Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mifciw/Archive

31 October 2013

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 * (who is Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh) created several articles at AFC, including Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh (an autobiography) and Radio Kashmir Srinagar and Timeline of Ashura Procession In Kashmir, all of which were declined (some, multiple times)
 * The new account, then created/edited Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh, Radio Kashmir and Ashura In Kashmir at AFC, which were then reviewed and approved by Sharafat99 or Farari8 himself.
 * The third listed account, also newly created, is an SPA has been involved in editing the same set of articles, and linking to them from other wikipedia pages.

Also see discussion here relating to content problems with at least one of the articles. Abecedare (talk) 15:12, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Without a checkuser or other evidence, it is unclear if this is sockpuppetry, meatpuppetry, an innocent (or perhaps half-innocent/one editor duping another into doing his bidding a la Stephen Colbert's well-known "call outs" to get others to edit the way he wants them to) case of "birds of a feather flocking together," or some thing else, but the WP:DUCK is quacking quite loudly. Davidwr (talk) 15:45, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Moved comment from from talk page to investigation -- Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 15:47, 31 October 2013 (UTC)


 * All accounts are ✅ matches to each other. Elockid( Boo! ) 21:03, 31 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Socks tagged and blocked indef; master blocked two weeks. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:12, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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This is a case of WP:DUCK imo. Just take a look at the name "Mirzasharafat" versus the master whose older name was "Sharafat99". The master uploaded a picture of himself in 2015 called.

Article edits obvious overlap as well: Arshad Sauleh, a random painter? that the master has worked on, now the puppet is there as well. Not to mention Ashura processions in Kashmir which was the very reason the master was blocked. I could dig up more on request.

Right now, I looking at the uploads of the master. Some works look dubious, lack exif data etc, given the disruptive nature of the master who never confined to basic policy, worth checking. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 01:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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I blocked Mirzasharafat as a sock, but it looks like the original master's SPI case is located at Sockpuppet investigations/Sharafat99. Sharafat99's account was renamed to Mifciw, so these cases probably need to be merged. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 11:50, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ The other case merged here.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:40, 28 January 2017 (UTC)