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[edit]

Nilo4y[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 15:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: The Nilo4y was trying to upload images of Peta Jensen that are clearly copyrighted (taken from pornographic websites) as own work. Four minutes after I tagged their last reupload as copyright violation (COM:LL via Flickr) the user Nikogiro ll was created, and twenty minutes after the file was delete, the new user uploaded again the same images. Günther Frager (talk) 15:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Messina[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: WMF-banned user Messina appears to be active again using multiple sockpuppets, see discussions at Commons:Forum#Messina ist wieder Unterwegs, de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Messina, WRohmer25, and meta:Steward requests/Global#Global lock for Socks of Messina. It is the same pattern as before. Topics are now historic buildings in Frankfurt and Kassel. --AFBorchert (talk) 11:52, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Messina and known socks are stale, so this group cannot be compared directly thereto, but behaviour quacks.
Of additional interest is the account A. R. Krost (not listed above), which shares device, /24 range, and username style as the above, but appears to be editing in an entirely different topic area (United States military medals). I've not blocked this account per that behaviour difference, but others more familiar with Messina (perhaps they also edited this area?) are free to act, or not to act, as appropriate. Эlcobbola talk 15:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've reviewed xwiki contributions related to A. R. Krost and their uploads and believe it reasonable to consider this Likely. Blocked accordingly. Эlcobbola talk 19:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

EdwinAlden.1995[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 23:02, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: In the past year, User:EdwinAlden.1995 has uploaded many copyvios on Commons (as you can see on his talk page). He had to be warned several times (including on English Wikipedia) and blocked 1 week by User:Herbythyme before he seemed to stop uploading copyvios.

Now I've noticed User:ByaduniaEspoir who not only seems to have the same interests than EdwinAlden.1995 (uploading photos of buildings, people and celebrities from DRC), but also has a lot of his pictures added on English Wikipedia by EdwinAlden.1995 just a few moments after uploading them on Commons (example: this file added a few minutes after upload on this article, or this gallery added by EdwinAlden.1995 just a few moments after ByaduniaEspoir uploaded those files on Commons).

The big problem is that many of User:ByaduniaEspoir's uploads seems to be in copyright violation as well (see the mass deletion request I just started: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by ByaduniaEspoir). Another clue: EdwinAlden.1995 removed today a deletion request I had started on one of ByaduniaEspoir's file (which is what triggered my suspicion).

I strongly suspect User:EdwinAlden.1995 to have created another account to escape my and other users' vigilance on this issue (since he already had been warned and blocked with his regular account) and upload copyvios freely. --Titlutin (talk) 23:02, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Heavyhaul74[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 20:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: Nearly identical nonsensical deletion requests from all Heavy, Trucks, and the IP, targeting both Heavyhaul74's uploads and those of Photohelp13. I suspect that it's all one person making a colossal mess of trying to replace their old photos with new ones, but it could also be Trucksindiawiki trying to "get rid of the competition" so that only their photos of these specific trucks are around. Regardless, I've already put two-week blocks on all of them except Photohelp13. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Thanks for your report. Please handle Photohelp13 based on behavior.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:44, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks for the ping, but I saw elcobbola's resolution and decided that there wasn't enough to go on for Photohelp13 and since they're inactive, I'm going to leave them unblocked. We can always address them if they come back and reveal themselves to be part of the same sockfarm. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Fair enough. I messaged that user.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:07, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A3cb1[edit]

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 15:09, 06 January 2024 (UTC)


Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Same edit pattern as always.--Friniate (talk) 15:10, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Confirmed Krd 15:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Krd: The user also spammed an Admin per special:diff/839635319.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]



Wiki4052023[edit]

Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 22:15, 5 January 2024‎ (UTC)

Suspected related users[edit]

Rationale, discussion and results[edit]

Reason: apart from the fact that this new editor has been converting various vector images into raster and claiming them as their own, they have also been edit warring on en.wp over File:شعار النبالة المغرب.png, a semi-duplicate of File:Coat of arms of Morocco.svg that was uploaded by Alawites before their block. M.Bitton (talk) 21:15, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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