User:Gorthian/Mughal empire

MuhammaddAurangcZebsMughal is the probable perpetrator of a large amount of refspam on Wikipedia, citing his own work in hundreds of articles (usually without adding any other text). He has edited from IP accounts exclusively (as far as anyone knows). According to my records, he made a total of 711 edits, on 43 different dates, over a period of 3 years and 2 months, using 50 different IPs, on 288 different articles. I did not count edits that did not involve citations to his work.

From about May 6 to May 20, 2016, several editors made a concerted effort to delete his self-citations from almost all articles (exceptions listed below), and I believe we succeeded.

I created this page to make a centralized area for tracking his inevitable return to spamming activities. Please post any new comments or observations on the talk page.

Articles "whitelist"

These are articles that have cited Mughal's work, but the citations were legitimately added by other editors.

• Burjor Avari (cited in page creation, May 14, 2015)]
• History of India (first cite, March 10, 2015; removed May 20, 2016)
• Punjabi calendar (first cite, November 1, 2014; removed May 14, 2016)
• Tunisian Arabic (first cite, July 30, 2015; removed May 19, 2016)
• Bikrami calendar (added by user 1738details) Not sure about this one. This article was cleaned of refspam in May. A cite to Mughal's work was added June 8, 2016 by this new user. Their other contributions did not add Mughal, but they all had to do with adding refs. Removed the ref because the subject looked unlikely to support the content. — Gorthian (talk)

Past records

Discussions

Many editors have encountered him over the years, and brought up the problems of his spamming in various venues. Reading through these can provide details and an overall "feel" for his editing habits. (Dates are when the discussion was initiated.)

• User talk:Blue Mist 1/Archive 1#Self serving reference (28 May 2013)
• User talk:Blue Mist 1/Archive 1#Indigenous Peoples.2C Tertiary Source Removal (6 June 2013)
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2013 Archive Dec 1#Citation spam by IP editor (29 December 2013)
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive922#Reference spam (6 May 2016)
• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/129.234.0.13/Archive (11 May 2016)
• User talk:Tawker (11 May 2016)
• User talk:Oshwah (11 May 2016)
• User talk:SpacemanSpiff#Ref Spam (14 May 2016)
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents (17 May 2016)

Edits made

Articles

Table of articles edited and number of edits each

# of edits Article 10 Calendar 10 Indigenous peoples 10 Minority group 9 Environmental issues in Pakistan 9 Geography of Gilgit–Baltistan 9 Marcel Mauss 9 Time 8 Absolute time and space 8 Hindu calendar 8 Indigenous peoples in Brazil 8 Time discipline 7 Berbers 7 Bikrami calendar 7 Geography of Qatar 7 Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe 7 South Asia 7 Temporality 6 Autonomism (political doctrine) 6 Fundação Nacional do Índio 6 Maurice Bloch 6 Nationalisms and regionalisms of Spain 6 Province 6 Sarah Weddington 6 Sindh 6 The Perse School 5 Autonomous communities of Spain 5 Avicennia marina 5 Basque Country (greater region) 5 Culture of Pakistan 5 Gilgit-Baltistan 5 History of Asia 5 History of Sindh 5 Lunar calendar 5 Lycée Carnot 5 Point shaving 5 Sanitation of the Indus Valley Civilisation 5 Seal (emblem) 5 Tyuleniy Archipelago (Kazakhstan) 4 2007 NBA betting scandal 4 Administrative units of Pakistan 4 Basques 4 Caspian Sea 4 Central Asia 4 Demographics of Tunisia 4 Émile Durkheim 4 Ethnic group 4 Geography of Turkmenistan 4 Habitat conservation 4 Harappa 4 Indo-Scythians 4 List of National Basketball Association referees 4 Lunisolar calendar 4 Mohenjo-daro 4 Mosque 4 Outline of Pakistan 4 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica 4 Proceedings 4 Regionalism (politics) 4 Roe effect 4 Russian sturgeon 4 Social change 4 Stipa capensis 4 Tunisia 3 Akhirah 3 Alborz 3 Balochistan 3 Balochistan, Pakistan 3 Berber music 3 Brazilians 3 Celtiberians 3 Classical mechanics 3 Climate of Pakistan 3 Demographics of Brazil 3 Demographics of South America 3 Geography of Azerbaijan 3 Geography of Pakistan 3 Geography of Tajikistan 3 History of water supply and sanitation 3 Hue Hollins 3 Intercalation (timekeeping) 3 Islamic calendar 3 List of protected areas of Saudi Arabia 3 Minority language 3 Mountains of Central Asia 3 Nationality 3 Norma McCorvey 3 Pakistani village life 3 Panicum turgidum 3 Protected area 3 Punjabi calendar 3 Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 3 Social organization 3 Solar calendar 3 Tajikistan 3 Tariq Rahman 3 Time allocation 3 Time-use research 3 United Arab Emirates 3 Vikram Samvat 3 Western Asia 2 2007 in basketball 2 Abortion in the United States 2 Al-Biruni 2 Autonomy 2 Baradari (brotherhood) 2 Basque language 2 Berber calendar 2 Berber languages 2 Central Atlas Tamazight 2 Environment of Azerbaijan 2 Environmental history 2 Environmental impact of war 2 Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola 2 Galilean invariance 2 Geography of Asia 2 Geography of China 2 Gregorian calendar 2 History of Brazil 2 History of calendars 2 History of early Tunisia 2 History of Pakistan 2 History of the Punjab 2 History of Tunisia 2 History of writing 2 House 2 Indigenous peoples of the Americas 2 Industrialisation 2 Islam in Pakistan 2 Islamic architecture 2 July 2007 in sports 2 Karakoram 2 Languages of Spain 2 List of ecoregions in Pakistan 2 List of people associated with the London School of Economics 2 Mike Mathis 2 Month 2 Nanakshahi calendar 2 National Basketball Association criticisms and controversies 2 Nepali calendar 2 North Africa 2 Pakistani architecture 2 Pakistani nationalism 2 Pamir Mountains 2 Pamir National Park 2 Philosophy of physics 2 Philosophy of space and time 2 Politics of Pakistan 2 Public holidays in Pakistan 2 Religious nationalism 2 Ronnie Nunn 2 Rural area 2 Season 2 Separatism 2 Social exclusion 2 Social space 2 Socotra cormorant 2 Time geography 2 Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan 2 Turkmenistan 2 Volga River 2 Year 1 1973 1 2007 in the United States 1 Abortion in the United States by state 1 Agriculture in Pakistan 1 Aldrovanda vesiculosa 1 Anthropology 1 Arab states of the Persian Gulf 1 Arabian Desert 1 Arabian Peninsula 1 Architecture 1 August 2007 in sports 1 Badshahi Mosque 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) 1 Basque nationalism 1 Bengali calendar 1 Bloch 1 Burjor Avari 1 Calendar date 1 Calendar era 1 Calendar year 1 Climate change and ecosystems 1 Commissioner of the NBA 1 Cultural anthropology 1 Demographics of Pakistan 1 Depleted uranium 1 Desert farming 1 Desi 1 Diaspora studies 1 Dick Bavetta 1 Dimension 1 Diwali 1 Dunya 1 Durham University 1 Dust storm 1 Environmental impact of Gulf wars 1 Ethnography 1 Etiquette in Pakistan 1 Extended family 1 Front yard 1 Gender 1 Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro 1 Gulf War 1 Gulf War oil spill 1 Gulf War syndrome 1 Himalayas 1 History of Afghanistan 1 History of Bahrain 1 History of India 1 Home 1 Hour 1 Household 1 Household goods 1 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium 1 Indian astronomy 1 Indian national calendar 1 Indian subcontinent 1 Indigenous land rights 1 Indus script 1 Inertial frame of reference 1 Kulfi 1 Leap year 1 Leisure 1 List of calendars 1 List of highest mountains 1 March for Life (Washington, D.C.) 1 Match fixing 1 Mathematical physics 1 Mehmaan khana 1 Men's spaces 1 Men's studies 1 Metaphysics 1 Mihrab 1 Minaret 1 Modernization theory 1 Monsoon of South Asia 1 Multi-sport event 1 Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent 1 Muslim holidays 1 National symbols of Pakistan 1 Partition of India 1 Personal Foul (book) 1 Philosophical interpretation of classical physics 1 Physical impacts of climate change 1 Planned Parenthood v. Casey 1 Portal:Philadelphia/Selected biography archive/18 1 Poverty in Pakistan 1 Principle of relativity 1 Problem of time 1 Prosopis juliflora 1 Punjab, Pakistan 1 Ramadan 1 Regional effects of global warming 1 Relativity of simultaneity 1 Rhythm 1 Right to life 1 Ritual 1 Ṛtú 1 Rural history 1 Salah 1 Sawm 1 Sawm of Ramadan 1 Sex segregation 1 Social status 1 Socioeconomic impact of female education 1 Solar Hijri calendar 1 Special relativity 1 Stratigraphy 1 Supreme Court of the United States 1 Theories of urban planning 1 Time in physics 1 Transformation of culture 1 Tunisian Arabic 1 Urbanisation in Pakistan 1 Urbanization 1 Vikramaditya 1 Wall calendar 1 War and environmental law 1 Westernization 1 Wife 1 Women in Pakistan 1 Women's education in Pakistan 1 Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act 1 Women's rights in Pakistan 1 Women's studies 1 Zebu 1 Zenana

IPs

Table of IPs used, dates used, and edit counts

IP Date Edit count Edits checked 92.17.8.169 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count March 6, 2013 13  Done 129.234.252.65 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count March 6, 2013 12  Done 80.44.118.193 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 27, 2013 32  Done 78.148.11.236 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 3, 2013 1  Done 78.148.2.74 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 7, 2013 2  Done 193.60.182.115 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 18, 2013 17  Done 84.13.68.20 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 22, 2013 12  Done 193.60.182.113 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 25, 2013 3  Done 84.13.73.242 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 3, 2013 3  Done 84.13.69.1 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 4, 2013 24  Done 92.17.101.184 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 5, 2013 6  Done 78.148.7.191 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 12, 2013 5  Done 2.97.154.214 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 17, 2013 4  Done 129.234.163.70 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 24, 2013 35  Done 129.234.252.66 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count September 13, 2013 10  Done 84.13.74.181 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count September 25, 2013 17  Done 2.123.151.125 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count October 6, 2013 12  Done 94.1.141.4 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count October 9, 2013 9  Done 94.7.162.100 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count October 19, 2013 3  Done 94.1.163.34 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count December 10, 2013 10  Done 94.1.153.217 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count December 15, 2013 1  Done 94.1.153.217 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count December 16, 2013 10  Done 94.1.153.217 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count December 20, 2013 6  Done 94.7.175.163 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count December 29, 2013 12  Done 129.234.0.0 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 4  Done 129.234.0.1 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 3  Done 129.234.0.3 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 4  Done 129.234.0.5 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 2  Done 129.234.0.6 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 3  Done 129.234.0.8 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 1  Done 129.234.0.9 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 3  Done 129.234.0.11 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 6  Done 129.234.0.13 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 8, 2014 3  Done 119.158.13.23 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 31, 2014 5  Done 119.158.26.217 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 2, 2014 33  Done 119.158.4.85 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 12, 2014 60  Done 119.158.23.151 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 19, 2014 6  Done 119.158.16.157 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 24, 2014 31  Done 119.158.12.253 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 25, 2014 19  Done 119.154.120.159 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count November 14, 2014 11  Done 119.154.113.10 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count January 28, 2015 6  Done 119.154.91.81 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count March 10, 2015 20  Done 119.154.120.248 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count July 24, 2015 3  Done 182.186.67.143 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count September 19, 2015 12  Done 182.186.83.129 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count October 2, 2015 1  Done 182.186.3.228 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count November 15, 2015 4  Done 182.186.83.94 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count April 27, 2016 3  Done 182.186.83.10 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count April 30, 2016 17  Done 39.37.116.188 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 6, 2016 58  Done 182.186.43.192 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 6, 2016 18  Done 182.186.37.215 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 10, 2016 46  Done 182.186.37.215 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 11, 2016 5  Done 182.186.87.63 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count May 12, 2016 65  Done 182.186.44.166 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count June 22, 2016 1  Done 129.234.252.65 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))*Edit count September 19, 2016 1  Done   Total 712