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25 February 2016

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

• Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 120.136.5.71 (talk · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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Last identified sock-puppet of Bazaan was blocked on 23 April 2015, User:Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf under the name of User:Akbar the Great was created on 6 May 2015. User:Bazaan submitted his unblock request on 9 January 2016 while he was still active as User:Akbar the Great now known as User:Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf. User:Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf seemed a very sophisticated user since his first edit and had a Semi Retired template on his user page while he was editing all along. He had a habit of blanking his user page and his talk page once in a while along the lines of all the sock-puppets of User:Bazaan. He stopped editing on 1 February 2016 and requested vanishing when he saw User:Bazaan's unblock request is close to being fruitful on the promise of no sock-puppeting in last 6 months. He vanished this sock-puppet of his in order to avoid detection and being blocked again. User:Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf had a habit of attacking personally any editors who opposed him or even who did not oppose him along the line of all other sock-puppets of User:Bazaan. He was countered by me and other editors for not using the edit summaries for his edits and it seemed to me that while not doing so he was trying to avoid detection. There was another Auckland IP blocked just today 120.136.5.60. User:Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf has made IP edits mistakenly using another Auckland IP 120.136.5.71. These could be home/work, home/library or work/library IP addresses.

Diffs

• 5 February 2016: Bazaan unblocked
• 7 February 2016: User:Akbar the Great vanished

Page blanking: 1, 2, 3, 4

Countered for not using edit summaries: 1, 2

Angry, uncivil or personal attack edits or edit summaries: Calling an editor "pathetic", Calling an editor POV pusher on a public space, Stop shouting

Finally, please do not close it lacking evidence without running a CU, ask for more evidence if you need more. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 21:58, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

• @Vanjagenije: Bazaan had so many sock-puppets that it's hard to go through all of their edits and find similar edits but please see Bazaan blanking his talk page (diff) and he used to do it very consistently, see same behaviour by Vanished user (diff) and he would do it very consistently too. I have seen Vanished to use word "shenanigans" and one of the confirmed sock-puppets of Bazaan to use it as well but it will take me time to find those diffs. Also please see 120.136.5.60 removing SPI tag from User:Umran Chowdhury's page yesterday, (diff) and please see User:Akbar the Great who is now a Vanished user replacing IP address 120.136.5.71 with his signatures at (diff). WHOIS for IP addresses 120.136.5.71 and 120.136.5.60 show that they match down to the street level, exact same physical address. I think all this warrants that we check these because if Bazaan has been editing while being blocked then he did not meet the conditions set in his current unblock. At least we know that one of those IPs removed SPI tag from one of likely socks of Bazaan and that confirms some kind of correlation. I can provide more information if need be but please don't close without checking. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 10:05, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Can you check for sleepers? Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 23:27, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  Additional information needed - @SheriffIsInTown: In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:

1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

•  Clerk endorsed - Please, compare this vanished user to Bazaan. Vanjagenije (talk) 18:09, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
• I've completed my check. However, I'd like some input from the unblocking administrator, Samwalton9, before proceeding. It's a relatively easy question. In your view, am I "permitted" to reblock Bazaan for sock puppetry during a period when he was supposedly sock-free?--Bbb23 (talk) 22:26, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
  • @Bbb23: If that's what the CU evidence shows then yes, of course. The unblock was made on the condition that Bazaan had not been socking. Sam Walton (talk) 20:11, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
• Bazaan (talk · contribs · count) and Vanished user ija0qfr2o3ijfi 4i4tijwci823irnf (talk · contribs · count) are  Confirmed. Given the unusual circumstances of Bazaan's recent unblock, I will also add that Bazaan has been editing with IPs as well during the period when he supposedly wasn't socking. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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