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

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

• ChiK (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Preethika B (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Vishwanatha Badikana (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Chik and BHARATHESHA have huge overlaps and starts editing articles at the same time with very small time gaps starting from seconds.

• Chik starts a section on the talk page of User:Onel5969 to stop the merge of Mangalore Amateur Radio Club created by BHARATHESHA. Four minutes later BHARATHESHA replies to the section in support.[1][2]
• BHARATHESHA continued the edit war of ChiK in Amara Sullia Rebellion.[3][4]. Both the accounts edited the article with a time gaps of 2 seconds, 8 seconds, 38 seconds, 48 seconds etc.[5]. Vishwanatha Badikana comes there a day after its creation,[6] resumed the edit of BHARATHESHA after 5 minutes[7][8] and also expanded it significantly.
• In Draft:Tudar Parbo created by BHARATHESHA, ChiK started to edit it 2 minutes after its creation.[9][10]. Preethika B resumed adding references in the same section 1 minutes after BHARATHESHA.[11][12] The accounts edited it with time gaps starting from 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 11 seconds etc.[13]
• Preethika B created International Cultural Jamboree and BHARATHESHA starts expanding it 3 minutes after its creation.[14][15]. ChiK jumps in after 5 hours.[16]. The article was initially created at User:BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU/sandbox5 which was also edited by Preethika B.(see history)
• All the accounts edited Arebhashe dialect. ChiK resumed editing the same section a minute later.[17][18]. Preethika B resumed editing the same section edited by BHARATHESHA.[19][20][21]
• In Mangalore Amateur Radio Club created by BHARATHESHA, ChiK starts to expand it 40 minutes after its creation.[22][23]. Vishwanatha Badikana continued adding references to the same section.[24][25]
• BHARATHESHA created a subpage which was also edited by ChiK.[26]. Both Chik and BHARATHESHA then hijacked an article with a similar name and copied the content from the sub page there with time gaps of minutes.[27][28]
• Vishwanatha Badikana added a gallery section to Siddavesa[29] which was created by BHARATHESHA and also expanded by ChiK.
• Vishwanatha Badikana replied to a warning given to ChiK at User talk:ChiK.[30]
• ChiK requested AWB permissions for "Error correction",[31] 17 minutes later BHARATHESHA also requested AWB permission to fix "layout errors".[32]
• BHARATHESHA, ChiK and Vishwanatha Badikana uses double hyphens in their signature.[33][34][35]

A lot of recent edits of Chik were done on mobile, I suspect BHARATHESHA and Chik are using different devices. - SUN EYE 1 06:50, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• CheckUser requested - The evidence presented here is fairly convincing but I'd like a CU check for confirmation and for any additional accounts before I take any actions. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:37, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed that the following three accounts belong to each other:

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

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

BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki).

However, Vishwanatha Badikana (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is  Inconclusive as most other edits have gone  Stale. Behavioural investigation might be better here. - Mailer Diablo 13:34, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• I've blocked Vishwanatha Badikana based on the behaviour which makes them the oldest account.  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Post-archive note: ArbCom received convincing evidence that these are not the same people. I will be downgrading their blocks shortly (but not removing them), where the individual users will also have that noted on their talk pages so that any admin can review the block on the merits of the behaviors displayed that caused this SPI filing. Izno (talk) 19:52, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]