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15 June 2024

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Suspected sockpuppets

IP has created Draft:Zard patton ka bunn - Previously articles on same topic were created by socks of master at Zard Patton Ka Bunn, Draft:Zard Patton Ka Band, and Draft:Zard Patton Ka Bunn (drama) Saqib ( talk I contribs) 22:23, 15 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Socks of Nauman335 are known for creating articles on same topics using slightly different titles. Is there any connection with @Knowrz7747 (creator of Draft:UmroAyyar A New Beginning) and/or @SaadTheLegend (creator of Draft:Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning). Earlier today Sunaola a sock of master also edited Draft:Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning..
Fwiw - another sock puppet Taiyabi created Draft:Umro Ayyar- A New Begining.-- Saqib ( talk I contribs) 23:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC) reply

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  • The IP is Nauman335, nobody has ever tried to create or edit any of the multiple pages they've created on that show that hasn't been a sock. Draft deleted and title blacklisted.
  • Both accounts are strongly Red X Unrelated. Closing. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 12:31, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

16 June 2024

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Suspected sockpuppets

This IP today reverted a redirect amd restored a page on a non-notable HUM TV show called Very Filmy that was originally created by socks of @Nauman335. In their edit summary, they claimed, Two editors thought its notable (on talkpage). AFD if disagree. However, according to the tp discussion, one of those two editors, @Mushy Yank, who thought it was notable also suggested redirecting it, so the consensus was actually to redirect the page. IP suggested taking it to AfD, because they know they will cast keep votes using different IPs to rescue the page. Fwiw, the page was draftified by Pppery but was moved to main NS without any review. -- Saqib ( talk I contribs) 00:53, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Ivanvector: The point is if is it safe to revert this edit or not?—  Saqib ( talk I contribs) 00:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply
Sure - so it doesn't falls under G5? —  Saqib ( talk I contribs) 16:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC) reply

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20 June 2024

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Suspected sockpuppets

An article was created @ Draft:Na Baligh Afraad on 6 June - I draftified it because it failed to meet GNG. A few days later, @Mfarazbaig re-created Na Baligh Afraad. I draftified it too and clearly mentioned to submit it for review before moving back to main NS. Today, @Mfarazbaig unilaterally moved it back to the main NS without making any effort to address my concerns, saying that “Anyone who disagrees can take it to the AfD”. The similar type of editing behaviour was recently noted by a blocked IP of master account 39.34.135.244 ( talk · contribs · 39.34.135.244 WHOIS). It's worth noting that Draft:Na Baligh Afraad has been edited by socks of master account. Moreover, @Mfarazbaig has been previously accused of engaging in UPE by several admins and was a suspected sock of multiple sock farms. In-fact he remained blocked from 2017 to 2023. Saqib ( talk I contribs) 17:58, 20 June 2024 (UTC) reply

They also recently created a PROMO article on SadaPay which was previously created multiple times by UPEs. —  Saqib ( talk I contribs) 18:05, 20 June 2024 (UTC) reply

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  • Technically  Possible. Behaviourally they don't quite match this case, other than the recent common draft targets, probable undisclosed paid editing, and persistently moving rejected drafts back to mainspace. They have a device in common with the case history but are not confirmed to any recently active socks. They also have been logging out to edit in ways that violate WP:LOUTSOCK, which isn't great since they were fairly recently relieved by Arbcom of a very long block for sockpuppetry based partly on the same behaviour.
However, they are also  Likely with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oriental Aristocrat, based on info from the wiki, but that case has been stale for a while. Mfarazbaig's initial block comes from a report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Liborbital - the case is noted in their block log but as far as I can interpret that report, they were not Liborbital; that report was more like there were a bunch of accounts obviously socking and there was little value in determining which accounts were which users' socks, so they were blocked without a tag. But buried in that report is a user Nauman147, who was determined to be  Possible to Mfarazbaig.
For some more background: that report led to Mfarazbaig being blocked indefinitely on 16 October 2017. Oriental Aristocrat came along a long time later, 17 June 2022, and was blocked as arbitration enforcement for disruptive India-Pakistan editing on 1 May 2023. OA's last known confirmed sock was blocked on 7 November 2023, and there is data from those checks on cuwiki which I would call "technically indistinguishable" with Mfarazbaig now, if not for the time gap. Also, Mfarazbaig's appeal to Arbcom was accepted on the same day that Pirate of the High Seas (OA's latest sock) was blocked. Mfarazbaig was checked at the time but the appeal went through, so I assume Arbcom didn't see what I think should have been apparent at the time (courtesy ping @ Izno:). Maybe they were using a proxy at the time? They have used proxies in the past.
I feel that Mfarazbaig should be blocked for logged-out socking and probable undisclosed paid editing, and their probable connection to Oriental Aristocrat, but the successful Arbcom appeal is tripping me up here. I'm going to leave this for more opinions. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 17:03, 30 June 2024 (UTC) reply
@ Ivanvector, your email should contain some brief discussion on the appeal we (former me + AC) got. If there is fresh evidence to indicate continued socking, and moreover, continued socking that established a clear link to Oriental, I'd say you're empowered to issue a new block. But you can get a 2O from a current CU or AC about it given the timing of some things. I'd tend toward AC's inbox. Izno ( talk) 20:24, 30 June 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks Izno, I forgot about that conversation. Seems we agreed then, and agree now, that notwithstanding their successful appeal they should be blocked as anyone else would be if they continue socking.
On that note, in addition to the incriminating technical info, Mfarazbaig didn't edit at all after being unblocked until March 2024, just long enough for the former account to expire from the checkuser window, where their very first edit was restoring a merged-by-consensus article 2023 Zaman Park raid, which had also been repeatedly restored by the OA sock Pirate of the High Seas. Pirate used edit summaries like " passes GNG" and " the scope of this article is different"; Mfarazbaig's edit summaries were " satisfies WP:GNG and WP:NEVENT" and " this re-titled article is about the police raid and not the protests". When they hit 3RR there, they created a copy of the article at Zaman Park raid, and then continued edit-warring to keep it separate, noting again " Easily passes GNG and NEVENT". Pirate also had a history of moving drafts to mainspace against AFC advice, such as Khalistan Tiger Force, which is one of Mfarazbaig's behaviours noted by the filer. Add to that Mfarazbaig's recent checkuser-confirmed logged-out edit warring (also over restoring a redirected article) which I can't elaborate on by policy. And for the last thing, the timing of the SPI where Pirate of the High Seas was blocked versus the timing of Mfaragbaiz's Arbcom appeal suggests they may have been trying to get an old account unblocked as they knew their current sock was about to be canned. Mfarazbaig is blocked pending tagging, a status I think I just made up; this finding also makes Mfarazbaig the master of the Oriental Aristocrat case, and I need to think about how to handle that. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 23:06, 30 June 2024 (UTC) reply

27 June 2024

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

Today on 27th June, @Dssep created a redirect ( Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum) with the intention of later creating an article. Shortly after, @Hypothetically007 created the page, and @Dssep subsequently joined to expand it. The article is about some WP:ROTM Pakistani TV series that has not even aired yet, so this editing behaviour suggesting possible coordinated efforts like WP:MEATPUPPET. @Dssep has only 55 edits, while @Hypothetically007, who primarily contributes to Indian-based TV series, suggesting they are likely Indian. However, it raises questions as to why an Indian would create an article about some WP:ROTM Pakistani TV series that has not yet aired so this raise suspicions of potential WP:UPE involvement. And I won't be surprised if they're found to be part of a UPE sock farm. — Saqib ( talk I contribs) 16:39, 27 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Both continue to bypass the AFC review process by unilaterally moving pages on non-notable TV series to the main NS. This behavior resembles what Nauman335 UPE sock farm typically does. — Saqib ( talk I contribs) 08:23, 28 June 2024 (UTC) reply

 Clerk note: Both Dssep and Hypothetically007 accounts are blocked for socking so this SPI can be merged into Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nauman335 per these findings. --— Saqib ( talk I contribs) 07:01, 30 June 2024 (UTC) reply

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11 July 2024

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

I can't say for certain if it's technically proven, but articles on the topic Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning has been created multiple times by different socks, often under different titles to avoid detection. The fact that a two-year-old sleeper account, who is also a SPA ( see this, this, this), created Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning and Draft:UmroAyyar A New Beginning strongly suggests it passes the WP:DUCKTEST — Saqib ( talk I contribs) 16:56, 11 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Honestly, Nauman335 is easy to remember. I keep forgetting that the new master account is StayCalmOnTress, not Nauman335! Nauman is a common first name in Pakistan and I used to have a feeling that the sock master's original name might be Nauman. — Saqib ( talk I contribs) 17:30, 11 July 2024 (UTC) reply

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