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19 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

These accounts have all been created recently or started editing recently, are all making very similar and disruptive edits on very similar sets of pages, and all within similar time-frames. This is apparent from their respective edit histories but here are some specific examples that seem clear to me:

  1. At
    Arab
    " or replacing other content with "Arab" in multiple spots, which is dubious at best, unsupported by any sources or discussion on the talk page, and in any case a pure POV edit. The most consistent thing is the removal/replacement of "Berber" (a non-Arab ethnicity) in each edit.
  2. At Emirate of Sicily, the following 3 edits: by Zezzoo24 on Jan 15, 197.113.172.178 on Jan 15, and Ha19870001 on Jan 18. Again, inserting "Arab" in multiple spots without good reason, and consistently removing "Berber" from the same lead paragraph.
  3. At
    Ali ibn al-Athir, the following 3 edits, which are completely identical and happened within hours of each other on January 15: Zezzoo24, 51.39.65.144, and 197.113.172.178
    .
  4. Lastly, an earlier but less obvious example are these two edits at Moorish architecture: Zezzoo24 on December 25 and Ha19870001 on January 2. The second added more details but both of them involved removing "Berber" and "North Africa" from the same spot.

For what it's worth I already wrote a warning on Zezzoo24's talk page on January 18, and later that day the Ha19870001 account was going at it again (as seen at Emirate of Sicily, already noted above). R Prazeres (talk) 08:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum (January 20): Not sure if it's premature or appropriate to add this now, but after this investigation request was posted a new account popped up which seems to be doing very similar things: see their history here. More specifically, their disruptive edits at Emirate of Sicily, which come fresh on the back of previous reverted edits by the other accounts noted above, have the same hallmarks as the others (i.e. removing "Berber" and "North Africa" and needlessly inserting "Arab"): examples here, here, here, and here. For what it's worth, the "fixed typo" edit summary and the type of edit is also worryingly similar to a slew of vandalisms along a similar (but admittedly a little different) pattern reported earlier here and here.

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I am ambivalent about this being sock- as opposed to meat-puppet behavior, but it does appear to be part of a concerted effort to attribute all actions by Muslims in the medieval western Mediterranean specifically to ethnic Arabs, inaccurately replacing every mention of 'Muslim' or 'Moor' with 'Arab', removing attributions to other ethnicities (Berberized-Arab becomes simply Arab, Berber itself is removed entirely), and adding the Arab ethnicity to biographies where it is arguably irrelevant or disputed. It has been going on since December, involving dozens of IPs making the same types of edits on a score of pages. Some of them labeled all of their edits as 'fixed typo', continuing to do so after warnings, one today accepted admonishment and started to use accurate (if misplaced) edit summaries, some have used accurate summaries all along and many have not entered a summary at all. This suggests to me that it is probably not all the same human, but there is certainly some IP hopping by the same person and I don't know about the formal logins. Almost all are new SPAs (and for the IPs with a history, there are long enough gaps to think they are not stable). Not a one of them has gone to a Talk page. Clearly a problem; I just don't know if it is one that can be addressed at SPI here given it is mostly IP behavior. Semi-protecting the entire range of possible pages seems impracticable, so we may need a 1RR topic sanction against changing ethnicity on such pages without discussion to facilitate policing what will likely continue as IP whac-a-mole ad infinitum. Agricolae (talk) 19:43, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the newest user Thetranslaterofhistory (not listed above but mentioned in my addendum) is behaving less similarly now; whether it's a different person or simply the same person's behaviour evolving (while retaining some bad habits) is, I agree, unclear. I'm not sure how to functionally differentiate between meatpuppets and sockpuppets in this context. Maybe the situation will become clearer after a few days too, depending on how the other accounts behave. R Prazeres (talk) 22:12, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And after backsliding, Thetranslaterofhistory has just been indeff'ed. I was never quite clear whether they were a vandal pretending to be clue-challenged, or someone so clue-challenged that it made their edits look like vandalism, but someone else made the call, which if nothing else will save me some time on their Talk page. Anyhow, the usual way to distinguish socks from meat for login accounts is a CheckUser, which via top secret black magic often but not always can detect if different accounts are being used by the same human (or at least that the same computer), but there has to be a good case made before a CheckUser is performed, and it is not done to compare IPs to accounts because of 'outing' concerns. For IPs SPI is pretty much restricted to the WP:DUCK standard. Agricolae (talk) 22:05, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And after User:Thetranslaterofhistory was blocked yesterday, User:Cbrownmax1212 shows up today making a WP:DUCK edit to Emirate of Sicily. Agricolae (talk) 16:51, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, exact same pattern as pointed out above (i.e. removing "Berber" and "North Africa", other variations notwithstanding). Same style of comments and responses. One way or another, not a coincidence. R Prazeres (talk) 18:03, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, can I know what your problem is? I work hard to write these articles and I wrote the name of the ruling families, which are Arab. Why do you want me to write that the families were Muslim and not Arab? Do you have a problem? Are you a Muslim and do you think Islam is ethnic? There is no clear reason why you should like this to delete, and I discussed with you previously that the ruling families are Arab and not Muslim

We must write the originate of the emirate and its ruling. Does this bother you too much? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbrownmax1212 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"and I discussed with you previously that the ruling families are Arab and not Muslim" - This appears to be an inadvertent admission to sockpuppeting. As of this minute, User:Cbrownmax1212 has only made three edits, the single one to Emirate of Sicily referred to, and two edits to this page. They have not discussed any previous edits, with anyone unless they did so under a previous identity, and the only one of these pro-Arabists who has engaged me previously is blocked editor User:Thetranslaterofhistory, who is also, as far as as can tell, the only editor to engage User:R Prazeres in case the reference was to that user. Agricolae (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2021 (UTC) Addition: I just noticed: "I work hard to write these articles" - articles plural, when the user has only edited one article under their current username. Agricolae (talk) 21:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I just double-checked and yeah, that's the only user to have interacted with me in any similar way. Cbrownmax1212's comment is a clear reference to previous exchanges on User talk:Thetranslaterofhistory or other talk pages with Thetranslaterofhistory. R Prazeres (talk) 21:41, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Cbrownmax1212 to the list above. Edits today strongly suggest continuation of the same edits. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with Zezzoo24's edits, but Cbrownmax1212 definitely looks like a
WP:DUCK sock of User:Thetranslaterofhistory. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:18, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply
]
Agricolae has noted that Castilespringx1 looks like a probable reappearance of the same user as Thetranslaterofhistory and Cbrownmax1212. The edits have a similar style and the edit summaries are very similar too. That said, it might be worth noting that Ha19870001 and Zezzoo24, who were part of my original listing here, have not been active since then despite not being blocked, which *might* be an indication that Thetranslaterofhistory/Cbrownmax1212/Castilespringx1 is a separate user engaging in their own sockpuppetry. R Prazeres (talk) 19:50, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be yet another User:Thetranslaterofhistory sock, User:Historyxqs12, already blocked for "vandalism" (though their edits were not what I would call vandalism, just a massive rewrite to Slavery in Spain that had severe tone and focus problems and made the article worse) that strikes the same tone as Thetranslaterofhistory on the same article. No action further action needed on this one, but part of a continuing pattern. Agricolae (talk) 19:06, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And another one showed up today, User:Crownbiean12x, making the same type of edit to Slavery in Spain, and on their Talk page making apparent reference to the blocking of User:Historyxqs12 for 'vandalism'. (A page protection request has now been been made for Slavery in Spain. It looks to me like Crownbiean12x is the same sock as Historyxqs12, Thetranslaterofhistory, Castilespringx1, Cbrownmax1212, and Historianx12, and hence likely Zezzoo24. Agricolae (talk) 21:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Another user just showed up that looks suspicious: Historicalxz. It's still early to judge, but there's the same pattern of rewriting whole sections of articles in obviously problematic ways, plus the familiar deceptive edit summaries like "fixed typo" and "Fixed the article". And of course a mild penchant for deleting non-Arab ethnicities or inserting Arab ethnicity without clear reason (e.g. here or here). R Prazeres (talk) 08:36, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Following quick on the heals of Xwasx12s and Moaqasaxz12, plus the new ones below. Agricolae (talk) 09:00, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh. There are earlier IP edits on Jabir ibn Hayyan which also look like the same person trying to bring the same changes. Like before though, they seem like very different IPs (not that I understand IP numbers fully, maybe that's irrelevant), so I'd guess that a CheckUser might not yield much.(?) R Prazeres (talk) 16:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Edit: To clarify, I didn't actually mean to request or imply a request for CheckUser there, in case it came off that way. I've stricken it to be sure. I was thinking (i.e. writing) out loud about how different the suspicious IPs are and how we can expect more of that, but that part of my comment wasn't useful. R Prazeres (talk) 18:57, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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24 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


[I tried to start a new case, requesting a new batch of CheckUsers, but it just threw it all unformatted onto the end of the previous one, so I have moved it here but don't know how to format it properly.]

  • Thetranslaterofhistory
  • Castilespringx1
  • Highjackingsx1
  • Historyxqs12
  • Crownbiean12x
  • Suwanax12

This one builds on an existing SPI of Zezzoo12. There, a CheckUser concluded that Cbrownmax1212 was 'Likely' Zezzoo, but independently that Cbrownmax1212 had created a sleeper, Historianx12, and both those accounts were blocked. Further accounts were mentioned in that discussion (still open but stale) as apparent DUCKs of Cbrownmax1212, Thetranslaterofhistory (which was actually prior to Cbrownmax1212) and Historyxqs12, that both had been blocked for 'vandalism' (not related to SPI - these are thus moot but important to establish the pattern). Crownbiean12x looked DUCKy with Historyxqs12, even preemptively putting a line on their Talk page that seemed to address the blocking of prior account(s), and when this was raised on their Talk page [1] they seemingly admitted to being a sock, referring to their 'first account' having been blocked [2]. Because they quit using Crownbiean12x this was not pursued, other than to increase protection to Slavery in Spain. Castilespringx1 also was mentioned in the original Zezzoo SPI as the seeming successor to Cbrownmax1212, though this account seems inactive at present. All this would be moot, but there is a new apparent replacement.

New account Suwanax12 is now editing different articles but only a small step removed from the previously targeted ones, and acting similarly to both this cluster and the larger Zezoo cluster's behavior of replacing mention of 'Muslim' or 'Moor' with 'Arab' (even when historically inaccurate), playing up the Arab role in historical events and practices, and removing mention of Berbers and other ethnicities from articles about Muslims in the Maghreb and Medieval Europe.

Editing Slavery in Spain history Accused Zezzoo sock Ha19870001 made some edits replacing Muslim and Moor with Arab.

Thetranslaterofhistory did major rewrite, including playing up role of Arabs and downplaying that of other ethnicities, with with edit summaries such as "I have written this article again Please help me with any misspellings, missing information" and " wrote the article again accurately by copying the same article from Spanish to English . . ." (a seeming reference to es.wiki, but the text was not in that article).

Historyxqs12 did similar major rewrite with edit summaries "i wrote the article again" (x3).

Crownbiean12 with similar major rewrite and edit summaries like "i write the article again" and "i write the article again pleasse don't delete it just if there's any mistake fixed". User engaged and told they should get prior consensus for major article changes, they admitted to being a sock, and Slavery in Spain was semi-protected.

Now Suwanax12 starts a thread at Slavery in Portugal " Hello, this article is fully wrong and messy i start wrote a new article and delete all of this but i need help i really fear of my article will delete as what always will happens. I need help and talk:))" Given that Spain and Portugal are the modern nation-states occupying the land of the unified al-Andalus of medieval times, this is effectively a different venue to write about the same material, and they seem to be preemptively addressing the feedback received by Crownbeain12, just as Crownbiean12 did on their Talk page when they replaced Historyxqs12.

Editing Emirate of Sicily history Zezzoo and accused sock Ha19870001 made some edits replacing Muslim and Moor with Arab and removing mention of Berbers.

Thetranslaterofhistory did rewrote a section, with edit summaries like "i delete some mistake", and "i have increased a lot of important historical information i also wrote the ruling dynasties , pleasse dont delete it unless there a spelling mistake or you want to increase some information".

Cbownmax1212 rewrote the section with an edit summary of "i deleted a wrong information Also, I deleted some words that seemed insulting and replaced them with the origins and added the names of the ruling dynasties and some information that was missing."

Castilespringx1 rewrote the same section shortly after Cbrownmax12112 was blocked, with a similar bent to their work.

Suwanax12 has now edited History of Sicily [3], another apparent minor topic shift to avoid scrutiny, with the edit summary "Fixed and wrote the article again". In particular, they renamed the section on Muslim rule 'Arab Period' in place of 'Muslim period' and removed a 'Main' pointer to Muslim conquest of Sicily (which, calling them Muslims and not Arabs, would be an issue with the 'Zezoo pattern').

The third (chronologically first) edit by Suwanax12 follows the 'Zezzoo pattern', deleting from

Black Africans" [4]
.

Castilespringx1 edited with a broader scope, but the same interests (Muslim ethnicity, removal of 'moor' and slavery), they did a rewrite of Emirate of Sicily in a similar manner the very next day when Cbownmax1212 got sock-blocked, and some of their edit summaries look awfully similar ("i start wrote the article again with complete informations" [5]). Highjackingsx1 is removed mention of non-Arab ethnicities [6], [7] using 'Fixed typo' edit summary of the seeming Zezzoo IP socks, and edited History of slavery in the Muslim world with edit summary "i delete a wrong information arabs didn't enslaved european and that's not wrote in bibble" right after Castlespringx1 account that edited same article was abandoned, and ceased activity right before Historyxqs12 commenced.

There seems to be a nearly-continuous non-overlapping timeline of:
Thetranslaterofhistory [19 Jan-21 Jan, blocked]
Cbrownmax1212 [22 Jan-27 Jan, blocked, also created sleeper Historianx12]
Castilespringx1 [28 Jan-6 Feb, abandoned]
Highjackingsx1 [7 Feb-10 Feb, abandoned]
Historyxqs12 [11 Feb, blocked]
Crownbiean12x [12 Feb-15 Feb, abandoned after admitting was sock]
[probably an unidentified one]
Suwanax12 [27 Feb - currently active].

I am ambivalent on whether these really are Zezzoo and/or Ha19870001, but I think a strong case can be made that there is a whole lot of socking going on here, with Suwanax12 being its latest whac-a-mole avatar. Agricolae (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • information Note: I fixed the formatting of this report. I will note preliminarily here that this case is a good example of why "less is more" usually at SPI. The evidence written above is quite lengthy, and it's going to take us a decent amount of time to read through, especially in light of the large backlog that we have. Mz7 (talk) 19:27, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

06 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Active since 28 March 2021, this user edits on the same kind of pages (historical Maghreb and Spain, slavery) as previous socks, removing references to "Moorish" ([8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]), to Berbers ([14]), and replacing references to "Muslim" or "Islamic" with "Arabic" or "Arab" ([15], [16]). Uses same type of misleading edit summaries ("Spelling mistakes have been corrected" [17], "fixed typo" [18], [19], [20]). Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 11:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In the past few days, Xasazx123's similar behavior to Thetranslaterofhistory and their confirmed socks has continued: replacing "Muslim" with "Arab" ([21], [22], [23], [24]), removing references to Berbers ([25]) and to Moors ([26], [27]), and using misleading "fixed typo" edit summaries ([28], [29]). Since this behavior is also disruptive (almost all of their edits have needed reverting), it would be better if something can be done to this soon. Is it a good idea to also report this user to ANI? Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 21:57, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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13 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Changing "Muslim" to "Arab" ([30], [31], [32]), removing "Moorish" ([33], [34], [35], [36], [37]), "fixing" things that are "very wrong" (cf. edit summaries here and here). Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 21:44, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison with master: changing "Muslim" to "Arab" ([38], [39], [40]), removing "Moorish" ([41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46]), "fixed typo" ([47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52]).

Comparison with recent puppet: changing "Muslim" to "Arab" ([53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58]), removing "Moorish" ([59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66]), "fixed typo" ([67], [68], [69], [70], [71]).

Add also the new suspected puppet's two most recent edits, removing "Moorish" [72] and "fixed typo" [73].

Thanks for your trouble, Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 23:07, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Whatever one makes of the CheckUser, this is WP:DUCK. Agricolae (talk) 00:01, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • I don't have any diffs from Thetranslaterofhistory showing a connection - can you supply diffs? How do we know that Lmsachx and Thetranslaterofhistory are associated? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:28, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Oshwah, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thetranslaterofhistory/Archive#06 April 2021 has some diffs showing a confirmed sock doing the same thing. Also noting a username pattern here, but BEANS. Blablubbs|talk 22:35, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely). Same geolocation, different ranges, same Operating System and version on device. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:52, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This case is being reviewed by Blablubbs as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.
    Ducky indeed, though I was hoping CU would find sleepers. Pink clock Awaiting administrative action – please block the sock indefinitely. Blablubbs|talk 00:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked and tagged, closing. Mz7 (talk) 00:18, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

18 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


The account Kasaxu was created on 16 April 2021 just about two days after Lmsachx was blocked as sock here (see the archive of this SPI). Comparing with Xasazx123 (which is the sock I've come across, blocked on 8 April 2021, also as sock in this SPI) and the overall pattern described here by @Apaugasma: in relation with the sock Lmsachx):

  • Whimsically and disruptively changing Muslim and Moor/Moorish to Arab and Umayyad [74][75][76].
  • Misleading edit summaries like "fixing typo"/"fixed typo" when they are just "arabising" the prose as described in the previous bulleted point: [77][78][79][80]

To add new patterns/fixations:

  • the preservation of an "s" in Arabs when used as adjective (Arabs as adjective instead of Arab, Arabic or the English possessive Arabs'. Compare Kasaxu here with blocked sock Xasazx123 here) Not a native myself, but I don't think this is common in English at all.
  • Unsubstantiated erasure of Jewish history: Compare Kaxasu ([81][82]) with Xasazx123.
  • "Moorish is an insult" meme: Kaxaxu and Lmsachx Asqueladd (talk) 08:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Since this is a suspected block evasion, a CU would perhaps be advisable? Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 14:20, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked and tagged Somewhat better English, this could be meatpuppetry/offsite coordinated action, but there are enough overlaps that I'm comfortable blocking as an SPI action. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

03 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Account created 25 April 2021, 6 days after block of last sock. For comparisons with Thetranslaterofhistory and their previous socks, see the archives (especially the last few entries).

This comes from analyzing their first 32 edits only. I hope I'm forgiven for not analyzing their other 90 edits, which no doubt are very similar. They are quacking even more loudly than previous socks. Looking for sleepers has been effective in the past, and is recommended. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 00:12, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a related thread on ANI. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 00:50, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yes, he also doesn't like "Bedouin", which he usually changes to "Arabs". Johnbod (talk) 01:33, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

18 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Perhaps a bit early this time, but there's the clear pattern in the username (cf. here); the removing of references to "Muslim"/"Islamic" ([159], [160], [161]) and replacing it with "Arab" ([162]); the general focus on Maghreb/Spain ([163], [164]). For comparison, see the last few entries in the archives, e.g., [165], [166], [167], [168]. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 23:43, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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21 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Username (compare); removing references to Islamic/Muslim ([169]) and replacing them with Arab/Arabic ([170], [171], [172]); fixed typo ([173]); for future reference, also often uses 'to correct' ([174]). For comparison, see the last few entries in the archives. Ongoing block evasion, may have sleepers. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 23:41, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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05 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


User with ultra-ducky name and edits following the pattern (see the last entries in the archives):

Ongoing block evasion, sleepers have been found in the past. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 00:47, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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22 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Commenced shortly after last batch of socks blocked, typical substitution of 'Arab' for religious or geographical descriptors [183][184], removal of attributions to BerbersCorrection per Apaugasma:Bedouin[185], labeling significant content changes as 'fixed typo' [186], similarity of user name to prior blocked sock Xasazx123. CheckUser requested due to a history of multiple account use and creation of sleepers. Agricolae (talk) 18:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm very familiar with this block evader, and though this is removing a reference to

Bedouins rather than to Berbers, I agree that it is an obvious duck. Other pet peeves are a focus on Islamic (or as they see it, "Arab"/"Umayyad") Portugal and Spain (see [187] and compare with the archives), removing references to alternatives for "Arabs" (e.g., "Jordanian", "Egyptian", "Levantine" [188], "Arabian" [189] get replaced by "Arab"; compare the archives) and a dislike for geographic descriptors such as "West Asia" or the "Middle East" in certain contexts (see [190] [191] [192], and compare with, e.g., [193]). ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 19:45, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply
]

@RoySmith: thanks for the quick block, but a CU might be helpful given the fact that this user has been known to create sleepers (e.g., Special:Contributions/Historianx12, Special:Contributions/Jalmax12) and to use two accounts at the same time (e.g., Special:Contributions/Xasazx123 and Special:Contributions/Nmasxz12). ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 22:45, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's possible, but I think we're fine without it. This case is so ducky, any new accounts that pop up will get spotted instantly. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:03, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

13 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Interest in Muslims under Iberian (or Iberian diaspora) rule, but removal of non-Muslim groups as participants [194], replacement of geographical designation Arabian with ethnic designation Arab [195], replacemnt of Bedouins with Arabs [196], and all with the edit summary of "fixed typo" (well almost all, one is "fuxed typo") including on edits with substantial deletion of content.[197][198] Plus the name. Quack! Agricolae (talk) 01:27, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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17 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Removal of mention of religion to replace with Arab ethnicity, labeled as 'fixed typo' [199], substantive changes to page on Saudi ethnicity, again labeled as 'fixed typo' [200][201][202], and then there is the name that is all too typical of this user's many socks. Agricolae (talk) 17:55, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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19 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


New account making identical edit, changing demographic statistics without source, as just-blocked sock Ghasx123 [203] (compare [204]), described as "fixee typo" - the sockmaster's typical 'fixed typo', but with an unintentional ironic typo. And the name. Agricolae (talk) 14:19, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Removing reference to Moors; 'fixed typo' [205] (cf. archives for both); loudly quacking username. CU advised to look for other accounts (such have been found on 6 April 2021 and 5 August 2021). ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 22:18, 16 October 2021 (UTC) ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 22:18, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting for clarity that Lasazs is an additional account found only through a sleeper check. Thank you Dreamy Jazz! ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 23:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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