Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ajwadsabano/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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I recently blocked Ajwadsabano for persistent tendentious editing, involving promotion and whitewashing of Saudi Arabia and its government, see details here. According to their own statement, they have been editing the Saudi Arabia article for five years, in my opinion in a promotional way. They have posted two unblock requests, which have been declined.

User:Salmanov123 looks to me like a semi-sleeper of Ajwadsabano; they have been here for 1 year 4 months, but only have 37 edits, 14 of them in the last couple of days. They also seem to edit exclusively for the purpose of whitewashing Saudi Arabia and its regime. The most striking circumstantial evidence is the timing of Salmanov123's very first edit to Saudi Arabia: it was made just two days after I blocked Ajwadsabano, which was two months after Salmanov's last previous edit. (Salmanov has, however, edited Talk:Saudi Arabia before). Bishonen &#124; tålk 11:07, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Per the circumstantial evidence provided by Bishonen and similarities in the users' edits and edit summaries. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I can't confirm it, but I'd like a second opinion as I may have missed something. Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 11:46, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm with Doug on this - technically, these two users appear ❌. I can't rule out the possibility that they're spoofing the data, but the logs say they're operating on stable IP ranges on different continents.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:51, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I also did a check, and came to the same conclusions. Also, the timecards of the two accounts are consistent with two different people living where the geolocations suggest.  I agree that the editing overlap raises questions, but that's not enough to take any action on.  Closing with no action. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:21, 1 March 2022 (UTC)