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Obvious sockfarm trying to publish a hoax article - SobuJ Ahmed. All these accounts have been editing that article, all use near identical edit summaries (i.e. variations on "Fixed"). Sobuj boyati uploaded a photo of the article subject to commons, tagging it as own work, SanzidWi then showed up to add a caption. Sobuj boyati has been repeatedley removing the AFD templates from the article, e.g. following which BalPakna2021 went to request page protection. BalPakna2021 adds fake acting credits to articles, SanzidWi shows up to add wikilinks to the article.

Based on editing overlap at Iftakar Uddin Emon (repeatedly blanking deletion templates) this might be related to an older sock farm (/), but I'm not certain, hence the request for checkuser. 192.76.8.74 (talk) 04:03, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added another - more AFD blanking on the same article, more adding fake film credits to articles (but this time for a different person), same edit summaries.
 * Added another (DonNumberOnemoviesauthor) for similar actions on same and other movies. David notMD (talk) 10:10, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added another - TereBapAmi - whose only edit has been to try deleting the AFD notification, just like the others, --David Biddulph (talk) 16:24, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Rajneeti (2017 film) is an example of where all these accounts PLUS User:Sourav ahmed Khan interact. Sourav not yet Warned or Blocked, but has been many times Reverted for adding own name ("Sourav Ahmed") to cast lists of movies. David notMD (talk) 10:19, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Sourav is now blocked and subject to his own SPI at Sockpuppet investigations/Sourav ahmed Khan Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:42, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Rolled back/reverted every contribution by User:BhongChong, another obvious sock.  Invalid OS talk  12:36, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - that's a lot of accounts, all being similarly disruptive. Please CU to confirm that we've got them all, investigate potential connections to other sockfarms as noted in the filing, and perhaps see if a rangeblock is possible given the persistent disruption. (n.b.: Donnumberonemoviesauthor is the oldest account, but I'll wait to move the case until CU results are in). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:51, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment I blocked for disruption regardless of whether it's sock/meat.  Star   Mississippi  14:51, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TNT (she/her • talk) 20:50, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Confusing results, feel free to query if I've not explained it well.


 * is ✅ to:


 * are ✅ to each other, and to.
 * are to.


 * Trial by fire eh ? ~TNT (she/her • talk) 21:10, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. The BalPakna group are all pretty clearly related to one another, and I'm convinced Jubayerhosen & co. are also socks/meat because of the AfD tag blanking. - please indef BalPakna2021, JioMamu, Jubayerhosen and Mohamed Jubayer Hosen. I'm unsure if DonNumberOnemoviesauthor is related to the other accounts since the CU evidence isn't conclusive and they didn't participate in the SobuJ Ahmed nonsense. However, since their entire edit history consists of self-promotion and hoaxing, I suggest that they should be indefinitely blocked for disruptive editing regardless of their relation to this case. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:35, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * For the script: . --Blablubbs (talk) 08:35, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * all the socks, blocked DonNumberOnemoviesauthor for spamming. Mohammad Jubayer Hosen is technically oldest, but it's not worth moving. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 08:39, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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Blatant sockpuppetry. All accounts overlap heavily at Sourav Chowdhury and have no interest other than promoting him. All remove the AfD tag repeatedly and all have the same edit summaries as each other (e.g. 'Fixed', 'Added') Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:08, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Added another one. I'll try to keep adding them as they pop up. Not sure if sleepers might be hiding in wait as well?


 * Comment - as per the comments on another SPI (Sockpuppet investigations/BalPakna2021), Sourav might be, in fact, part of a much bigger sock farm. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:43, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked all the socks as obvious. No tags as Xxourav's creation date is the oldest, although they never edited until today. I will also semi-protect the article. I'll leave the CU request alone. Bbb23 (talk) 13:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 * – from looking at Special:Undelete/Sourav Chowdhury, I'm fairly convinced that these are all realted, but please look for others and compare directly to the socks at Sockpuppet investigations/BalPakna2021. Thanks. --Blablubbs (talk) 08:43, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The accounts listed are ✅ to . No sleepers immediately visible. All accounts are to . PhilKnight (talk) 17:48, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Request clerk help to merge the cases, and then tag the socks. PhilKnight (talk) 17:50, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merged and tagged —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 22:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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More spam related to SobuJ Ahmed, see the contents of their sandbox → User:Hipo Chowdhury/sandbox. requesting checkuser because this editor has used huge numbers of sockpuppets in the past and they were caught socking again recently as. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 23:39, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Their sandbox seems to be a duplicate of the infobox from deleted article - this diff even has the articles for deletion notice copy pasted from the article in it. 192.76.8.77 (talk) 16:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:36, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hipo Chowdhury is to anything in the archives.  Same general geolocation, but that's about it. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:07, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The contents of this sandbox are quite different to the deleted articles and drafts. With nothing from CU to go on, there's no reason to assume this is the same person. Closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  13:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I confess that I overlooked that - I just looked at the current version of the sandbox, I didn't go through its edit history. Identical infobox parameters aren't very surprising (there aren't many variations possible), but the AfD banner is more suspicious - I expect this account has been abandoned, but I'll block it as suspected to be on the safe side. Girth Summit  (blether)  17:07, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK David Biddulph (talk) 11:47, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Yep, same promotion of SobuJ Ahmed and vandalizing the talk page of the admin who's been blocking their socks. Already blocked, but probably worth a sleeper check considering the tendency to operate multiple accounts at once. I find it especially curious that LalMalMax created a userpage for, though that account isn't clearly behaviourally related. Spicy (talk) 05:50, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:19, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * LalMalMax is ✅. I also found (confirmed):
 * In addition, I found a few more that look like good technical matches, but I'll leave to a clerk to evaluate the editing history:
 * There was a lot of data to grovel over, so I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * In addition, I found a few more that look like good technical matches, but I'll leave to a clerk to evaluate the editing history:
 * There was a lot of data to grovel over, so I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There was a lot of data to grovel over, so I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There was a lot of data to grovel over, so I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There was a lot of data to grovel over, so I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * PS, if checks out, they would be the oldest account. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Wikisouravkhan is them, they're spamming the same stuff as the accounts in this filing. I don't think the other two accounts are related - they are fairly long-term editors and are not engaging in any sort of spamming, hoaxing, etc.  - please indef Wikisouravkhan. Spicy (talk) 20:43, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Done, back to you -- RoySmith (talk) 21:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Everything seems to be in order, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:10, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

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Draft:SobuJ Ahmed. Blocked as DUCK, but sleeper check please? We know there are more. Haven't yet semi'ed the draft since it catches flies, err, socks, but open to doing so Star   Mississippi  14:31, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  21:32, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * and the above-listed accounts are all, from a purely technical perspective. Couple with the behavioural evidence, I am confident they are all the same person. All CU-blocked, tagged, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  21:50, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * and the above-listed accounts are all, from a purely technical perspective. Couple with the behavioural evidence, I am confident they are all the same person. All CU-blocked, tagged, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  21:50, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * and the above-listed accounts are all, from a purely technical perspective. Couple with the behavioural evidence, I am confident they are all the same person. All CU-blocked, tagged, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  21:50, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * and the above-listed accounts are all, from a purely technical perspective. Couple with the behavioural evidence, I am confident they are all the same person. All CU-blocked, tagged, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  21:50, 8 December 2021 (UTC)