Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Muneeb Bashir Wani/Archive

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Both seem to have a shared interest in promoting Cake Town Banihal. Pkdolly created the draft and Nurupa moved it over to main space pretending to be a new page reviewer. Nurupa is continually removing the speedy deletion tags. Nurupa appears to be the older account.

If they are, indeed, the same account then Nurupa's behaviour of removing the tags is inappropriate. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:03, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thanks . Can I go ahead and block these two? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 12:31, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:16, 17 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , see my comment for the 13 April section. Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:33, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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Same interest in Mutahir Showkat. I will also start a thread in WP:ANI as I believe Nurupa needs a sanction now. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:56, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Requesting CU because Nurupa has made a passionate defensive plea at Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r, Articles for deletion/Mutahir Showkat and Talk:Mutahir Showkat. I am very sure that this Wani account is the same person as Nurupa because of the time that it popped up and because its sole purpose seems to be to stack votes at the AfD. The claims that Wani just 'stumbled' upon the Showkat article when using Google and decided to create an account just don't seem plausible to me. I feel that CU would clear up once and for all whether Nurupa is involved in sockpuppetry; something that they are vehemently in denial of. If CU does reveal that they are the same, then it is clear sockpuppet abuse. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:28, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * And this one? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 12:32, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Move to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r? -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 12:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:33, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , I'm not Oshwah, but any patrolling admin may block, tag, and close if they think it's justified – see also here. Haven't really looked at this case, so no opinion on the Humsar merge from my side. If the cases aren't merged, then these would have to be tagged as confirmed to Muneeb (that's the oldest account), but you can also leave them untagged and leave merging and tagging to a reviewing clerk if you prefer. Best, Blablubbs&#124;talk 15:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll leave for the clerk. Nurupa is at Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r. Muneeb I already had blocked was created Mar. 12. Narupa created March 4. Hums4r was created January 11. I'll block Pkdolly001 and  Nurupa  as  sockpuppets based on behavior, without tags. -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 15:48, 28 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , see my comment for the 13 April section. Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:35, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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Recreating Mutahir Showkat (Photographer) and vandalizing Articles for deletion/Mutahir Showkat. – Thjarkur (talk) 10:48, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * – clearly linked to this case in some way, but there is way too much socking and joe jobbing going on in Hums4r's orbit for me to confidently say that this is them. This one essentially shares a userpage with ; CU, please look for others and compare against Hums4r and Nurupa. Thanks and best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:03, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * to Hums4r, but to Nurupa.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:27, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , to both Nurupa and Hums4r? Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:28, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Sorry, let me clarify above. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:49, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Good enough for me given the userpages alone. – please block the sock indefinitely. I'll try to sort out the weird entanglement between Hums4r and Nurupa and will tag/merge/move accordingly once I'm done.  Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , while I have you: Could you compare Nurupa to the socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali/Archive? That was another sockfarm joe jobbing Hums4r. Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:01, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - I went ahead and compared Nurupa to Sardar Nadir Ali, and all I can give you is that it's . Same relatively-close geolocation, different ranges and user agents.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:18, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. I'll split this into Nurupa. There's a mess of socks here (Sardar Nadir Ali, Rangasn, Hums4r, Nurupa) that all have separate confirmed trails and keep joe jobbing each other. Merging into one SPI with separate CU groups would likely amount to guesswork and cause more confusion than clarity. In future cases, it will probably make sense to always check the socks against all four groups given the joe jobbing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:29, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Photo Contributor blocked. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:17, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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Promoting Hums4r through what the earlier sockpuppets did, Draft:Mutahir Showkat ─ The Aafī   (talk)|undefined  02:31, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Comment - this is blatantly the same person. Misspelling 'career' as 'carrier' and the complete misuse of the 'see also' section. The exact same junk references as before. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * - previous socks of this master are all . I noticed, however, that there seem to be several sockmasters interested in the Mutahir Showkat topic. See also Sockpuppet investigations/Muneeb Bashir Wani (specifically,, a sock of Muneeb Bashir Wani, submitted , which looks identical to by Dr Hibban). Given the inordinate amount of socking surrounding this topic, I'm relatively convinced that Dr Hibban is a sock of someone, though not sure to Hums4r or Muneeb Bashir Wani. Mz7 (talk) 01:44, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * By the way, Dr Hibban is to Photo Contributor. Mz7 (talk) 01:45, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Just a passing note for whoever reviews this that there is a total of four groups here: Hums4r, Sardar Nadir Ali, Rangasn, and Muneeb Bashir Wani (fka Nurupa). It's a bit of a mess. Blablubbs (talk) 14:09, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed with Mz7, evidence matches up with Muneeb Bashir Wani's Photo Contributor sock (though it's also possible they were just handed the same draft by someone else). Moved to that case, intentionally due to the uncertainty here. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:45, 19 August 2021 (UTC)