Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji/Archive

04 January 2012

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After was blocked for repeatedly removing the AFD template from Khushi Aur Gham, a hoax article about a purported Indian television program,  appeared and began creating similar hoax articles (Super Hit Talent Awards and Khushi Ke Saath Gham), using the same writing style (all words capitalized, no punctuation). Admins with privileges to view deleted articles are encouraged to review the deleted Khushi Aur Gham to compare its style to the current Khushi Ke Saath Gham. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:50, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * It's pretty likely, but I'm going to endorse to confirm that. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Tiptoety talk 08:20, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Everyone's been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:30, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

23 January 2012

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Latest sockpuppet, attempted to again re-create hoax article Super Hit Talent Awards under altered case Super Hit talent Awards. Instawisdom (talk) 09:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

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Ali33471 indef-blocked as a duck, but a checkuser for possible sleepers might be useful, in view of the amount of history of sockpuppetry. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - An IP Block might be in order. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  11:09, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Didn't see any sleepers, everything is already blocked and tagged. A range block is not possible. WilliamH (talk) 12:36, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Closing. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  12:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

06 February 2012

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created the article, which was speedily deleted as G5, and the username is similar to the previous socks. . ─═Klilidiplomus █ Talk═─ 08:02, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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Everyone's blocked, so I'll mark for close. TN X Man 14:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

11 February 2012

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. Recreated Chahat Khanna as, and similar editing patterns as the previous socks, not to mention the obvious username. Klilidiplomus+Talk 18:41, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

12 February 2012

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The first sock was created by, which was blocked as a sock. Ali99911 then created the two other socks. . Klilidiplomus+Talk 07:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * They're all blocked already. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:23, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

15 February 2012

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The first account created the others with the summary "i want to create articles", the same summary used by previous socks, and the usernames continue the same obvious pattern. . Klilidiplomus+Talk 13:17, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Can this be closed? User:NawlinWiki already blocked all of the accounts listed here. Klilidiplomus+Talk 13:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Checked for sleepers per the history of abusing multiple accounts - found . WilliamH (talk) 14:20, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked, rangeblock in place. NativeForeigner Talk 20:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

16 February 2012

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User name and contributions serve as evidence for Ali18982. Ali18983, which was created today, has no contributions yet, but the user name is a bit of the giveaway. bonadea contributions talk 11:41, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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No other sleepers I saw and a large rangeblock is already in place. TN X Man 15:04, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

05 March 2012

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Self-admitted here. See also this request for undeletion of a page repeatedly recreated by Thomas.young socks. bonadea contributions talk 13:52, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * TN X Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN X</b> Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * All accounts blocked & tagged. --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * We're done here. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:37, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

09 March 2012

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. Similar usernames as previous socks. Ali9815 is already blocked by User:NawlinWiki. <span style="font-family:'Courier new',monospace">Klilidiplomus+Talk 17:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind, all blocked already. <span style="font-family:'Courier new',monospace">Klilidiplomus+Talk 17:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

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Marking for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

08 July 2012

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Recreated List of accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as List of Accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (because the first article needed him to be autoconfirmed to create). They were both G5'd as Thomas.young234. Has the poor grammar and spelling of Thomas.young234 (see here). David 1217  What I've done 15:48, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * I recreated the page List of Accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai but i didn't know that this page was created by a banned user and i'm not related to so just remove my name from sockpuppet of Thomas.young234 and please i'm a good and intrested contributor of Wikipedia so please please please please remove my name from sockpuppetry cast Thank you and sorry i created the page of List of Accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Later I'll be careful but plzzz plzzzzz plzzz plzzzz remove my name ToMaS786 (talk) 15:55, 8 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the user is a sock of . Used almost the same words this edit as ToMaS786 (plzzz plzzzzz plzzz plzzzz) and this edit as I.am.the.best0 (plzzzz plzzzzzz plzzzzzzz plzzzzzzzzz). User also uploaded a file with the code  . Armbrust, B.Ed. <sup style="color:#E3A857;">WrestleMania XXVIII  <sub style="color:#008000;">The Undertaker 20–0  16:02, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh god I don't understand why you all make me the sock puppet of S/one any body say plzzz plzzz plzzz so it doesn't mean the (s)he is sockpuppet of Fineuser or Iamthebest0 ToMaS786 (talk) 16:08, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing that Fineuser = Thomas.young234., who is a confirmed sock of Thomas.young234, and (I think) created the first incarnation of List of accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, made that same "plzzz" message on his talk page. David  1217  What I've done 16:21, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the rules and regulations of WP when a blocked user says Plzzzzz so the other user also plzzzz so it doesn't mean that the user is sock puppet of blocked user i said that i'm interested contributor in wikipedia please don't make WP such a website that any one should hate this web and due to contribution of David1217 I'm slowly slowly hating it I just wanted make the Article Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai short therefore i kept a seprate article and I didn't know that in WP once an article is created by a banned user so after that users are not allowed to recreate, Thank you ToMaS786 (talk) 16:26, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ToMaS786 blocked. For what it's worth, the rules are very simple. Use one account, and one account only. Do not use multiple accounts to evade scrutiny or slant consensus. WilliamH (talk) 16:41, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * Kindly reported himself to my talk page a moment ago. ✅, also found . . WilliamH (talk) 16:03, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Everything is already taken care of. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ the following are socks:

-- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  04:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:49, 9 September 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Moving casename from to Ali Mohammad Khilji as the oldest account.
 * Already blocked but retagging accounts to new master and closing.

09 January 2013

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My suspicions begun when 182.183.130.172 (no edits except on Greatuser's talk page) gave Greatuser a barnstar for their contributions to List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan - after Greatuser made the prose worse and there are now even more issues. Another barnstar was awarded to Greatuser for their contributions to Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, many of which have been reverted (basically all but the most recent). The latter was awarded by Great Ali Hussain, a new account (made today) with five contributions. I would like a checkuser to see if these are Greatuser. I am very suspicious about this due to the fact that many of the edits were reverted, but also the very poor quality of the prose in the edits. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:58, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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Suspicion. The first action of the newly created account Great Ali Hussain was to post a barnstar to Greatuser's talk page, itself created just a day before. Name similarity adds to suspicion. Note: Greatuser edited as Great User until a few days ago. <span style="font-family: 'Candara', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #AAAAFF 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class: texhtml"> kashmiri 19:59, 9 January 2013 (UTC) <span style="font-family: 'Candara', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #AAAAFF 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class: texhtml"> kashmiri  19:59, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note that Greatuser did never edit as "Great User", but just moved their talk page to User:Great User. See this thread on their talk page. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Greatuser claims to be from India on his talk page while 182.183.130.172 is a Pakistani IP address. Knowing the realities of the Subcontinent, that alone would preclude these two have anything in common. Hope this helps. <span style="font-family: 'Candara', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #AAAAFF 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class: texhtml"> kashmiri 21:19, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * - In addition to the barnstar, Great Ali Hussain made a "non admin comment" at WP:RFPERM as his first edit in a manner reminiscent of Greatuser. Endorsing to make sure that the account is indeed Greatuser and not that barnstar troll again.... Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:18, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Recommending a sleeper check on Greatuser if a CU is done, due to concerned expressed to me privately the other day. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;  Join WER 18:21, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * - T. Canens (talk) 03:39, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅, unambiguous. Also, who is apparently part of a big sock farm. . T. Canens (talk) 03:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all the sock accounts indefinitely and the IP for a week. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:25, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

04 February 2013

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These three IPs are obvious sockpuppets of Greatuser; same editing style and target articles. More damningly, he's posting unblock requests to User talk:Greatuser using two of them in order to evade the no-talk-page block of that account. The IPs are in the same range as the one previously reported here. Presumably these are dynamic IPs; is the whole range quiet enough for a block? Psychonaut (talk) 08:45, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Also of note: in a recent edit the IP accounts claim to operate User:Greatuser and User:Thomas.young234 but not User:Ali Mohammad Khilji. —Psychonaut (talk) 08:57, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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Are you really suggesting blocking an entire ISP in India for that? As long as the editor is not vandalising Wikipedia articles, I would suggest to end witchhunting.

As to his "two identities" claim, I recall he has claimed this before (can't trace this down right now) and it seemed plausible to me (an Indian would hardly ever take up publicly a Pakistani identity, and vice versa). However, checkuser confirmed that these were indeed socks. <span style="font-family:'Candara',sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;text-shadow:#AAAAFF 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em;class:texhtml"> kashmiri 11:29, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No, I am not suggesting an entire ISP be blocked. I was asking whether the particular range of dynamic IPs he is using is narrow enough that he can be blocked without causing collateral damage. The answer, in this case, appears to be "no". —Psychonaut (talk) 11:35, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * I have put their favorite page on pending changes for three months, but other than that, there is little that can be done. He doesn't use any one IP for very long, and the IP range is too vast to range block. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

12 August 2013

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Did same edit as the other sock of Khilji. Or may be he/she is a sock of "Mujahideen101", but atleast this user is a sock. S M S  Talk 08:59, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * As brief as the case is, it's also very clear. The alleged puppetmaster has a drawer full of socks, and while the edit in and of itself might merely raise an eyebrow the previous history of the same behavior is enough to cause alarm. I hope this is endorsed. MezzoMezzo (talk) 10:22, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * There's currently an unblock request at User talk:Greatuser. They claim they haven't used any sockpuppets for six months. —Psychonaut (talk) 19:28, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:08, 17 August 2013 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:37, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Info in the archive is stale and this user has already been indeffed. Closing.
 * Relisted with clerk endorsement for checkuser per the unblock request.
 * Found a sleeper: . is .  Tiptoety  talk 05:09, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked new one and closing. Rschen7754 05:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

07 January 2014

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Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:10, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) I read the prior history about at the archive of Sockpuppet investigations/Pks1142.
 * 2) But something more suspicious was found when I looked through the prior talk page history for List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan.
 * 3) The prior nominations for List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan, including a peer review and other discussions, were nominated by, another blocked sock belonging to this sockfarm: Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ali Mohammad Khilji.
 * 4) More case history and evidence listed at Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji/Archive.
 * 5) Multiple similarities to discussed at Sockpuppet investigations/Pks1142/Archive.

Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:19, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Addendum, similar userpages
 * 1) Compare the userpage of with the userpage of.
 * 2) Both use the file of File:Lichtcharakter Bornrif.gif prominently on the top left of their userpages.
 * 3) redirects to.
 * 4) was a contributor to article Vidya Balan.
 * 5) Starting to become concerned there is a sockfarm online here tied to Vidya Balan somehow.
 * Please see also evidence laid out by at DIFF. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:44, 11 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Closing per Amalthea's comments. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:32, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


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 * New account posted to the GOCE request page;
 * The request is for an article of a Bollywood actress;
 * The request is for copy-edit in preparation for a planned Featured List review;
 * The new account's user page has the same layout design as Prashant's talk page;
 * The new user's account appeared on17:35, 9 October 2013 between the discussion with GrahamColn] and Prashant's block at 22:15, 10 October 2013;
 * New user uses the same signature template the Prashant used a while back with his old account—compare new user's sig with Prashant's (old account Pks1142) of February 2013. It was the sig that prompted me to investigate further.

Above was evidenced originally compiled by, at DIFF. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:45, 11 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Warning given by
 * 1) Please see warning given by at DIFF.
 * 2) Note that has altered the signature of  = DIFF.

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:58, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've taken the bother to notify FRB.TG here and Smarojit / Krimuk90 here. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:57, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You're being suspicious just because I have edited and nominated Balan's page. For the only reason I would say "This is really preposterous!" It's just a waste of time like the prior SPI.-- FrankBoy (Buzz) 22:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that the IP address mentioned above is mine, but I intended to edit from my account (FrB.TG). If you've mistakenly logged out from your account and instead you edit with the IP address is it against Wikipedia's policy?-- FrankBoy (Buzz) 18:41, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: The checkuser in the Pks1142=Prashant! / FrB.TG case found no connection between those two accounts. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I saw that,, thank you, however that is why it was not necessary to request Checkuser in this case. Rather, it seems there is strong evidence to warrant a look with regards to sockpuppetting of the type of variety including meatpuppetting and/or possible proxy usage. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 11:14, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

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This all appears rather vague and speculative to me. I don't see that there is sufficient indication to connect the four accounts here. Since nobody has shown that FrB.TG behaved disruptively I'm not going to look into this any longer, and seeing that nobody touched this case in three weeks I'm apparently not alone with that assessment. I do wish however that FrB.TG would tell us about his prior history. Amalthea 13:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that it's unlikely that FrB.TG was new to Wikipedia, his first edit summary "working on the list to nominate for FLC" is not something a new user would ever write.
 * The apparent connection to the Prashant! account seems the strongest to me, but not conclusive in my opinion. I also note that the disruption block does not appear to have been foreseeable, I don't see how that could have been motivation to create a sock account.
 * People do copy each others signatures and user pages.
 * Okay, thank you. I'll respectfully defer to your judgment, . Thank you for your evaluation. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 13:54, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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Duck. Rapid re-creation on 16 and 17 February of List of accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, List of awards and nominations received by Shweta Tiwari, List of awards and nominations received by Hina Khan. TMGtalk 20:37, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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Mentioned account was also created SBN Awards earlier as hoax, which was fully loaded with wrong info and awards of indian television. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.195.57.41 (talk) 17:08, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Earlier, he also created List of awards received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai which was deleted then he move on with change in title and recreated as List of accolades received by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Same thing done with List of awards received by Hina Khan (actress) and after its deletion he again recreates as List of awards and nominations received by Hina Khan and the page is mostly unsourced with hoax awards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.195.57.41 (talk) 19:27, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Closing because of inaction. Bbb23 (talk) 14:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)