Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WikiBulova/Archive

16 February 2016

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User Wikibulova stopped editing on December 20th 2015 after an ANI dispute. User "Zaman.hamad" was created not more than ~ 3 weeks later, on January 10th 2016. Both users solely edit South Asian related articles (mostly Pakistan), use typical "one-liner" edit summaries that usually don't cover the edits that are being made,--, etc, make (alot of) copy-vio's,--- (can post many more of those) as well as other distinctive WP violations (e.g, additions of links that clearly violate WP:RS -> -"Facebook (1)"-"Facebook (2)", as well as, what can obviously be seen, alot of unsourced and copy-paste edits.--.

Some behavioural patterns which further prove the point (I'm not posting more than 10 diffs per point, as its obsolete and overkill basically, but there is much more if needed);

WikiBulova using the distinctive edit summary: "Wikify" -> ---------

Zaman.hamad using the distintive edit summary: "Wikify" -> --------- (etc.)

Zaman.Hamad using the distinctive edit summary "Clarify" -> ---.

Wikibulova using the distinctive edit summary "Clarify" -> ---------.

Let me know if you need more diffs that demonstrate this pretty clear behavioural overlap. Just in case. Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 13:24, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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I've been checking Pakistan-related pages and noticed so many sockpuppets. Many of them behave like the same person. He is censoring information and removing any material that he doesn't like. What all this means is that every suspected Pakistani sockpuppet should be checked with CU to make sure he doesn't have sleeper accounts. This will discourage them from making more socks.--Krzyhorse22 (talk) 11:42, 16 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I've crossed paths with WikiBulova, including his malicious ANI report against me. Here, however, I DO NOT SEE any illegitimate use of either account: Zaman.hamad was created after WikiBulova stopped editing definitely. Multiple accounts ARE allowed on Wikipedia; it is only using them for illegitimate purposes that is not allowed. Consequently, as far as I might sometimes object against the user's editing style, I see no reason for a sanction. . — kashmiri  TALK  17:05, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Using different account to edit same pages is sockpuppetry per definition of WP:ILLEGIT.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:36, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - yes, they are making very similar edits indeed .  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:54, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are ✅, blocked, and tagged. You forgot to sign when you opened this case. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:40, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Same distinctive "trademark" edit summaries ("Wikify" and "Clarify") used on a structural basis, alike the sockmaster and the socks in the archives, often to cover up anything but a "wikify" or something to "clarify". Way too many of these diffs available, just picked a few.
 * Same political stances alike the sockmaster and sock, e.g. preferring the term "South Asia" over the "Indian Subcontinent" because "it is more neutral", or the word "independance" over "partition" referring to the India-Pakistan related matters of 1947.
 * Same source-related WP violations. - LouisAragon (talk) 15:16, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:02, 13 January 2017 (UTC)