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This is the place to request sockpuppet checks and other investigations requiring access to the Checkuser privilege. Checkuser is a last resort for difficult cases. Whenever possible, use other methods first. Possible alternatives are listed below.

Acceptable requests

Code Situation Solution, requirements
A Blatant attack or vandalism accounts, need IP block Submit new section at #Requests for IP check, below
B Evading blocks, bans and remedies issued by arbitration committee Submit case subpage, including link to closed arb case
C Ongoing, serious pattern vandalism with many incidents Submit case subpage, including diffs
D Vote fraud, closed vote, fraud affects outcome Submit case subpage, including link to closed vote
E 3RR violation using sockpuppets Submit case subpage, including diffs of violation
F Evading blocks, bans and remedies issued by community Submit case subpage, including link to evidence of remedy
G Does not fit above, but you believe check needed Submit case subpage, briefly summarize and justify

Unacceptable requests

Situation Solution
Obvious, disruptive sock puppet Block, no checkuser needed
Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits Block, no checkuser needed
Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" Such requests are rarely accepted, please do not ask
Related to ongoing arbitration case Request checkuser on the arbitration case pages
Vote fraud, ongoing vote Wait until vote closes before listing, or post at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets
Vote fraud, closed vote, did not affect outcome List at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets
Other disruption of articles List at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets
Open proxy, IP address already known List at Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies
You want access to the checkuser tool yourself Contact the arbitration committee, but such access is granted rarely or by invitation only

General procedure

  • If submitting a new case subpage, use the inputbox below; if adding to an existing case subpage, see WP:RFCU/P#Repeat requests.
  • Choose one code letter that best fits your request. Provide evidence such as diff links as required or requested. Note that some code letters inherently require specific evidence.
  • When listing suspected accounts or IP addresses, use the {{checkuser}} or {{checkip}} templates. Please do not use this template in a section header.
  • Sign your request.


Specific procedure


After submitting a request

  • Responses will be brief in order to comply with Wikipedia's privacy policy.
  • Due to technical factors, results are not always clear.
  • Check back regularly to see the outcome of your request.
  • Checkusers and clerks do not generally issue blocks. You may need to do this yourself or submit a request at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
  • Case subpages are typically archived several days after a checkuser responds.


Privacy violation?
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File a Checkuser Request
Cases are created on subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case.
If you require help or advice, ask at Wikipedia talk:Requests for checkuser.

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 it here or add Category:Checkuser requests to be listed to the subpage.

If creating a new case subpage, add the name of the main account (or "puppetmaster", not the sockpuppet!) in the box below. Leave out the "User:" prefix. Do not remove the text in the box, add the name to the end only (that is, append the name to the existing text). Then press "Request a checkuser" and you will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request.

Example: if you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text:
Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe
Indicators
Request completed:
Confirmed Likely
Possible Unlikely
Unrelated Inconclusive
IP blocked Stale
Completed
Request declined:
Declined Unnecessary
Checkuser is not for fishing Rejected
Checkuser is not a crystal ball
Information:
Additional information needed Deferred to
Note:
Clerk actions:
Clerk assistance required: Clerk note:
Delisted Relisted

Contents



[edit] Outstanding requests

[edit] Declined requests

[edit] Completed requests

[edit] Sumerophile (FIFTH case)

I have no doubt that Categorystuff is Sumerophile, user shows all typical Modi Operandi of edit warring, blanking out reliable references simply because his / her POV is that they are wrong and should not be mentioned, repeatedly, with no regard to 3RR policy; totally reconfiguring articles in Ancient Near East subjects without any regard whatsoever to what any other editors may think of the reconfigurations, etc. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 01:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I have blocked Categorystuff one month as a suspected sock puppet of Sumerophile on the above evidence, and from past experience with Sumerophile. Atisketatasket doesn't have enough contributions yet to know one way or the other. EdJohnston (talk) 01:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Not long after you blocked Categorystuff, Atisketatasket joined in on the very same edit-war, though... Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 03:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
You should surely have enough now, he has been spending much of the day going through all the same articles and doing them "his way"... Thanks, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 20:18, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Blocked Atisketatasket due to the pattern of new contributions since we talked last. EdJohnston (talk) 20:36, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Jvolkblum

request links: view edit links history watch
Filed: 03:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


  • Supporting evidence:

Jolkblum edits from open proxies, so confirmation is unlikely, but checking if the accounts are likely would be helpful. CedricRobinson was blocked at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (7th), Point Place 1970 was marked as possible sockpuppet but scarce evidence. It's pretty clear that edited from the same IP on the same day, could that be checked. EarthCleaner, PLATOLAWS , and Sweetiedarling are mentioned in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (8th). EarthCleaner and PLATOLAWS were created two minutes apart, so could it be checked if they were created by the same IP address and if any others accounts were created by the same IP address at that time. BlueAzure (talk) 03:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I have added Nina Van Horn to the list of accounts above. The account was created two minutes before Point Place 1970 and has edited in Jovlkblum style (additional evidence in Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (8th). BlueAzure (talk) 23:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: Some of the confirmed accounts from last time have not been blocked yet!
  • Confirmed
  1. CedricRobinson (talk · contribs)
  2. Orick-XL (talk · contribs)
  3. Flav-r-Ice (talk · contribs)
  4. PLATOLAWS (talk · contribs)
  5. EarthCleaner (talk · contribs)
  6. Point Place 1970 (talk · contribs)
  7. Nina Van Horn (talk · contribs)
  8. April24th1992 (talk · contribs)

More coming. Thatcher 04:42, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

  1. Procuremeister (talk · contribs)
  2. Werkmamawerk (talk · contribs)
  3. Bullethead08 (talk · contribs)
  4. Sweetiedarling (talk · contribs)
  5. KatieGrinn (talk · contribs)
  6. Oy'Peanuts (talk · contribs)

Might be all. Thatcher 04:55, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Clerk note: all blocked and tagged. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Two new accounts that have been created since the last group were blocked, evidence at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (9th). BlueAzure (talk) 22:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I have added Fajnzylberg101 to the list, evidence in the above suspected sock puppetry case. BlueAzure (talk) 23:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Confirmed - the following accounts, all on open proxies, now blocked -
  1. Gluconate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  2. LaurieBurton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  3. Fajnzylberg101 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  4. CreativeSuite (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  5. ANGLE-TELLA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
IP blocked - lots of proxies - Alison ❤ 05:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Clerk note: Y Done -- lucasbfr talk 09:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

The above are additional new accounts that appear to be Jvolkblum based on their creation times and editing interests. See the current sockpuppetry case for details. --Orlady (talk) 14:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

    • Clerk note: Clearly the same user, both blocked indefinitely. Rudget (Help?) 15:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: Proxies, no link to the previous accounts but quack quack etc. Thatcher 02:19, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I don't understand the comment about proxies, but it appears that every registered account in the above report is now blocked. EdJohnston (talk) 23:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I think that Thatcher was simply pointing out that if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck it's probably a duck. HMishkoff (talk) 23:31, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  1. Hanae Mori (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  2. Hayes E Recollection (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  3. DueAmici (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  4. KevinMcAllister (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Adding the above 4 users to this request. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Jvolkblum (11th) for evidence. --Orlady (talk) 21:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed - as socks of Jvolkblum (talk · contribs), the following:
  1. KevinMcAllister (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  2. DueAmici (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  3. MattHeffernan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  4. Serbenica (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  5. BuckWestonJr. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  6. MarwahKarsah (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  7. I'm Afraid I Must Go (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  8. Glo-DEAN (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
  9. Hanae Mori (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
Possible
  1. StAuNcH ChArAcTeR (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
- Alison ❤ 00:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Alison. Yet more socks to deal with.... Rudget (Help?) 16:29, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Requests for IP check

  • Vandal and attack accounts may be listed here for the purpose of identifying and blocking the underlying IP address or open proxy. Requests to confirm sockpuppets of known users should be listed in the sockpuppet section above.
  • If you already know the IP address of the suspected open proxy, list it at Wikipedia:Open Proxies instead.
  • Use === Subsections ===; do not create subpages.
  • List user names using the {{checkuser|username}} template. Add new reports to the top of the section.
  • Requests may be acted on or declined according to the discretion of the checkuser admins. Responses will be noted here. Specific evidence of abuse in the form of diffs may be required so as to avoid the impression of fishing for evidence.
  • Answered requests will be moved to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/IP check/Archive for 7 days, after which they will be deleted. No separate archive (other than the page history) will be maintained.

[edit] Cooner&0908 and Wishess2m

It's pretty obvious that these are tag-team spam socks: each has made a single edit, with one asking about a commercial product at the computing reference desk and the other providing a blatantly promotional answer 20 minutes later. What I'd like to know is whether there are more; also, the IP might merit blocking. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 17:28, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Confirmed but nothing else on that IP. 2 edits does not seem worth getting worked up over as yet. Thatcher 03:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
NC

[edit] Non-compliant requests

Requests that do not follow the instructions at the top of the page will be moved here. Common reasons for noncompliance include:

  • Did not cite a code letter, or cited more than one code letter.
  • Did not cite any supporting diffs if the code letter requires diffs.
  • Included IP addresses.

The specific deficiencies may be noted with Additional information needed. Cases which are corrected may be moved back to the pending section. Cases which are not corrected will be deleted after 3 days.

Please note that meeting these three criteria does not ensure that your check will be run. The checkusers retain final discretion over all cases.