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Walamba.kana

Walamba.kana (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

22 February 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

• Lamart23 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)
• Tazik6 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Dailzak (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Bachaisakao (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

• Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

All making the same edits to Sur (Pashtun tribe): L, T, T, D. Duck. eviolite (talk) 23:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Added Bachaisakao, who was created within 15 minutes of Lamart and Tazik and has only edited pages within minutes of the others - not sure what's going on, maybe meatpuppetry, but it's suspicious. eviolite (talk) 23:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  Looks like a duck to me. Making exactly the same edits, although this could be meatpuppetry given the subject area. CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please compare the accounts. --Jack Frost (talk) 00:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
•  In progress - there's an older master behind this, trying to work back to it. Girth Summit _(blether) 09:22, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
• OK, the suspected accounts are all confirmed to one another, plus:
  • Ghilji.Khan (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • आग (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Walamba.kana (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Walamba.kana is the oldest account, so I'm going to move the case to that title. I will block and tag all of these; didn't see any more. Girth Summit _(blether) 09:34, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

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03 October 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

• Zawk.safi (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)

• Abssen safi (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

Sock created to assist sock-master in causing disruption at main article on Safi (tribe). Sutyarashi (talk) 10:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• So, when I ran a check on Zawk.safi, I saw that they are using an IP that has been used by the following cluster of socks, which are all  Confirmed to one another:
  • Turman's (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Rushedk (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Lashmek (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Bachaisakao (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (already blocked as a sock of Walamba.kana.
• There's a bit of a time gap between the cluster and Zawk.safi's use of the IP, so it could be a different person, but they they have a shared interest in Pashtun tribes, and the username similarity. Abssen safi is on different IPs, but there are various reasons (technical and behavioural) to think it's the same person. Blocking all. Girth Summit _(blether) 14:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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08 October 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

• Shinwari93 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Turan.zwak (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Lamer safi (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Dwlat suri (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

Brand-new socks registered after previous socks User:Zawk.safi and User:Abssen safi were blocked. Same editing pattern at main article on Safi (tribe). Sutyarashi (talk) 11:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Not sure if a separate SPI should be created for this, but I have found another sock and added them to the list. Brand new account [1], their first action was to revert [2] the same info as the socks of Walamba.kana [3] [4]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 18:42, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• CheckUser requested Any sleepers? - UtherSRG (talk) 18:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
• I've blocked and tagged Dwlat suri after having reviewed the report at WP:AN3 against them and the diffs provided here by the filer. Leaving the others for now, as well as the CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 21:32, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
•  In progress - Girth Summit _(blether) 11:19, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
• Dwlat suri, Lamer safi and Turan.zwak are  Confirmed to several confirmed socks of this case. Blocking and tagging those.
• Shinwari93 looks different. They are  Confirmed to Noorullahmapping (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), but I can't connect them to any other accounts, and on the face of it they are  Unrelated to the other accounts reported here. I'll leave it to someone else to evaluate the behaviour and determine what action (if any) is appropriate based on their use of multiple accounts; I note that there is no temporal overlap between the two accounts. Girth Summit _(blether) 11:28, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

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