Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Awanama/Archive

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There's just way too many diffs to point out (the Editor Interaction Analyser says it all really), but if you look at both of their accounts, they have a huge overlap in interests most notably on Malaysian topics and foods that originate from South East/East Asia. Their user page comes off as extremely similar as well, with Awanama putting just "Hi" while Hati Kama has "Hello World". In addition, both usernames end with -ama.

They both seem to engage in very similar nationalist POV pushing, constantly adding stuff relating to Malaysia on topics which are contentious on the connection to the latter. The account Awanama was also previously blocked twice by Drmies, first for 31 hours and then a week for personal attacks. I matched the dates and it seems like their sock, Hati Kama, was created around the time when their master account was blocked for the 2nd time.

Timeline


 * Awanama – blocked for a week on 12 October 2020 for personal attacks
 * Hati Kama – starts making edits immediately at the same topic area on 16 October 2020, which was during the time when Awanama was blocked

Diffs

I think the most clear cut diff that links the two account together is on the article Roti canai, where both accounts reverted the same exact diff (+edit warring) with just 4 hours separating the two. IP 202.166.49.156 (who made the initial same diff) could possibly be Awanama logging out too.


 * - Revert by Hati Kama
 * - Does another revert, this time with Awanama

This sort of behaviour is prevalent in many other articles where both accounts frequent, most likely to create an illusion of support.

On the topic of their previous personal attack blocks, I hope users such as Austonesier, Gunkarta and Ibra Bintang can help me out here as I'm not well versed into what happened prior to my suspicions, but so far this is the general idea. However I'm confident that Awanama is currently engaging in sockpuppetry possibly to ward off scrutiny after being previously blocked twice. ShelteredCook (talk) 06:21, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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I do agree with ShelteredCook's suspicion. I did suspect that Hati Kama was Awanama's sockpuppet, highly possibly as a block evasion sock, also some edits made by several un-login ip addresses. However, I just stand back and see how this will develop, anticipating whether in the future another edit wars will took place. I think Awanama is rather quite careful now, but cunning and dishonest at the same time, compared to his recklessness and tantrums in the past. However, I do not appreciate how he deleted/blanked his past talkpage here and here, as if the past accidents, warnings and disputes never happened; which put a question on his credibility. Thank you for pointing out this problem, Please go ahead on this sockpuppet investigation.  Gunkarta  talk 11:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Sock is indef'd and tagged. Leaving master for admin discretion.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:15, 4 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Master blocked indefinitely and tagged. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 19:59, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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New user trying to revert back to revisions made by user:Awanama on Malay gamelan and continuing an edit war, who has been found of using sockpuppets. Possible block evasion sockpuppet. Within 48 hours of Xcelltrasi reverting an edit by Awanama, Satria Aji Anggara comes to revert it which seems too much of a coincidence to me. Pahunkat (talk) 11:46, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that user is confirmed, it has already been blocked for "block evasion". I've also added other users/IPs that are most probably more Awanama socks due to the huge edit overlap, definitely worth checking out with a CU. Liberaldemocrat (talk) 13:30, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep, it was a sock in the end. It wasn't blocked when I reported it. Pahunkat (talk) 14:33, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:01, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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Clearly not a new user, with edits restoring previous edits made by Awanama. CMD (talk) 02:55, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagged and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:04, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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Huge edit overlap, identical Malaysian nationalist editing and restoring content (see articles such as Lemang) made by Awanama and their socks. CU requested for the user accounts. Liberaldemocrat (talk) 13:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * N.B. The IPs will need behavioral investigation, I don't think there's much point in playing whack-a-mole with IPv6. Pahunkat (talk) 14:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd say it's worth a shot. Anyway, Awanama's probably getting smarter now by resorting to logged out editing with IPs via his ISP. Take a look at this for one: special:contributions/115.132.156.0/23. All overlapping with their edits, including re-adding material made by the sockmaster on articles such as Zapin and Sbai. Definite WP:DUCK. Liberaldemocrat (talk) 15:40, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I meant putting the IPs through a CU (for obvious reasons). But it is pretty obvious that some of the IPs are Awanama. Pahunkat (talk) 15:36, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I got you. CU against IPs are probably not going to do much. I'm putting it up for the users that I've listed. Liberaldemocrat (talk) 15:40, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If some are confirmed, in particular Copychoco, cleanup including the G5 of pages created will be necessary. Pahunkat (talk) 15:12, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * I can only run checks and compare the accounts that are not stale. My ruling here is . The master is from a different country, but the socks are from the same one. All of the socks were on different user agents. No comment on the relation to any of the IP addresses listed here.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)


 * A couple of these accounts have been dealt with already and the others are stale. Given that the IPs haven't been used recently I'm going to close with no action. If the accounts or IPs start editing again please file another SPI report. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:29, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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Huge overlap with Awanama's editing scope, also note the almost identical names of the first two accounts. ShelteredCook (talk) 18:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ❌ as far as checkuser evidence goes:
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed sock.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ as far as checkuser evidence goes:
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed sock.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ as far as checkuser evidence goes:
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed sock.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed sock.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Blocking likely account, due to CU likely result and behavior. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:49, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Huge overlap with Awanama's editing scope, also note the almost identical names of the first two accounts. Similiar to the case of and   Xcelltrasi (talk), 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Everything described by Xcelltrasi, plus I noted the relatively rare mw-manual-revert tag is triggered frequently by both AksIarsd and a number of previously found socks. And, to save you some head-scratching, the 4th letter of the two usernames are ell, and upper-case eye.  There's no doubt this is socking, but maybe there's some sleepers to find. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , leaning . Same country and relative geolocation. Different OS versions on user agents. .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:52, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * suspected sock. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:13, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Restoring edits made by the sockpuppeteer Awanama. here is MrCattttt's edits restoring Awanama's edits. Similar edits and scope of interest with Awanama, very nationalistic driven edits to put Malaysia first, persistent edit wars in the article nasi goreng, which is very Awanamish here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.  Gunkarta  talk 10:33, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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This user also trying to restore Awanama's edits on the kebaya page as well, but he/she/they seemed more beware and avoiding edit war. —Ibra Bintang (talk) 15:40, 4 February 2021 (UTC)


 * until now this account is still active, see

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 * Moved SPI report to correct accused master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:43, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * The unblocked socks are all inactive now. I think we can close this. – bradv  🍁  04:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm a little confused here. All of the cases in Sockpuppet investigations/Aremier96/Archive were originally filed under Awanama, but Oshwah moved the entire case under Aremier96 above. This would make sense if Awanama is a sockpuppet of Aremier96, but if we aren't blocking Aremier96 as a sockpuppet in this case, then for organizational purposes this should be moved back to Sockpuppet investigations/Awanama. (Alternatively, if we do decide Awanama is a sockpuppet of Aremier96, then all the previous socks in this archive should be retagged.) Tomorrow I'm going to take a closer look at this case, but I wouldn't archive this just yet. Mz7 (talk) 05:09, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Are you still looking at this? May I go ahead and archive it? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , sorry for the delay. The past few days have been pretty hectic for me IRL. I’ll look at this as soon as I can, but to avoid confusion, this shouldn’t be archived without some additional work like retagging or moving back to the original name. Mz7 (talk) 21:03, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. No rush. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:06, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * - I've taken the liberty of placing this case on hold, to ensure your request to hold off archiving isn't missed by accident. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:18, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case back under Awanama. If any of the accounts listed in this report return to activity, they may be re-reported here. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:18, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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Clear Awanama sock. Restoring edits made by the master and their socks (such as Hati Kama) on all their targeted articles. There might be more potential sleeper accounts as well. Gardeenshine (talk) 12:26, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Note that I blocked the reporting editor as a sock of .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 15:56, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Reporting user blocked as a sock, and no specific evidence provided. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:38, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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Obviously sock. Restoring edits made by the sockpuppeteer Awanama.
 * page focus, see Sepak takraw (from 26 January), Baju kurung (from 14 November), Sepak raga (from 17 February), Silat and also Pencak Silat (from 16 February), Kebaya (from 9 November). Northheavensky (talk) 00:19, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Update
 * MrCattttt was previously reported by Gunkarta on 3 February 2021. Northheavensky (talk) 00:29, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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It is a baseless accusation. Everyone is watching the Olympics game right now, it is normal for Wikipedians to update sport wiki pages at this moment. The articles you mentioned has a history of edit warring but you cant assume there is only one editor who is interested to improve that page. Again, Olympics. I acknowledged that we had a clash the last few days, but you don't provide any evidence for your claim right now. Wikipedia is not a battleground and Assume good faith. MrCattttt (talk) 01:07, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * GeneralNotability (talk) 18:46, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * No additional evidence provided. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 5 September 2021 (UTC)