Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Souniel Yadav
Souniel Yadav
- Souniel Yadav (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
22 April 2024[edit]
– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- Haani40 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools
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[edit]
- Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
- 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)
- Editor interaction utility showing Haani40 and 10 blocked sock accounts of Souniel Yadav -- Toddy1 (talk) 16:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
- Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
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).- The check user is, "inconclusive". I believe that the filer of this SPI has gone through all my 900+ edits, matched it with some super sock puppeteer with 10 blocked sock puppet accounts (as Toddy1 mentions above) and found that 2 articles I have edited are the same as what he edited (and when 2 people are from the same country, if only 2 articles out of 900+ edits match, it is unlikely to be sock puppetry). The sentences used are also different. Please assume good faith, decline any sanctions and close this SPI. Thanks!-Haani40 (talk) 20:28, 23 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
Inconclusive. What CU data we have for the blocked socks is old - the most recent I could see was from 2022. People move around, change ISPs, etc. The data for Haani40 would be consistent with them being the same person, in the sense that the geolocate to the same city, but that's no smoking gn (and it's a big city). I will note that Haani40 has engaged in logged out editing in a manner that looks like they might have been trying to evade scrutiny. 
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation Girth Summit (blether) 19:37, 23 April 2024 (UTC)- Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
