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24 October 2013

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All three users and the IP have made no contributions to Wikipedia except to creat promotional articles, AFCs, redirects, etc. for someone named P.K.M Aboobacker Amani. (Most contributions have been deleted, I believe.) This appears to be a concerted effort to maintain a self-promotional biography of a non-notable person on Wikipedia by subverting the AFC process - see also Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/P.K.M Aboobacker Amani. Deli nk (talk) 10:27, 24 October 2013 (UTC) Deli nk (talk) 10:27, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

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I tagged the master and changed the tags of the two puppets. The IP is stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

16 October 2015

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Recreates an article about Aboobacker Amani. As Aboobacker Amani was deleted four times and is salted they now use the DAB Aboobacker Amani (Calicut Review).

Calicut Review is a non-notable magazine created by the same user, and the article has been PRODed.

Also notice the 2013 discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/P.K.M Aboobacker Amani. -- Sam Sailor Talk! 11:20, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

I have added to the investigation. Account made a comment on Talk:Calicut Review a few hours after the article was created by. As AamPP was created on 10 October and EditorFromAsia was created on 13 October I request a CU for sleepers be run. -- Sam Sailor Talk! 13:13, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
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I have added.
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CU evidence: According to Ponyo, — Preceding text originally posted&#32;on User talk:Ponyo&#32;([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ponyo&diff=prev&oldid=686080509 diff])&#32;by Ponyo (talk&sdot;contribs)&#32; 21:51, 16 October 2015‎ (UTC)

Behavioral evidence:
 * 1) Here: Sriharitvm edited the Calicut Review incarnation that was a soft redirect to now deleted ml:കാലിക്കറ്റ്‌ റിവ്യൂ (Calicut Review) according to deleting admin.
 * 2) Malayalam Wikipedia: their 25 contributions  there focus entirely on Calicut Review. They created the navbox template ml:ഫലകം:ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്_മാദ്ധ്യമങ്ങൾ (Template:English media) including Calicut Review and added it to 20+ articles.

-- Sam Sailor Talk! 07:55, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Based on feedback from User:Irvin calicut, an admin on Malayalam Wikipedia I am adding IP 163.47.13.22, IP 2406:5600:5a:1fd7:f1d0:c85b:ae84:2c55. These may or may not be relevant to the investigation here, but as I can't see deleted contributions, I can not add evidence. -- Sam Sailor Talk! 09:02, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
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 * , and  are ✅ to each other and blocked, however the master is . I haven't tagged the accounts so that an admin or clerk can make a behavioural comparison between these socks and the master.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:07, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I've also blocked as ✅ to the group above.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:47, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I tagged all of them as confirmed to this master. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:01, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

05 April 2016

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AboobackerAmaniOfficial has an obvious name connection. AfzarTimoor created Aboobacker Amani (scholar). I've already blocked both per WP:DUCK, but I'm reporting them here mainly to put it in the record. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:54, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:20, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

22 May 2016

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User:ArtsRescuer recently has had made multiple requests for rights that nakon declined, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ArtsRescuer#A_barnstar_for_you.21 shows a brand new user (MarkazOnline) giving them an administrator's barnstar, ArtsRescuer responded in two minutes. ~ riley  ( talk  ) 04:52, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Looks like COI editing going on here. See thread at COIN. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * What this? • Arts Rescuer 05:57, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a discussion regarding your usage of multiple accounts. Please read WP:SOCK to find out more. Editing Wikipedia using more than one account without a valid reason is not allowed and will result in being blocked. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 12:58, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


 * MarkazOnline and MarkazMediaDept seems to be promotional usernames too. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 13:00, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.
 * A few handfuls of logged out edits.


 * Sleeper/Range check is needed on this, i'll try and do that in the morning. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 04:55, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * to the above and each other:
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:20, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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Same preoccupation with the topic area of Markaz.


 * Created 14:59, 25 May 2016 after a previous sock had talk page access removed less than 24 hours earlier at 18:03, 24 May 2016.
 * Has edited exclusively pages that ArtsRescuer edited. (Not really a good diff to provide; example of history where they both edited recently)
 * Both users created a user page on metawiki, which is highly unusual. I can think of no plausible way in which a new contributor would even know meta exists.
 * Both editors edit across multiple different languages, which is again unusual for a new editor. These links are to XTools, so loading time will be higher than a usual page load.  ~ RobTalk 16:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those two accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:48, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ to ArtsRescuer. Mike V • Talk 02:54, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Inserted Aboobacker Amani into Amani and created an article about a book written by him at Why Ahmadiyyas are not Muslims. bonadea contributions talk 09:42, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. CLosing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:17, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

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Spamming links to aboobackeramani.com, e.g. at and. Also uploading pictures of Aboobacker Amani at Commons. bonadea contributions talk 11:53, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Pusthaka Ppuzhu is ✅ from . I've blocked the new account without a tag.
 * There is a technical connection between this case and Sockpuppet investigations/Shafinusri. The behavior of the accounts needs to be analyzed to see if it's likely one master. If the result is yes, the other case should be merged into this one.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:44, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I cant find behavioral link to the other case. Closing this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:01, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Appears to be all set to create a new version of the article at Draft:Aboobacker Amani, having requested it here with all the same non-RS/spammy references. Other editing activities have mostly been to attempt to purge other mentions of the name Amani from Wikipedia, e.g. here and here. bonadea contributions talk 20:03, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * APonmala is ✅ to and Co. Mike V • Talk 22:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK - this is identical to recently deleted versions of the article. bonadea contributions talk 13:05, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

And another iteration of the article: Aboobacker Musliyar. --bonadea contributions talk 14:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:34, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Editing on same topics
 * A previous sock (ArtsRescuer) had been active on the page Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya. Had been involved in moving the page to this title. Compare edit summaries page move by previous sock, page move by suspected sock
 * Created Aboobacker Amani. A previous (likely) sock was named AboobackerAmaniOfficial (See here)
 * Behaviour at AFD
 * Nominated 2 AFDs with just the word "notability" as the rationale. See AFD 1 and AFD 2. Compare with previous sock AFD3, AFD4 and AFD5.
 * Others
 * Has edited on multiple language Wikipedias. X tools link.
 * Has a page on meta, very similar to earlier socks

Previously, sleepers were found, so I am requesting CU for a sleeper check. Lemongirl942 (talk) 10:42, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged FlorenceJoyner per WP:DUCK, with as a confirmed sock of FlorenceJoyner. No sleepers found. Closing &mdash;  MusikAnimal  talk  01:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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It has seemed likely for some time that FlorenceJoyner was another Aboobackeramani sock, as almost all their edits have been concerned with promoting Aboobacker Amani, including some vandalism of pages such as Amani (musician), also vandalised by earlier Aboobackeramani socks. Now they have managed to recreate Aboobacker Amani despite the title being salted, by first creating it as Aboobacker musliyar (another title also used by a previous sock) and then filing a move request. Some helpful admin has even restored the article history including all the speedied versions (of the title Aboobacker Amani - as we know there have been several other versions). Provided FlorenceJoyner is blocked as a sock, the article should be deleted as G5 and re-salted. bonadea contributions talk 17:23, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Adding AnoopSibal. Based on this attempt to promote a book by Amani, cf this from an earlier sockpuppet. --bonadea contributions talk 17:27, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

I've just noticed that FlorenceJoyner is also reported in Sockpuppet investigations/Shafinusri. --bonadea contributions talk 20:05, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * You blocked those two as socks of Shafinusri. Don't you think they belong here?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:08, 5 December 2016 (UTC)  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:08, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Are we sure they're not one and the same? My conclusion did involve some deduction, as older socks were stale. From older checks, we know ArtsRescuer is a confirmed sock of Shafinusri, and the behavioural evidence connecting FlorenceJoyner to ArtsRescuer is beyond WP:DUCK. Finally, I was able to confirm AnoopSibal to FlorenceJoyner, so it sounds like there is a common sockmaster &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I merged cases and re-tagged Shafinusri socks with dual tags. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:40, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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Trying to recreate the article about Amani, and also involved with other articles edited by previous socks: T. Arif Ali which ArtsRescuer removed a lot of content from has now been nominated for AfD by Muhammed Anwar Baqavi. The user claims to be a student of Aboobacker Amani, a claim also made by at least one earlier sock. bonadea contributions talk 21:48, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Adding Anas647, who has created Quba Educational Trust about Aboobacker Amani's organisation, by overwriting a different article and moving it to that title. I have reverted the move, the content added by Anas647 is here - note how none of the sources mention the organisation. "Quba" is a term that at least one previous sock has added to articles, and the connection to Amani, as well as the use of move request looking very similar to that made by blocked sock FlorenceJoyner to create Aboobacker Amani a few days ago, make it very likely that this is another sock. --bonadea contributions talk 06:39, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Yes, this is ducky behaviour. The AFD nominations are good enough for me to connect it to the list of previous socks I have encountered. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 02:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts ✅ to previous socks. Blocked and tagged. Closing &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  05:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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Created International Islamic Yearbook, an article about a book by Aboobacker Amani. The article makes some blatantly false claims, such as being the "successor" to a book series (Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law) which still exists, or being published by Brill Publishing, which does not include it in its catalogue - and the only reference link provided that mentions the book is this, a wiki style page created by a user with the same user name as a previously blocked sock on Wikipedia. BinAli67 has also posted templates on articles about Islamic books written by other scholars. This is behaviour that was also displayed by some previous socks. bonadea contributions talk 12:18, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Katietalk 10:38, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ - blocked, tagged, closing. Katietalk 10:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * As per Sockpuppet investigations/LanguageXpert, ✅ to Aboobackeramani. . GABgab 18:46, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Created Quba Educational Trust (kozhikode) - previously created as Quba Educational Trust by another sock. Interestingly, Aboobacker Amani's name is not mentioned in the article this time, although all the external links in the article promote his books. RaySingh tried to connect QET to another organisation by a very similar name in the UK, which would have lent the organisation some semblance of notability as the UK organisation has been mentioned in the papers. However, there is no real-world connection between them, and I have looked long and hard for one: they have different areas of activity, different logos, different everything except for the name.

Another thing that Aboobackeramani's socks have been doing is hijacking articles about Muslim scholars or institutions, or nominating them for deletion. RaySingh has done both these things:, ,.

Finally, there is a connection via articles such as Markaz and Sunni Cultural Center, Karanthur, which have been edited by several different Aboobackeramani socks in the past. bonadea contributions talk 16:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Yep, definitely a strong overlap with ArtsRescuer in particular, what with their focus on Markaz. Here is RaySingh partially restoring ArtsRescuer's original version of a dab page, with their preferred institution as the main entry and some extra links to it. --bonadea contributions talk 14:07, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * I've been meaning to open an SPI case myself. I've noticed there's a significant overlap with the previous sock – almost half of the 25 uniqe articles they've edited have also been edited by ArtsRescuer . And they do share a penchant for frivolous AfDs and CSD tagging, which are also otherwise unusual for a user with only 75 edits. –  Uanfala (talk) 20:58, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * On Wikidata, RaySingh added blatant wrong identifiers to the item about Amani . This is a similar behavior of other Aboobackeramani's socks . --Pasleim (talk) 15:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * A strong indicator is that Aboobacker Amani calls himself 'founder and chairman of Quba Educational Trust' on several web pages like Linkedin, see also here. Btw, please check on the fly as well, I'm personally not sure about them, but they were suspected on Commons to belong to this farm. --Achim (talk) 18:33, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
 * For the record: some stale accounts that belong to this case per uploads on Commons and behavior on wikis:
 * tagged but not yet blocked:
 * --Achim (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * tagged but not yet blocked:
 * --Achim (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * tagged but not yet blocked:
 * --Achim (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * --Achim (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Only the following can be confirmed as a sock at this time. It is very likely that some or all of the above-noted stale accounts are related. Account is blocked, all of the suspected stale accounts are already blocked, most in 2013.

Risker (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * All done here, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:30, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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Account created one day after the previous sock ArtsRescuer got blocked. Thalassery has CSD-tagged articles previously nominated for AfD by ArtsRescuer: ~,  ~. A similar propensity for almost blank AfDs (see Articles for deletion/Varadamudra), and almost identical moves of the same article ~.

Also, a record of blatantly inappropriate tagging  that reminds me of previous socks. – Uanfala (talk) 16:42, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare to previous socks. I'm not sure, I think User:RaySingh is the only non-stale.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Salvio Let's talk about it! 10:54, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:41, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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Created many articles related to Al-Maqar, ,  an university of which Aboobackeramani is the Chief communications officer.

Exactly like the previous identified sockpuppet User:RaySingh the user removed many items from List of Islamic universities and colleges in India and added in the same edit Al-Maqar univerisity ( vs ).

On Wikidata, the user added wrong identifiers to items, e.g. or, to pretend notability. That is the same strategy other socks of Aboobackeramani used before. --Pasleim (talk) 09:14, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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. All previous data is too to be able to make a comparison, sorry. This one's going to have to be a behavioural decision. Yunshui 雲 水 10:00, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
 * THe behavioral evidence here, on Wikidata, and Commons is a clear link to the sock farm, blocked and tagged as proven, closing now. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  11:39, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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Joined WP in August 2019 after 's CU block of as an Aboobackeramani sock in April 2019. Substantial interaction overlap with MalayaliWoman as seen on the Editor Interaction Analyzer, which does not even catch obvious signs like this renomination of MalayaliWoman's failed AfD nomination for K. A. Siddique Hassan.

Authordom also has significant overlap with other older socks of Aboobackeramani on obscure low-activity articles, e.g. There's overlap with almost all of old blocked socks. — MarkH21talk 21:37, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Overlap with
 * Overlap with the few edits of
 * Overlap with the few edits of
 * Overlap with the few edits of
 * Apologies for giving the wrong account creation date, I had only looked at the first edit and assumed that it was the same time as the account creation. Some diffs:
 * Two AfD nominations of K. A. Siddique Hassan:
 * AfD by MalayaliWoman: A Kerala based Islamist. I think the article not notable.
 * Renomination by Authordom: Non notable Indian Islamist.
 * Cleanup at Shaikh Muhammad Karakunnu
 * Cleanup tags by MalayaliWoman
 * Removing publication lists by MalayaliWoman
 * Cleanup tags by Authordom
 * Removing publication lists by Authordom
 * Tagging notability concerns for Thelitcham Monthly
 * Tagged cleanup for notability by MalayaliWoman
 * Attempted (malformed) AfD nomination by MalayaliWoman
 * Notability tag by Authordom
 * Related AfD nominations of Darul Huda Islamic University and its constituent Darussalam Islamic Academy
 * AfD of former by MalayaliWoman: Non-notable Islamic seminary based on Chemmad, led by Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi. Doesn't touch WP:GNG.
 * AfD of latter by Authordom: This is a non notable Islamic academy affiliated by another non notable Islamic academy, Darul Huda Islamic University in Kerala.
 * Renomination of latter by Authordom: Fails WP:GNG.
 * Removing the same sections and changing "Infobox university" to "Infobox institute" at Darul Huda Islamic University
 * Deleted "Students", "Faculties", and "Partner universities" sections by MalayaliWoman
 * Changed "Infobox university" to "Infobox institute" by MalayaliWoman
 * Deleted "History" section by MalayaliWoman
 * Re-deleted "Students" section by Authordom
 * Re-deleted "Partner Universities" section by Authordom
 * Re-changed "Infobox university" to "Infobox institute" by Authordom
 * Re-deleted "History" and "Faculties" sections by Authordom
 * Wikilink removal at Ishaath Public School
 * Removal of Ideal Association for Minority Education wikilink by RaySingh
 * Removal of Ideal Association for Minority Education wikilink by Authordom
 * Identical link removal & additions to "See also" at Shahre Mubarak Grand Masjid
 * Removal of Sunni Cultural Center, Dubai and Sunni Cultural Center, Karanthur, addition of Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya and Markaz, Dubai by RaySingh
 * Removal of Sunni Cultural Center, Dubai and Sunni Cultural Center, Karanthur, addition of Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya and Markaz, Dubai by Authordom
 * Same preferred romanization at Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya
 * Changed to "Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya" by RaySingh
 * Restored to "Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya" by Authordom
 * Tagging at Welfare Party of India
 * Advert tag by RaySingh
 * Notability tag by Thalassery
 * Notability tag by Authordom
 * We could go through dozens more, but I think the WP:DUCK is already quacking. — MarkH21talk 20:17, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

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May someone consider checking as well. I had opened an SPI that Mumbaigold is Authordom's sock. Sadly rejected at Sockpuppet investigations/Authordom/Archive. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  10:00, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Also the cases may be merged? Because Authordom is not the master as he is someone else's sock. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  10:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * The past user accounts are too stale to run a check against and compare. This case will need behavioral investigation.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * This is confusing. The order of events is not quite what  describes.  Autodom's account was actually created before MalayaliWoman's account was created, although it is true that they didn't start editing until after MW was blocked.  I don't think that alters the basic story, however.  I've also found something interesting which makes me think both Authordome and MW had prior experience (or, at least, outside coaching), but perhaps not actually the same people.  If a clerk emails me, I'll share what I've found and would certainly appreciate a second set of eyes evaluating its significance.


 * Other than the extensive overlap in articles edited, I can't see any specific edits which make me think sock, but there's a lot to sift through, so -- RoySmith (talk) 19:16, 28 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the detailed diffs. The second AfD nomination and the university -> institute changes are what sold me.  Blocked and tagged, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:53, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hold on archiving, please, I'd like to use this for training., this case isn't marked as cross-wiki, but the master is globally locked. Please look this case over and determine if anything needs to be done here before archiving. If you'd like to double-check before acting, we can talk this through on IRC tomorrow. GeneralNotability (talk) 04:17, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I've got a few questions that I'll ping you about on IRC. One thing jumps out at me though: there is an account, - created in February 2020, but it has never edited. I assume it didn't show up in the CU check because the IP would be stale (courtesy ping to ), but it looks like an obvious sleeper so I'll block it and tag it.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:47, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I've requested global lock on both accounts - I believe it's ready to archive now. Girth Summit  (blether)  14:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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both Islam promotion IDs and  have similar edits here  and. Both are concentrated on article Darul Huda Islamic University for a long time, and is evident here and.

Suspect that is the sock of blocked user  who are both into Islam promotion in articles from Kerala, a check user investigation will reveal the fact. Atheist kerala (talk) 21:30, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * , would you have a look here based on the previous SPI that I had filled several days ago? There seems to be something new here. Regards, ─ The Aafī   (talk)|undefined  13:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Please move case to Sockpuppet investigations/Aboobackeramani. I'm already convinced behaviorally that Sabeelul hidaya is a sock of Aboobackeramani. However, Suhail Chemmad's POV is in direct opposition to Sabeelul hidaya and other Aboobackeramani socks. Bbb23 (talk) 22:57, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I would note about Sockpuppet investigations/Keralafeminist. This may be in retaliation to them being reported at that SPI. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:03, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree. However, I suspect both SPIs have elements of bad faith. That said, given my comments above, do you have any objection to the move?--Bbb23 (talk) 13:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Bbb23 I have no objection to this case being moved, and my comment was really only to provide the passing admin/CU some more context. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The requested move seems to have stalled. I've blocked Sabeelul hidaya and tagged them as a suspected sock of Aboobackeramani. Bbb23 (talk) 01:10, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge finally ✅. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2022 (UTC)