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User:CDveChilliers was blocked on 20 August, User:Mahir M registered on 7 September before being blocked independently on 9 November.

Both have been editing articles about cricket in Bangladesh with some of the same articles in their edit history - eg Sylhet Sixers, Khulna Titans, Dhaka Dynamites, Chittagong Vikings... I stopped after checking just four and finding overlap on each one.

Now they have both requested unblocks, with remarkably similar language including references to mercy/merciful and both swearing to behave, just 14 minutes apart.

On behavioural grounds it looks pretty close to conclusive to me, but I think a CheckUser check to confirm would be a good idea (unless they confess in the meantime). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:16, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Quite. Well predicted! &mdash; fortuna  velut luna  12:57, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * Given their admission, no further action is needed here. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:24, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Respectfully re-opening. I wouldn't mind a CU taking a look for other accounts. Mahir and have a lot of articles in common and appear to have a unique kinship, like here where Rayatbiz urges Mahir to insult another editor. And this is a weird message. Could be sockpuppetry, could be meatpuppetry, could innocently be just two dudes who became Wikipedia friends, but it's not unheard of that a sock would interact with himself. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2017 (UTC)


 * - There is a wide intersection and atleast one instance linking the two editors (per Cyphoidbomb's diff). Hence, endorsing a checkuser. Also, a technical note that Rayatbiz is the oldest account.  QEDK ( 愛  •  海 ) 08:14, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Rayatbiz is to be a sock puppet. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Given the CU result and the interaction, Rayatbiz is probably not the same person. Closing with no further action. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:18, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Rayatbiz is to be a sock puppet. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Given the CU result and the interaction, Rayatbiz is probably not the same person. Closing with no further action. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:18, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Rayatbiz is to be a sock puppet. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Given the CU result and the interaction, Rayatbiz is probably not the same person. Closing with no further action. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:18, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

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The account was created at 15:06 on 17th November and at 15:09, the user posted a comment on Rayatbiz's talk page:. The message was slightly odd to say the least, especially the last line. At 16:06, Rayatbiz commented on GeminiCricFan's talk page advising them to make a user page before they started editing to which the latter responded at 16:56 with:. Although I am not completely aware of the backstory that lead to the dispute and block, I am supposing GeminiCricFan is referring to the editor being discussed here: with the " part. Besides the similarity in the user's area of interest and the fact that they approached someone who was involved with the Mahir M with suspicious talk page comments, the one other similarity I noticed is that on their user page, GeminiCricFan mentioned their birthday to be on 1st June and in this revision of Mahir M's user page, he too stated his birthday to be on 1st June. While that is a trivial connection and cannot be established as a proof, the overall behaviour of the editor coupled with this makes me believe this user is connected to the sockpupeeter in question.  Jiten talkcontribs 17:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the report. - Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:31, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's about as blatant as it gets! Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:54, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, and to complicate matters, the Shoron1124 character mentioned above had Wikipedia change his username to to troll the CDveChilliers sock Mahir M. So we have Mahir M and Rayatbiz forming a kinship, Rayatbiz goading Mahir to insult Shoron, Shoron retaliating by trolling Mahir with a name change, and threatening to get a VPN to be a greater irritant, and I've had to recently block Rayatbiz because he refuses to change his signature so that it includes a link somewhere in his userspace. It's a Bangladeshi soap opera for the ages, to say the least. Oy vey. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:06, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah, so so Mahir2y3u2982199 is Shoron, what a mess. It's a shame the two sides can't get on, because they seem to be knowledgeable, their English is excellent, and their article work looks good - but I think we should keep an eye on these accounts for a little while. Anyway, at least Rayatbiz has finally fixed that sig, so I've unblocked. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:53, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

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In this edit, Ich Liebe Mein Führer (currently blocked) declared of being Mahir (the real name of sock master). In this edit, he announced of changing home, and ISP.

There is more than enough behavioural evidence to prove that Herr Mahir is the same person as well.

Both the accounts were operated simultaneously, requesting CU to see if more accounts are created. — usernamekiran (talk)  01:24, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Found one more: User:Mahir2y3u2982199 . — usernamekiran (talk)  01:30, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Turns out, Sharon renamed herself, to troll the socks. — usernamekiran (talk)  01:59, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * pinging as they are familiar with the case. — usernamekiran (talk)   01:58, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Actually, Mahir2y3u2982199 was previously Shoron. They were victim of the biting by socks. So they renamed, and trolled the socks. — usernamekiran (talk)  04:22, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  03:11, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * They are using some of the same blocked ranges as but a different UA.
 * is ❌ to any of the other accounts.
 * Closing. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 18:51, 27 May 2018 (UTC)