Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#24 June 2024

{{sock list|1=Agent05032|tools_link=yes}}

Compare [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1127572645 this] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistanis&diff=prev&oldid=1127571571 this]. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} + {{checkuser|1=Agent0503}} Salvio 21:58, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
• {{awaitingadmin}} - Given the CU result above, please, block the three accounts as confirmed. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 19:21, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
• {{Action and close}}. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 20:56, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=IdkAboutYou8|tools_link=yes}}

Username with naming variations, editing same interest of pages. User: IdkAboutYouToo M.Ashraf333 (talk) 18:28, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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• Blocked and tagged, leaving CU request for a clerk or CheckUser to evaluate. Bbb23 (talk) 18:32, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
• No others seen, closing. firefly ( t · c ) 18:40, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=IAmAnEditor8|tools_link=yes}}

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syed_Ahmad_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=1135933261 This edit] caught my attention where the user was seen restoring the exact same content as the master did [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syed_Ahmad_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=1114453668 a while ago].

The editing styles and POVPUSH are way too similar, see for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Iqbal&diff=prev&oldid=1135929038 this sock edit] where the user adds "Now," to the infobox with exactly the same capitalization as the master had done multiple done, e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emibai_Jinnah&diff=prev&oldid=1120706176 here].

Asking for checkuser to further confirm this and look for other socks. Gotitbro (talk) 12:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

:Here is an edit by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah&diff=prev&oldid=1127183799 previous sock], repeated in toto by our [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah&diff=prev&oldid=1136669923 latest sock]. Gotitbro (talk) 13:37, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

:Quite a similar username to the last blocked sock as well: IdkAboutYou8. Gotitbro (talk) 14:27, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

::Asking for a CU of {{u|IdkAboutYou}}, quite clearly part of the same sock-network, who hasn't been linked here as such. Gotitbro (talk) 14:30, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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• Blocked and tagged. The filer requested a CU because they say that IdkAboutYou has not been "linked here as such". That account was confirmed and tagged on January 11. The fact that it's not in the archive is immaterial. I'm therefore closing the report, although a clerk may choose to endorse a CU rather than archiving. Bbb23 (talk) 15:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
• I did a bit of poking around, didn't see any other active accounts, but these are {{confirmed}}. Archiving. Girth Summit _(blether) 20:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=IAmAnEditor08|tools_link=yes}}

Similar user name to previous sock {{u|IAmAnEditor8}}, account created a few days after that one got blocked, largely the same editing: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=1140957034&oldid=1140553705] ~ [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1124373737], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sindhi_language&curid=327614&diff=1140958746&oldid=1139745741] ~ [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sindhi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1124374202], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indo-Aryan_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1140328368] ~ [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indo-Aryan_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1127377239] – Uanfala (talk) 19:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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• Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:59, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=IAmAnEditor008|tools_link=yes}}

The user is up again with multiple name variations (IdkAboutYou8, IAmAnEditor8, IAmAnEditor08) as already mentioned in the achieve list. M.Ashraf333 (talk) 06:12, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}}, {{btc}} --Blablubbs (talk) 08:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=TheTimesofPakania|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user TheTimesofPakania making similar edits to that of PakistanHistorian's socks, attempting to portray the Saraiki language as "Punjabic" [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1148977085&diffmode=source] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1136089407&diffmode=source] HistoryofIran (talk) 11:54, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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• {{highly likely}}. {{nosleepers}} -- RoySmith (talk) 21:12, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Historianist01|tools_link=yes}}

Same Pakistani POVPUSH as the master and previous socks; e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imtiaz_Ali_Taj&diff=prev&oldid=1116805186 sock 1], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imtiaz_Ali_Taj&diff=prev&oldid=1149627316 current sock 1]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mir_Taqi_Mir&diff=prev&oldid=1137218327 s2], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mir_Taqi_Mir&diff=prev&oldid=1149631927 cs 2], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nastaliq&diff=prev&oldid=1144021441 s3], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nastaliq&diff=prev&oldid=1149931297 cs3].

{{Duck}}. Asking for CU to further confirm this and look for other socks. Gotitbro (talk) 13:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} {{nosleepers}} -- RoySmith (talk) 14:00, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=AuthorizedEditor101|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user who made more or less the same edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1154433731] as one of PakistanHistorians socks [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1150669859] HistoryofIran (talk) 13:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

EDIT: Actually, found a even more similar diff [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochistan,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1149538604] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochistan,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1154432786]. This is obviously a sock, could a checkuser be done just to be safe considering it's a notorious sock we're dealing with?

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• AuthorizedEditor101 is {{confirmed}}. I also see {{socklist|Drahmad5931}} who is {{tallyho}} and appears to be editing on related topics, but I'd appreciate if somebody more familiar with this case confirm the behavior. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
• I'm not convinced about Drahmad5931. They predate the master by several years and it's not surprising that two editors who are presumably in Pakistan would edit topics related to Pakistan. Closing. Spicy (talk) 14:09, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=HistoryofSouthAsia|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user, who at Saraiki language, made a very similar edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1155041143] to that of PakistanHistorian's sock [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1148979265], trying to make it appear "Punjabic" HistoryofIran (talk) 11:19, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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• {{Tallyho}} Courcelles (talk) 17:31, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
• {{btc}} Might throw some WP:GS/CASTE protections around. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 00:03, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|PeoplesRepublicOfChina01|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new users name is the random "PeoplesRepublicOfChina01", but they only edit in India/Pakistan related articles.

At Qazi Muhammad Isa, they more or less restored [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1156157871] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1159194318] the edit of one of the socks of PakistanHistorian [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1155159026] HistoryofIran (talk) 11:47, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} {{nosleepers}} -- RoySmith (talk) 16:14, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=BingChillingChina|2= UnionOfEditors |tools_link=yes}}

Same editing area Punjab/Pakistan, similar name as the last ID "PeoplesRepublicOfChina01". Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:06, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

:Editor interaction [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=PakistanHistorian&users=BingChillingChina]. Would like to ping {{ping|HistoryofIran}} for inputs, who's more familiar with the sockfarm. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:09, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

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::Thanks for the ping, I even reverted this user earlier but didn't realize it. Both users are keen on adding Balochi as a provincial/minority language, see the extremely similar edit summaries and BingChillings restoration of PakistanHistorian's sock, by adding Balochi in the minority section of the infobox once more [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1161833349] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balochi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1154433731]. They also more or less restored the edit of PakistanHistorian's sock here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Majhi_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1159671773] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Majhi_dialect&diff=next&oldid=1159671773]. Same here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1159671756] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1160632740]. The EIU of me and BingChillingChina probably has more proof, as they've more or less reverted me in their attempt to restore the edits of PakistanHistorian [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=HistoryofIran&users=BingChillingChina]. Could a checkuser be done just be safe? They may have other socks lying around. --HistoryofIran (talk) 10:43, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

• {{Confirmed}} Including UnionOfEditors that I added. Courcelles (talk) 00:49, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
• :Blocked, tagged. Master is well over 3X, so tagged as banned. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 00:51, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=UnitedEditorsOfWiki|tools_link=yes}}

Restoring and burnishing disruptive edits of past socks and master:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulleh_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1162638701 Sock1], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulleh_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1143734291 Master1], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Asad&diff=prev&oldid=1162640831 S2], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Asad&diff=prev&oldid=1126283195 M2], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shahmukhi&diff=prev&oldid=1162852663 S3], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shahmukhi&diff=prev&oldid=1145839728 M3], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meher_Ali_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1163036790 S4], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meher_Ali_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1146712470 M4], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1164026207 S5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1143219731 M5].

While {{Duck}}, asking for CU to check for other sleepers. Gotitbro (talk) 19:38, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}}, {{btc}} Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:07, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=NorthEdits|tools_link=yes}}

Very identical edits:

1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1159671609 PeoplesRepublicOfChina01 (PakistanHistorian's sock)] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1169099501 NorthEdits]
2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1159604156 PeoplesRepublicOfChina01 (PakistanHistorian's sock)] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1168421823 NorthEdits] HistoryofIran (talk) 01:42, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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:Likely a sock. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

• {{confirmed}}. Blocked, tagged, closed. Courcelles (talk) 15:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=MiddleEastToday|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user, more or less restored PakistanHistorians edits:

1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=prev&oldid=1169099501] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qazi_Muhammad_Isa&diff=next&oldid=1169099501]
2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&diff=prev&oldid=1169715639] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&diff=next&oldid=1169715639] --HistoryofIran (talk) 12:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

====Comments by other users====

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• {{confirmed}} Courcelles (talk) 12:56, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
• :Blocked, tagged, reverted, closing. Courcelles (talk) 12:56, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=EnchantedEdits|tools_link=yes}}

Last sock was blocked on 16 August [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#16_August_2023], EnchantedEdits created their account the day after. Incredibly similar edits, some the exact same:

1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1170647349 MiddleEastToday] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1170819775 EnchantedEdits]
2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1170373001 MiddleEastToday] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1173278523 EnchantedEdits]
3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1170506682 MiddleEastToday] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1173936744 EnchantedEdits] HistoryofIran (talk) 12:22, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} RoySmith (talk) 14:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=FederalEditorial|tools_link=yes}}

FederalEditorial literally appeared right after PakistanHistorians sock EnchantedEdits got blocked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#05_September_2023] and continued where they left in the same type of articles [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_alphabet&action=history]

Compare also [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1159603773] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1174735510] HistoryofIran (talk) 12:48, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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• {{Endorse}}. MarioGom (talk) 22:28, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

{{confirmed}} {{np|FederalEditorial}}, no sleepers at this time. --Yamla (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:@Yamla I also looked at this but didn't take any action. Just want to make sure you saw the comments I left in cuwiki about some other possible socks. RoySmith (talk) 15:17, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

::Noted. I expect at least some of those will turn out to be socks, but I think it's too soon to say definitively. Thanks for your notes. --Yamla (talk) 15:46, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

• Closing. MarioGom (talk) 17:02, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=CentralExecutiveEdits|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user restored [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1175467653] the edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1174735607] of one of PakistanHistorians socks HistoryofIran (talk) 12:32, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

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{{confirmed}}, no sleepers at this time. I haven't done the block and revert, leaving that to patrolling admins due to current Internet limitations. :) --Yamla (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

• {{awaitingadmin}} - please, block as confirmed, thank you. MarioGom (talk) 21:34, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
• {{btc}} Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Knowledgepedian|tools_link=yes}}

Attempts to reinstate similar edits on the same pages that another proven sockpuppet account (User:CentralExecutiveEdits) tried making very shortly after its banning.

Diff 1: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_Christians&diff=prev&oldid=1175493744] vs [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_Christians&diff=prev&oldid=1176104380]

Diff 2: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_Hindus&diff=prev&oldid=1175493179] vs [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_Hindus&diff=prev&oldid=1176105292] MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 00:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} and blocked, sweeping for others. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:28, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• That seems to have been the only active account. Closing. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:37, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|tools_link=yes|1=SouthAsianEdits}}

Relatively new user, extremely similar edit as one of PakistanHistorians socks [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1178714768] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1174719937]. Also similar lede changes here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khan_Abdul_Jabbar_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=1166242158] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khan_Abdul_Jabbar_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=1119781331].

SouthAsianEdits started really editing on 5 October, two days after one of PakistanHistorians socks were blocked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#20_September_2023]. HistoryofIran (talk) 17:36, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} RoySmith (talk) 21:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Seychellian|tools_link=yes}}

Similar editing pattern previous sock & this account  samee  converse  00:45, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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• {{Confirmed}} Courcelles (talk) 14:35, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
• :Blocked, tagged, reverted, closed. Courcelles (talk) 14:37, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Cricketeer101|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user and already incredible similar EIA with PakistanHistorian and their socks on many niche topics that are barely edited by others [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=Seychellian] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=SouthAsianEdits] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=Knowledgepedian] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=EnchantedEdits] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=MiddleEastToday] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Cricketeer101&users=PakistanHistorian] --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

EDIT: Found the smoking gun [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porus&diff=prev&oldid=1179661097] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porus&diff=prev&oldid=1180883904] --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:48, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

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Looks like him. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

• {{Confirmed}} Courcelles (talk) 14:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
• {{btc}} Courcelles (talk) 14:07, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=HindkoLinguist|2=Pentapotamianist|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user, incredibly similar edit and edit summary [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_people&diff=prev&oldid=1182006320] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_people&diff=prev&oldid=1174736130] HistoryofIran (talk) 15:41, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

• Added Pentapotamianist, which has a same overlap of Punjab/Pakistan POVPUSH in that area topic. Gotitbro (talk) 18:24, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

If Pentapotamianist turns out to be a sock of PakistanHistorian, can a tool be used to revert all their edits? They have made a lot edits. That seems to be the tactic of PakistanHistorian, keep making the same edits through different socks till they end up staying. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:38, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

:Indeed, basides the POV cruft half of the edits are down right hoaxes (e.g. "Punjabic", "Pentapotamian" as languages). Gotitbro (talk) 19:33, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

::I filed another SPI with 'Pentapotamianist' as one of the suspected socks of another user. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:37, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

• At Languages of Pakistan, Pentapotamianist added the same short description [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1183934200] added by the socks of PakistanHistorian and which I reverted [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1180893722] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1162081205] --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:29, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
• :Would appreciate if this could get looked at soon, since Pentapotamianist is making a lot of edits. HistoryofIran (talk) 04:35, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

::Both also removed the same sourced info at Lahnda [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lahnda&diff=prev&oldid=1186014821] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lahnda&diff=prev&oldid=1150869188] --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:10, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Ivanvector}} Thanks! Is there a tool that reverts all their edits? They've made quite the mess, 616 edits, and they have a notorious history of WP:TENDENTIOUS editing. Also makes it easier to track them, knowing they will be back with another account(s) in 2-3 days. HistoryofIran (talk) 18:45, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

::::@Ivanvector Gotcha, thanks! I did try to use Rollback earlier, but I'm a bit of a noob at it. Not sure if I can utilize it the same way as an admin? Anyhow, thanks again! HistoryofIran (talk) 18:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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:I've opened an SPI case against Pentapotamist [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ASockpuppet_investigations%2FPrince_Of_Roblox&diff=1186195644&oldid=1185260978 here]. And the diff demonstrates one of the main characteristic of the LTA. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

• {{cu-endorsed}} - see diffs linked above, {{diff2|1185706197}} for {{user|Pentapotamianist}} vs {{diff2|1175467418}} for confirmed sock, and {{diff2|1182006320}} for {{user|HindkoLinguist}} vs {{diff2|1174736130}} for confirmed sock, among others. Rather ducky but would like confirmation along with any possible sleepers. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 12:04, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
• The following accounts are {{confirmed}} to each other and to confirmed socks from previous reports:
• {{checkuser|1=ThePunjabTimes}}
• {{checkuser|1=Pentapotamianist}}
• {{checkuser|1=Pentapotam}}
• {{checkuser|1=HindkoLinguist}}

:All {{bnt}}. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 18:24, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

::{{yo|HistoryofIran}} indeed there is, and I have done so. Anything else that they changed that the tool didn't pick up can be undone per WP:BANREVERT. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 18:53, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

:::@HistoryofIran: there is a "mass rollback" tool that I think is only available to admins. It works like regular rollback except it requires an edit summary, which you can see I messed up this time. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:01, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Sultan-e-Wiki|2=The Revolutionistic|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user, created two days after the latest sock was blocked. Keen on adding "Punjab(i)" to articles like PakistanHistorian [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Islamabad&diff=prev&oldid=1188598676] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Zafarullah_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=1188747564] and edits in articles that has been heavily targeted by them (Saraiki language, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari‎. Compare [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1182452938] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1189047079], where they both added "variety". EIA is also already similar [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Pentapotamianist&users=Sultan-e-Wiki] HistoryofIran (talk) 14:19, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Added The Revolutionistic who is making same edits on the same edits as this sockmaster. Compare: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1180067940] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1179488711], and also [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1190166454] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1180273595]. {{ping|Courcelles|Ivanvector}} Its been a week that this SPI is stale, pinging you both to check. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 17:42, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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• Both {{confirmed}}. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 14:40, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=TheAryanic|tools_link=yes}}

Brand new user created some days after PakistanHistorian's latest sock was blocked. This edit restored some parts that PakistanHistorian's sock attempted to add, compare [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_dialects_and_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1187835174] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_dialects_and_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1192267421] HistoryofIran (talk) 14:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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• {{np|TheAryanic}} is {{likely}} to the already-cu-blocked {{np|TheGermanic}}, who in turn is likely to {{np|Pentapotam}}, in the archives of this case. Combined with the behavior, this is all clearly the same sockfarm. I've indeffed, closing. Vanamonde93 (talk) 08:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=LingoSouthAsia|tools_link=yes}}

@LingoSouthAsia has restored some preferred wordings of previous socks in a couple of articles. This includes introducing piped links in the infobox replacing Lahnda with Western Punjabi and changing the primary characterization of a language as an Indo-Aryan language to "West Punjabi language" or "West Punjabi Language variety". Here is a pair of matching diffs:

• @LingoSouthAsia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1191050539&oldid=1190326641&title=Kohati]
• @{{u|Pentapotamianist}}: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1185868993&oldid=1182009015&title=Kohati]

and

• @LingoSouthAsia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1188433127&oldid=1187698517&title=Saraiki_language]
• @{{u|HindkoLinguist}}: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1182005450&oldid=1179800704&title=Saraiki_language]

– Austronesier (talk) 19:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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I can swear to God that I am not PakistanHistorian. Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information being verifiable by published sources. It is sad that rather then reading under lying sourced references on the topic be it Cardona or Masica P Collin or George A. Grierson here [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/linguistic-survey-of-india-sindhi-and-lahnda-by-sirgeorge-grierson-kcie-dlitt-phd-14-10-viii-584-pp-calcutta-government-press-1919/DF18ECB09C7AB625FADE591C859E164C] or others. Two users being possible socks of each other Austronesier and Snusho have same pattren of reinforcing there own personal parameters in these edits @Snusho[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=1189527385&oldid=1189334836] , @Snusho[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=1191059437&oldid=1191049717], and @Austronesier[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=1192980309&oldid=1192962732] There has been personalizations [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Saraiki_language&diff=next&oldid=1192970732]. Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility Respect your fellow Wikipedians, even when you disagree. Apply Wikipedia etiquette, and do not engage in personal attacks. I request @DatGuy to Check users Austronesier and Snusho for possible socks who edits same Indo aryan language articles and back each other regularly. LingoSouthAsia (talk) 05:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

{{tq|PakistanHistorian never defends his SPIs}} Please see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive]

{{tq|PakistanHistorian has a pattren of many socks at a time}} Please see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#26_October_2023] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#09_December_2023] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#25_June_2023]

{{tq|PakistanHistorian never uses linguistic titles rather like editor etc}} Please see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#22_February_2023] and

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#29_March_2023] and

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#12_May_2023] and few others

{{tq|99% pages edited by PakistanHistorain dont match pages I edited}} Please see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/LingoSouthAsia]

{{tq|He edits from diffrent range as confirmed by Check user}} weak possible was assesed, may be due to the fact that I live in a metropolitan city with 14 million plus population where many people have similer opinion on Saraiki and many web searches will confirm this side as well.

{{tq|PakistanHistorain never discusses on Talk page}} I always give reason for my edits in talk page even if other party is not following best practices. LingoSouthAsia (talk) 04:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

• Same area, but on a range they've rarely used. I'd put it right around a weak {{Possible}}. I'll note that in the first diff it's an undo of an edit rather than a new addition, and that the POV they're pushing doesn't seem to be a particularly rare one. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 20:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
• The behavioral indicators, while suspicious, are weak. I'm not going to be specific for WP:BEANS reasons but aside from these diffs I can't find anything incriminating, and a lot of minor things that suggest no connection. I can't rule out mischief being done here, but I'm not willing to block based on behavior alone at this time. Marking for closure. Vanamonde93 (talk) 10:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Kraistag|tools_link=yes}}

Account created a day after the latest sock TheAryanic was blocked. Like the other socks, they are also fixated on articles like Hindko and trying to change it to "Punjabi" [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1194717097] HistoryofIran (talk) 12:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}}. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 14:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Scheditia|tools_link=yes}}

1. Account created 2 days after the latest sock was blocked.
2. Does not even remotely edit like a new user, highly interested in adding "Punjabi" to lots of stuff like Pakistanhistorian and their socks, even making Punjabi Gurjar, which looks like a WP:CFORK of Gurjar. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gurjar#Proposed_merge_of_Punjabi_Gurjar_into_Gurjar]
3. Makes a lot of edits in a short time like Pakistanhistorian and their socks. HistoryofIran (talk) 01:55, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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• {{highly likely}}, which does not bode well for User talk:PakistanHistorian#Return to Wikipedia under Standard_Offer. {{btc}} DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 13:28, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=2407:D000:F:B062:587D:BFBA:FC3E:95A|2=2407:d000:f:9f43:c450:5d73:26a3:b43c|3=2407:d000:f:da8c:8517:e706:fb9:5270 |4=2407:d000:f:1a3:902:e9cb:bf75:7a7|5=2407:d000:f:1a3:a98c:e4ca:e56a:f813 |6=2407:d000:f:1a3:f4b6:72b7:962b:d7e4|7=2407:d000:f:7fa7:c943:73bd:87a1:937f|8=2407:d000:f:1a3:eccb:614:5ea0:c882|9=2407:d000:f:1a3:a978:ff12:4d0a:a2a9|10=2407:d000:f:4d03:89aa:9533:be11:f297|11=2407:d000:f:4d03:34e6:3dd9:624a:d378|12=2407:d000:f:af7:f1ca:df61:1177:fc57|13=2407:D000:F:E6D4:78D8:6530:445D:2906|14=92.40.195.173|15=92.40.195.174|16=92.40.195.176|tools_link=yes}}

Serious IP socking from the range 2407:D000:F:0:0:0:0:0/48 with multiple overlaps and similar stylistic/Punjabi POVPUSH edits. Comparitive IP sock and previous sock edits: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazarewal&diff=1186217249&oldid=1185712236], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazarewal&diff=1136625968&oldid=1133647991], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazarewal&diff=prev&oldid=1229410838], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazarewal&diff=prev&oldid=1182004219], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1223623903], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1224431687], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1194717097], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1181174022], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1184286849], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1225922857], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1225923340], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1225927469], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1225928428], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1225928763], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1227284497], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indo-Aryan_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1226391099], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indo-Aryan_languages&diff=1185708254&oldid=1185388300], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_dialects_and_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1223481375], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_dialects_and_languages&diff=prev&oldid=1182314788], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riasti_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1187836026], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riasti_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1227130592], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islamabad_Capital_Territory&diff=1227049235&oldid=1225625682], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islamabad_Capital_Territory&diff=1142763249&oldid=1142555115], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Javed_Chaudhry&diff=prev&oldid=1177979001], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Javed_Chaudhry&diff=prev&oldid=1226327591], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mian_Muhammad_Bakhsh&diff=prev&oldid=1226332009], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mian_Muhammad_Bakhsh&diff=prev&oldid=1195313299], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_Sikhs&diff=prev&oldid=1225159210], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derawali_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1181667813], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derawali_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1187836253], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inku_language&diff=prev&oldid=1187836052], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inku_language&diff=prev&oldid=1225634374], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Punjabi_varieties&diff=prev&oldid=1194731103], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Punjabi_varieties&diff=prev&oldid=1187835998], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Majhi_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1186030438], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1222690709]. Gotitbro (talk) 14:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

• Punjabization, this article was also created by a sock IP from the range, should be deleted. Asking for a block on 2407:D000:F:0:0:0:0:0/48, considering the extensive socking that has come from that range. Gotitbro (talk) 19:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
• Socking/meatpuppetry also appears have come from 92.40.0.0/16 which is already partially banned, looks like its time for a complete block. Gotitbro (talk) 13:52, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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I did get a feeling of deja vu when dealing with some of the IPs. I guess that explains why. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

• That's a huge and incredibly noisy range. I don't see much recently that looks like collateral damage, so I'm willing to try softblocking it. We'll see what kind of impact this has, and reevaluate if we need to. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 22:51, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Adequatist|tools_link=yes}}

Apparently attempting to portray the Saraiki language again as "Punjabi"[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=1242902691&oldid=1240786256], like they did before [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1148977085&diffmode=source] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1136089407&diffmode=source]. Pinging {{ping|HistoryofIran}} for inputs. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

:Pinging {{ping|Gotitbro}} for inputs. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for pinging me. Ngl, I am bit rusty when it comes to this sock, I'll check later today. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:01, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

:I'll try to compile a list of red flags, it should increase shortly. This is what I have so far;

:#This is their first edit, they already know the acronym "POV" is used in Wikipedia? [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jhelum_River&diff=prev&oldid=1241679341]

:#As I noted in a previous SPI [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#09_December_2023], PakistanHistorian likes to use the word "variety" when referring to Lahnda languages, compare their edit here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1188433127] with Adequatist [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1242902691], very similar.

:HistoryofIran (talk) 17:37, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

• "Punjabic" (check), "Pentapotamian" (check), Pakistani/Punjabi POVPUSH at Wikipedia:Contentious topics/India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan articles (check). Yep that's a sock from this network. Gotitbro (talk) 18:19, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
• :Pov pushing indeed, altering sourced info [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1243269235] HistoryofIran (talk) 14:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
• :My recent revert of Adequatist at Punjabi language [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1243695900] is in many ways similar to the revert by Gotitbro of PakistanHistorians IP sock [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1231082361] - swapping India and Pakistan in the infobox, changing the speakers numbers, adding unsourced Efn notes, removing Hindko, adding "in the Pothwari dialect", and last but not least, probably the smoking gun, compare the info they added;
• :* {{tq|Standard Punjabi refers to the standardized varieties of the Punjabi language, all of which are based on the Majhi dialect which is transitional between both Western Punjabi and Eastern Punjabi.}} - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1243695900] Adequatist
• :* {{tq|Standard Punjabi refers to the standardized varieties of the Punjabi language. Punjabi's standard varieties are based on the Majhi (Central Punjabi), which is the most widespread and spoken dialect of Punjabi and is transitional between both Western and Eastern Punjabi.}} - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1231082361] IP sock of PakistanHistorian
• :HistoryofIran (talk) 22:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

• Not sure that checkuser will be much use - the user accounts to compare the account to are stale. PhilKnight (talk) 16:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

:*{{re|PhilKnight}} The master isn't stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:33, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

::: Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 16:57, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

• The following accounts are {{confirmed}} to each other:

:{{sock list|1=Adequatist|2=PakistanHistorian|3=UnifiedLegion}}

PhilKnight (talk) 18:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

• {{btc}} PhilKnight (talk) 18:56, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=TheTectonics|tools_link=yes}}

{{userlinks|Adequatist}} was blocked on 7 September. TheTectonics was created the following day, on 8 September, and has exhibited the same WP:DUCK-like behavior by altering [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto&diff=prev&oldid=1246339339&diffonly=1 non-English scripts] in WP Pakistan articles. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 13:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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Now blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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|39=2A04:4A43:4FCF:DA8A:48F9:6677:BCEB:5578|40=2A04:4A43:4F1F:DA32:B98C:BB15:A120:A59E|41=2A04:4A43:4F6F:D8DE:2CDA:7D83:6CDE:7302|42=2A04:4A43:412F:E38C:D1FF:BBDD:B55:D203|tools_link=yes}}

Not sure why the account wasn't caught in the recent CU (WP:MEAT?). But the behavioral evidence here is overwhelming. The sock and the IP socks purvey the exact same Punjabi ethno POVPUSH as the network.

This is the only known sock network batting for inserting "Punjabic" into articles (diffs include past socks): [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1240356856], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1159603773], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1136089620]; census dribbling: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1242548908], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1244169052]; Others: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Iqbal&diff=1243996512&oldid=1243011700], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Iqbal&diff=prev&oldid=1243010317], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meher_Ali_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1242223981], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meher_Ali_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1185687930], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shah_Inayat_Qadiri&diff=prev&oldid=1186189051], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shah_Inayat_Qadiri&diff=prev&oldid=1244123655], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shahmukhi&diff=prev&oldid=1243221378], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shahmukhi&diff=prev&oldid=1241416416].

IP socking (from the same ranges previous used by the network): [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rai_Ahmad_Khan_Kharal&diff=prev&oldid=1243923294], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rai_Ahmad_Khan_Kharal&diff=prev&oldid=1238825668], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waris_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1242358600], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waris_Shah&diff=prev&oldid=1226925196], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janjua&diff=prev&oldid=1240599802], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janjua&diff=prev&oldid=1226926919], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janjua&diff=prev&oldid=1231614693], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janjua&diff=prev&oldid=1235649529], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1226913742], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1242359056], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1226924966], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1242358829], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1241091266], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1223778754], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1242783361], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1229417397], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1231373738], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1239649099], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1232669477], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1235835661], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1243037773], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1235839357], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1241091266], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1232717987], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1234270273], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1233222231], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali&diff=prev&oldid=1239515674], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali&diff=prev&oldid=1239515674], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sialkot_District&diff=prev&oldid=1240329274], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sialkot_District&diff=prev&oldid=1229416421], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rai_Ahmad_Khan_Kharal&diff=prev&oldid=1243923294], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rai_Ahmad_Khan_Kharal&diff=prev&oldid=1238825668].

Similar edit summaries:

;Census: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1240879443], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1240341955], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_Punjab,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1240326858], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajanpur_District&diff=prev&oldid=1239553834].

;Corrections: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1206952980], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Awankari_dialect&diff=prev&oldid=1200184500], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1197491670], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1197169505], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1240341955].

While the behavioral evidence and IP socking here is pretty damning, reuesting CU which may adduce further results. The related 2407:d000:f::/48 range is already blocked, also asking for an extension of the block to 2A04:4A43:4F00:0:0:0:0:0/40 or similar considering the extensive socking coming from there. Gotitbro (talk) 11:04, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

:{{re|Fylindfotberserk|HistoryofIran}} Inviting for comments. Gotitbro (talk) 12:14, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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:Seems quite likely. Adequatist and Trekkie49, both were working at the same time. SO most likely a meat. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

:I believe there's a possibility that the CU might identify Trekkie49 as at least under "Possibly". Like PakistanHistorian's sock [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mian_Muhammad_Bakhsh&diff=prev&oldid=1181187125] they also added "Muslim" in front of "Punjabi" [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1242358829] at Mian Muhammad Bakhsh. --HistoryofIran (talk) 12:42, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

::More proof: Trekkie49 hasn't edited since 8 September 2024, the same date PakistanHistorian's recent sock User:TheTectonics created their account. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:00, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

:::{{+1}} Trekkie should be blocked due to their behavior, with sufficient evidence showing they stopped editing on the same day TheTectonics began. Additionally, they do not seem to be contributing constructively to the project. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 22:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I’m just chiming in to defend myself against this completely wrongful and misguided accusation as I have absolutely nothing to do with the account mentioned and that I’m accused of ‘sockpuppeting’. I have only recently started editing on Wikipedia and I’m still learning a lot and almost never engage in edit wars or anything similar unless there’s a lack of consistency in information or someone takes part in vandalism, which I always try to revert. Would be extremely kind and meaningful if I wasn’t dealt with harshly and had wrongful accusations thrown at me. I will try my best to keep improving my editing. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trekkie49 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Another thing I want to respond to is the accusation made by Fylindfotberserk that I’m somehow working with the account Adequatist but as you’ll find that that account has actually changed my edits entirely and added information that completely contradicted my edit. I actually wanted to revert edits by Adequatist as I thought it was vandalism but I didn’t want to end up in a situation where I was accused of edit warring with Adequatist. Rest assured, i can guarantee that I have absolutely no connection or similarity with that account. Just because they edited the a page at a similar time(by actually completely changing my edit) does not prove any link whatsoever.

It would be extremely helpful if I didn't have completely wrong and hostile accusations thrown at me. I admit I might not be the best editor as I’m still trying to learn but please don’t wrongfully associate me with other accounts. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trekkie49 (talk • contribs) 13:48, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

• {{np|Trekkie49}} appears unrelated to PH. {{ncip}}. RoySmith (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
• At this point, none of the IPs have edited in two (or more) months, so closing. RoySmith (talk) 16:37, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Tareekh-e-History|tools_link=yes}}

1. The user account of Tareekh-e-History was created on 27 September 2024, seven days after the latest sock was blocked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/TheTectonics]
2. At Pahari-Pothwari, both minimising the use of Lahnda and using "variety" instead of "language", as well as replacing "Punjabic" with "Punjabi" [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1255800908] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1244547766]
3. At Hindko, both hiding Lahnda and adding "Punjabi" as seen in these reverts [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1230810085] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindko&diff=prev&oldid=1256792238] HistoryofIran (talk) 16:08, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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• Confirmed to master and each other {{sock list|NonchalantGamer|Tareekh-e-History}} Izno (talk) 17:50, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=SouthAsiaMapped|tools_link=yes}}

If it quacks like a duck... diffs: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1255347266&oldid=1253960818&title=Sher_Singh] vs [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1259654338&oldid=1259650502&title=Sher_Singh] MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 02:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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{{+1}} A highly disruptive editor—I had been considering reporting them myself but didn’t have the time. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 11:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

• {{confirmed}}, {{btc}} Girth Summit _(blether) 11:49, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=182.190.56.45|2=2407:D000:F:3CE3:4503:EB84:B876:2700/64|tools_link=yes}}

This highly disruptive editor is active again disrupting pages with their language related POV pushing. @Gotitbro mentioned under Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#08 September 2024 that 2407:d000:f::/48 is already blocked but it is highly active again. @Izno, you mentioned that I should go to AIV instead of pinging but I [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=prev&oldid=1263294125 went there] and report got archived without anyone taking an action. We really need some help to stop this user's disruption and stop influencing consensus building with his sockpuppeting. Two well-meaning editors are spending their valuable time discussing disruptions here simply because they have no other choice. This is time that could have been better utilised elsewhere. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 20:29, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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• {{CUdecline}} - we do not connect IPs to accounts using checkuser as this would be a privacy violation. PhilKnight (talk) 20:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• I have said that but not obviously in applied to this case that I can see.... I try to sprinkle my considers around for cases where it's pretty obvious to someone looking on that it's the same person. I've blocked the two IPs here. Some thoughts about the specific report you made: learn what a /64 is, all of the IPv6 addresses here are the same and it's likely someone will do more to help at AIV when they have a whole collection of contributions to display (and the specific range you want blocked). Secondly, make it very clear what the connection is in the report (same revert from one person versus another etc), just as you would at SPI. "They're disrupting" is rarely going to work out for you, either here {{em|or}} AIV. Izno (talk) 21:01, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Tareekh-e-History}} ({{clerknote}} original case name)
• {{checkip|1=2.196.29.72}}
• {{checkip|1=2.196.31.146}}
• {{checkip|1=93.44.23.72}}
• {{checkip|1=93.35.116.253}}

I don't know how to check, but there are a number of IP users making very similar changes (not concurrently) - erasing other languages and cultures (e.g. Saraiki) in favour of Punjabi. I have noticed these over a number of weeks:

2.196.29.72, 2.196.31.146, 93.44.23.72, 93.35.116.253

There was another registered user some weeks back but I haven't been able to find it in my contributions list yet - will look again. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 23:33, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

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• Two of the IP's are already blocked. The other two have been inactive long enough that blocking them is unlikely to accomplish anything. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=LiteraryHistorian|tools_link=yes}}

1. Latest user sock SouthAsiaMapped was blocked on 3 December 2024. LiteraryHistorian created their account not long after, on 15 December.
2. Extremely similar edits, compare the edit of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1269836257 LiteraryHistorian] to the edit of these two socks [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1256793509 Tareekh-e-History] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pahari-Pothwari&diff=prev&oldid=1244547766 Adequatist], changing Indo-Aryan language and Lahnda to Western Punjabi, and as noted in several other SPIs, PakistanHistorian loves to call these languages for "variety/varieties" (eg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#09_December_2023] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#29_August_2024]), which was also done with LiteraryHistorian's edit. HistoryofIran (talk) 17:13, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Like PakistanHistorian and their socks, LiteraryHistorian is also an avid mobile user. --HistoryofIran (talk) 21:54, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

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1. :No sense of the claims; it is not a User:PakistanHistorian sockpuppetry or POV-push; "Lahnda" and "Western Punjabi" are synonyms that refer to the same group of dialects. The term "variety" is a neutral stance between a "dialect" and a "language". The references with Lahnda varieties source this. Many languages/dialects use this, if more than one person has made such edit, it doesn't equate sockpuppetry. The theory of "varieties" is widely accepted in linguistics. So leave the decision of it up to the references/sources, instead of bringing fourth your own opinions. LiteraryHistorian (talk) 20:05, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

• Likely to recent socks. Also {{checkuser|AryanLinguistics}}. Izno (talk) 22:39, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=WatchTabs|tools_link=yes}}

1. Brand new account created some days after the latest sock of PakistanHistorian was blocked.
2. A brand new user edits a template as their first article? [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ethnic_groups_in_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=1272917701]
3. A brand new user knows Wiki lingo ("Lede improvements", "Cleaned-up") and how to format stuff in one of their first edits? [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sindh&diff=prev&oldid=1273065473] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjab&diff=prev&oldid=1272920467]
4. Like PakistanHistorian, they immediately start editing on Lahnda related stuff such as Saraiki language [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1273122198], amongst other things changing "Punjabic" to "Punjabi" (like PakistanHistorian [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraiki_language&diff=prev&oldid=1256794058]) and using efn note formats (like PakistanHistorian [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punjabi_language&diff=prev&oldid=1243695900]). HistoryofIran (talk) 01:57, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Technically exceedingly {{likely}} to recent socks, behaviour leaves no doubt. Blocked. Girth Summit _(blether) 10:53, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=CryptographyCentral|tools_link=yes}}

Same habit of removing mentions of a Saraiki language/ethnicity and replacing it with "Punjabi", see the following for example: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1280866101&oldid=1280688343&title=Bahawalpur_(princely_state)] MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 13:49, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

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• Yep, that's them. Blocked. Girth Summit _(blether) 11:28, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=TheEncyclopediaPolice|tools_link=yes}}

1. There is no "new user" that makes such an impressive first edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sindhis&diff=prev&oldid=1284735781], familiar with Wiki editing and even formatting (even efn notes, which PakistanHistorian is well-known for using, eg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PakistanHistorian/Archive#01_February_2025]).
2. Also immediately starts editing Saraiki people, a topic which PakistanHistorian has focused on multiple times, including the SPI before this.
3. Chances of a new user immediately citing not often cited policies such as WP:CONCISE and WP:PRECISE is pretty low [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraikis&diff=prev&oldid=1285714716] HistoryofIran (talk) 16:25, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

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• Technically very likely, behaviour (including some light LOUTSOCKing) leaves little doubt. Blocked. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:39, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

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