Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Toomanyyearskodakblack/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Hello Admins, please check these user for Sockpuppet as the user Cactihasbik have created new account and tried to edit the same page as Toomanyyearskodakblack (Blocked User) has done. On Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents page the new IP user also commented with no edit. M.Ashraf333 (talk) 15:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to, . I don't see any reason to believe that the IP has anything to do with these accounts, considering that they pointed out the block evasion. Moved to oldest, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I know nothing about this case. I noticed User talk:Yamla and then looked at the two suspected socks and compared them to the master. The article intersection is significant, even on pages that are not particularly notable, e.g., PTI prohibited funding case. That page also caught my eye because both the master and SahafatKaLover18 disliked the original name of the article, and the suspected sock changed it by moving it, whereas the master had changed it just by changing the title itself. Behaviorally, I find the evidence stronger that SahafatKaLover is a sock than Sadiokabaita, partly because the latter's English seems significantly poorer than the others. Unfortunately, although a check can be done on the socks, the other accounts are stale, and I don't know how much help the CU log data will be. Still, in my view, a check is a good place to start. I don't feel comfortable blocking either account without some confirmation or at least another editor looking at the behavioral similarities. Besides the intersection, a lot of edits are marked minor, and the edit summaries are often very detailed. Regardless of anything else, SahafatKaLover appears to be much more knowledgeable than they should be for so new an account. Bbb23 (talk) 18:25, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - there isn't much in the cu logs for Toomanyyearskodakblack, but I've compared against what I can find. mostly edits out of a stable IP, with an identical geolocation to the proposed master's IP - same part of the same city. On the same IP is the zero-edit account .  is using proxies, so CU is inconclusive there. Over to you.   Girth Summit  (blether)  13:52, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm doing what's easiest, blocking and tagging all, including the no-edit account, as suspected. The no-edit account is obvious, and the behavior of the other two is strong enough. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account created about two weeks ago and is already familiar with several wiki policies, created an article with his first edit, mass page moves, AFD nominations & filing of false WP:BOLPN WP:ANI reports. . They also edit in the same topic area (Pakistani politics/politicians and military related). And just like Toomanyyearsback, they also have a tendency to rack up their edit count very quickly, having crossed 500 edits within 2 weeks, mass creations of controversial political & military articles. Some similar interests include: 1) 2018 Pakistani general election and 2024 Pakistani general election  2) Both have taken false WP:BOLP WP:ANI reports against users they are edit warring with for content concerning politicians of Pakistan. (especially concerning Imran Khan) 3) Both making page moves at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf foreign funding case  4) Both making entries to Template:Imran Khan 5) Both making changes to parameter at Tyrian White case And edits to many similar articles Interaction.  War Wounded (talk) 16:28, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:31, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
They appear to be using proxies to evade detection. They do pass the WP:DUCK test as they are trying to vote on the AFD's initiated by last blocked sock as pointed by another User:Broc here. Requested the PROD tag to be removed from the article they created and asked to move it to AFD then voting on that AFD to save the article from deletion here, then double voted using another IP. Here is another IP, only voting in AFDs where HistoriesUnveiler was involved. Sheriff &#124; ☎ 911 &#124; 13:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * for 1 week, though that may not do much to stop it since they're not in the same ranges. The Wordsmith Talk to me 03:36, 7 March 2024 (UTC)