Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Arifjwadder/Archive

21 May 2015

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WP:DUCK. Both users focus entirely on Aligarh Muslim University related articles, and every single page edited by EyThink has also been edited by Arifjwadder. Both accounts have been used to create and edit pages on non-notable student societies affiliated with the University, as can be seen from the extensive speedy deletion notices on both talk pages. Both users also edit at the same intervals; generally every seven days, and generally on the same days.

Example of just how similar the edits are:

Compare to.

This article has had a history of sockpuppetry; indeed, it's been semi-protected due to a large amount of IP promotional fluff, and a sockfarm associated with User:Msoamu. CU requested for sleepers. Luke no 94 (tell Luke off here) 10:51, 21 May 2015 (UTC)


 * The nail in the coffin is this edit - because that category was created by the other named user, and hadn't been edited by this one at that point. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 10:59, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There's another thing that strongly hints that these two users are the same; claiming that I can't say anything bad as I live a long way away. This stunt also makes it look like the user is rather more experienced than their short editing history would imply. CU not turning up anything is not too surprising; it's only been partially successful with AMU socks in the past. But the behaviour, to me at least, is slam dunk. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 19:29, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:40, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are somewhere between and . However, meat is a major concern.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:23, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocking both 72 hours for meatpuppetry. Closing.

17 August 2015

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proposal: 6th Filmsaaz here I started this merge discussion. Within three days, the creator,, (a WP:SPA), who signed his/her comment as AJ_Think (very similar to creator, EyThink). This was followed by an IP (14.140.201.2) and, all WP:SPAs, all commenting using promotional language. I decided to end merge discussion as it seemed to be compromised and opened an AfD. This quickly attracted another WP:SPA,. Boleyn (talk) 07:30, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Another WP:SPA has appeared at the AfD,. Boleyn (talk) 16:49, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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I dont have multiple account. It seemed similar to EYThink because once I wanted to change my username in signature area and I saw EYThink editing few articles which I also edited. The name striked me and I just wanted to shorten my username Arifjwadder to AJThink. But, unable to sort out the issue of username and hence it still seems similar with EYThink.--AJ_Think 18:08, 17 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arifjwadder (talk • contribs)

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The following are to be the same user: Of the rest, the evidence for is,  is completely ❌ to everything else on this page, and of course,. Yunshui 雲 水 13:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - To compare those 4 accounts. All discussing against deletion/merging . Two of them are brand new accounts (Hosnimobarok and Wottaboy).  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:08, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - to compare to Wottaboy and Arifjwadder.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:28, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I would say that Firangee is to Wottaboy and Arifjwadder. Mike V • Talk 16:53, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Admin action needed - This case should be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/Arifjwadder, as Arifjwadder is the oldest account anyway. He was already blocked once for meatpuppetry, and this looks like meat-puppetry again. I recommend indeffing Wottaboy and Firangee as meatpuppets, and blocking Arifjwadder for one week for meatpuppetry.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:07, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Case moved to WP:SPI/Arifjwadder from WP:SPI/EyThink.


 * Wottaboy and Firangee, Arifjwaddeer blocked with warning for one week.


 * Eythink inconclusive and Hosnimobarok unrelated (was by mistake but I've undone it) ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  22:56, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

06 October 2015

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See below.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:22, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅. The master and the two puppets have been blocked and tagged. Close.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:22, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

08 October 2015

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The user has created many fork articles related to Aligarh Muslim University, the domain where all the other socks and sockmaster worked. Also, they seem to have same habit of dumping all references at the bottom of the page. eg of Faculty of Social Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University. That sounds like WP:DUCK. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 12:11, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

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. The user is probably who he says he is on his userpage, a student at the university. Whether the user knows the master is impossible to tell (e.g., meat).--Bbb23 (talk) 13:15, 8 October 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:12, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing.