Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Arfaz/Archive

13 January 2012

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The user doesn't look like a new one. He is definitely an old hand. Same areas of interest in editing Malayalam cinema, especially with the films Adaminte Makan Abu and Newspaper Boy. A look at the talk page of another user Anishviswa reveals that he is evidently a sock of Arfaz. They have communicated in Malayalam. &mdash; Commander (Ping me) 13:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * A lot more in common between these two. Long back Arfaz made a request at the guild for the article Adaminte Makan Abu to make that into a GA. Now this account has done the same. This account is merely three months old, but his edits look more of like an experienced one. Besides, he has almost admitted that he is Arfaz on Anishviswa's talk page. Even though I don't know Malayalam, I can have a little understanding of the conversation. &mdash; Commander (Ping me) 17:08, 15 January 2012 (UTC)


 * As far as my understanding goes, "I cannot reveal my identity. If someone identifies me, I'll be banned immediately. Other than this I have nothing to say". Also have a look at his contributions. He doesn't look like a new user. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  13:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * No wonder then. I had made a note to Ddracondevil praising him for learning all wiki policies so fast, a day or so after his creation of account. If this is Arfaz, then definitely I deserve a shrimp. I think Commander meant something like this. Not sure, though.  X.One   SOS  13:24, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not a speaker of Malayalam, but roughly translating their words, it becomes something like "Hey, aren't you our old Arfaz. Welcome back."  X.One   SOS  17:29, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hai, I am a Malayali and I can translate precisely what he said to Anishviswa. First sentence means: "My identity is revealed too soon? The order is to ban me on first sight. So don't tell to others". Second sentence means : "ROTFL..There is a request to archive your talk page, which is like the long story told by Jagathy Sreekumar in Boeing Boeing (1985 film). It took one minute to load on my bad connection".--49.15.199.255 (talk) 16:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Whew. So these two accounts clearly have a lot of articles in common. I've looked at a few, though, and I'm having a hard time clearly defining how the two accounts are the same. Having similar interests is not damning in and of itself. Can you provide some actual diffs to back up your claim here? Also, if you think Anishviswa is part of this, please add them to the list above. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:52, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * On behavioral grounds I've blocked and tagged DdraconiandevilL as a sock of Arfaz. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:24, 18 January 2012 (UTC)