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recreating several of this socks creation but specifically A-min as Amin Reza Alimohammadi and same general editing interests. Praxidicae (talk) 21:04, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * For the record, the previously ✅ sock was . Powerweb is due to proxy use. The draft is nearly identical to the one by, so .  ST47 (talk) 23:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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On Simple English Wikipedia, User:Exampelias has created a page titled as "4U iranian". 4UTV has been a long-term interest of this sockpuppeteer, and 4U iranian seems to be exact the same, as Exampelias has also created simple:4UTV. Exampelias has also created simple:Hashtag Show. We have the very same page, created by User:Mh6ti1376. "Mh6ti" is also a familiar name, see Mh6ti and Draft:Mh6ti (created by مهیار مهرنیا). On a side note, please note that the master is actually User:ArmanAfifeh, a long-term UPE, not مهیار مهرنیا. We believe that Sockpuppet investigations/Vira ghandi is also associated with this. I've been working on this case for long, so in case there is any other explanation needed, please let me know. Ahmadtalk 09:36, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Globally locked now, but I think we still need to delete pages they have created under WP:G5. Ahmadtalk 15:48, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * (Can I reply here?), I think proving that they are a sock of User:مهیار مهرنیا would be old enough as well. To put it in a nutshell, User:Sihper is a confirmed sock of ArmanAfifeh per CheckUser evidence on Persian Wikipedia. Sihper is currently globally locked, since it is proven that it is connected to مهیار مهرنیا (see fa:Special:PermaLink/27953708 for more info that relates Sihper to مهیار مهرنیا). Sihper has also been blocked indefinitely here, per CheckUser evidence, so I think everything so far is proven by CU evidence. I can also provide more behavioral evidence if it's required. Also, if anyone is interested in merging SPI cases, I can provide a more detailed explanation about all their socks. I think it's not (easily) possible to tie Mh6ti1376 directly to ArmanAfifeh, as they have a rather large network of socks and they create different articles using different accounts. Yet still, they all have similarities.
 * I think Mh6ti1376 is a sockpuppet of مهیار مهرنیا because they both share the same pattern. As I said, "Mh6ti" is a long-term interest of مهیار مهرنیا (they have created the draft at the very first place), and Mh6ti1376's username is pretty much the same as "Mh6ti" (in case it's any of help, "Mehdi Kordi" aka "Mh6ti" has born on 21 March 1997, that is year 1376 in Solar Hijri calendar, so we might say that the username is consisted of two parts: undefinedundefined). Also, they share the very same behavioral pattern on Persian Wikipedia in their messages, but since those are in Farsi, I'm afraid they can't be of help. The point is that I have not seen anyone else being that interested in Mh6ti and related subjects. Ahmadtalk 18:45, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * all of Mh6ti1376's page creations pre-date their global lock, so can't G5 based on that. Can you supply some diffs which tie Mh6ti1376 to ArmanAfifeh as the actual master?  That would give us a block date that's early enough to qualify the G5s.  -- RoySmith (talk) 17:10, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I just g5'd all of Mh6til1376's page creations. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:18, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * thanks for the detail. It looks like Bbb23 has already taken care of it.  -- RoySmith (talk) 22:03, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

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Active on Wikidata at d:Q22980971, working on "Mh6ti" (see this case's archive for more info about this name). Active on Commons, uploading the cover of one of Mahdi Kord (aka Mh6ti)'s tracks. User has also left me a message at Meta; this message completely matches how previous socks used to talk, but I can't explain properly since it's in Persian. The user has already been blocked on Commons and Persian Wikipedia and I've already requested a global lock, but I think a G5 would be needed here. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 20:53, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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User has already been blocked on Persian Wikipedia. I have also requested global lock, but we are still waiting for stewards to take action. Most of the evidence comes from Persian Wikipedia, and I can explain more privately via e-mail, because publishing it publicly might result in a change of behavior. Note that their userpage is copied from mine, which is, in my humble opinion, odd as a new user's first edits. Please let me know if the private evidence is needed. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 21:55, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * by . I think this report is now ready for closure. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 12:10, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Although did not explicity say that the sock was مهیار مهرنیا via CU, he did mass delete pages created by this user as being created by مهیار مهرنیا. Nothing left to do, so close. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:46, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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Exact the same editing pattern; e.g. recreating TV 4U under the name 4U (TV channel). Also, severe personal attacks on my talk page in Persian, which indicates that the user knows Persian. Please also G5. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 18:26, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Now locked globally, but I think we still need to G5 edits. I guess this should be revdelled as well (criterion 3). Ahmadtalk 20:01, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Locked. Nothing left to G5. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:26, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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Creating 4U-TV, 4U has always been an interest of this case. Niusha Modabber, and its redirect - Newsha Modabber - has already been created by and  - two other socks. Ali Murshedi is apparently the manager of 4UTV, so it's directly related to this case. Previously, Ali Morshedi was created by the main account (مهیار مهرنیا; though the actual account is ). Ahmadtalk 19:39, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * User is now locally blocked and globally locked. All creations G5'd. Nothing left to do, so close. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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The contributions prove that the user isn't actually a newbie. I have cross-wiki evidence that shows this user is a sockpuppet of ArmanAfifeh/مهیار مهرنیا. I have already requested global lock, but I think G5 (and global block) is still needed. Due to the sensibility of the behavioral evidence, I think I should send it privately. If its needed, please let me know. I'm requesting CU because I think it's possible that we find more socks. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 00:50, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed with تلگم and blocked, not tagged. Drmies (talk) 00:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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Pro forma report. See below. Mz7 (talk) 19:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * All three accounts ✅ to each other and to this master. All have already been globally locked, no further action needed. Mz7 (talk) 19:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Added "Grandfatherd", which is also ✅ to the group – I had so many tabs open, I forgot to follow-up on this sleeper account. I blocked this account, still needs to be locked. Mz7 (talk) 19:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Now locked. Mz7 (talk) 19:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Joueur d'échecs
 * removed speedy templates on Tv4 (Turkey) created by who was globally locked. 's G5 tag points to  (also globally locked) as the master.
 * voted keep in the AFD for Ali Morshedi (chess player) created by اناهیتا معظمی.
 * removed the speedy template on Template:Mometinos3 created by 945jhgfdweeee3 (who has no other edits).
 * repeated the hijack of 4TV previously hijacked by (in the archive).
 * 5.125.53.108 also removed CSD tags from Tv4 (Turkey) and Ali Morshedi (chess player), and nothing else. The IP is already blocked but its activity ties the CSD removal together and ties Joueur d'échecs to اناهیتا معظمی. Cabayi (talk) 11:41, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * I know for a fact that this user uses different IPs and fake useragents, and the named accounts are somehow old. So, if a CheckUser is to be done, I suggest checking newer accounts (such as ; the one that was blocked earlier today) as well. Ahmadtalk 19:32, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please confirm named socks & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * This entire case was globally locked before I got to it. I've reinforced everything on the same range that has a global lock with a local block. Beyond that, sleepers were difficult to find. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 01:44, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if CheckUser can reveal anything (as this LTA uses fake useragents and different IP addresses), but I think it can be helpful.

This user has created an article about "Amin Fardin" on multiple projects (many of those projects, such as simple, fr and ar, are projects that مهیار مهرنیا, originally ArmanAfifeh, is interested in). On Wikidata, d:Q87882140 is the related item. 5.125.1.221 recently edited that Wikidata item heavily, and they have also been heavily involved in editing another Wikidata item, d:Q91267391, which is about "Amir Hossein Mahmoudi", an Iranian singer whose article has been created on many projects by this LTA (socks also tend to edit articles and items about Amir Hossein Mohammadi and change their information to "Amir Hossein Mahmoudi"). Therefore, I believe that this account is likely to be a sockpuppet of ArmanAfifeh/مهیار مهرنیا. Ahmadtalk 00:08, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ in addition to Zerman521. Both blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:22, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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Creating Draft:Amin Fardin and Mahdi Rajabikaboodcheshmeh. Amin Fardin was created on multiple projects by a confirmed sockpuppet of this LTA (see the archive) and Mahdi Rajabikaboodcheshmeh (a.k.a. Mh6ti) is a long-term interest of مهیار مهرنیا/ArmanAfifeh. Although, I think a CU will help finding possible sleepers. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 23:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Blocked and tagged. – bradv  🍁  03:04, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

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Exact the same editing pattern on Persian Wikipedia. Please check for sleepers. I can send the evidence privately, if needed. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 17:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * The account is now locked globally. was also locked as a sockpuppet. I'm not sure, but it's possible that an LWCU is already done. Ahmadtalk  19:59, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 19:06, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Close, in light of the global lock. Cabayi (talk) 21:37, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

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Same interest in creating a promotional draft about "Amin Fardin" (now entitled "Amin Farden"). On Wikidata, an IP-sock of the LTA inserted "Amin Farden" as an English alias for Amin Fardin (d:Q87882140). Please check for sleepers. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 06:27, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * +1 for the same reason. Ahmadtalk 13:57, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and  are the same and belong to the master. - Mailer Diablo 14:46, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked and going for lock. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 18:46, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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Mehdi Ahmadi is the new interest of this LTA; the projects they have created it on are the same as the projects socks of مهیار مهرنیا have been active on, and a confirmed sock of مهیار مهرنیا once created an article under this title a few days ago. There are details that I can send privately, if needed. Please check for sleepers. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 02:31, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already glocked, no sleepers visible. ST47 (talk) 14:51, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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Recreating yet another page about "Amin Fardin". . Ahmadtalk 21:45, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Locked globally, and I'm assuming the steward did a login check. I'll block locally for tracking purposes. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:22, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Same interest in Aliram Nouraei and Amin Fardin (Amin Fardin was on fawiki). . Ahmadtalk 08:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:25, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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same general level of (in)competence as past socks plus recreating Amin Fardin as Draft:Amin Fardin (Youtuber) and of course the never ending fuckery at Peyman Keshavarz.Praxidicae (talk) 17:53, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Azizvisi, Martinpompo and Oprator241 & blocked. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:46, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * ( Before now, this entire SPI archive was filed under this name. Mz7 (talk) 22:02, 10 July 2020 (UTC))


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Pro forma report. See below. Mz7 (talk) 21:56, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * I don't have any socks to report. This is a bit of a housekeeping report because outside of enwiki, this sockmaster is known as, I believe because that is the oldest account involved—checkusers, see . To make sure we are on the same page cross-wiki, I will be renaming this case under ArmanAfifeh and retagging all accounts involved. "ArmanAfifeh" is much more readable to English speakers, anyway. Mz7 (talk) 21:56, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, closing. Mz7 (talk) 22:20, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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Per a report at ANI (Special:Permalink/967151166). See below. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Wmozart1 is ✅ to recently confirmed socks. They are creating accounts on fawiki to evade our local account creation blocks. Please report all socks to the stewards for global lock. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Wmozart1 now locked globally. DMacks (talk) 13:22, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavioral pattern, this time with Reyhaneh Parsa: created very quickly on several projects (azb, en, fa, fr, simple), interested in Mohsen Mirazadeh on fawiki and Wikidata, an article which ArmanAfifeh has been interested in recently. I can provide more details privately. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 13:10, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . Global locks requested. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavioral pattern, this time with Amir Sarkhosh, same article/item creation pattern. I can provide detailed explanation privately, if needed. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 19:28, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, contribs nuked, . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:58, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavioral pattern: Amir Sarkhosh, Saeed Panahi (on mzn), content about Majid Eidi on several projects etc. I can provide detailed explanation privately. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 15:46, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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✅ on loginwiki, with. Both locked. — Thanks for the fish!  talk •contribs  17:55, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Per steward comment above, sock is confirmed and locked. Tagged Somali admon and Asre, nothing else to do at enwiki, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:11, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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Another cross-wiki SPA, only interested in articles about Amir Sarkhosh. Ahmadtalk 08:52, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Locked, along with a bunch of IPs. See history of Draft:Amir Sarkhosh (might be visible only to admins). DMacks (talk) 10:16, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Tagged (already locked so no point in blocking), closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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Ponyo has CU-blocked&tagged Ikipedia peo, Rezal110, and TheLoose as being socks of Tilagran, but Tilagran is globally locked as a sock of ArmanAfifeh. So I think those other three should be retagged to the ArmanAfifeh master. Edit-patterns of Rezal110 and TheLoose both here and on other wikis match several other ArmanAfifeh socks as well, in agreement with their all being the same drawer. I'm not CU, so I'm not going to touch CU actions. DMacks (talk) 03:41, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * 's checkuserblock of Tilagran didn't mention a master account, so I just assumed it was the master for tagging purposes as I didn't notice the global lock identified Tilagran as ArmanAfifeh. There's nothing really to be done here other than updating the tags, which I'll do now.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 15:49, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed for global locks for Ikipedia, Rezal, and TheLoose as well. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:56, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern (e.g. interested in Amir Sarkhosh), and also this. I suggest considering a G5 for Amir Sarkhosh. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 23:51, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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ZZafshinian is ✅ along with. Blocked and article G5'd. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:55, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Everything is locked. -- Amanda - mobile  (aka DQ) 06:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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Interested in Reyhaneh Parsa, as was, and Saman Jalili, as were other sockpuppets. Also active on azb, creating similar articles (including but not limited to Reyhaneh Parsa). Same goes for glk. Already blocked on fawiki per duck test. If automatic account creations on each project leave CU data behind, it's very likely that a CU will also tie to this case (no edits here, but active on several projects). Ahmadtalk 04:59, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * + User:Srmr, bmç. Same pattern as previous socks; interested in Amir Sarkhosh, creating it on glk and ast. I can provide detailed explanation privately, if needed. Ahmadtalk 05:59, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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These accounts are all ✅ to each other and to socks in the archive:



Webhost. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:42, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * confirmed socks, global lock request filed. I will nuke their contributions shortly. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC) GeneralNotability (talk) 15:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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They only have some test edits on their sandbox, and then they have created Amir Sarkosh. 5.114.18.100 and 5.73.184.244|5.73.184.244 then edited the page heavily: same behavioral pattern (IP+user socking). Ahmadtalk 06:31, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - as to the named account, for confirmation and a sleeper check. —&#8205;Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 14:31, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Can someone see Articles_for_deletion/Amir_Sarkosh and tell if the SPAs !voting "keep" there are indeed socks? So that we can just WP:SOCKSTRIKE the votes.  Java Hurricane  06:20, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked, votes struck.  Java Hurricane  13:04, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Behavior confirmed, I blocked the account and requested a global lock. They seem to have highly dynamic pools, so I'm not sure it's worth blocking those. But sleeper-check sometimes finds things. DMacks (talk) 14:56, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - endorsed for sleeper check. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:57, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Don't come by SPI much, but also per  Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 15:22, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed that all IPs here are related, blocked them for a week, but a rangeblock doesn't look feasible. CUs - this has been going long enough that I think we should stop tagging these socks per DENY, what do you think? GeneralNotability (talk) 16:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Everything has been checked and is blocked. ST47 (talk) 17:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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Recreation of Draft:Amir Sarkosh, previously speedy deleted after Articles for deletion/Amir Sarkosh revealed sockpuppetry. Nathan2055talk - contribs 18:38, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, plus the sleeper .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:56, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:00, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The accounts have been globally locked. In finding 's suggestion of no further tags per WP:DENY, I agree with this suggestion, so I've left the accounts without tags. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:04, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually I've just re-checked the pages and realised that tags were added by . I suggest that these tags are left, but that further tags are not used per WP:DENY. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

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Creating articles about Saeed Panahi on different projects, and also interested in the same subjects (e.g. Saeed Panahi, Mostafa Momeni). There is also on Wikidata, editing items about the same subjects. Ahmadtalk 22:23, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding User:Afshinpt as well, since it's an SPA and is only editing articles and items about Saeed Panahi here and on Wikidata. The username is apparently intended to resemble . On a side note, Mojtaba236's username, another sock, was also derived from 's. Ahmadtalk 12:53, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - sure looks like ArmanAfifeh to me between the article topics and some behavioral tells. Endorsed, please check for sleepers. GeneralNotability (talk) 12:33, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 19:38, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other and to ArmanAfifeh. I couldn't immediately see any sleeper accounts. Accounts are already locked globally, sock tags added, closing. Mz7 (talk) 19:45, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Moved Sarkhosh, Amir from a draft (created by an IP-sock) to the main namespace. The user has already been blocked on fawiki for being a sock of ArmanAfifeh. Ahmadtalk 13:56, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Interesting...this looks like an ArmanAfifeh sock, but I'm surprised they didn't come up as a sleeper in the last CU a few days ago. Endorsed. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 04:36, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus the following accounts:
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavioral pattern: actively editing articles about Reza Homam on different projects. Reza Homam is the new interest of this LTA, as seen on d:Q98836062 or d:Q98805073 (and a deleted article on simplewiki). The creator of the mentioned items on Wikidata is, who has also edited an item about EverybodyWiki (a long-term interest of this LTA) on Wikidata, and belongs to the same range as other socks (the range has been locally blocked for that reason). Ahmadtalk 23:35, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * - sigh. You'd think they could take a day off or something. They're already CU-confirmed on commons, sleeper check please., courtesy ping since they're active on simple as usual. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:53, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 05:41, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikimelani is to ArmanAfifeh., global lock requested. I found a  sleeper account: . There is some technical overlap which suggests it may be Wikimelani, but the data is not 100% consistent with past ArmanAfifeh socks. I'm not sure whether there is enough evidence to block just on the CU evidence, but it'd be a good idea to keep an eye on it. Closing for now. Mz7 (talk) 06:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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Created Draft:Amir Sarkhosh (snooker) here, created an article about Amin Fardin on fawiki (ArmanAfifeh used to be interested in Amin Fardin) + IP-socking. In my opinion, it's an obvious duck case, but requesting a CU for possible sleepers. Ahmadtalk 14:31, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding User:پیام نگار. Locked globally, but not G5'd locally. A check may find sleepers, too. Ahmadtalk 14:53, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Thanks DMacks. Yes, I confirm that 5.126.164.107 is the mentioned IP. And there is also that keeps removing the speedy deletion template from Soraya Homam and Reza Homam (for the record, they also removed the speedy deletion template from w:azb:رضا حمامی and w:mzn:رضا حمامی). Ahmadtalk  16:03, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. performed a check on fawiki on September 13, and Hamid An and ATIe were blocked as a result, but no sleepers were visible (none was reported). I was thinking maybe an LWCU would help, since Rihbar was only active on pswiki.
 * On a side note, the next check on enwiki is likely to find as well, since their local account was created after this check. Ahmadtalk  08:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Can an admin please G5 Reza Homam and Soraya Homam? The IP socks keep removing the speedy deletion template. Thanks. Ahmadtalk 11:54, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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The IP Ahmad observed is likely and I agree with the behavioral and IP-pool match. I also see active on other wikis on September 4. DMacks (talk) 15:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not comfortable declaring any more sleepers at this point. A check on fawiki might help. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


 * All blocked & locked, closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:57, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

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This following behaviour is the same as 's, what especially makes me think it's a sock is that this user only began editing here 16 hours ago:
 * Rapidly translating articles from the Persian Wikipedia
 * Misapplying speedy deletion tags
 * Quickly created a fancy signature.
 * Signs with no space and then "--" before signature.
 * Uses ping

– Thjarkur (talk) 10:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * I don't know about the CU evidence, but the behavioral pattern seems to match (one of fawiki users recently reported this account as a suspected sockpuppet of ArmanAfifeh). There is a sort of "dead giveaway" that, when combined with their usual behavioral pattern (a new account that keeps creating standard articles on different projects), almost certainly shows the account is a sockpuppet. To avoid WP:BEANS, I'd rather explain this privately in email, though fawiki CheckUsers are also familiar with it. Ahmadtalk 03:17, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * not sure there's enough proof here to merit a CU (mostly because I haven't seen any characteristic ArmanAfifeh behaviors here and most of Thjarkur's listed behaviors can be explained as normal CIR issues)...but on the other hand, did allude in the last case that there were several more possible sleepers. I don't suppose you remember if this one was on the list? GeneralNotability (talk) 19:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's on the same range for what that's worth. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 04:22, 18 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Answer was apparently "yes, they are the same" - Editor3342 is globally locked as an ArmanAfifeh sock. Not going to tag, no further action needed, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:40, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

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BLPs of Peyman Keshavarz have been created by socks of this globally banned user within the past week, and this is probably another of them. Recommend that the IP address be blocked against unregistered editors for a reasonable period of time. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Given that ArmanAfifeh is a cross-wiki problem, I've requested a global block on that IP and . GeneralNotability (talk) 23:50, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * IPs globally blocked and I've flagged down a global sysop to help delete the cross-wiki spam. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

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This IP address is also requesting to create a BLP of Peyman Keshavarz. Previous BLPs of the subject have been deleted within the past week as socks of this globally banned user. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:47, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * See above. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , I went to archive this, but I don't see what "See above" is referring to. Did something get deleted from the SPI by accident? -- RoySmith (talk) 13:43, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , there was a second case open at the same time, it looks like whoever archived the case only archived the first case. You're good to archive. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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Interested in Niousha Modabber, a subject that has been of interest for ArmanAfifeh (please see Sockpuppet_investigations/ArmanAfifeh/Archive and Niusha Modabber). WkiiK6 has also been interested in Peyman Keshavarz on fawiki. 5.113.110.114 is active on different projects, and is interested in exact the same subjects (edits on w:fa:پیمان کشاورزی نظرلو, or creating Niousha Modabber on simplewiki, or editing Niousha Modabber here). Ahmadtalk 09:48, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * The sock is already globally locked, I've requested the IP be globally blocked, and I checked with the blocking steward and they ran an LWCU so I don't think we need to do our own checkuser. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:15, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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Created a draft about Alireza Mokhtari Homami here, who appears to be the same person as Reza Homami. Edited w:azb:دی جی سانی, a long-term interest of ArmanAfifeh (see the deletion log of DJ Sani), and also created an article about the same subject on mznwiki. Created an article about Reza Homami on fawiki (see the deletion/protection log of Reza Homami). Ahmadtalk 04:43, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and reported to meta for a lock. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:11, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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They have uploaded several photos of Sara Silavi (DJ Sani) on Commons (please see ). Furthermore, they have created the page DJ Sani on scwiki. Their behavioral pattern on fawiki also matches that of other ArmanAfifeh sockpuppets (I think it's best if I explain this privately, if needed), which, combined with their interest in Sara Silavi, is usually a dead giveaway. Ahmadtalk 06:40, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I don't see anything conclusive on enwiki to link them to ArmanAfifeh, but I agree with Ahmad that the cross-wiki activity looks like ArmanAfifeh. Endorsed, sleeper check please. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:09, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , and ✅ to the globally locked Special:Contribs/مهرابی. Blocked, requesting lock, closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 18:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Same thing as usual. Recreated Amin Fardin in mainspace as a copy-and-paste recreation. See also the contribs of and, who have been edit warring with other editors over deleting this and other pages. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by ST47 —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 07:27, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

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Although Pooyan Mokhtari has not been created by ArmanAfifeh before, I think it's safe to say that this account is very likely to be a sockpuppet. Similar to ArmanAfifeh, シベ has created an article about Pooyan Mokhtari on three different projects (enwiki, simplewiki and fawiki). They have also shown an interest in Amir Hossein Mohammadi, a long-term interest of ArmanAfifeh. They used to create it under the name Amirhossein Mahmoudi (G5'd once on enwiki, several times on fawiki and simplewiki 1, 2, as well as other projects). Their behavior on fawiki, as well as the use of tofawiki shortly after creating the account (and using it for creating six articles there) is also similar to other ArmanAfifeh sockpuppets. As an example, w:fa:Special:Logs/ATIe shows that one of their locked sockpuppets, ATIe, created 99 articles on fawiki using the mentioned tool. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 11:50, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Comment - please also see behaviour here Spiderone  14:31, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding two from Articles for deletion/Amir Sarkhosh (biliard players)

Quack quack. Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 15:20, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Sure looks like them behaviorally, CU for verification + sleeper check please. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:24, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ +, and .  Salvio 15:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Everyone is blocked, lock requests already filed, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:30, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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Reverting G5 on Amir Sarkhosh (snooker player) after making the page with a globally locked sock, socking the deletion discussion with "keep" votes, including from the account they nominated it with (what???) jp×g 15:07, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Courtesy ping  ~ Amkgp  💬  15:12, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Adding to the list—their sandbox is a draft of Amir Sarkhosh and they were doing some weird things with it at AfD after nominating it at WP:AFC. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 18:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Handled in the other case from today. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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No idea what the heck is happening at User:FCxO/sandbox, but it certainly looks like Arman from the subject matter. Nathan2055talk - contribs 20:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Dealt with. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:52, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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Created Draft:Peyman Keshavarzi. Even had the courtesy to link to the old AFD (AFD Deletion review). In the review, someone said Endorse deletion - the article has been repeatedly created at Peyman Keshavarzi nazarloo, Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo, Peyman Keshavarzi and Peyman Keshavarz.. Similar IP range as the IP tied to ArmanAfifeh here earlier today on WT:Sockpuppet investigations. WP:QUACK. If confirmed, requesting the usual db-banned for that draft. Sidebar: Is there a filter that "silently" flags creations of his favorite articles or drafts thereof so these things can be dealt with immediately instead of waiting until someone notices? Had nobody noticed, and had the topic met WP:N and the article passed WP:AFC review, it might have been accepted. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  15:47, 30 October 2020 (UTC) davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  15:47, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: IP is part of a /20, which might be more blockable than a larger block. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  16:24, 30 October 2020 (UTC)  Update on the other hand, the same(?) editor used 5.125.5.121 on September 6th to create  so maybe not.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  16:42, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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just recreated Draft:Amir Sarkhosh (snooker). DMacks (talk) 16:20, 30 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Everybody's been blocked already, so nothing left to do here. If there's further page protections or G5 cleanup required, that can happen outside of SPI. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:37, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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Recreating draft on Draft:Amirhossein Mohammadi and still not getting any of the details right to pinpoint it to a notable player. Mainly showing he's playing in the Persian Guif Pro League. Had to deal with a similar draft Draft:Amirhossein Mahmoudi by who turned out to be a related sock. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 23:50, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * P*123n and are ✅ to ArmanAfifeh. Pictogram resolved.svg All socks blocked and tagged. Closing case.. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:29, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

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This account is attempting to create a BLP of Amir Sarkhosh, but that title is create-protected in both draft space and article space due to repeated creation by the sockpuppeteer User:ArmanAfifeh.

This is almost certainly the same globally blocked user with the same feathers. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:28, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Need to check these IPs for socking as well. They were editing the Draft:Amirhossein Mahmoudi (violinist) recently submitted to AFC. Note the first sandbox submission comments from (Violiniswwt). Also note that (Violiniswwt) tried to change the name of the winner of the Menuhin Competition to Amirhossein Mahmoudi. and the IP tried the name change for Singapore International Violin Competition and the violinist draft page has a number of blatant inaccuracies concerning competition wins. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:49, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * 5.200.115.71 and 89.34.49.111 are globally locked (evidence includes xwiki to commons and/or wikidata). DMacks (talk) 17:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * That's them all right. Requested global blocks for the IPs, blocked and requested lock on (Violiniswwt). CU: sleeper check, please. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:55, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Also involved:
 * (on fawiki). DMacks (talk) 18:10, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * (on fawiki). DMacks (talk) 18:10, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Plus . -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:15, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Everyone's locked, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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Here we go again. More Amir Hossein Mohammadi drafts. This time on a football player that might have played in the IPL but still leaves a lot of details out. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 06:17, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked for 1 week. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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Could be meat-puppetry, but it's definitely WP:DUCKy. Compare (first edit) to. I can't see the revisions but I can see this which has a high overlap. The rest of Iranfard's edits speak of an experienced editor. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  04:44, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Plus --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 12:15, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Created Draft:Ali Ziya, previously G5'd as a creation by Mehdikordian, who was CU-confirmed to Afifeh on fawiki. The rather ham-fisted attempts at antivandalism are also reminiscent of the master. Requesting CU for confirmation and sleeper check. Best, Blablubbs | talk 22:06, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * I reported this a little while ago and then saw there was already a report, so I reverted mine. I'm just including my comment here in case it helps at all: Creation of page Arrest of Maedeh Hojabri which was deleted due to creation by known sockpuppet. Timeline of account creation indicates a possible connection. A brief review of this user's still-current contributions shows a large number of unexplained reverts of edits which appear to be non-problematic, which may be an attempt to build an edit count to establish legitimacy. A S U K I T E   02:36, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - CU confirmation and sleeper check please. Edits suggests so. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:15, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:31, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

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more quacking of old unverified Amirhoseein Mahmoudi articles that have included references to random folks who share the name (researchers) AngusW🐶🐶F  ( bark  •  sniff ) 16:12, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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Obviously. and also have been active this week. DMacks (talk) 16:18, 25 December 2020 (UTC) is globally locked. DMacks (talk) 16:21, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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Already globally locked, but since it took me a bit to figure out the original master, reporting here for the record There are probably some other ways to connect the accounts that don't involve deleted contribs on other wiki. I don't know if a block is needed, since the account is already locked, but tagging them as a sock would be helpful for when they next come back in terms of being able to figure out the master DannyS712 (talk) 00:52, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) connected to Special:CentralAuth/Javad2283 based on deleted contribs on simplewiki (simple:Peyman Keshavarz)
 * 2) Javad2283 is CU blocked here (and on simple) with no master identified, but on commons blocked as a sock of "مهیار مهرنیا"
 * 3) User:مهیار مهرنیا is tagged as a sock of ArmanAfifeh
 * Though I'm just seeing now the note above "A clerk or checkuser recommends that new socks in this case not receive tags per WP:DENY." so maybe not DannyS712 (talk) 00:53, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * There may be connections through the following pages, some of which have only been edited by non-logged-in editors:
 * , at WP:G5,, "Amirhossein Mahmoudi (Persian: امیرحسین محمودی‎ ; born July 2, 1994) is an Iranian musician, composer, arranger, violinist and singer."
 * , /meta:Special:CentralAuth/Behrozz12 globally locked "Arman affifeh", "Amirhossein Mahmoudi (born Jul 11, 1998) is an Iranian football Forward"
 * , user:Behrozz12, "{{Infobox football biography | name = Amirhossein Mahmoudi | goals3 = | caps3 = 10 | caps4 = 12 | caps5 = 11 | caps6 = 9 | goals1 = 2 | goals2 =...'"
 * {{pagelinks|Draft:Amir Hossein Mahmoudi}}, created multiple times:
 * {{user|Do me follow}} (ArmanAfifeh sock) "(born April 4, 1984) is iranian conductor and Violinist." (different birth date than above)
 * {{ip|5.73.221.5}} "infobox football biography"... "{{infobox football biography | name = Amir Hossein Mahmoudi | years2 = 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|11}} | birth_place = Teh...')"
 * {{user|سثاخانوم}} page created as {{pagelinks|User:سثاخانوم/sandbox}}, "infobox football biography|name=Amir Hossein Mahmoudi|caps1=9|goals5=1|years5=2020|clubs5=Atrak Bojnourd F.C.|A...')"
 * {{pagelinks|User talk:سثاخانوم/sandbox}} which claims the sandbox above is a translation of fa:امیر حسین محمودی which has been repeatedly created and deleted (logs) including a creation on 28 October 2020 by {{user|فوتبالیستم}} (ArmanAfifeh sock) with the log entry "{infobox football biography|name=امیر حسین محمودی|caps2=۰|goals3=۰|caps4=۲۰|caps3=۱۲|years4=۲۰۲۰|years3=۲۰۱۹|c...» ایجاد کرد".
 * On October 29, {{ip|5.73.221.5}} claims to be the creator of Mostafa Aghajani and Kamal Nikkhoui, who is Special:Contributions/Mojtaba2361 (claim). This was in a discussion about problematic article {{pagelinks|Peyman Keshavarzi nazarloo}}.  See also {{pagelinks|Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo}} and {{pagelinks|Peyman Keshavarz}}
 * Correcting for the record - it looks like Mojtaba2361 is an established editor who moved Peyman Keshavarzi nazarloo to Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo. No reason to think he is involved. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs) 🎄  04:30, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs) 🎄   03:58, 29 December 2020‎ (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Socks are bagged and tagged.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:16, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Socks are bagged and tagged.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:16, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Socks are bagged and tagged.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:16, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I blocked both of the accounts I found, after noticing making a legal threat at ANI and another user suggesting he was editing logged out. On running a check, I found a match to User:Deejmin, who was already blocked by User:Oshwah per this sock case. By the time I get to Navab eb7 he was already blocked for the legal threat, but I assume it's appropriate to note the sockpuppetry, so I issued the SPI block. EdJohnston (talk) 02:26, 3 January 2021 (UTC)


 * No tags, locks requested, working on G5-ing their contributions. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 04:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Puppeteer has been globally locked by. Puppeteer created Amir Mahmoodi, which is now at AfD and which is almost certainly a hoax article. Multiple recently registered accounts have turned up to !vote keep - 2 of them as their first edit. Darren-M  talk  13:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * This is but it's too early for me to move the case. ;)  GRINCHIDICAE🎄  14:05, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes, the data is consistent with ArmanAfifeh. Please merge this case to Sockpuppet investigations/ArmanAfifeh. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 01:19, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Done. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Closing as all accounts have been locked globally. Mz7 (talk) 18:39, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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Appears to be another sockpuppet. See Amir Sarkhosh (snooker) and then the history at Amir Sarkhosh. Also see Amir Mahmoodi (footballer) and the history at Amir Mahmoodi if further evidence is needed. Also putting his own articles up for AfD which is exactly what the previous sock did. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Please also check for sleepers. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:59, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * That's him. Requested and received a glock. has asked for an enwiki sleeper check. Blablubbs | talk 18:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ at loginwiki, plus
 * I'd endorse a check here too. Best, — Thanks for the fish!  talk •contribs  18:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd endorse a check here too. Best, — Thanks for the fish!  talk •contribs  18:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd endorse a check here too. Best, — Thanks for the fish!  talk •contribs  18:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd endorse a check here too. Best, — Thanks for the fish!  talk •contribs  18:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * My check found only socks that are already globally locked. There was some logged-out activity and I may take some action on that. It might be helpful if a clerk could semiprotect all the football articles that were edited by socks previously named, and any related AfDs. EdJohnston (talk) 22:01, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Some protection has been applied. Closing as nothing left to do with this case. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:01, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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Common interest in Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo and Amir Sarkosh, particularly on commons (commons:Special:Contributions/بولس245) but also on en-wiki (Special:Contributions/بولس245). Account created on en-wiki shortly before or shortly after last sleeper check by, but several days ago on Commons. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:45, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the check. Azerbaijan Premier League (2013—) is indeed listed in WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  23:30, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Noting for the archives: left me a question on my talk page.  I replied there (permalink).
 * Yes, I left a message because it was strange to me that you considered me a saboteur for uploading my photo.--بولس245 (talk) 15:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * As the editor who opened this SPI, I concur with 's recommendation of 19:03, 22 January 2021 (UTC) to close with no action. This looks like a case of a very unfortunate coincidence when a DUCK was not a WP:DUCK, with, me, and those doing the work here getting caught up in it. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  19:18, 22 January 2021 (UTC) Update:  Concurrence is conditional on there being no new evidence, see comment immediately below. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  15:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Update globally locked this editor on Meta (meta:Special:CentralAuth/بولس245).  If he has evidence not considered here, that should be taken into account before closing this SPI.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  15:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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The version string matches though it's not too distinctive. The IP range is consistent but wide. The was seemingly imported from the fa.wiki. In the caption, the user who imported it says it's a picture of him. I think the import to Commons was by a bot. So anyone who can read file history in the fa.wiki might be able to learn more. The page where the image was used is Draft:Peyman Keshavarzi. That player is now with Sabail FK which is in the Azerbaijani Premier League. (Might be a professional league, not easy to tell). So per WP:FOOTY it's possible that the player is notable. The draft article was created by User:ShadowBallX who is in good standing. EdJohnston (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I know I'm not suppose to comment here, however, wouldn't he pass NFOOTY since he played in Iran, which the Persian Gulf Pro League is considered professional? ShadowBallX (talk) 23:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I recommend that the complaint against User:بولس245 should be closed with no action. I changed my verdict above to 'possible'. The background suggests they aren't part of the ArmanAfifeh sock party. In the caption here the editor seems to have admitted they are the football player Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo. The copyright clearance for the latest image may still not be correct, but others can work on that. EdJohnston (talk) 19:03, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Above, I struck out that the editor said they are the actual player (They clarified it on my talk page). EdJohnston (talk) 19:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Account already globally locked, so no block needed. This sock was confirmed to IEureka below and is also likely to this case. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:23, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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Reported at meta by Camouflaged Mirage. I already blocked this user for being a sock, but unblocked them after they provided an explanation. Creating this case to determine if this user is or is not related to ArmanAfifeh. They are listed at SRG for a lock, and are blocked on fawiki for being a sock of ArmanAfifeh. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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for a check to confirm if IEureka is related to this case. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I've ✅ that IEureka and بولس245 are related, and are to Poshte pardeh and the others listed in the SPI report above.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   14:16, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * My gut feeling was correct then. Already globally locked, so no need for a local block. Edits reverted / creations deleted. Leaving without tags. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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Has created the page Amir Hossein Mahmoudi (footballer) today. See also Amir Mahmoodi and Amir Mahmoodi (footballer) and Articles for deletion/Amir Mahmoodi. For some reason, every time this page is created, a whole load of ArmanAfifeh socks come out of the woodwork so I expect the same to happen again. Mahmoodi is an amateur footballer playing at a ludicrously low level in Iran so the chances of another random Wikipedia editor creating an article on him are extremely low. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:32, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Obvious, recreating Mostafa Momeni (Composer) (former socks seen here and here) – Thjarkur (talk) 18:10, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Already blocked. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:57, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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CU, combined with exact same interests, and the first action of the sock was to copy the blocked master's common.js. Filing for the record since I suspect this will be coming up again. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 23:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

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can I suggest comparing this to Sockpuppet investigations/ArmanAfifeh and the archives? I saw Mojtaba2361 on simplewiki and assumed they were a sock of ArmanAfifeh based on similarities with User:VsDFRT on simplewiki, but then I saw that they were blocked as part of this SPI instead. I listed ArmanAfifeh above because I needed to report someone via the twinkle interface to create a new report here, but they themselves are likely stale and one of the other socks in the archives should probably be used instead. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * is VsDFRT stale? Or, there are socks from less than a week ago in Sockpuppet investigations/ArmanAfifeh/Archive DannyS712 (talk) 07:33, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * DannyS712 - is not stale. The point here is that we're trying to compare ; I can't.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   07:51, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * As I commented above, "I listed ArmanAfifeh above because I needed to report someone via the twinkle interface to create a new report here, but they themselves are likely stale and one of the other socks in the archives should probably be used instead." DannyS712 (talk) 07:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, let's fix this report then. I've put VsDFRT as the sock puppet instead of ArmanAfifeh. I've reset the status and I'll take a look...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the confusion DannyS712 (talk) 08:35, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * DannyS712 - It happens; it's not a big deal. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * The sock account is too, and there are no past logs that I can look at. This will need a behavioral investigation.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:55, 14 January 2021 (UTC) See updates below.
 * , There are plenty of recent ArmanAfifeh socks with non-stale data? I originally blocked as a sock of Mojtaba based on a combination of possible to likely CU data plus identical topic area, but taking a second look it appears that Sobherooja may be more likely a sock of ArmanAfifeh. The question then becomes is Mojtaba a sock of ArmanAfifeh?  CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 07:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:05, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Seeing as both are already blocked, and the instructions in this matter is to DENY and not tag, I don't think reblocking is necessary. CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:13, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Accounts are all locked, closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I initially archived this report, but Danny pointed out on my talk page that it looks like we're not done here. I took a look at the CU data, and it's quite messy, but I think the behavioral evidence connecting Mojtaba2361 and Sobherooja seems quite strong, and Sobherooja appears to be confirmed to a number of other accounts that have been locked as sockpuppets of ArmanAfifeh. Please merge this case and the archived case to Sockpuppet investigations/ArmanAfifeh. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * case and archive merged. Updated tags. Re-closing. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:40, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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Has created Peyman Keshavarzi (footballer), which is a favourite of Arman Afifeh Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 13:55, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 19:17, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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Edits. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. Seems WP:DUCKy. . . Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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SPA re-creations of Draft:Amir Hossein Mahmoudi and Draft:Amir Hossein Mahmoudi (footballer, born 1998) with incomplete references and same old vagueness. PPPI555 is already globally locked but wanted to checkuser to see if they are connected with ArmanAfifeh AngusW🐶🐶F  ( bark  •  sniff ) 18:35, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ =  =  =  =  = . Blocked. All globally locked. - Mailer Diablo 20:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * No tags. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:09, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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Has created Justina (rapper) and Amirhossein Mahmoudi (footballer, born 1998), both of which are favourites of Arman. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:13, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * . . . Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:49, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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Recreation of Amir Hossein Mahmoudi via WP:AFC — Amkgp 💬  11:16, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Courtesy ping for further help. Thank you. — Amkgp  💬  11:35, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Lock requested and received. Blablubbs | talk 12:41, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Leaving open for CU. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:23, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. . Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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Duck. Recreation of Amirhossein Mahmoudi (see also ). Requesting CU for sleepers. Blablubbs | talk 19:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for reporting this user. I did not realize this was a thing until I saw the G5 tag on the draft I accepted. That link that says "This page has been deleted x times" can be so hard to see sometimes. Jalen Folf   (talk)  19:35, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * The user has been globally locked. No action is required. Closing...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:02, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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more re-creations of Draft:Amir Hossein Mohammadi with stats that are inconsistent with the references provided. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 19:29, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Checkuser cannot be used to confirm accounts to IP addresses - only accounts to accounts.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:44, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Blocked /64 for 3 weeks. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:31, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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Draft:Amirhossein Mahmoudi which was created by an IP was then repurposed to the other non-notable football player with the same type of reference issues as the previous socks. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 23:38, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same wide range and user agent.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:49, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Already locked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:21, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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Draft:Amir Sarkhosh (snooker player) was created with no useful content by an IP editor. A week later, Ali davari32423 started significantly improving it, adding more than 21KB to the page in their first edit. They have also created an article about Amir Sarkhosh on fawiki, which was deleted. Their other creation, Draft:Akram Mohammadi Amini, was previously created by, an ArmanAfifeh sock, and speedy deleted afterwards. I think a CU can be helpful in finding any possible sleepers. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 18:10, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same wide range, user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:43, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yara Sharafeldin is another creation by this editor. Variants of "Sharafeldin" are another popular target with this sock-drawer. Creating as various user-subpages or drafts and then moving to mainspace (sometimes even formally "accepting" their own draft) is another behavioral match. Indef'ed without tag, lock requested. DMacks (talk) 18:46, 24 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

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Same behavior as usual; see User:Fbref Results/sandbox. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:53, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Almost immediately after filing this, activity also started coming from ; I have sent that to WP:AIV since IPs aren't normally handled here, but it means whoever processes this case should definitely check for sleepers. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:57, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocking account indef and blocking /64 3 weeks. No tags. Leaving open for CU. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:36, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * . The account is already blocked; closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:42, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

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Has created Amirhossein Mahmoudi (violinist) again. See history at Amirhossein Mahmoudi, which is now salted. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already globally locked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:46, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

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Please can we get this one globally locked ASAP? Thank you. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 14:47, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Indef blocked . Same behavior as previous socks of ArmanAfifeh. EdJohnston (talk) 14:59, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Glocked, along with a /64 that they also used (evidence at azb:امیر_محمودی). DMacks (talk) 15:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

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Based on contributions and cross-wiki contributions, and by matching them with previous socks, it looks probable. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:26, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. . . Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:30, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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See Amir Mahmoudi. Blatant WP:DUCK. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:01, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Seems WP:DUCKy. . . Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:21, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Account sprang to action one day after last sock was blocked. Like previous socks, is rapidly translating articles from fawiki and trying his hands at speedy deletion tagging. Creating his own talk page with talk header and rapidly welcoming new users is not something I specifically recognize from ArmanAfifeh, but it is of course a general sign of being a sock. – Thjarkur (talk) 06:42, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * A steward has globally locked this account as a sock of ArmanAfifeh. DanCherek (talk) 21:49, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * – not 100% confident this is AA, and I don't immediately see ducky recreations, but the mass-welcoming, manual RCP and talk header thing reminds me of (cf. Special:Permalink/975515955), plus there's a bunch of football-related creations on fawiki, which is something AA likes to do. Certainly enough for a check; CU, please compare and look for sleepers. Thanks and best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The Mahoor Alvand page is a recreation of an older sock. But there is also novel behavior on both wikidata and commons. DMacks (talk) 13:41, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:16, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The recreation and CU restults make it clear that this is definitely him. Already locked,, closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

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More re-creations of Draft:Amir Hossein Mahmoudi, who might be part of the squad but isn't listed in the first team so it's highly likely to be more of the same spam. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 19:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * was g-locked a few hours ago as another one. DMacks (talk) 19:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 2A01:5EC0:9013:116F:3CF8:849C:C70D:676D was locked as well. I cleaned up a bunch of these two IPs' xwiki contribs. DMacks (talk) 04:00, 12 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:05, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

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I was already suspicious of the account due to creating a couple of dubious footballer articles. It has now created Amirali Mahmoudi, which is basically just Amir Mahmoudi/Amir Mahmoodi all over again. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 14:31, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:09, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Globally locked. Please remember to request glock for this drawer, as they will continue to abuse multiple other sites even after being blocked on enwiki. DMacks (talk) 18:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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See User:D,SD9/امیرحسین محمودی (موسیقیدان); which is a recreation of Draft:Amir Hossein Mahmoudi. WP:DUCK. Nathan2055talk - contribs 23:08, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:08, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * sock locked The SandDoctor  Talk 07:21, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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Similar behavior as previous socks, including rapid machine translations of articles from fawiki ; first edit and many subsequent edits to Iranian football articles; quick to request autopatrolled shortly after account creation (compare to ); and referring to admins as "management"  (compare to ). Requesting CheckUser to confirm, and also to check for sleepers if that would be appropriate. (Unsure how to balance a report to justify CU with BEANS; any clerk or admin can remove any part of my statement as they see fit.) DanCherek (talk) 22:26, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also likely:
 * Not going to BEANS the details. DMacks (talk) 22:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Not going to BEANS the details. DMacks (talk) 22:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

This was frustrating to check because none of the recent socks are tagged, so I had to review the block log for every suspicious user on the resulting, very large, IP ranges, and it is likely that I missed something. I don't understand why reporters are holding their cards so close on this case: this is not a person doing it for the recognition, it's clearly a person editing for hire who does not care if they get caught. They don't change their behaviour to avoid detection, they just make a new alias and take more jobs. Keeping evidence to yourself just makes it harder to find their socks. I'm removing the "no tags" notice, and if you want checks to be run, provide evidence. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:58, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * - recent socks won't be stale, CU has been successful in the past.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:01, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are to socks previously identified:
 * I would have blocked Khadempour322 on their own merits: they've been making userspace copies of pages that others marked for speedy deletion, and then replacing the page after deletion was carried out. Their own speedy deletion flagging activity suggests there is an orangemoody-style protection racket happening here. Socks' deleted contribs should be reviewed for inappropriate deletions. Sunny le su has been ACPERM-gaming as well. Both are blocked AND TAGGED.
 * No evidence was given for Hossein norouzi 306 and I see no reason myself to check, so I did not.
 * I would have blocked Khadempour322 on their own merits: they've been making userspace copies of pages that others marked for speedy deletion, and then replacing the page after deletion was carried out. Their own speedy deletion flagging activity suggests there is an orangemoody-style protection racket happening here. Socks' deleted contribs should be reviewed for inappropriate deletions. Sunny le su has been ACPERM-gaming as well. Both are blocked AND TAGGED.
 * No evidence was given for Hossein norouzi 306 and I see no reason myself to check, so I did not.
 * Hossein norouzi 306 locked as AA by Amanda. Tagged as suspected. Closing. On a sidenote, and without making any comment on the merit of tags vs no tags, I understand why people don't tag AA; he does engage in trolly behaviour, including interactions with himself. This is one example that immediately comes to mind. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 13:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Apparently, this case has been stale for a while now, but CeSoe's contributions seem to match ArmanAfifeh's behavior. For example, as with previous sockpuppets, Alireza Najafzadeh has been created by CeSoe on enwiki, azbwiki, and simplewiki. There is also sockpuppet activity on Articles for deletion/Alireza Najafzadeh (by an IP whose only global contributions are voting for "keep" for articles created by CeSoe on enwiki and fawiki). CeSoe has already been blocked indefinitely on fawiki for sockpuppetry. There are also some subtler pieces of evidence which I can share privately, if needed. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 15:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Same ISPs, same (common) browser as past socks., . I see a couple other possibly-related accounts on their range, but nothing I feel comfortable blocking at this time. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:43, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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These two accounts created new drafts at Draft:Amir_Sarkhosh_(2) and Draft:Amir_Sarkhosh_(billiards_player) to bypass salting of more conventionally named targets. Borderline WP:DUCK block evasion. OhNo itsJamie Talk 18:55, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * User:Ohnoitsjamie Hi, I got a part of the article from the article in everibodywiki. Isn't that collection part of the wiki?--Liyan baboo (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And the reason for creating the draft was to see his competitions in 2022, when he won second in IBSF World Snooker Championships Liyan baboo (talk) 19:45, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * No, everkbodywiki is where folks go when there content is rejected from Wikipedia; it has very little moderation. That's immaterial here, however; the question that will be addressed at this venue is whether you are avoiding a block. In any case, I highly doubt that an amateur snooker player meets any notability criteria. OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:17, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not avoid any blocks and I do not know this user and IP.This person is not an amateur? If you search the internet, you will find that he is not an amateur. Amateur players can not become world champions. And attending the Olympics is not for amateurs Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Liyan baboo (talk) 20:26, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I seem to be mistakenly involved in a problem that I'm not involved in, so the IP article, which is similar to mine, copied the exact text of the article from Everybodywiki, and part of the text of my article is taken from the same article, ie Everybodywiki The body wiki that I thought was part of the Wikipedia project and I thought was part of the wiki. If I make a mistake, delete my draft article so I can work on a healthy article from this person and wait. Liyan baboo (talk) 22:54, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The Article user:Robert McClenon Transmitted by him. You are wrong. I made the article in my draft without a title. Take a look at this edit yourself I even sent a message to the person why he moved my article. Am I right? It was user:Robert McClenon who transferred the article to 2. And my messageUser_talk:Robert_McClenon to user:Robert McClenon why they transferred my article from my draft. I did not make the article in the title that I want to play socks. Liyan baboo (talk) 23:59, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged named account. Leaving CU request in place. Bbb23 (talk) 00:30, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem like sleeper checks have been very useful in this case recently, so I'm going to close this without CU for now. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:16, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Peymn NR has created User:Peymn NR/sandbox on Amin Fardin. Based on the username and the draft subject, I'm guessing this is another sock from the same farm? -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * The article template's changed but no question it's the same person., . Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 18:57, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
(1) Recreation of Ho3ein and Hamid Sefat, both of which were earlier created (a while ago now) by blocked sock. (2) Rapid initial editing to build the edit count (3) Edits to fawiki and wikidata. Behaviour consistent with prior socks. Data will be stale, a sleeper check may be helpful but I will leave that to a clerk. Local Variable (talk) 14:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * If further behavioural evidence is required, the account is also participating in deletion discussions in the same manner, using external links to purportedly demonstrate notability. In the past socks have been used to influence discussions; it remains to be seen if any will this time. Local Variable (talk) 09:22, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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I also opened this case before seeing this one by @Local Variable: Sockpuppet_investigations/BenYaamin

This is also another supportive evidence btw: Tehonk (talk) 20:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)


 * See the similarities between this and this, also comments by blocked sock CeSoe here, especially the usage of the word "inspection". Tehonk (talk) 21:33, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * based on behavioral evidence. Also leaving a note at the BenYaamin SPI that it may need to be merged here, I suspect this is the same farm. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 00:04, 5 March 2024 (UTC)