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14 November 2016
Suspected sockpuppets
Repeated attempts to create a page for
Syed Aman mian sharma,
Syed Aman Mian Sharma (Tiger),
Syed Aman Mian Sharma (Miya), etc.
Zackmann08 (
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- The following accounts are Confirmed:
- Blocks, tags, closing.--
Bbb23 (
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14 November 2016
Suspected sockpuppets
Repeated attempts to create
Syed Aman mian sharma,
Syed Aman Mian Sharma (Tiger),
Syed Aman Mian Sharma (Miya),
Draft:Syed Aman Mian Sharma (Tiger)
Zackmann08 (
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- Looks like
Ponyo did a rangeblock on 91.109.30.0/24 (summarized: CheckUser block: webhostblock Leaseweb Germany GmbH), so that scooped up a bunch of these. The 117.* IP hasn't edited since January 2016, so I don't see what we could do there, unless the range was generating disruptions. But figuring that out easily is kinda beyond my skillset. Closing.
Cyphoidbomb (
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16 December 2016
Suspected sockpuppets
This edit restoring vandalism by
Besternkhan (
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David Biddulph (
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- And now another IP doing
the same. --
David Biddulph (
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- And now a new user (Latishkumarlion) doing the same. May be worth checking for sleepers, given this sockmaster's behaviour. --
David Biddulph (
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Awaiting administrative action -
Looks like a duck to me. The IPs are inactive. Please indef Latishkumarlion and semi-protect
Zaira Wasim for an appropriate amount of time. Thanks,
Kevin (aka
L235 ·
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Latishkumarlion
Blocked and tagged, page protected for 2 weeks.
RickinBaltimore (
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19 December 2016
Suspected sockpuppets
Continuing same behaviour seen at
Zaira Wasim by previous socks, including apparent attempts at promotion of
Syed Aman Mian /
Syed Aman Mian Sharma.
David Biddulph (
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- Latest re-creation of the article has been titled
Sayyad Aman Mian Sharma. The socks try different variants of the title each time. --
David Biddulph (
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L235: I've indeffed IndianLogical. As for Thebestediter, they don't appear to have any deleted contributions. Their only edit is the revert. I'm not sure if that's enough to conclusively tie them to the master but it does seem suspicious. I'd be inclined to err on the side of caution and see if any other edits affirm sock puppetry. Deleted history at
Sayyad Aman Mian Sharma did reveal
User:Chipachip as a
WP:DUCK.
Mkdw
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02 January 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
IP: yet another attempt at
Draft:Syed Aman Mian Sharma, see all the previous attempts under differing spellings, & see
WP:Articles for deletion/Syed Aman Mian Sharma
David Biddulph (
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09 January 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Yet another new spelling of
Draft:Sayyad Aman Mian Sharma and drastic edits to
Zaira Wasim. Quacking loudly, when compared with previous socks, but on past form a check for sleepers would seem advisable.
David Biddulph (
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25 January 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Created account and almost immediately goes to
RFPP on the plurally deleted Syed Aman Mian Sharma articles that Theactingeeker kept trying to create as various socks, immediately jumps into
an AFD discussion for
an article that previous socks have edit warred on, and also seems to understand SPI's
a little too well for a newbie. They're using "Random article", but strangely seem to end up mostly on articles related to stuff that previous socks have edited (Indian TV/film related articles, mostly) - seems amazingly coincidental. Writing style in edit summaries also seems extremely similar to
User:Popularistam (another blocked Theactingeeker sock) and other such socks. CU as I strongly believe there are more out there, considering the prevalence of socking.
In addition, something seriously hinky is going on here, and others are noticing it too (hence the afore linked SPI for this same user). Any help is sorting this out would be really appreciated, as I think there's a larger issue going on, beyond just this sockmaster. To clarify, I think there is some correlation between this situation and
this situation, based on the interactions between socks at the same and similar articles, the various AfDs, and SPIs.
Waggie (
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The account is very
Likely. Blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.--
Bbb23 (
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26 January 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
All the same pages as last confirmed sock (promo edits for non-notable Syed Aman Mian Sharma). eg:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Waggie (
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05 February 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Yet another creation of
Draft:Syed Aman Mian Sharma, and trying to link that draft from
Peshwa_Bajirao_(TV_series). Seems worrying similar to previous socks.
The user page of this user is almost word for word the same as
User:MumbaikarLaunda (a previous sock blocked the day that this new one was created). Usually worth checking for sleepers.
David Biddulph (
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Clerk note:
Blocked and tagged, but leaving this open in case another clerk wants to endorse a sleeper check.
GAB
gab 15:15, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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13 February 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new user, creates Syed Aman Miyan Sharma article in full. If not sockpuppet, definitely meatpuppet. Fits previous behavior of Syed Aman Mian Sharma promo edits, and falls into a long line of previous socks doing the same thing. CU requested for sleepers and to compare against other recent socks.
Waggie (
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Likely with the archive. --
Amanda
(aka DQ) 06:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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Blocked and tagged, closing.
GAB
gab 23:45, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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23 February 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Recreation of Sharma article at
Syed Aman Mian Shrma, same misspellings as previous creations. If it's not sockpuppetry (the account HAS been around for awhile), it's definitely meatpuppetry and very possibly undisclosed paid editing.
Waggie (
talk) 16:23, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Update: Also worth noting that
User:Latishkumarlion was previously blocked as a sock of
User:Theactingeeker. The name similarity is quite damning.
Waggie (
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Update: Added
User:Latishkumarsharma, looks like a sleeper account, given the name.
Waggie (
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Clerk declined - the active user is already blocked and CU will not be useful on an account created in 2013 that has not edited. I have tagged the blocked account.
Ivanvector (
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22 March 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Do you hear what I hear?
CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 11:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
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- I should also add that I realize the article was quite a bit different but at the very least I find it suspicious and likely to be meaty if not a direct sock.
CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 15:36, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
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- Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention - this account's recreation of the article is not similar to the deleted versions even a little bit, but this drawer has a long history of trying to recreate it. Please check against prior confirmed socks.
Ivanvector (
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- Confirmed plus:
- Blocked, tagged, closing.--
Bbb23 (
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30 March 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
Recreation of
Sher E Punjab - Maharaja Ranjit Singh complete with more SAMS garbage and
same
mannerisms as recently blocked socks. ;)
CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 12:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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Ivanvector
looks like we've got another Though this one is strangely different...
CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 14:53, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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- SockS blocked. Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention for sleeper check, this user has a history of creating several accounts in one go as sleepers.
Ivanvector (
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- @
Chrissymad: at least the last report (newest in the archive) involved recreating the page with content that was quite different from earlier deleted versions. I'm taking it for granted that any account that recreates an article on this subject is a sock until it is somehow proven otherwise.
Ivanvector (
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18 April 2017
Suspected sockpuppets
I suspect both of these accounts for different reasons.
- On March 30, after the most recent report, the page
Sher E Punjab - Maharaja Ranjit Singh was deleted and salted. Roughly three hours later, Imon Sarker created
Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh reusing some of the same content (admins: see the "plot" section of the deleted page).
- Some time later, MiniTVIndia (an account with no other edits) dropped a significant bit of promotional material about Theactingeeker's favourite actor into the lede of the same article.
Requesting both be checked against the archive.
Ivanvector (
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- I added Chooseymedia based on
this edit and the seemingly endless other single-purpose edits that include SAMS.
CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 13:16, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
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- Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention per above. In any case please do not delete the new article.
Ivanvector (
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In progress. @
Ivanvector: I don't understand your point about not deleting the article. Could you elaborate?--
Bbb23 (
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- @
Bbb23: in this instance I think the article should be reviewed and brought up to standard, rather than deleted. There seem to be other editors interested in the topic now. At the very least it should go through a deletion discussion.
Ivanvector (
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- Confirmed plus:
- Blocked, tagged, closing.--
Bbb23 (
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