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:
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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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 Doethen 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.
Requests
[edit ]Vanderpumpstan
[edit ]- Vanderpumpstan (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Lizzy Littlejohn (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Andrew Lewis Littlejohn (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Simon Dwain Kalavazides (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Summarising a post I made on the block noticeboard:
The two Littlejohn accounts are claiming in file descriptions to be the two children of actress Lesley Joseph, and have uploaded seven photos of Joseph and pictures of actresses' signatures. Four of the photos had previously been posted to Joseph's social media account, years ago, at the same or higher resolutions; another was deleted last month after it was found to have been taken from a news website.
Other Vanderpumpstan socks like User:SallyJaneSpencer have claimed to be directly related to the depicted subjects, in file descriptions, when those images had in fact been taken from other publicly available sources. Past sock User:4lyferr has uploaded copyvios of Lesley Joseph in the past, and signatures of actresses, as well as showing interest in Lesley Joseph's children.
User:Simon Dwain Kalavazides appears to be related impersonation. The account was created half an hour before User:Lizzy Littlejohn on 30 September and has reposted a lot of photos taken from https://instagram.com/simonmeets (Simon Kalavazides), claiming on Commons to have cropped themselves out of the photos (IPs have called them out as an impostor on Commons and enwiki). Their first uploads were photos of Lesley Joseph and her co-stars, the same co-stars that Lizzy Littlejohn was uploading signatures of a few hours later. --Belbury (talk) 20:03, 14 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Working It's a long list. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:33, 15 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed: Lizzy Littlejohn, Andrew Lewis Littlejohn, Simon Dwain Kalavazides, Dan Kilby TMOTL, Maurice Gran, THE danideaks, Stanton Davidson Associates, Sarah Nagengast, 1droffilc, AHutchins1966, 0betsnewman, Ruetaruatser, Zandria Theis, 8kmusic, Nikki Ryan Photography, LBPfrygm, DHLdavidharrisonlevi, Gabrielle Williams Choo, 118ily, CelebHeightss, Lynne Walker 09, Lynn Walker G, Height of Celebs, Kim Quijano, Bobby Hoskins and Rumpthepump. See Category:Sockpuppets of Vanderpumpstan. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:08, 15 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @The Squirrel Conspiracy: Thanks for doing the work! Would it be possible for you take a look at this one as well?
- 1nede1 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- It's another fairly recent SPA uploading photos of a British celebrity (and their signature), claiming to have known the subject and to have taken the photo personally. They wrote an enwiki article which was flagged as a COI since they were claiming to know the subject, and a since-blocked Vanderpumpstan IP tried to remove that COI template shortly afterwards. I can't yet pin the source of the photos down. Belbury (talk) 16:41, 15 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @Belbury: Stale, sorry. Sounds like you have enough to address on behavioral evidence though. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:27, 15 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Without CU glasses but as an admin: Blocked and tagged (duck). --Lymantria (talk) 07:41, 16 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @Belbury: Stale, sorry. Sounds like you have enough to address on behavioral evidence though. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:27, 15 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
JKVanMatre
[edit ]- JKVanMatre (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- HerbertLuxaal (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- MlmLaw (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- ZangerLawFirm (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: Exactly the same spamming behavior as a month ago. --Achim55 (talk) 19:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed to each other and very Likely to this case:
- ZangerLawFirm (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- HerbertLuxaal (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- NLPTherapy (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- BLWPCLF (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Injured914 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- MlmLaw (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- LFILawyers (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 21:47, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
FireBreathMan
[edit ]Status: resolved •
view
• edit
• history
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Filed: CiphriusKane (talk) 01:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- FireBreathMan (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Chhetri Sux (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: User is reverting files that previous socks of SelfStarter2 (including FireBreathMan) reverted (e.g. File:IndianStub.png and File:LocationLebanon.svg CiphriusKane (talk) 01:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed to SimpleLegoLarry and Rayman4SB, who are confirmed socks at enwiki. --Lymantria (talk) 11:10, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Ricardinho da Souza Silva 7
[edit ]- Ricardinho da Souza Silva 7 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Yeissor7 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Zonidoy (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Le martinico (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: More banking files from Yeissor7 and Zonidoy. More banking edits cross-wiki. A single edit here from Le martinico, who is a confirmed sock at ptwiki; if the first two are confirmed too, I will report them to m:SRG. --Stïnger (会話) 20:21, 12 November 2025 (UTC).[reply ]
- Confirmed:
- Qwantitativ (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Nintammin (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Klaied (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Le martinico (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Zvratsa (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Hwut (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Yssáta (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Sternno (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Zonidoy (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Likely:
- Yeissor7 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Some of these have been identified as socks earlier in other wikis. Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 17:52, 13 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
TimeoRN24
[edit ]- TimeoRN24 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- GerryfromNronx (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Americandesigner (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: GerryfromNronx was blocked a few days ago on fr.wp for block-evasion and sock-puppetery, and subsequently blocked here while its uploads were deleted. Americandesigner appeared today and passed the duck test: uploading copyvios to update the same Wikipedia entries, with a paid-editing suspicion. Gyrostat (talk) 19:01, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed I found 5 account and blocked them. Tagging now.
- The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:24, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @The Squirrel Conspiracy: We were working simultaniously again. My apologies. --Lymantria (talk) 21:33, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Having moved the case to TimeoRN24 as the oldest sock found. --Lymantria (talk) 21:38, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Pebypezire
[edit ]- Pebypezire (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Laxaguhur (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Maxuvitega (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Tazafyvuqe (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Junusyh (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Gepucaha (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Medubyji (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: All accounts uploaded porn spam for the same website. Please block sleeping accounts if any and the range. Yann (talk) 09:01, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- No action - only two of the accounts are not stale, and they are on separate ranges. I recommend getting the domain onto the spam blacklist. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:20, 11 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Tumbleweed6000
[edit ]- Tumbleweed6000 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- DentonHardwick100 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- PeterTatchell100 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- HarryStyles1000 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- BobbyStyles10 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- PeterTatchell1001 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: All "spamming" similar deletion request for e.g. File:Crossdress for a fancy dress party.jpg, see [1]. Most listed above have similar usernames (with 10, 100, 1001, etc.). --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 00:23, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
![[1]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Crossdress_for_a_fancy_dress_party.jpg&action=){kind=link}
- Confirmed The above + one sleeper. See Category:Sockpuppets of Tumbleweed6000. All blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:23, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Jordanene7
[edit ]- Jordanene7 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- QueenAlexaFan39743 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: This user displays all of the hallmarks of a Jordanene7 sockpuppet: a consistent username pattern, logo uploads with bad copyright information, and disruptive category moves. - Eureka Lott 00:06, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 07:40, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
A3cb1
[edit ]- A3cb1 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Kaja1595 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Sigismondo1996 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Börranga (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Similar edit pattern as previous puppets. Compare with Börranga (most recent confirmed sock). -- 81.41.190.161 19:30, 9 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed: Kaja1595 and Sigismondo1996 to this case - Blocked and tagged.
(削除) Doing...: The results need more investigation, for which I need a better device than I have at hand at the moment. I'll proceed later. (削除ここまで)- --Lymantria (talk) 08:35, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed also:
- ガルルド (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Pantauser44 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
- Tagged, already locked. --Lymantria (talk) 17:41, 10 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed also:
Baginda 480
[edit ]- Baginda 480 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- 钞票 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: Same edit pattern: Upload images and texts that are related to former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. Created just a few days after the previous sock was blocked. A1Cafel (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed Blocked and tagged. Global lock requested. --Lymantria (talk) 18:53, 9 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Baginda 480
[edit ]- Baginda 480 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Datuk Seri Dr (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: Like uploading images of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. Created just two days after the previous sock was indeffed. A1Cafel (talk) 09:42, 4 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Confirmed, blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Yacàwotçã
[edit ]- Yacàwotçã (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Heping de Fenleiqi (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: Added categoties on the files that were uploaded by Fiz, faço e farei o L (previous sock of Yacàwotçã). The account was created just hours after the previous sock was blocked. A1Cafel (talk) 15:36, 9 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Likely. Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:48, 9 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Yacàwotçã
[edit ]- Yacàwotçã (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Suspected related users
[edit ]- Fiz, faço e farei o L (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser )
Rationale, discussion and results
[edit ]Reason: Like mass uploading from Brazilian politics Flickr stream without adding any category. See some uploads from the sockmaster. A1Cafel (talk) 15:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Also, I want to add that it is rare to see a user's first edit is to use Flickr2Commons to mass upload files. So I'm pretty sure that this user is not a newbie. --A1Cafel (talk) 02:41, 8 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Likely --Krd 07:30, 8 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Both accounts tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Likely --Krd 07:30, 8 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
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