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User:Selim Shaikh]] created Salim Shaikh on 11 February 2019. The deletion log shows that after I tagged the page for A7 it was deleted by. It appears to have been an attempt to recreate Salim Raza under a different name. The user was indeffed by Fram shortly after.

It was recreated later that day by User:Aka8i 1: Fram deleted again per G5 and indeffed the new user.

User:Anisul25 tried the same thing a few days later; the same events ensued.

Now InternetBox11 has tried the same trick.

The IP has recently removed the speedy template and used the same edit summary:

All users use the same edit summaries repeatedly: "Creat page" (difficult to show without deleted diffs) and "Correction" ( Triptothecottage (talk) 08:52, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Cabayi (talk) 10:49, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * - Blatant puppetry, please indef the named sock. Cabayi (talk) 10:50, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * All blocked + . GABgab 13:20, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Lock request filed on meta based on the crosswiki abuse demonstrated by InternetBox11. The SandDoctor  Talk 19:10, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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Two disruptive SPAs trying to spam Draft:Mohammad Salim (poet) and adding garbage "corrections" to many articles Praxidicae (talk) 12:33, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * See also Anisul25. Praxidicae (talk) 12:46, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Same stupid disruptive crap, "corrections" in edit summaries etc... Praxidicae (talk) 12:48, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Forgot to request CU for sleepers given their history. I also filed an SRG. Praxidicae (talk) 13:40, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * I blocked User:Anisul26 as a suspected user of User:Selim Shaikh. NJA (t/ c)  13:23, 28 April 2019 (UTC)



— Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The last couple still need locked.
 * I've blocked the unblocked and tagged. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:10, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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Usual pattern of behaviour. “Corrections” in edit summaries, editing Shaikh-related pages. Triptothecottage (talk) 03:38, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Closing as stale —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:11, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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Another IP sock. Requesting CU for possible sleepers in this other range. Triptothecottage (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * A CU was just done above. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:12, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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Both editors are removing G5 speedy deletion tags from Mohammad Salim (writer), a known target for this sockpuppet. Both also use the same edit summary consistently. Pretty obvious WP:DUCK quacking in to a megaphone to me. CU requested due to history of sleeper accounts. Iffy★Chat -- 13:52, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * , 2 articles speedily deleted per G5. Leaving open for a clerk or CU to decide if a sleeper check is needed. ST47 (talk) 13:58, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sleeper check shows these two accounts as ✅, but . Yunshui 雲 水 13:02, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

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Triptothecottage (talk) 03:05, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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The IP edits are already too old, and the filer has presented no evidence. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:16, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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Ananpaka1212 - Recreated known target page at Mohammad Salim (writer) using usual nonsense edit summary, "correction" and "creat page". Page content same as previous editions. Large and loud duck. Triptothecottage (talk) 07:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Oh, and CU requested due to history and possibility of sleepers. Triptothecottage (talk) 07:34, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Aliali4553 - Editing known target page at Mohammad Salim (writer) with standard edit summaries "creat page" and "correction". Page content same as usual. Quacking. Triptothecottage (talk) 07:29, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Cabayi (talk) 09:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * - Please confirm & check for sleepers. Plenty of fresh socks in the archive for comparison. Cabayi (talk) 09:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Ananpaka1212/Mohammad Salim writer uses c:File:Mohammad Salim.jpg uploaded by who has been blocked on wikidata though hasn't edited here. Cabayi (talk) 09:50, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked. No other accounts immediately obvious. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:30, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Reported on meta for LOCKing - m:Special:Permalink/19161958. Cabayi (talk) 12:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

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. GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:36, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm busy at the moment, but I will definitely add some more similarities soon. For the quick please take a look at the edit summaries by both the suspected sock and . Thank you. GSS (talk |c|em ) 07:23, 30 July 2019 (UTC)


 * More evidence as requested by TheSandDoctor below: The suspected sock Nanisur12 was registered a week after user Anam1221 was blocked and their was to create their sandbox very (very) similar to  on their userpage. Please let me know if more details are required. Thank you. GSS  (talk |c|em ) 16:36, 30 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Nanisur12 recreated N. K. Mondal under N.K.Mandal and IP .192.163 removed speedy deletion tag. GSS (talk |c|em ) 15:02, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * I must admit that I am not really seeing the overlap from the evidence provided. You only linked to a diff by Nanisur12 on Draft:N. K. Mondal, which is a page that Nanisur12 has never edited? Could you please provide further evidence? Thanks, The SandDoctor  Talk 05:46, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Please merge this into Sockpuppet investigations/Selim Shaikh.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:23, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. I've merged the content from Sockpuppet investigations/Md.Selim Shaikh as requested. Setting SPI case to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:13, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

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Yet another recreation of Draft:N. K. Mondal. GSS (talk |c|em ) 14:39, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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. IP blocked, draft G5'd. Yunshui 雲 水 14:44, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

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Editing the same articles, using edit summary "Correction". I know Checkuser cannot be used on specified IP addresses. I'm requesting checkuser to see if I missed any, by not checking enough articles. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:53, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Users seem to have been globally locked. Don't know about IPs. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 10:02, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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No other accounts seen.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:56, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Accounts are locked by the stewards, and any rangeblock would cause a massive amount of collateral damage. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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Again, same article, similar editor name to yesterday's batch, and same edit summary (correction). Request Checkuser because I'm not sure whether the second sock is the same, as behavioral evidence doesn't quite match. Might be a good hand/bad hand editor, or it might be a different editor entirely. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 10:14, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Mz7 (talk) 20:15, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Nildunia is ✅ to Atapata60 and Nilpahar from yesterday. Agantuk112 is . Mz7 (talk) 20:35, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I blocked Nildunia and requested a global lock on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 20:41, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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Rohosyamoi Prachin Bari is just more N K Mondal spam. Praxidicae (talk) 14:31, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, blocked. Want to ask for a lock? ST47 (talk) 19:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Posted to m:SRG, all page creations G5ed. ST47 (talk) 22:44, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

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Recreation of draft about "N. K. Mondal" (one of the sockpuppeteer's usual topics) at User:Wikiselim12/sandbox + "Selim" element in the username Bearcat (talk) 21:30, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've already gone ahead and blocked/tagged the new sock and G5'd User:Wikiselim12/sandbox. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:53, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, no other unblocked accounts seen. Will request global lock on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 05:46, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

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Same geolocation, same range as their previous IP sock 42.110.233.182 and recreated Draft:N. K. Mondal. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 10:27, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and draft deleted. GABgab 19:07, 5 February 2020 (UTC)