Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar/Archive
Darshak.parmar
- Darshak.parmar (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
12 January 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Neeshu30 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Munshi Talab (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Hayraan Aashna (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Chauhan Naresh Kumar (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- JRed176 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- WngLdr34 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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All of these accounts have either voted keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newgen Software Tech or edited the article itself in this or a previous iteration (Newgen Software) - apart from "WngLdr34", who started the AfD and has an interesting overlap with "JRed176", one of the voters, and "Chauhan Naresh Kumar" who came up in a check related to this situation and is editing in a UPEish pattern.
I suspect a UPE "nom-and-keep" type situation - where a UPE firm nominates an article for deletion and asks for "protection money" to ensure it doesn't get deleted. CU results to come, but filing this as I could do with some more eyes on the behaviour. firefly ( t · c ) 08:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
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- I notice some similarities in AfD !votes, e.g. in the Newgen Software Tech AfD, Darshak Parmar's keep !vote says "Allow the creators time to improve the article", [1], the keep !vote of Hayraan Aashna includes "yes there's more contributions needed on the page". In the Christy Woodrow AfD (for an article looking like this [2] before removal of non-RS etc), JRed176 said in support of a keep !vote "It's a stub at the moment and it could be stated as such with the hope that it is improved upon", [3] and made similar !votes in other AfDs, e.g. [4], [5], [6], [7]. Beccaynr (talk) 16:58, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
- Also, the immediate jump into AfD by JRed176, followed by rapid-fire and low-quality !votes, seems similar to GermanKity behavior. Beccaynr (talk) 18:51, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
- Okay, so "Darshak.parmar" and "Neeshu30" are
Confirmed to each other and blocked as such - that's where I started with this mess.
- "Munshi Talab" and "Hayraan Aashna" are
Confirmed to each other.
- "Chauhan Naresh Kumar" is
Confirmed to "Munshi Talab" - Chauhan doesn't seem to have edited about Newgen, but the account seems to be doing similarly UPEish things.
- "JRed176" and "WngLdr34" are technically
Inconclusive owing to proxy use.
- I filed this under the oldest technically-linked account, but if we want to move it we can of course. firefly ( t · c ) 08:47, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
- Prix Versailles Award is the signature Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MARdF article, see m:Wikiproject:Antispam/Archives/2021/Prix Versailles. MER-C 11:24, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Blocked and tagged suspected socks across the board. Will modify individually to reflect possibility of suspected dual masters. Munshi Talab may well be also tied to MARdF based on the findings of @MER-C:. I shall strike the sock comments at AfD. TheSandDoctor Talk 20:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
- Noting here that WngLdr34 emailed me claiming that they aren't a sock and "as someone who used to edit at a work PC (which uses a proxy), that may have modified some IP info." TheSandDoctor Talk 06:34, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Note that previous AfDs on the same company include socks from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Expertwikiguy and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sanketio31 at least. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:05, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
05 February 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Jishan.JAM (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- Zayba Khan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Sleeper account created 22 Sept. 2022, begins edits yesterday. Spends an hour on a dozen precocious edits, then recreates Sunny Bhandarkar, links it from Elite Pro Basketball League, and calls it a day. 2A01:4C8:63:D401:81CE:E1D1:804D:84E2 (talk) 02:41, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
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- I also noticed this trend. Opened a case, but realized this is already here, so I've undone it. Here was my comment for reference:
Created the page Sunny Bhandarkar and edited Elite Pro Basketball League, very similar to Jishan. Made just over 10 edits in order to bypass starting in the draftspace, so clearly knows the process.
. – Pbrks (t • c) 04:38, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
- @Pbrks: Why Jishan.JAM not Darshak.parmar? Sunny Bhandarkar was previously created by a sock of Darshak.parmar (User:Ismaeeil). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:22, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Callanecc: I saw the connection to Trutyinfo, a confirmed sock of Jishan, who had also previously created Sunny Bhandarkar. – Pbrks (t • c) 07:37, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
CheckUser requested - Could a CU please take a look at the following for any connections between them given the similar interest in Sunny Bhandarkar/Draft:Sunny Bhandarkar:
- Zayba Khan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Ismaeeil (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (blocked as a suspected sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar)
- Information in the logs from previous checks of Jishan.JAM and socks
- Thank you. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Clerk endorsed - per Callanecc. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Zayba Khan seems to belong to the Darshak.parmar sock farm (
Likely). Salvio giuliano 22:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Moved from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jishan.JAM. Spicy (talk) 21:39, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Awaiting administrative action - please indef Zayba Khan as a proven sock of Darshak.parmar. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Requested actions completed, closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 22:53, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
06 February 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Mathieu Vouillamoz (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- Misterrrrr (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Shanaya Chaturvedi (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Sahilrazvii999 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Much of this is copied over from WP:Sockpuppet investigations/GermanKity, please see that page for attribution. Misterrrrr was listed there as a sock by User:Beccaynr. As discussed there, the evidence seems to suggest Mathieu Vouillamoz as master: the account seems to be primarily for manipulating AFDs. Misterrrrr's first edit (2 days after account creation) was to Draft:Alina Alam, created by blocked sock of Mathieu Vouillamoz, User:Jamalahmadpk, adding a link to another article created by same sock [8]. At the SPI for GermanKity, User:Curb Safe Charmer also noted that Misterrrrr's edit to Draft:Alina Alam was just after it had been moved to mainspace by Fifthapril, a sock of Mathieu Vouillamoz.
After Bhupenddra Singh Raathore was tagged for notability and other issues, Misterrrrr nominated it for AFD, let two other new accounts (User:Shanaya Chaturvedi and Sahilrazvii999 !vote "keep, WP:GNG", then when a "delete" was added actually based on policy (and after I commented there on the suspicious creation and "keep" !votes), Misterrrrr attempted a "speedy keep, nomination withdrawn" [9]. Note also the attempt to leave my comment out of the AFD discussion on closure. That AFD was then rightly sent to deletion review by User:Curb Safe Charmer, the closure attempt was vacated, and the AFD ended with a strong consensus for deletion.
When I made this comment at the SPI for GermanKity, Misterrrrr then replied there that I was in fact the sock, not them. And in an act of nearly Trumpian projection, Misterrrrr then opened an SPI on my mobile address at WP:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shawntheshipper/Archive#28_January_2023 accusing me (without evidence) of paid editing on behalf of the User:Jamalahmadpk sockfarm.
Sahilrazvii999 and Shanaya Chaturvedi, new accounts with precocious editing histories similar to Misterrrrr, were the ones previously mentioned posting the hand-waving "keep GPG"s [10], [11] to Misterrrrr's AFD nomination, which Misterrrrr then tried to speedy-keep as noted above.
Misterrrrr and Sahilrazvii999 posted "keep" to LordVoldemort728's AFD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fahad Ahmad, 15 minutes apart: [12], [13]. Misterrrrr also altered the unsourced birth date in Fahad Ahmad shortly before the AFD: [14]. 2A01:4C8:A4:D8F:B8AB:B924:1F2C:72ED (talk) 14:29, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Sahilrazvii999 also !voted keep at the Biotique AfD [15], and Misterrrrr !voted keep soon after, with a typical linkdump of poor quality refs: [16].
More recently, Misterrrrr posted a Wikilove message and a barnstar at Sahilrazvii999's user talk:[17], and I can't find any similar edits by that account to other user talk pages. 2A01:4C8:63:D401:18A8:6B8A:7498:6169 (talk) 12:07, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
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- See also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Harttyny. Spicy (talk) 00:25, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please compare Sahilrazvii999 - and Sahil4razvii (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), which they have disclosed as their alt account - to Misterrrr/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar, which Misterrrr was blocked as a sock of. Besides the AfD voting pattern, there's an improbable amount of overlap between these two users and some behavioural similarities (large amounts of gnoming activity, focus on Indian politicians). Not sure about Shanaya Chaturvedi, but they're already indeffed anyway. I doubt this group of accounts is connected to Mathieu Vouillamoz, although they may share clients. Spicy (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:05, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Sahilrazvii999 and Sahil4razvii are both
Likely to Misterrrrr and Shanaya Chaturvedi on the CU data (I haven't looked at edit histories or other behavioral clues). I'd say that group is
Unrelated to Mathieu Vouillamoz. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:31, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Moved case from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mathieu Vouillamoz per CU results. Spicy (talk) 01:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Awaiting administrative action - per the CU and behavioural evidence, please indef Sahilrazvii999 and Sahil4ravzi as proven socks of CloudFarr3r and suspected socks of Darshak.parmar (I can handle the dual tagging if it's too annoying). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:04, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Blocked and tagged. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:19, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
14 February 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Harttyny (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: original case name)
- Merfregak (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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New account created seemingly just to evade the block to the master and to move the obvious COI article about the Guru Nanak Institute of Technology back to mainspace here. Other than the clear overlap between the two accounts, they also use similarly-worded edit summaries, the most obvious being NCHM official link added vs NAAC accreditation official link added. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 22:33, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
According to the block notes, Mamuta Shakieya is the same as these accounts too. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 22:34, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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- It's disappointing to see Misterrrrr on one of these lists. They haven't been active for very long but I ran into them quite frequently. At first I thought of making an inquiry as I thought they were one of our regularly appearing AFD sockpuppets. But their edits didn't resemble most of those I've come across, they had clue. There might be a lot of comments to strike. Liz Read! Talk! 21:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Misterrrrr approved Mohit Dhawan from AfC which I sent to AfD prior to the report above. I had suspicion but was going to wait to see commenters at teh AfD as I had suspicion of a few more socks (all of whom worked on Mohit Dhawan while it was in draft form and are SPAs). PerwezAalam is one and is blocked per above. The other is SayokSarkar1111 who is likely part of this group but was not listed above. Not sure if you want to add them into the CU so there are no loose strings that pop up later on. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:51, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit:, I sent you an email with some private info on the case. Not sure if it will help or not. --CNMall41 (talk) 00:48, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, received. All of SayokSarkar1111's edits are coming from a wide range that Misterrrrr has used a few times, but it's not their habitual one. In that sense, I guess they are
Possible to this case; the connection isn't nearly as strong as the other ones though. Girth Summit (blether) 11:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, received. All of SayokSarkar1111's edits are coming from a wide range that Misterrrrr has used a few times, but it's not their habitual one. In that sense, I guess they are
- @Girth Summit:, I sent you an email with some private info on the case. Not sure if it will help or not. --CNMall41 (talk) 00:48, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
In progress - there are more accounts to consider here, give me a minute. Girth Summit (blether) 11:10, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- OK, so the proposed master here, Harttyny, is blocked as a sock of Mamuta Shakieya, along with Zernahas. The following three are
Confirmed to each other,
Technically indistinguishable to Mamuta Shakieya, and behaving in ways that give me little doubt that they are either the same person, or a group of people editing from the same location:
- Merfregak (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Shabir Mallick (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- PerwezAalam (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Also
Technically indistinguishable to the above on the same range, acting in similar ways:
- Aksshhay (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Yourss Akkkii (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Undeafendable (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- CloudFarr3r (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- This last one is blocked as a suspected sock of Darshak.parmar. From them, I also found:
- Dheen Chak Pooja (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Altaaf Zaheer Khaan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Mishty Singh Solanki (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Altaaf Zaheer Khaan above is
Confirmed to:
- Khurram Rayeeni (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Misterrrrr (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- This last account is extended confirmed, and has done a lot of editing in AfDs, they've accepted drafts from some of the above accounts at AfC, and I've seen them around a number of SPI cases as well. Blocking all without tags for now; will have to do a bit more thinking to work out how to tag and what case to move this to. Girth Summit (blether) 11:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- I'm thinking that this should probably be merged into the Darshak.parmar case. I've made some notes about the connections I've drawn; I'd appreciate other opinions though, so pinging Blablubbs, Firefly and NinjaRobotPirate as CUs who have investigated/blocked some of these accounts. Also pinging MER-C, who commented on the Darshak.parmar case, for their expertise in UPE. Girth Summit (blether) 12:59, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Most of them look pretty obvious to me just based on the behavioral evidence. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:25, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Do you mean obvious in the 'these are obvious UPE socks' sense, or that they are obviously Darshak.parmar? Sorry to be a pain, just want to make sure we tag as best we can. Girth Summit (blether) 20:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- I guess that wasn't very clear. I meant that the behavioral evidence seems pretty clear that they're Darshak.parmar – but, yeah, they also look like spammers. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:09, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Do you mean obvious in the 'these are obvious UPE socks' sense, or that they are obviously Darshak.parmar? Sorry to be a pain, just want to make sure we tag as best we can. Girth Summit (blether) 20:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Most of them look pretty obvious to me just based on the behavioral evidence. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:25, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- I've moved this over, and tagged as best I can. Closing. Girth Summit (blether) 16:34, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
09 March 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Mamuta Shakieya (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- Grofers (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Recreation of Draft:Guru Nanak Institute of Hotel Management where there has been repeated socking. Master could equally be Darshak.parmar. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- UPDATE: After my report another editor filed a duplicate report under the alternative master, and Grofers has since been blocked, so this investigation can be closed. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
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- Case moved and closed. MarioGom (talk) 19:09, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
09 March 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Grofers (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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This user's very first edit was to recreate Draft:Guru Nanak Institute of Hotel Management, an old favourite of this sock group. They have done this with an extremely high level of competency, almost impossible for a brand new user to be this good at editing. I suspect a check against the deleted versions of this article will show that it is identical. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 11:27, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
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- Editing from the same wide range as some of the previous socks. Draft is identical. Blocked, tagged. There are lots of accounts that look very similar, but you'd expect that on such a wide range - come back if you see more suspect behaviour. Girth Summit (blether) 12:47, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- User:Girth Summit, I just ran into User:Dawaar Intesaar, and blocked them and a few others as a sock of User:CloudFarr3r--but I see they're also connected (on the same /64 ranges) as User:Ajeet tyagi13 and, via User:Kaffara, to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rakesh bhumihar... I started tagging them as CloudFarr, but they may be Rakesh or the other one as well. I am not sure it matters. User:Blablubbs, you looked at some of those accounts too. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:58, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Haha, to make matters worse, User:Mini bomb blast, blocked as a sock of User:Dictations (a very prolific paid creator of poorly written BLP spam), created Jeremiah Bornfield, also edited by User:Khadim e Khass, whom I just blocked as a sock of CloudFarr! Drmies (talk) 16:02, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- In addition, User:Ajeet tyagi13, blocked by Blablubbs in January already, Dawaar Intesaar, and NaiNa RajpUt0 all logged in on February 23, within minutes, from the same device. They are the same person, but connected also to the User:VishalKGuptaJi. It's a big happy family. Drmies (talk) 16:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Drmies. I suspect they're all connected to one another - whether it's one person doing all this, or a group of people, it's a big farm and I expect we've got them listed under more than one master. Girth Summit (blether) 15:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
20 February 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- M. Richa Mehul (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- Bindeshwari Devi (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Atigat (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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recreation and edits of Vivek Sood after it was draftified and other primary authors were blocked. Looks like there are sleepers out there... UtherSRG (talk) 12:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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- I just came here to file the same report. I was unsure who the master might be as three socks have been involved in Draft:Vivek Sood with two different masters - Mamuta Shakieya or M. Richa Mehul. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:25, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, good point on the possible mis-matched masters. CU: If the check fails to match one or both to Mehul, please run again against Shakieya. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- They demonstrate a high knowledge of Wikipedia for someone who allegedly only joined today. See their use of the term histmerge here. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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- The best I can say is that Bindeshwari Devi is
Possible to the past socks of M. Richa Mehul. From a purely technical standpoint, Atigat appears to be
Unrelated (different continent). Mz7 (talk) 08:48, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, I missed the note about Mamuta Shakieya (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). I would say Bindeshwari Devi is also
Possible to Mamuta Shakieya, and if I had to pick one master over the other, Bindeshwari Devi is closer to Mamuta Shakieya than M. Richa Mehul. Mz7 (talk) 08:54, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Mz7: could you compare RiseAboveSky (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) to all accounts mentioned aside from Atigat? This is rather odd. DatGuyTalkContribs 22:13, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- @DatGuy: Once again, best I can say is
Possible (both to M. Richa Mehul and Mamuta Shakieya). It seems like CheckUser is not going to give conclusive results for this case. The behavioral evidence will need to be the deciding factor. Mz7 (talk) 09:53, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- @DatGuy: Once again, best I can say is
- Case moved from to M. Richa Mehul Darshak.parmar, since this is likely to be a sock of Shabir Mallick (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), who is confirmed to Mamuta Shakieya and suspected to Darshak.parmar. MarioGom (talk) 12:02, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
- In the absence of decent CU results, which I found surprising given the confirmations in later reports. I'm going to close this without action. Feel free to report again if there is new evidence. MarioGom (talk) 23:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
28 March 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- LordVoldemort728 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Overlap between this user and blocked sockpuppet User:Misterrrrr across a unique range of articles: Diwali in Muzaffarnagar, Marina Gonçalves, Manjhi’s Mayhem, José Lello and Sanjay Kumar Jha. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 10:06, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
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Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) -
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:58, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- Misterrrrr accepted articles by many users. LordVoldemort728's articles were accepted by many different reviewers. The cited articles are not spammy, so they do not immediately raise suspicions about covert coordination.
Closing without action. MarioGom (talk) 16:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
18 April 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Shamimanm (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- JK16 7714 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools
Account created 27 June 2022. Messed about with their user page a bit, and went to sleep . 9 April 2023, wakes up and makes a dozen edits to Harminder Dulowal (creator User:Wh+67 now blocked cross-wiki for reasons I can't see). Today, recreates Kruti Mahesh at Kruti Mahesh (Choreographer). Uncle Spock (talk) 11:17, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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In progress - there's quite a farm here, give me a minute. Girth Summit (blether) 18:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
- OK, so I'm not clear on the connection to the proposed master here, but I took a look at Wh+67, who is indeed g-locked, and very quickly found the following accounts to be
Confirmed to them:
- ASTREEw (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Chndrajinatin (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- HAAN BHAI ABHI (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ASWQAAA (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- JK16 7714 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Hashim crew (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- WZA784 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- I think there are almost certainly more, but it's going to take a big of digging about and I'm out of time now. I'm going to block these here without tags as an interim measure, but will come back to this either later this evening or tomorrow. Pinging Sotiale, who locked the Wh+67 account - please could you let me know (here or by email) who the master behind that account was, so I can determine how to handle this case, and request locks for any other accounts I find on meta? Thanks. Girth Summit (blether) 18:35, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
- Adding (all confirmed, I don't think this is all of them, but I'm making headway):
- Charlie chaplin Returns (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- SARETW (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Namrina (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Bhagat Jha (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- WASER331 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Striiiew (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ASSAAAA (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱞᱤ ᱮᱫᱤᱛᱚᱨ (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ASWWWQ (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- HABSHI 2122 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- OK, I've been able to connect Wh+67 to Khurram Rayeeni, which leads back to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar, which is where I suspect this will end up needing merging into. Still looking for more socks. Girth Summit (blether) 08:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ghjjjbvggg (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Clerk assistance requested: - OK, I think I'm done staring at IP addresses. Please could a clerk merge this into the Darshak.parmar case linked above, apply tags, and consider whether to request locks on all the accounts given their connection to a blocked account. To be clear, all of these are
Confirmed to each other, and to Khurram Rayeeni, and by extension to CloudFarr3r, who is suspected to Darshak.parmar. Girth Summit (blether) 08:35, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- Filing moved from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shamimanm. Spicy (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- Dual tagged, requested locks, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
19 April 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Adm-FUR (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools
Sleeper Adm-FUR woke up today after noticing we just deleted Zypp Electric, which was last created by sock User:Bhagat Jha. Uncle Spock (talk) 22:46, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
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Clerk endorsed - quick re-creation of an article recently deleted by an UPE, by a new account who just gamed autoconfirmed looks suspicious enough. MarioGom (talk) 06:23, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's
Possible - they overlap with some of the past socks on a very wide, busy range, but there's no smoking gun from a technical perspective. What I do see as a smoking gun, however, is recreating the deleted article verbatim - either it's the same spammer, or it's a different spammer working to the same very specific brief, which I would regard as meatpuppetry. Blocking either way. Girth Summit (blether) 08:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
19 September 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- QuadriSyedSahab (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (
Clerk note: original case name)
- Mrjoegoldberg (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Mrjamiawala (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Syedasalamatrahe (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools
DSP2092talk 12:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
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I am not connected to Mrjoegoldberg through the mail even. Mrjoe and I’m working on the same cause on “Sunni Wikimedia Community” i started on Meta. Mrjoe is also a Member there. They asked me about joining on My Talkpage that is very clear to you all. I don’t know why I’m here. I’m being blamed by some people, I’m working for my Community only. I’m not with that Darshak Parmar or any one. I was working alone and then got some help from Mrjoe in creation and edition on some articles. If working on same cause is a thing of Sock, then forgive me I’ll write this on Mrjoe’s talk page that do not edit my pages. I’m living in Kolkata, anyone from Kolkata can meet me even that I’m saying truth. If some user copies my userpage it doesnot mean that I’m connected to them. They might liked my userpage, or I don’t know why. I requested you all that please run a check nicely and so that i can be out of this. I uploaded many picture to Wikimedia Commons clicked by me, i hope it will prove that I’m from Kolkata and not a sock of anyone. You should check the IP that where does those IP belongs to. Thanks, that’s my last opinion. I was working for good cause for my community and not for destructive purpose. Syed A. Hussain Quadri (talk) 09:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
I wish to note here that Mrjoegoldberg attempted to canvass me to this SPI, presumably because I have reviewed some of their pages during NPP. I have since deleted the email due to it containing personal information, but it explicitly asked for help and described this SPI as needing an "SOS". Naturally I will not be complicit with this stealth canvassing, but think it is necessary context. Schminnte [talk to me] 11:11, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
- My regards to all!
- I think there are some things that I should present to you all.
- My name is Joe Goldberg.
- And I am a 2nd-year Bachelor of Technology student in Jamia Millia Islamia University. I have done diploma in mechanical engineering from this university. Besides, I have done Diploma in Mass Communication from Maulana Azad National Urdu University from a distance.
- I joined Wikipedia only a few months ago. And I am learning new things on this. Increasing my knowledge Besides, I am also contributing to Wikipedia. I have created 107 pages so far. Most of them belong to Indian politicians .I have also created articles for many Islamic scholars. Articles have also been created for many members of the Main Constituent Assembly of India. And I focus more on those articles. which infobox is not added. I add infoboxes to those pages. And I keep making various types of contributions to Wikipedia.
- But when this investigation was started, I don't know why it was done. I was doing my work with complete impartiality. But some users may not have liked my work. Anyway, I was very worried about this investigation. I felt as if my life was of no use anymore. Then I saw that the user (Schminnte) reviews my articles through NPP; maybe if some help is sought from them, then the work can be done. But I was wrong. And it was my mistake.
- I think everything should be done with complete fairness. And let me be given one more chance. I hope. I can work harder for Wikipedia.
- One last thing, let me clarify that I have no connection whatsoever with users Mrjamiawala, Syedsalamathrahe, Sahilrazvii999, CloudFarr3r, nor Darshak.parmar.
- Thanks you with Regards! Mr Goldberg 13:55, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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CheckUser requested - Filer has presented zero evidence. However, the page intersection between the two accounts, including each other's Talk pages, is enormous. Their userpages are also similar. Notwithstanding, based on English skills, they don't appear to be the same person. I am requesting a check to sort it out. Note that Mrjoegoldberg is the older account. Bbb23 (talk) 15:57, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- I've added two. Mrjoe, Mrjamia, and Syeda are all internally
Confirmed. Quadri is technically possible to likely. There's also some technical connection (I'd say move the case) to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar. Courcelles (talk) 19:21, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Noting the connection is that Sahilrazvii999 is confirmed to my confirmed group. Courcelles (talk) 19:22, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- I've added two. Mrjoe, Mrjamia, and Syeda are all internally
Clerk assistance requested: - Please move the case per Courcelles's comment. Bbb23 (talk) 19:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Case merged, set status to checked. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 12:03, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Awaiting administrative action - Given CU results and page overlap, please, indef Mrjoegoldberg, Mrjamiawala, Syedasalamatrahe. I'll tag these as proven to CloudFarr3r and suspected to Darshak.parmar. MarioGom (talk) 21:54, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- @MarioGom I blocked those three. Courcelles (talk) 14:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
- Tagged, closing. MarioGom (talk) 16:22, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
29 February 2024
Suspected sockpuppets
- Youknowwhoistheman (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools
Filing to go through workflow. Courcelles (talk) 12:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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- I received an email asking me to look into this account as they thought the timeline and behavior fit after my block of Mrjoegoldberg. Technically, it’s
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely), and needs a behavioral check. Courcelles (talk) 12:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
- There is overlap in topic areas and the timing is highly suspicious, but I see a lot of behavioral differences between this account and the confirmed socks. Sockpuppetry is possible, but I'm not confident enough in it to issue a block based on behavioral evidence.
Closing without action The WordsmithTalk to me 17:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)