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22 December 2014

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I'm not sure if this is a case of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry, but it does need to be investigated. I came across these users via the article for Haji Springer, which I deleted twice before finally salting it. During that time all three of the above accounts were actively editing the page. I also noticed that Mnaqvii and SMusaRaza both edited the article for Nadeem Sarwar (Noha Khwan) and that Mnaqvii has also made edits to SMusaRaza's userpage. I admit that I didn't much pay attention to this until SMusaRaza on to my talk page and angrily requested the page's return, at which point I noticed the similarity in edits to specific articles. I've flat out asked SMusaRaza if they're the same person, to which they've said no and said they didn't know the user at all, which is fairly suspicious- especially since Mnaqvii vandalized my user page. This looks like it's a pretty clear case of organized edits so it has to be either a sockpuppet account or a case of meatpuppetry, possibly from a pack of paid editors. I'm personally leaning towards meatpuppetry. In any case, there may be more accounts here and I'm not sure which one would be the true first account, so checkuser is probably necessary.

I've also noticed combined edits at Betty Cohen and Mnaqvii created the page Musa Raza. I'm not sure how involved Xoloa500s is with the group, but I did notice that this account also edited the article for Haji Springer and also shared edits on the page for Betty Cohen, Nadeem Sarwar (Noha Khwan), and Bohemia (musician). Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:08, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

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Okay, SMusaRaza and Mnaqvii are ✅ to each other. Xoloa500s seems to be ❌ to those two, however. Courcelles 08:48, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Should Xoloa500s be blocked as a DUCK? There are too many shared edits for my comfort, although I will accept whatever you guys decide as far as blocking goes. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   10:19, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * By this I mean that Xoloa500s has re-created Haji Springer several times, using extremely similar and in some instances identical phrasing as SMusaRaza did when they created the page. I also notice that a large majority of edits by Xoloa500s has been to articles that were created by the confirmed socks or ones that they heavily edited (example, Kali Denali Music. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   10:23, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * CU confirmed sock indef'd and tagged. Master warned. I've blocked Xoloa500s per WP:DUCK/WP:MEAT. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:47, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

20 May 2016

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This is more of a formality than anything else. This looks to be a clear WP:DUCK scenario of Mnaqvii trying to evade a block. Not only does he share the same username (minus one letter) as a confirmed Mnaqvii sock, SMusaRaza, but he also edits on the same topics and is keen on re-adding Haji Springer to the mainspace and has created a draft at Draft:Haji Springer. From what I can see, this account was opened a few months after Mnaqvii unsuccessfully petitioned to have his block lifted back in March 2015. I'd missed the comment on his talk page asking me about giving him a standard offer, but this doesn't mean that he can just open up a new account.

Now whether or not he should be unblocked under his original account is debatable and something for another discussion, although I'll note that his talk page history is littered with concerns about his editing and he was even blocked back in September for edit warring. It looks like I'd interacted with him in the past and didn't pick up on this, but I've noticed it now - his requests about Springer tipped things off. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  06:47, 20 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Here's the summary I posted on Musa Raza's talk page, since he's trying to get unblocked. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:04, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Your username is identical to that of a confirmed Mnaqvii sockpuppet, SMusaRaza.
 * SMusaRaza edited Haji Springer, an article that the Mnaqvii account also edited.
 * Like the Mnaqvii account, you have a history of heavily editing articles on Pakistani rappers.
 * Your username is the same as an article that Mnaqvii tried to add to Wikipedia repeatedly, Musa Raza.
 * This account was opened only months after Mnaqvii tried unsuccessfully to get their account unblocked.
 * Like the other accounts, they've also edited the same article like Bohemia.
 * They also tend to edit Bollywood, Pakistani, and Indian films fairly heavily, like the other accounts.


 * Note - I blocked the user in question as a WP:DUCK and they're contesting the block on their userpage, so you will need to check there for his posts. He's asking for an unblock for the duration of the SPI, however this seems like such an obvious case of block evasion that this SPI is more just to add on to the prior case than anything else. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:18, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Noted for the record. Nothing more to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 11:56, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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Heavily edited page Zeal for Unity that was created by a sockpuppet. Created articles about Indian films ... similar to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:01, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing my own request.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:01, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Aisha309 is ❌.
 * is ✅ and retagged.
 * I don't think I've ever seen this many logged out edits by a master. Because so many IPs are involved, range blocks would be difficult, although not necessarily impossible, if disruption is actually noticed. It would take a fair amount of time. It doesn't help that the same IPs are being by another master.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:37, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of Musa Raza's Rashid Khawaja and overlap. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:52, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Quacking, especially the page move 5 albert square (talk) 09:44, 3 June 2018 (UTC)