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22 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Asifjanu1 and Imityazrasoool are SPAs that have been editing on Draft:Sheikh Asif. Thamesinfotech was blocked in May 2017 for having a promotional username and promotional edits. However, I have noted the following:

  1. Thamesinfotech has made an unblock request today, and their proposed new username is sheikasif. This is their first unblock request since 2017, and times with the creation of the draft above
  2. Sheik Asif, the subject of the draft, is also clearly connected to the company thamesinfotech per the draft - see [1]
  3. Both Imityarasoool and Asifjanu1 have declared paid editing on behalf of SheikAsif at some stage: User:Asifjanu1, [2]

As a result, I suspect possible block evasion and sockpuppetry, and would like a CU to get to the bottom of this given it involves an unblock request. Pahunkat ( talk) 20:46, 22 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - I'd like to see if this is actually paid editing or just sockpuppetry. GeneralNotability ( talk) 20:54, 22 January 2021 (UTC) reply

All three editors are  Confirmed. Reaper Eternal ( talk) 17:04, 23 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Tagged, closing. I'm not too fussed if the SPI clerk wishes to overwrite my block summaries. MER-C 19:51, 24 January 2021 (UTC) reply

28 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Possible another sock - somehow found their way to Draft talk:Sheikh Asif and has also edited Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar - see also their addition of a person called Imtiyaz Rasool (confirmed sock of the same name is in the archive) here Pahunkat ( talk) 17:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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29 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

User:Imtiyaz Rasool was blocked earlier this month for persistent self-promotion. User:Imtiyzda appeared today and created a sandbox containing several images captioned "Imtiyaz Rasool" [3], one of which is identical to an image I can see from the history of the master's talk page [4]. Based on a quick search of SPI archives, it seems that both of these may be connected to User:Thamesinfotech as one of their socks has a very similar username (Imtiyazrasoool) but I can't find any evidence beyond the name linking them at the moment. Requesting CU to confirm the link between Imtiyaz Rasool and Imtiyzda. Igarnish ( talk) 09:47, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Ah, well no link to Thamesinfotech other than that Imtiyaz Rasool mentions working for Thames Infotech in the same diff mentioned above [5]. Unfortunately that's all I can find—either Imtiyaz Rasool barely edited or the edits are all deleted and I can't see them, so I'm not sure if there's enough evidence for a connection to the Thamesinfotech case. Igarnish ( talk) 10:03, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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This is likely linked to Thamesinfotech - this diff shows a confirmed sock adding Imtiyaz Rasool to the notable alumni section of this school. Pahunkat ( talk) 10:44, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Courtesy pinging Igarnish. Pahunkat ( talk) 10:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Oshwah, is this connected to Thamesinfotech or are they separate accounts? Pahunkat ( talk) 19:07, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Pahunkat - I'd say that it's likely, yes. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 19:55, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Confirmed.
Also found and  Confirmed:
Imtiyazrasoool ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging sock accounts. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:47, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

07 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Recreating Draft:Sheikh Asif again. Could a CU or clerk also check if Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Imtiyaz Rasool needs merging? Pahunkat ( talk) 16:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Duck, blocked, tagged. The case archives for both Imtiyaz Rasool and Thamesinfotech confirm Imtiyazrasool to the sock groups, so I'll go ahead and merge the cases and retag the socks. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 03:01, 8 February 2021 (UTC) reply

23 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


  • Sheikhasif2020 per [6]
  • Azharmushtaq73 per deleted page creation
  • Jammywor per removal of speedy tag on same page

I know not all of these accounts have been recently active, just adding for completeness of documentation towards future behavioral investigations.

Also note substantially identical user pages created within a week of one another [7] [8]. ☆ Bri ( talk) 21:31, 23 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. It may be worth considering d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata, where two of the suspected socks are mentioned. Lymantria ( talk) 17:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply

Thanks for that Lymantria, looks like cross-wiki socks! I'll get a list of the ones we don't have below. Pahunkat ( talk) 17:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Also found on commons:
Lymantria I would also note that they may have hired professional UPE writers at one point or are a UPE company themselves, see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali. Pahunkat ( talk) 17:32, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Thanks! I corrected Antibot -> Anitibot. It is to be noted that Fresbhbot, Terekarke and Anitibot are considered a seperate case at wikidata. Lymantria ( talk) 18:23, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Most of these haven't edited enwiki but enough have that x-wiki vandalism is on the cards. Filed a global lock request on the basis of d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata. Cabayi ( talk) 18:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Locks handed out for all except Fresbhbot, Terekarke, & Anitibot who weren't on the same Commons CU and haven't edited enwiki. So far as this wiki is concerned, we're done. Closing, Cabayi ( talk) 18:17, 9 March 2021 (UTC) reply

03 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

To start, I'm unsure if this is Thamesinfotech, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali or an unrelated UPE, thus the CU request (perhaps a check comparing this to both SPI cases may be helpful). In any case, the user has recreated Draft:Sheikh Asif‎, a previous target of Thamesinfotech socks. Additionally, the user has gone to the talk pages of random users asking for help ( [9]), like some of the previous socks in the archive ( [10], [11], etc). Requests on COI/Paid have turned up various responses, such as reading about him in an interview and then suddenly wanting to create an account to make his article (user talk), to somehow reading about him on a wikimedia-uploaded PDF (help desk) - Thamesinfotech had a COI of some sort with Sheikh Asif as well. Their responses also demonstrate a good knowledge of how things work here (despite being a new user), as they are able to talk about orphan, stub and paid tags (help desk thread and talk page response). Pahunkat ( talk) 09:11, 3 August 2021 (UTC) reply

Comment: After the latest CU check I think that some/all of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali is likely the same person, and that it should be merged with the Thamesinfotech SPI.
  • Sheiikh aasif ( talk · contribs) and Asifjanu1 ( talk · contribs) are clearly Thamesinfotech socks, but JohnMendal ( talk · contribs) is a classic Sardar Nadir Ali sock based on the previous revision of their userpage ( [12] vs [13]), all three accounts mentioned are confirmed
  • PanunKoshurBoi ( talk · contribs) is a sock of Sardar Nadir Ali, but is blocked as Hiefata on wikidata - the Hiefata group on wikidata is the same as Thamesinfotech on enwiki, see archives.
  • Both cases have a shared interest in Sheikh Asif
  • Both cases are active x-wiki
There seems to be a jumble of SPI cases (see Blablubbs's comment on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r, diff) in this area, and Mz7's comment on the 14 Feb Sardar Nadir Ali case indicated that it is possible there may be more than one person involved in that case. Relisting this case for a CU with time on their hands to check the two cases may therefore be helpful. Pahunkat ( talk) 15:11, 4 August 2021 (UTC) reply

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09 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

SunanthaSingh is confirmed on wikidata and has edits here, per d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata. This was missed in the last check, so CU requested to look for other accounts. Once again adding that I think Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali is the same person, for the same reasons as in the archive - overlap in socks (some of Sardar Nadir Ali being confirmed to Hiefata on wikidata (Hiefata = Thamesinfotech), last check confirmed some accounts that behaviourally look like Sardar Nadir Ali to Thamesinfotech), both are x-wiki cases and shared interests. Pahunkat ( talk) 12:36, 9 August 2021 (UTC) reply

I've added HamzhaSaleem ( talk · contribs) as a Thamesinfotech/Sardar Nadir Ali sock:
  • SunanthaSingh's only edit is to Irfan Amin Malik, an article recently created by HamzhaSaleem
  • In my opinion, HamzhaSaleem has a distinctive Sardar Nadir Ali type userpage. I'll send details to anyone interested by email, but it should be obvious looking through the Sardar Nadir Ali SPI.
  • Gaming EC/bulking up edit count with many, pointless edits to their userpage.
  • Account has edits to the less-known rmywiki, as does JohnMendal ( talk · contribs) (part of x-wiki)
  • Upload of commons:File:Thames Infotech.png (Thamesinfotech focus), as well as commons:File:Padmaawardnomination.aspx.pdf (more on Sheikh Asif, this time their CV).
Pahunkat ( talk) 13:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - per WD CU results for SunanthaSingh, and per filing for HamzhaSaleem. Please also compare to the CU log for Sardar Nadir Ali. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 17:21, 10 August 2021 (UTC) reply
  • I would say SunanthaSingh is  Likely based on enwiki data, and HamzhaSaleem is  Confirmed.  Blocked and tagged. As far as other accounts go, they're a little hard to find. The only one that came up that looked mildly suspicious was ShradhaMandal ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki), who is  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely), but I don't think there's enough behavioral evidence to block at this time. Regarding Sardar Nadir Ali, the best I can do is  Possible: both Thamesinfotech and Sardar Nadir Ali edit from a range of different devices, but at one point they did edit with the same kind of device; however, they have different Internet service providers. Mz7 ( talk) 07:58, 17 August 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Based on the aforementioned CU results, I'm not currently willing to merge the cases. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 22:26, 18 August 2021 (UTC) reply

08 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Incredibly odd interactions between the two. I suspect the suspected sock was created to avoid scrutiny on the autobiographical draft, Draft:Ashfaque Nabi. The suspected sockpuppeteer initially created and submitted this draft, but eventually stopped where it was picked up by the suspected sock.

There's also this page creation in mainspace by the suspected sockpuppeteer which was then marked for G11, but the speedy-deletion template was then removed by the suspected sock here. The interaction timeline shows all of this fairly clearly, plus one other pair of edits as well. Perryprog ( talk) 22:11, 8 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Wasn't originally aware of the SPI case, but this seems plausibly related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thamesinfotech. Haven't looked into it too far, but the focus on Draft:Sheikh Asif once again makes it very likely. (Ack, GN moved it moments before I finished writing this comment.) Perryprog ( talk) 01:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Merged to Thamesinfotech based on the interest in...well...Thames Infotech. Note that I am not 100% confident in this assessment - at least one other sockfarm ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sardar_Nadir_Ali) has also shown interest in Thames Infotech, and the behavior of these accounts gives me strong UPE vibes. Regardless, this appears to be either abuse of multiple accounts or tag-teaming and the Thames Infotech reference is a strong connection to two globally locked sock groups.  Blocked and tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 01:35, 9 September 2021 (UTC) reply

02 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Editing Draft:Thames Infotech and submitting it for review. I think CU might be needed to determine if this is a separate UPE, or they can just be blocked as a suspected/UPE is clerks don't think it is necessary. Pahunkat ( talk) 08:22, 2 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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I've blocked TheMusicMan89 without tags. I am uncertain whether the account is a sock of Thamesinfotech or Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali. There are non-stale accounts in both cases, so I've requested a CU to sort this out.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 20:05, 3 October 2021 (UTC) reply

  • @ Bbb23: Yes sorry Bbb23, I didn't word that incredibly well - both accounts are inconclusive ~ TNT (she/her • talk) 23:34, 13 October 2021 (UTC) reply

26 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Creation of Draft:Irfan Amin Malik, previously created by confirmed sock HamzhaSaleem. On Wikidata, they are the author of Sheikh Asif (Q109987797), however the technical data on wikidata is stale. CU to confirm and look for others if confirmed. Pahunkat ( talk) 14:56, 26 December 2021 (UTC) reply

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02 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

See below. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:31, 2 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  • CU has everyone in this group  Confirmed to one another. Some CU data (and the lock on bilalahmed) strongly suggests that this is Thamesinfotech, geolocation agrees with some Thamesinfotech log data. enough for me to call these CU-confirmed. There is some weird AfD/deletion behavior going on here too that I haven't dug into too much.  Blocked and tagged all, but leaving open since I'm still running down a few checks. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:33, 2 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Oops, forgot to close. No more accounts immediately visible. GeneralNotability ( talk) 23:23, 4 July 2022 (UTC) reply
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Thamesinfotech

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22 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Asifjanu1 and Imityazrasoool are SPAs that have been editing on Draft:Sheikh Asif. Thamesinfotech was blocked in May 2017 for having a promotional username and promotional edits. However, I have noted the following:

  1. Thamesinfotech has made an unblock request today, and their proposed new username is sheikasif. This is their first unblock request since 2017, and times with the creation of the draft above
  2. Sheik Asif, the subject of the draft, is also clearly connected to the company thamesinfotech per the draft - see [1]
  3. Both Imityarasoool and Asifjanu1 have declared paid editing on behalf of SheikAsif at some stage: User:Asifjanu1, [2]

As a result, I suspect possible block evasion and sockpuppetry, and would like a CU to get to the bottom of this given it involves an unblock request. Pahunkat ( talk) 20:46, 22 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - I'd like to see if this is actually paid editing or just sockpuppetry. GeneralNotability ( talk) 20:54, 22 January 2021 (UTC) reply

All three editors are  Confirmed. Reaper Eternal ( talk) 17:04, 23 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Tagged, closing. I'm not too fussed if the SPI clerk wishes to overwrite my block summaries. MER-C 19:51, 24 January 2021 (UTC) reply

28 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Possible another sock - somehow found their way to Draft talk:Sheikh Asif and has also edited Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar - see also their addition of a person called Imtiyaz Rasool (confirmed sock of the same name is in the archive) here Pahunkat ( talk) 17:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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29 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

User:Imtiyaz Rasool was blocked earlier this month for persistent self-promotion. User:Imtiyzda appeared today and created a sandbox containing several images captioned "Imtiyaz Rasool" [3], one of which is identical to an image I can see from the history of the master's talk page [4]. Based on a quick search of SPI archives, it seems that both of these may be connected to User:Thamesinfotech as one of their socks has a very similar username (Imtiyazrasoool) but I can't find any evidence beyond the name linking them at the moment. Requesting CU to confirm the link between Imtiyaz Rasool and Imtiyzda. Igarnish ( talk) 09:47, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Ah, well no link to Thamesinfotech other than that Imtiyaz Rasool mentions working for Thames Infotech in the same diff mentioned above [5]. Unfortunately that's all I can find—either Imtiyaz Rasool barely edited or the edits are all deleted and I can't see them, so I'm not sure if there's enough evidence for a connection to the Thamesinfotech case. Igarnish ( talk) 10:03, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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This is likely linked to Thamesinfotech - this diff shows a confirmed sock adding Imtiyaz Rasool to the notable alumni section of this school. Pahunkat ( talk) 10:44, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Courtesy pinging Igarnish. Pahunkat ( talk) 10:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Oshwah, is this connected to Thamesinfotech or are they separate accounts? Pahunkat ( talk) 19:07, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Pahunkat - I'd say that it's likely, yes. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 19:55, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Confirmed.
Also found and  Confirmed:
Imtiyazrasoool ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging sock accounts. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:47, 29 January 2021 (UTC) reply

07 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Recreating Draft:Sheikh Asif again. Could a CU or clerk also check if Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Imtiyaz Rasool needs merging? Pahunkat ( talk) 16:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Duck, blocked, tagged. The case archives for both Imtiyaz Rasool and Thamesinfotech confirm Imtiyazrasool to the sock groups, so I'll go ahead and merge the cases and retag the socks. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 03:01, 8 February 2021 (UTC) reply

23 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


  • Sheikhasif2020 per [6]
  • Azharmushtaq73 per deleted page creation
  • Jammywor per removal of speedy tag on same page

I know not all of these accounts have been recently active, just adding for completeness of documentation towards future behavioral investigations.

Also note substantially identical user pages created within a week of one another [7] [8]. ☆ Bri ( talk) 21:31, 23 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. It may be worth considering d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata, where two of the suspected socks are mentioned. Lymantria ( talk) 17:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply

Thanks for that Lymantria, looks like cross-wiki socks! I'll get a list of the ones we don't have below. Pahunkat ( talk) 17:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Also found on commons:
Lymantria I would also note that they may have hired professional UPE writers at one point or are a UPE company themselves, see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali. Pahunkat ( talk) 17:32, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Thanks! I corrected Antibot -> Anitibot. It is to be noted that Fresbhbot, Terekarke and Anitibot are considered a seperate case at wikidata. Lymantria ( talk) 18:23, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Most of these haven't edited enwiki but enough have that x-wiki vandalism is on the cards. Filed a global lock request on the basis of d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata. Cabayi ( talk) 18:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Locks handed out for all except Fresbhbot, Terekarke, & Anitibot who weren't on the same Commons CU and haven't edited enwiki. So far as this wiki is concerned, we're done. Closing, Cabayi ( talk) 18:17, 9 March 2021 (UTC) reply

03 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

To start, I'm unsure if this is Thamesinfotech, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali or an unrelated UPE, thus the CU request (perhaps a check comparing this to both SPI cases may be helpful). In any case, the user has recreated Draft:Sheikh Asif‎, a previous target of Thamesinfotech socks. Additionally, the user has gone to the talk pages of random users asking for help ( [9]), like some of the previous socks in the archive ( [10], [11], etc). Requests on COI/Paid have turned up various responses, such as reading about him in an interview and then suddenly wanting to create an account to make his article (user talk), to somehow reading about him on a wikimedia-uploaded PDF (help desk) - Thamesinfotech had a COI of some sort with Sheikh Asif as well. Their responses also demonstrate a good knowledge of how things work here (despite being a new user), as they are able to talk about orphan, stub and paid tags (help desk thread and talk page response). Pahunkat ( talk) 09:11, 3 August 2021 (UTC) reply

Comment: After the latest CU check I think that some/all of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali is likely the same person, and that it should be merged with the Thamesinfotech SPI.
  • Sheiikh aasif ( talk · contribs) and Asifjanu1 ( talk · contribs) are clearly Thamesinfotech socks, but JohnMendal ( talk · contribs) is a classic Sardar Nadir Ali sock based on the previous revision of their userpage ( [12] vs [13]), all three accounts mentioned are confirmed
  • PanunKoshurBoi ( talk · contribs) is a sock of Sardar Nadir Ali, but is blocked as Hiefata on wikidata - the Hiefata group on wikidata is the same as Thamesinfotech on enwiki, see archives.
  • Both cases have a shared interest in Sheikh Asif
  • Both cases are active x-wiki
There seems to be a jumble of SPI cases (see Blablubbs's comment on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r, diff) in this area, and Mz7's comment on the 14 Feb Sardar Nadir Ali case indicated that it is possible there may be more than one person involved in that case. Relisting this case for a CU with time on their hands to check the two cases may therefore be helpful. Pahunkat ( talk) 15:11, 4 August 2021 (UTC) reply

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09 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

SunanthaSingh is confirmed on wikidata and has edits here, per d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hiefata. This was missed in the last check, so CU requested to look for other accounts. Once again adding that I think Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali is the same person, for the same reasons as in the archive - overlap in socks (some of Sardar Nadir Ali being confirmed to Hiefata on wikidata (Hiefata = Thamesinfotech), last check confirmed some accounts that behaviourally look like Sardar Nadir Ali to Thamesinfotech), both are x-wiki cases and shared interests. Pahunkat ( talk) 12:36, 9 August 2021 (UTC) reply

I've added HamzhaSaleem ( talk · contribs) as a Thamesinfotech/Sardar Nadir Ali sock:
  • SunanthaSingh's only edit is to Irfan Amin Malik, an article recently created by HamzhaSaleem
  • In my opinion, HamzhaSaleem has a distinctive Sardar Nadir Ali type userpage. I'll send details to anyone interested by email, but it should be obvious looking through the Sardar Nadir Ali SPI.
  • Gaming EC/bulking up edit count with many, pointless edits to their userpage.
  • Account has edits to the less-known rmywiki, as does JohnMendal ( talk · contribs) (part of x-wiki)
  • Upload of commons:File:Thames Infotech.png (Thamesinfotech focus), as well as commons:File:Padmaawardnomination.aspx.pdf (more on Sheikh Asif, this time their CV).
Pahunkat ( talk) 13:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - per WD CU results for SunanthaSingh, and per filing for HamzhaSaleem. Please also compare to the CU log for Sardar Nadir Ali. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 17:21, 10 August 2021 (UTC) reply
  • I would say SunanthaSingh is  Likely based on enwiki data, and HamzhaSaleem is  Confirmed.  Blocked and tagged. As far as other accounts go, they're a little hard to find. The only one that came up that looked mildly suspicious was ShradhaMandal ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki), who is  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely), but I don't think there's enough behavioral evidence to block at this time. Regarding Sardar Nadir Ali, the best I can do is  Possible: both Thamesinfotech and Sardar Nadir Ali edit from a range of different devices, but at one point they did edit with the same kind of device; however, they have different Internet service providers. Mz7 ( talk) 07:58, 17 August 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Based on the aforementioned CU results, I'm not currently willing to merge the cases. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 22:26, 18 August 2021 (UTC) reply

08 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Incredibly odd interactions between the two. I suspect the suspected sock was created to avoid scrutiny on the autobiographical draft, Draft:Ashfaque Nabi. The suspected sockpuppeteer initially created and submitted this draft, but eventually stopped where it was picked up by the suspected sock.

There's also this page creation in mainspace by the suspected sockpuppeteer which was then marked for G11, but the speedy-deletion template was then removed by the suspected sock here. The interaction timeline shows all of this fairly clearly, plus one other pair of edits as well. Perryprog ( talk) 22:11, 8 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Wasn't originally aware of the SPI case, but this seems plausibly related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thamesinfotech. Haven't looked into it too far, but the focus on Draft:Sheikh Asif once again makes it very likely. (Ack, GN moved it moments before I finished writing this comment.) Perryprog ( talk) 01:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Merged to Thamesinfotech based on the interest in...well...Thames Infotech. Note that I am not 100% confident in this assessment - at least one other sockfarm ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sardar_Nadir_Ali) has also shown interest in Thames Infotech, and the behavior of these accounts gives me strong UPE vibes. Regardless, this appears to be either abuse of multiple accounts or tag-teaming and the Thames Infotech reference is a strong connection to two globally locked sock groups.  Blocked and tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. Closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 01:35, 9 September 2021 (UTC) reply

02 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Editing Draft:Thames Infotech and submitting it for review. I think CU might be needed to determine if this is a separate UPE, or they can just be blocked as a suspected/UPE is clerks don't think it is necessary. Pahunkat ( talk) 08:22, 2 October 2021 (UTC) reply

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I've blocked TheMusicMan89 without tags. I am uncertain whether the account is a sock of Thamesinfotech or Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sardar Nadir Ali. There are non-stale accounts in both cases, so I've requested a CU to sort this out.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 20:05, 3 October 2021 (UTC) reply

  • @ Bbb23: Yes sorry Bbb23, I didn't word that incredibly well - both accounts are inconclusive ~ TNT (she/her • talk) 23:34, 13 October 2021 (UTC) reply

26 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Creation of Draft:Irfan Amin Malik, previously created by confirmed sock HamzhaSaleem. On Wikidata, they are the author of Sheikh Asif (Q109987797), however the technical data on wikidata is stale. CU to confirm and look for others if confirmed. Pahunkat ( talk) 14:56, 26 December 2021 (UTC) reply

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02 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

See below. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:31, 2 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  • CU has everyone in this group  Confirmed to one another. Some CU data (and the lock on bilalahmed) strongly suggests that this is Thamesinfotech, geolocation agrees with some Thamesinfotech log data. enough for me to call these CU-confirmed. There is some weird AfD/deletion behavior going on here too that I haven't dug into too much.  Blocked and tagged all, but leaving open since I'm still running down a few checks. GeneralNotability ( talk) 15:33, 2 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Oops, forgot to close. No more accounts immediately visible. GeneralNotability ( talk) 23:23, 4 July 2022 (UTC) reply
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