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Shuaj Baz Khan is creating/working on the same kind of pages that User:Astore Malik did, in particular Shams Khan (Sudhan). The edits display the same kind of Sudhan POV and the same kind of dubious sources. The logged-out of editing too is reminiscent of Astore Malik. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 21:58, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Pretty much all the pages created by Astore Malik were AfD'ed here. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 21:59, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:38, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

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The newly created page 1837 Poonch uprising is a substantial copy of Shams Khan (Sudhan) created by Astore Malik and his former socks. Kautilya3 (talk) 23:00, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Sample content from the old (deleted) page:

Similar content in the new page:

Pinging as he looked at the previous case. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 23:07, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:23, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Rinku sharma71 recreated the deleted Shams Khan (Sudhan) page under the title Shams Khan. A fragment from their new page:

as compared to the old deleted version:


 * has copied the same or similar content to other pages with no attribution:.
 * too did the same . -- Kautilya3 (talk) 23:15, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * - This looks pretty clear cut to me. Given the age and number of accounts used, please check for potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:10, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are :
 * Blocked and tagged. PhilKnight (talk) 23:16, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. PhilKnight (talk) 23:16, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. PhilKnight (talk) 23:16, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. PhilKnight (talk) 23:16, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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Account created soon after the last set of socks were blocked last month. Hikmatullah Sudhan been editing similar articles, eg: Sudhan, Bully Dog and Pathans of Kashmir Sitush (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Wondering if Mr Sudhan is another, so added above. - Sitush (talk) 22:00, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * - The modification of other people's comments at Talk:Sudhan stands out a significant red-flag. Please check to confirm and identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:26, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ to previous socks. . No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:34, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

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Removes mention of "India" on Bully Dog.

Mentioning Lodi dynasty on Lodi (Pashtun tribe).

Edits on Gull Terrier are also identical since both users remove "India" from the article. D4iNa4 (talk) 20:49, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:28, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

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Same story this time too.  M L talk 13:14, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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 * This is obvious enough to not require CU attention. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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New account that restored preferred version of this sockmaster.  M L talk 07:21, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:23, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

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Came back to target same pages as master.  M L talk 14:06, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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✅, . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:44, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:01, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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Similar content as the previous socks. Targeting Sudhan-related pages. Kautilya3 (talk) 21:20, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2019 (UTC)