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This account shows editing patterns which are identical to those of the previous socks created by the sockpuppeteer. This includes creating drafts of Indian battles with fantastical troop numbers (I am unable to provide a diff for this action by the earlier sock since that draft has since been deleted). The links for the drafts are then inserted into genuine articles so as to mislead readers.

The accounts also have the same habit of including this image of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb into the infoboxes of unrelated individuals. Though the page the earlier sock had done this to (the sock's own user page) has now been deleted, an Admin has kindly provided the text from that page as evidence.

Given the sheer number of socks created by this individual, as well as the fact that I had only discovered many of them by chance, I firmly believe there are others which I have not yet identified. I therefore believe that a CheckUser search of accounts associated with the IP is appropriate here. Alivardi (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Following accounts are all ✅:
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on account creation date, User:Amarjeetpardeep is the correct master. Moving... ST47 (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So many socks the script threw some database errors the first few times I tried to block them. Third time lucky I guess. I'll go ahead and make sure everything is nuked as well. ST47 (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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See previous sockpuppet investigation here.


 * Name is very similar to several of the previous socks, e.g User:Sidhu1111, User:SIDHU5005.


 * Misleadingly used this image of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as others had previously done.


 * Inserted links to drafts into genuine articles so as to mislead users, again as had been done by other socks.

I again ask that a CheckUser search be performed due to the sheer pervasiveness of the sockpuppeteer's activity. I also believe that there were earlier socks which had not been identified by the CheckUser search in the previous investigation, i.e User:Jattsidhu55, User:Baburjahangir and User:Baburakbar; all of these, along with the present sock, seem to identify themselves with the same name and birth date.

Also, can anything further be done to prevent continued sock creations? They've made dozens of them unimpeded for nearly four months now. Alivardi (talk) 12:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * Baburjahangir and Baburakbar are stale but don't seem to be technically related. ST47 (talk) 16:14, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Baburjahangir and Baburakbar are stale but don't seem to be technically related. ST47 (talk) 16:14, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Creating the account under the name of a fictional battle (as many of the previous socks had done)
 * Inserting links to fictional battles into articles:
 * previous examples
 * present example
 * Inserting this image into the infoboxes of unrelated individuals:
 * previous example
 * present example
 * Associating themselves with the name "Pardeep Singh Sidhu", which I believe to be their own name:
 * previous example
 * present example)

Given the sheer number of earlier socks created by this individual, as well as the fact that I had only discovered this one by chance, I believe there are others which I have not yet identified. I therefore believe that a CheckUser search is appropriate here. Alivardi  (talk)  11:10, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * It's to the archive and I've blocked based on that and the behaviour. Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case.  Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:33, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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I am also requesting Checkuser due to the pervasiveness of the sockpuppeteer's activity and the fact that they typically operate multiple accounts at a time. I believe I have identified another such account, User:Pardeepsingh2657, due to its similar name, that it has edited Battle of Khanwa and Battle of Ghaghra like the above sock has done, and that it has created a draft which is also called "Baburid Empire".. Alivardi  (talk)  20:45, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Account name is similar to that of previous socks as they had also included the word "pardeep"; see User:PardeepSingh2196 and User:Amarjeetpardeep
 * Has added a link for a fictional battle to Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani, which a previous sock had also done
 * As previous socks have done, has edited their user page to appear like an article on a fictional subject
 * Note that while previous socks have inserted links to these user pages into genuine articles so as to mislead readers, this account has gone a step further and edited a redirect page, Baburid Empire, to make it about this fictional subject
 * Has edited articles which previous socks had targeted; see Battle of Khanwa and Daulat Khan Lodi

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 * - reasonable behavioral overlap, please perform a sleeper check if possible. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:38, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 06:33, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Pardeep9465155362 and Pardeepsingh2657 are ✅ to each other plus . These accounts are to Battle of Malout 1519, the only non-stale sock in this archive. ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:46, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts were created within a day of each other, as well as only a few days after the previous socks had been blocked
 * Both edited Battle of Ghaghra, as recent previous socks had done:
 * Previous cases
 * Current cases
 * Both Babur2196 and Alivardi1 added a mention of the Ming dynasty and the Jiajing Emperor to the above article
 * Alivardi1 further added a mention of the 2nd Dalai Lama, which was an article that Babur2196 had edited less than a day earlier
 * Alivardi1 uses a variation of my account name. This mirrors when the previous sock Pardeep9465155362 copy-and-pasted my user page onto their own
 * Babur2196 uses the word "Babur" in their account name. Pardeep9465155362 previously created a draft about the similarly named "Baburid Empire"
 * Babur2196 subtly vandalised an article by adjusting the age of its subject. Previous socks had done this numerous times:
 * Previous cases:
 * Current case:

As can be seen from previous investigations, this person almost always creates multiple socks at a time. I therefore believe that Checkuser would again be appropriate to find any yet unidentified accounts. Alivardi  (talk)  08:51, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * - to check for sleepers. I see a link between these users and the socks in the archive. History of using sleeper accounts, which were found in checks. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Just a quick reminder, if you are sure that the link exists and mention it in your endorsement, please be issuing the blocks before CU. If you have any questions, my talkpage is open. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:27, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I see what you mean. I'll block in the future if I see a strong enough link. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:41, 24 September 2020 (UTC)


 * That is them plus --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:25, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them and blocked the two unblocked accounts. Nothing left to do, so close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:44, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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Similar edits. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:04, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

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Blocked for a week. Filed pro forma. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:04, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

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As can be seen from previous investigations, this person almost always creates multiple socks at a time. I therefore believe that Checkuser would again be appropriate to find any yet unidentified accounts. Alivardi  (talk)  11:02, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Account name is similar to that of several previous socks, i.e User:Sidhu1111, User:SIDHU5005, User:SIDHU5004, User:Sidhu2511 and User:Sidhu3511
 * Subtly vandalised articles by adjusting the ages of their subjects. Previous socks had done this numerous times:
 * Previous cases:
 * Current cases:
 * Makes use of images uploaded by the previous sock User:Babur258:
 * 
 * Image file page
 * 
 * Image file page
 * 
 * Image file page
 * 
 * Image file page
 * 
 * Image file page

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 * ✅. ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I think may be another, per Special:Diff/981552493. Same behaviour as . AleatoryPonderings (talk) 01:44, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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Pretty duckish case I think. Username is similar to that of previous socks (see Sidhu1111, SIDHU5005, SIDHU5004, Sidhu2511, Sidhu3511 and Sidhu2580)

Has also edited Battle of Ghaghra, as several previous socks had done: Also probably worth performing CheckUser since this sockmaster has a history of creating multiple socks at a time. Alivardi  (talk)  16:14, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Previous cases
 * Current cases


 * Added TheHenry123 per Special:Diff/988485561. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 13:53, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - for a sleeper check. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 13:52, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Both ✅ to each other and to Sidhu2580 from the archive; . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:15, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Edits to Draft:Mahmud Lodi. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. Seems WP:DUCKy. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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It's also probably worth performing checkuser since the user has a history of creating multiple socks at a time. Alivardi  (talk)  18:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Created a draft for a fictional battle as previous socks had done.
 * Has created an infobox that is almost identical to one a previous sock had done.
 * Note that the image used in the infobox had been uploaded by that previous sock.
 * Nearly all the articles they have edited so far had also been targeted by previous socks:
 * Example 1
 * Example 2
 * Example 3

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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It's also probably worth performing checkuser since the user has a history of creating multiple socks at a time. Alivardi  (talk)  19:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Has targeted the same articles as previous socks:
 * Example 1
 * Example 2
 * Includes “deep” in their username, as many previous socks had done:
 * User:Amarjeetpardeep
 * User:PardeepSingh2196
 * User:Pardeep9465155362
 * User:Pardeepsingh2657
 * User:Pardeep2196456
 * Includes “bajwa” in their username, as one of the previous sock had done:
 * User:Battle of Ina Bajwa
 * Added this image to an article. The image had been uploaded by the previous sock User:TheHenry123.

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 * . There is no usable checkuser data from the master that I can use to compare to the accused sock account.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:15, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Would it be possible to use HistoryMasterPunjab for comparison? They're CU-confirmed to the master and not stale (although about to go stale in about a week). -- RoySmith (talk) 15:06, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * RoySmith - Good call! I'll do that now...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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Edits to Draft:Maharaja Sahib Singh. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. is ✅ to. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under "NicoClofforin")


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and make exactly similar edits. They are adamant at lowering the budget of the film 83 using less reliable sources. I started a discussion on the talk page yet they did not pay attention to it. They keep reverting edits and continuously keep edit-warring. Kindly look into the matter. PublicEnemy54321 (talk) 06:24, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - This case needs to be moved to the proper place. Bbb23 (talk) 14:40, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Merged to Amarjeetpardeep since Therealdeepbajwa2196 is blocked as a sock of that master. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:37, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is to . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:21, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged NicoCloforrin and closing. --Trialpears (talk) 01:36, 2 January 2022 (UTC)