Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ak131001/Archive

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Reviewing AFDs, I couldn't help but notice the exact same Keep comment being made in Articles for deletion/Aik Mohabbat Kaafi Hai. See Lillyput4455's comment, Ak131001's comment and M5315k's comment. They also all seem to have a problem leaving a proper signature. Lillyput4455 has been editing here for years so if this is a case of sockpuppetry for the purposes of an AFD vote, I'd advocate for a limited duration block and a stern warning rather than an indefinite block. If this is a case of sockpuppetry, it was done in a clumsy way and I think, or I hope, it might not be repeated. On the other hand, the identical comments could be the result of two inexperienced editors who didn't know how to make their own, original arguments to keep an article. Liz Read! Talk! 01:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC) Liz Read! Talk! 01:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I didn't see there was a previous case or, at least, previous suspicions about this editor. When I checked Lillyput4455's block log, there was no block for sockpuppetry. Reading the associated SPI case, it looks like there was a possible but not definite connection between this account and the sockmaster found in 2018. I don't really know how to evaluate uncertainty on the part of checkusers. But, as I said, if this is sockpuppetry, it is not stealth sockpuppetry. Liz Read! Talk! 01:38, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I filed it under Lillyput4455 but it now appears that the two sockpuppets just copied and pasted their comment in the AFDs instead of writing their own. So, it looks like multiple accounts but no sockmaster? Liz Read! Talk! 02:25, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ to one another. Given that they have cast identical !votes at multiple AfDs, and they are also messing around reverting themselves at multiple articles (perhaps in an attempt to appear to be two different people?), I'm indeffing both accounts. There is nothing that would allow me to connect them to Pakistanpedia, or to Lillyput4455, other than the fact that they all appear to be in the same country.
 * - this case seems to have been raised in a peculiar manner, with Lillyput4455 in the name of the case but Pakistanpedia as the proposed master. Please can you try to tidy it up? Girth Summit  (blether)  14:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I've split this out into a new case, since the CU data wouldn't allow me to connect it to other Pakistanpedia accounts, or to Lilliputt4455. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  06:45, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account was created several days after Ak131001 was first blocked. The overlap is significant, both accounts showing high interest in Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui and Chak Beli Khan. More specific examples, the Noor TV UK article was changed from redirect to article by AK13101, it was changed back to a redirect, then EaglePak changed it back to an article.

There's also similar edit summaries that they both seem to commonly use - "Fixed" - 4 times by EP, 59+ by AK, "Added reference" - 2, 32; For accounts that don't use edit summaries often, that's interesting. Early edits from EP show pretty strong familiarity with Wikipedia.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:56, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * The behavioural evidence seems convincing enough, especially looking at these page histories: . (I also noticed that both Ak131001 and EaglePak092 have edited the English Wikiquote). - please indef EaglePak092. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:42, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * . Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 08:29, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 08:34, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

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The evidence is mainly from the shared interest from Mppc2 and prior socks.. As with prior accounts, most edits are to Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui and Chak Beli Khan. The last article is basically only edited by accounts tied to Ak131001. I can't show any recreated edits as an IP editor reverted back anything that removed edits from prior sock. May need to consider semi-protection of the more common targets if this is confirmed.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:00, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * This account was registered shortly after the last sock,, was blocked. Besides the overlapping interests noted in the filing, both this account and previous socks have edited Wikiquote: . It seems unlikely to me that all of this is a coincidence. - please indef Mppc2. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:30, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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The Greenarm12 account was created just days after Mppc2's block. Although it's made fewer than 150 edits, there's already a great deal of overlap with past socks, such as at Chak Beli Khan (a very low-traffic article), Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui, and Noor TV (UK), and Nerian Sharifidentical behavior to what's described in the archives. The quacking here is loud enough for a block, I think. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:54, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * !00% concur. See history at Mohiuddin Trust, created as a redirect by prior sock and full article by Greenarm, article tied to Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui (of course).  The history at Noor TV (UK)  shows the interest from multiple prior socks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:06, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * And of course, while typing this, Blablubbs layeth the smacketh down on the sock.  Ravensfire  (talk) 21:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yup, also noting the recreation of Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui and gratuitous loutsocking. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:04, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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Brand new user, created the same article previously created by Ak131001 and same file uploaded on Commons as matched nature as of sockmaster. Worth a check I guess. Also, I am a bit confused the block log 'Ak131001' says, it is Lillyput4455 (but the account, Lillyput4455 is not blocked yet.). May be this case can be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Ak131001 or should it be merged? Kind regards, &mdash; Tulsi   24x7  07:44, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Sir, I have done nothing wrong. You can see the article ,it is a good faith article. Yes, if ٰI do some manipulation, then you have free choise to take action against me. Realone102 (talk) 09:03, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Comment I think this is more likely to be a sock of Ak131001 given the recreation of Arif Mehmood Alam, I've reported to Sockpuppet_investigations/Ak131001.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:28, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note - they have been blocked as a sock of Ak131001.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:55, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/Pakistanpedia. Ak131001 was originally reported at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lillyput4455, which was later merged to Pakistanpedia, but neither Ak131001 or Lillyput4455 were found to be related to that case. Closing as redundant to the below. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:30, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Recreated the Arif Mehmood Alam which was originally created by, the most recent AK13101 sock.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:24, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 05:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

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WP:REFUND requests to undelete blocked user's creation UtherSRG (talk) 12:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * . I'm assuming the relevant diff is . This is insufficient evidence to suspect sockpuppetry or run a check. Lillyput4455 is an editor with more than 8900 contributions, and their account predates Ak131001 by more than 3 years. If we suspect Lillyput4455 is related to Ak131001, then we would need much more comprehensive behavioral evidence than this to take action. The WP:REFUND edit could alternatively be explained by Lillyput4455 simply sharing an interest in the same subject and wanting to write an article about it. . Mz7 (talk) 09:00, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
See Ahmad Nawaz and Draft:Ahmad Nawaz. Nathan2055talk - contribs 22:28, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * I just came here to make the same report. I thought it was just an autobiography, and I see dozens of those every day in DraftWorld, but then noticed a sockpuppet had been previously involved in article creation. Liz Read! Talk! 02:45, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * The draft created by Ahmadnawaz08 was undoubtedly spammy (and I think it was written by ChatGPT), but it seems to describe a different person than the article created by socks of Ak131001: the latter is about a student union president who survived a terrorist attack, while the former is about an unremarkable IT technician. Considering this, I'm declining CU and closing this case without further action. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 12:29, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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This IP address is pushing the same title as was created by the sockmaster and has been speedily deleted. I understand that Checkuser will not connect the IP and the sockpuppeteer. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:05, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * The content of the draft is similar to the deleted revisions at Mohiuddin Trust, so it's likely to either be LOUTSOCKing or a parallel UPE effort. I don't think there's much cause to block the IP given it's almost certainly been reassigned however. Closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 16:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)