Jump to content

Commons:Requests for checkuser

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository

Shortcuts: COM:CHECK • COM:RFCU • COM:SOCK

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.

If this page is displaying outdated contents even after you refresh the page in your browser, please purge this page's cache.

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)
nothing found

Requests

[edit]

Kodamkasuari

[edit]

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 11:34, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason: The contributions were similar, both uploading unfree photos of Indonesia soldiers. Both accounts were investigated by checkuser Wikipedia Indonesia, and found to be abusing multiple accounts. Both accounts have been blocked indefinite on Wikipedia Indonesia. Astrinko (talk) 11:34, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No CU necessary, we accept CU outcomes of other wikis. Master has been globally locked, all socks confirmed at idwiki have been blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 06:58, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tidistruggo

[edit]

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 10:39, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason: Tidistruggo is likely the latest incarnation of the globally banned user InterComMan, who was most recently blocked on Wikidata and on the English Wikipedia as Palledidinosauro. See [1] and [2], which are two near-identical edits by Palledidinosauro and Tidistruggo to an obscure image here on Commons. BrownCat1023 (talk) 10:39, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed that Tidistruggo = Palledidinosauro. Deferred to EnWiki that Palledidinosauro = InterComMan. Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:26, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mmoreno25

[edit]

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 22:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason: The first suspected user has uploaded wrongly licensed images from Flickr; however, it is observed that the account is uploading photos taken in Panama (the master's country of origin). To add more spice to the verification, from CentralAuth is refusing to edit on the Spanish Wikipedia (the project where the master was born), perhaps to avoid any suspicion and verification from local checkerusers.

From the Sigma Interaction Analiser that there is a subtle and inevitable coincidence (a specific town in Panama and a Panamanian ministry) with another sock already blocked some years ago, so it could be looking for a way to continue undetected on the Spanish Wikipedia, just as another socks were locked in last June (the last two accounts). Taichi (talk) 22:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Difficult one, because all users you mention except HJGN2 are Stale. I checked HJGN2 with notes from eswiki CU last June. Based on that I cannot say more than Possible. --Lymantria (talk) 08:38, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AndroidDevelopment101

[edit]

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 05:25, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason: I ran a sleeper check per en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndroidDevelopment101 and found several socks.

Confirmed

Deferred to / request for a second opinion: I would like another CU to take a look at the /40 check that I ran at 03:53, 11 July 2025 and see if they think there are any more socks there. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:25, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found no other (convincing) socks in that range. --Lymantria (talk) 08:08, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect. Thanks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:43, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alec Smithson

[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Obvious sock of this pestiferous LTA (happy to provide my reasons privately), please check for sleepers. Also listing a couple of IPs; 82.. hasn't edited here since April but has been active on en.wp. Thank you, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:17, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please email me the rationale if you're not comfortable sharing it publicly. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 13:21, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Gejzir.owski

[edit]

Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 03:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason:

So I suspected these are sockpuppets attempting to do Flickr-washing, and potentially socks of an LTA. Thank you Tvpuppy (talk) 03:46, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Immediately after I created those DRs, JokerLaughter117 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log ) appeared on my talkpage and uploaded some other AI tower images. The timing and similar tower focus is odd. CMD (talk) 04:25, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Working This one is gonna take a while.
Confirmed as a set:
Confirmed as a set:
Likely that the two sets are the same user.
Based on the pattern of behavior, the bottom set is almost certainly Gejzir.owski, which means the top set is too. Tagging as such. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:57, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chipmunkdavis @Tvpuppy @The Squirrel Conspiracy I've also filed an SPI case on enwiki: w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gejzir.owski. 〈興華街〉📅❓ 06:59, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also m:Steward requests/Global#Global lock for Gejzir.owski socks. 〈興華街〉📅❓ 07:02, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moved to master's page, everything is blocked and tagged. Marking as done. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:20, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


PradaSaetiew

[edit]

Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 08:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

I would like to request a CheckUser investigation on the following accounts: User:Evrdkmkm, and User:Golf-ben10 (blocked and banned)

Thank you for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomarzig (talk • contribs) 10:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide a reason and evidence. --Krd 09:04, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Declined PradaSaetiew has no activity on Commons and you haven't provided a rationale. If you refile, you should do so on en.wiki or th.wiki, where PradaSaetiew does have activity. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:22, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you are creating a new request about this user, please add it to the top of the page, above this notice. Don't forget to add
{{Commons:Requests for checkuser}}
to the checkuser page here. Previous requests (shown below), and this box, will be automatically hidden on Requests for checkuser (but will still appear here).

Arnulfo1952

[edit]

Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 02:26, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results

[edit]

Reason: Suspected socks of indef-blocked Arnulfo1952. Kaseria123 and Gaha123 both had recreated the template {{Edit semi-protected}} after it was deleted twice (first created by Arnulfo1952).

All users mentioned above mainly edit/upload files related to logos and poodles (Arnulfo1952: [7], Kaseria123: [8], Gaha123: [9], Ruskli123 in en-wiki: [10]). There is also the similarities with their usernames.

Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 02:26, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed
Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:15, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the confirmation. Just one more thing, can you also check if this is also a sock?
I just noticed Arnulfo1952 edited their talk page before [11], they also edit files related to poodles [12] and they have a similar username with 2 of the socks above. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 03:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
They're stale, but  It looks like a duck to me. Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:24, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All accounts are globally locked. 〈興華街〉📅❓ 05:53, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


For older requests, please see Commons:Requests for checkuser/Archives
Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Requests_for_checkuser&oldid=1057340959"