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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.
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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Requests

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Maha Rana Pratab Singh Puran

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 04:13, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Obvious DUCK – username matches prev socks, and their sole contribution is to upload an image of Maha Rana Pratab Singh Puran. Nil NZ (talk) 04:13, 7 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Iran 30A01234

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 11:29, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Adding the same files of Miss world. — D Y O L F 77[Talk] 11:29, 6 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Results: Likely to each other, based on the combination of technical data and behaviour:

Blocked and tagged. As the socking is widespread, it is likely that master is in fact an older user. --Lymantria (talk) 06:54, 7 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Artist K Vigneshwaran

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 16:05, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Skaruppu uploaded File:K. Vigneshwaran, 2012.jpg , File:K. Vigneshwaran - Artist portrait 2014.jpg and also edit their userpage on history, Artist K Vigneshwaran (talk · contribs)'s previous upload about themselves has been deleted one year ago. So this is obvious a sock. Check if needed. Thanks in advance. Lemonaka (talk) 16:05, 5 September 2026 (UTC)reply

 It looks like a duck to me Blocked and tagged. No CU run b/c master is stale. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:31, 5 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Tuanh97

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 01:59, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Quansip shares many similarities with Tuanh97 socks. Similarities in uploading images of men's underwear and embedding them into other wikis. Kim Nito (talk) 01:59, 5 September 2026 (UTC)reply

MAlkhidr

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 14:26, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: User reuploads the same files (example, example) that have been previously deleted, see 28 Aug. 2026 DR + Category:Sockpuppets of MAlkhidr. Kontributor 2K (talk) 14:26, 2 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Likely Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 16:08, 2 September 2026 (UTC)reply

钧岳瑞阳

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 05:01, 31 August 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Per deleted contributions from 钧岳瑞阳 (talk · contribs), both of these users uploaded photos of their own clothes and with a very long "emotional" summary. Their edits also overlap each others. Requesting for checking if possible. If data went stale, behaviour evidence can be taken into consideration.Lemonaka (talk) 05:01, 31 August 2026 (UTC)reply

Results: Confirmed to each other:

Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 17:17, 31 August 2026 (UTC)reply

Seda276

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 02:42, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: A few hours ago I noticed two accounts with very similar numbers uploading copyvios, but I've also observed more accounts starting with the sequence "Seda2XXX," with similar numbers. Furthermore, some accounts with the same username pattern are globally blocked, leading me to suspect an LTA has been creating sock accounts all this time. Taichi (talk) 02:42, 6 August 2026 (UTC)reply

Confirmed There's a bunch, now at Category:Sockpuppets of Seda276.
Stale but  Duck for Seda2849.
@Elcobbola: might know who the master is, but I don't, so I left it as Seda276.
Blocked and tagged. Going to SRG now. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:27, 6 August 2026 (UTC)reply
@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Is it possible that there is a connection with SedaDudurkaeva14 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log) related to the usurped name of someone linked to terrorism, and a sock of СедаДудуркаева (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log). Taichi (talk) 14:33, 6 August 2026 (UTC)reply
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