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Suspected socks very first edit it is to Articles for deletion/Ali Tajdary, an article which the master created, followed by editing List of Iranian male actors which the master has also edited and then Articles for deletion/Uncensored With Ali Tajdary yet another article created by master. To me it screams WP:DUCK. Lavalizard101 (talk) 13:11, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Added Mehrab fatemi iran yet another brand new account that has edited Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Tajdary. Lavalizard101 (talk) 13:35, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Another interesting behavioural overlap is they all keep using the word valid e.g. "this article is valid" "this award is valid" etc. when someone mentions notability. Lavalizard101 (talk) 13:43, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * All three also sign their posts with --before their username on a separate line to their text (see the afd above for both behavioural points). Lavalizard101 (talk) 13:46, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * All three accounts are ✅. Indeffed the socks, 1 week for the master. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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And another brand new account at Articles for deletion/Ali Tajdary, and List of Iranian male actors. I think the AFD would be best to be semiprotected. Lavalizard101 (talk) 20:10, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Again using the word valid e.g. "this article is valid" and also sign the post with --before the username on a separate line to the text. This comes after the master threatened to block evade on their talk page (before blanking said talk page). Lavalizard101 (talk) 20:15, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * . Lavalizard101 (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Sock . Increased block duration against the master account to 1 month. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:45, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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Yet another sock that edited Articles for deletion/Ali Tajdary again. He's justing mocking around voting delete, when he desperately want the article to survive, but he definitely voted keep on other Afd discussion by copying other people's opinion. The block duration on sockmaster's should be changed to indefinite. I wouldnt be surprised if User:Chelokabob is also related. 39.121.228.67 (talk) 12:49, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Letting User:Lavalizard101 handle this stuffs. 39.121.228.67 (talk) 12:50, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Despite the fact it voted delete and is no longer using the word "valid", the username signing behaviour of -- followed by their username is appearing again, the fact that this is the only behavioural link other than afd overlap, makes me think it could be them, either that or its someone framing them. Whatever it is, its a troll. Lavalizard101 (talk) 15:23, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * to but the following are ✅ to each other:


 * The owner of these three accounts repeatedly tried to log in to, who is ✅ to
 * failed login attempt
 * failed login attempt
 * failed login attempt
 * failed login attempt


 * The following are part of the same group:


 * All of the confirmed accounts should be blocked and tagged (probably to the oldest confirmed non-"failed login" account - Juror134(?)). If the behavioural evidence supports it, then they should be tagged as suspected to Hoseinkandovan. All of these article creations need looking at with a very critical eye. Isn't UPE grand?!?-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 00:04, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @Blablubbs I see you're already into this, but it looks like an interesting case so if it's OK with you, could you let take a shot at it as part of his training and/or work with him on it?  Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:48, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  Thanks ! --Jack Frost (talk) 12:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Feel free to take over. I've been busy lately, I'm not unhappy if someone wants to handle it. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:35, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Case split per CU results. CU results copied and relevant comments moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Juror134. Outcomes for CU identified socks will be managed there. Closing this report with no action in relation to whom is already indefinitely blocked. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:07, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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New account created after several socks were blocked, ends up editing the AfD for Reza Tajbakash within 30 min of beginning editing. signed,Rosguill talk 20:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to and . . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 02:10, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 19:08, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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A brand new account Mr winer has been made after the sockmaster has already been blocked. It actually has the same interest by adding unreliable source, editing List of Iranian actresses and List of Iranian male actors as his other socks. 59.11.194.227 (talk) 02:30, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Crossover on List of Iranian actresses & Shabnam Gholikhani and the spamminess of Draft:Farajollah Golsefidi could be either this group or Sockpuppet investigations/Juror134. CU endorsed to establish which. --Jack Frost (talk) 04:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 19:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * are ✅ to, noting the previous filing, and obligatory  above. Other section(s) remain unchecked.  ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 19:06, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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Just like Tronjan07, all these IPs just straight went on afds and voted Keep. 1.246.105.20 (talk) 07:40, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Before Hoseinkandovan account has been made, Kidsonthemoon account was created in only 2 days, aside from that, it clearly has the same behavior, editing style, interest topics such as creating non-notable iranian people and voting keep at afd discussion without policy, just like the socks of Hoseinkandovan were doing. Meanwhile, شبنم زندگی also did the same thing as Kidsonthemoon, and has the same interest of creating about iranian film as the sockmaster. Pinging User:Lavalizard101 again, as he is familiar with this guy. 1.246.105.20 (talk) 10:39, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't have any relation to mentioned users. Admins can check my activity.
 * I translated some English article to Persian (Farsi) in IT field. and add info box to some articles in English/Persian articles.
 * most of my activity is complete or edit current articles. I only create draft page for Kambiz Derambakhsh, kioumars Derambakhsh and Ashkan Khatibi and submit them in AFC process to review by admin. so I didn't add any article directly (out of AFC process) for peoples. my created draft articles is about 3 people who has Persian / French wikipedia articles that creates many times ago.
 * Kidsonthemoon (talk) 08:33, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Added 2A01:5EC0:B807:59AD:40F3:6799:1B77:3A17 and Chelokabob for collaborating as an undisclosed COI. 1.246.105.20 (talk) 23:43, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment :Obviously this random person messaged me in my Talk page, who may be the sock being investigated. That does not mean I am collaborating with him. Read the conversation and you will see. My vote was placed before he contacted me. Also, you are posting from an IP and not even an admin and accusing me of COI. Based on what am I doing COI edits???
 * Maybe you are the same person posting 2 Delete votes from an IP on Reza_Tajbakhsh AFD with some kind of personal vendetta because I voted against you. Note to admins: IP  1.246.105.20  is from Korea and so is 219.251.78.18, which belongs to the person who placed a Delete vote on Reza_Tajbakhsh AFD. Chelokabob (talk) 03:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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Someone notified me on my talk page about this User_talk:Chelokabob. As you included me in your investigation, then I should respond. I believe your investigation is related to my vote here Articles_for_deletion/Reza_Tajbakhsh_(2nd_nomination). I welcome you to read all my comments that I posted and review my past edit history. I have been voting on other Iranian AFD's before. IMO, there are many that get declined who should not be declined and many editors feel that Iranian press is not reliable, many times without doing proper research. In this case I found that Reza_Tajbakhsh meets WP:MUSICBIO and posted my vote. Once you read my comments, you will see that is a valid vote based on Wikipedia Guidelines. I guarantee you that I am unrelated to the sock on that voted on page. In fact, I was afraid of this happening, but I really hate not to be able to freely vote just because someone may think I am a sock and ban my account. I welcome you to do any type of investigation and IP check. I have nothing to do with whoever that sock is. In addition, I request that you also investigate the person posting DELETE vote from an IP, who seem to be someone with vendetta to get the page deleted, or at minimum a paid editor, just doing random edits. These are his IP addresses: 219.251.78.18 and 106.168.123.161, one is from Japan and one from Korea. Chelokabob (talk) 03:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * To make things clear, User:Chelokabob is also a UPE for Submit Express, who used to declare paid edits under User:WiktorLinus, but abandoned it in favor of UPE account. Recently, they created this spam (Steve_Pilot)., as they may know this user's other accounts. Checkuser recommended. 67.161.196.89 (talk) 05:29, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Here is the same troll posting from an IP that is now been blocked. He is just posting false accusations against me. I am not a UPE and have nothing to do with User:WiktorLinus. I do not know why he comes up with such BS or what I have done to him, for him to make up such BS. Plus the page for Steve Pilot was not created by me initially. Some others before me made the draft, which I improved, but an admin deleted the draft, but when I messaged him and discussed the issues, he provided guidelines on what the issues where, mainly bad sources, so I reposted it after fixing the issues. The page also been patrolled and approved by an admin, so if someone thought it was not notable, it would not have lasted. Note to Admins: I am not sure what this troll has against me, who keeps attacking me. You can do your investigation and you will find out that i have nothing to do with the sock poppets on this page. Chelokabob (talk) 01:40, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * votes en-bloc with other Juror134 socks on Articles_for_deletion/Sam_Derakhshani. might be related, though their drafts are all for deceased people and their use of edit summaries is different to the other editors.  is very quickly into AfDs, including keep voting on Articles_for_deletion/Ali_Tajdary (though they do acknolwedge being canvassed there by . The /64 is probably ArmanAfifeh given “managers” and their enwiki and fawiki contributions. While they haven’t edited in a week, collateral is unlikely so a month long anonblock seems reasonable.  - In relation to the named accounts. --Jack Frost (talk) 03:49, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There's a pile of different IPs being used by the named accounts. Kidsonthemoon and شبنم زندگی are using IPs that geolocate to the same city as a bunch of confirmed socks in the archives, but there's so many different IPs, and common user agents, about the best I can say for those two is .  Chelokabob is almost certainly on proxies; I'll have to call them .   -- RoySmith (talk) 01:57, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * In our country (Iran) many websites are blocked unless we use Proxies, so yes I am using a proxy, but I hope this should not effect your decision. Chelokabob (talk) 19:20, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello.
 * I use IR MCI Mobile data in Iran (and sometimes use my workplace internet). Every time we connect to Mobile operators internet, our IP may be changed, And these IPs may be made available to another user at any time. But the IP range could show you the operator. This operator has millions of users in Iran, and its IPs are constantly exchanged between different users; please note this. Kidsonthemoon (talk) 09:25, 2 December 2021 (UTC)


 * No action in relation to . both made their only AfD edits ever to the same AfD as a confirmed sock of Juror 134, where all three !vote as keep. Otherwise, I get minimal crossover with either Juror134 or Hoseinkandovan socks. Colour me suspicious based on the AfD crossover, but I will err on the side of caution in taking no action in relation to  at this time. The IPs haven't edited in a fortnight. Hence,  at this time. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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Iranianbio has the same interest as sockmaster and Mr winer, like List of Iranian musicians, film such as Draft:Bee Ghanoon (film) and created non-notable Iranian actor such as Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia. Pls G5 the articles and revert his edits after the account was proven. 36.52.127.143 (talk) 07:45, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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Importantly, several drafts and articles created by Iranianbio are closely connected to Ali Tajdary, who was promoted by the sockmaster and several previous socks, as seen in the archives. See for instance Iranianbio's Special Love Line and Draft:Bee Ghanoon (film). There are also several tells in their talk page posts; WP:BEANS applies, but compare Special:Diff/1056217494 and Special:Diff/1056369188, both by Iranianbio, with Special:Diff/1054077672 by Hoseinkandovan. Too many similarities of different kinds for it to be coincidental, to my mind. --bonadea contributions talk 12:11, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Checkuser was requested in the case above this one so perhaps this should not be closed so soon for this sockmaster. Liz Read! Talk! 21:57, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for training --Jack Frost (talk) 09:04, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * . Already blocked by, with thanks. Tagged and closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 19:57, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK, created an hour after the last edit of Iranianbios (the most recent previous sock) and immediately started recreating articles promoting Ali Tajdary, essentially identical to articles created by Hoseinkandovan and Iranianbio. bonadea contributions talk 19:11, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Quacking given the timing and immediate focus on Ali Tajdary, however to confirm whether this is Hoseinkandovan or Juror134 and to have a look for an underlying rangeblock to knock this on the head for a bit. --Jack Frost (talk) 08:01, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * is very to, will review for a rangeblock if possible.  -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:04, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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Created draft on Ali Tajdary and moved it to main space. The created pages uses a deleted file File:Ali Tajdary in 2019.jpg originally uploaded by blocked sock – NJD-DE (talk) 13:59, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Keeping in mind that anyone shilling for Tajdary is highly likely to be Hosein, and that the current draft was created a month after the image in question was deleted on Commons, the comments at are close enough to those at Articles for deletion/Ali Tajdary for me to cry WP:DUCK.   --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:54, 2 July 2022 (UTC)