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Elshad is an SPA who has been attempting to promote Damed Imanov for several months, only to move it to mainspace today following an AFD a few months ago. The other two are SPAs removing tags for deletion and voting "keep" at the malformed AFD nom. CUPIDICAE💕 18:48, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * I'm not convinced that Elshad and Blackariteam are the same person (considering that they voted at cross-purposes at a different AfD), though I suppose they could be working together. I'm willing to forgive the IP as unintentional logged-out editing. Closing without action. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:59, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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All of these accounts were created within a 12 hour period and have only edited Articles for deletion/Nabi Mammadov to support keeping the article. They have provided no rationale based on policy, as Wikiazeus hasn't either. There are also some WP:DUCK similarities in English proficiency that I'm happy to send an admin via email if needed. Based on the four accounts here that have already been used and how clear the connection is, I'm not sure if a checkuser will be beneficial at this time - but it would likely provide some use in determining whether this is off-site meatpuppetry or whether it's truly this one person controlling all of these accounts. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 16:49, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts, and updating AFD discussion to strike out the sock votes. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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Self admitted. Already blocked. Pro-forma filing for future checks.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 10:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Tagging as self-admitted. I've left a note on their talk page to recommend their next best action as they seem to be wanting to appeal, and created a new account to ask to be unblocked. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:45, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:43, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Noting for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:43, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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Recreation of Nabi Mammadov article, this time at Nabi Mammadov ( sambo fighter), and focus on editing World Sambo Championship. I suppose it could be a meat puppet if this fighter is rallying supporters to create an article on him or he has an agency doing PR. Liz Read! Talk! 00:22, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . . ST47 (talk) 06:08, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. Same MO as previous socks by recreating Nabi Mammadov. Did not begin editing until after the last sock account was blocked by GPL93 (talk) 18:01, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. I'm surprised a reviewer moved a draft to mainspace (over protection) that was so clearly created by a sock account.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:41, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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Editor created Nabi Mammadov (fighter) which was a target of sockpuppets in the past. I actually think this editor is a meatpuppet as they are creating a number of biographies of fighters and a previous sock of Wikiazeus, ValiyevA, only expressed an interest in obtaining an article of himself on Wikipedia. He also mentioned getting someone else to write it for him as a proxy (see his talk page). I'm not sure of what action should be taken here if the KhosrovAO's other articles are decent but I thought it should be reported after seeing Nabi Mammadov (fighter) tagged for deletion as a G4. Liz Read! Talk! 00:10, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Looking at his other articles, they are other Azerbaijani personalities, I wish we had more editors with knowledge of that country to evaluate the notability of Azerbaijani athletes and the quality of the sources used. Liz Read! Talk! 00:14, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * I'm calling this one as based on the technical data.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:46, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on multiple instances of recreation of article by previous socks, and the 'likely' technical connection, I'm blocking, tagging, and requesting lock.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:07, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. This is mostly procedural as KhosrovAO has already been CU-blocked as a sockpuppet of EXParen on Wikimedia Commons (see Sockpuppet investigations/Xeyal). GPL93 (talk) 01:01, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * I mistakenly submitted a duplicate report, anyway, User appears to continue editing the articles of the sockmaster, and, as the original reporter mention, has been checkuser blocked as a sockpuppet on commons, also requesting speedy delete of the articles he created as a block evasion - Kevo3 2 7 (talk) 12:36, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - This should be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/Wikiazeus. Bbb23 (talk) 15:38, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Case merged as requested. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:52, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - KhosrovAO has already been checked, and EXParen is . Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:55, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * EXParen is stale when it comes to edits, but not on logins. This is actually ✅. I discovered this while investigating per their message on my talk, who is technically  as well. –  bradv 🍁  03:43, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing this report. Pending move per below.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:44, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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Pushing to restore the same deleted content as previous socks. See Special:Diff/1050742813. – bradv 🍁  03:46, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * per technical evidence, blocking mainly on behaviour. – bradv 🍁  03:51, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - Potentially needs moving to the now oldest sock, ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 17:56, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * What about User:Elshadiman? That account is even older. Should I move this case to Elshadiman?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Wotcha Vanjagenije - I'd say that'd make sense, yeah 🙂 thank you! ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 11:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, retagged and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:56, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * . Archiving. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 07:48, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. Recreated both Emil Hasanov & Nabi Mammedov (see Nabi Mammadov) along with other similar editing patterns. GPL93 (talk) 19:36, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:53, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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Recreation of Agshin Babaev and focus on Azerbaijani fighters (like Wikiazeus and KhosrovAO) and other Azerbaijani personalities. Several of their favorite targets have extended protection so I think they have moved on to write about other people beyond MMA fighters. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 00:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 00:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:02, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to
 * is to previous socks. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:07, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * There's more than enough here between behavior and the CU result to block NILSON7728 as suspected. Also adding a proven tag to Personbaku.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:04, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * , archiving. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 06:04, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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. . --Blablubbs (talk) 17:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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Same as always. Created Draft:Tural Ragimov (Tural Ragimov was previously created by a sock connected to Elshadiman sock Wikiazeus) and created Draft:Mehman Mammadov a day after  deleted Mehman Mamedov per G5. GPL93 (talk) 01:15, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:33, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Bakhram9 is ✅ to NILSON7728, to E.Imanoff, and based on log data,  to ValiyevA.  I'm going to call that proven to Elshadiman. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:59, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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Banned in Commons for that reason. Also, he commented on an AfD (Beshir Imanov)which is related with Elşad İman. Kadı   Message   19:55, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * And also here... The article created by Elsahd, he voted here to keep the article. Kadı    Message   20:03, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Tamzin, they are different users but their aim is same: PR. Both of them are advertising as I tagged many images of Araz and Elşad. They are meetpuppets. Kadı    Message   07:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * You can also look at this draft. They are advertising and ignoring policies together. Kadı    Message   07:59, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Kadı   Message   23:15, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Highly doubt this is a sockpuppet, but meatpuppetry seems likely. I had voiced this concern almost a year ago. This isn't something only related to enwiki, but recurring on other projects as well: fr and tr. Wherever you find Elshad, Araz also appears. ~Styyx Talk ? 17:43, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I have seen the user "Elshadiman" 1 or 2 times, I know him more from social networks. We have never been together. But in some discussions, I supported him on Enwiki. In general, I have expressed my positive opinions that his articles should not be deleted (encyclopedic articles, of course). At the same time, during the previous blocking, I supported him being unblocked, noting that it is a useful user for Wikipedia. --Araz Yaquboglu (talk) 09:36, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I was asked to upload the file, because if I'm not mistaken, he was having trouble with uploading the file. But I was not aware of the fact thay it would be a copyright violation. In addition, when I'm invited to comment, I usually comment on respective discussion. Be it Azerbaijani or English Wikipedia. --Araz Yaquboglu (talk) 10:40, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, sometimes. --Araz Yaquboglu (talk) 05:23, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello. Although Elshadiman invited me, I always expressed my position in the discussion. After your advice, I will try not to join the discussion at the invitation of anyone. --Araz Yaquboglu (talk) 07:34, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * You tagged this user as a sock on Commons, but didn't block them. Could you clarify the state of things over there? And is your thinking that this is sockpuppetry, or rather meatpuppetry? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 20:25, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Tamzin: I think I tagged that one in error, actually. Not sure how I missed that. That said, it is odd that an administrator in good standing has taken a photograph of a long term sock who has used photos for self-promotion. I'm comparing to images from the original accounts and I would be shocked if they aren't the same person. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 00:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that Iman and Yaquboglu are the same person, or that the Elshad Iman in File:Elşad İman uşağı ilə.jpg is the same as the Elshad Iman who's blocked on enwiki and Commons? Right now I'm looking at this as a case of meatpuppetry in the form of the two AfD comments, and inclined to issue an only warning and instructions to stay away from anything Iman-related. But if there's evidence it's actually the same person behind both accounts, that would of course be different. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 00:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is meatpuppetry (on that note, CU request as unnecessary). The only question is whether a block is needed to prevent its recurrence. Elshadiman was blocked on the English Wikipedia in 2019. Yet in 2021 when he returned as Elshad Iman (Elşad İman), you were helping him, moving his draft to mainspace and voting to keep his article. Now, even though you're clearly aware he is banned from the English Wikipedia (and you appear to know him in real life), you are commenting at an AfD in defense of an article he wrote and in defense of him as a person. This is the first AfD you've commented at since the last Iman one. In fact you've commented at 6 AfDs ever, and they've all had to do with Elshad Iman. Do you have an explanation for this pattern of behavior?  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 08:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. Two questions:
 * We have never been together. Could you please exlain c:File:Elşad İman uşağı ilə.jpg, then? You claimed that as your own work.
 * The six times that you have come to the English Wikipedia to vote to keep an article connected to Elshad Iman, how had you become aware of those deletion discussions?
 * -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 09:48, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that Elshad Iman asked you to come participate at this and past AfDs? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 10:57, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Making edits on behalf of a blocked or banned user is prohibited under WP:MEAT. I'm sure that you hope that when from people from other wikis come to one of the wikis where you're an admin, they will respect local policies. I am asking you to do the same here. Are you willing to agree to not make any more edits on behalf of Elshad Iman? Since we can't know for sure why you make any particular edit, this would mean not editing anything in a manner that would advance Elshad Iman's interests, whether or not he asked you to. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:48, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your honesty here. I cannot stress this enough: We treat this kind of editing as equivalent to sockpuppetry. When a user violates our sockpuppetry policy without knowing they have done so, we typically give them a warning rather than block them. At the same time, there is no excuse for making the same mistake twice, so this is your only warning: Do not make any further edits to promote the interests of Elshad Iman, whether or not he explicitly asks you to. If you do so again, you will be blocked, likely indefinitely. As a practical matter, you should consider this similar to a topic ban. Closing with that warning. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 00:32, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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These IPs are disrupting the deletion discussion of Garashov Farhad, which was also created by one of the socks of this account. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:54, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * For reference, previous accounts that have been blocked as suspected sockpuppets of Majorbaku are:
 * All of these accounts have been involved in creating promotional articles on Azerbaijani people. I suspect these accounts are part of the WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Elshadiman case. The Garashov Farhad article, created by Leolelo and Ferzali46 and worked on by these IPs, uses an image uploaded by . Draft:Ragimov Tural by Ferzali46 seems to be the same as Tural Rahimov, created by . - to check for other accounts and compare against Elshadiman ( is a non-stale account from that case). I'm aware that there will be no comment on the IPs. Thanks,  Spicy (talk) 22:01, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 23:52, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - Majorbaku, Ferzali46, Leolelo, and Nikosayagi9 are all ✅ to Bakhram9 and NILSON7728 from the Elshadiman case, although there's still not a clear line all the way back to Elshadiman. Some dual-tagging probably makes sense here.  Please merge the two cases and ping me; I'll come back and apply the appropriate checkuser blocks once everything is merged and cleaned up. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * PS: I did a very cursory sleeper check (and didn't find anything). Once everything is merged and cleaned up, I'll take another look. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged section from Sockpuppet investigations/Majorbaku. Spicy (talk) 03:13, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I just tagged them all as suspected, it seems like it's going to get messy keeping track of who is confirmed to whom (e.g. the sock below is confirmed to E.Imanoff). Leaving open for another look. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Since this is now merged, and pinging you.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:10, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I took another look, mostly to make sure the notes in cuwiki are up to date. Everybody is already blocked and tagged and many are glocked, so the incremental value of tweaking the tagging at this point seems minimal. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:38, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I just tagged them all as suspected, it seems like it's going to get messy keeping track of who is confirmed to whom (e.g. the sock below is confirmed to E.Imanoff). Leaving open for another look. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Since this is now merged, and pinging you.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:10, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I took another look, mostly to make sure the notes in cuwiki are up to date. Everybody is already blocked and tagged and many are glocked, so the incremental value of tweaking the tagging at this point seems minimal. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:38, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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This account has popped up on English Wikipedia to argue to keep an Azerbaijani BLP, and has also created Farhad Garashov on Simple English Wikipedia which has already been deleted on the English Wikipedia. There is probably also abuse on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia, but I don't know. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:41, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * SPI Case in Turkish Wikipedia, 1. .-- Kadı   Message   14:57, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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✅ to .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:50, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * You checked this just as I was about to endorse.  I had an additional account in mind to check, though. Would you mind also taking a look at ? They created the article that Bəşir İmanov just !voted to keep, and likewise they !voted keep at the AfD for Bəşir İmanov's eponym, created by an Iman sock, and have the same pattern of résumé-esque BLPs on people from Azerbaijan. I'm not sure if it's SOCK or MEAT (noting the most recent case in the archives), but I think it merits taking a look at.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 22:57, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * based solely on geolocation, but digging deeper they're an established account that's been around for over a decade and very active at az.wiki, so I think it's just a coincidence that the topics overlap.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:01, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ponyo. Can you please clarify? Was your !vote in the Imanov AfD a result of a request by Elshad Iman or any other person? Did you or, to your knowledge, any other person ask Iman to come vote in the Arifoghlu AfD?  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 23:04, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Reply Hi. Hello. I'm nobody's puppet. My contributions over 10 years are the biggest proof of this. I sometimes contribute if I am invited to any discussion or vote. (Google Translate)--Samral (talk) 17:16, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * You have not answered my questions. Has Elshad Iman or anyone else asked you to contribute to deletion discussions? And if you are using Google Translate here, I will add a question: Did someone write this comment for you? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 18:31, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Kolaylık açısından sorulan soruları Türkçe tekrarlayacağım. Elşad İman veya bir başkası size silinmeye aday sayfaların tartışmalarına katılmanız için bir istekte bulundu mu? Eğer burada yazmak için Google Translate kullanıyorsanız şu yorumu sizin için başka birisi mi yazdı? Dilediğiniz dilde cevaplayabilirsiniz. ~Styyx Talk ? 15:44, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Styyx türkçe yazdığınız için teşekkür ederim. Azeri olduğum için İngilizce Vikipedide azeri kullanıcıları ve makaleleri izlerim. Tartışmayı da öyle gördüm. O yorumu da vallahi de billahi de Google Translate ile yazdım. Bir daha belirtmek isterim ki, hiç kimsenin kuklası falan değilim. Hiç bir 2-ci kullanıcı hesabım, yani kuklam da yok. Samral (talk) 13:06, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Translation: (Tr --> En) Styyx, thank you for writing in Turkish. I follow Azerbaijani users and articles in English Wikipedia because I am Azerbaijani too. I realized the discussion by the reason of that. I commented by using Google Translate, I swear an oath. I would like to clarify once again, I am not a sock puppet of anyone. I do not have secondary account, so I do not use sockpuppet. (Translated message of @Samral) Kadı    Message   14:46, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I am going to AGF for now and close without action, but if we see more AfDs where Samral and Elshadiman sox are !voting in line with each other's interests, that AGF may run out. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:06, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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Only contribution is recreating a deleted BLP article made by an Elshadiman sock, Gasimov Mehrali. (Original deleted article was Mehrali Gasimov). - <b style="color:#d90012">K</b><b style="color:#000000">evo</b><sup style="color:#d90012">3 <sup style="color:#0033a0">2 <sup style="color:#f2a800">7 (talk) 15:01, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * The behavioural evidence is strong enough for me - Sasi011's version of the article is substantially similar to the previously deleted version, particularly in terms of specific phrasing used. There are a couple of other minor tells that further increase the probability of this being Elshadiman in my opinion. I'm not going to detail them here because that'd just be telling them how to evade, but will happily share with any admin or clerk by email/IRC/smoke signals/etc. Blocked, tagged, leaving the CU request in place per Tamzin's note that it matters here whether any more CU-confirmed socking is discovered. firefly  ( t · c ) 11:26, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Per Firefly, in light of master's global one-account restriction.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 14:17, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:51, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sasi011 is ✅ to this group (all of whom are confirmed to each other): I still cannot connect them all the way back to Elshadiman but see 13 April 2022 and 13 June 2022 for discussions about sock vs meat for these accounts. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:02, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Roy. Courtesy ping Vermont. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 15:08, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sighs. Not a sufficiently strong connection to Elshad for me to relock, but...heavily concerning. I'm monitoring, please ping if there's any changes. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 18:18, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

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He's canvassing Articles for deletion/Farid Alizade. Elshad Iman has personal connections with Farid Alizade. See his instagram post (archive) Note: This is not the real account of mine for security purposes. Apologize for it. Vikiistifadəçi (talk) 11:03, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * He has created Elkhan Bashirov article which was edited by Elshad Iman (Elşad İman) on Azwiki. The article here was created by him on 17 February and after a few hours, he edited it on azwiki with his Elshad Iman profile.
 * Here you can see their identical discussion styles.
 * When looking at his activity on Wikidata we can see that he has contributed to Elshad Iman (Q112134533). And there are a bunch of articles related with his name, mostly edited with exposed IP-adresses related to his articles

I'm not 100% convinced this is a sock situation, but there is a striking resemblance between this editor's actions at Articles_for_deletion/Farid_Alizade and a confirmed sock of the proposed sock-master's at Articles_for_deletion/Nabi_Mammadov. Note that 90AA123 has a custom signature of ETIBAR MEMMEDOV. I am not experienced in SPI, but note that the allegation of being a sock has been made by another user on the Farid Alizade who themselves talks of writing "with this user profile" implying they may have multiple accounts too.. The suspected sock editor then welcomes investigation:. I have no idea what to think, except that we now have an AfD discussion that's been brought into question by a sock-allegation, and it might be fairer to all parties if someone with SPI experience has a quick look. Disclosure: I am very much an involved party as I've suggested deletion of the article 90AA123 wishes to retain. If this is an inappropriate request, please do just close it. Elemimele (talk) 17:18, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * (non-admin comment) Thank you for bringing it into light too, @Elemimele. Of course, I created this very account for security purposes and personal attacks in real life. As it's very easy to do it in a small community like ours. Admins are welcomed to block this profile as I'm not going to use it other than his suspected sock reports.
 * The purpose is to have transparent discussions as opposed to his personal connections with azwiki community from which the users/friends canvass the discussions and do the things what he asks for. Thank you -- Vikiistifadəçi (talk) 04:11, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm not seeing a strong behavioral similarity here, despite the similar topic area and AfD bludgeoning. Closing without action. No prejudice against a re-file if more evidence emerges. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 02:25, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Blocked on az.wiki as a sock of Elshadiman; see az:User:Correspondentman. Sole activity is on AfDs and PRODs. All nominations (but not all comments) have been Azerbaijan-related: AfD of Subhan Aliyev, AfD of Leyla Abdullayeva, AfD of Tural Yusifov, AfD of Elmir Valiyev, AfD of Ali Hajizade,. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:41, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

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Adding Redaksiya who was also listed in the az.wiki case and has activity here, though stale. S0091 (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Sir Sputnik Thanks. I didn't even notice Elshadiman was glocked. I have never filed a glock request or done much of anything on Meta.  Is there a handy script or something? S0091 (talk) 18:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi. Any update on this? I've noticed this user has started another bad AfD at /Ceyhun Osmanli. Curbon7 (talk) 20:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * , If the principal evidence against these two are their blocks on other wiki's, you're better off reporting them for global locking at SRG, given that Elshadiman is already globally locked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:34, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Not that I'm aware of, but reporting is fairly straight forward. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing enough basis here for a finding of sockpuppetry. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 04:13, 12 July 2024 (UTC)