Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Nadirali

;Suspected sockpuppeteer

{{user5|1=Nadirali}} (banned)

;Suspected sockpuppets

{{user5|1=Vmrgrsergr}}

;Report submission by

deeptrivia (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

;Evidence

• Same IP range 74.98.xxx.xxx that did extensive edits on the banned user User:Nadirali's homepage also has edits on User:Vmrgrsergr's homepage. (Nadirali's 74.98.241.189 vs. Vmrgrsergr's 74.98.240.85, both belonging to Rogers Cable Communications Inc., TORONTO, Ontario, Canada) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AVmrgrsergr&diff=144052834&oldid=143363651]. This by itself is a strong evidence of sockpuppetry.

• Editing a very similar set of articles related to aviation (airlines and airports), Star Wars, Star Trek, X files, asian cuisine (especially South Asian), Pakistan, science fiction, South Asian history (esp. pre-Islamic history of N.W. Indian subcontinent), etc. (can surely provide diffs, but there are too many of them. Browsing through contribs of both accounts should make this clear.) Two users living in the same locality, both Pakistanis of multiple ethicities (see below), with the same unique combination of interests cannot be a coincidence.

Other evidences are not standalone evidences, but strongly suggest sockpuppetry in context.

• User:Vmrgrsergr created soon (20 days) after User:Nadirali was banned for a year (banning decision).
• Both describe themselves as Pakistani users of multiple ethnicities (with several similar userboxes on their homepage)

• Like the banned Nadirali, Vmrgrsergr too has opinions regarding how science fiction/fantasy movies should be categorized, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Space_opera&diff=prev&oldid=139376696]

• Like the banned Nadirali, Vmrgrsergr too has opinions (same as Nadirali) about how much of Pakistan's history is shared with India, and is engaged in similar edits as Nadirali (details of Nadirali are here). [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=137111052] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=133572886] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=136777605] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuisine_of_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=133734880] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_India&diff=prev&oldid=138073750] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indo-Pakistani_relations&diff=prev&oldid=138223587] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Indus_Valley_Civilization&diff=prev&oldid=141483506], etc.

• Nadirali was strongly against the idea of having an article on Pakistan studies (see this, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOmerlives&diff=98195368&oldid=95894204]). Vmrgrsergr has been making repeated attempts to get this article deleted [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Studies&action=history] and is now ranting over the article in a very unproductive manner (see Talk:Pakistan Studies) . Note that "both" users feel that the policy that applies in this case is the completely irrelevant WP:SOAP.
• Vmrgrsergr collaborates with and "seeks help" on AfDs, debates, etc. from same editors Nadirali collaborated with, like User:Khalidkhoso and User talk:Omerlives (example: barnstar exchanges; [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AOmerlives&diff=98195368&oldid=95894204] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Omerlives&diff=next&oldid=137110209], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Omerlives&diff=next&oldid=141701752],[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Omerlives&diff=next&oldid=141969799])

• Similar level of English writing skills and logical reasoning. This sounds a bit subjective, but in fact Vmrgrsergr's kind of arguments and language was the first thing that strongly reminded me of Nadirali.

• This is a small list of evidences I could produce in the limited time I can devote on this. I'm sure much more can come out if enough time is spent, but hopefully this should be sufficient. deeptrivia (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerwin_Mathews&action=history They both have extensively edited]] Kerwin Matthews.Added by Bakaman 23:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

;Comments

;Conclusions

Contributions per evidence presented above indicate that the same individual is behind both usernames.Proabivouac 07:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

:Confirmed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jpgordon&diff=145006578&oldid=145005930 checkuser].Proabivouac 19:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

::Blocked. Can someone close this thing please? I can't find the template instructions. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

:::Duly closed. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

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