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31 July 2013

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User logs out to seek to avoid 3RR blocl Fiddle   Faddle  21:18, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Pretty obvious variable IP for different user sessions. The articles edited are part of a spam campaign to establish the sockmaster's notability. Quacks excessively loudly, but it can't even get the reference to the right movie when it adds stuff to the articles. Fiddle   Faddle  21:27, 31 July 2013 (UTC).

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 * - Per the privacy policy, CheckUsers cannot publicly connect a named account to an IP address. This will have to be dealt with via behavioral evidence alone. Tiptoety  talk 01:52, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, first, to anyone as confused as I was at first, all of the damning edits are in the deleted contributions. That said, I don't think any of that was intentional. There are significant time gaps between Yasir's editing and the IP editing, so it could easily be explained by his moving to a new computer or becoming logged out on his own. Then, combining the area of interest and the complete lack of edit summaries or any talk contributions, I suspect there may be a serious language barrier or other competency issue at hand. Of course, that doesn't excuse the fact that Yasir is clearly here for the sole purpose of promoting his own work. He has recently been giving a final warning, and I will personally indef him if he continues without even trying to communicate. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:07, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

30 September 2013

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This IP's only edit matches with this user's earlier sock edits:,  done recently. S M S  Talk 17:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for ten days. NativeForeigner Talk 17:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

02 October 2013

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Creating same pages as the previous sock did but with different title:


 * Pakistan National Events (Yearwise)
 * Pakistan National Events 2013
 * Pakistan National Events 2014

Similar content articles can be found in 's deleted contributions with title:

-- S M S  Talk 14:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)  S M S   Talk 14:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Pakistan Tehwaar Calendar
 * Pakistan Tehwaar Calendar 2013
 * Pakistan Tehwaar Calendar 2014

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 * Admin action has been taken and Chennai98.express has been blocked by RHaworth as a sock of Yasir72.multan. So this report is now resolved. -- S M S  Talk 11:16, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

03 October 2013

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 * A duck case I guess. As Chennai98.express suggested in this message I received a warning from this newbie. S M S   Talk 17:24, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * 119.160.119.25 tagged the article List of festivals in Pakistan (with an invalid criteria). This master's earlier sock Abcd13.abcd asked for its deletion three times recently. --  S M S   Talk 09:45, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * 119.160.118.139 redirected the article List of festivals in Pakistan as Abcd13.abcd did previously (but to different targets). -- S M S   Talk 09:56, 6 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Wanted2009.film created same articles with different titles as the earlier socks Abcd13.abcd and Chennai98.express did:
 * Pak Events 2014
 * Pak Events 2013


 * 119.160.118.9 from the same range as the other IPs also edited these new articles and List of festivals in Pakistan. -- S M S   Talk 18:54, 6 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Added Qmobilea2 and 119.160.119.161. Qmobilea2 created same articles that his earlier socks did but again with different title. And like an earlier sock 119.160.119.161 also blanked the article 2013 in Pakistan. 119.160.118.1 and 119.160.118.170 are the other IPs that edited the pages created by Qmobilea2. A range block would be lot more productive than these piling on reports. -- S M S   Talk 11:40, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * 119.160.119.242, same range IP deliberately introducing errors in the article 2013 in Pakistan, that his other socks have edited recently. -- S M S   Talk 17:21, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * 119.160.118.139 tagged List of festivals in Pakistan for deletion like previous IP and another sock. -- S M S   Talk 16:23, 13 October 2013 (UTC)


 * - already listed above, just re-reported in a checkuser template
 * - blocked by me with some satisfaction! &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 08:57, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - blocked by me with some satisfaction! &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 08:57, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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User:119.160.118.139 and User:119.160.119.176 have both recently left abusive messages on my talk page and I blocked them both. In the most recent edit, 139 naively tried to impersonate User:Smsarmad.Deb (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I noted additional changes to this page by User:119.160.119.101, so I've now protected the article. Deb (talk) 19:40, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * And blocked User:119.160.119.172 Deb (talk) 15:02, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * And User:119.160.119.85Deb (talk) 15:58, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * I have indefinitely blocked the account for violating the Username policy (impersonating/implying they are an official representative of Wikipedia). I have no opinion on the user's behavior as relating to this case. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 21:05, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

21 October 2013

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Very obvious from the constant recreation of that template. Darkness Shines (talk) 10:15, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * See also, who today posted a garbled rfa for User:Lifebouy on someone else's userpage, and requested protection for the userpage of User:Pakistan-Celebrations-2013. Maralia (talk) 13:19, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Closing, all three reports appear stale and/or resolved. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 18:55, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

24 October 2013

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This user has created User:Yasir72.multan with an article that doesn't belong on a User page. On balance of probabilities this is likely to be yet another sockpuppet. I have chosen not to notify the users concerned on the basis that previous history indicates that this may be less than helpful. Feel free to notify them f you feel it will be helpful.

I am presuming that the prior track record of the alleged sockmaster in this case will auto-justify checkuser deployment. I assume there will be further accounts over time. Fiddle  Faddle  10:03, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * There don't seem to be any sleepers, although it's very, very hard to tell. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

22 October 2013

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User page subject of User:COP.2013 and User:COP.2014 is the same, content is nearly identical. Drm310 (talk) 16:50, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and tagged by another admin. I just put the puppets in the correct case. Bbb23 (talk) 21:50, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

06 November 2013

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Like his previous sock indicate he is a frequent visitor of that page. Also Pakedit edited talk page of another frequently visited article Urdu 1, since it was semi-protected because of socking. Filing in here for the record. S M S  Talk 13:23, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Master and socks blocked indef and target of the two listed IPs semi-protected. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:03, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

10 November 2013

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Duck case. Created same content page again. Requesting CU for sleepers. S M S  Talk 19:02, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Can't we have a rangeblock here? -- S M S   Talk 20:07, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * This is a duck, but as for sleepers, i'm just about out of energy/have to go to do this. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are to :


 * I can't really tell if any other accounts are involved. Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:14, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and socks blocked indef and target of the two listed IPs semi-protected. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:03, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

21 November 2013

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Creating same old pages with same content. -- S M S   Talk 18:03, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sock blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:14, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

23 November 2013

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Duck case. Creating same old pages un userspace. -- S M S   Talk 11:49, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sock blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:14, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

29 November 2013

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Same edit as earlier by an IP sock. S M S  Talk 17:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to harassment/impersonation account User:Smsarmand. Blocked & tagged. NativeForeigner Talk 01:41, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

03 December 2013

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Similar user sub page as the previous socks created. S M S  Talk 19:11, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged per the DUCK test. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:24, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sleeper free. NativeForeigner Talk 23:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

03 December 2013
Judging by the nature of the abuse left on my talk page, I think User:182.186.86.204 is connected in some way. Deb (talk) 13:16, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
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14 December 2013

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Created similar pages (1, 2) to previous socks (1. S M S   Talk 14:23, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sock blocked indef per the duck test. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 05:06, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

22 December 2013

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Besides having similar username, this user always keep tabs on List of Bollywood films of 2013 for updating it or suggesting any updates on talk in case the article is semi protected. So here Yasir Mushtaq first requested the update at talk (similar to Wanted2009.film, 119.160.118.191). And after doing 10 edits edited the page to do the update himself. Every request at talk page for updating the color has been made by socks of this user. Requesting CU for sleepers. S M S  Talk 12:52, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Just for the convenience of the CU/clerks I would like to note here that the user uses two different set of IP ranges but both geolocate to same geographical location. --  S M S   Talk 13:04, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This user is fairly new user account considering he registered on 16 December 2013. The account is only 10 days old yet he holds knowledge about Sock puppet investigation, meaning of Sock puppet and whose sock he is being suspected of, Yasir72.multan and he knows how to post unblock requests. All these are perfectly normal for a blocked user with instructions given in his block message by blocking admin but in this case he requested even before he was blocked! and that too for being a sock of Yasir72.Multan. Now these are pretty dubious signs for a "new-comer". This is a case of WP:DUCK. A CU would be enough for a block. Soham 13:17, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * @DQ Please take a look at global contributions, this user created the same page on simple Wikipedia that most of his socks created here and was presented as evidence in reports against those socks. -- S M S   Talk 12:43, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, we would need assistance from a simple.wikipedia admin or a steward to use that evidence. --Rschen7754 18:57, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * So can we ping User:Bsadowski1 (CU, Steward) or User:Only (admin)? -- S M S   Talk 20:22, 2 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Here are more diffs: Yasir Mushtaq did similar edit to previous socks: 119.160.119.82, Celeb13.PK. -- S M S   Talk 09:59, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * - While this is definitely not a new user, your evidence is not clear on how these accounts are the same. One diff, in which is not directly the same is not enough evidence. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  05:36, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The User Compare Report seems to indicate remarkably well that the users are at least similar in their habits. Fiddle   Faddle  10:03, 29 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Since I saw this account in the course of investigating another case, I can say it is a ✅ match to . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:35, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Rschen7754 16:40, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

05 January 2014

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Kind of obvious. The last sock (Yasir Mushtaq) blocked yesterday, posts a message on his talk page for RHaworth and User:KiwiSpeak a few minuted later posts a talk back on RHaworth talk page pointing to Yasir Mushtaq's message. S M S  Talk 11:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sockpuppet blocked indef per behavior. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:13, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

02 February 2014

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Similar userpage to a previous sock. Edits in the Indian film topic area similar to previous socks. Left a barnstar on my talk page 5 minutes before his IP sock started editing my userspace subpage. Will it be good to run a check for sleepers? -- S M S   Talk 17:33, 2 February 2014 (UTC)  S M S   Talk 17:33, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I've added two IPs which made disruptive edits to this SPI. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:57, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the obvious duck, not sure about a sleeper check. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added two IPs and blocked them both (whack-a-mole), given they used an IP rather than an account I'll believe that there aren't any sleepers this time. I had a look at the range and I didn't see enough abuse to warrant a rangeblock. So closing with that. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:04, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

04 February 2014

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A duck case. Impersonating account of another user (User:Nehapant19), with whom his socks edit war on List of Bollywood films of 2013. Seeing the evidence in the last case this sock created Nehapant19 's userpage similar to his last sock so he/she can be blocked as his sock. S M S  Talk 11:06, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Megabike: Also another duck case. Similar userpage to last blocked sock. Same obsessiveness with user talk archives and POTD. -- S M S   Talk 11:14, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * Noting that I've softblocked 119.160.116.0/22. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Edits to the userpage of both users are pretty convincing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:12, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Both suspected socks are tagged and blocked indef. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:56, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

27 February 2014

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Possibly Yasir72.multan 's sock, because of similar name and impersonation. Copied contents of User talk:Carriearchdale to his own user talk and replaced any instances of Carrie's name with Yasir to show he is not a new user. Also copied User:J.H.McDonnell 's userpage to his own. Similar kind of impersonation has been done before by him (if I remember correctly). The first edit in mainspace by this user was a revert of my edit followed by a message on my talkpage. S M S  Talk 11:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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The suspect has been informed on their talk page of this investigation. — This lousy T-shirt — (talk) 15:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Hey, this time not me! - 182.186.65.72 (talk) 17:31, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Possible sockpuppet is smsarmad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.233.169.164 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The various comments above seem to me to show sundry IP addresses used by this puppetmaster. Comments on this suspected puppet's talk page add quacks to the fire. Fiddle   Faddle  13:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅. T. Canens (talk) 18:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

05 March 2014

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Smsrehmat, a new editor, who after welcoming himself, came straight to another editor's talk page with whom I was having a discussion, something that he has done before at my talk page using his earlier socks. The more suspicious act was his username and sign being similar to mine and on top of that his signature linked to my userpage. Yesterday he started a discussion with 28bytes related to my signature. Today an IP editor (119.160.119.184) from the same IP range as used by Yasir socks, posted a reply to 28bytes related to the same discussion, that was removed by Smsrehmat and added again by him with his own signature this time. -- S M S   Talk 18:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

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Noting that this case was closed by an IP (from another range used by Yasir72.multan) impersonating as an admin. And Smsrehmat was there around the same time as this IP. -- S M S   Talk 18:59, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Requesting CU for sleepers as I can see another account with similar editing pattern. -- S M S   Talk 20:16, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * - per comments above to confirm and check for sleepers. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:59, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:30, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * After a question on my talk page, I'll add as another sock. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:13, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:07, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

20 April 2014

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Same range as used earlier by him. Trolling by reverting my edits done months ago at a number of articles including restoring LanguageXpert 's edits. As an example: My edits: 1, 2; 182.186.5.133 's edit: 1. Listing here as he was given standard offer umpteenth time recently. S M S Talk 04:28, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. The range is way too busy for a range block. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:38, 20 April 2014 (UTC)