Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dawood.XV/Archive

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The junior account began editing at the same time as the senior account was blocked for multiple copyright violations. Both accounts edited Halcrow Pakistan, and the names are obviously similar. If a duck and a drake both quack, what will come from the eggs? Robert McClenon (talk) 03:32, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Following accounts are ✅:
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pictogram resolved.svg All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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Today, Sulaymān Hercules blanked User:Donna Moore and User talk:Donna Moore, and then moved the user pages of the sockmaster User:Dawood.XV and User talk:Dawood.XV to overwrite Donna Moore's pages. I am not sure what the purpose of this would be, but nor can I think of a valid reason for Hercules to be taking this interest in the user pages of the sockmaster. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:15, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . . ST47 (talk) 06:10, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already ✅, blocked and tagged. Noting here for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * there's a history of link spamming etc. with these accounts which might interest you.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * tagging master. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:04, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

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See this improbable overlap with and a seldom seen affinity for American English for general Pakistani economic topics. Already blocked as a UPE, but since previous checks have found sleepers it might be worth checking. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:37, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Chateau Louis XIV is ✅ and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:27, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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New editor created approximately a month after the most recent sock was blocked. Very similar edit pattern to the puppeteer, as well as their most recent 3 socks: here, here, and here.  Onel 5969  TT me 20:23, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * There is this edit by the puppet which re-adds information which another puppet, Chateau Louis XIV, had added earlier, here.
 * There is this edit by the sock, which while minor, is the same type of edit by another sock, Engr Dawood Shaikh, shown here.
 * There is this by the sock, and this by the other sock, Engr Dawood Shaikh, which are identical.


 * While not exactly the same type of edit, there are edits by the sock, like this, and by one of the other socks, like this, which both seem to be diminishing the subject of the article. Same thing here and here; as well as here and here. But that could just be my suspicious nature.
 * There is this same type of behavior between this sock and another sock, Carolingian Knight, shown here: this by the sock, and [this by the other sock. [[User:onel5969| Onel 5969 ]] TT me 03:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * , hi. I wasn't sure where you wanted the diffs, so I put them up above.  I would also like to point out, that while the editing isn't the same, several of these articles have been touched by 3 or 4 of the socks/puppeteer (Bank Alfalah-4, Real estate in Pakistan-4, Jinnahpur-3.  Onel 5969  TT me 03:04, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * I'm not especially convinced (for one, Prince of Azerbaijan actually uses edit summaries, a concept generally unknown to the Dawood socks I reviewed). There is certainly overlap in articles edited with past socks, but my comparison of their edits to those articles doesn't make me feel like that they're the same person. If there are specific behavioral overlaps you can show with diffs, please do so. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:27, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, okay, I see it now with those diffs (sorry about the delay, accidentally marked your ping as read and forgot about it), and ST47 CU-blocked a week ago anyway. Nothing further to do here, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, okay, I see it now with those diffs (sorry about the delay, accidentally marked your ping as read and forgot about it), and ST47 CU-blocked a week ago anyway. Nothing further to do here, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Similar type of interest in Karachi's division and territories related articles like Keamari District and vice versa. See the contributions of previous socks like Carolingian Knight, Engr Dawood Shaikh, Karachi Kings Dr etc. which have heavily contributed in the same interest area.
 * Recreated page Administrator of Karachi now as Administrator Karachi as created by previous sock.
 * Also have some interest Muttahida Qaumi Movement related articles and some other articles like Karachi Development Authority, and economy related articles like Pakistan Stock Exchange, First MicroFinance Bank (Pakistan) etc. just like previous socks.59.103.208.7 (talk) 16:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Here are more evidences, regarding them being sock of Dawood.XV :

Edit Interaction with Dawood.CX, Edit Interaction with Carolingian Knight, Edit Interaction with Engr Dawood Shaikh, Edit Interaction with Prince of Azerbaijan Edit Interaction with Chateau Louis XIV, Edit Interaction with Aviation Concorde, Edit Interaction with FORTEXO and Edit Interaction with Karachi Kings Dr widely shows the interest in same ediiting area.
 * See the Edit Interaction between previous socks of Dawood.XV and them:
 * Edit Interaction with Dawood.XV, Edit Interaction with Dawood.MX, Edit interaction with Sulaymān Hercules,
 * Also, copying of Article's name in Edit summary like previous blocked sock Prince of Azerbaijan without describing what they have done in editing. I think these evidences are enough for declaration.119.157.73.0 (talk) 07:45, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

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'''This case is being reviewed by Tamzin as part of the clerk training process. Please allow them to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on their talk page or on this page as appropriate.''' ✅, plus: -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:49, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Behavioral evidence is clear-cut, especially if you look at the edit summaries. to look for sleepers since there's a history of them.  -- Tamzin  [cetacean needed] (she/they) 00:36, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged accounts as confirmed. Archiving. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:09, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

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Somewhat similar behavior to other Dawood socks, especially User:Carolingian Knight. A lot of unexplained removal of references and links, and just strange edits in general.  Invalid OS talk  16:33, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I compared Jiye Muhajir primarily to Goddess Helvetica from the archive on the basis of the article overlap on Muhajir culture. They are by geolocation, but it's not a definitive match. In the course of my check, I found the following account, which is ✅ to previous socks of Dawood.XV: . . Jiye Muhajir is already blocked, so I don't think any further action is needed. Closing.  Side note for the future: it would be helpful to be a little more detailed when making checkuser requests, especially by including diffs—that way, clerks and CUs who aren't already familiar with the case can spend less time familiarizing themselves. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 03:02, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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Like past socks, similar username first + last name, all caps, crossover edits with dozens of socks, similar edit summaries.

Specifically: here with - and they share incredibly similar ES with all caps/weird caps and plain text links.

here with and

here with and about six others.

here with Karachi Kings, a cu blocked Dawood sock and the list goes on. CUPIDICAE💕 18:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- TNT (talk • she/her) 18:44, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * is by CU data, but behaviourally its a match.  -- TNT (talk • she/her) 18:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)