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All of the accounts are hitting the Banday article around the same time, repeatedly reinstating similar information derived from a tareek (tarikh), which is a local tribal history. This is a very obscure topic with no apparent reliable sources, so the chances of this being coincidental are practically zero. It may be meatpuppetry but similarities in naming style - words + numbers - make me suspect it is socking.

I'm not giving diffs: it should be evident, I think, from every contribution made at that article. Sitush (talk) 09:13, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Like Kautilya, I don't think the Wasiq account is problematic. If it is, it is a remarkable case of good hand/bad hand. - Sitush (talk) 07:55, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * I can say for certain that doesn't have any relation to the others in Group 2. He has always been polite and constructive (especially with me) whereas  has spewed venom. Moreover, Wasiq thanked me for the Welcome message containing links to policies and said that he has read through them. (The only user I know who ever said that.) I think it quite unlikely that he would sock. Neither does he have any reason to. His editing has been perfectly fine. I will try and look through the other cases to see if I see any similarities/differences. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 18:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * The other users in Group 2 also seem different from each other. is grinding an axe against Indians.  is grinding axe against Pakistan.  wants to say that Awan, presumably his tribe, are Pakistani Punjabi. The POVs are all different from each other. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 19:19, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * All i have to say is that this is my first and only account on WP. I don't really understand why i have been named here and what kind of evidence led my naming as a sock account. Wasiq 9320 (talk) 19:11, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * What is up with this case now? — Wasiq 9320 (talk) 15:14, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . I'll check,, but I really wish you'd file these cases with the oldest account.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 1 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are technically ✅ to each other and technically to Group 1:
 * for all the Group 2 accounts. I can see the topic and article overlaps, but because I'm not involved in any of these articles or topic areas, I have trouble seeing who's behaviorally connected to whom. One possibility is that all the Group 2 accounts are behaviorally related to Group 1. It's also possible that only some are. Finally, regardless of whether accounts in Group 2 are behaviorally connected to Group 1, they may be related to each other.
 * Mohammed Ali 123 is ❌ to Groups 1 and 2.
 * I've blocked the Group 1 accounts without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I find no other connection, but somewhat hesitantly wrt some of Group 2.
 * Unless someone reverses this close, you're clear and good to go.
 * Aarif shah 92 is the master. Moving, tagging, and closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:05, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * for all the Group 2 accounts. I can see the topic and article overlaps, but because I'm not involved in any of these articles or topic areas, I have trouble seeing who's behaviorally connected to whom. One possibility is that all the Group 2 accounts are behaviorally related to Group 1. It's also possible that only some are. Finally, regardless of whether accounts in Group 2 are behaviorally connected to Group 1, they may be related to each other.
 * Mohammed Ali 123 is ❌ to Groups 1 and 2.
 * I've blocked the Group 1 accounts without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I find no other connection, but somewhat hesitantly wrt some of Group 2.
 * Unless someone reverses this close, you're clear and good to go.
 * Aarif shah 92 is the master. Moving, tagging, and closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:05, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I find no other connection, but somewhat hesitantly wrt some of Group 2.
 * Unless someone reverses this close, you're clear and good to go.
 * Aarif shah 92 is the master. Moving, tagging, and closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:05, 25 October 2016 (UTC)