Commons:Requests for checkuser

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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
Artículo bueno.svg Confirmed Likely
Symbol version generic.svg Possilikely Symbol possible vote.svg Possible
Symbol unlikely.svg Unlikely Symbol unsupport vote.svg Inconclusive
Symbol unrelated.svg Unrelated Time2wait.svg Stale
Request declined
Declined Checkuser is not for fishing
Checkuser is not magic pixie dust. 8ball The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says
Cyberduck icon.png It looks like a duck to me Checkuser is not a crystal ball.
Information
Additional information needed Deferred to
 Doing… Pictogram voting info.svg 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.
  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.
  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.
  5. Requests to run a check on yourself will be declined.

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[edit]

HOGD08[edit]

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Filed: 23:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: The names of the two accounts are related to a Spanish language HotDog. The suspicious account Jochito prechochocho has a peculiar way of operating similar to that of the banned HOGD08, because it uploads copyrighted logos (some in bad quality) and that go beyond simple text [1]. Luis1944MX (talk) 23:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

HOGD08 is stale, but it turns out to exist a Artículo bueno.svg Confirmed group of:

and perhaps some more. All blocked and nuked. --Krd 09:20, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Eiskrahablo[edit]

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Filed: 18:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: LTA based in id.wikipedia. Common behavioural patterns, seen here, include insidious nationalistic POV-pushing. Identical username pattern with TrueInformationNeverDies (blocked on idwiki), which has also been used (contribs) to hijack the nasi kerabu article there, as was done with the image description here on Commons. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

PS Please also request global locking if possible. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:33, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

PPS Added Hao Khao as well, which has just been created and is making the same POV-pushing edits. (Also has obvious identical edits on Wikidata.) --Paul_012 (talk) 19:59, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All above Artículo bueno.svg Confirmed and also added some more blocked Hao Khao, Anti-Malingers, Truth and Copyrights, Hisowow Aplæ Baolang, Tanatean and Enthop . - FitIndia Talk ✉ 13:39, 12 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, Fitindia. I just noticed Anti Stupid Claim (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log ) also has very similar contributions especially to categories started by Wikilingua here on Commons. Are there visible technical patterns there? --Paul_012 (talk) 00:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Symbol unsupport vote.svg Inconclusive - FitIndia Talk ✉ 13:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rkt2312[edit]

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Filed: 00:34, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: See, e.g., [2], [3]: apparent puppet re-doing rejected deletion nomination of the master. I should add that I don't make this nomination lightly due to Rkt2312's long history of participation here, but this and the userpages make this too suspicious for me to ignore. And this apparently goes a ways back, see Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 22#File:Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Artículo bueno.svg Confirmed --Krd 04:46, 7 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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