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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.
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.


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.

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Requests

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Zac Salvatore

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 05:49, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: These accounts have all uploaded Flickrwashed screenshots, which have then been added to various wikis by Zac Salvatore. One account is likely also a sock due to username and removal of a speedy deletion template. Johnj1995 (talk) 14:20, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed

Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 14:50, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Vanilassmc (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log) has no block log.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Fixed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:41, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Josefo Ludovico

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 00:14, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Estertor has been uploading images that are clearly not his own creation (including unsourced satellite images, images without metadata, and unsourced derived maps). Following an incident on the Spanish Wikipedia, there is a growing suspicion that he's a sockpuppet with numerous Commons accounts (all except Estertor have been banned from the Spanish Wikipedia), and he's suspected of being a new sock of Josefo Ludovico or Arquitrabe (there are even suggestions that both masters are the same individual).

Since the account has not been sanctioned here and there are numerous files uploaded by the multi-accounts since last year, I request verification and updating of their actions. Taichi (talk) 00:14, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Virtually all of the accounts are stale, but Estertor is Likely Josefo Ludovico. I recommend you bring all these accounts to the stewards for a global lock. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:10, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dronebogus

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 22:12, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: The IP in question opened a deletion request related to the artistic photographs of Exey Panteleev, a topic greatly valued by Dronebogus. This happened at 20:58. Merely fifteen minutes later, Dronebogus appeared on Commons to edit, after hours of inactivity. Added to this is the fact that, in the last block, Dronebogus was instructed by Bedivere not to interact with me, and thus, not being naïve, they disobey the administrator by using IPs. The IP in question is from the United States, the same country as Dronebogus, which further grounds this request. Yacàwotçã (talk) 22:12, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Declined The IP doesn't match Dronebogus's writing style, the Exey Panteleev connection is quite weak considering that their images get nominated for deletion all the time (and Dronebogus isn't alone in thinking they don't belong on Commons), and being in the same country - the country with the largest share of contributors - is not a useful data point. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:05, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]



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