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Muljan was blocked on 9 April 2016 for persistent copyright violations. Risvi Ahmed began editing on 26 May 2016, evidently to evade the block.


 * Both edited Manikganj Sadar Upazila on their first day:
 * Puppet added copyrighted information taken from in this edit.


 * Both edited Dhaka Polytechnic Institute during their first week:
 * Master added copyrighted information taken from and  in theses edits
 * Puppet added copyrighted information taken from in these edits


 * Both edited Government Textile Vocational Institute Manikganj during their first week:
 * Master created the article.
 * Puppet added an image to the infobox.


 * Both also edited Muljan (a village), Dighi Union (the administrative area containing Muljan), and N5 (Bangladesh) (the nearest highway to Muljan).


 * Both have a history of creating problematic school-related articles: ones that are copyvios and/or non-notable subjects, especially in the Muljan area.
 * Master created: Muljan High School (3 times), Muljan HiGh School, and Muljan Primary School
 * Puppet created: Muljan Govt. Primary School and Latif Hall (a Dhaka Polytechnic Institute-related subject, with a single bogus reference)

-- Worldbruce (talk) 14:59, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Reviewing the evidence, I'm convinced. These accounts are both adding copyvios to the same articles, creating articles on the same topic, and have made strikingly similar edits with similar idiosyncrasies (//, /, /). Admin action requested: Could you please block this sockpuppet? Thanks, GABgab 01:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Mkdw talk 02:20, 26 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I've tagged both accounts. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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Username is similar to. See deleted contributions for copyright violations. Creations include since  is protected. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 18:02, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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I think the behavioural evidence is clear, but I've added three IP addresses that may be worth noting. Between the time sock Risvi Ahmed was blocked and when Dhaka Polytechnic Institute was finally page protected, it suffered similar copyvios and disruptive editing from those IPs:, , --Worldbruce (talk) 18:47, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock account blocked and tagged. IP range is very busy, so I can't block it.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:58, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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Since March 2016, Dhaka Polytechnic Institute has been plagued by master, sockpuppet , and various IPs repeatedly inserting unsourced or poorly sourced content, often in violation of copyright or copied without attribution from other Wikipedia articles. protected the article on 22 October 2016, and it has been stable since then.

The creation of Dhaka Polytechnic InstitutE, with the last letter capitalized, appears to be an attempt to evade scrutiny and get around the page protection. Other than the use of whitespace, the suspect's version of Dhaka Polytechnic InstitutE is strikingly similar to the first sections of the master's preferred version of Dhaka Polytachnic Institute and that of subsequent IPs, such as this one, while being very different from the current (and properly sourced) Dhaka Polytechnic Institute.

The suspect's only other edit has been to change City Polytechnic Institute Khulna so that it linked to their new Dhaka Polytechnic InstitutE page instead of the pre-existing article on the topic. Worldbruce (talk) 02:08, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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The suspects are editing within the same small group of disparate articles as sockmaster Muljan, and, like Muljan, are repeatedly adding copyright violations. Their edits that aren't copvios are one or more of: copying content not subject to copyright (e.g. lists), unsourced, and unconstructive.


 * Dhaka Polytechnic Institute
 * 21 May 2017: 5 of 8 edits by Trisha Akter deleted by Diannaa as copyright violations
 * 24 May 2017: 5 of 5 edits by 202.134.13.142 deleted by Dianna as copyright violations
 * 28 May 2017: 3 of 3 edits by 202.134.11.139 deleted by Dianna as copyright violations
 * 3 June 2017: 11 of 12 edits by Trisha Akter deleted by Diannaa as copyright violations
 * 10-11 July 2017: 12 edits by Trisha Akter reverted by Materialscientist
 * 24 July: 4 of 4 edits by Trisha Akter deleted by Sphilbrick as copyright violations

-- Worldbruce (talk) 14:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Muljan
 * 6 June 2017: 23 edits by Trisha Akter reverted by KylieTastic "Rvt random changes?"

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This case is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:35, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The offending behaviour from the IPs (adding copyright violations) has stopped, so any block would be purely punitive at this stage. The listed sockpuppet is blocked. There's nothing left to do here. Closing. --Deskana (talk) 13:08, 19 August 2017 (UTC)