Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Al aman kollam/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Logging for the record ~TNT (she/they • talk) 14:20, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * are ✅ to each other, and then ✅ to . ~TNT (she/they • talk) 14:21, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:23, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)


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–EdJohnston (talk) 18:04, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * EdJohnston and Bbb23, I was wondering if and this editor had any connection as Chennai Passangai, like Xavier 500.30.10, claims they have user rights that they don't have, he also comes from Thrissur and worked on some of the same articles, like versions of Shakir Subhan (Youtuber)/Mallu Traveler in main space and draft space. But Subhan might just be a very popular local YouTuber. Thought there might be a connection to the RoboShutter case. Just curious. Liz Read! Talk! 19:54, 23 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Reopening per EdJohnston at Special:Diff/1051482029. —&#8205;Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 21:04, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
On his user page, 0"cleopatra"0 takes credit for some articles actually created by User:Xavier 500.30.10, such as Ganeshamangalam. Someone might look over the creations by 0"cleopatra"0 to see if they actually deserve to be articles. I have done an indef SPI block of 0"cleopatra"0 under this case but someone else can decide whether to tag. Some other socks of Xavier 500.30.10 have been globally locked. I suggest that User:0"cleopatra"0 also be globally locked because he has been active on Commons and on Wikidata. EdJohnston (talk) 18:04, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to
 * Tagged, requested lock, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:30, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgive me for reopening, but I have some more CU results.
 * In addition, I have ✅ to User:Xavier 500.30.10 and have blocked the Ashker Malik account. EdJohnston (talk) 19:58, 23 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Ashker Malik tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - I've put the case on hold until it can be sorted out. The case is clearly going to be moved, but more work needs to be done to figure out where. Forgive me if I'm not supposed to change the status to hold. Bbb23 (talk) 22:09, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on behavior I consider it likely that User:Xavier 500.30.10 is the same person as User:MohammedShanooj03. The latter is stale for CU purposes but is already globally locked. No separate SPI case was ever opened for MohammedShanooj03. There are also some Commons CU results by User:Elcobbola. For example see commons:Category:Sockpuppets of MohammedShanooj03. The oldest account in this family (created on August 24) still accessible to CU is:
 * The first WP edit by Welcome 103.05.23 is this one on Sept. 6, asking for help in creating an article on Mohammed Shanooj. This suggests to me that User:Welcome 103.05.23 is the same person as User:MohammedShanooj03 even though I have no CU findings on the latter. It would theoretically be possible to retag all the User:Xavier 500.30.10 socks as socks of MohammedShanooj03, though I don't know if the clerks would consider that worthwhile.
 * In case the clerks want to rename the case in honor of the oldest sock, here are all the candidate socks and their creation dates:
 * [created March 18, 2018]
 * [created May 18, 2021]
 * [created July 1, 2021]
 * [created July 29, 2021]
 * [created August 15, 2121]
 * [created August 24, 2021]
 * [created Sept 11, 2021]
 * Admins will notice a number of these guys showing up in the edit history of the now-deleted article Al aman Kollam.
 * –EdJohnston (talk) 19:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * –EdJohnston (talk) 19:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)


 * (I've taken the liberty of changing the above list using the checkuser template as most of us can then see not only creation dates but whether the account is stale.) You mention Al aman kollam, but you haven't posted results, even though they are not stale. Same for AlamanKlm. Also, for some reason you don't mention, who is in the same boat as some of the others and is also not stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, six of the seven editors from my list above are ✅ to each other, going from Al aman kollam to Xavier 500.30.10, but omitting User:MohammedShanooj03 who is stale. In addition, the following editor is confirmed to the same group:
 * EdJohnston (talk) 20:44, 25 October 2021 (UTC)


 * - I recommend moving this to Al aman kollam, the oldest account, and tagging everyone as confirmed except MohammedShanooj03, who can be tagged as proven. Bbb23 (talk) 21:16, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm feeling lazy, so for the script:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 21:22, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved, retagged, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:23, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgive this post-close comment, but nobody has confirmed that is a sock and I recommend that the tag on his user page be removed. At most he made a few dumb mistakes such as removing an AfD template. He has a sensible-looking record on Commons and has uploaded quite a number of images successfully. EdJohnston (talk) 04:18, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Yup, that was an error on my part (forgot to uncheck the relevant box) – apologies. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:00, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgive this post-close comment, but nobody has confirmed that is a sock and I recommend that the tag on his user page be removed. At most he made a few dumb mistakes such as removing an AfD template. He has a sensible-looking record on Commons and has uploaded quite a number of images successfully. EdJohnston (talk) 04:18, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Yup, that was an error on my part (forgot to uncheck the relevant box) – apologies. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:00, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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First substantive action was to create Draft:Y Mall, Thriprayar, which was previously created in mainspace by a previously confirmed sock.

Userpage statement of I am new to wikipedia, but also i am well experienced editor in wikipedia, and apparent gaming behaviour in user sandbox sets general sock alarm bells ringing. Lastly, the username containing a number with decimal point lines up with prior socks (e.g. Bot clean up 1.02).

Unsure whether CheckUser is warranted/helpful here, will leave that to someone more familiar with the case. firefly ( t · c ) 13:46, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:52, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)


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The sockpuppet accounts create the article Y Mall again and again by creating new accounts. The user User:0"cleopatra"0 created the article first. After his account was blocked for multiple accounts. he came up with a new one User:Mallu editz 1.0 and created another draft on Y Mall (first contribution). That user too got confirmed and blocked. Now coming with a new account created same Y Mall. Confirmed sockpuppet of User:0"cleopatra"0. See the previous SPI investigation   O n m yw a y 22   talk 08:15, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Misfiled. Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/Al aman kollam. Bbb23 (talk) 13:56, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:31, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, requesting lock, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:26, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IB is clearly a sock given their rapid fire editing that obviously is not that of a new editor. Particularly their crossover with. See IB's userpage indicating he is a resident of Kerala and the male WP editor userbox, and Xavier's userpage which has the same two userboxes.

Then, we have IB recreating Mallu Traveler and Draft:Mallu Traveler, which were previously created by the same sock account (Xavier). PICKLEDICAE🥒 01:53, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * This account was confirmed as a Phoenix man sock at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Phoenix man. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:04, 31 August 2022 (UTC)