Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/سلمان999/Archive

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The accounts are tag-teaming each other. سلمان999 created a WP:CFORK at Arab gulf states. I reverted as such, and shortly thereafter منيف restored سلمان999's article:. Similar shadowing is evident on a number of articles: /; /; /. Compare edit summaries: /; /. TDL (talk) 03:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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We both know each other and we live togather. We both are working on the same topics to improve them. The terms ( دول الخليج ) or the ( Arab gulf states) or ( Khaliji countries ) are widely used in the media and in the region as well as in many official organization to refer only to the six Arab gulf states. these six states have many similarities that distinguish them from Iraq and Iran. For example they have the same Khaliji (music), Khaliji arabic,  Khaleeji culture, life styles, etc.. Also, the HRW as one example use the term Arab Gulf States to refer to these six countries. Iraq and Iran are not part of these countries. So that topic should not be Content forking. Also, Many academic publications use the term ( Arab gulf states ) to refer to the six Arab states. As example there is book entitled : Arab Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates.

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 * ✅, along with . Blocked and tagged, closing. Katietalk 13:46, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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I think is acting suspicious. After you blocked (the sockpuppet) and  (the sockpuppeter). Saudi2828 restored all his deleted edits as you can see in ( and ) all his edits were initialy removed by Lemongirl942. The most thing that sparked my attention is this edit! and his return after two years of inactiveness as you can see in his contributions. Aṭlas (talk) 21:08, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * My IP was blocked few weeks ago, I submitted 2 unblock appeals, namely unblock appeal #16902 and unblock appeal #16925. The Wikipedia Administrator unblocked my account and told me the following (you should commit that your account will never edit the same topics as the other accounts of your "roommates". )) which I did. Now I am strictly following the Wikipedia rules.


 * Now, there are only 2 accounts that share my IP address: one is mine and the other is my roommate


 * I and my roommate are not tag-teaming each other. Here is my only roommate account, You can see his contributions are not same as mine. We don't edit the same topics so we can avoid sock-puppetry.


 * is taking this too personal. He wants to force his opinion although he no point at all. He asked you to block my account so he can remove my current contributions because he only disagrees with them. I have spoken to him as in [] before adding or fixing the Saudi Arabia's page . The following is my talk with him  []. He has no significant viewpoints, only he want to force his opinions. I am from Saudi Arabia, I am working to improve the article about my country. I believe that the article can be improved.


 * Before I do any edits, I write on the Saudi Arabia's talk page to share my ideas as I did in the following: [] and [] and [] and []
 * Again, I am strictly following the Wikipedia rules, If I'm breaking any of the Wkik rules, please let me know. Saudi2828 (talk) 22:05, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Seams that Saudi2828 was already cleared of this via WP:UTRS. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:25, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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Resuming behaviour of past socks. Compare the argument and identical sourcing here: vs. TDL (talk) 03:43, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Additionally compare this: vs. The master had been trying to fork Arab states of the Persian Gulf here on the grounds that the subset without Iraq was independently notable. The master retargeted this redirect to the fork. The new sock retargeted this generic geographical term from the current geographic topic to Gulf Cooperation Council, which is a international organization that Iraq is not a member of, based on the same logic of the master. TDL (talk) 02:39, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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I saw his text in the archive and tried to use his\her sources that's it. I did not know that you blocked him\her for this reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamiAdnan (talk • contribs)
 * Let it be shown on the record that the comment below is by the defendant, SamiAdnan. UN$¢_Łuke_1Ø21Repørts 16:23, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hey hey, look at this. Adnan in Arabic is 'عدنان'. I don't know Arabic, but the symbols in the sockmaster's username seem pretty darn close. Would you say 'عدنان' and 'سلمان' look pretty similar? I just want to try and make a point, not try and discriminate someone based on language/culture. UN$¢_Łuke_1Ø21Repørts 17:07, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * I do know some Arabic, and the sockmaster's name translates to "Salman999." However, there is no username similarity. GABgab 15:15, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, I wasn't sure. Once again, not trying to discriminate, the symbols just look the same to a non-speaker like me. UN$¢_Łuke_1Ø21Repørts 19:18, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, always pays to check. Usernames can be helpful sometimes. GABgab 02:47, 21 December 2016 (UTC)


 * - The diffs provided definitely raise suspicions but are not sufficient for WP:DUCK. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:09, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ❌. Considering the weak behavioral evidence from before, I recommend case closure. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 02:42, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)