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Recreating the same speedy deleted article about non-notable person Osama Tolba three times within 24 hours. Also all working on similar articles in very similar style.  Yinta n  05:38, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Ah, more of this. Yeah, I've dealt with his guy all day. I can handle it. I don't think CU will be necessary. Stand by...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:40, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The Mina Atta is no question and has been blocked. Looking into the others....  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:44, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Alright, blocked Wolvesme for VOA.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:51, 27 October 2016 (UTC)


 * - Given the lapse in time between the first edits of these accounts, I think a sleeper check is warranted. Katietalk 12:44, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:


 * Wolvesme is ❌.
 * All socks blocked. I don't see any obvious sleepers; there are a couple that are possible, but those have no edit history and they just don't quite match up for me. Osama Abdallah Tolba1 is the oldest account; I've already tagged with the new page name. Thanks. :-) Katietalk 13:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, closing. GABgab 14:59, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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Duck: first edit was to create Osama Tolbaa, fork of salted Osama Tolba. Wikishovel (talk) 12:25, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * AhmedTaha12 is to the master account. No sleepers noted. Mike V • Talk 00:46, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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The user was registered today and created Ahmed Maher (marketer) where he used File:Ahmed Maher.jpg a minute after uploaded it in commons. TheViber1 was blocked in October 2016 by and made his last edit in June 2017 on his talk page. Since he was not globally blocked he is still active in commons and other places. Thank you – GSS (talk |c|em ) 18:00, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - But, what is the connection to ?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:56, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I just notice that after declined the unblock request at masters talk page  moved his talk page to  without any explanation which changed his username  to,  so I doubt Mohamed Ouda is also involved who tried to change masters username in a hope to avoid block. GSS  (talk |c|em ) 04:05, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * - Please, compare this account to the master.  is a wp:Global renamer and Arabic Wikipedia administrator, and I doubt he is involved in sockpuppetry.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  07:08, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I just found this request at Arabic Wikipedia by the master to change his username so I think Mohamed Ouda's action was valid. GSS (talk |c|em ) 07:42, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:17, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:29, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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All are SPAs/IPs centered around the AfD at Articles for deletion/Osama Tolba.

All the accounts have redlinked usernames and talk pages and have only commented on this AfD.

Note the shared Khaled last name between AdmedKhaled777 and Sehamkhaled.

Most of the accounts and IPs except Seham and MohamedTamer have used some variation of "famous" in their !votes:, , ,

Sehamkhaled and MohamedTamer also use similar language concerning digital media and marketing:,.

Requesting CU to confirm and look for sleepers, considering that both Utrexxx and Sehamkhaled were created in 2011 and 2014 respectively and didn't edit until this AfD. Recognize that there will be no comment on the IPs from CU. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:52, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:40, 17 September 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:54, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * - To help determine between meat & sockpuppetry. Note the article in question has been re-created in the past by socks of TheViber1. Please compare the accounts to socks from that archive as well. Thank you. Sro23 (talk) 21:57, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 23:21, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Based on geolocation alone, MohamedTamer, Sehamkhaled, and Utrexxx are to each other and to TheViber. However, there are significant technical differences between and among these four accounts. It's more likely meat than sock.
 * AhmedKhaled777 is technically to this group. Katietalk 23:39, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed. This doesn't look to be sockpuppetry, so closing with no action. Sro23 (talk) 00:05, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved casename to TheViber1 and indeffing the lot as UPE meats. As this case was being worked one of the accounts created another TheViber1 article. Can be seen here and was created by blocked (TheViber1 sock). Article deleted.
 * to compare to the following confirmed accounts that may be connected via this connection (first account stale but is confirmed, named master):

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Follows the same pattern as the above farm of blocked meatpuppets: Same last name as many of them and also does the random numbers at the end of it. Behavioral pattern also matches the most recent iteration creation of pages about non-notable Egyption journalists:. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:59, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * . See the above likely sock. They also fit a similar off-wiki behavioral pattern, which I won't disclose here, but if not a DUCK block on MEAT grounds, which I think it could be, its worth including in the CU check above. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:06, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:43, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Likely meatpuppet blocked. Closing.