Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cossde
Cossde
- Cossde (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Populated account categories: confirmed
15 May 2024[edit]
– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- Kalanishashika (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Oz346 (talk) 10:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Cossde was recently subject to a topic ban from Sri Lanka related topics for disruptive editing [1]. For the last couple of months, he has been regularly questioning the same particular sources for use on Sri Lanka articles, under the pretext of them being 'primary sources' [2] [3] even after they have been vetted by an admin on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sri_Lanka_Reconciliation/Sources#List_of_sources. A new user Kalanishashika just days after the banning, has become active on the Tamil genocide page where Cossde was previously active, and has continued to question the very same sources in a similar fashion [4] [5]. Both accounts seem preoccupied with giving in line explicit attribution to several sources on the same article, see [6] and [7], which is something that Cossde has regularly done throughout his editing history in several similar article disputes [8]. The new user also seems aware of obscure wikipedia rules such as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, which is not in keeping with a normal novice account [9], and this is a policy that Cossde has recently cited in article disputes [10]
The above makes me suspicious that this may be a possible attempt to circumvent the topic ban, and a check user check is requested please. Thanks. Oz346 (talk) 10:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
- I've taken a look, and while I can't rule out a possible connection, the evidence isn't strong enough for me to take action on at this time. I also note that Kalanishashika was active at Tamil genocide five days prior to the imposition of the topic ban on Cossde. Closing without action. Girth Summit (blether) 13:25, 18 May 2024 (UTC)