Commons:CHECK

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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.

Category:Sockpuppet investigations#Requests%20for%20checkuser

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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

Rajesh56om

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 10:25, 04 June 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: Suspected lock evasion: Self-promoting xwiki SPA, more than a dozen socks per w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rajesh56om. --Achim55 (talk) 10:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Both suspects are not mentioned in the given link. What is the exact reason for the check? Krd 14:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
They promote exactly the same person "Rajesh Kumar Ram" (likely themself), explicitly to be seen on simple:ItsIncubius, en:ItsIncubius and d:Q130417033. --Achim55 (talk) 21:43, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Results: Likely the same:

Because of the interest in "Rajesh Kumar Ram", connection to this case and the case at enwiki is Likely as well. --Lymantria (talk) 05:23, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

GMatteotti

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 20:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: Sockpuppet of User:GMatteotti. The same behavior as with the previous account User:Pal-lon-cin. Renaming requests are constantly being made, even though they were previously rejected. Images are being uploaded under the new names due to the rejections. Redirects are being removed and their immediate deletion is being demanded. This includes the unnecessary removal of categories from images that were previously correctly categorized. Please also search for potential sleeper socks. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 20:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Confirmed

Stale

The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Tm.mmx

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 21:13, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: All uploading the same images of "GEMINI" (se respective talk pages; but perhaps specifically File:GEMINI.jpg), and trying to commit license fraud on VRT (see ticket:2025060210040378). I want to find if there are any more connected accounts which may have uploaded more copyvios which we can nuke. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 21:13, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Stale Only 1990xx has data. The check did not uncover any socks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Dzhaee

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 18:38, 2 June 2025 (UTC)


Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: suspected vote-stacking. On May 27, Djae26 uploaded File:Dian Murdiana.jpg, which is the same name as one of the puppets. Also, if you take a look at Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - May - Flowers/Voting, you will see that Dian Murdiana, Didzha, and Dzhaee all voted for the same pictures which were uploaded by Djae26.

Also, if you look at the uploads by all 4 accounts, they are all from Indonesia. For example, File:Kucing Kembang Telon Betina.jpg by Didzha and File:Halal Bihalal is A Traditional Indonesia Muslim.jpg by Dzhaee were shot from almost the exact same coordinates.  Bait30  pls ping me when you reply? 18:38, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Restults: Confirmed

Blocked and tagged. The oldest account is User:Didzha, so I will move the case to them as master. --Lymantria (talk) 19:16, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

서울출장

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 23:08, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: Same picture Cyberwolf (talk) 23:08, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Please provide the exact reason for the check. --Krd 04:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

PedroDuqueSantiago

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 21:05, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: The IP 120.29.76.52 recently made edits to the user talk pages of both SVG flag maker and Home37. Since Home37 is a confirmed sock of Nv7801, I ran a check of SVG flag maker to see if they were also a Nv7801 sock. What I actually found was surprising:

Confirmed

Very Likely

Possible

Unrelated

Per Yann, John emil hernandez is a sock of PedroDuqueSantiago. As such, the rest of these are also socks of PedroDuqueSantiago. @Yann: Does the behavioral evidence line up for this? I'm completely unfamiliar with PedroDuqueSantiago and their socks. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:05, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Yes, but not enough data for Kyllkyllkyll. Yann (talk) 09:06, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I've tagged SVG flag maker as a sock of PedroDuqueSantiago and upgraded their block to indef. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:47, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

TheLFC

Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 15:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: Greetings! I have reason to believe that this user is another sockpuppet of the already blocked Breath1Fire. He is engaged in a systematic war of edits in the same files and categories. Iktsokh (talk) 15:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Confirmed:
TheLFC blocked and tagged. These belong to en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SelfStarter2/Category:Sockpuppets of SelfStarter2. So I will move this case to SelfStarter2 as master. --Lymantria (talk) 21:06, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Aggans

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 00:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: Cyberwolf (talk) 00:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for opening the checkuser case. I will copy my reasoning from AN/B to here.
Tvpuppy (talk) 01:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Possibly they both make childish uploads screen shots of fandom and other violations Cyberwolf (talk) 03:08, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Confirmed as Crimea Republic

The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:34, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

@Cyberwolf and Tvpuppy: I moved this here and deleted the old page. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
There are some more likely socks:
GPSLeo (talk) 09:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
From a technical point of view, I do not see more than
  • Possible: ErrrrrWhat
  • Inconclusive: ФЫЦ, Saarabout
Perhaps The Squirrel Conspiracy can shed their light at behavioural evidence. I did find two Confirmed accounts Krd Puppet and Stack the Countries which I tagged and blocked if necessary. --Lymantria (talk) 06:01, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
I think it's obvious that ФЫЦ and Saarabout are someone's socks. I could be convinced that ErrrrrWhat is Crimea Republic - some of the tells look right - but it'd be nice to get more eyes on it. Maybe user:Achim55 and user:krd, since the first case was before my time as a CU? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:13, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
I'm also calling this Inconclusive. --Krd 06:20, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
IMO Saarabout is Unlikely because of their edits on enwiki. --Achim55 (talk) 16:37, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
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