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Hi, Yamla. I just created a stub for Polish film director Piotr Kamler. The page name came with a warning that another page under that name had been removed by you in 2015 because it was created by a banned user in 2015. I couldn't find a reference to it in your logs so I proceeded, but thought it best to check and see if there is any issue I am missing. I believe my stub is all original content. Wrightjack talk

Hi, looking at Special:Contributions/88.85.112.0/20, could you revoke TPA? Myrealnamm's Alternate Account (talk) 14:36, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we are quite there yet, two pages in the past month. But I'll protect the one page and if you see this happen again, please ping me. --Yamla (talk) 15:10, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"attempted block evasion via email" - what does that mean, Yamla?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:47, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Asking others to edit on their behalf while blocked. Oh! You probably asked this prior to me leaving my comment on User talk:M.Bitton, as that took a few minutes to write up. Let me know if you still think I should clarify further. --Yamla (talk) 15:49, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, that was fine, very Yamla-like (I mean that in a good way <smiling>).--Bbb23 (talk) 15:53, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hahahaha. I spent a lot of my career working from home, where most of my communication was text-based online. I guess I developed a style. --Yamla (talk) 20:03, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Yamla,

I've just duck-blocked Darades20, who I believe to be Createuserss aka. Createmearticle. (Happy to explain why, if you'd like.)

I also think Darades20 is probably Dsarthak20, whom you recently blocked as suspected sock of KarthickPJ90. That would potentially make KarthickPJ90 the master of this lot.

There's a lot of paid editing (some of which disclosed, some UPE) here. I don't know how many individuals are involved, but I'd say fewer than there are accounts, and I wouldn't be too surprised if there were even more accounts in the loop than these five.

Do you reckon I should file SPI on these, pro-forma and to ask for CU? Or can you do some CU magic without the need to further clog up SPI? Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:37, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @PhilKnight: you just declined Darades20's unblock request on CU basis – anything you'd care to share? -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:41, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Darades20 is  Confirmed to Dsarthak20, so the master appears to be KarthickPJ90. PhilKnight (talk) 08:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DoubleGrazing, note that I have a coffee in front of me but haven't consumed any, so I'm not reading messages particularly closely yet. Let me know if you think further action may be required and I'll be happy to advise, after I finish my coffee! --Yamla (talk) 11:45, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, wouldn't want to get between you and your first coffee, that can only end badly! :) Take your time.

In any case, I'm not trying to dump a load of work on you, mainly just asking if you think I should file SPI. If you've no strong opinion either way, that's fine. Valid answers would also include "figure it out yourself" and "bugger off, it's Sunday and I'm resting!" -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:32, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, the situation seems to be as follows:

1. Darades20 is blocked
2. Darades20 is  Confirmed, by PhilKnight, to Dsarthak20
3. Createuserss is blocked, with one or two of suspected socks
4. Darades20 is suspected as being related to Createuserss, which would imply this is a single sockfarm rather than two.
5. If so, KarthickPJ90 is the sock master (oldest account) rather than Createuserss.
6. Is it worth filing an SPI to tie Createuserss to KarthickPJ90?

Honestly, I'm not sure this is worth the WP:CHECKUSER investigation and not worth your effort in writing up the WP:SPI case. I think this is a WP:DUCK case where you could just retag the accounts as belonging to KarthickPJ90. Darades20 is confirmed, the other two are suspected. I think that's good enough, and minimal effort. Let me know if I missed anything or if you disagree! --Yamla (talk) 12:40, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I'll retag them as KarthickPJ90, and job's a good'un. Thank you kindly, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:01, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I request for you as an admin to undo the Article deletion for Denetric Malope,Tshiamo Nong and Nande Mabala (South African models). If it is no, state the reason. Thanks your time 197.184.125.250 (talk) 10:58, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Yamla! Noting proxy. The first two were deleted per Redirects for discussion and the last one per AfD. None were deleted by you.---- Deepfriedokra (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you able to undo the deletion? Please! 197.184.125.250 (talk) 11:19, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

197.184.125.250, no. I will not undo those deletions, as I did not perform those deletions, as you've provided no reason to undelete them, as you are editing from a proxy, and as those articles are targeted by a block-evading banned editor. --Yamla (talk) 11:43, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There, I assume, is no relation between Itumeleng Kingsley and Leratokgang? I at first thought the IP in the above thread was a sock, and tagged the draft for G5, but realize I was perhaps too hasty in making the call. JayCubby 22:54, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At this time, I believe not. This is a time where additional evidence may change my position in the future. But the timeline (account age, etc.) doesn't quite match up and presumably, that user hasn't shown up on any of the IP addresses involved over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Leratokgang. So, at the moment, clear. --Yamla (talk) 22:59, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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