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Same nonsense, several other accounts but are already blocked. Praxidicae (talk) 18:18, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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Cabayi (talk) 19:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * - Please indef the socks. Cabayi (talk) 19:27, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the accounts as requested, but with three new accounts registered in as many days, this is probably worth a check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:40, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * - L Faraone   23:34, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Checked, confirmed, a few sleepers. Blocked and left a message on the most recent, since this appears to just be a confused user documenting their family. L Faraone   23:59, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Cabayi (talk) 07:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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quack quack quack quack Praxidicae (talk) 13:32, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Per AN/I, added User:En Wiki Helper. ST47 (talk) 22:20, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Per deleted history of Draft:Qmuannt, added User:محمّد_سيمع_الدین_"سيمع"_قاضی. Note most accounts are also active on urwiki, some were created there, some were blocked there. ST47 (talk) 22:24, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * ST47 (talk) 22:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 18:27, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Obvious duck, as previously not even really trying to hide it
 * Obviously similar username as last sock,
 * Addition of same unsupported ethnic categories:,, -- , ,  Begoon 14:02, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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✅

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:52, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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User created Doraemon in Pakistan (currently at AFD), which was also created by an SP of the connected SPer, User:Muhd Samiuddin Qazi (Urdu Lover(. While the person is already blocked for a different reason (username policy violation), I would like to have user connected to SPer. FoxyGrampa75 (talk) 21:10, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * There's nothing to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:32, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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Like previous socks, their activity consists largely of categorisation of Pakistan TV articles. Also, the same disruptive addition of Urdu-related categories: ~, and the recreation of Category:Fiji Urdu, previously created by another sock. – Uanfala (talk) 12:06, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * and blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:48, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:17, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Diff by confirmed sock puppet User:Urdu and Hindi connections and diff by this new user Mtbltwimtblttph Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:31, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * That's definitely him. Is there any way to prevent this person from coming back and editing as an IP again and again? It's tiring to have to revert a dozen edits every couple of days. I don't even know if I'm able to catch even half of the socking: he seems to hit a large variety of Pakistan-related articles and categories. In case this helps, here's a list of a modest portion of the IPs he's used the last couple of months:

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 * Mtbltwimtblttph is already blocked and none of listed IPs is currently active. I'm closing. this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Meatpuppetry on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hindi&type=revision&diff=911557527&oldid=911554632&diffmode=source - clearly a SPA; also, identical pattern of wrong capitalisation as. QUACK QUACK! — kashmīrī  TALK  17:54, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * added another one as they have a lot of overlap with, though there's also a ton with other socks form different farms too. Praxidicae (talk) 13:21, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * I was just coming here to add Waking Developer to this case. This does look highly suspicious. Railfan23 (talk) 21:23, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I've added User:The Power of Aryan to this case. Yet another SPA that was created today and in their first edits, agrees with User:Mtbltwimtblttph's fringe views at Talk:Hindi and makes the same edits to the same articles as Mtbltwimtblttph. One of the more blatant cases of abusive sockpuppetry I've seen recently. Railfan23 (talk) 15:14, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Diffs. Here User:The Power of Aryan comments on a discussion at Talk:Hindi supporting User:Mtbltwimtblttph's viewpoint: and then User:Mtbltwimtblttph replies thanking User:The Power of Aryan for their support . Also User:The Power of Aryan edits Category:Indian people of Swati descent which was created yesterday by User:Mtbltwimtblttph  and adds that category to Sohail Khan, where User:Mtbltwimtblttph has been edit warring to add that category. That is the sum total of User:The Power of Aryan's editing. Railfan23 (talk) 15:31, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have only this user I don't know who is the user. and please tell me who is User:Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi (sami). Mtbltwimtblttph (talk) 16:23, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * , and  are all ✅ to each other and blocked. There appears to be some duplication in these SPI reports that may require some clean-up.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:46, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I removed Mtbltwimtblttph from this entry (leaving above) to resolve the aforementioned duplication. I did not see any other duplication. Closing per the above. -- The SandDoctor Talk 16:14, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

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Loud quacking with every single one of his edits. Just two random examples: (~ ),  (~ ). – Uanfala (talk) 23:03, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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I should be able to post findings tomorrow.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:55, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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Quacking loud and clear with every edit. Just an example:. – Uanfala (talk) 17:01, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Isn't it nice when a persistent sockpuppeteer is so helpful as to make the sockpuppetry as blatant and obvious as this? Blocked. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:39, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * , maybe, but not as helpful as this. Mathglot (talk) 22:35, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:51, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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New user whose only edit is to recreate the Category:Indian people of Swati descent category so beloved by Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi (sami) The Mirror Cracked (talk) 16:43, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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Adding one more: I'm not completely sure, but their four or five edits so far look extremely suspicious. Isn't there a way to prevent this user from registering new accounts every day? – Uanfala (talk) 16:52, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * , and  are ✅ and blocked.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:04, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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The same type of activity as previous socks: creating odd Urdu-related categories and shoving them onto Hindustani/Hindi-related articles as well as forays into Pakistani ethnicity categorisation. Given their diligence in creating new socks every time the old ones have been blocked, isn't there a way to pre-empt all the hassle? – Uanfala (talk) 13:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Posted a message on my talk, requesting me to "translate some information that proof Hindi is a dialect of Urdu from Urdu Wikipedia". - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:30, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Endorsing sock check based on, , and other stuff fitting profile of master, like Pakistan TV categorization . ☆ Bri (talk) 16:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to note that UW has recreated a Pakistanipedia articles Shadi Mubarak Ho, Disney Channel (Pakistan). Praxidicae (talk) 11:45, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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Like the last sock above (and like many previous ones), these two are hell-bent on creating and populating various "X people of Muhajir descent" categories. I'll provide diffs if asked to, but I assume this is dead obvious to anyone who's watched this page in the last couple of weeks. – Uanfala (talk) 12:03, 12 September 2019 (UTC) – Uanfala (talk) 12:03, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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The following are ✅: . Accounts. I'll close all the others. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:51, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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Similar actions to on the Simple English Wikipedia, adding in w:simple:Category:Hindi into w:simple:Category:Urdu language, and their edit to Pakistani English is quite suspicious as the sock master is interested in Urdu. Nigos (talk • Contribs) 12:20, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * THe

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 * , but it hasn't edited in days, so closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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Usual category vandalism typical of the sockpuppeteer The Mirror Cracked (talk) 15:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * A blatantly obvious sockpuppet, which I have blocked. I am doubtful whether there is any point in a CheckUser, but I will leave the request open, so that a clerk can assess whether a check for sleepers is justified. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:45, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I think we're good here; the master tends to space out account creations. Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 00:45, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Diff by confirmed sock User:Mtbltwimtblttph and diff by this new sock. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:25, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * If possible, kindly protect Hindi, Hindustani language, Urdu, Muhajir people. These are the pages frequented by the sock master. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:20, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I understand, but with this high rate of sockpuppetry and POV pushing by the user in such a small time frame, I thought it would be apparent who's doing it. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:23, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * The one diff provided by was not very good evidence, and I have seen many sockpuppet investigations summarily closed because of lack of evidence presented, even with much more evidence than that, but I decided to check anyway. There is considerable overlap in editing interests, on several, largely unrelated, topics, such as categorisation of Hindustani-related articles, list articles and templates  about television channels in Pakistan, and Hyderabadi biryani. Not only that, but there are significant similarities of editing within those topic areas, a particularly striking example being  and . All put together, the evidence I found leaves no room for doubt, so I shall block Pakistanstory and revert the account's outstanding edits. I shall also consider protecting some of the pages which have been edited by more than one of the sock accounts. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:15, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Diff by proven sock Islamic Ranger and diff by this new user Independent place. Obvious sock again hell-bent on proving Hind to be a dialect of Urdu See Other similar edits by other socks,. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 05:46, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * New sock diff. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Probably him. Nigos (talk • Contribs) 09:07, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd say both are pretty obvious. Given how inept this sockmaster is, it's surprising he's pulling off being such a nuisance. Isn't there a way to prevent him from socking, for example by blocking his IP range (if there's a well-defined such range) for a couple of weeks so that his passions could cool down? I think some collateral damage from such a measure would be justified. – Uanfala (talk) 10:24, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Should his user page be speedied? Nigos (talk • Contribs) 11:56, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It's customary to tag the user page with a template that makes it clear they're a sock, but that's left to the blocking admin to do. – Uanfala (talk) 12:08, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The current IP on the SPI seems to be his, based on geolocation. Nigos (talk • Contribs) 12:05
 * I realise I might not have given enough context: as seen in the archive page, one or two sock every couple of days might not seem like much, but most of the socking occurs from IPs and it doesn't show here. For example, in addition to the two users reported above, we've had to deal with, , , and possibly one or two more, and all of that in the period since just yesterday. Almost all of the time I currently have for wikipedia is spent reverting this little piece of ****. This is all too much to bear, and something needs to be done. – Uanfala (talk) 12:08, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * A range block seems necessary. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Recreation of categories created by previous socks (example), and the usual Hindi/Urdu POV edits. – Uanfala (talk) 16:44, 28 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm tagging the exact same categories for deletion as those made by blocked editors User:Positive Light of Creativity and User:Urdu Wikipedian. Liz Read! Talk! 01:58, 29 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I've also requesting CU attention, given the tendency for previous CU checks to uncover accounts not otherwise detected. It could really be nice if something were done here: the user is pretty active, and looking at their talk page it's clear they've become a burden on the community. – Uanfala (talk) 12:45, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * , --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:20, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
 * per the above and after looking at contributions. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 15:14, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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Considering their Urdu POV edits and addition of Urdu related categories unnecessarily. See This edit. New user Affability created today only. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:00, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

New user just today, picking up where other socks left off with Urdu- and Pakistan-related mischief.
 * Recreated three categories previously created by another now-blocked sock, User:Hello Possitive (and deleted by Doug Weller) and added by that user, or by another now-blocked sock, to numerous articles.
 * Deleted an older, answered edit request from Talk:Urdu.
 * Overcategorized Sindhi language and Category:Sindhi language with references to Pakistan. Largoplazo (talk) 01:56, 12 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I just submitted the three categories for G5 deletion and removed all pages from them. Largoplazo (talk) 02:13, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Yep, quacking very very loudly. – Uanfala (talk) 10:05, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * And, for good measure, the name resembles that of previously blocked sock "Amiably". Largoplazo (talk)

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, . Leaving open for CU evaluation. –Darkwind (talk) 04:09, 14 October 2019 (UTC) , . Leaving open as per above. –Darkwind (talk) 04:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I have merged two reports into one. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 02:07, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . SQL Query me!  02:11, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . SQL Query me!  02:11, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . SQL Query me!  02:11, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . SQL Query me!  02:11, 15 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Closing. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:02, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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A user, who claims to be from Spain, but somehow ends up editing entirely in the Pakistan area, with the same type of edits as previous socks. Also, completely out of the blue, they've complained  that Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi was using their IP and their password. – Uanfala (talk) 13:25, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Also, a Spaniard with es-1 language skills, who lives in Madrid and thinks it's on Central time... Please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 13:48, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . No more tags in this case per WP:DENY. Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:50, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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IP: Same editing pattern, especially adding articles to Category:Dialects of Urdu, eg and  The Mirror Cracked (talk) 15:50, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Adding User:GBUW Boy who has just arrived, an SPA performing another set of Sami edits. The Mirror Cracked (talk) 15:56, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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It sure is suspicious when your first edit immediately after creating your account is to create a category, and its talk page, and then fire off 12 edits in 5 minutes populating that category. The neat interleaving of times between CWUW's edits and the IP's edits is also suspicious. I'm inclined to think this is indeed a sock, but I'll leave the final decision up to another pair of eyes. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:38, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . Blocked without tags, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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The familiar pattern of editing articles about South Asian TV series, and pushing a bizarre POV trying to represent many Indian languages as dialects of Urdu. For example, this creation is almost identical to this addition by an indeffed sock (presumably of the same sockmaster) to, a former article edited almost exclusively by other socks of Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi. – Uanfala (talk) 14:37, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Similar creation of POV templates regarding India, Pakistan etc. Gotitbro (talk) 07:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Creation of similar POV templates, e.g., India (master, sock); Afghanistan (master, sock). Gotitbro (talk) 14:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I've browsed through the contributions of the socks and reverted or G5-ed most of them. I've left alone the creations of and  as these concern TV series navboxes that I'm not interested in and I don't see any red flags with. I haven't checked the contributions of :, you've identified that sock so you're in a better position to deal with their edits. – Uanfala (talk) 15:33, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * I've merged the information from Sockpuppet investigations/Tpmjh, as requested by Bbb23 on that page. Leaving this report open so that the investigation can continue as usual.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:10, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . These socks have created a lot of pages that are subject to WP:CSD, too many for me to go through. If someone else wants to delete them (or tag them if they are not an administrator), that would be great. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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Same non-sensical edits to the Urdu topics and Hindi topics as other sockpuppets. Other IPs in the ranges 182.190.*; 119.157.* have also been wrecking havoc (see edits in December from these ranges), this needs a range block at this point. Gotitbro (talk) 21:17, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes that is probably right but I'm not much versed with IP addresses. can provide more ranges, he has requested IP range blocking for this highly disruptive sockpuppeteer multiple times in past cases as he keeps coming back with different IPs. Most editors who have reported the socks here are tired in dealing with this user and this has been continuously going on for the last year. This needs a more binding solution to deal with. Gotitbro (talk) 07:17, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Another IP range that have been extensively abused recently: 119.153.*. Gotitbro (talk) 12:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' As for the two IP ranges given by ST47 below: I've had a look at the edits from the last three weeks, and I can confidently say that all of them were made by the sockmaster. There's definitely a need for a range block: many of those edits from early December went undetected – the sock makes problematic edits to a large number of articles, which make up an open-ended set that it's impossible to keep an eye on. – Uanfala (talk) 12:24, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Case moved —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:45, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I think the ranges that the requester is referring to are Special:Contributions/119.157.240.0/20 and Special:Contributions/182.190.16.0/20? ST47 (talk) 07:05, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Marking in progress, there are a number of accounts here. ST47 (talk) 07:08, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * MAKSMPH is ✅ along with the following:
 * An admin is welcome to consider rangeblocks, I can't comment on them now that I've run a checkuser. The accounts will be, and I've G5ed a few things. ST47 (talk) 07:17, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * - flagging for admin/clerk to consider rangeblocks Cabayi (talk) 10:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Kinu has blocked Special:Contributions/119.153.36.210/19 for 3 months. ST47 (talk) 12:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * An admin is welcome to consider rangeblocks, I can't comment on them now that I've run a checkuser. The accounts will be, and I've G5ed a few things. ST47 (talk) 07:17, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * - flagging for admin/clerk to consider rangeblocks Cabayi (talk) 10:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Kinu has blocked Special:Contributions/119.153.36.210/19 for 3 months. ST47 (talk) 12:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * - flagging for admin/clerk to consider rangeblocks Cabayi (talk) 10:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Kinu has blocked Special:Contributions/119.153.36.210/19 for 3 months. ST47 (talk) 12:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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Same non-sense as the recently blocked socks. We really need to put a stop to this abuse. Gotitbro (talk) 12:30, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * ST47 (talk) 12:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 12:36, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 12:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 12:36, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 12:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ST47 (talk) 12:36, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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One of the favourite activity of previous socks was trying to represent various Hindi dialects of India as dialects of Urdu (which is the national language of Pakistan). The latest incarnation is, who on his user page and in his talk posts is trying hard, a bit too hard, to present himself as an Indian Hindu, all the while continuing with the familiar pattern of his idiosyncratic Pakistani POV pushing: for example this edit is really similar to an edit by the last sock. Notice also the good hand–bad hand edit-warring with himself (as an IP) the last two days at Template:Urdu topics. – Uanfala (talk) 16:58, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * A classic case of WP:GHBH. See contribs by 39.51.74.218, 39.51.96.206, 39.51.17.37 (among other sock IPs in the range [with non GHBH edits], e.g. 39.51.61.176). This definitely needs a rangeblock (39.51.*) again as with the previously blocked IP ranges of this sockpuppeteer otherwise these disruptions will continue (see archive). Gotitbro (talk) 01:45, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:54, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

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Seems obvious looking at their history of Urdu POV pushing,. Calling Hindi a dialect of Urdu. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:15, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Was about to file a report for the same user, as well as for, . I don't think I've ever seen other users push this peculiar POV other than the socks of Sami. – Uanfala (talk) 13:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . ST47 (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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Seems to be the same person, considering Pakistan POV push in Urdu article Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:53, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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Looking at this. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:15, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Recent disruptive edit coming from an IP . A range block on 39.51.* coming from PTCL Karachi looks necessary. Regards. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:02, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * , . GABgab 19:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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Account created the next day after the last SPI was filed. Edits consist in adding country-based categories to languages templates, and fiddling with the mainspace categories to do with Hindi and Urdu, both being favourites pastimes of the sockmaster. – Uanfala (talk) 13:52, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Seems obvious. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:53, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:57, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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Considering the sockmaster's habit of Urdu POV pushing, these edits by new user, in which they POV push Urdu seems to be pointing at that direction. Edits like, , , in which they "seem" to be "prioritizing" Hindi might be a case of WP:GHBH. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:12, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

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I agree that this is an obvious sock. – Uanfala (talk) 13:04, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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Recreated Urdu (disambiguation) with content that – if my memory is correct – coincides with what was contributed from previous socks before the page got deleted. The wonky viewpoint represented there – Urdu as a name for the various Hindi varieties – is probably unique to this sockmaster. – Uanfala (talk) 13:10, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Creation of this article makes it obvious. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:36, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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Same Urdu POV-push and good hand bad hand nonsense as previous socks. Gotitbro (talk) 18:48, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Seconding that. – Uanfala (talk) 18:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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Two days after the last batch of socks were blocked, this user comes along and starts making the familiar dubious edits to do with categorisation of Pakistani pages, and then hits the Hindustani article restoring a piece of text that was previously fought over by one of the older socks. – Uanfala (talk) 16:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * That's them. Especially this is a dead giveaway. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:52, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare to previously confirmed socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked without tags. In the future, there should be no more tagging in this case per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:54, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same Urdu POVPUSH nonsense as previous IPs and socks. Though the IP provider seems to have changed. Gotitbro (talk) 12:42, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Inviting comments from who are familiar with the puppeteer. Gotitbro (talk) 12:45, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Obvious case of socking, evident from these, . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't have the time to look closer, but I agree that Fylindfotberserk's two diffs are a clear give-away: no other user would categorise Hindustani language into Category:Urdu. – Uanfala (talk) 22:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Added another user ChannelZone. Created today only. Seems like our guy. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:46, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * That is definitely sami, same creation and addtn of mostly nonsensical POVPUSHING in frequently disrupted article s. Gotitbro (talk) 19:35, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Adding, see the telltale categorisation of Hindi Belt into the Urdu categories. – Uanfala (talk) 11:49, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Dealing with this sockpuppetter is pretty tiring. He does not stop and keeps doing non-notifying reverts (i.e. not undos/rollbacks) until the socks are blocked and springs back up with more socks and IPs, the last IP range block was effective and I request the same here for the above IP ranges and IP ranges being used by the socks. Here you have three users (me, and ) who dedicate their time to this sockpuppeteer and its a toll to say the least. More binding solutions are needed here such as IP range blocks and faster action on the SPIs of this user, since its pretty blatant when the master is socking. Also, can someone create an LTA page for this user (I am not familiar with this), most of the details [IP ranges, editing pattern, topics etc.] are here: User talk:Uanfala.Gotitbro (talk) 20:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Adding : similar focus on Indo-Aryan categories; one of their recently reverted edits was reinstated by one of the other suspected socks reported above:. – Uanfala (talk) 13:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Can you look into this SPI? The [blatant] socks are wrecking havoc on multiple articles its prudent to have faster action here. Gotitbro (talk) 01:44, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:13, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same as non-sense as above from the same IP range. requesting range block here, as the socking doesn't seem to subside. Gotitbro (talk) 11:20, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 13:53, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same Urdu POVPUSH nonsense as above from the same IP range. Requesting a range block and PP of Rekhta (seeing the extensive socking), also ironically enough the sock is disrupting their own LTA: WP:LTA/SAMI. Gotitbro (talk) 14:03, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * This IP has now been trying to get into my account (got an email of password reset from the same IP). Please block this at the earliest. Gotitbro (talk) 15:35, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

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IP edits too old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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Judging from the POV push here. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:24, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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Added novice editor User:Caantaintingh. Same obsession with Urdu-related categories. –Austronesier (talk) 10:23, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you take a look at this? The sock is wrecking havoc on multiple articles. Also request faster action on cases of this particular puppeteer (his socks are pretty blatant) as the more edits he is allowed to make, he is able to get into protected articles and disrupt them. Gotitbro (talk) 18:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding IPs, same range as previous sock IPs, pushing a Pakistani/Urdu POV. Requesting range block for 168.211.188.0/24, 168.211.189.0/24, 117.102.0.0/18; significant amount of socking from these ranges which doesn't show any signs of stopping. Gotitbro (talk) 21:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those suspected socks to the master and previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:22, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Named accounts ✅. . ST47 (talk) 03:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

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Same Urdu POVPUSH non-sense as previous socks and IPs (through edit requests et all). Gotitbro (talk) 10:14, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Exact same obsession with wanting to change lang maintenance cats from Indian to Pakistani English: sock, previous sock. Also checkout the LTA for the user WP:LTA/SAMI (the LTA doesn't seem to be appearing here, please fix that). Not to mention this is the same LTA whose sock started a troll argument by making similar baiting statements as the current sock's edit requests, which again appear to bait and dupe uninformed editors (seeing this the Talk:Urdu should be protected as well). Gotitbro (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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The obsession with categories for Urdu and for celebrities makes it seem pretty likely that this is Sami. I don't think the user has made enough edits for there to be enough solid evidence for a behavioural block, but a CU check appears to me definitely warranted. – Uanfala (talk)

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 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
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 * CheckUser shows that it's maybe  at best. Given that and the lack of direct behavioural evidence I'm closing this. If there is further evidence in the future another report can be filed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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See the case immediately above. There I urged caution as the user hadn't made enough edits for us to be completely sure. Now they've gone on an editing spree and it's dead obvious to anyone involved that this is the same editor. Compare for example the slapping of Urdu categories on to a Hindustani page: to, or compare these two talk page posts by the suspected sock   with this post by a previous account – they're on slightly different topics but show the same wonky POV and use the same style of English. A CU check was already performed, and the results were between "possible" and "possilikely". – Uanfala (talk) 12:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:40, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Seems to be a sock who came back with a new account 4 days after getting blocked on earlier sock. Interest in Central Indo-Aryan languages, adding more than 2k bytes details on Hindustani language. Wareon (talk) 02:57, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * . Gotitbro (talk) 08:08, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Please look for any other sleeper accounts as well. Also request the blocking of major IP ranges used by the puppeteer (some are already blocked), the amount of socking he is able to do is insane. Gotitbro (talk) 08:54, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅,, . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:30, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

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Account reactivated only for restoring edits of the sock he used last time:,  Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 10:05, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Pojitibu is ✅ to and  to this master. ST47 (talk) 21:17, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. Cabayi (talk) 08:38, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

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Created only a day after the last batch of socks was blocked on 16 May. Same interests in Pakistan, Muslims, India, etc. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 07:13, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * ApniPiyaasKoSpriteKar is ✅ to which is a sock of Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi (sami). I've blocked and tagged the account, could a clerk please move this report there. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Report history merged. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:10, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Case has been history merged. G5 eligible creations deleted. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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The usual Urdu-related POV-pushing, trying to classify all kinds of languages of Northern India as dialect or variants of Urdu. Here some diffs with other sockpuppets:

Adding "Urdu" into language classifications:
 * @IP:
 * User:ChannelZone:

Adding Urdu-related categories:


 * @IP:
 * user:Usageofcurrent:

Add: has edited in the same range a few days before. –Austronesier (talk) 19:34, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
 * . Also see the LTA, socking has come from this very IP range. Gotitbro (talk) 00:34, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Added other likely IP socks. Also needs a range block for this range considering the amount of socking and since they are the only thing that stop this user (see archive). Gotitbro (talk) 01:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Looks like them but the /17 range looks very busy to block for a meaningful amount of time. I've semi-protected some of the pages, if there are more WP:RFPP is the best venue to ask for more protection. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:29, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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Similar reinsertion of POVPUSH as the previous socks and IPs. Gotitbro (talk) 10:46, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, Pictogram resolved.svg  sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:28, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

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Concerned over deletion of Ghazwa-e-Hind per this DRV after edit warring to restore this article two weeks ago. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 11:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Technically bordering on . . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Behavioral evidence isn't strong enough for me to call this a sock at this point, and from a look at the archives we've generally had fairly solid CU results from socks. Closing, but you are welcome to reopen if more evidence comes up further down the line. creffett (talk) 23:12, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same Urdu POVPUSH nonsense as previous socks and IPs, created at the same time as the above sock and activated as soon as it was blocked. Please check for any other sleeper accounts this time around. Gotitbro (talk) 16:57, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅,, . Please don't assume we didn't check. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:31, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same nonsensical Urdu and Pakistan POVPUSH edits as previous socks and IPs. Gotitbro (talk) 06:56, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Added other sock IPs. Asking for a range block of and 45.116.233.0/24 and 117.102.50.0/24, 117.102.* has been extensively used to sock by the puppeteer in the past as well (I had asked for the same range block just sometime ago for the socking). Gotitbro (talk) 07:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi (sami) socks and . .--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:01, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * No recent edits from the IPs to justify a block at this stage. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:02, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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Exact same Urdu POVPUSH nonsense as previous socks and IPs from the same previously used IP ranges to sock, see above and the LTA. Gotitbro (talk) 19:23, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I had asked for blocking of the 117.102.0.0/18 range just above as well. The amount of socking and disruptive editing this LTA is getting away with is ridiculous and putting a toll on a lot of users, a range block is necessitated here. Gotitbro (talk) 19:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * You blocked the sockpuppet account, please update SPI here and look into the IP range block request here, also a block should be looked into for 122.8.51.0/24, since that is a new IP range, being used to sock, gaining steam recently. Gotitbro (talk) 01:57, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Comment I strongly support the range block, especially since the LTA sockmaster keeps on extending their disruptive editing to other pages, the last being Hindi–Urdu controversy edited by IYI OTTOMAN, an obivous duck of the sockmaster (non-sensical Urdu POV, partially verbatim from other socks; editing categories; alibi edits in Turkic topics). –Austronesier (talk) 13:27, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Add 122.8.51.135. Additions in Old Hindi with characteristic POV and focus on categories. –Austronesier (talk) 11:03, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Add again: It looks like the sock is blatantly abusing their rights to edit their own talk page. I've just noticed this because the page is on my watchlist due to the twinkle warning I once placed there. This is gross and might qualify for revdel. –Austronesier (talk) 08:15, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked both ranges for 3 months. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:07, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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Same habit of reactivating old accounts (naming them after Islam like Islamic Ranger) for making dozens of edits. Wareon (talk) 17:36, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , please see the request below for additional information. If you can't provide diffs, we'll need to close this. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:10, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Requested diffs not happening. Closing with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:00, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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The re-creation of Template:Muhajir people is highly suspicious, but could an admin have a look at the deleted revisions and see if there's enough overlap? This user certainly does a lot of the things that the socks have done, but the case is not quite watertight yet. – Uanfala (talk) 16:11, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . The user has the familiar fixation on Muhajirs and the tendency to see them in odd places, but they're definitely not the only person in the world who has that. If the two versions of the template are not similar, I'm willing to err on the side of assuming good faith. If it's indeed a sock, then sooner or later they'll do something more obvious. – Uanfala (talk) 16:35, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * The recreated Muhajir people is substantially different from the current previously deleted one. I'm not very familiar with the subject area, but a quick look at the specific behaviors described in Long-term abuse/Muhammad Samiuddin Qazi doesn't make me suspect MuhajirTiger fits the pattern.  If there's more specific evidence, please add it here, otherwise I'm inclined to close this with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:24, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:40, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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Same Urdu/Pakistan POVPUSH and nonsensical edits as previous socks and IPs. This range (45.116.232.0/22) has been used to sock in the past as well and should be considered for blocking. Gotitbro (talk) 11:55, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * It looks like them. I've rangeblocked 45.116.233.0/24 for two weeks (unfortunately, this is going to cause some collateral damage). 45.116.235.114 hasn't edited in several months, no need to act there. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:46, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

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Same POVPUSH nonsense in Urdu/Pakistan related articles as previous socks and IPs from the same range 117.102.0.0/18 which was previously banned for socking. Socking started as soon as the ban expired, asking for a longer ban this time around. Gotitbro (talk) 09:47, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Please look into this, the last ban of two weeks was clearly too short for this. Gotitbro (talk) 09:51, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Another IP I missed, 117.102.51.99, the sockpuppeteer is not limited to the Urdu article and targets many in the WP:ARBIPA space. Please consider a range block the socking is unlikely to stop and has already taken a toll on users trying to revert this persistent LTA. Gotitbro (talk) 10:29, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , at this stage there is too much collateral on the IP range to block it long-term so protection really is the best option here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * How about lower limited block of 117.102.32.0/19, don't see too much activity there except by the sock. Gotitbro (talk) 10:36, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , done for a month. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:39, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've semi protected the Urdu article, probably best to report pages that need protection to WP:RFPP unless it branches out into a range of different pages. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:21, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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Similar editing area (Hindustani languages, Urdu, Hindavi dialect, Delhi dialect, etc). Also notice the first edit is creation of a category, a typical behavior of the LTA. Requesting CU as well. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:09, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Indef'd and tagged.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:10, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Nothing left to do here, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:57, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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Account created the very next day after the last sock was blocked. Their main activity has been expanding the sockamster's favourite article – Muhajir people. The expansion has the same overall thrust as the additions done to the same article by a previous sock – – in August. The text added is different, but it's difficult to imagine that two independent people would have both had the unusual idea of stuffing political history into this article about an ethnic group. – Uanfala (talk) 21:54, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Blocked and tagged. – bradv  🍁  14:24, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Similar Urdu POV in Talk:Hindi, blatant POV-removal in Rekhta. Pinging. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)



Similar Urdu POV push here, plus addition of states, regions within the "Category:Urdu-speaking countries and territories", ,. Also note this edit, Karachi is also the place associated with this LTA. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:42, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * is most probably unrelated. I think that luckily, this is not a sock of SAMI. The novice editor lacks the feature of stubborn edit warring, hasn't started with templates and categories (all of which are trademarks of the LTA sockmaster) and in fact obivously has been discouraged from any further editing by my revert in Rekhta. Another difference is that the suspected editor wrote in Talk:Hindi that "Hindi was officially formed around 1960", whereas SAMI over and over has pushed for the statement that Hindi speakers "got their own language with the introduction of Hindi as offcial language in Bihar in 1881". Although SAMI is fond of creating misleading personae, I guess that deliberately deviating that much from the usual behavior is not within their range of stratagems. –Austronesier (talk) 11:53, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:20, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Closed without action since the requested information was not provided —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:30, 7 February 2021 (UTC)