Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hadysylmy/Archive

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-- HyperGaruda (talk) 03:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Both have edited Special:PageHistory/Names of God in Islam in August.
 * Attempting to add the same external link; use of the rare plural "audios" in their edit summaries: Hadysylmy - ℐ𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓂 ℒ
 * Mostly active on tk-wiki: Hadysylmy - ℐ𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓂 ℒ

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 * These two accounts are ✅ in addition to . Pictogram resolved.svg All socks blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

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Requesting CheckUser, as last time an additional sock puppet was found. HyperGaruda (talk) 21:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Editing the same obscure page: Special:PageHistory/File:Quran page-604.pdf
 * Spamming the same link: Calcit11, Hadysylmy, ℐ𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓂 ℒ
 * Editing/adding the same images: Calcit11, Hadysylmy
 * Requesting the same user to migrate a file to Commons, using the exact same wording: Calcit11, Hadysylmy
 * Also significantly active on tk- and ru-wiki: Calcit11, Hadysylmy
 * Added Calcit12. The name and link spam are rather obvious. --HyperGaruda (talk) 05:32, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to . Accounts in the archive are . However, CU log data exists for these accounts. Based on the CU log only, they are to socks in the archive. This result should be seen in the context that CU log data only gives limited historical technical information so giving a result of a stronger link is often not possible. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:06, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocking as suspected to Hadysylmy on a mix of behavioral evidence and Dreamy's CU results. If somebody wants to do a more complete dual-tagging, I have no objection. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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The account Adam12aaa is only a few hours young at the time of writing, but all mainspace edits so far seem specifically related to those of Hadysylmy et al.: In short, the account Adam12aaa, created just days after the previous sock was blocked, immediately starts editing where Hadysylmy et al. left off. HyperGaruda (talk) 04:51, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) In Special:Diff/1062205291 and Special:Diff/1062217835, Adam12aaa edits the caption of an image uploaded and inserted by Hadysylmy.
 * 2) In Special:Diff/1062218349, Adam12aaa adds the same picture with the exact same caption as the sock Calcit12 did before.
 * 3) Of a more circumstantial nature is the evidence regarding their command of English: compare Adam12aaa with Calcit12. These diffs also demonstrate how they think nothing is wrong with their reverted edits.

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 * Worth noting that "ewer for purity "gets exactly one non-Wikipedia related hit on Google making it even more likely those edits are by the same person. --Trialpears (talk) 12:31, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

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Admittedly, this user is persistent... HyperGaruda (talk) 21:08, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Inserting almost identical diagrams slap bang at the top the article, where it does not belong: Hadysylmy, Aifnehseaaa,
 * Uploading said almost identical diagrams (this evidence is Commons-based, so maybe stretching this a bit too far): Hadysylmy and Alim-we.
 * Inserting the same Qur'an PDF pages in the same articles. Those with access to deleted files will see it is (part of) the same PDF file:
 * Al-Ikhlas: Calcit11 (old SP), Aifnehseaaa.
 * Ya-Sin: Hadysylmy, Alim-we.
 * Another one related to Commons: there was a remark in an archived chapter about the unconventional phrase "ewer for purity". On 02:39, 10 February 2022, Alim-we overwrites File:Ewer.jpg (see its File History section, specifically the Comment column) with the description "Ewer for puity". Sounds familiar.

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 23:20, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * both ✅  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:29, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

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Adam-synagda and Adam-name are most likely related to each other, based on the name alone. But I'd also like to add how they attempt to insert (blacklisted) links to Youtube into Islam-related pages through Template:External media: Adam-synagda 1 2; Adam-name 1 (admittedly, pork is not inherently Islam-related, but it is one of two major dietary restrictions in Islam).

For the link to the sockpuppet master, I would like to involve Wikimedia Commons. Adam-name edited two files, one created by the master Hadysylmy, the other by the sock Alim-we. At the moment of writing, those were the only contributions to Commons.

Finally, looking at their global accounts, both have edited the relatively obscure Turkmen (tk) Wikipedia, consistent with all previous socks. HyperGaruda (talk) 18:24, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to previous confirmed socks based on archived data. Blocking and tagging.   Girth Summit  (blether)  18:47, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Consistent with previous sockpuppets, tk.wikipedia is one of their main areas of activity: Special:CentralAuth/Andrewler.
 * User:Andrewler was created a mere week after the previous SPI finished.
 * Consistent with previous sockpuppets, they contribute almost exclusively to Islam-related articles.
 * Where Andrewler inserts media, it is usually dumped somewhere at the top of the article while ignoring MOS:LAYOUT conventions, e.g. here, here and here. Compare with Sockpuppet investigations/Hadysylmy/Archive (first piece of evidence).
 * Over at Commons, Andrewler tried uploading a new version of File:Shahadah-1.svg, whose initial uploader was Hadysylmy. HyperGaruda (talk) 05:03, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Just noticed this CU at Metawiki. --HyperGaruda (talk) 07:03, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * And this Metawiki CU from a few days after the one above. --HyperGaruda (talk) 07:11, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged as proven. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:38, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Basically copying most of the previous report here: Pinging per request. HyperGaruda (talk) 05:52, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Consistent with previous sockpuppets, tk.wikipedia is one of their main areas of activity: Special:CentralAuth/Aqua-ac.
 * User:Aqua-ac was created just over a week after the most recent sock puppetry block on Commons.
 * Consistent with previous sockpuppets, they contribute almost exclusively to Islam-related articles. While this may be not statistically sound with just two edits on en.wikipedia at the moment of writing, their Islam-related contributions on tk.wikipedia and Commons are all adding up to this.
 * Where Aqua-ac inserts media, it is usually dumped somewhere at the top of the article, e.g. here and here. Compare with Sockpuppet investigations/Hadysylmy/Archive (first piece of evidence).

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 * Duck blocked on tkwiki. Thanks. ~Styyx Talk ? 11:18, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked on Commons. Kadı    Message   18:00, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . --Blablubbs (talk) 14:17, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

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After the SPI on Aqua-ac concluded, I reverted some of their edits to a template on ru.wikipedia. Within a few hours, previous sock Andrewler undid my reversion, so I started looking into what else they have been up to over there. Among others, Andrewler uploaded ru:Файл:Quran cover (back).svg locally and then the brand new account Elleri comes along and moved it to Commons. When I saw Elleri's global contributions, like replacing this image by one made by Aqua-ac on en.wikipedia, I knew they were at it again... With such persistent cross-wiki block evasion, does this have a chance of a global lock via meta:Steward requests/Global, or are there very strict conditions to be met? Pinging,. HyperGaruda (talk) 05:39, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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I just noticed that a global lock request is already in progess, so I'll just propose the new socks to be added to that request. Cheers. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:26, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Very few edits at this project to go on, but technically very - same narrow range, same device. I would have thought that they would be eligible for global lock, this seems like pretty clear cross-wiki disruption. I'd suggest reaching out to a steward and requesting lock on all active accounts listed at this case.   Girth Summit  (blether)  18:57, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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If the results of this SPI are positive, I'll file a global lock request. HyperGaruda (talk) 08:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * In this edit, an instructional image was added to the top section of an Islam-related article. Dumping media near the beginning of Islam-related articles, where these media have little relevance, is something seen before multiple times. Workers A similarly inserted images at questionable places here and here.
 * This message in broken English, demanding not to "touch" them/their work, sounds similar to this message by a previous sock.
 * Too bad that they have not (yet) edited tk.wikipedia, one of their hallmarks. However, ru.wikipedia is another favourite playing ground (Hadysylmy's second-most edited wiki) and their uploads to Commons include descriptions in both Russian and Turkmen.

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 * . MarioGom (talk) 10:06, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 11:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, also ., , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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This revert of my revert of the sock master's edit alerted me first. As with previous socks, Edfia edits Islam-related articles (3 out of 3 edits so far) and is prominently active on tk.wikipedia. All three edits were re-reverts to reinstate edits made by previous incarnations: . HyperGaruda (talk) 05:23, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Edfia - Hadysylmy
 * Edfia - Andrewler
 * Edfia - Hadysylmy

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 * ✅, lock requested.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:58, 17 December 2022 (UTC)