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SaraKab

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

24 June 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

AreebaQ (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)
ZaniraM (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
AceUofT (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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All three editors only add references by Shafique Virani.

AreebaQ [1], [2], [3]
ZaniraM [4], [5], [6]
AceUofT [7], [8], [9]

There is a lot of article overlap as well. All three have added Shafique Virani references to Esoteric interpretation of the Quran, Nasir Khusraw, and Fatimid Caliphate; two of the three on Taqiya and Ginans, etc.

They may or may not be related to Ahmed Omair who created Shafique Virani, duplicated it on their user page, and then promptly stopped editing entirely. If so, Omair appears to be the oldest account. Notfrompedro (talk) 18:36, 24 June 2021 (UTC) Notfrompedro (talk) 18:36, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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There is a related ANI thread here. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 19:15, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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

ZaniraM and AceUofT are Possible to each other, while AreebaQ appears unrelated from a technical standpoint based on a singular login from April 2021. However, as always, CU is only one piece of the analysis, and in this case, the behavioral similarities are quite suspicious. In addition to the single-purpose nature of the accounts in promoting Shafique Virani, there are also interesting similarities in the way the accounts write their edit summaries. All in all, Looks like a duck to me. All accounts Blocked and tagged, closing. Mz7 (talk) 20:05, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Notfrompedro mentioned on my talk page that SaraKab (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is probably another sock, and looking at the behavior, I agree. Blocked and tagged. Mz7 (talk) 23:03, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk assistance requested: Since SaraKab appears to be the oldest account, this case could be moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SaraKab. Mz7 (talk) 23:04, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Moved. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 07:42, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]