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06 January 2016

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See history of Rajniti (2016 film). Creating same disruptive CSD tag on article. Account was created on 29 December 2015, but its first edit was made to create the same CSD tag as the IP. Reporting both for disruptive editing, but following proper procedures and creating this SPI as well.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:51, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * User warned. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:40, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

04 February 2016

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Discovered the suspected sock today after he unwisely approached me to create an article on Prem Khan. This led me to poke through his edits where I found some really sketchy stuff. He appears to be on a campaign to legitimize this Indian actor. The Prem Khan article was previously deleted twice. Both times the article was created by Washim Rahman.

The first edit that Devil made was at Aisa Yeh Jahaan, which was edited a number of times in December by Washim Rahman. (I also note several other socks of at this article, so that could wind up being the master.)  There are about seven article intersections between Washim Rahman and Devil as of this SPI report.

Both Washim Rahman and Devil attempted to create Prem Khan (actor).

Washim Rahman attempted a few times to create an article on himself, to no avail. In this version, (only admins will be able to see it) he refers to himself as a film actor, and I get the sense that Washim Rahman and Prem Khan are the same actor, perhaps using a stage name? Although commented in an AfD on Prem (film actor) that suggested Prem Khan is a fake credit.

In case it's confusing, here are the articles involved again:


 * Prem Khan
 * Prem Khan (actor)
 * Prem (film actor)

Obviously there is a campaign here, and I think a CU is warranted. As noted, if it is possible to look at as a possible master-master, that would be swell. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:09, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Washim Rahman and Devil7592686.love are ✅. . Blocked and tagged. I checked the log based on the blocks at Sockpuppet investigations/Kabir Vaghela, and the IPs used by that master and Washim Rahman are not the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:18, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

06 April 2016

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Adding "Prem Khan" to articles again.. Not taking action. Only including in case this becomes a problem again. Closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:04, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Duck: first edits were to create Prem Khan Washim and Prem R. Khan. OnionRing (talk) 06:20, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:32, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of Prem Khan using different title Prem Khan (actor born 1996). GSS (talk |c|em ) 13:53, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Definitely paid-editing, i would also look at this account (Goalpariyahero), Looks like some company they both work for which creates article for relatively B and C level indian actors, such as Rehal Khan, Sameer Ali Khan and now Prem Khan. Those articles should be deleted along with Where Is Najeeb, Sonar Baran Pakhi. I assume this was paid for by Adil Hussain who is a very notable actor so i'm not sure why he would do this since nearly all articles somehow track back to him. Chutney, Sunrise and Mukti Bhawan ‎ are notable films so they should be kept but everything else probably has to be deleted.-- Stemoc 00:42, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * My guess here is that this is a paid editing situation. Washim didn't have any article creation to his name, and this new account has created several articles. The Prem Khan thing is irritating. Kid is using Wikipedia as MySpace. Not quite sure what to do here. Given that they pasted a fully-written article as their second edit here at Wikipedia, that's strongly suggestive of sockpuppetry. How does someone get so good at writing an article with no experience? I think that Washim Rahman's data has probably gone stale, but is there any way to get a CU to look at this? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:42, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Based on old data, the two accounts are ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:41, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 15:04, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

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User self identifies as Washim Rahman. The last SPI I submitted on this came back CU unrelated. I'm filing this SPI so there's new data on him. User also edits while logged out, typically from IPv6 geolocating to the Indian state of Assam, ISP: Jio. User has identified himself as being from Assam in the city of Guwahati. Indeffed, tagged, closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:54, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

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I've indeffed Muktibhawan as a proven sockpuppet of Washim Rahman, for self-identifying as Washim Rahman. User re-created an article on Prem Khan (previously salted) at Prem Khan (Indian actor). "Washim Rahman" is apparently Prem Khan's true name.

After indeffing Muktibhawan, Goalpariyahero showed up at Prem Khan (Indian actor), made an edit or two, then asked to move the article back over the salted Prem Khan spot. It's also worth noting that in February, as one of his first edits, Goalpariyahero requested that the salted article be unprotected so he could re-build an article.

IPs used. They all geolocate to the Indian stae of Assam, and they're all on ISP: Jio.

I'm hoping that someone can confirm that Goalpariyahero is socking and also look for any additional accounts. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * Another IP 2405:204:B089:9F76:5155:723C:B762:9165 geo located Australia just removed  the prod template from previous sock Muktibhawan's article. It looks like they are using some kind of VPN services. I just tagged some articles created by Muktibhawan for deletion and was wondering why we can't mass delete his all articles under G5? Thank you – GSS  (talk |c|em ) 06:13, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite clear on this and could use more experienced admin opinions: if G5 precludes us from deleting so long as there are significant edits from other users, do we first have to prove that all of the "significant" editors are socks? And would we consider normal maintenance edits as significant? I personally would not care if I came along to a sock article, did a bunch of cosmetic crap, like formatting the infobox, and fixing templates and rewording the lead, and someone deleted it under G5. However, I'm not sure how others would feel. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:23, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * This is exactly what I can see in his articles, most of his articles are edited by blocked user(s) and ip's they use. I dont see any significant edits by other users apart from general fixing and most of his articles don't even meet our standard of notability. There is no doubt that Axomiya deka is not connected to this farm per his edit history and userpage. GSS  (talk |c|em ) 08:06, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Did you notice his contribution in other languages? Here are the articles created by Axomiya deka and edited by the same ip range and Goalpriyahero in other languages as:প্ৰেম খান and bn:প্রেম খান both reads Prem Khan. GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

can you please take care of this newly registered user who just tried to trick  by creating Prem Khan (indian actor and then requested a page move to Prem Khan. Thank you – GSS  (talk |c|em ) 15:53, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, what Monuwara actually did was admin-shop by making the same request of several administrators — I just happened to be the one who was present at the time to see and look into the request and catch the problem. But I agree that the user should probably be sockchecked. Bearcat (talk) 16:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

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Muktibhawan and Goalpariyahero are ✅ to each other. Blocked Goalpariyahero without tags. No other accounts seen.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:32, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, any chance you could compare against as well? They popped up to dispute the speedy deletion of Prem Khan, but there is a super-obvious identical-ness between their user page and Muktibhawan's. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Comparing to the last two I confirmed, Axomiya deka is between and . He's editing from the same city and using the same ISP. However he never uses the same (or even similar) user agents and is pretty consistent with the few he uses. I suspect Muktibhawan may have copied the style of his userpage from Axomiya deka's; I've seen editors do that. It's also possible they know each other, although they claim they go to different schools..--Bbb23 (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * is .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:36, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Just adding a note here to advise that although Monuwara was deemed unlikely to be a sockpuppet, they have now still been blocked on other grounds — even after they were advised that creating the desired article at an overdisambiguated title and then asking an administrator to move it overtop the salted redlink, is not the appropriate way to get a desired article into Wikipedia, they continued to do it anyway. Bearcat (talk) 08:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Closing, the first account already has a proven tag, adding to the other one based on technical match to first and behavioral evidence, nothing to do with the other accounts right now. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  04:32, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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Since Prem Khan and Washim Rahman are the same person (Khan apparently is the guy's screen name or whatever) I think it's worth checking him against previous socks. There has been a minor flare-up of Prem Khan promotion recently. Note, who I recently blocked as a suspected sock for seemingly being here solely to stuff this guy's name in articles, like here: The annoying thing is that this guy is probably going to be notable, but the years of moronic promotional socking is just ethically irritating. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:28, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Creation of Prem Khan (indian actor), yet another circumvention of salting.
 * Note also that this article was created in one edit with fleshed out citations, which is quite the accomplishment for a brand-new user.

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:39, 21 July 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm and find other accounts if any.
 * - Katietalk 17:16, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay.
 * Singlebarrelking is really, really to  - same /64 but different device.
 * YoMehboob is to  and  to the other two accounts.
 * No obvious sleepers. It's a mixture of devices but they're all in the same big range. Katietalk 17:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Indeffing Singlebarrelking with tag and closing.

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Prem Khan spamming: new article PREM KHAN with all-caps title, probably because earlier articles like Prem Khan have been protected following re-creations after a deletion discussion; and various recent edits: Largoplazo (talk) 10:57, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare the two accounts. I think AviAgarwal0505 could be a meatpuppet or a paid editor; the technical evidence would help. Sro23 (talk) 17:29, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Amiah1460 is to the master.
 * AviAgarwal0505 is ❌. . Katietalk 21:43, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I still believe AviAgarwal0505 may be a paid editor, but in this case, given the technical results, I think it's better to err on the side of caution. Closing with no action. Sro23 (talk) 01:47, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

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The behavioral evidence is that this account, like several previous sock accounts, is trying to circumvent the salting on Prem Khan in all forms of his name. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:56, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * to and  to . Operating in same range but there is a difference in UAs enough to think meat is also possible.
 * The account is now blocked and tagged anyways. Closing. GABgab 21:44, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

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So this might be a little beansy but let's start with the most obvious. Several attempts to recreate variations of Prem Khan 1, 2 (among others) and following the same pattern of the last few socks with the user page. ie. Hi I am... example of previous sock. Also when looking at the filter log for several of these named socks, they almost always attempt to create the same article in similar title and are all hitting the content translation edit filter. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:08, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Based on the recreation of Prem Khan, . Please block the new sock indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:15, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * . GABgab 03:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Why without tags? There doesn't seem to be a need to deny recognition here. Or am I missing something? Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:13, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Nope, just wanted to give you the opportunity :) GABgab 03:20, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:23, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another attempt to create Prem Khan (Film actor) under Prem Khan (film actor). NazmulMusic was registered in February and his second edit was to hijack Prem. As pointed out by in previous case, NazmulMusic's first edit  is exactly same as some previous socks e.g.  and. GSS (talk |c|em ) 14:20, 4 June 2018 (UTC) (updated 16:15, 4 June 2018 (UTC))

NazmulMusic also created articles on the same subject in a number of other languages too, so I believe they should be globally locked for long-term and extensive cross-wiki abuse, please see wikidata:Q30335976. Thank you GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:25, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * I've added .*prem.*khan.* to MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. This will prevent anything with Prem Khan from being created. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:10, 6 June 2018 (UTC)


 * - TNT❤ 17:03, 9 June 2018 (UTC)


 * against latest confirmed socks, but - TNT❤ 17:05, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
 * - Assuming that the deleted content is what GSS said (I have no reason to believe otherwise), . Please indef NazmulMusic. SRG is where to go for a lock. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 17:05, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I have indeffed User:NazmulMusic per Kevin's request. I encourage User:GSS to go ahead and propose a global lock to the stewards. EdJohnston (talk) 17:30, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tagging and closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 18:12, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Weird, I thought I commented on this a few weeks ago. I added Prem Khan to the article title blacklist here on 6 June 2018, so my hope is that this issue disappears for a while. I also added Washim Rahman to the title blacklist as well, in case they try to circumvent using his birth name. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:52, 23 June 2018 (UTC)