Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Spalagdama/Archive

28 August 2013

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1. Establishing the connection between the named account and the IP.

Named account and IP repeatedly making the exact same type of nationalistically (and to a lesser extent religiously) biased edits to articles about historical political entities, persons etc in an attempt to "claim" them for Pakistan alone, by removing all mention of Afghanistan, India, Iran and other neighbouring countries. The IP was blocked for it on 11 August 2013 and the named account, which was created on 26 June 2013 but didn't edit between 2 July and 14 August, took over. After receiving a stern warning from Bishonen (see discussion at my talk page) the named account however almost ceased editing, with the IP again taking over the "job". After returning from the first block the IP again received multiple warnings, including a couple of final warnings, but kept on making the same type of biased edits and reverts, right up to the second (current) block. Sample diffs:, ,. Among the articles most frequently edited by both the named account and the IP are Gondophares, Paratarajas and Gandhara, where a quick look at the page histories shows how the named account and the IP take turns making the same type of edits and reverts, with no overlap between them (which can also be clearly seen when using the Editor Interaction utility). Thomas.W  talk to me  14:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

2. Socking/abuse of multiple accounts.

After the IP had been blocked (again) for disruptive editing by Daniel Case the named account once again took over, continuing where the IP left off, making the exact same reverts as the IP did just before being blocked, clearly abusing multiple accounts. After reappearing Spalagdama has reverted twice on Paratarajas and once on Apraca: diffs IP, , diffs Spalagdama,,). Thomas.W   talk to me  07:42, 29 August 2013 (UTC) (Text rephrased to make it clearer since I was a bit tired when I filed the report...)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' @Daniel Case

Greetings. Please allow me to respond. I have not touched the Gondophares and Gandhara pages in ages. What Thomas W. is twisting around is an incident from yesterday and today. Thus if you investigate, you will see that Thomas W's claim is false. I have no made any edits today. In fact a user by the name of khestwol twice made unsourced edits to the pages Apracarajas and Paratarajas. I simply reverted them, which Thomas W falsely refers to as "unsourced edits". The unsourced edits came from Khestwol. As you will see, I have not added any text, and simply reverted Apracarajas and Paratarajas documents after the vandalism by the user Khestwol. Please investigate this matter further. I have tried to discuss this matter with Thomas W as well (please refer to our conversation of his page). He allows users like Khestwol to make unsourced edits to the pages adding in unsourced references to Afghanistan and Iran, but if I revert this vandalism, he re-reverts it to the vandalized version, enters a comment of "unsourced edit" therein to misrepresent me, and is now doing the same here.

Thomas W. tried to get a moderator named Bishonen to ban me but was told that the age old incidents he was referring to were far too old. As far as today's matter goes, I have not made any edits. I have emailed wikipedia about this matter and will be glad to file an appeal. However before doing this, I ask you to investigate my claim and to please not ban me on a false claim by an editor who has a clear nationalistic bias.Spalagdama (talk) 15:17, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * What Spalagdama writes is simply not true (and the bit about "I have emailed wikipedia and will be glad to file an appeal" is laughable, and something Spalagdama tried in the discussion with Bishonen and me on my talk page too...), which can be clearly seen on my talk page. The connection between Spalagdama and the IP is a clear case of WP:DUCK, as evidenced by among other things the named account continuing with the IP's reverts on Paratarajas as soon as he realised that the IP was on the verge of being blocked (after having received a level 4 warning). Thomas.W   talk to me  15:53, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Please note, Thomas. W who hasn't signed off above, is unable to defend his unsubstantiated claims against me. His contempt for the appealate channels provided by wikipedia in order to file disputes are apparent in his reference to these channels as "laughable". He simply wants to twist facts and get a moderator to ban me with eyes closed. The IP connection he is trying to establish is a mute point, since I have not made any edits, simply reverted two documents that have been repeatedly vandalized by a user named Khestwol (currently involved in a so called "Wikipedia Pashtun project" and therefore, going around vandalizing pages adding nationalistic references to Afghanistan). Thomas.W is vested in getting Khestwol's unsourced vandalism to stay, thus he is misrepresenting me by referring to my reversion of this vandalism as "unsourced edits". Spalagdama (talk) 15:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * @Daniel Case
 * Now it's signed (people sometimes forget, just like you did: ). The rest of your post is so silly that it's not even worth commenting on. I'll just leave it to the admins to make up their minds, based on the evidence I've presented. Thomas.W   talk to me  15:53, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I get that you like to sling mud, but just because you cannot back up your bogus claims, doesn't make those who are diligent enough to follow up and dismantle them, "silly". On the contrary, your childish vendettas are what's silly; your upholding of vandalized material and misrepresentation of its undoing as "unsourced edits" (just to get someone banned) is troubling to say the least. Wikipedia should, in its own best interest, take action against you.Spalagdama (talk) 16:15, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * WP:ANI is thataway, but don't forget to read WP:Boomerang first. Thomas.W   talk to me  16:22, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Thatsaway, and let's hope you read it.Spalagdama (talk) 16:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked both for 1 week, closing. Rschen7754 04:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

10 July 2015

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Blatantly identical sock: same edit summaries, same edit contents. Check with User:Bishonen, who blocked him on May 15, and check the edit history of Arachosia for details. He also made sock accusations of User:Khestwol (that I am the sock) and personal attacks against both of us. Ogress smash! 18:26, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Diffs of identical edits by The History of Iran and a number of definite Spalagdama socks, posted by Ogress on 's talk page, and copied by me from there: The_History_of_Iran, edit by IP 68.208.122.33 (in Spalagdama's home town, Atlanta, GA, blocked for three months on 20 May 2015), as an IP in Zambia (Spalagdama has done a lot of editing from Zambian IPs), another IP in Zambia, as yet another IP in Zambia. Note the other edits the same day by the last of those IPs, edits on a couple of Spalagdama's favourite targets, mentioning my name in the edit summaries. I'm probably the one who has had most contact with Spalagdama here on WP, and know his style well enough to immediately tell if it's him, which is probably why he has switched targets, to avoid articles that he knows are on my watchlist. And this is definitely Spalagdama. Thomas.W talk 19:40, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * After clicking save I noticed that Bishonen had already blocked them, but let's keep the text above, it might be of help if further reports are made... Thomas.W talk 19:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Quack quack blocked. CU not required. Bishonen &#124; talk 19:24, 10 July 2015 (UTC).

10 July 2015

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He was just banned again earlier today as User:The History of Iran and he's back. Edit: identical. Edit summary: (Undid disruptive afghani-centric editing 670858868 by Ogress (talk) Please consider banning this user.) Please be sure to undo his edits as I have reverted his vandalism twice in the last 24h and I cannot. Ogress smash! 23:51, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, closed. The article has been semi'd and the edits reverted by KrakatoaKatie. Thank you, Ogress. Bishonen &#124; talk 10:58, 11 July 2015 (UTC).

23 July 2015

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Making the usual bogus edits (with the usual Spalagdama edit summaries) on Gondophares claiming that the name is derived from Gandapur, the name of a minor Pakistani/Afghan tribe, even though all sources say it's the other way around. No doubt in an attempt to glorify/embellish the history of the tribe. Compare that edit to this edit by Spalagdama's home IP (confirmed as such in the first SPI), which is currently blocked, having been blocked for 3 months on 27 April 2015, this edit by the same IP in August 2013 on Gandapur (adding the same bogus claim about Gondophares being derived from Gandapur), and countless edits by mostly Zambian IPs, the latest one yesterday, in between making the same claim (see also page history of Gondophares). All showing beyond doubt that Constantine H is the latest incarnation of Spalagdama. Thomas.W talk 16:07, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked per WP:DUCK --Neil N  talk to me 16:24, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:12, 23 July 2015 (UTC)