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

• Paul is describing (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)

• Master of all cinemalovers (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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This one first came to my attention on Tiger (2007 film), where both accounts used a colon in their edit summaries when attempting to edit-war against the result of the AFD, [1] [2]. Repetition of idiosyncratic edit summaries on the same page, even obscure ones, is not by itself that significant as new users may simply mimic other edit summaries they have seen, but this is not the only overlap. Both accounts are primarily interested in Indian cinema, but while that is not by itself a concern, the overlap across several different articles, some of them rather obscure, is. As some examples see [3] [4], [5] [6], [7] [8], [9] [10], or especially [11] [12], and that is just a sample. There is also filespace overlap where Paul is describing reverted files to the versions uploaded by Master of all cinemalovers [13] [14].

Given that it is a new user I don't believe the first account created needs a block, however as the two accounts have been used in conjunction to revert to preferred versions the second account may since they never responded to this disclosure request despite editing after it was made.

That is if they are indeed operated by the same person as all the evidence is circumstantial. Since that is probably not enough on its own for a block, I am requesting a check here to obtain firmer evidence one way or another, thanks. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:E966:F040:569C:CEDB (talk) 16:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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On the Shotru article, 'User:Master of all cinemalovers' made this edit, then it got reverted, after which 'User:Paul is describing' restored the same edit within a day or so: diff.

Both accounts are highly interested and seemingly only focussed on Indian Bengali-language films.

It would be great if a checkuser could find out the following things:

1. if there are any other / 'sleeper' accounts, given the situation (these are recently created accounts all engaging in some form of disruption)
2. what the master account is, if there is an older one (I am not familiar with this user so I haven't seen any other accounts that appear to be them)

Thanks! — AP 499D25 (talk) 11:36, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• All very  Likely or better to each other from a pruely technical perspective, and clearly more than that given usernames and behaviour:
  • Paul is describing
  • Master of all cinemalovers
  • Halud Foressa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Joressa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Coressa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), who created:
    • আমি আগন্তুক (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
    • None other than the filmlover (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Blocking, tagging, etc. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• 223.185.132.111 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Starts to remove remake information of Indian films from articles like previous socks after the block of Paul is describing yesterday. Mehedi Abedin 07:46, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Both the IP and the 'User:Paul is describing' account seem highly (almost solely) interested in Indian films, and on the Deewana (2013 film) if we compare diff by account to diff by IP, they both are trying to remove the fact that the film is based on 2007 'Deepavali' film in one way or another. Little to no use of edit summaries either. Looking at their edits in general, they like to remove claims that a film is based on another (see example 1 and example 2).

I would recommend blocking the 223.185.128.0/21 range based on the fact that there was IP address 223.185.133.42 engaging in the same large quantity of disruptive edits (example) back in June, and same thing with IP address 223.185.128.39 in May (example). — AP 499D25 (talk) 14:19, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

•  Check declined by a checkuser - The CheckUser tool cannot be used to link IP addresses and accounts per the privacy policy. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
•  Closing without action IP is already rangeblocked, nothing more for SPI to do. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 01:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]