Wikilifespan | 2015 – 2018 |
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Physical location | Iran |
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In mid-June 2016, anonymous editors, almost always using Iranian IPs, caught the attention of admin Cyphoidbomb, as they kept adding the name "Komail Shayan" to Indian film articles. Usually in the |music=
parameter of the infobox or in the Soundtrack section. Name has never been accompanied by a reference. User has never participated in discussion. Sometimes the IP will piggy-back onto a wikilink for Amit Trivedi (ex [[Amit Trivedi|Komail Shayan]]) like here or here with A. R. Rahman. I interpret edits like these to be general incompetence, because sometimes it would take him a few tries.
At first I thought there was a possibility a Komail Shayan was a legitimate film composer, but that seems to be largely bogus. Note this same edit from above where the IP asserts that Komail Shayan was integral to the Qaidi Band soundtrack, yet there is nothing at iTunes to that effect.
Another problem: some of the Indian film trades are picking his name up from Wikipedia and publishing it. Note this addition at October (2018 film) in February 2018, which was picked up by Firstpost. The addition by the Iranian IP is clear vandalism, since the film's official trailer cites Shantanu Moitra as the score composer and Shantanu Moitra & Anupam Roy as the soundtrack composers.
Upon further research, the Komail Shayan issue seemed to track back to 2015, when the guy created accounts to insert his name into articles, like here. The accounts were blocked, and the issue seemed to subside until 2016.
- Note - In July 2018, an edit filter was set up to exclude various permutations of his name, so this has not been an issue since then.
Some accounts used
- Komail Shayan - created 18 February 2015 - Sample: [1]
- KK (Komail Shayan) - created 20 June 2015 - Sample: [2]
- Komail shayan (King Komail) - created 5 October 2015
- Mohammad.kamali - created 30 December 2015 - Sample: [3]
Some IPs used
- 5.209.250.52 - Circa 2016
- 89.196.133.241
- 5.239.147.207
- 5.117.78.115
- 5.123.171.189
- 5.124.177.129
- 5.124.53.124
- 5.236.107.144
- 2.179.158.131
- 151.235.3.40
- 151.235.4.63
- 5.112.232.95
- 5.113.157.230
- 151.235.32.86
- 5.124.31.213
- 5.123.104.49
- 5.124.191.200
- 5.124.203.14
- 37.129.203.41
- 46.51.18.14
- 5.115.220.250
- 188.118.111.147
- 5.116.132.221
- 2.187.176.187
- 151.235.27.69
- 188.118.111.147
- 2.187.180.80
- 5.239.176.121
- 151.235.1.131
- 2.179.156.123
- 2.182.148.147
- 2.182.145.55
- 5.208.53.250
- 89.196.120.238
- 2.182.145.55
- 188.118.111.234
- 188.249.134.129
- 188.118.111.234
- 188.118.114.79
- 188.118.114.101
- 188.118.114.84
- 188.118.114.115
- 5.115.213.158
- 5.117.195.190
- 5.116.220.115
- 188.118.114.100
- 188.118.114.113
- 188.118.114.121 - Circa June 2018
- 188.118.114.228
- 188.118.114.65
- 188.118.114.65