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02 March 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Jananaga, an SPA with a likely COI in relation to Sumanth, has been edit warring to include this content, arguing that it is properly sourced and asking editors to check the links.

Atnaja is a new editor, registering on March 1, who is attempting to include almost identical content, arguing that it is backed by legitimate sources and links

I suspect that Atnaja is a sockpuppet of Jananaga. They may also be the same person as Karthikkanch and SumanthFC among others, but even if they are I suspect those accounts are stale. BilledMammal (talk) 10:20, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

21 March 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Anil496 recently returned from a six month absence and immediately restored much of the content at Sumanth that Karthikkanch and their sockpuppets were trying to include. BilledMammal (talk) 08:04, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

To help with behavioral analysis, see this diff. It shows them adding a cut-down version, with minor modifications, of what Ajantaellora added, with most of the content that was cut out being the sources.
For example, Ajantaellora added:
Sumanth's next was the romantic drama Raaj, which released in March 2011 and failed miserably at the box office. Following this, he starred in Daggaraga Dooranga (2011), a romance/ thriller that was another failure. Later, Sumanth teamed up again with director Chandra Siddhartha for the romantic comedy Emo Gurram Egaravachu. It released on 25 January 2014 to a lukewarm response from the audience. Sumanth's foray into the comedy genre however received fairly positive reviews from some critics. Next came the romantic comedy Naruda Donoruda, the remake of the Hindi hit Vicky Donor. It released in November 2016, but this too did not fare well. Economic demonetization, which came into effect a few days after its release, was deemed one of the reasons for its box office failure.
While Anil496 added:
Sumanth's next was the romantic drama Raaj, which released in March 2011, but failed miserably at the box office. Sumanth candidly admitted after release that he wasn't expecting much from this film as it was plagued with several problems during production. Following this, he starred in Daggaraga Dooranga, a romance/ thriller under the direction of Ravi Kumar Chavali, and it was another failure. In 2013, Sumanth teamed up again with director Chandra Siddhartha for the romantic comedy Emo Gurram Egaravachu It released on 25 January 2014 to a lukewarm response from the audience. Sumanth's foray into the comedy genre however received fairly positive reviews from the critics. Next came the romantic comedy Naruda Donoruda, the remake of the Hindi hit Vicky Donor. It released in November 2016, but this too did not fare well. Economic demonetization, which came into effect a few days after its release, was deemed one of the main reasons for its box office failure.
I've removed the sources from Ajantaellora version (Anil496's version did not include any sources), and I've marked the items that are different in Anil496's version in bold.
BilledMammal (talk) 12:32, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • This is technically   Possible but   Inconclusive due to proxy use.   Behavioural evidence needs evaluation. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Certainly the attempt to restore virtually the same material is highly suggestive, but that could be another editor deciding to resurrect it from the editing history, and I have found several persuasive differences, which make me believe this is not the same person. JBW (talk) 20:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
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