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14 February 2014

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This article created by me along with some other articles was first PRODed by 182.181.138.123, but was contested by me. The same was repeated twice by 39.32.9.141 (1, 2). After two days it was again PRODed by Aftabbanoori but he immediately undid himself. And in about two hours it was again restored by a new editor Bilalsos. Also the reason for deletion remained the same/similar all along these reversions. First (when no registered editor was involved) I thought it was LanguageXpert IP sock, since he uses the same IP range (and I have filed a number of SPI reports against him), but now that some registered accounts are involved I am forced to think differently, but it still is complicated given the geolocation of the two IPs. And since it clearly is not accidental logged out editing and (if a connection is established) it is a clear abuse of Sock puppetry policy and Behavioral standards expected from an editor (regardless of whether those articles deserved to be deleted or not), I do like to request a CU run. -- S M S   Talk 18:49, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Added User:Kohati1. A newbie who restored an image, earlier uploaded and added (to the article Roots School System) by Aftabanoori. -- S M S   Talk 17:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * They are definitely related but I still suspect this may be related to LanguageXpert, would a CU take a look please? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:57, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The named accounts are ✅ to one another, but are technically ❌ to LanguageXpert. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:57, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've indef blocked the socks and blocked the master for one week. The IPs are stale. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:19, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

23 February 2014

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Reporting because of block evasion as Aftabbanoori is currently blocked for socking. This IP restored an image that was uploaded by the master and was also restored by IP socks earlier (182.185.80.213, 182.185.19.221). S M S  Talk 18:22, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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Hi, I admit that I had edited an article on Kohat, but neither my edit was nasty nor I had deleted or added something inappropriate.

I did it in a good faith, I like Wikipedia and want to be a trust worthy member, I want to work with community for Wikipedia.

Aftab Banoori 14:21, 27 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aftabbanoori (talk • contribs)

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The editor has admitted to block evasion. The previous socks are archived and logged. I think that the best course of action at this point is to give Aftabbanoori a final chance after all of this, because they are relatively new and my assumption is that these policy violations are from an unfamiliarity with Wikipedia rather than malice. I'm going to leave a strongly-worded warning on their user talk page to let them know the severity of their transgressions, and to let them know that any repetition of this behavior can lead to an indefinite block. --  At am a  頭 00:47, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

14 April 2016

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Aftabbanoori was recently 2-day blocked for edit warring, now an IP is back to restore the same image. Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring Andy Dingley (talk) 20:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account and IP blocked for 1 week based solely on behavior. Mike V • Talk 16:53, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Upon further investigation, I have found that Aftabbanoori is not involved in sockpuppetry here. I have unblocked the account. Mike V • Talk 20:26, 15 April 2016 (UTC)