Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PaullyMatthews/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Ducky edits. Requesting CU as well. Magherbin (talk) 08:36, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Since this one is not clear from the get-go, some extra behavioral to stick it: vs. ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 14:48, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * - RoySmith (talk) 15:13, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The following are all ✅ and from a quick glance at their edit histories, appear to be editing PM-ish topics. They need a closer examination.  RoySmith (talk) 15:20, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * That's them, blocked and tagged all. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:14, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Spicy I should have mentioned this before, but given that the behavior verifies, feel free to tag these as confirmed. RoySmith (talk) 23:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new user who restored the edit  of PaullyMatthews's sock Warfacts at Farah Pahlavi. Could a SPI check be done just in case they have other socks lying around? HistoryofIran (talk) 22:10, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . Blocked and tagged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck: Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 21:39, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
 * vs
 * vs
 * vs

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 * ✅ I also threw a bit of ECP around, and strongly urge other admins working this case to do the same. RoySmith (talk) 22:17, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Clear WP:BLOCKEVADE and WP:DUCK.

Informationsort kept trying to create an article for First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt and then for Campaigns against the Fatimids (to cover the "second" Qarmation invasion, ), and tried to make Qarmatians link to these. They edit-warred and ignored problems raised by other editors and got a partial block from editing articles.

With that block still in effect, the brand-new account Nezbuie is now trying to repeat the same three things mentioned above:, ,. R Prazeres (talk) 23:13, 29 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Update: Materialscientist has just indeffed both accounts as suspected sockpuppets of PaullyMatthews. R Prazeres (talk) 00:40, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/PaullyMatthews. Bbb23 (talk) 14:49, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 14:14, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
WP:DUCK. Brand new account immediately repeating the same attempt to create First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt as a separate WP:SPLIT article copied without attribution from another article. See edits of previous socks Informationsort and Nezbuie ([]). Notice the familiar edit-warring and the familiar edit summary, "No need for removal", which Informationsort also used (see history). R Prazeres (talk) 22:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:31, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Obvious DUCK. The first and only edit is to restore content into Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah previously introduced by, which was PaullyMatthews last sock. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 15:09, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * , — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 22:56, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Quick quack, brand new account restoring edit of immediately after that account is blocked. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 19:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)


 * This can be closed, sock has already been blocked. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 10:37, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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Suspected sockpuppets
Laeknsien: SPA with a single edit to submit a Draft for review after the author, User:Maineiag was blocked as a sock of Paully Mathews here  Velella  Velella Talk  20:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Alamutinsepctor: Submits the Draft:Capture of Alamut ‎ for review here  following the blocking of User:Maineiag for socking. Only other edits were to continue the slocks work on Nizari–Seljuk conflicts here and   Velella  Velella Talk  21:00, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * for confirmation and a sleeper check as this user is known to use many accounts at once. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 10:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 1: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 2: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 3: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 2: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 3: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 2: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 3: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 3: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 3: the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All three groups are to each other and to the case. All blocked and tagged as proven. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck: continues draft created by sock  and previously continued by other socks.

CU because there are usually sleepers. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 09:31, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ along with a few others. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:54, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck: vs. CU for sleepers. ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 10:43, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * ... Spicy (talk) 11:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Same geolocation, different network than usual, but behaviour makes this obvious. These are ✅ to each other:

Thanks, Spicy (talk) 11:36, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 11:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck: vs ;  vs ;  vs

CU to look for others. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 13:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * All of the following are ✅ to each other and are a technical match to PaullyMatthews other than the specific networks they're using, which are likely proxies:
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * All . I don't have time at the moment to roll back their contribs but will later if nobody gets to it first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
حفيد الإسلام: vs ;  vs

TheSwordVerse: vs ;  vs

CU please look for others. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 22:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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✅ to the batch: All blocked, closing. Girth Summit  (blether) 12:11, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
; vs

Cu to look for others. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 13:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * This doesn't seem related. There's no overlap aside from Adal Kingdom and its draft, and the edits KallebTigray did make are different to what PaullyMatthews socks have done, which is different to their usual MO. There are also no mobile edits (from tags) and I'd have expected this account to be found in one of the earlier checks if they were the same user. I'm tending to believe their Commons userpage here. . DatGuyTalkContribs 13:43, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This account was created within the last 24 hours of this report and has vandalized two articles related to the Afghan conflict. I checked the history of the first article they vandalized and there was another revision in December 2023 by User:Victoryofwithdrawal with the same edits and edit summary; this user (the one who made the edit in December 2023) is blocked indefinitely for being a sockpuppet. Yet another edit by User:Massimplentation, who is banned for the same sockpuppeteer around the same time. TheDoodbly (talk) 06:12, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other:


 * Technically speaking, these are a weak to past accounts, but behaviourally, it's obviously them. Spicy (talk) 23:28, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:35, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account repeating the unsourced edits of previous confirmed sock (Makeplace) at Ikrima ibn Amr (compare and ) and Battle of the Trench (compare e.g. ,  with ).

PaullyMatthews is an LTA that continously makes new socks, so other accounts may exist. CU may help. R Prazeres (talk) 06:22, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed to each other:
 * Spicy (talk) 13:26, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New accounts immediately repeating edits and claims previously pushed by PaullyMatthews's socks on the same articles.

For Timelineoflines, see e.g.:
 * Battle of the Trench: vs
 * Battle of Ajnadayn: vs
 * Ikrima ibn Amr: vs  (note the unsourced or poorly-sourced claim that he was a commander at the Battle of the Trench).

Setofcommand is also suspicious, brand new account appearing at the same time, repeating another of PaullyMatthews's previous edits at Battle of Trench: compare with.

Since there's already two possible socks, requesting CU to find any others. R Prazeres (talk) 04:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the above plus


 * I want to run some follow-up checks but I don't have time right now, leaving this open for later. Spicy (talk) 10:20, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Also:
 * Spicy (talk) 09:14, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's all for now. Spicy (talk) 09:23, 13 March 2024 (UTC)


 * , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 09:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another obvious sock of PaullyMatthews. Brand new account repeating the same edits at Seventh Crusade done by the previous sock (ReignofFatima): compare and.

Ensuzubeus is almost certainly a sock too. Simultaneous new account making edits to Shajar ad-Durr that seem related to the POV in the Seventh Crusade edits above (though it seems their poor English made them actually contradict their own POV in the edit). Shajarr ad-Durr was also edited right before this by ReignofFatima.

Just from the simultaneous timing and related topic editing, I suspect Officialcreed is the same story. In any case, the sockmaster's pattern so far has been to create multiple accounts simultaneously each time they're blocked, so this needs a CU to find the others. R Prazeres (talk) 23:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

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I added : only edits are to same page as previous sock and has the usual uname type and contrib tags. ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 18:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * is clearly another sockpuppet, reverting edits by previous sockpuppet ReignofFatima and following the same naming pattern as a host of socks above. Constantine  ✍  12:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Today's haul:


 * One thing I've noticed about this guy is that he's apparently incapable of spelling the word "biography". Anyway blocked and tagged etc. Spicy (talk) 21:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
At least two new accounts editing the same articles, sometimes the same edits, on the heels of the latest blocks. Same type of arbitrary edits, same type of account names.

Examples for Legcacyinsoect:
 * Compare: and
 * Compare: and

Examples for Contentofbook:
 * Compare and
 * At Asma bint Abi Bakr I'm pretty sure they're re-adding the same type of content that ReignofFatima (previous sock) did, though the latter's edits have since been rev-deleted so I can't link the diffs, but you can see edit history and the edit summaries make it clear enough that both accounts are writing about the same topic (Battle of Yarmouk).

Both new accounts also edit some of the same articles in quick succession, e.g. at Al-Mustansir Billah.

The usual CU request because this sockmaster always creates many accounts. R Prazeres (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

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I've added User:Insightofkitab, User:Biogrpahyofprecessors, and User:Prophetictradition they've made the same reverts ( and ; and ;  and, etc.) and follow the naming scheme. Very obviously same puppetmaster. Sinclairian (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I may submit the request myself to WP:RPP after this, but if the admins here are so inclined,: it may be good to semi-protect Asma bint Abi Bakr and Hind bint Utba, which seem to be the most frequently targeted articles by the last few rounds of socks. R Prazeres (talk) 18:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Adding Comapnionexaminer, another duck at Ghazala:,. R Prazeres (talk) 23:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Today's batch:
 * Spicy (talk) 02:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)


 * , closing. Spicy (talk) 02:10, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another WP:DUCK right off the heels of the previous block. Compare examples:
 * Musaylima: and  (identical paragraph added)
 * Sajah: and  (same unsourced claim added)

Request the usual CU to spot the expected multiple new sock accounts of this LTA. R Prazeres (talk) 08:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding Battlereview, likely sock based on edits at Battle of the Trench, pushing same POV and some of the same content added by previous socks: compare with, . R Prazeres (talk) 18:04, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * . Spicy (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New day, new PaullyMatthews sock. Obvious WP:DUCK. Compare:, with.

Usual CU request because they always create multiple sock accounts at the same time. R Prazeres (talk) 00:29, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Surprisingly no others this time. Spicy (talk) 13:25, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Typical uname and contrib tags. Also, edit summaries: vs., &  vs.   —  Kaalakaa  (talk)  12:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * :, , , and . There could be more out there, but that looks like it on this IP range. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck: recreated draft ; usual uname type and contrib tags.

CU because this one often has sleepers. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 16:58, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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Spicy (talk) 16:38, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Leaving open for a check. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:35, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I blocked:

Suspected sockpuppets
Newsest WP:DUCK, first (so far only) edit was to restore content edits by one of the last socks: compare and

Request CU per usual, as they typically make multiple sock accounts. R Prazeres (talk) 04:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to socks in the previous case, along with the following:
 * Blocking all, tagging as proven in line with the ones above. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, tagging as proven in line with the ones above. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, tagging as proven in line with the ones above. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Looks like another sock of this LTA. The same username style and repeating the same edits made by previous socks. E.g.:
 * Fatimid dynasty: and  (changing infobox parameter to Banu Hashim)
 * Maria al-Qibtiyya: and  (adding same claim, copying same quote and source)

Request CU per usual as the LTA usually makes multiples. R Prazeres (talk) 06:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding Scholardispute: can't find diffs to directly compare for this one, but it follows the same username pattern, timing of the other suspected sock, and topics (including Maria al-Qibtiyya). R Prazeres (talk) 06:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other, and to a bunch of older socks. .  Girth Summit  (blether)  07:52, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The usual. . I can send the evidence via e-mail if needed. — Kaalakaa  (talk)  15:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Added Inscribeofscirbe. Same deal. Sinclairian (talk) 16:02, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding BanuKalabi. Despite the slightly different username pattern, they're repeating essentially the same edits as Adoptioncircle, a previous sock: compare and  at Usama ibn Zayd, and compare  with  &  at Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi. PS: I note that Compaionicbiography has also edited Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi, which was edited by at least two other socks before this (Bigorophsy and Adoptioncircle). R Prazeres (talk) 16:53, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * The following are ✅ to :
 * The following are ✅ to one another, and pretty to several recent PaullyMatthews socks and the group above:
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to one another, and pretty to several recent PaullyMatthews socks and the group above:
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to one another, and pretty to several recent PaullyMatthews socks and the group above:
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to one another, and pretty to several recent PaullyMatthews socks and the group above:
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
That was fast, wasn't it? Right off the bat the name tipped me off, so I went to previous sockpuppets – sure enough, found significant overlap with a previous sock's edits to Ikrima ibn Amr. (See and ). Requesting CU, since we know how this goes. Sinclairian (talk) 15:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Brand spanking new account just dropped. I will admit I'm only going off the name, since "Scholarlyaccount" is very similar to several other confirmed sockpuppets' naming conventions. Still, it's only made one edit as of writing and with only a naming pattern to in my corner, I'm a bit iffy throwing my weight behind an explicit accusation just yet. I'm going to keep it here for prosperity's sake. Sinclairian (talk) 15:49, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Added Surahenabler. Same deal. See vs. . Sinclairian (talk) 17:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Added Inspitemie. and . Further additions won't receive a comment like this – I feel the evidence is fairly obvious. Sinclairian (talk) 17:20, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * The following are ✅ to recently blocked socks:
 * is, and jumping back into adding the same content at the same article as last socks - blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * is, and jumping back into adding the same content at the same article as last socks - blocking all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * is, and jumping back into adding the same content at the same article as last socks - blocking all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * is, and jumping back into adding the same content at the same article as last socks - blocking all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * is, and jumping back into adding the same content at the same article as last socks - blocking all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This one seems to have evaded previous CUs I guess(?), but today's edits look very much like a WP:DUCK of the usual suspect. Examples:
 * Ikrima ibn Amr (a favourite target of previous socks): compare with, ,  (note in particular the addition of Battle of the Trench, an unsourced claim the socks have repeatedly added)
 * Battle of the Trench: compare with
 * Battle of Uhud: compare with ,
 * Battle of Hunayn: compare with ,

R Prazeres (talk) 17:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC) R Prazeres (talk) 17:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * This recent reply, by an editor who would have no previous interaction with me if they weren't a sock, is reminiscent of previous personal attacks (e.g. ). R Prazeres (talk) 16:22, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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I'd seen this user around previously, but avoided reporting them because of the account age. If this user is indeed another sock, would it not have been caught in any of the CUs that have been done since it was created? Sinclairian (talk) 18:18, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * That was my first thought and question too. I'm not familiar with everything CU can do, I'm not sure if it's merely a matter of using a different device to change your IP, etc. The behavioural evidence is what I think to be most relevant here, but I am curious to see what CU will turn up. R Prazeres (talk) 20:19, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Exact same edit with exact same obscure WP:VER citation. Looks like a sock to me, can all their edits please get rolled back? --HistoryofIran (talk) 18:22, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * HistoryofIran's diffs  more or less clinch the matter. Contrib tags and edsum style are also a complete match (e.g. ). It's them alright. ☿  Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 19:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It's trivial, but if anyone wants to see a fun tidbit of petty intellectual dishonesty, look no further than this. R Prazeres (talk) 19:42, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * They're continuing to make mass edits and essentially edit-warring over reverted edits (e.g. at Battle of Hunayn). R Prazeres (talk) 19:36, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yup... HistoryofIran (talk) 23:10, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * A kind thank you to for blocking this sock and also for reverting everything (the number of edits had ballooned even more today, wow). R Prazeres (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * They have been blocked as a sock by Izno. Tagging, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Looks like the newest sock. Similar username and similar edits. Some of the clearest examples:
 * At Fatimid dynasty: compare with  (note also the identical summaries). As well as repeating the same point on the talk page:  vs.
 * Banu Hashim: vs  (re-adding same claim)
 * Banu Asad: vs  (same item re-added, albeit with other things on this latest edit)

Many of their otherwise different edits have been to the same articles edited by recent socks, including Tulayha, Quraysh, and Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi (the latter a recent favourite of the sockmaster).

Request CU to find the usual sleepers and alternates. R Prazeres (talk) 19:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Only 3 this time.
 * Spicy (talk) 18:21, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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Another recent account with WP:DUCK behaviour and the usual username pattern. Restoring previous sock edits, e.g.: The usual CU request to find other accounts. R Prazeres (talk) 07:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC) R Prazeres (talk) 07:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Compare with ,
 * Compare with

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 * . Spicy (talk) 11:32, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

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Yadda yadda yadda. Obvious. Sinclairian (talk) 18:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

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. Spicy (talk) 13:40, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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It may have been missed in an earlier CU, but it looks like another sock. E.g.: R Prazeres (talk) 00:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC) R Prazeres (talk) 00:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Compare with
 * Compare, with  (the main thing here is the addition of Suhayl ibn Amr)
 * Note also this recent edit-warring where they copied the exact same citation that an earlier sock added
 * Note also some of the same terse, unhelpful talk page comments, e.g. compare, with ,

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 * ✅ to various past accounts. but there are probably more out there on some other IP range... Spicy (talk) 12:27, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

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Good morning, quack quack. E.g.:
 * Compare and
 * Compare with

Request CU per usual to find any others. R Prazeres (talk) 03:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding Thaqifhistory; no super-obvious pair of edits to compare, but same type of username, similar unsourced edits on similar topics with similar edit summaries, along with the same timing as those above. R Prazeres (talk) 00:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * All ✅ to recently blocked socks, plus . Blocking etc.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:23, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

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And we're back already. Same type of username, same type of edits even if they're not strictly the same articles. E.g.:
 * Adding commanders, a favorite pastime of the sockmaster: vs, ,
 * Inserting links to tribes/ethnicities/religions inside the bolded name of a person, a recent trend of the socks: vs, , ,.

Usual CU request. R Prazeres (talk) 01:09, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Added Editcloud. Very obviously same shtick. Lucky this guy is so fucking unimaginative! Sinclairian (talk) 01:14, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to one another, technically very to this master, editing leaves no room for doubt. Blocking and tagging.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:54, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

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Looks like a new one. Compare and. Request CU per usual. R Prazeres (talk) 07:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Adding Placeofbsheis, Pitchofbattle, and Siegesofwar. Sinclairian (talk) 14:58, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Another WP:DUCK case: : same pattern of creating stub articles from redirects, same pattern of account name (XofY), same focus on medieval Egypt/Middle Eastern topics. Constantine  ✍  16:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked:
 * Spicy (talk) 21:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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Brand new user, more or less same edit as one of the socks of PaullyMatthews. --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

EDIT: New sock Gilanikmode appeared, compare. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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Blocked:
 * Drmies (talk) 14:58, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both accounts created a day after the latest socks were blocked. Already started editing in the same topics. Compare Biographicalaspect and PaullyMatthews   adding similar info about Zubyar.

HistoryofIran (talk) 13:49, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * blocked. Spicy (talk) 23:34, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Obviously same type of username, created less than a day after the last CU, same type of editing, same edit-warring after initial revert (e.g. at Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, Battle of Meskiana), etc.

They seem to be moving on to new articles (but still in the same topics), so it's harder to find precise diffs to compare, but I think we're all pretty familiar with the pattern by now.

Request CU per usual to confirm and/or find others. R Prazeres (talk) 16:41, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Spicy could you check Medeivialclass as well? I think they literally just created it and they're editing the same articles one of the previous socks was editing a day ago (, and, ). R Prazeres (talk) 16:49, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Just one other this time, . Spicy (talk) 16:42, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That one too, and . Spicy (talk) 17:14, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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Looks like another, based on the username and on obvious WP:DUCK behaviour like this:, ,

Usual CU request, though feel free to wait a day(?) to maybe catch more, hehe. R Prazeres (talk) 16:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Timelinesand (added above) seems like another candidate, based on username and timing, though with only one edit so far it's more of a hunch. R Prazeres (talk) 21:02, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to :


 * Didn't check Timelinesand Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:15, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Timelinesand looks like them. Closing. Spicy (talk) 09:47, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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Looks like a new one, based on username, timing, and topics. Plus edits at Muslim women political leaders feature many of the same arbitrary removals of cited material that were made by at least two previous socks: e.g. vs,  vs

Request CU per usual. R Prazeres (talk) 05:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Even more obvious:, . R Prazeres (talk) 05:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * confirmed and blocked. Spicy (talk) 15:52, 3 July 2024 (UTC)