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
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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ابن عرب العمريه العمري

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 13:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Added 4 accounts, which keep reuploading the same junk: File:خريطة عشائر اربد.jpg. Yann (talk) 13:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed --Krd 15:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Alec Ruffle

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 23:34, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: After my request, a third account, SkyVit, appeared, continuing to upload the same photos with license violations as the previous accounts. Also, please, check for the presence of sleepers. --❄️Mykola❄️ 23:34, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inconclusive for SkyVit. --Krd 08:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AlexjRaf is stale. --Krd 12:50, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SquarePortrait

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 06:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: ArionStar has been blocked from editing for 12 months, and indefinitely from participating at COM:FPC. Now using sockpuppets that have recently been blocked. Brand new account created to participate today at COM:FPC with 3 questionable nominations instead of maximum 2 allowed in the guidelines. This nominated picture is clearly linked to ArionStar. Exactly the same behavior. For example spamming my talk page with "Hey" messages, like a previous sockpuppet (Aliphotography) already blocked. -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed --Krd 09:45, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


User:POLITÍCO VINICIUS DE JESUS CRISTO

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 02:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Photos are of the same person, while the behavior is different. These two sockmasters feel like the same LTA. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 02:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed --Krd 09:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Nv7801

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 21:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: I've blocked the master and first 2 related per the checks on enwiki. Given the username similarity between Flagvisioner and Flagvisioner, shared interest in flags, and eswiki block, I suspect Flagvisioner is related. I suspect none of these accounts are the master: maybe CU could help with that? And I suspect sleepers, especially if Flagvisioner is related. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flagvisioner is Unrelated. Regarding the rest, more time is required for detailed checks. Krd 12:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Someone is impersonating Flagvisioner SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 15:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed, also:
--Krd 12:26, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TylerKutschbach

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 14:48, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Ongoing disruption and long-term sockpuppetry. AcornPond was blocked on en.wikipedia in December: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TylerKutschbach/Archive - Eureka Lott 14:48, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Still stale, nothing to check. --Krd 16:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Krd: User:PiperLeeBob was also identified as a sockpuppet on Wikipedia, and was active on Commons in December. Is that account related to User:AcornPond? - Eureka Lott 18:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd appreciate if you could write a valid CU request with all relevant information and with a reasoning. Krd 12:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Crimea Republic

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 09:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Block evasion. Treating Commons as personal playground creating countless gallery pages of flags. Edits started months ago as IP. Please check for other accounts I don't see. --Achim55 (talk) 09:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed --Krd 09:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Krd: CrimeaRepublic3 (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log ) was also reported by SpinnerLaserzthe2nd on COM:ANB.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed Krd 09:15, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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