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Account was created in December 2019 which seems to be in near a similar time frame to the other accounts created. Along with also being from Bangladesh, very similar User page layout and editing style, also has the same interests in articles edited. Given the fact that Alamgir Khan seems to lie, I still suspect this account maybe related and request an additional check. Already shown the user like the create multiple accounts there maybe a few more about. Govvy (talk) 07:33, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Evidence insufficient. Closing with no action. Bbb23 (talk) 13:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Similar name and editing on an article of similar topic here. Human (talk) 11:28, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * . I'm going to block based on very strong behavioral evidence to prevent further block evading edits. Leaving checkuser request as is. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:20, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 04:46, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 04:59, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Registered two days after the last sock (Rehana Hawladar) and recreated 2020-21 Uttar Baridhara SC season and have a nearly identical userpage, with the same birth date: Shimul, Rehana Praxidicae (talk) 14:47, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Other very similar recently created accounts (similar usernames, similar userboxes, editing the same article):
 * —J. M. (talk) 15:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * —J. M. (talk) 15:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * —J. M. (talk) 15:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

—J. M. (talk) 15:58, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello. I am not sure but suspected about one account (User:Sanyhd) that could be another sockpupet of this user. There's a same pattern of his editing wiki. If you see his creations, 4 out of 8 have been deleted, 2 via XFD, 2 because banned of Rehana Hawladar. I am not sure about this, but I'd like to let you know about this. Thanks. ~ A. Shohag (pingme||Talk) 14:28, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * He just created another page 2020-21_Sheikh_Russel_KC_season of Rehana Hawladar deleted because of banned. The page has exact same format as by Rehana Hawladar, also he did it in one edit. He seems to keep backup of wikicodes. This clarifies a shock. ~ A. Shohag (pingme||Talk) 07:57, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * One more same attitude have been found. The previous user (Rehana Hawlader) used to request for reviewing page, and even User:Sanyhd has requested several times. This time on his own talk page, see here and the previous users requests are here. ~ A. Shohag (pingme||Talk) 09:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Another one:

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 * Not quite identical, but strong overlap. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:55, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Reopened - added another possible sock. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:57, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm adding Mridula Chakladar to the list above. Their user page is similar in shape to this from a previous sock and this from another previous sock. They seem to like creating bogus infobox bios. These incompetent edits got me looking into the user's contribution history, and once I arrived at 2019–20 Bashundhara Kings season I noticed a whole litany of socks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - agreed that Mridula Chakladar seems related. Since there appear to be several active at a time, requesting a CU to find the sleepers/other socks we haven't found already. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:31, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 17:46, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to SR Alamgir Khan:
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sanyhd appears to be ❌ from a technical standpoint, but frankly (could be WP:MEAT or some kind of CU evasion). All accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK due to username similarity and recreating the same articles, such as Fortis Sports Ground. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:46, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Allegedly HS is 3 days older & 3 inches taller than SR, but it's the duckiest of ducks. I'm satisfied enough to block on behavioral evidence alone but, in light of the prolific use of socks, please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 11:25, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:08, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK—almost the same username again, editing the same articles. J. M. (talk) 11:35, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Edit: Added Sami Yusuf Khan, because of the username similarity, editing the same articles, account created five days before Alamgir Khan, similar user page as always, but most importantly, Alamgir Khan actually edited Sami Yusuf Khan's user page, apparently because they forgot to log out/in. Could a checkuser also look for other socks? I don't think these are the only ones.—J. M. (talk) 14:33, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks NinjaRobotPirate for the checkuser results. The user just said "I will continue" (which is not surprising), so we should keep our eyes open. And if there's anything that could be done about it, like finding an IP range to block, that would help, too.—J. M. (talk) 11:20, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I'd just blocked & tagged SH on behavioral evidence and was waiting on the G5 when JM added the SYK report. Given that the accounts overlap in time, the sporting competitions are current, there may be a plausible explanation. Please confirm and check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 07:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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New account, recreated article of Jamalpur Kacharipara XI G5ed due to master. Appear to share interest in same topics.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 08:13, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Despite allegedly being 3" taller than the master it's still obviously him. Cabayi (talk) 10:58, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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Topic overlap. Recreated Kachijhuli Sporting Club G5ed due to master. CU to see if other accounts are about, as they were active yesterday and other checks in the past uncovered accounts.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 13:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

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User:Tigers Football 365 also looks suspicious to me. The same userpage infobox as always, editing the same articles, plus the username contains elements from their previous confirmed sockpuppet usernames (Red & Green Tigers, Football Lover 1987, MTB 365). If these or other socks are confirmed, I have to ask again—is there an IP address or an IP range to block? And I mean a long-term block.—J. M. (talk) 14:26, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

So what we know is that Tigers Football 365 should definitely be blocked from editing, as this is a confirmed sock puppet. Could you please do it? The user still keeps editing Wikipedia (including my talk page), and they read this SPI page, too. There is no reason to wait. Furthermore, unless they're twins, Rana Sheikh 1999 and Mr Sohag Sheikh is the same person, too, see vs., and both were editing the same articles as other confirmed socks here. So could you please block them, too?—J. M. (talk) 15:52, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * - ducky based on names, userpages and recreation alone, but there's a history of sleepers here, so please look for others. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:58, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Tigers Football 365 is ✅ to Tanvir Kabir Saikat (in the archives) and to others in the archive and at least to the following (though ):
 * SanyHossain has a different technical footprint from Tigers Football 365 and the archives but is ✅ to:
 * Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 21:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you clarify what you mean by different technical footprint? Are they different but possible, or clearly unrelated? Thanks and best, --Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:31, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * They're pretty different (different continents) if the IP information is accurate, and there's some reason to believe it is (consistent geolocation across time etc.), but there's also the possibility of intentional obfuscation and proxy use. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 15:43, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Tigers Football 365 is now blocked, plus directly confirmed to be SR Alamgir Khan. I believe there may be IP block(s) in place, and we're now burning sleepers. I couldn't find any more sleepers, other than, potentially, the 2 mentioned above. The technical evidence is strong with them, if the behaviour fits. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:23, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * And I've also blocked them. Concur about the remaining two.. I'm all done here for now. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:44, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I just had a massive post typed out but it seems like spihelper doesn't like edit conflict, so here goes again: - I'm not sure if it's a joe job or good proxy use, but I'm convinced the remaining three in the SanyHossain group are related somehow. The master has the usual userpage (, compare  etc.), and there's enough overlap for both the master (e.g., and that's just part of it) and the sock  to essentially rule out coincidence. I also note that on 6 September,  blocked similarly-named  as a duck despite an "unrelated" CU result and mentioned the possibility of meat or CU evasion. I think it's likely that this is the same MO, or the same person again. Given the possibility of a joe job, and stuff like , I recommend leaving them all with , and will be updating the archive notice accordingly. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:14, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 02:46, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 04:58, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * And I've also blocked them. Concur about the remaining two.. I'm all done here for now. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:44, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I just had a massive post typed out but it seems like spihelper doesn't like edit conflict, so here goes again: - I'm not sure if it's a joe job or good proxy use, but I'm convinced the remaining three in the SanyHossain group are related somehow. The master has the usual userpage (, compare  etc.), and there's enough overlap for both the master (e.g., and that's just part of it) and the sock  to essentially rule out coincidence. I also note that on 6 September,  blocked similarly-named  as a duck despite an "unrelated" CU result and mentioned the possibility of meat or CU evasion. I think it's likely that this is the same MO, or the same person again. Given the possibility of a joe job, and stuff like , I recommend leaving them all with , and will be updating the archive notice accordingly. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:14, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 02:46, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 04:58, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

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Created CFW202 and Raad ahmed account just after 1 day since and  (socks of Alamgir) were blocked. CFW202 just joined 24 hours ago and completed creating userpage. He seems to have good knowledge about templates and source editing. They have already known how to create cricket match scorecards (as per the diffs)-, etc. So, it is almost sure that CFW202 is not a new user. SannyHossain's only 2 edits are in the article Nepal Super League- and. While CFW202's first edit is of similar article 2021 Nepal Super League-. CFW202 and Radd Ahmed doesn't use manual edit summaries other than the automated ones, while all the socks of Alamgir and most of socks of Wikipedia don't use edit summary. See, etc examples to cite. By observing the user contributions of all socks of Alamgir, I observed that CFW202 and Radd ahmed's editing patterns are similar. They both edit articles related to Bangladesh Cricket and Football. CFW202 leaves messages in Bengali, while once Tigers Football365 also left me a message in Bengali. Now let me come to Radd Ahmed. Tigers Football365 and SannyHossain's larger number of edits are to 2020–21 Bangladesh Women's Football League, while Radd Ahmed's all edits are to 2020–21 Bangladesh Women's Football League. See his user contributions. &mdash;  A.A Prinon  Leave a dialogue 14:14, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I think we should keep eye on the pages those were edited by SR Alamgir and their socks. Because I think they will continue this nonsense job of creating new accounts even after being caught always. Thanks. &mdash;  A.A Prinon  Leave a dialogue 11:42, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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To CaptainEek, Cabayi, Yamla, Oshwah, L235 or any other admin: This is it, enough is enough. Please revoke talk page access for SR Alamgir Khan. The fact that the user is still, after all that's happened in the last days, weeks and months, allowed to edit the page and post all the nonsense and lies there is one of the most inexplicable things I've ever seen on Wikipedia. Just a couple of hours ago, while using yet another confirmed sock puppet, the user was swearing to God that they would not do anything bad anymore, denying the CFW202 connection. Their talk page access should have been revoked a long time ago, but the fact that it still hasn't happened yet, after repeated requests, is now clearly indefensible.—J. M. (talk) 22:55, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

As for your SanyHossain suspicion above: the account is confirmed to মো লুৎফর রহমান and possibly also to Radd ahmed from this report. CFW202, which is now a confirmed sock puppet of SR Alamgir Khan, said on their talk page that they actually know Rahad ahmed, Sany hd and Yeas07, who, according to CFW202, are in Bangladesh, while CFW202 is allegedly in South Africa. So yes, these accounts are probably at least related. It can constitute meatpuppetry, but it can also be sock puppetry—the user may be using IP addresses from different continents somehow (after all, the user is provably a pathological liar, as you can see on SR Alamgir Khan's talk page and their numerous user pages, and may not be telling the truth). In any way, when SanyHosaain, মো লুৎফর রহমান and Yeash07 (who is a suspected sock puppet) are blocked, then logically Radd ahmed, who is confirmed to SanyHosaain, should be blocked, too. Perhaps there could be a separate SPI branch for SanyHosaain and their confirmed socks should be moved there?

And finally (and I will keep repeating this until it happens), talk page access for SR Alamgir Khan should be revoked. This is screamingly obvious and nobody has been able to explain why it hasn't happened yet.—J. M. (talk) 00:09, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * CFW202 is ✅ to SR Alamgir Khan. Radd Ahmed is to the SanyHosaain accounts, but bears basically no resemblence to SR Alamgir Khan, probably different farms.  CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 22:27, 2 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Just found another one; got reactivated following the last round of blocks after having slept for a while, has a draft of the typical infobox userpage here, extensive overlap here, and shares the "real name" username pattern.  – please compare this one against both the confirmed SR Alamgir Khan socks and  from above. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:42, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . This exposes and  as ✅ to that side of things, but not to . Please block and tag appropriately. --Yamla (talk) 10:40, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * @Yamla, with the CU additional data from the two sleepers plus Md Rana Sheikh, can we say anything more specific about the relationship to the SanyHossein group? Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:19, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on checkuser evidence, I believe we have three groups here. The group, the, and the  group. I concur with the above finding that, based on checkuser evidence, these last two are a mix between possible and likely the same group. If I had to pick a side based on checkuser evidence, I'd say these are three separate people, not two (that is, the last two groups are separate), but this is not certain. As everyone knows, checkuser evidence cannot speak to WP:MEAT. Based on this comment, they do appear to all know each other, though frankly I haven't had enough coffee yet today to keep track of everyone here. --Yamla (talk) 12:50, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing with no further action. Those accounts which are not blocked have stopped editing, at least for now, and the OP is indef blocked.  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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This user's larger edits are in updating the dates in Template:Updated in football clubs articles, see this diff, this etc. which the previous socks also used to do. They are also updating the current squads of the articles related to club seasons, which was previously done by the other socks, see Special:Diff/1032646701. This user mostly edit the same pages as the previous socks, mostly related to Bangladeshi football clubs, seasons and Bangladeshi cricket. Compare Special:Contributions/Chowdhury07 with Special:Contributions/SH Alamgir Khan and Special:Contributions/Tigers Football 365. Their similarity in editing behaviour and pattern gives me the impression that they are the same person. Chowdhury07 has also built his userpage after his very first edit, which is really difficult for a new user. &mdash;  A.A Prinon  Leave a dialogue 02:26, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * If he is unrelated to SR Alamgir, then he may be related to . This is because, Yeash07 mentioned in his user infobox that he is from Chittagong. While Chowdhury07's userpage also says that he is from Chittagong, I am new Wikipedian from Chittagong, Bangladesh. So, there is perhaps similarity in geolocation. In fact, Chowdhury's edits are also similar to Yeash07. &mdash;  A.A Prinon  Leave a dialogue 04:44, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * ❌ as far as checkuser evidence goes...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:44, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing with no further action. Those accounts which are not blocked have stopped editing, at least for now, and the OP is indef blocked.  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:58, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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Warm Regards, ZI Jony  (Talk) 09:43, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * , this user knock me on FB many times, when I asked him that "Saif SC 2016" is your username he refused! The time he message me and the edit history are same, I doubt it’s a sockpuppets of SR Alamgir Khan. Warm Regards, ZI Jony  (Talk) 15:59, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * -, you have not provided any evidence. Why do you believe this account is a sock? Spicy (talk) 15:41, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm having some difficulty understanding what you're trying to say, but if you need to refer to evidence from Facebook or other off-wiki sites to prove that this account is a sock, you should send that evidence privately to the Checkuser mailing list. Otherwise, you should link to diffs of edits that are similar to previous socks. Simply saying that the edit history is similar isn't all that helpful to someone who isn't familiar with this case. I can see that this account has edited many of the same pages as previous accounts, but without diffs showing specific behavioural similarities, it's hard to tell if this is the sockmaster or just another Bangladeshi sports fan. Spicy (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - Pleae, compare to  per  and many other overlaps.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:48, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:14, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is technically ❌ to . is ✅ to  and . All confirmed accounts are ✅ to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:28, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing. Spicy (talk) 13:56, 24 October 2021 (UTC)