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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

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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.
Transcluding the request
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.

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Reason: Same gobbledygook edit summaries, tendency to nominate Sikh-related images for deletion. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Reason: Accounts have clearly been created to remove deletion tags from uploads by Pedrolanding (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user, which has been blocked as a sockpuppet of ScientiaMonde (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user, which itself is a sockpuppet of Climater67 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 22:55, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Adeletron 3030: Checkuser requests require evidence.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:05, 21 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. Both users are now blocked globally so please consider this request moot. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason: The Spanish Wikipedia has reported a possible connection between some accounts following the expulsion of CFA1877 a few days ago. A local CU has already detected a connection to Amfenix87 (talk · contribs), so I ask to check here to see if there is a link to any other accounts, including the one under suspicion. Taichi (talk) 13:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment: I request the closure of the request because the accounts were verified locally on Wikipedia in Spanish with a negative result. Taichi (talk) 15:41, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason: Both of those accounts have uploaded images for Phước Huệ Pagoda (1, 2), and created articles about it on Vietnamese Wikipedia (1, 2), even though the subject does not meet the notability criteria and the articles have been deleted multiple times on that wiki. Other images uploaded by PhatTuTraOn also only serve to promote local temples and Buddhists in their area (Vĩnh Long), despite their lack of notability. Kim Nito (talk) 08:08, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 14:14, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason: Account was attached on Commons (registered on enwiki 9 September 2025 but never edited) after LuvsMG481 got into hot water at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#User:LuvsMG481. Similarly filing DRs for pictures of girls. Both nominated Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nudist girl.jpg. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 23:26, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Possible  On hold At this time, I don't see a strong enough connection to issue a block, but I've reached out to the CheckUser mailing list for assistance interpreting the results. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:52, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm even leaning to Unlikely by quite different geolocation. --Lymantria (talk) 18:07, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason: Jairojimenez6 might be related per COM:ANU#Jairojimenez6.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:56, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Possilikely I see that Jairojimenez6 has been blocked based on behaviour and tagged as suspect, that seems correct to me. --Lymantria (talk) 05:38, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No sleepers? The reported account was not the only one who acted similar to the previous socks. Nakonana (talk) 12:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Nakonana: Can you name the others? Perhaps they can be blocked on behavior.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:42, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, here's a list of editors whose entire edits revolve only around uploading and nominating files for deletion that are about Canal 24 Honduras and Carlosarevalohn:
The files around which those accounts appear to be active are:
There may be more files and accounts, I didn't put all of them on my watchlist after the first round of disruptionbback in January. Nakonana (talk) 13:06, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Another file from this group which was initially uploaded by user Carlosarevalohn, then nominated for deletion by their sock Yovanyhn, and recently reuploaded by the now blocked suspected sock Jairojimenez6 is
File:Noticieros Telecinco Honduras.jpg, see User talk:Carlosarevalohn/Archive 1#File:Noticieros Telecinco Honduras.jpg. Nakonana (talk) 13:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
And there are another two users who are now targeting Canal 24 Honduras related uploads by the above listed Juan20mx:
Based on
Nakonana (talk) 13:45, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The more I dig, the longer the list:
Nakonana (talk) 13:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Nakonana (talk) 14:05, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have had a quick look, but that did not bring me enough clarity. My time is limited for the next couple of days. I hope one of the other CUs can step in. --Lymantria (talk) 20:34, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I found the following:
Confirmed or very Likely to each other:
Group 1:
Group 2:

These groups are Likely the same as Carlosarevalohn. Blocked and tagged. No comment on temporary accounts. --Lymantria (talk) 12:17, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason: Both edited File:He got caught!.jpg. Oppod123 also uploaded the similarly named File:He got caught.jpg. Their edits share a common topic: en:Scratch (programming language); Telesonp added a Scratch template to the aforemention file, while Oppod123 inserted a scratch.mit.edu URL to Category:Мультфильмы студии «Союзмультфильм». NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 17:56, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oppod123's translations are likely machine or LLM-generated. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 18:09, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
All mentioned accounts are already locked. --Krd 15:51, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Krd: Could you please delete Oppod123's translations, then? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 16:54, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think that's already done in the meantime. If anything is missing, please advise. Krd 05:16, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Krd: No, please see Special:Contributions/Oppod123.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:23, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please provide more details. At Commons:Abuse filter/ha things got been reverted, didn't they? Krd 04:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That page doesn't seem to be in Hausa.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:25, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted. --Krd 03:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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