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Suspected sockpuppeteer

Anoshirawan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Rudaki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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Raoulduke47 12:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

The Rudaki account started editing the Ahmad Shah Massoud article([1]) a short while after Anoshirawan was blocked ( [2]). He has made the same kind of edits as Anoshirawan on this article:

• Replacing "Afghan" with "Afghanistani": [3]. Anoshirawan frequently makes this kind of controversial edit: [4], [5]. He has been blocked three times for edit warring on this question( [6], [7], [8] ) .

• "Rudaki" has also changed "Afghan" to "Khorasani": [9], [10]. This is a slight variation from the above, but is consistent with Anoshirawan's earlier attempts to change History of Afghanistan to "history of Afghanistan(Khorasan)": [11].

• After his block expired, Anoshirawan made exactly the same kind of edit to the Ahmed Shah Massoud article: [12].

• "Rudaki" has exchanged messages with only one user, User:Beh-nam, who is a long-term associate of Anoshirawan ([13], [14]).

It is my impression that Anoshirawan created the Rudaki account in order to evade his block, and to be able to engage in edit wars without breaking the WP:3RR rule. Could somebody please confirm this? --Raoulduke47 12:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

• Of course merely having different IPs is not dispositive, one may well have access to different routes to the Internet at home, at work, at a friend's house, at a public library or Internet Cafe; not to mention IP address spoofing. Even if Rudaki is not a sockpuppet of Anoshirawan, Anoshirawan and Rudaki could both consider tempering their edits with advice from knowledgeable administrators. Will they (or she/he) get some good advice in this process? --Bejnar 23:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I wouldn't be surprised if this User:Rudaki was actually User:Bejnar who tries to get User:Anoshirawan banned due to his differences on certain articles. I advice any Admins to be careful with this case as this trick has been done before to others. -- Behnam 03:44, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If that's a common tactic in this area, this case should probably be sent to WP:RFCU. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a common tactic. It's just a baseless accusation against Bejnar, a respectable user whose only fault is to have contradicted Behnam. Raoulduke47 16:18, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Before accusing me go and check my IP. I only have one account on wikipedia and this is a mistake. I was also accused of being Tajik a few months ago. --Anoshirawan 23:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anoshirawan (talk • contribs)

Conclusions

Rudaki is obviously either a disruptive sock or impersonator of someone and I have blocked the account indefinitely. Newbies don't usually learn how to create userpages in their first diff [15]. If future incidents like this come up, a checkuser request may be warranted.--Chaser - T 07:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anoshirawan , has been changing numbers of Kabul province and Afghanistan ethnic percentage. I have clearly stated that the numbers on the map do not equal the site which has been used but its been ignored till this day. The numbers have been taken from AIMS.ORG.AF BUT IT DOES NOT MATCH THE MAP AT ALL. ALSO I have recently changed the ethnic percentage for Kabul province with more reliable source which is MRRD Government ran website which states Kabul province 60% Pashtun speakers and 40% Dari speakers. This will be changed soon by Anoshirawan to old numbers which has never been reliable nor any reliable source been provided to proof those numbers.Shikab--Shikab (talk) 13:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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