Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pranay Chopde

Pranay Chopde

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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pranay Chopde/Archive.

– This SPI case is open.

Alex Cupper cited a journal article, supposedly published in the Indian Research Journal of History and Humanities and Social Sciences (IRJHHSS). No such journal exists. The link leads to an Academia.edu page and a Zenodo page, which lists four articles attributed to "Rajesh Barange Pawar" (RajeshPawar92), supposedly published in the non-existent IRJHHSS and "The Journal of Indian History (TJIH)". All the articles glorify the Pawar/Powar caste, the main focus of Pranay Chopde and socks. One of the articles lists "Pranay Chopde" as a co-author.
- Update on 2024-04-30: Both zenodo and academia.edu have removed these papers as fraudulent, but here is the archive.org version.
Similar edits to the article Bhoyari (e.g. adding Pawari as the primary name, adding Kshatriya claim for the caste etc.)
- Alex Cupper [1]
- Parihar Piyush (blocked sock) [2]
- Panwar P (blocked sock) [3][4]
Adding the claim about "Bhoyar Pawar" being related to the Paramara dynasty / 52 clans:
- Alex Cupper [5]
- Panwar P [6]
Whitewashing peasant/pastoral origin in the article Rajput clans:
- Alex Cupper [7]
- Parihar Piyush (blocked sock) [8]
Unsourced addition to Malwa about Bhoyari being spoken in Betul, Chhindwara, Wardha
- Alex Cupper [9]
- Sanjay Thakur Pawar (blocked sock) [10]
Removal of Marwadi, Malwi etc. and addition of Bagheli, Bundeli etc. to Powari language
- Alex Cupper [11]
- Sanjay Thakur Pawar (blocked sock) [12]

utcursch | talk 16:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC) utcursch | talk 16:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Checkuser note:: Iamlionofthejungle (talk · contribs) was blocked on March 9 as a suspected sockpuppet of Pranay Chopde (talk · contribs) and while Pranay Chopde is likely stale, from a technical standpoint Iamlionofthejungle is highly Likely to be the same as Suryavanshiexe (talk · contribs) and Ageofwars (talk · contribs). I don't see a strong connection with these three accounts to Alex Cupper (talk · contribs) from a technical standpoint. - Aoidh (talk) 01:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've tagged them all as confirmed to Ageofwars because the CU evidence is very clear, but only suspected to Pranay Chopde per the previous tagging on some of the accounts. I'm not sure if a Clerk wants to split off this group into a separate Ageofwars SPI. Note that Alex Cuppar did not show up in my check and I have not checked the account.-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:57, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]