Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tarih-ül Mümin

Tarih-ül Mümin

Tarih-ül Mümin (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

27 June 2024

– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets

• Wiawolo (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Hipow12 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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User created some weeks after Tarih-ül Mümin was indeffed.

Wiawolo's first edits was this very well formatted article [1]. This is not the traditional journey of a new user. The only major difference between these two users is one is more talkative than the other, but there's no doubt something fishy going on imo.

Extremely similar edits;

• Battle of Inab [2] [3]

• Abu Muslim: Same pov pushing with WP:VER and WP:RS issues [4] [5]. This was started by a now range blocked LTA [6], very suspicious. HistoryofIran (talk) 15:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

EDIT: The plot thickens. So I looked into the /32 range of the afromentioned rangeblocked IP and saw that they made some pretty noticeable changes to the infobox of Battle of Qahrawa [7] [8], which User:Hipow12 who created the (newly) article didn't revert, in fact they added more onto the IPs edits, so they're likely the same person. And then I noticed, Hipow12 is a sock who was blocked on 21 June 2024 (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Blurewhale11), only three days before Wiawolo created their user account. In fact, like Wiawolo, Hipow12 and their socks are also fond of making drafts [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]. Therefore I have added Hipow12 as well, hope I didn't mess anything up. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:08, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

And the plot thickened even further! Nice catch Aintabli, completely forgot about Heval. At this rate I need to compile a folder of the all the active socks to keep track lol. HistoryofIran (talk) 20:31, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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• @HistoryofIran:, I think Wiawolo could also be a sock of WP:HEVAL (also see SPI report). Their latest sock (blocked early June) was involved in draft and content creation from the get-go just like Wiawolo. Depending on your view, I'll file a new report there. Aintabli (talk) 19:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

  The IP that edited Abu Muslim geolocates to Austria, where HEVAL originates. Aintabli (talk) 19:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

  Wiawolo has now been blocked as they showed the typical signs of WP:HEVAL. Aintabli (talk) 20:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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