Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aman.kumar.goel

Aman.kumar.goel

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02 December 2023

– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.

Suspected sockpuppets

2402:A00:401:7C3E::/64 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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During a content dispute over the past several weeks at the Divya Dwivedi article, I have noticed what may be behavioral similarities between Aman.kumar.goel and the IP range editor, which if they are operated by the same person, may create an appearance of more support for a position in the content dispute than exists, and may evade scrutiny for edit-warring, for which Aman.kumar.goel has previously been blocked [1] in 2020. The primary similarities I have noticed are 1) the use of the same and similar ad hominem statements during discussions, 2) edit-warring to push disputed content into the article instead of discussing, and 3) reliance on the same unreliable source as support for disputed content.

When recent BLPN discussion illuminated an unreliable source issue, indicating we may have finally found a resolution to the dispute, Aman.kumar.goel responded with what appears to be further ad hominem (WP:FILIBUSTER) and continuation of what appears to be edit-warring, which may indicate they believe they have consensus in favor of their and the IP range's view, despite the unreliable source, NPOV, OR, and BLP objections in response to their and the IP range's advocacy to add contentious disputed content to this CTOPs BLP.

Ad hominem

2402:A00:401:7C3E range:
- Edit summary:
  - 10:16, 13 November 2023‎ [2] "clearly supported by print.in source; don't WP:CENSOR the content"
- On the article talk page: Talk:Divya Dwivedi#Unsourced contentious content and WP:BLP policy
  - 15:59, 13 November 2023 [3] "...Read WP:DEADHORSE."
  - 17:16, 17 November 2023 [4] "... Why don't you simply tell how much are you getting paid to censor the information? ..."
  - 17:58, 17 November 2023 [5] "See WP:IDONTLIKEIT."
  - 07:52, 28 November 2023 [6] "Your wikilawyering is getting more disruptive."
Aman.kumar.goel:
- At BLPN: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Divya Dwivedi
  - 15:52, 1 December 2023 [7] "...Now instead of filibustering, you need to drop the WP:STICK"
  - 16:38, 1 December 2023 [8] "...See WP:IDONTLIKEIT."
  - 17:28, 1 December 2023 [9] "...But here you are simply out to WP:CENSOR the quote anyhow with this absurd WP:WIKILAWYERING which is not gonna work."
  - 17:50, 1 December 2023 [10] "...Why you are censoring the statement?"
  - 18:27, 1 December 2023 [11] "... Your entire dispute is based on nothing but WP:IDONTLIKEIT."
  - 08:54, 2 December 2023 [12] "See WP:FILIBUSTER." (this is after the non-RS portion of The Print has been discussed)

Edit-warring

2402:A00:401:7C3E range:
- User:2402:a00:401:7c3e reported by User:Beccaynr (Result: /64 blocked for a week) filed 17:53, 16 November 2023
Aman.kumar.goel:
- In the article:
  - 10:06, 13 November 2023‎ [13] "simplify language" (restored disputed content)
  - 13:28, 1 December 2023‎ [14] "nothing wrong with this"
  - 15:42, 1 December 2023‎ [15] "No its fine"
  - 15:49, 1 December 2023‎ [16] "That discussion is already stale" (Aman.kumar.goel had commented in 'that discussion' (BLPN) about this disputed content at 13:25, 1 December 2023‎ [17], 13:27, 1 December 2023‎ [18])
  - 15:57, 2 December 2023 [19] "Can't edit war everyone"

Unreliable source

2402:A00:401:7C3E range:
- 09:20, 13 November 2023‎ [20] edit summary "The source clearly says "Divya Dwivedi says studies prove Mahatma Gandhi was one of the leaders who constructed the idea of ‘false Hindu majority’ in India."..." - this is the the subheadline of The Print source (the subheadline is not a reliable source, according to the RS guideline)
- 15:59, 13 November 2023 [21] - on the article talk page, cites and quotes the subheadline of The Print ("Divya Dwivedi says studies prove Mahatma Gandhi was one of the leaders who constructed the idea of ‘false Hindu majority’ in India.")
- 07:50, 28 November 2023 [22] - opening comment at BLPN includes citing/quoting the subheadline from The Print
Aman.kumar.goel:
- 04:37, 20 November 2023 [23], in the article, adds the non-RS portion of The Print source (the subheadline) to the quote portion of the citation.

Other similarity

In another article talk page discussion: Talk:Divya Dwivedi#Proposal for Selected works section

2402:A00:401:7C3E range:
- 08:44, 19 November 2023‎ [24] "Only books should be there. Rest is entirely unnecessary."
Aman.kumar.goel:
- 04:41, 20 November 2023‎ [25] "Added the mentioned books. I don't think anything else is really needed in that section."

Other notes

After I made an initial draft of this report, and while I waited for confirmation to file a public report, Aman.kumar.goel has filed Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Beccaynr_reported_by_User:Aman.kumar.goel_(Result:_)

Beccaynr (talk) 17:56, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I edite small mots of wikipedia, but this page is always under attack usually get ugly to make any positives. I find a few accounts interlinked as OP said. These to be the accounts

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Harshil169&redlink=1

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anearnestcitizen&action=view

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dhawangupta

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brihaspati Guillaume R Legrand (talk) 18:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The recent ANEW report was closed with No action. Beccaynr (talk) 18:42, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Blablubbs: I have no connection with Editorkamran. I am sure this is a mistake. Aman Kumar Goel ^(Talk) 15:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

OK, I ran a quick check--and I see nothing that worries me. Drmies (talk) 18:02, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've reformatted this case so that it more or less sticks with the standard SPI case format. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:12, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Closing per Drmies's comment. Bbb23 (talk) 14:44, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to butt in, but I'll have to place this On hold for a bit. There are some things I'd like to untangle first. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:52, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Had to get a second opinion on something. No comment with respect to IP address(es), but Aman.kumar.goel, despite editing from proxies almost exclusively, is Highly likely to Editorkamran (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (who is also usually editing from proxies). That one was reported without any supporting evidence a few months ago, so I had declined a check at the time. Given overlap, clear intent to deceive, and things like this, I'd be inclined to indef them both (and certainly pull AKG's IPBE), but I'm about to step away, so will have to leave that decision to someone else since I don't want to take a potentially-controversial action when I'm about to be unresponsive for a few hours. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:34, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]