Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aalaan/Archive

28 February 2014

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Two accounts with a shared enthusiasm for promoting the work of architect Fazlur Khan: --McGeddon (talk) 10:43, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Both added similar praise to the Willis Tower article, a year and a half apart, using four of the exact same references.
 * Both added the exact same line and reference to the Burj Khalifa article about how it "would be difficult to find any world-wide practices in the design of tall buildings that have not been directly or indirectly influenced by [Khan's] work", sixteen months apart.
 * Both editors have unilaterally upgraded most of the Fazlur Khan article's WikiProject templates to "Class A" and/or "high importance", with no explanation.
 * Both have tried to blank the same talk page section from Talk:Fazlur Khan (a talk page questioning Luthador's upgrading of the article's wikiproject status to "Class A, high importance").
 * More recently, there have been some overlapping edits on Bangladesh: Luthador added a photo of a statue of Khan to the Bangladesh article, Aalaan expanded its caption some hours later and a few days afterwards Luthador undid another editor's removal of it.

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 * - - Should be an easy one. Whilst the behavioural evidence is very convincing there is a fair bit of time between the edits and the accounts have been around for a while so would a CU please take a look and confirm. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ NativeForeigner Talk 11:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Both blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

05 March 2014

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Looking like block evasion. A couple of days after User:Aalaan is blocked for sockpuppeting, User:119.30.38.38 arrives to remove the same peacock tag from Fazlur Khan that Aalaan was trying to remove before being blocked, and posts at Talk:Fazlur Khan to make the same unindented "but here is a link to a source" misinterpretations of other editors' concerns, explicitly repeating Aalaan's misunderstanding that if a statement is sourced it cannot have any WP:PEACOCK issues.

38.94 did the same, and 38.204 appears to be continuing 38.94's conversation on the talk page, all of them editing the article in a biased tone. This looks like User:Aalaan was on a shifting IP at the time of the block and has realised that they can still edit the article if they don't log in. McGeddon (talk) 13:36, 6 March 2014‎ (UTC)


 * As a footnote, User:119.30.39.151 has since opened discussion about unblocking User:Aalaan (almost unambiguously referring to the user as "me") after having Khan-related edits from 119.30.* reverted as WP:EVASION. --McGeddon (talk) 12:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * He's back with User:119.30.38.201 and User:119.30.38.70 today, apparently deciding against requesting an unblock of his primary account and posting to talk pages instead. But if he can switch IP at will I guess it's just a matter of reverting on sight rather than blocking the IPs as they pop up. --McGeddon (talk) 15:37, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * None of the IPs has edited for at least a couple days so closing with no action (though it's very likely that these IPs are Aalaan). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:44, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Without having seen this SPI, I had already independently discovered 24 IP addresses that Aaalaan has recently been using to evade his/her block, including all the ones above except 119.30.38.70, which makes 25. There may well be more. I have blocked two IP ranges covering the IP addresses used for a week. In one of the ranges there are scarcely any edits that are not evidently from Aalaan, so collateral damage will be tiny or nonexistent. Unfortunately, in the other IP range, the number of edits that seem to be from other editors is very small but not quite so small. However, even in that range, edits by Aalaan are such a large majority that the substantial benefit to the project will far outweigh the slight loss. I hope that Aalaan will get the message, as a longer IP block would be very unwelcome. The articles that have been most affected have been semi-protected for a short while, but so many pages have been affected, including numerous talk pages, that semi-protecting them all is out of the question. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:58, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

14 June 2014

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The was to remove four threads from Talk:Fazlur Khan. This is exactly the same edit that was performed by the various IPs listed above; and removal of these threads was a habit of Aalaan. Users and  may have more to offer on the matter. Red rose64 (talk) 15:50, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked and tagged. Talk page semi'd for two months. Not much point blocking the IPs as they look quite dynamic. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:33, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

22 June 2014

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Posting identical image as previously blocked user Amortias (T)(C) 21:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Admin blocked the sock account. Closing. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

26 June 2014

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Similarity of username. Adding same image of baby supposedly affected by radiation to Depleted uranium article. ‖ Ebyabe  talk -   Welfare State   ‖ 17:28, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

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It looks like a duck to me. The new account has been blocked indefinitely. This isn't Akadwayson's first incident with sockpuppetry, so I've extended that user's block by one week. —C.Fred (talk) 17:40, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

11 July 2014

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IP editors in the same two IP ranges (58.97.* and 180.149.*) that User:Aalaan was using to evade blocks last month have been edit warring an unnecessary Fazlur Khan credit into the Burj Khalifa article, beginning around the same time that the block evasion over Talk:Fazlur Khan was prevented by locking the talk page.

User:2pacshakurr's very first edit was the same one that these IPs have been reverting, followed by a few dozen copypaste duplications on various other articles (perhaps under the impression that this would make it look more like a "real" account?) and then another revert of the Fazlur Khan line this morning. McGeddon (talk) 08:00, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The master is stale, so, technically speaking, it's not possible to link these socks to him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot per the previous blocking of Soemsoem. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

24 July 2014

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Dexter211 has recently uploaded File:FR Khan memorial in sears tower.jpeg, an exactly copy of File:FRKhan-scultpure-willis-tower.jpg which was recently deleted from Commons and originally uploaded by User:Aalaan. Both claim the photo to be their own work. Dexter211 has been padding out their Fazlur Khan related edits by duplicating and deleting arbitrary content on other articles, in the same manner as User:2pacshakurr, a recently blocked sockpuppet of Aalaan. McGeddon (talk) 12:10, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:59, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:10, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

29 July 2014

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Reverting to the version of the Fazlur Khan article written by User:Aalaan's block-evading sockpuppets, adding an image to Willis Tower which had been uploaded by one of Aalaan's sockpuppets, messing around with redirects to try and recreate the Khan article at a different title, and making the same revert-churning edits as the user's other recent socks. McGeddon (talk) 15:35, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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It looks like a duck to me. I've blocked the account indefinitely. —C.Fred (talk) 16:02, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * - In the past CU has found socks so it's worth a look this time. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:19, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Found a few ✅ socks:, , and . Elockid  ( Talk ) 14:48, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Confirmed socks blocked and tagged and I've merged Sockpuppet investigations/Akadwayson/Archive into this case's archives. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:03, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

15 August 2014

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DoialWood was blocked for misuse of the username policy. Since then, Asif Babu has been editing on the same pages. All the pages are about the film Scientist and the actors of it and the suburb it was created in (Doialwood). NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 09:05, 15 August 2014 (UTC) NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook  09:05, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Both are ✅. Tiptoety  talk 03:59, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

16 August 2014

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Blocked duck. Recreated articles previously created by socks: Sabbir Howlader and Shuvo (copy of Asif Shuvo). Previous CU reports have resulted in sleeper accounts being detected so asking for a sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * for sleeper check. --Rschen7754 18:47, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ and . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:32, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked. Closing with no further action necessary. Mike V  •  Talk  22:43, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

20 November 2014

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New account reverting the semi-protected Fazlur Khan article to Aalaan's preferred April 2014 version, as previous sockpuppets have done, after waiting four days and making 10 edits to an unrelated article in order to become autoconfirmed. Edits to unrelated article were arbitrary copypaste duplications, the same approach favoured by previous socks such as User:2pacshakurr. Similar username to User:Pokempokem, blocked in July. McGeddon (talk) 10:55, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * The technical evidence is for the most part, but the behavioural evidence is solid. I've blocked the account.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:15, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

21 May 2015

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Padding of Fazlur Rahman Khan (Special:Diff/663266192), which is very similar to previous sockpuppets (Special:Diff/634674385). Also has the habit of making edits to other pages and immediately undoing them. Conifer (talk ) 01:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Just like the last sock, even for suspected socks, the technical data is stale, and just like the last block, the behavioral evidence is strong. I've therefore blocked the account. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:40, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

22 May 2015

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Same edits as sockpuppet account that was blocked (Special:Diff/663519246) Conifer (talk ) 15:26, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Looking at the history of the page, the individual has moved on to a different IP address, so a block isn't the best thing here. I've semi-protected the page for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 00:40, 30 May 2015 (UTC)