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21 March 2020[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Both edit warring on Manjapadda, both usernames end in '07, identifies his name being "Farzan F A" on his user page, resubmitting the same draft. – Thjarkur (talk) 15:10, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • Yeah. Looks pretty clear. No sleepers.  Blocked and tagged. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

14 March 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

* Iamfarzan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

*NOTE: Iamfarzan was officially renamed to Akevsharma in the fall of 2021. See the redirected user page of User:Iamfarzan. EdJohnston (talk) 03:40, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This page Shaiju Damodaran is created by user:Akevsharma ,on checking the pic uploaded in the page, its uploaded by user:Iamfarzan , when clicking the user page link of user:Iamfarzan it redirects to user:Akevshama. He has renamed the user page to hide that same user uploaded the image. Is is COI as well ? User account created on 14 April 2020 similar to Farzanfa007 / Iamfrzu07 and after block of Iamfrzu07, which was Created on 14 March 2020 user:Akevsharma aka user:Iamfarzan created around 30+ pages and all pages are related to ISL and kerala blasters. user:Akevsharma aka user:Iamfarzan edited Manjappada as well on 17 December 2020‎. Its pretty evident its a sock Christopheronthemove (talk) 07:49, 14 March 2023 (UTC) CLEAR EVIDENCE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Akevsharma/Archive_1 From this archieve its so clear that he is a multiple account abuser. From the discussion seen in the above archive link, he agrees there that he has another account user:manjappada as well and he also signed comment as Farzanfa007 (blocked sockpuppet) . Clearly sock without doubt. Please check and block to prevent abusing wikipedia Christopheronthemove (talk) 13:27, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

I am requesting an admin with Checkuser access to verify whether I am presently using any other accounts in addition to this one before I make any further comments.

I acknowledge that I have used multiple accounts in the past, about three years ago, when I was not familiar with Wikipedia's basic rules. I also disclose that I haven't used any other accounts other than this for the past three years. When I created this account, I was not aware of what sockpuppetry was or why my previous accounts had been blocked. Over time, I became more involved in various areas of Wikipedia, particularly in the AFC, where I am one of the top reviewers. Sometimes, I even forget that I had used previous accounts in the past.

When I learned about sockpuppetry, I was already a moderately experienced user. I decided to change my username due to privacy concerns only. I have only contributed positively to this encyclopedia, particularly as an AFC reviewer, and I have exposed several UPEs and sockfarms involved in UPE.

I hope that my one mistake three years ago, made without knowing the basics of editing Wikipedia, will be forgiven. However, if there is evidence that I have been presently abusing Wikipedia using multiple accounts, I do not wish to be unblocked.

Regarding the current situation, the sock of Jehowahyereh, Christopheronthemove, retaliatorily filed an SPI against me, which I find amusing. Unlike other SPI cases where editors use multiple accounts to abuse Wikipedia, this was filed only out of revenge. I was expecting this to happen at anytime because many socks, including long time spammer GermanKity have tried to take revenge on me. Christopheronthemove accused me of abusing Wikipedia, but they have not provided any evidence to support their claim.

I have one more thing to bring to your attention. I have received threats outside of the Wikipedia platform. I have already informed UtherSRG about this and, based on their advice, I was planning to report it to ANI. Akevsharma (talk) 15:02, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Reply Being a user of multiple account and without letting wikipedia know about it until got caught red-handedly is definetly your mistake, and confessing after getting caught is what everybody can do. I have lot of evidence of sock farm related to ISL which I am researching right now being an investigative jounalist in real life. I don't have any revenge against anyone. Why should I retaliate and for what ? Its out of curiousity I checked user:Aveksharma 's page after I found he was desperate to delete few pages where I did Afd voting and found all these and I feel it right to disclose this at the right place. Don't call it by the word "revenge". I feel like wikipedia must know about what is happening inside and no user must abuse wikipedia and disregard wikipedia policies and everyone should follow the rules, no one can escape that. I have many more findings which I can disclose in Administrators noticeboard Christopheronthemove (talk) 16:36, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I admitted to my wrongdoing that I did three years back when I first started editing and have no qualms about it. I have said that this is my only account for the last three years. I'm still proud of my contributions to this encyclopedia. It's apparent that you are Jehowahyereh, given that your account was created only four days ago and your special interest to protect Jayaram Kailas and Akkaldhamayile Pennu. So don't pretend to be a righteous person concerned about Wikipedia's credibility.
    I won't engage in further discussion as I don't want to be accused of bludgeoning. Akevsharma (talk) 17:10, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I figured out a while ago that Akevsharma was probably Farzanfa007. I made a conscious decision not to report it basically for the reasons described here: the sockpuppetry was very minor, it was years ago, and Akevsharma has made thousands of constructive edits since. Obviously an indef for block evasion would be permitted by policy, but (even as someone who's fairly by-the-book) I don't think it'd be in the best interests of the encyclopedia. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:52, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you Extraordinary Writ. Akevsharma (talk) 03:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply Extraordinary Writ , is there something called minor sockpuppetry? Farzan007 account was blocked for multiple account abuse and on blocking it on 14 March 2020 , he recreated an account very soon on 14 April 2020 and by luck he was not caught till now. Sorry to say user:Akevsharma is more experienced than you as I see you account was created only on July 2020 and within 2 years and 8 months you became administrator. Thats awesome. So coming to the point, this user has created 4 accounts by now and was previously blocked for multiple account abuse (edit war) with the accounts and as I can see he created around 30 pages in wikipedia all related to Manjappada and Kerala Blasters. From the archive link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Akevsharma/Archive_1 , he clearly admits he is close to manjappada core team, which means he has definite COI with the page Manjappada and being close to the official fan group of Kerala Blasters he has definite COI with all Kerala Blasters related page he created. Additionally, he uploaded many pics of Kerala Blasters related players and commentator from the account IamFarzan which later he renamed to Akevsharma as his OWN work. Everything means he is abusing wikipedia and not following wikipedia guidelines and have definite COI or paid for all articles he created Christopheronthemove (talk) 07:30, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes Vanjagenije. I had said that the account was created without being fully aware of Wikipedia's basic guidelines. I only became aware of this SPI after it was filed by Christopheronthemove. That is the weirdest part.
  • I changed my username to Akevsharma shortly after obtaining AFC rights, as I was concerned about using my real name on Wikipedia due to WP:OUTING. This account was created as Farzanfa0007 which is similar to my first blocked account, Farzanfa007. However, the change was not an attempt to evade a block, as I was not even aware of my previous blocks. If I had been purposely avoiding block evasion, I would have created an account under a completely different name. That is what the users expertised in socking do.
  • I acknowledge that I was also not familiar with the policy on multiple accounts at the time of creating the Manjappada account, which was only used to add a logo and had a total of 8 edits. However, since becoming aware of the policy, I have only used this account for the past three years. Although I recognize that my actions three years ago were wrong, I want to emphasize that my case is different from others where multiple accounts are created with the bad faith intention.
  • I have never abused this project, and there is no evidence to support such a claim made by a new user who filed this SPI purely out of revenge. I know that there is no distinction between good faith and bad faith in sockpuppetry, according to Wikipedia policy. So I'm leaving this to the community to decide. Akevsharma (talk) 03:29, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some more Points

He has so far created minimum 4 accounts in wikipedia. Farzan007 account was blocked for multiple account abuse and on blocking it on 14 March 2020 , he recreated an account very soon on 14 April 2020 and out of luck it was not caught till date and his first edit was again on Manjappada page and later the page was protected from disruptive editing. Coming to the point, this user has created 4 accounts by now and was previously blocked for multiple account abuse (edit war) with the accounts and as I can see he created around 30 pages in wikipedia all related to Manjappada and Kerala Blasters. From the archive link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Akevsharma/Archive_1 , he clearly admits he is close to manjappada core team, which means he has definite COI with the page Manjappada and being close to the official fan group of Kerala Blasters he has definite COI with all Kerala Blasters related page he created. Additionally, he uploaded many pics of Kerala Blasters related players and commentator from the account IamFarzan which later he renamed to Akevsharma as his OWN work. Everything means he is abusing wikipedia and not following wikipedia guidelines and have definite COI or paid for all articles he created Christopheronthemove (talk) 07:40, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • Note: This appears to be two socks weaponizing SPI. See Special:Permalink/1144596692#Admin attention needed -- RoySmith (talk) 16:00, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Akevsharma: Are you the same user as Farzanfa007? Vanjagenije (talk) 00:28, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Replied on "Comments by other users" section. Akevsharma (talk) 04:47, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • information Administrator note @Akevsharma: You repeatedly claim that you were not aware of what sockpuppetry was, not aware of Wikipedia's basic guidelines and also that you were not aware of my previous blocks. This is obviously false. Your original account (Farzanfa007) was issued a final warning on disruptive editing on 12 September 2019 [3]. The very next day, you crated your first sockpuppet (KBFCmaneesh). Both accounts were immediately blocked. The blocking administrator left you a message explaining that you are not allowed to create new accounts [4]. How can you claim that you were not aware of the policy, when such a clear message was left on your talk page? How can can you claim that you were not aware of the block??? Blocks are issued to persons, not accounts. You, as a person, have been blocked from editing Wikipedia since 2019. You say that you "admitted [...] wrongdoing [...] three years back". But, your "wrongdoing" has only started three years ago, and has been there even since. You created two new accounts (Iamfrzu07 and Akevsharma) after you were told not to create new accounts. Because of this, I have to block you. Feel free to appeal the block from your original account. Vanjagenije (talk) 09:00, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll just note that Akevsharma is  Confirmed to Farzanfa007. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:19, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    PS, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jehowahyereh -- RoySmith (talk) 21:09, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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