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11 October 2015

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Two Adnans, both engaged now in creating articles about AdnanSiddiqui. Also, AdnanAliAfzal has edited User:Adnansiddiquimoklpur and created another Siddiqui-related article, Mannat Siddiqui:Wikipedia. —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:47, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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I added User:Adnasiddiquimoklpur to the list. This user has not edited, but was created nearly simultaneously with User:Adnansiddiquimoklpur. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  04:02, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Also note that there is an actual valid Adnan Siddiqui article. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  04:08, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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It has been almost tag-team, the edits going back and forth between the two accounts. Both have created AdnanSiddiqui at some point today; that article is now salted. —C.Fred (talk) 04:04, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The three accounts are ✅. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:00, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

31 October 2015

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Another "Adnan" user name. Recreated Adnan Siddiqui mokalpur. —Largo Plazo (talk) 01:44, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Account is globally locked. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 16:45, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * I was speeding 2 of these articles created. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 02:33, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Account is locked. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 14:52, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * Nothing to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:18, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

19 January 2016

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AdnanAhmadSiddiqui was indefinately blocked because he kept creating a Wikipedia page about himself and this user started the an article on the same topic with similar contents.  Ya  sh  !   12:46, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * Obvious block evasion: sock has created Adnan Ahmad Siddiqui(Student) three times today, fork of salted Adnan Ahmad Siddiqui. NeemNarduni2 (talk) 16:26, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Sock's block upgraded to indefinite and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

08 February 2016

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Creating the same articles as the other socks and the sockpuppeteer have been creating.  Ya  sh  !   10:31, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:24, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

27 March 2016

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User with same naming convention as other sockpuppet account and linked former signature to previous account on userpage McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 02:37, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:17, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

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These accounts are ✅ to each other and this master via another investigation, and between and  to Sockpuppet investigations/Shabeehanswar. Checked by. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:58, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Shabeehanswar; tagged and closing. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:58, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Depending on the outcome of the above case, this may need moving to Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAliAfzal. Since this involves a link via an account blocked in the above case, it seemed best to place it here for now.

Smartsport has repeatedly requested permissions with stolen text from other users and adding the signatures of admins to make it appear that he's been granted permissions (at least superficially). Example:

This is similar to the behavior of, who made similar requests:

Note that both users only requested Confirmed and Extended confirmed. They also both used text provided by other users for requests for permissions unrelated to confirmed/extendedconfirmed (i.e. from rollback or page mover). ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:55, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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Investigation moved here from original filing at Sockpuppet investigations/Shabeehanswar. Per the investigation above, this account is a WP:DUCK of AdnanAliAfzal. Admins: please block this account. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:08, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. CLosing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:24, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Another "Adnan" from Mokalpur visiting Hira Public School (per the account's own information on their userpage). This school article and Mokalpur, Uttar Pradesh have been edited by several other socks and IPs in the past (including and  respectively, both are confirmed Adnan socks). These edits have been partially useful information, but most of them were for self-promotion and/or social media activity. One of Captain Avenger!'s first edits has been on my talk without any previous interaction between us. However I have been active recently removing spam and copyrighted images from various socks' edits in this area. Given these connections between the existing socks and this "new" user this is likely another sock. A recent message practically admits, that the user is the article creator (EnterShip) and is block-evading with a new account. GermanJoe (talk) 02:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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- please block this user. If they're not AdnanAliAfzal then they're deliberately impersonating them, right down to claiming to have the same permissions that previous socks have edit-warred to request. Please also oversight their user page, they appear to have posted their real email address, among other biographical information. Tagged in advance. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:54, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, moving out of workflow Courcelles (talk) 19:11, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

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Captain! Adnan is a self-admitted sock, see personal data and image on their userpage compared to previous socks - it's the same kid. GermanJoe (talk) 17:17, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admin action needed - - please block this sock. Thanks,  GABgab 20:19, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:44, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 21:49, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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A newly created account with several similarities to recent Adnan socks: The evidence might not be 100 percent conclusive, but shows a lot of similarities and oddities. Considering the vast amount of recent socking from the original sockmaster, 13 accounts by now, a CU might also be a good idea to check for potential sleepers. GermanJoe (talk) 04:16, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Initially the same editing interests with a large topical overlap (although the user has now moved on to movie-announcing articles): all first edits in D A V Public School, Tanda, Hira Public School, Hazi Azimulhaq Pahalwan, Musepur Kalan, Uttar Pradesh, Mokalpur, Uttar Pradesh have been in articles, that have been created or disrupted by Adnan socks.
 * Disruptive / incorrect usage of protection requests - see for example, similar to Smartsport and other Adnan socks.
 * Message to Adnan sock Captain! Adnan here: . However, that particular sock never had any edits outside userspace - so I wonder how that contact was possible from a truely independent new account.
 * Almost error-free article creations, and usage of advanced features like redirects and page protections, indicate that this is not a new user.

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK Adnan sock. Username similar to previous, same concern about semi-protection, same editing interest (Hanswar-based school article), self-admitted "My Is Name Adnan I belong to Mokalpur, Uttar Pradesh" on the editor's new userpage. GermanJoe (talk) 15:29, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:07, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious sock. See "Founded by Adnan Ahmad Siddiqui" (username of previous sock accounts) in infobox of User:Killer!/sandbox diff: GermanJoe (talk) 20:46, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * -, please block. Thanks, GABgab 19:55, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked. ~ Rob 13 Talk 01:50, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Several similarities and connections to other Adnan socks:
 * , including the unique village name "Bhoolepur, Ambedkar Nagar" in the "Welcome" message, is a copy/paste from the source text in, the talkpage of a previous Adnan sock.
 * Topical overlap with other socks, regarding Hira Public School, Hazi Azimulhaq Pahalwan and villages near Hanswar like the newly created Makrahi, Ambedkar Nagar
 * Creation of new redirects to village articles - most new users wouldn't even know the function.
 * Immediate mass-requesting of several user rights similar to other Adnan socks. GermanJoe (talk) 12:39, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * See also this diff - makes it a lot easier. GermanJoe (talk) 16:27, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Hmm, he created Ahan Shetty, (link only available to admins) which is a bit puffery-laden: "He wants to pursue his career in acting and is working hard for it. He loves singing and is a lead singer and guitarist in one of the famous music bands." That article was previously created by a sock of Rinku125, but I don't get the immediate sense that they're writing about the same person. Might just be a coincidence. I first encountered this suspected sock after seeing this edit where he appears to inflate an Indian film's gross without updating a reference. Definitely suspicious. Also, I don't know anything about Defaultsort-ing, but I don't know if " " is the right call for "List of highest-grossing Indian films". Why, just the transposition of Indian films for "FI" is weird. I also note this where he removes a redirect template and a page protection template... I think a CU might be worth it here, although I may wind up indeffing him if I keep spotting weird crap. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:33, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * - Based on the intersections with other socks and his questionable editing, which included financial vandalism, removal of important page templates, questionable "mastery" of DEFAULTSORT by a brand new user, redirects by a brand-new user, puffery-laden articles including at Karan Deol, I believe he's probably a sock of this guy, and that he's not here for constructive purposes. His his writing at Karan Deol was a real peach copy-pasted from somewhere. I found it in a YouTube description and a Facebook page. Involves tidbits about his family "rocking" Bollywood and that the kid "definitely has acting in his genes". Really? In an encyclopedia? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:49, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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Several clear similarities with other Adnan socks:
 * Similar interest in Hira Public School, with edit requests and deletion of semi-protection templates.
 * Although I don't have access to deleted images to be sure, the image on User:085!S! looks like the same kid from previous selfie uploads (iirc).
 * Detailed knowledge of Wikipedia userboxes, article protection and templating (not a new user).
 * Focus on userspace edits as social medium for self-presentation (except Hira Public School these are the user's only edits). GermanJoe (talk) 15:12, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Concur with GermanJoe's analysis. Account registered 4 days after block of most recent AdnanAliAfzal sock User:S..Yash . Note also new article created on "upcoming" Indian film Toilet - Ek Prem Katha  in a single edit perfectly formatted. Attempted copyright image upload to Hazi Azimulhaq Pahalwan (previously edited by S..Yash and multiple other AdnanAliAfzal socks). Voceditenore (talk) 07:37, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have added User:Hack iT, another "new" user with a virtually identical style user page which has also been edited by 085!S! . I'm wondering if a checkuser needs to be done to flush out other possible sleepers. Voceditenore (talk) 11:13, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those two with previous socks.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:56, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ + the following:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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Behavioural evidence, similar to previous Adnan socks:
 * 1) Topical overlap: Especially Azimulhaq Pahalwan and Hira Public School - these 2 low-traffic articles are almost entirely edited by Adnan socks.
 * 2) Knowledge of Wikipedia coding, signature formatting and protection templates (not a new user)
 * 3) Fiddling with needless or wrong disambiguation (see recent moves)
 * 4) Creation shortly after the last Adnan sock was blocked, 5 days later.
 * 5) (+1) And this of course: GermanJoe (talk) 14:41, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Yes, this is definitely ducky behaviour. The Hira Public School alone was sufficient for me to identify. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 15:00, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Thanks for the report, GJ and the comments, Lemon. I notice some Pasadena, CA IPs circulating at Hira Public School in the 8.37.225.* range. That's weird. Might not be anything, but I notice that many of the IPs in this range are editing Indian subjects almost to the exclusion of any other subject. And actually, as I look more closely, I just noticed this was blocked by Courcelles for being a proxy. Hmm... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:52, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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This SPI case kinda sprang up impromptu on my talk page here-ish. I'll copy/paste the content below, 'cause it seems to be the easiest.

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Ishq Hawa Mein
I think you're familiar with this one. Is "Cyber Power" linked to the farm? I initially thought it might be AwardPunjabi, but I think you and know this better. Maybe knows? I'm not filing an SPI as I don't know this farm, hoping one of you will if Ponyo doesn't get to it first. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:33, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * , I'll check if I can find any evidence to link "Cyber Power" to AwardPunjabi or any other farm. Cheers – GSS (talk |c|em ) 12:39, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I found some evidences to link "Cyber Power" to and few more users (Sock farm AdnanAliAfzal):
 * Cyber Power's first edit was to recreate Karan Deol which earlier created by S..Yash but this time Cyber Power made it a redirect and the use of Thanks is common in both users.
 * with : Both user created thier userpage with Wikipedia Is My LiFe in bold.
 * with : The use of capital "I" when writing is.


 * There are some more users who recreated S..Yash's work after his block. GSS (talk |c|em ) 14:53, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I'd noticed the Karan Deol thing, but didn't get a chance to look more in detail. Them's some good notes, GSS! The boldface on the userpage is odd. Also, they basically welcomed themself on their own talk page with the giant list of helpful links. Both the creation of the user page + the self-welcome look like standard sock efforts to hide their redlinks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:56, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, they always try to hide their redlinks and Cyber Power also has a tendency to move pages and creating articles about the children of Indian film actors same like previous socks. GSS (talk |c|em ) 15:49, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Including user  per exactly the same behaviour as above e.g. creating user page with Wikipedia Is My Life (in slightly diffrent way My L!fe iS W!kipedia), recreated master's work Ahan Shetty as redirect and same behaviour in moving articles and creating redirect. GSS (talk |c|em ) 17:56, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I think we're going to need a CU here. Looking at some of the articles 3OO has edited, I found AAS-786 as well, who created Nadeem_Javed. If you get a second, could you please look into this? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:18, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And too. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:21, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I notice some intersections with, including at Firangi (2017 film) - article created by sock of Mriduls. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:25, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * I've traced the accounts back to and  so you're looking at this master. They should all be blocked and their contribs nuked where appropriate.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've traced the accounts back to and  so you're looking at this master. They should all be blocked and their contribs nuked where appropriate.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've traced the accounts back to and  so you're looking at this master. They should all be blocked and their contribs nuked where appropriate.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Articles deleted where appropriate. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:45, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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Account was created shortly after the last Adnan-sock was blocked, and continues in exactly the same areas: Same interest in Indian MLA politicians (compare Nadeem Javed with the older Azimulhaq Pahalwan created by Adnan-sock : both articles are nearly identical aside from the person-specific values. An article for Nadeem Javed was recently prepared by another Adnan sock named, see deletion message for Commons:Category:Nadeem Javed. The user also updated the image link for the sock-created Wikidata entry on Nadeem Javed (not a new user, and clearly knowledgeable about all sock creations in that area). Another similarity are articles and (wrong) redirects promoting upcoming non-notable Indian movies and actors, see Ahan Shetty: this redirect was initially created by another Adnan-sock and has just been deleted by . With the continuing usage of throw-away accounts and sleepers I also ask for a Checkuser. GermanJoe (talk) 07:17, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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I just added who was registred couple of days after  blocked Cyber Power came back to recreate Sanya Malhotra earlier created by Cyber Power and they are known to welcomed themself on their own talk page. GSS (talk |c|em ) 10:49, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Just for ease of comparison: This version of the current Nadeem Javed article is very similar to this deleted version (only admins will be able to see this) in general structure, down to an extraneous space between "has been a member of the" and " Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh  ". Similar language used throughout, sections are basically the same format in the same order. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:05, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * X Host is ✅. Faisal Imtiyaz Khan is slightly more than . See also Sockpuppet investigations/Faisal Imtiyaz Khan.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I notice IP 49.202.120.219 editing at Sanya Malhotra. The IP appears to be on Tata Mobile, and the 49.* range on Tata was previously noted following around Nagendra NJ. Any chance of intersection with that user? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:34, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Faisal Imtiyaz Khan is ❌ to Nagendra NJ.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thx. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:55, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Close. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 19:57, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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Account was created a week after X Host was blocked and wearing a similar username as Fly UP. He is repeating the same kind of edits as the previous socks and again left a message on my talk page to review his articles. GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes and that was the exact copy of User:Fly Up/common.css and User:Fly Up/common.js. GSS (talk |c|em ) 17:37, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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Not account similar user Fly !  💯💯💯 (Talk) contribs) 16:58, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * For the record here, I accepted the stub at AfC on WP:NEXIST grounds based on thousands of sources covering this on news search alone. Timothy Joseph Wood  17:39, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * You mean the Bhoomi (film) article, right? Equally for the record, you've done nothing wrong. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:48, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Also for the record, I have removed as the article does not qualify under "no substantial edits by others".  Timothy Joseph Wood  18:47, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * User Fly ! recreated Bhoomi (film), which was previously created twice by socks of this guy. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:03, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, early changes to common.js file is unheard of for brand new user, early creation of User page to avoid redlink, added Twinkle by day 5? Has Huggle preferences set up the same day? And here they remove "Attitude Captain" from their display title formatting. Previous incarnations of this sock referred to himself as and  and  He also seems to like exclamations. Quack. I'm pulling the plug on this. I still endorse a CU since there are typically a few accounts being used. I'm going to wait to delete his articles until a CU confirms. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Some things don't make a whole lot of sense. At Draft:Sandbox 6, he was creating a draft article on the Super Splendor motorcycle, which obviously already exists. I assume that should be deleted. Kaalakaandi should probably be deleted. At worst, redirected, as it fails WP:NFF. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:46, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAhmadSiddiqui looks to be the same as this sockfarm. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * This looks like this sock master behaviourally. The ISP and IP ranges align as well.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:19, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Are these three cases all interlinked? Thanks, GABgab 01:12, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can link these accounts to Wiki-senetor conclusively, I only mentioned it here in case the quacking becomes loud and clear. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC) -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I merged Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAhmadSiddiqui here. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:13, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAhmadSiddiqui looks to be the same as this sockfarm. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * This looks like this sock master behaviourally. The ISP and IP ranges align as well.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:19, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Are these three cases all interlinked? Thanks, GABgab 01:12, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can link these accounts to Wiki-senetor conclusively, I only mentioned it here in case the quacking becomes loud and clear. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC) -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I merged Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAhmadSiddiqui here. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:13, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can link these accounts to Wiki-senetor conclusively, I only mentioned it here in case the quacking becomes loud and clear. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC) -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I merged Sockpuppet investigations/AdnanAhmadSiddiqui here. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:13, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Obvious duck, behavioral evidence: Similar name (see previous sock Supersonic Jet); similar topical interests (Hira Public School, non-notable / upcoming Indian movies); nonsensical empty semi-protected edit request on Talk:Hira Public School; upload of selfies to Commons. GermanJoe (talk) 10:35, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Are you still interested in CU? If not, feel free to close. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 11:02, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:15, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Creation of Mokalpur, Uttar Pradesh with social media spam links of the sockmaster (see ). Stale account recently re-activated - obvious duck. GermanJoe (talk) 15:56, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:36, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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Gurjitsinghghuman's first edit was to create a page in a sandbox last November about their business, then nothing further for six months. Then, two days ago, recreates Super Singh in that sandbox, then copypastes it to Super Singh (2017), for some reason. I've just moved that to Super Singh, but now see that both article titles have a history of sockpuppetry. Super Singh (2017) was deleted G5 this February by User:Nick, citing User:Aboutindianmovies as a sock of puppeteer User:Theactingeeker. Super Singh was G5'd by User:SpacemanSpiff in Sept 2016 and this January, as G5 Mass deletion of pages added by User:Cyber Power, currently listed as a confirmed sock of this puppeteer. So I'm not sure if I've got the right puppeteer here. Uncle Roy (talk) 11:45, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Note: I've deleted Super Singh as a promotional piece laden with copyright violations. I've warned the user about this. I don't care if they want to try to recreate the article, provided it's not full of suck. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:12, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 01:25, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The user is already blocked, and it's better to use that evidence than trying to fight with this technical evidence. Closing. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 15:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

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Created Ritesh Pandey which was previously deleted G5 (no master named). A discussion at User talk:GSS-1987 shows Fly Up to be a previously interested party in this article, also a previously CU'd sock of AdnanAliAfzal. The similarly named Ritesh Pandey (Bhojpuri Singer) was also deleted G5 and attributed to AdnanAliAfzal. Quack! Cabayi (talk) 13:04, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Ritesh Pandey and Ritesh Pandey (Bhojpuri Singer) are both creations of, a CU-confirmed AdnanAliAfzal sock, however the current version up for G5 deletion is not substantially similar to the deleted version. Please check against , and/or I can't tell if was checked or not, otherwise I believe all previously checked accounts are stale. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:56, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * AdnanAliAfzal is not.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Abhisintu appears to be ❌. Based on the blocking history and DeltaQuad's comment in the archive, I see no point to considering Gurjitsinghghuman.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:17, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Based on the technical evidence and the account's history I conclude that is not an AdnanAliAfzal sock, however they may be the second (non-sock) account of another user who stopped using their first account and is not blocked (who it is isn't important at this point). Pinging  to take a look at this against Sockpuppet investigations/AwardPunjabi based on Gurjitsinghghuman's block log. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:04, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's Awardpunjabi, the topics are differentiated by language. This one reminds me of an account I blocked before -- and for some reason I think I blocked a sock farm with similar behavior but I can't seem to find it. On a different note as we did discuss Awardpunjabi, the new geolocates are unlikely to match the old ones as I think he's moved location or something as I've seen differently geolocating IPs exhibiting the same behavior. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  03:20, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * It's very curious to me that this account created Truck Driver 2 a few days ago with a pp-semi tag, and with dated maintenance banners from October 2016 and November 2015, like they pulled the page from a deletion mirror, but I can't connect this to any deleted articles here. I'm not seeing enough to block here, so case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:12, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's Awardpunjabi, the topics are differentiated by language. This one reminds me of an account I blocked before -- and for some reason I think I blocked a sock farm with similar behavior but I can't seem to find it. On a different note as we did discuss Awardpunjabi, the new geolocates are unlikely to match the old ones as I think he's moved location or something as I've seen differently geolocating IPs exhibiting the same behavior. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  03:20, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * It's very curious to me that this account created Truck Driver 2 a few days ago with a pp-semi tag, and with dated maintenance banners from October 2016 and November 2015, like they pulled the page from a deletion mirror, but I can't connect this to any deleted articles here. I'm not seeing enough to block here, so case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:12, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * – vandalism after final warning; account is being used only for promotional purposes. DarkRessels created the eighth copy of an article for Allen Career Institute at Allen Kota. On being cautioned for it, immediately removed the notice and tagged a competitor's article for deletion. I'd suspect a sock puppet if any of the previous authors of Allen Career Institute had been blocked. As it is, DarkRessels is blatantly a COI editor acting on behalf of ACI's interests. Cabayi (talk) 18:24, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Have since stumbled across another version of the article Allen Career Institute, Kota which was created by User talk:Ctrl A, a CU confirmed sock of AdnanAliAfzal. This provides the missing evidence to support my feeling that DR is a puppet. Quack! Cabayi (talk) 18:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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What is going here with me? I created the article because it full fills all the conditions of wikipedia. The page Allen Career Institute, Kota that I created was with new content but It was soon deleted with the reason that I can't create a page which was previously deleted. The page that was deleted had fault. Its my newly created page so it shouldn't be deleted atleast without looking at its content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkRessels (talk • contribs) 19:14, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

The AdnanAliAfzal connection is probably coincidental, but please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Priyanshu8298/Archive. Per the information on his new userpage, that's an obvious sock of this old account - unfortunately also with similar promotional and disruptive edits. GermanJoe (talk) 08:26, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * I took a look and I agree with GermanJoe's findings; accordingly, I've indefinitely blocked and tagged DarkRessels. Compare to . I also think the connection to AdnanAliAfzal is probably coincidental, since the first Allen Career Institute, Kota was created more than a year ago.  Please merge this case into Sockpuppet investigations/Priyanshu8298. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 20:13, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "merge". We should obviously not merge the whole AdnanAliAfzal case to the Priyanshu8298 case. We can only make a copy of this latest report at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Priyanshu8298.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:15, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, please do that. Make a copy of this latest report at Priyanshu8298. (This should be a fairly trivial matter.) Apologies for the ambiguous terminology. Mz7 (talk) 03:47, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, copied to Sockpuppet investigations/Priyanshu8298. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)