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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.

Checkuser requests to be listed (empty)
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Requests

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A3cb1

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 07:41, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Some files uploaded by Börranga are recreations from previous cited known socks. Also, similar main subjects and edit pattern as both master and other socks. -- 80.29.203.133 07:41, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]



Tptngnskrm

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 11:55, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Users uploaded images with same url as source - url took you to a dodgy ecommerce site. Users uploaded one file each. Files have been deleted and users blocked as a precaution but I think a checkuser might be useful to see if I missed any Gbawden (talk) 11:55, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Results: Not easy to track down more socks. I found a few. Quite Likely to Confirmed the same are:

Blocked and tagged. Case moved to Ankrhbrbgn as oldest account. --Lymantria (talk) 20:49, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ChanComThemPho

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 20:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

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and probable more...

Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Could you please block the range? Or create a filter? Well anything to block them preventively. Yann (talk) 20:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are 213 confirmed socks, and the sockmaster is highly resistant to rangeblocks. I'll reach out to someone about seeing if filters are an option. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:24, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: As far as I know, this LTA use many proxies to evade lock/ban, so I think filter is the only option. See also this disscussion in viwiki (in Vietnamese). Nvdtn19 (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For older requests, please see Commons:Requests for checkuser/Archives
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