Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HazaraHistorian/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Edits all focus on the Hazaras. HazaraHistorian was blocked for adding original research to articles and claiming historical figures or polities were Hazara, then ignoring warnings not to do so. General313 was given one warning for the exact same behaviour. The two accounts were made a week apart, and over at Talk:Ghaznavids, both accounts requested (back-to-back, without sources) that a change be made to describe the Hazaras as the definite descendants of the Ghaznivids. Yue 🌙 06:03, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

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As seen the history section of the article : On 28 June, HazaraHistorian created the Battle Of Unai Pass article. A day after it was blanked by Broski.tajik (now indeffed). Barely an hour later, General313 appeared and reverted Broski.tajik. While blanking the article was obviously not constructive, the coincidence sure is interesting, how General313 appears shortly after in an article just created. In fact, that was General313's first edit since 1 March. --HistoryofIran (talk) 02:59, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * EDIT: General313 also just reverted me, restoring the edit of HazaraHistorians sock Shah of persia . If not sockpuppetry, then meatpuppetry seems like a high possibility. --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:06, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * EDIT2: General313 also tries to push the outlandish claims that the Hazaras = Turks by using non-WP:RS . --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:01, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * CU results would lean to ❌, different continents. Not seeing proxies, but also wouldn't be shocked if someone made a judgment call that behavior overwhelmed technical. Courcelles (talk) 02:00, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Now Bullseye shows their underlying IP as a proxy. Courcelles (talk) 13:34, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Which is enough, since they’ve only used one IP, to call this ducky and block/tag as suspected. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 13:36, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll just note that the block comment here (yes, I know it was last year) by could well explain how multiple different new users are showing up in the same places making similar edits. RoySmith (talk) 21:42, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * 1) HazaraHistorian got indeffed on 30 July, Shah of persia made their first edit shortly after - on 4 August.
 * 2) For someone having such an Iranian and royal name as "Shah of persia", they sure are interested in something completely else: connecting the Hazaras to Turks, just like HazaraHistorian. Perhaps they got the name as an inspiration from me as I created the ANI thread that led to their block
 * 3) Shah of persia attempted to connect the Arghun dynasty with the Hazaras (which is frankly bizarre) just like HazaraHistorian . Both used poor sources, and as seen in the ANI thread, HazaraHistorian didn't have the best grasp of how sources worked either
 * 4) Both also attempted to connect the Qarlughids with the Hazaras
 * 5) As also seen in the ANI thread, HazaraHistorian is also friends with a sockpuppeteer, thus it wouldn't surprise me if they started socking too. HistoryofIran (talk) 02:20, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Shah of persia ✅ to HazaraHistorian. And since I was there, Shah of persia appears to be ❌ to General313 on the CU data RoySmith (talk) 14:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP range continued the edits of HazaraHistorian at Qarlugh (Hazara tribe) after the latters block as well as reverting me and restoring HazaraHistorians edit  here. At Karluks, they immediately reverted me, restoring the POV pushing WP:OR edit type which HazaraHistorian has been pushing in other articles, such as the first article. IP range also gelocates to the exact same location as another IP used by HazaraHistorian, which they clearly used as seen in the ANI thread  - HistoryofIran (talk) 23:07, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 3 months. Courcelles (talk) 17:31, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
HazaraHistorians now blocked IP 175.106.53.155 appeared right after the first edits of brand new user Siggs savache at Hazarajat, trying to support them in the talk page and making more or less the same edit. This can't be a coincidence. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:49, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * . Seems to be quite a bit of proxy use here. I don't think CU is going to be able to tell us anything useful. Will need to be decided on behavior. Mz7 (talk) 02:14, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, Siggs savache has made only 3 edits, and although those edits do look as though that may be another sockpuppet, that is not enough evidence to decide one way or the other, as far as I can see. JBW (talk) 20:54, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is suspicious but I'm going to close it for now per JBW. Either the account stops editing, in which case it doesn't matter whether or not they are blocked, or they continue to edit and provide more behavioural evidence one way or the other. Feel free to re-file if the account returns to activity. Spicy (talk) 23:51, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new account created on 15 August 2023, around the same time HazaraHistorian was still socking as seen in the previous SPIs.

Incredibly similar edit and edit summary (they both wrongly use the word "vandalism" and point out the references)

Behsudii was also randomly hostile towards me for no one reason, that wouldn't happen to because I reported HazaraHistorian at ANI and making SPI reports of his socks?

Behsudii also (wrongly) cites the same source (Mousavi) just like HazaraHistorian. Mousavi is not the most well known author, so I doubt this is a coincidence.

Brontexas restored the edit of a IP sock of HazaraHistorian. This attempt to push the Hazaras as Turkic has so far only been done by HazaraHistorian.

HistoryofIran (talk) 23:59, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Although Behsudii has done only a small amount of editing, I have found a large enough number of coincidences to persuade me that the account is a sockpuppet of HazaraHistorian. My inclination is to block, but I will wait to see whether a CU takes place. However, in view of the CU comments last time, there may be nothing to be found from another one this time. JBW (talk) 21:07, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * - Please compare the accounts per above. Even if they are using proxies, consistent proxy use is a behavioural indicator in itself. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:18, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Behsudii has been editing, in part, from VPN/proxies, but I'm sufficiently persuaded that the account is operated by the same person as HazaraHistorian and Shah of persia. Brontexas, on the other hand, is, as he's editing from only one seemingly unrelated IP, which is not being flagged as a proxy, though I'm suspicious. Salvio giuliano 20:39, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Behsudii. Leaving Brontexas for now. Feel free to re-file if they continue to edit in a suspicious manner. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:48, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account took a break after the last filing, only to come back with another couple of edits connecting Hazaras and Turkic peoples implicitly, as in the layout change, and explicitly, as in the edit summary. The attempted connection is is a trademark of the sockmaster. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:12, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please, include both diffs from the reported account and blocked socks to make comparison easier. This will help us assessing the report faster. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 19:53, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I see that Brontexas was already checked a month ago, because of this edit restoring this one from an IP which the archive states is linked to HazaraHistorian. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:04, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * No evidence provided. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:49, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
At Karluks, they made a incredibly similar edit  as the IP sock of HazaraHistorian who was blocked for block evasion, both citing the same non-WP:RS site "mundigak.com" and trying to push certain Hazara tribes as "Karluk" HistoryofIran (talk) 13:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * to the master and ❌ to other recent suspected socks. Mkdw  talk 00:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing. Spicy (talk) 18:12, 4 March 2024 (UTC)