav/Archive.

22 April 2024

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Suspected sockpuppets

• Haani40 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Using WP:TEAHOUSE for content dispute.[1][2]

Adding similar Islamophobic content on History of concubinage in the Muslim world.[3][4]

Modifying the same sentence on Ayodhya.[5][6]

Seeking help from the same editor.[7][8]

Copying content from the same article to Kafir.[9][10]

Posting same kind of misleading "defense" on WP:ARE; "After being warned, I have always cited sources for my edits",[11] "I have been extra careful about my edits after the warning by an admin".[12] Srijanx22 (talk) 12:12, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Yes, I agree that he is a sock of Souniel Yadav or some other similar pro-BJP sockmaster. Compare the personal attack in the edit summary of this edit by Haani40 with this one by sock-account Ayodhya-prayagraj. The contributions histories of Ayodhya-prayagraj and Haani40 show very little interaction with Toddy1 - see Editor Interaction Analyser. The reason for the personal attacks in edit summaries was the prior interaction of the editor with previous accounts. (i.e. if they had not been sock accounts, they would not have made the personal attack in their edit summaries).-- Toddy1 (talk) 12:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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I have gone through all the diffs and I can safely say that none of the sentences are the same. I have made more than 900 edits now and it is possible that some articles I have edited match those of Souniel Yadav, possibly because he is from the same country (and only 2 articles I have edited are the same as what he edited; the sentences however, are different). Asking an experienced editor who posted a welcome message on my Talk page or at the WP:Teahouse are frivolous complaints. I hope this case is closed soon.-Haani40 (talk) 15:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

The user I am being accused of being a sock puppet of (Souniel Yadav) was blocked more than 4 years ago, so isn't it stale to use for an SPI?-Haani40 (talk) 16:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

If Toddy1 wants to report me as a sock puppet of Ayodhya-prayagraj, he should open an SPI under that name, not here.-Haani40 (talk) 16:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

I have used more than one wi-fi connection to make edits (while being logged in). I hope that the IP addresses of those aren't used to match those used by Souniel Yadav. Souniel Yadav was blocked more than 4 years ago, so that account is stale to use for an SPI (in my opinion).-Haani40 (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

As per instructions at Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry/Notes for the accuser, Srijanx22 had to, "Notify the suspected users. Edit the user talk pages" which he didn't.-Haani40 (talk) 17:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Isn't [Souniel Yadav] stale to use for an SPI? No, it isn't. The evidence from Srijanx22 does not refer to any edits by the old Souniel Yadav account, but to more recent edits by its known socks. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Souniel Yadav/Archive. Note also that the instructions Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry/Notes for the accuser that you mention aren't valid any more, see the note at the top of that page. It's no longer common to notify the suspected users. Bishonen | tålk 21:41, 22 April 2024 (UTC).

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