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Wikidata:Requests for checkuser

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Latest comment: 1 day ago by KonstantinaG07 in topic Hellejoep

For the place to request CheckUser access, see Wikidata:Requests for permissions/CheckUser.
Requests for checkuser
This is the place to request investigations of abuse of multiple accounts or of other circumstances that require use of checkuser privileges.

Requesting a checkuser

Please don't ask us to run checks without good reason; be aware of the following before requesting:

  1. Checkuser is a means to choose for difficult cases. If multiple accounts show clear behavior patterns or editing type, please post on the administrator's noticeboard.
  2. Running a check will only be done to combat disruption on Wikidata, or as required to assist checkuser investigations on other Wikimedia wikis.
    • Valid reasons for running a check include, for example: suspected block evasion, vote-stacking, or other disruption where technical evidence would prevent or reduce further disruption.
  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. Do not post requests for fishing without any grounds.
  4. The privacy policy does not allow us to make a check that has the effect of revealing IP addresses. Do not post requests to compare IPs to accounts or IPs to IPs comparisons.
  5. Requests to run a check on yourself will be declined.
Outcome

Responses will be brief in order to comply with Wikimedia privacy policy. Due to technical limitations, results are not always clear.

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.

To request a checkuser

Cases are created on subpages of Wikidata: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 (if the case has been archived). When editing an existing case, be sure to list/transclude the subpage here at the bottom.
Example
If you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe then click "Make a checkuser request". You will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request. Please make your request there brief and concise.
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For older requests, please see Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Archives

Requests edit

Bhokal yauua edit

Latest comment: 9 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion

26 May 2024 edit

Rationale, discussion and results edit

Reason: Very similar modus operandi, creating a single item on a non notable person, using a (spam) link to tswiki. Lymantria (talk) 11:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Results:   Completed

  •   Confirmed Group 1: Julia7iw and Vgysa
  •   Confirmed Group 2: Vibhawtra and Xreeesa
  •   Unrelated Bhokal yauua
  •   Possible Group 1 and 2

This result is not very helpful. I couldn't find any additional accounts :( --Sotiale (talk) 12:12, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Still, thank you. --Lymantria (talk) 13:38, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nublo777 edit

Latest comment: 6 days ago8 comments3 people in discussion

02 February 2024 edit

Rationale, discussion and results edit

Reason: Circumventing sanctions or blocks. Tarkoff / 14:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Results:   No comment on the IP address. The following are   Confirmed to be the same. Please move the case under the oldest account, Nublo777:

They will be tagged as socks of Nublo777 with Nublo777 the master.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:42, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Jasper Deng, is @Алиса Руоко confirmed? — Tarkoff / 13:11, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I forgot to add them. I will never tag an account with {{sock|...|confirmed}} without confirmation.--Jasper Deng (talk) 09:00, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

16 February 2024 edit

Rationale, discussion and results edit

Reason: Bypass blocking by Nublo777. — Tarkoff / 09:03, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Results:   Confirmed;   blocked and tagged --Alaa :)..! 22:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

27 May 2024 edit

Rationale, discussion and results edit

Reason: Bypass blocking by Nublo777. — Tarkoff / 10:54, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Results:   Confirmed;   blocked and tagged --Alaa :)..! 21:38, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hellejoep edit

Latest comment: 1 day ago1 comment1 person in discussion

03 June 2024 edit


Rationale, discussion and results edit

Reason: Hellejoep and Arnouthellemans are sharing a similar pattern of creating non-notable items/items of questionable notability for promotional/SEO purposes, which is obvious by looking into their deleted contributions, not so much in their live contributions. Often contributing to the same items of this pattern, a couple of examples:

  • Q124246828, Q117599472 both contributing to the same item, the subject of which also share name with the potential sock account. Was also re-created by Arnouthellemans as Q126326539 and a few others.
  • Q124398197 both accounts collaborating on this item long-term.
    • This is also the item Jvandriel (who's also it's subject) has been mainly editing (often by self-reverting) outside of some self reverts in physics related items and a single edit in Q124246828.


Without further technical evidence it's unclear if the accounts are definitivelt owned and controlled by the same person, or they are involved in the same paid editing / meatpuppetry.. KonstantinaG07 (talk) 21:52, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Results:

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