Smajedul
- Smajedul (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
21 June 2023
Suspected sockpuppets
- Masum Ibn Musa (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- Md Majedul Islam (Sonju) (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Majedul Islam Sonju (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I was responding to a false positive report at EFN when I noticed that one of the sockpuppets created a page in the userspace of the other sockpuppet. The two share similar names.
That diff appears to contain a reference to {{User:Masum Ibn Musa/Header}}, which is a (non-existent) userspace page of the master. I find it quite odd that this sort of thing would happen accidentally, and the timing of the use of the accounts (the master stopped editing on 31 March, the first sock performed the majority of their edits in April and May before being blocked on 16 June, and the second sock started editing on 20 June).
Taken together, I suspect that there is some connection between the accounts. If these accounts are run by the same person, this would be block evasion, as the first sock was indeff'd for copyright-related issues at the time that the second sock began editing. I am requesting checkuser to evaluate the extent of technical connection between the master and the two socks. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 01:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
- I've blocked Majedul Islam Sonju and Sonju Majedul for extremely obvious sockpuppetry. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 01:57, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- Looks like impersonation of Masum Ibn Musa, not sockpuppetry by them. Closing and moving to Md Majedul Islam (Sonju). -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 20:41, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
- Concur. A sweep of the accounts Ingenuity blocked confirms your conclusion and found two more sleepers that I've blocked. I did not check Masum Ibn Musa, only the two accounts already blocked. Courcelles (talk) 22:44, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
29 February 2024
Suspected sockpuppets
- Md Majedul Islam (Sonju) (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)
- Sonju10 (talk · · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Obvious socks, Sonju10 one is actively evading block. Tehonk (talk) 03:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
- Blocked and tagged per behavioral evidence. Thanks for reporting this. — Newslinger talk 06:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Clerk assistance requested: Would a clerk please move this investigation to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Smajedul and designate Smajedul, the oldest account, as the sockpuppeteer? Thank you. — Newslinger talk 06:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Requested global lock at m:SRG#Global lock for Smajedul and sockpuppets. — Newslinger talk 07:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:44, 8 March 2024 (UTC)