Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shahikabeer/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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See User:Shahikabeer/sandbox and User:Shahi K M (Shahi Kabir)/sandbox – robertsky (talk) 10:28, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * , looks like someone decided to change usernames the fast way hmm... that's a valid scenario that I hadn't encounter yet. agf-ing on this then. thanks and apologies for the trouble. – robertsky (talk) 01:40, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Since the accounts' usernames are so similar, and since there's no overlap in the contribs timeline, I don't see any violation of WP:SOCK here. Just looks like someone decided to change usernames the fast way. I will give both users uw-agf-sock warnings, but that's about all there is to do. (Note: This is without prejudice to whether either's contribs constitutes a violation of WP:COI or WP:UPE.) . Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 00:00, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * One thing I've been surprised about in my clerk training is how much of this is about what isn't sockpuppetry. For better or for worse, the English Wikipedia leaves a lot of avenues open for legitimate or gray-area use of multiple accounts. Even when something isn't covered explictly under WP:LEGITSOCK, many clerks are reluctant to block or recommend a block if there isn't any evidence that the user was trying to evade scrutiny. No worries on this report; I do recommend keeping LEGITSOCK in mind in the future before filing, as well as the broader question of "What are they actually doing here that's disruptive?" (Not that it's never worth filing if there's no disruption. Sometimes people are trying to game the system by building up a good reputation before following some ulterior motive. Other times the act of sockpuppetry is so deceitful as to be disruptive in its own right. I have a rule that if someone outright denies socking and is caught in the lie, any good faith goes out the window.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:57, 29 September 2021 (UTC)