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All four accounts were created on 12 September and immediately turned up on my talk page 1 2 3 4 to plead for an article created by Mahan Eftekhary not to be deleted. These accounts have done little or no other editing. Mccapra (talk) 07:29, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Late, but I have nothing to add. The info I have there would be between the master and that sock;  is free to discuss my data with me privately.--Jasper Deng (talk) 05:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * per filer and this deleted talk page, which helps tie them to the master and turns up another suspicious account, . Please see if there are any others. Thanks. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Following are ✅ to each other:
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mahan Eftekhary and Alirezamomeni236 are to each other, the above and to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alirezakiarashi. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)


 * The behavioural evidence for the group here is very strong, so I have as proven to the master based on ample evidence of coordination, and overlap on deleted pages. I also found the long-stale ; no action taken, just noting for the record.I'm inclined to believe that Alirezakiarashi is a distinct individual despite the CU result and name overlap ("Ali Reza" is fairly common) so I'm not merging the cases – though courtesy ping  as the blocking admin, in case I missed something.  --Blablubbs (talk) 12:34, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Impossible to know, but I think your reasoning is sound.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:23, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I also note extensive xwiki activity; ping the master and  are both active on Wikidata, in case you want to have a look. There's more on fawiki, but I'm not sure who the best person to talk to is there. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The sockpuppet has almost the same name as the sockmaster. Additionally, the sockpuppet has re-created Mohamad Ramezani Pour, which the sockmaster had previously created repeatedly. Since this has been a fairly persistent thread of disruption, I am requesting a checkuser to check for sleeper accounts. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 21:15, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * On a separate note, the SPI archives for this user show that found the account in September, though no action was taken as the account was long-stale. The account has reactivated, indicating that this is no longer the case. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 21:20, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * On a second separate note, the account appears to have created since-deleted pages on the Persian Wikipedia about the same subject as the sockmaster has created on enWiki, so there's a behavioral overlap that spans back to 2020. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 21:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:15, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The username makes it obvious; they are ✅ to the following:
 * I don't have a CU link to the master (everyone is stale now), but I'll tag as proven. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't have a CU link to the master (everyone is stale now), but I'll tag as proven. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't have a CU link to the master (everyone is stale now), but I'll tag as proven. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  13:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)