Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marjdabi/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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A new edit was made on Turkish military operation in Afrin that was restoring a page to a state like the one made by a disruptive editor that was later blocked 7 days for edit warring, the editor has been disputing that block since then with 2 denied unblock requests. For comparison: Edit made by Marjdabi: Edit made by Avasttiro:  AntonSamuel (talk) 00:48, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * As per Zzuuzz, these accounts are unrelated. Closing. GABgab 14:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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"Other stuff exists" Both have also made a lot of contributions to the current events portal (which is significant in Jim's case, considering their low edit count).
 * Marjdabi → Edit warring with various editors on Egypt to include recent events in the lead, citing the Turkey article as an example.
 * Jim → Edit warring on 2013 Egyptian coup d'état to include controversial material in the infobox, citing 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt as an example.

Looks like a duck to me, an that's just the tip of the iceberg. Pinging, who appears to have interacted with this user a lot during the past several weeks and may have more evidence to offer. I'm very busy these days, unfortunately. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 18:51, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Requested CU because some sleepers might have gotten through, considering the fact that Jim has been around before Marjdabi's indef block. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 19:20, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Jim7049 was inactive between July 6 and October 4 2018. The latter date comes only a day after Marjdabi's third unblock request. Jim was also inactive between October 4 and October 31, only three days after Marjdabi's fourth unblock request was declined. Here are some other minor similarities: "better source added" "better source" (in different forms) "conclusion" of RfC "conclusion" of discussions If this is not WP:DUCK I don't know what is. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 22:24, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Marjdabi
 * Jim
 * Marjdabi "added better source"; "Alright lets add a better source"
 * Jim "better source"; "Re-wording with better sources"; "Adding National army and Hamza division with a better source"
 * Marjdabi "Please wait until a conclusion in RfC is reached..."
 * Jim "there is a RfC ongoing regarding this and you cannot make changes until it comes to a conclusion"
 * Marjdabi "It has since been closed with a conclusion"
 * Jim "already discussion on going you may not change without a conclusion"

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While the conduct looks familiar, I never suspected sockpuppetry. Jimbo has been around before User:Marjdabi got banned, though he was barely active until a few days after the ban. They seem to be interested in the same topics, but I don't know. I never dealt with Marjdabi, either. Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 19:07, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * The urge to revert on sight in complete disregard of BRD and ongoing discussions, as well as their frequency of Portal:Current events (which is edited by only a handful of registered users), suggests that this is more than just a coincidence. Not to forget the apparent pro-Turkey POV pushing.
 * I'll take a closer look within the next few days if no one gets here first. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 19:16, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It is indeed suspicious, so CheckUser couldn't hurt. Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 19:22, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
This case is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:54, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Account is now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)