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The supposed sockpuppet turned up on my talk page to request help in creating a Wikipedia article for another editor I was talking to the same day. I suspected that the earlier editor is the sockmaster. They have very similar writing styles, interests and editing patterns. The supposed sockmaster has assured me that there is no relation between the two, but the timing is too much of a coincidence for me, so I am requesting CheckUser oversight for the all-clear. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:19, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Edit: please note that User: Hums4r is the subject of the article that User: Shahzada Iqbal wants to create, as noted on his userpage: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kohlrabi Pickle (talk • contribs) 12:21, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Hi, My response on this is: After my first article was approved yesterday, i made a instagram story and asked people to join and contribute to the wikipedia about kashmiris, The user(Shahzada Iqbal) looks like a fake name to me, Also the draft he has edited/requested for is completely with weak sources, and most of the sources are press releases that don’t follow GNG, and even if there is any article submission it will go through the AFC only, i am clarifying this that I don’t know(shahzada iqbal), the said account has never been owned by me or logged in by me. I would like to ask the admins to delete the draft page instead since it has not reliable source according to GNG. Hums4r (talk) 13:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , I would like to email some issues related to this SPI. I've already sent you an email and would expect a reply soon. Waiting. Thank you. ─ The Aafī   (talk)|undefined  13:55, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, i have already declared that i logged into Zeyan's account after i tried to move the article to main-space and when i was unable to do it, i asked for his logins, thats it. i have never edited or done anything else then that from my computer and rest, you can surely check about (User:Shahzada Iqbal) i have never logged in with that account and i don't own that account, neither i own (zeyan's) account Hums4r (talk) 17:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * So what you're saying is that is now a compromised account. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:20, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No, i had logged it into once, i have no idea of what happened to it later, also i have apologised for sock-puppetry in admin area on admin noticeboard, i will never repeat this and will never ever use someone's account ever. extremely sorry to you also. Hums4r (talk) 22:26, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Blocking sock accounts. Leaving master for admin discretion.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocking sock accounts. Leaving master for admin discretion.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocking sock accounts. Leaving master for admin discretion.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Relatively low-level, so just blocked the master for 1 week. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

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This IP address has logged in for the first time in over a year to submit a AfC help desk request about Draft:Mutahir Showkat, the same article that the previous sockpuppet worked on Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 17:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Declining CU. Accounts cannot be compared to IP addresses with CU.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:50, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, likely, but it's a single edit a week ago. I don't see much point in doing anything here.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:38, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

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This may be a joe job, but Prakrutiprajapanti recreated Mutahir Showkat, which Hums4r created and which he has admitted was an autobio. Prakrutiprajapanti's first action was to create Draft:Junaid Bhat, another Kashmiri photographer, which User:Aaqib Bashir001 had tried to create 9 days before. They claim on Commons to own File:Mutahirshowkatphoto.jpg and File:Junaid bhat on ground.jpg after the photographers each transferred copyright to them, which seems unusual.

User:Tali64^2 also "rescued" User:Tali64^2/Mutahir Showkat (which I've speedily deleted), but I don't think they're involved - this seems to be well-meaning though misguided effort to "recover" deleted drafts.

Note: I have been mentoring Hums4r. I am ending that now. Fences &amp;  Windows  19:16, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Claims impersonation and conspiracy via -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 20:26, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Admits socks on earlier report. Disclaims these. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 20:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same country, different geolocations and ranges. Same user agent, but it is common.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Substantial similarities between Prakrutiprajapanti's version of the article and versions by past socks, so I'd say they're probably the same person. both. Note that both are already globally locked.  GeneralNotability (talk) 17:55, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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Hums4r and his/her sockpuppet Zeyan created the article on Zeyan Shafiq, and Hums4r also created an article on Zeyan Shafiq's current company: Stalwart Esports. Hums4r also participated in the deletion discussion for Zeyan Shafiq. Unfortunately, the article on Zeyan Shafiq was deleted at 19:06 3 March 2021 (UTC),, but magically at 05:31 4 March 2021 (UTC) account Jeelanishafiq was created, and then created Draft:Zeyan Shafiq one minute later. It seems completely obvious that this is yet another sockpuppet account that exists for the sole purpose of promoting Zeyan Shafiq. -- Toddy1 (talk) 10:32, 4 March 2021 (UTC) -- Toddy1 (talk) 10:32, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Account was created immediately after the Zeyan Shafiq article was deleted. As i saw the draft of this user, they had created the draft of the same article. Chinar (Message) 10:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * comment someone else has joined the gang misusing my name. See – ─  The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  19:50, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Case unrelated. Account has been globally locked, related to Sardar Nadir Ali SPI farm. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  20:29, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * - plenty suspicious that they're interested in Zeyan Shafiq, but considering that they have one edit to date which consists entirely of creating a draft with the text "Zeyan Shafiq" I am neither willing to block nor endorse checkuser. Putting on hold - if they haven't done anything else to arouse suspicion within a week of me putting this on hold, recommend closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:43, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:21, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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Suspicious behaviour. They have decided to create Mutahir Showkat, which was an old favourite of one of the previous now-indeffed socks. They have written a vehement defence on their talk page insisting that they are a good faith editor and nothing to do with any of the previous socks despite the fact that I have not once accused Nurupa of even being a sock. Bizarre... Quite suspicious... Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:17, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Worth noting that this account has only been here since 4th March so how would they even know about the previous socks? They were all blocked before Nurupa even joined!! Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Please also check Faizan Hameed Lone. Account created today for the sole purpose of contesting deletion at Talk:Mutahir Showkat. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 16:59, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * should also be checked. They recently created a similar version of Zeyan Shafiq at Zeyan Jeelani Shafiq.─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  12:24, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ’’’Comment’’’ I don’t know anything about account user:Hums4r as it’s blocked already and but if we go through the contributions done by this account it was mainly done on Zeyan Shafiq, moreover there are some comments that this aricle Mutahir Showkat is of sp user:Hums4r I don’t know how it’s reliable that hum4r means Mutahir Showkat, Please check I don’t what had gone on WP before I don’t know why this all is going with Wp of Mutahir Showkat there are lot sp here who are trying to show me guilty when they are guilty, please do a quick check it might be there are some users who want to put this name Mutahir Showkat under salt, as if you can see the comments on the Discussion page For for the deletion on Mutahir Showkat are the same users who had contributed on Zeyan Shafiq article even there are some users who had took that draft from draft space to main space, if user:Hums4r is guilty and I’m socket puppet of that user how these users can support me as User:Hums4r because you can see these users are major contributors of the articles created by user:Hums4r and now they trying to show me guilty I don’t know too much about this but please check all the user’s who had commented for deletion I feel they all are interconnected  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurupa (talk • contribs) 05:54, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to one another:
 * The accounts are to the master. Different ranges, somewhat-close geolocation, different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   00:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The accounts are to the master. Different ranges, somewhat-close geolocation, different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   00:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The accounts are to the master. Different ranges, somewhat-close geolocation, different user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   00:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Just to make life intersting, please see Sockpuppet investigations/Nurupa. Blocking Narupa as a sockpuppet based on behavior. Could be meat. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 15:51, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Noting that this is being handled at the Nurupa SPI. There's a mess of socks here (Sardar Nadir Ali, Rangasn, Hums4r, Nurupa) that all have separate confirmed trails and keep joe jobbing each other. Merging into one SPI with separate CU groups would likely amount to guesswork and cause more confusion than clarity. In future cases, it will probably make sense to always check the socks against all four groups given the joe jobbing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:30, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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Same interest around Zeyan Shafiq, and highly conflict of interest. From the contributions it seems that this is a block evading sock. How they identified to manage seeing, from there imposters like ; gives an idea they're the same. Diffs: 1 and 2 ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  09:56, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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A sock may be trying to disrupt this SPI: see the filter log.  Java Hurricane  16:07, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , which log? Firestar464 (talk) 03:56, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Abuse Filter Log ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  04:42, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Omg lol, I don't know ALYO, HUMS4R, ANJUM AAFI,THEAAFI To nominator's first question:- I Don't understand what relation to ALYO or any other person mentioned above is but this is how i managed to see, he replied on my talk page. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1010468419 ), and later when i visited his talk page to discuss about roster edits i found out the ANJUMAAFI account had posted to his talk page as well and hence posted to know policies related to impersonation since this account was impersonating Zeyan Shafiq. Definitely wrong call bro, but best wishes with the investigation. Abhayesports (talk) 16:56, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * no that account was impersonating me, not Zeyan Shafiq. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  17:02, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Anyways, no one mentioned TheAafi above, and you meant to mention saying like you're aware of TheAafi? Interesting, anyways, TheAafi is me, not someone else. Due to your huge COI, it is possible that you could be, but I'd abstain from judgement. Contributions are fine to a reason that you seem similar. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  17:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * since you were not notified of this SPI. How come you know it? ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined   — Preceding undated comment added 17:13, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I literally got a notification which stated a comment by User:Aafizok which has been deleted i guess Theaafi manages all these accounts, Abhayesports(me) should be banned I don't know TheAafi(you) nor we have ever met, so very hard for me to understand why am i being dragged into this but okay. It's always good to follow the relevant wikipedia policies and hence the investigation is justified.
 * Warm regards.
 * Abhayesports (talk) 17:19, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * please indent correctly. That diff] gives an indication that you're associated with sockfarm, while the one who tried to harass me both with the username and accusations, is from the  sockfarm. ─  The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  17:24, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * " please indent correctly." What are you referring to? "gives an indication that you're associated with ." Gives indication where and to what? Hums4r is a sockpuppet user and is already blocked, why am i being related to him?  Abhayesports (talk) 17:43, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

The Sardar Nadir Ali socks include false-flag IDs: Jeelanishafiq and Anjumaafi so just about anything is possible. But caution is going to be required in interpreting checkuser results. Just because a user is from the same district as another user does not necessarily mean that they are the same person. -- Toddy1 (talk) 10:01, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

AS's mannerisms are somewhat different from those of H4r's, so yes, I agree with the CU endorsement of GN. Firestar464 (talk) 06:20, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Isn't that to ✅? Firestar464 (talk) 02:06, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I'm of two minds here. On the one hand, Abhayesports writes somewhat differently from past Hums4r socks and has at least tried to disclose their relationship. On the other hand, there has been a LOT of sockpuppetry around Zeyan Shafiq and Stalwart Esports from at least two groups. I believe that a checkuser is justifiable here to make sure that Abhayesports isn't Hums4r (or one of the other groups) trying to look legitimate. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:43, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , but . The only thing that's the same is the geolocation.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:02, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , are they also unlikely to Sardar Nadir Ali, IloveAFD and Muneeb Bashir Wani? There's a lot of joe jobbing and overlapping sockfarms going on here, so also checking against the other groups swarming Zeyan Shafiq probably makes sense. Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:50, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Don't see enough to connect this user and the others. They're in the same country, that's about it...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:49, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Switching back to endorse for CU response to the above as Oshwah has not responded. -- The SandDoctor Talk 01:05, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Oshwah. The entire orbit of Hums4r and Zeyan Shafiq is ripe with socks, but I don't think there's enough here to be actionable. Closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:13, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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Possible per Sockpuppet investigations/Rangasn to Hums4r. The SandDoctor Talk 19:01, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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Interest in Draft:Mutahir Showkat and Mutahir Showkat which had been deleted at AfD and supposedly salted in mainspace, though Alexandar Garcia was able to overwrite the mainspace article with the draft. Frank NFTs and Alexandar Garcia edited Bored Ape and Gary Vaynerchuk. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Added AbhishekKumar123456 and Little Angel IVF as they have recreated or edited Draft:Muhammad Asif Ali which is salted in mainspace at Muhammad Asif Ali. Frank NFTs also edited that draft. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - I know that there is nothing in the archives that is non-stale, but are these five related? Is there anything in the logs that might be helpful here in linking these to Hums4r etc.? The SandDoctor  Talk 21:23, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:46, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ,, are ✅ to each other, and to several suspected socks including ,  and . Also confirmed to this group:
 * and are ✅ to one another, but are distinct from the group above - in the same large country, but no overlap on IP ranges.  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:57, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all; the Little Angel IVF/AbshiKumar accounts I've left untagged; locks requested for the confirmed accounts.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:02, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all; the Little Angel IVF/AbshiKumar accounts I've left untagged; locks requested for the confirmed accounts.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:02, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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recreation of Draft:Mutahir Showkat (Indian Photographer), which had been previously created by Hums4r's sock NFT Fan. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:26, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - seems likely to be a sock, especially considering the username similarity to . The previous check found several accounts, so I think this is worth another sleeper check. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:39, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to (whose block points to Sockpuppet investigations/Muneeb Bashir Wani), and  to the last batch. . . --Blablubbs (talk) 00:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I'm not sure it will be productive trying to untangle the relationships between this case and some spam socks from 2 years ago. I'm just going to tag Robin NFTs as proven to Hums4r and close. . Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:02, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

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More Mutahir Showkat–related disruption at Mutahir Showkat (Entrepreneur), Special:Diff/1145998499, etc. Seems pretty cut-and-dried, but I figured I'd request a sleeper check. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:25, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed to Robin NFTs which tagged as proven. I've done the same with this one and requested a lock. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:40, 22 March 2023 (UTC)