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The user pages AZ & NN share the same biographical details, assertion of being a Wikimedia Bangladesh board member etc. ANO & NN shared the same portrait. When asked for an explanation NN blanked the userpages of AZ & ANO. NN was handed a 2 year block. Since then he's continued his AFD removal using IP accounts. 123.108.246.179 was blocked for 31 hours by as a block evader. 119.30.47.23's contributions are continuing in the same vein (AFD removal & fixation on the same articles). Reporting under the oldest account despite the lack of post-block activity. Cabayi (talk) 13:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I notice TNT's blocked the 2nd IP while I was writing up the report. Thanks TNT. Cabayi (talk) 13:28, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * +2 more IPs also removing the AFD notice on RadioFaryad. Cabayi (talk) 16:34, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * +IP removing the AFD notice on Sajidul Islam Pathan, another of NN's pet articles. Cabayi (talk) 21:53, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * NleeNehal's block was upgraded to indef before I got here. I've blocked the IPs that have been active as recently as yesterday. The two older accounts are very likely the same person as NleeNehal but as they haven't edited recently I'm going to leave them unblocked, however this case should remain filed here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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Same userpage adornment as User:NleeNehal, same fixation on Vahdat Rahimi. Quack! Cabayi (talk) 21:29, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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RahulMonalisa18 recreated Vahdat Rahimi as VahdatRahimi, and RadioFaryad as Radio Faryad Cabayi (talk) 11:03, 13 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Having spotted the alternate title Radio Faryad, adding previous authors as additional possible socks who bear investigation, 119.30.32.47, & Ismailim.

While tagging Ismailim's creations with G5 I've noticed significant overlap with and a level of overfamiliarity with Orchitaakter's sandbox (Orchitaakter/sandbox) which would only be likely with sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. Cabayi (talk) 15:51, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * - pretty obvious, but one of these accounts is quite old (but not stale). Please check against the case archive and for sleepers. The IP is probable but stale; CU not endorsed for the IP of course. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The following accounts (most already blocked) are ✅ to each other:
 * Ismailim is just barely to the above accounts, principally based on location.
 * RahulMonalisa18 is ❌.
 * I've blocked AzNahalofficial1995. I'll leave Ismailim and tagging to the clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've blocked both RahulMonalisa18 and Ismailim, as the pages they recreated were almost byte-by-byte identical to the previously deleted versions of these articles. If they're not the same user or part of the same operation, they're using copy supplied by the same source. So you can call it sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry or undisclosed paid editing or whatever you want but they're blocked. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:40, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, RahulMonalisa18 is editing from a different country from all the other users/accounts. That said, I don't have a problem with you blocking that user plus Ismailim for "whatever", but I don't see the tags of suspected socks as appropriate, particularly given that Ismailim is older than Abdullah Zubayer. The tags also "equate" those two users/accounts to the confirmed socks (at least to each other).--Bbb23 (talk) 15:03, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * well, that was why I chose "suspected" for those templates, since I *do* suspect that they're editors coordinating with each other to accomplish a goal that is against policy; meatpuppets, I guess. I don't think they're the same person but probably the same operation, I'm sure you know these UPE operations are often many users editing from distant places. The tags are useful (I think) for future cases, for a reporting user to look up the case where these reports have been filed, and/or for clerks to do the same to keep things together. But if you think these tags are obstructing some other process it's fine with me to remove them or tag them some other way (not with a sock tag), just let me know. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * maybe you did already, but can you check Ismailim versus and ? All three have participated in recreating Borhan Khan after it was previously deleted, though several years ago. Orchitaakter alse created a separate draft of the article at an unusual location, which Ismailim found and bounced around through a number of other odd namespaces (see the edit history at Template:Borhan Khan) before it eventually ended up at Draft:Borhan, although the history is shattered. The three also overlap with IPs which are likely related. If the accounts are related but not to this case, I'll split them out. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've blocked AzNahalofficial1995. I'll leave Ismailim and tagging to the clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've blocked both RahulMonalisa18 and Ismailim, as the pages they recreated were almost byte-by-byte identical to the previously deleted versions of these articles. If they're not the same user or part of the same operation, they're using copy supplied by the same source. So you can call it sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry or undisclosed paid editing or whatever you want but they're blocked. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:40, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, RahulMonalisa18 is editing from a different country from all the other users/accounts. That said, I don't have a problem with you blocking that user plus Ismailim for "whatever", but I don't see the tags of suspected socks as appropriate, particularly given that Ismailim is older than Abdullah Zubayer. The tags also "equate" those two users/accounts to the confirmed socks (at least to each other).--Bbb23 (talk) 15:03, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * well, that was why I chose "suspected" for those templates, since I *do* suspect that they're editors coordinating with each other to accomplish a goal that is against policy; meatpuppets, I guess. I don't think they're the same person but probably the same operation, I'm sure you know these UPE operations are often many users editing from distant places. The tags are useful (I think) for future cases, for a reporting user to look up the case where these reports have been filed, and/or for clerks to do the same to keep things together. But if you think these tags are obstructing some other process it's fine with me to remove them or tag them some other way (not with a sock tag), just let me know. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * maybe you did already, but can you check Ismailim versus and ? All three have participated in recreating Borhan Khan after it was previously deleted, though several years ago. Orchitaakter alse created a separate draft of the article at an unusual location, which Ismailim found and bounced around through a number of other odd namespaces (see the edit history at Template:Borhan Khan) before it eventually ended up at Draft:Borhan, although the history is shattered. The three also overlap with IPs which are likely related. If the accounts are related but not to this case, I'll split them out. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other, very to everyone else, except of course ❌ to RahulMonalisa18:
 * Blocked without tags. For RahulMonalisa18 and Ismailim, I'd like no sock-related tags. Anything else is up to you. For the three accounts listed above, tags indicating that they are CU-confirmed to each other are fine. I'd rather not have suspected tags, but if you feel strongly they are appropriate, go ahead.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Iiinteresting. I'm happy to remove the tags for the other two, but I'm going to have to come back to it. Gotta run for a bit. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've un-tagged the two unrelated accounts, and left a block notice referring to undisclosed paid contributions. For the record, I can't come up with any scenario where several accounts recreating identical versions of articles aren't somehow working together in a way that violates of the sockpuppetry and paid contribution disclosure policies, notwithstanding the CheckUser evidence, and if there was not conflicting technical evidence I would have considered these accounts proven. But I also don't wish to interfere with CheckUser operations. The Borhankhan01 accounts have been added to a new case at Sockpuppet investigations/Borhankhan01. I believe this takes care of everything here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:40, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags. For RahulMonalisa18 and Ismailim, I'd like no sock-related tags. Anything else is up to you. For the three accounts listed above, tags indicating that they are CU-confirmed to each other are fine. I'd rather not have suspected tags, but if you feel strongly they are appropriate, go ahead.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Iiinteresting. I'm happy to remove the tags for the other two, but I'm going to have to come back to it. Gotta run for a bit. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've un-tagged the two unrelated accounts, and left a block notice referring to undisclosed paid contributions. For the record, I can't come up with any scenario where several accounts recreating identical versions of articles aren't somehow working together in a way that violates of the sockpuppetry and paid contribution disclosure policies, notwithstanding the CheckUser evidence, and if there was not conflicting technical evidence I would have considered these accounts proven. But I also don't wish to interfere with CheckUser operations. The Borhankhan01 accounts have been added to a new case at Sockpuppet investigations/Borhankhan01. I believe this takes care of everything here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:40, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

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recreated Hojat Rahimi and RadioFaryad as Faryad Radio (iran). Praxidicae (talk) 22:45, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * There's Draft:Radio Faryad too; I see little room for doubt here, but it would be good to know what check-user yields, so I've requested that above. I've deleted Hojat Rahimi, but will hold fire on the other two. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:11, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

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BDBBA is ✅ to. . See Sockpuppet investigations/Borhankhan01.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:43, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Please copy this report to Sockpuppet investigations/Borhankhan01 and then close this. Thanks —DoRD (talk)​ 12:55, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Cabayi (talk) 13:11, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * copied & closed. Cabayi (talk) 13:15, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

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Dunno if this is meat or sleeper but first edit in quite a while was recreating Hojat Rahimi and Draft:Faryad Radio (Iran). Seems like a coordinated meat effort. Praxidicae (talk) 14:57, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, closing without looking at behaviour or technical evidence. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:38, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

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I honestly don't know which farm to file these under but, yet another Hojat Rahimi creation. Praxidicae (talk) 16:11, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to previous socks., Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:36, 19 April 2019 (UTC)