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All of them mainly edit on the same articles, all of them move the lead before the infobox template even after being recommended not to do so. DoebLoggs (talk) 10:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, please see here:
 * 1 - Sauraved
 * 2 - 341.578.a32
 * 3 - 23a.452.672
 * --DoebLoggs (talk) 11:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Well the two suspects are clearly the same person, and are softblockable on username. The older of the two was created 7 hours after Sauraved picked up their current one-month block. So this seems likely.  Can you please link diffs of the behavior you're describing, the moving the lead before the infobox? That'd make for a good smoking gun here.  Also courtesy ping Spencer as tempblocking admin.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 11:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * (To be clear, the evidence presented is enough for a check, but if the diffs I've reqeuested are clear-cut enough, a CU might not even be necessary.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 11:18, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, DoebLoggs. As I expected, that is enough of a smoking gun for me. Given the large overlap, similar editing style, timing of the accounts' creations, and then very distinctive behavior of putting lede paragraphs before infoboxen, I don't think CU is necessary to confirm this obvious socking. : Please block both suspects indefinitely as suspected sox of Sauraved, and please extend Sauraved's tempblock to indefinite. While this is their first offense socking, the evasion of an existing (second) tempblock means that, at the very least, if they would like to edit again they should first explain themself to an administrator. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 12:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ran a check for the purposes of tagging. All are ✅ with . Blocked all with CU blocks. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Did you intend to leave Sauraved as a tempblock? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 13:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Nope. Just forgot to change the row in spihelper to indef. Will fix this. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:56, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Username is structurally similar to socks blocked earlier today. Main focus is on Sirajganj and Sirajganj District, like master and socks. Exhibits same quirk of moving lead before infobox. Continued attempts at socking seem inevitable, so strongly urge semi-protection or extended confirmed protection of Sirajganj and Sirajganj District as additional protection against disruption. -- Worldbruce (talk) 17:13, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:28, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Same behaviour as above, same articles, same move of lede before the infobox template. DoebLoggs (talk) 08:03, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * The same telltale infobox move . . CU  as unnecessary.  Please indef Sirajg as a proven sock of Sauraved and semi-protect  and  for a week. That may well just push them to other articles, but it's worth a shot.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 08:07, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, per clerk request below.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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Another loud quacking duck, same articles, same behaviour. DoebLoggs (talk) 09:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Duck per above. Overlap, so for sleeper check and rangeblock viability.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 10:03, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked. I'm not seeing any more obvious socks on the ranges I looked at. Closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  13:12, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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Sixth sock in the past 48 hours focused on Sirajganj and Sirajganj District, places in Bangladesh of no great significance to most Bangladeshis. The articles have been on Wikipedia for 17 years. 65-75% of the edits to them have been in the past six weeks by Sauraved and their socks.

As has been noted before, they have a singular habit of moving the lead to before the infobox. They also add language claiming the places are important, unsupported by sources. Another characteristic behaviour is adding religion and language bar charts and then fiddling endlessly with the 4th significant digit of religious percentages. -- Worldbruce (talk) 07:02, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Faux-IP username alone is evidence enough. : Please block indefinitely as a proven sock. In your close of, was the non-actioning of the protection requests intentional? Just want to check before requesting that again, don't want to step on your toes.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 08:21, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked as requested. Sorry, I think the failure to protect was an oversight on my part. Will do so now.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:50, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, unlike the UN, I won't hold failure to protect against you.   --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:46, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

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The unimaginatively named sock of the day is disrupting articles about upazilas (sub-districts) of Sirajganj District now that it and Sirajganj are protected. Example: -- Worldbruce (talk) 00:45, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Whac-a-Mole it is, then. Duck on username and telltale lede-paragraph move, per filing. Please block indefinitely. Will hold off on further protection requests or endorses till we see how this pans out.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:47, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅  Girth Summit  (blether)  06:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

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Same style username as past socks. Same addition of religion bar charts to Bangladeshi district articles, without sufficiently defining a source to make the content verifiable. Worldbruce (talk) 06:30, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Regardless of the outcome of the SPI, I've blocked for disruptive editing and have reverted their edits as questionable at best. -- Kinu t/c 07:12, 12 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The fake IP address username makes it pretty clear that this is a sock (see archives). Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 07:41, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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I've added a second account, one that started editing within 30 minutes of the first being blocked. Their first edit was to undo 24c.56.43c's addition of an improperly sourced religion bar to Bogra District. Their next edits were to move the lead before the infobox on various Bangladeshi upazilla (sub-district) articles. --Worldbruce (talk) 07:46, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
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 * ✅ to master. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:31, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Again, same type of edits, same weird habit to move the lead before the infobox template. See here for example: DoebLoggs (talk) 12:22, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All confirmed accounts will be blocked and tagged. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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Usual habit of moving lead before infobox on Bangladeshi political geography articles. -- Worldbruce (talk) 15:24, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Nice catch - ✅ to the master, no other sleepers obvious. Closing  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  19:31, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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Like master and other socks, Yklop is focused mainly on Bangladeshi human geography articles, and moves lede paragraph before infobox. This edit is identical to that of another sock. -- Worldbruce (talk) 16:23, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to multiple confirmed socks in the archive. Also a couple of already-blocked accounts, for the record:
 * Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:43, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:43, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:43, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The usual characteristics: focus on Bangladeshi human geography articles, adds improperly sourced religion and language bar charts, and moves the lead before the infobox. Worldbruce (talk) 13:36, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Technically, they are to previous socks. Looking at the date of creation and the editing interests however, it seems very unlikely to be anybody else. Blocking, closing.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  19:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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Again, same articles, same edits, same weird move of lead before the infobox template. DoebLoggs (talk) 10:40, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - ✅ to previous socks. Checking for others. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:29, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, don't see any other accounts; closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:45, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar user name to recent sock. First edit was less than 3 hours after Logalo was blocked. Returned to editing Sirajganj the day after protection expired. Characteristically placed infobox after lead in this edit.

The IP edits are interspersed among Logalo's. 103.230.107.59 in this edit made a similar change of phrasing as in this edit by sockpuppet. 103.230.107.59's edit is similar to puppetmaster's improperly sourced edits in that it (A) cites a self-published source of questionable reliability and then (B) invents numbers that aren't even in the source.

Please consider extending semi-protection on Sirajganj. Is it worth considering a range block as well? -- Worldbruce (talk) 01:44, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the master and various socks. I'm not ready to put a range block in place just yet, due to the general business of the range, but I have semi-protected that article for three months.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
There is no subtlety to their choice of name, their movement of the lead before the infobox, or their focus on Bangladeshi human geography articles, particularly those connected to Sirajganj. Worldbruce (talk) 15:19, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:54, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same edits and behaviour of previous socks, usual habit of moving lead before infobox. DoebLoggs (talk) 11:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to master and various socks. Tagging and closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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Same old story, same old song and dance. Worldbruce (talk) 06:36, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Added tag, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 11:26, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
In 26 edits has vandalized 26 articles. All but 6 of them were also vandalized by Sauraved or one or more of their socks, to wit 24c.56.43c, John3478, Logalo, Loganimo, and Uzbuk. The high degree of overlap is too much of a coincidence for Rabinhoodo to be anything but a sock of Sauraved. Worldbruce (talk) 05:34, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Looks very likely to be a sock but given it's already indef blocked and there isn't a history of sleepers I'll close as is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Currently blocked by for vandalism, but for only 3 days. Similar name to master and earlier sock Sauravme. Same focus on Bangladeshi human geography articles, particularly those connected to Sirajganj (Belkuchi Upazila, Kamarkhanda Upazila, Kazipur Upazila, and Raiganj Upazila are all sub districts of Sirajganj District). Began editing hours after sock Rabinhoodo's edits were detected and reverted. Worldbruce (talk) 13:49, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * It's clearly them. Indeffed.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:06, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Rjyok already blocked by for persistent removal of content, but for only 72 hours. The suspects have the usual focus on Bangladeshi human geography articles, particularly related to Sirajganj (Kazipur Upazila, Kamarkhanda Upazila, Belkuchi Upazila, and Raiganj Upazila are all sub-districts of Sirajganj District.) Adding poorly sourced and inaccurate statistics about religion is also characteristic (actual 2011 census figures for Raiganj Upazila are 89% Muslim, 11% Hindu, with no mention of Sarnas, pretty much in line with the country as a whole). Worldbruce (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yup, that's them. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Began editing 15 April 2022, two days after similarly named sock was blocked. First six edits were to the upazilas (sub-districts) of Sirajganj District. Shows same interest as master and prior socks in Bangladeshi human geography articles, and particularly in religious percentages. After becoming autoconfirmed, began editing Sirajganj and Sirajganj District (which are protected because of the disruption by prior socks). Worldbruce (talk) 15:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - ✅ to previous socks, sweeping for other accounts...  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:13, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any other accounts. Tagged, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:20, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Other than being six letters, their recent usernames read like a poor series of Wordle guesses: Wigamo, Wigalo, Wugomo. They are focused on editing the same set of articles. To go with the edit summary "Removed ridiculous information", they make ridiculous edits like this, changing a number by one one-hundredth of a percent. Worldbruce (talk) 04:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them. Blocked and tagged, I don't see any other obvious accounts.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:30, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The latest sock making a hash of Bangladeshi human geography articles, especially the upazilas of Sirajganj District. has already taken them up the disruptive editing ladder to a final warning, but they have not actually been blocked yet. Worldbruce (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 17:22, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same behaviour as previous socks targeting some of the already targeted articles, restoring last sock (Hokpin) reverted edits. See here for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belkuchi_Upazila&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kazipur_Upazila&action=history DoebLoggs (talk) 10:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Purely on the technical data, I'd call it very . Reinstating previous socks' edits nudges me into confirmed. No other accounts jumping out at me. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  14:38, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both of these accounts are removing the same portion of content from the same article (Kazipur Upazila, see article's revision history), that is the same portion also removed by other socks from the same sockfarm in the past (,, etc.)

Pucicom's edits at Rajshahi Division also looks similar to 's past edits on the same page. Please, compare to  (the pie chart in particular, same data, same colors, etc.) DoebLoggs (talk) 10:46, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts ✅.  -- RoySmith (talk) 17:52, 29 September 2022 (UTC)