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This is the place to request investigations of abuse of multiple accounts or of other circumstances that require use of checkuser privileges.

Requesting a check

These indicators are used by CheckUsers to allow easier at-a-glance reading of their notes, actions and comments.
Request completed
Confirmed  Technically indistinguishable
Likely  Possilikely
Possible Unlikely
Inconclusive Unrelated
 No action Stale
Request declined
Declined Checkuser is not for fishing
Checkuser is not magic pixie dust. 8ball The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says
 It looks like a duck to me Checkuser is not a crystal ball.
Information
Additional information needed Deferred to
 Doing…  Info

Please do not ask us to run checks without good reason; be aware of the following before requesting a check:

  1. Checkuser is a last resort for difficult cases; pursue other options first, such as posting on the administrator's noticeboard. (This is not a venue for requesting administrative action such as blocks or file clean-up.)
  2. Running a check will only be done to combat disruption on Commons, or as required to assist checkuser investigations on other Wikimedia wikis.
    • Valid reasons for running a check include, for example: vandalism where a block of the underlying IP or IP range is needed and suspected block evasion, vote-stacking, or other disruption where technical evidence would prevent or reduce further disruption.
    • Requests to check accounts already confirmed on other projects may be declined as redundant.
    • Requests to run a check on yourself will be declined.
  3. Evidence is required. When you request a check, you must include a rationale that demonstrates (e.g., by including diffs) what the disruption to the project is, and why you believe the accounts are related.
    • Requests to run a check without evidence or with ambiguous reasoning will result in delays or the request not being investigated.
  4. The privacy policy does not allow us to make a check that has the effect of revealing IP addresses.

Outcome

Responses will be brief in order to comply with Wikimedia privacy policy. Due to technical limitations, results are not always clear. Closed requests are archived after seven days.

Privacy concerns

If you feel that a checkuser request has led to a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy regarding yourself, please refer the case to the Ombuds commission.

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To request a check:

Cases are created on subpages of Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case.

Creating a request
  • Insert the name of the suspected sockpuppeteer (the main account or puppetmaster, not the sockpuppet!) in the box below, leaving out the "User:" prefix. Do not remove the text in the box, add to the end only.
  • Please explain/justify the request by saying what it is you suspect and why it is important that the check be carried out. Indicate the usernames you suspect, using {{checkuser}}. Please do not use this template in the section header, as that makes it difficult to read the account names. Include the diffs or links required to support the request and reason for it.
  • There are people to assist you and help with maintenance of the page. Just ask for help on the admin noticeboard if you really are stuck, or take your best shot and note that you weren't completely sure of what to say.
  • If a case subpage already exists, edit the existing page instead, either adding to the currently open section (if the case is not yet archived) or adding a new section to the top using {{subst:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Inputbox/Sample}} (if the case has been archived). When editing an existing case, be sure to list/transclude the subpage here.
Example
If you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe then click "Request a checkuser". You will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request. Please make your request there brief and concise.


Then transclude your subpage on the top of the list at Commons:Requests for checkuser and remove {{Checkuser requests to be listed}} from the top of the case subpage.

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Requests

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Hninsiphyutoxica

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 04:41, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Same deleted photo upload. Ninja✮Strikers «☎» 04:43, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Lopestre

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 16:01, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Potential block evasion by Lopestre. All of the accounts have been related to uploads or editing about José Rafael Cordero Sánchez, a LTA vandal engaged in self-promotion.

I'm aware that some of the accounts may already be stale, but I think it's important to make this request due to the long term sockpuppet abuse in other wikis and the possibility of other accounts in the future. Linking the related deletion discussions for reference: Alex rodriguez.jpeg, JoséRafaelCorderoSánchez.jpg, Jose Rafael Cordero en Halloween 2024.jpg, as well as the central page documenting the case's history: nl:Wikipedia:Checklijst langdurig structureel vandalisme/Josercs1.

Also pinging @Taichi: , who is more knowledgeable about the case, if by any chance I'm missing accounts or details. Kind regards, NoonIcarus (talk) 16:01, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ricardinho da Souza Silva 7

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 18:04, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: I got information of an account called L8M (talk · contribs) on Wikidata, that has been changing the images to the ones added by these socks I've found here at Commons. The same behavior is repeated. --Stïnger （会話） 22:15, 30 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Working This is going to take a while. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:46, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The following are Confirmed
The following appear Unrelated
I don't think Flosegura matches on beheavior either, so have left them untouched. The rest are either now indeffed or were already globally locked. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:28, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


WPK~commonswiki

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 18:42, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Similar topics of interest and editing style. For example, the files File:Yleisradio logo 1940.svg and File:Yleisradio logo 1965.svg were originally uploaded by WPK~commonswiki, with little interest from anyone else. --Paranaja (talk) 18:42, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks Likely to me. Indeffed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:57, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]



annh07fan

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 12:59, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: I mean its obvious Cyberwolf (talk) 12:59, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Declined The account annh07fan isn't registered locally and "its obvious" isn't a valid reason for requesting CheckUser. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 13:10, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

VSOian

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 13:16, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Please note that these users listed up in w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Smita Patil PSP are causing file-related issues (Please see the warnings that they got). Activity overlap is also described in w:simple:Special:Diff/10151241. MathXplore (talk) 13:16, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Declined These users were already linked by an en.wiki CU. There is no need for a local CU. @MathXplore: In the future, if they're already CU-linked on another project, you can either got to COM:AN and ask for the block there, or if they're causing problems on multiple projects, go to Meta:Steward requests/Global. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:13, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jagdeep99

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 09:49, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason:

  1. Same pattern of username.
  2. Jagdeep99, Diljit46 and Jagdeep Dhillon1 have engaged in uploading copyvio as File:Jasmin_Bajwa.jpg.
  3. After the copyvio uploaded by Jagdeep Dhillon1 was deleted, DeepTV8 recreated it as File:Jasmin Bajwa (actress).jpg within three days.
  4. When user Diljit46 uploaded File:Jasmin_Bajwa.jpg, it was inlcuded into the English-Wiki article Jasmin Bajwa by Jagdeepsingh7 just a few hours later.

--0x0a (talk) 09:49, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inconclusive --Krd 10:07, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Krd: What about Jagpreetsingh9? Another suspected sock I just noticed. --0x0a (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let's keep this open for a few days, perhaps the missing link between the accounts will appear. --Krd 05:56, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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