Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bobanfasil/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
The two already-blocked suspected socks (Sharaf and Fasil) all overlap at Al Madeena Cherpulassery and are WP:DUCK to each other. Madeenafans is not currently blocked but less obvious but does overlap heavily with the master at Usman Ashik, Litsepe Marabe and Cherpulassery. Also Madeena uses the same edit summary as Boban. Please check for sleepers. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 10:58, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . is exceedingly, technically, and given the editing I'm happy to call ✅.  is less obvious - same geolocation, but different user agents and IP range. With only one edit, there's not enough to go on to say whether they're the same person using a different device, or a different person, but they are obviously connected to one another, so whether it's SOCK or MEAT I'm happy for them to remain blocked, and will tag as suspected. I don't see any other accounts at present.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:25, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Two more brand new accounts that overlap heavily with this emerging sock farm. All have the same interest in sevens football in Kerala and overlap specifically on Basco Othukkungal. Identical edit summaries using Bobanfasil, Soccer India and Sharafulkhan. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to Fasilkvkavu in the archive. -- Amanda (she/her)  02:24, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * . This is strike three (first, second), so the master is now de-facto banned per WP:3X. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I recently blocked this account following a pattern of disruptive editing. However, upon closer inspection, notably the deleted history of Al Madeena Cherpulassery, I notice that Realmalabarboy has the same pattern as the previously-blocked accounts of making poorly sourced edits to Indian football-related articles, edit warring over deletion tags, and not responding to talk page warnings. CU would probably be stale with respect to the master, so I'd like another opinion on behavioral evidence. Complex / Rational 18:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Comment - this is a sock in my view. They are both editing solely in the area of All India Sevens football and both repeatedly remove deletion tags from articles and don't seem to care about talk page warnings. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:58, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Realmalabarboy has been blocked for its own merits, so I'll spare myself the investigation. Feel free to report again if a behavioral investigation is needed at some point, either after a successful appeal, or if it becomes relevant to evaluate newer socks. Closing. MarioGom (talk) 15:18, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * For the record, is ✅ to Realmalabarboy. Courcelles (talk) 16:52, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Real Malabar FC was probably the most edited page by the master. A month after it was blocked these two users appeared editing on the page. The master and Sevensfan have addionally 8 intersecting contributions, see intersect-contribs. Jonteemil (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The master is in turn possible a sock of, see Sockpuppet investigations/Bobanfasil/Archive, however since they already was blocked it was decided to not do a CU investigation. Jonteemil (talk) 18:42, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Before seeing this report, I had already come to suspect an illicit connection between and, for a number of reasons, including both making the same disruptive move of Sevens football to All India Sevens Football, both participating in the same hijacking of Malabar United FC to try to turn it into an article about a different club, likewise both participating in hijacking of Chandni FC, and various other similarities in editing which all add up to too much coincidence. Following up their editing history, I also came to suspect  of being connected, and that editor is stated at Sockpuppet investigations/Bobanfasil/Archive to be a CU confirmed sockpuppet. I then discovered this report, where quite independently  has also come to suspect Realmalabarboy, Sevensfan, and Bobanfasil of being the same person. I have blocked Sevensfan for disruptive editing, irrespective of the sockpuppetry issue, but I strongly believe all these accounts probably are the same person. AKSHARAJSK has not done enough editing for any conclusion to be drawn. If I have counted correctly, there are 9 accounts listed in one or both of these SPIs and blocked (excluding AKSHARAJSK). Although all the accounts apart from AKSHARAJSK are already blocked, in view of the extent of sockpuppetry I support Jonteemil's request for CheckUser, in case of sleepers, as yet undetected accounts, or possible range blocks. (And of course I know that we won't be told anything about IP ranges, even if a CU sees them.) JBW (talk) 20:19, 21 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I also think a clerk should merge this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Bobanfasil. JBW (talk) 20:30, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , and  are all ✅ to one another. The master is stale, but looking at the CU logs, I see the same set of ranges that these current accounts are using, so coupled with the behaviour I'm tagging as proven.  may be someone else - they have only edited from a single IP, and while it geolocates to the same country as the others, it looks like it's in a different part, and it's not in a range the others have used. I'm leaving that one alone for now; don't see any others, but these are fairly wide ranges and the UA is not particularly distinctive, so I may have missed some - come back if you see any more. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:10, 22 August 2023 (UTC)