Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Armaanaziz/Archive

17 December 2014

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User:Geographic.location was edit waring over the article Brahmanbaria. He wanted to move the article to new title. He even deleted comments of other users form the talk page of the article (diff and diff). Both times he left a very peculiar edit summary. This summary is probably copied from some other edit. After that, he was warned on his talk page not to remove other editors' comments. After that, another user, Wikigeo.int made the same edit with exactly the same edit summary (diff). This user Wikigeo.int is also interesting because his user page i an exact copy of the user page of User:Discospinster. He is obviously attempting to create an illusion of an established editor. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:14, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * He even copied the whole user talk page of another editor to his own talk page to create an illusion that he is am experienced editor. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:19, 17 December 2014 (UTC)


 * After some more research, it seams that the User:Wikinga.int is also part of this sockpuppetry. User name is very similar to "Wikigeo.int". User Geographic.location copied the entire user page of Wikinga.int to his user page, as I described below, in the "Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments". Wikinga.int was involved in moving the page "Brahmanbaria" to "B-baria, Bangladesh" the same way as Geographic.location. Compare: and . Since this account is older, maybe this investigation should be moved to "Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikinga.int". Vanjagenije (talk) 01:00, 18 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I found one more possible sock, that is User:Armaanaziz. This user displays similar pattern of abuse. He copied his user page from User:Armanaziz (watch out: this is different user with very similar username, only one "a" is different). This user was also involved in moving the Brahmanbaria article (see: ). After all those moves and improper reverts, the history of the article is now fragmented over several different locations ( etc.) I pointed this out at the Administrators%27_noticeboard, but had no response. Vanjagenije (talk) 01:27, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I think Armaanaziz is also member of the same group. He should be blocked for impersonation and deceit (what is there in username policy). For more than a while I thought this fake Armaanaziz was the real Armanaziz. I think the real Armanaziz is unaware of his impersonator. –  nafSadh did say 02:07, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Armaanaziz just remved the "blocked"tag from the user page of User:Wikigeo.int and reverted to the previous edit (see: ). Vanjagenije (talk) 08:36, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * He illegitimately created pages in null userspace under User:Armanaaziz/ which is yet another misspell of . –  nafSadh  did say 09:17, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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I am disturbed to see "Armaanaziz" and "Armanaaziz" accounts being used as sockpuppets. I confirm that I have nothing to do with creation of these accounts - and the user who created them is potentially trying to misguide others users -  Arman  ( Talk ) 09:52, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you input. It is not clear what the username policy suggests about these. But such deceitful names should better not be allowed. –  nafSadh did say 11:56, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Similar usernames are in fact not allowed and are prevented to some extent by a filter. This one seems to have slipped through under the radar. De728631 (talk) 16:04, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * After seeing the problem with Armanaziz, I protected two doppelganger accounts of mine and  yesterday. While, nafSadh was disallowed, I was still able to create these two signon. I don't know the exact algorithm but it is not a very strong filter. –  nafSadh  did say 17:42, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked Wikigeo-int for 48-hours for edit warring at B-baria City, Bangladesh. Actually Wikigeo.int is the older account of the two but I'm curious about these similar edit summaries. It would seem strange if they had been copied from the edit history of the articles so I presume they were rather in the browser cache of one and the same editor. At least this looks like two ducks quacking, so please feel free to extend any blocks. De728631 (talk) 23:51, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment:This user copied his entire user page and user talk page from another editor to give an impression of the experienced editor. Why can't you believe that he also copied edit summary from other editors' edits for the same purpose? By the way, Geographic.location was created on 6 December and Wikigeo.int on 8 December . Vanjagenije (talk) 23:59, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing this out. I just rev'deleted this edit as a copyright infringement, and you're right that I mixed up the two account creation dates. Anyhow, if Wikigeo just copied another editor's summaries that wouldn't be sockpuppetry. De728631 (talk) 00:07, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Both users, Geographic.location and Wikigeo.int copied their user pages from other editors. Geographic.location copied entire user page of User:Wikinga.int (see: and ), and Wikigeo.int copied his user page from User:Discospinster (see:  and ), he even copied the subpage with barnstars. Wikigeo.int also copied his entire user talk page from User talk:Wolfdog (see:  and ). When this was noticed and content removed, he reverted the removal nine times (see the history). So, there are lot of revisions that should be deleted for copyright problems. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:23, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow. This copying of other editors' user pages convinced me that Geographic.location and Geowiki.int are actually the same user, so I have blocked them indefinitely. has the same areas of interest and overlapping edits, not to mention the .int extension. However, these edits  suggest that Winkinga.int and Geographic.location disagree with each other and are in fact separate users. De728631 (talk) 01:13, 18 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if this "disagreement" is relevant, since it seams that Wikinga.int disagrees with herself: here she moved "B-baria, Bangladesh" to "Brahmanbaria City, Bangladesh" and here she moved it back just few minutes later. Vanjagenije (talk) 01:33, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * It seams that Wikinga.int also copied the user page from User:Spiderjerky. Although not identical, two user pages are very similar. Even the image of the spider over the Wikipedia logo in the upper left corner is the same. Vanjagenije (talk) 01:43, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks againg for finding all the little details. I noticed the similarity to Spiderjerky's page yesterday but wasn't really sure about it. But now that I've seen the spider animation I'm sure that this page was also created in a copy&paste style to mimic an established user. I have now also blocked Wikinga and Armaanaziz (note the double a). Given that Armaanaziz is the oldest involved account I have also selected him as the sockmaster, so maybe the case page should be moved to another name. I'll leave that to the clerks though.
 * Given that ever more suspect accounts are surfacing in this case I'm requesting a checkuser for sleepers. De728631 (talk) 15:55, 18 December 2014 (UTC)


 * looks like you got them all. For the record all the blocked accounts above are ✅. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:36, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

18 December 2014

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This IP user made just two edits, both of which are identical to edits made by this sockmaster. Comapre this with this: it's identical disruptive edit. Compare this and this. Both edits are identical. Vanjagenije (talk) 08:04, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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by Anna Frodesiak. De728631 (talk) 15:41, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Closing. Nothing more to do here, ( No comment with respect to IP address(es)). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:36, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

04 January 2015

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This account was registered an hour ago. First edit made by this account was to remove the sockpuppetry template from the User:Armaanaziz page and to reinstate the previous version of the user page. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:24, 4 January 2015 (UTC) Vanjagenije (talk) 22:24, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * That's pretty odd for a new account and usually indicates it's a sock. I'm recommending a check for any additional accounts created since the previous block. Mike V • Talk 23:43, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ NativeForeigner Talk 00:23, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Mike V • Talk 00:28, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

12 January 2016

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This appears to be a case of evading a block and perpetuating a hoax.

23 October 2014
 * One thread of a hoax
 * Now-blocked puppetmaster creates Anailkota, Bangladesh as a copy of Anailkota, an article about Anailkota village in Chandpur District.
 * Armaanaziz edits Anailkota, changing it into an article about a place he calls "Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh", located in Brahmanbaria District.
 * Armaanaziz moves Anailkota to Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh. The move leaves Anailkota behind as a redirect.

7 November 2014
 * Now-blocked sockpuppet changes target of redirect Anailkota from "Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh" to "Anailkota, Bangladesh".
 * Armaanaziz restores Wikinga.int's edit after it is reverted by an IP.

17 December 2014
 * Armaanaziz and Wikinga.int are blocked (see Sockpuppet_investigations/Armaanaziz/Archive).

11 January 2016
 * Attempting to dismantle the hoax
 * I (Worldbruce) restore the text of Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh to the pre-Armaanaziz version describing Anailkota village. I request speedy deletion of Anailkota (G3 vandalism and G6 for move) and Anailkota, Bangladesh (G3 vandalism and A10 duplicate) to make way for the move of Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh back to its proper title, Anailkota.
 * IP 59.152.99.171 reverts my change and removes the CSD templates from Anailkota and Anailkota, Bangladesh, without explanation. The IP's only previous edit was one to Green Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh, another article created by Armaanaziz.
 * Believing the IPs actions to be a continuation of the move vandalism that created the hoax, I restore my changes, including the CSD templates.

12 January 2016 -- Worldbruce (talk) 23:44, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * reverts my changes and removes the CSD templates from Anailkota and Anailkota, Bangladesh, attacking me personally in the edit summaries by falsely alleging that I am a "blocked sock-master". I think it's no coincidence that Indruraz also edited Green Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh, about an hour after the IP.
 * places a "suspected of sock puppetry" notice on my talk page. They do not open a sockpuppet investigation. This shows remarkable sophistication for a user with only 9 edits. Their only other edits have been to Shabazpur Town and articles linked to it, five of them articles that Indruraz has also edited. In this case their edits were two minutes apart.
 * Indruraz continues trying to poison the well by placing a sockmaster blocked template on my userpage. They do not open a sockpuppet investigation.
 * I revert the changes, but Indruraz continues his harassment by sock tagging my talk page, again placing a sockpuppet tag on my user page, and fabricating an archived sockpuppet investigation. These actions are quite adept for a user who has made 61 edits.
 * IP 59.152.99.171 blanked Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh.

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 * The two accounts are ✅ along with:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

08 March 2016

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IPs and sleeper have begun re-implementing sockmaster's move vandalism: Vandalism by socks was undone in connection with Sockpuppet investigations/Armaanaziz/Archive IP's unexplained change reverted by In fact, User:Asia1750 is a page Asia.softtouch has redirected to User:Asia.softtouch, a redirect was left, no histmerge is going on, and 's original topic was Anailkota, not Shahbazpur Town. Worldbruce (talk) 16:29, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Old sockpuppetry
 * Sockmaster replaced content of Anailkota article with text about Shahbazpur Town:
 * Sockmaster moved Anailkota article to new name Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh:
 * Today
 * IP 59.152.101.94 replaced content of Anailkota article with text about Shahbazpur Town:
 * IP 139.255.39.150 replaced content of Anailkota article with text about Shahbazpur Town:
 * moved Anailkota article to new name Shahbazpur Town, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh: with a misleading (and for a 36-edit user, very sophisticated) edit summary "Asia1750 moved page Anailkota to Shahbazpur Town without leaving a redirect: histmerge, moved back to original topic started by Dr. Blofeld on 13:56, 14 July 2008"

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 * - Please, compare Asia.softtouch to the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:39, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It links back to a possible proxy, so --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:20, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * There might be something going on here, but I just don't see solid enough evidence for it. Unless someone else wants to take action, I'm going to just go ahead and close this one.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 04:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing now. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 16:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

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Looks like a sleeper. Like earlier socks, is fixated on hijacking Anailkota, an article by Dr. Blofeld about a village in Chandpur District, replacing its content with a write-up about Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh, and moving it to that title. Their purpose is unclear, since Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria already exists and describes the same settlement.


 * created new article Shahbazpur Town
 * requested speedy deletion of long-standing Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria as a duplicate
 * changed content of Anailkota to be about Shahbazpur Town
 * moved Anailkota to Shahbazpur Town, Bangladesh
 * requested speedy deletion of the redirect Anailkota that their move left behind
 * requested speedy deletion of Shahbazpur Town, Brahmanbaria
 * again requested speedy deletion of Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria
 * again requested speedy deletion of Anailkota
 * again requested speedy deletion of Anailkota

Whether they are being intentionally disruptive, or merely disruptive through incompetence, is unclear. Once they are blocked and the articles have been returned to their proper places with their proper content, the targets should probably be indefinitely move protected so that we don't have to go through this same mop-up every few years. -- Worldbruce (talk) 01:33, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Drive by comment -
 * - Requested PROD of the Shahbazpur article, I declined it. Hog Farm (talk) 02:17, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

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MargNely and are confirmed to each but ❌ to the master based on the old technical data I have. .--Bbb23 (talk) 19:12, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:07, 14 February 2020 (UTC)