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Suspected sockpuppets



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Just saw this page, while checking editing history, I saw above users who seem quite identical. Upon checking at Xtools which can be accessed here, both edit common pages and there is only a 1-day gap between their account creations. So, I request a checkuser to find out if they are breaking wiki rules by creating double accounts. Thank You! NagalimNE (talk) 11:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Don't think they're the same person just based on a quick scan. Might be working in concert, but I'd be shocked if CU was of much value here. I'll let a clerk decide if there's a policy violation, etc. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:12, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Looking at this, I've become pretty convinced that this is the same person, and indeed that this person is also
 * (EIA for all four.) There's an overwhelming overlap at and related pages. That on its own could mean meatpuppetry, off-wiki coördination, etc., but it's the edit summaries that make me think this has to be sockpuppetry:
 * An edit summary of just "typo" appears 12 times, and one of just "Typo" appears one time in ASumaila's last 500; 39 "typo" and 6 "Typo" in Makama1946'; 26 "typo" and 7 "Typo" in Zaibala's; 5 "typo" in Hasiyabala's.
 * For summaries of just "Added category", "Added categories", or "Added a category", ASumaila has 3, Makama has 8, Zaibala has 7, and Hasiyabala has 4.
 * And now, more distinctively: ASumaila: "Added categories and corrected typo error", "typo error" . Makama: "Typo error", "typo error", "Fixed typo errors". Zaibala: "typo error", "Fixed typo error". Hasiyabala: "typo error" , "Typo error".
 * ASumaila "Added a Notable Muallimawa" twice . Makama "Added a Notable" to that article as well. Zaibala "Added references and Notables" and "Added Notables" to another article.
 * All four are active, and ASumaila has received a COI notice while Zaibala and Hasiyabala have received warnings (on the same day, from the same user, about the same articles... albeit over a year ago), so I'm inclined to recommend blocks here. But first, I wanted to check in on whether CU should still be off the table here. Obviously I defer to you, but if you hadn't already declined I would be endorsing this; I definitely would not be shocked if there's more than just these four accounts.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:56, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing per Tony's comments at (permalink). Based on his conclusion that this is likely a class, I will give all four accounts uw-agf-assign.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 06:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * All four are active, and ASumaila has received a COI notice while Zaibala and Hasiyabala have received warnings (on the same day, from the same user, about the same articles... albeit over a year ago), so I'm inclined to recommend blocks here. But first, I wanted to check in on whether CU should still be off the table here. Obviously I defer to you, but if you hadn't already declined I would be endorsing this; I definitely would not be shocked if there's more than just these four accounts.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:56, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing per Tony's comments at (permalink). Based on his conclusion that this is likely a class, I will give all four accounts uw-agf-assign.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 06:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
All accounts here seem to have had a talk page notice from User:Tamzin in Oct 2021 clearly warning them about misuse of multiple accounts but none seem to have followed process. All seem to edit the same articles as each other and are forming a WP:WALLEDGARDEN of 'Sumaila' articles such as Yusuf Abdullahi Sumaila, Abdullahi Ahmed Sumaila, Aliyu Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Ahmed Abdullahi Aliyu Abdurrahim Sumaila. All of these are written almost identically and seem to recycle the same false sources.

There is a small chance that this is meatpuppetry rather than sockpuppetry but, in my experience, these sorts of cases are usually socking. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:02, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Merged previous case here. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 21:11, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  21:18, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * and are ✅ to one another - those I will block. The others are stale.  Girth Summit  (blether)  21:36, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, GS. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 21:56, 4 November 2022 (UTC)