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CheckUser is the process of checking information about two or more users (including named users and IPs). Special users are able to check if two or more accounts have been used from the same computer. These users also see User agents. This can help them decide if two accounts are related in the way described above. It is also possible to see if a user is editing from an open proxy.

On this page, users can request some users or IPs to be checked. Good reasons should be given for why a checkuser is needed; you should provide links which show the questionable edits, etc. Questions should usually be created so that they can be answered by yes or no. Responses will be short in order to comply with Wikipedia privacy policy. Sensitive information (like the IP addresses used by an account) are usually not reported. The results are not always clear, and a decision should not be made only on the basis of checkuser results.

Use of the tool change

This tool is to be used to fight vandalism, to check for sockpuppet abuse, and to limit disruption of the project. It must be used only to prevent damage to the project.

The tool should not be used for political control; to apply pressure on editors; or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to check a user. Note that alternative accounts are not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of the policies (for example, to vote more than once or to make it look like more people support an idea). Checkusers will refuse a request, if the reason for checking is not good enough to warrant the use of the tool.

Please see the CheckUser policy for all the rules related to CheckUser.

Users with CheckUser access change

The technical list can be found at Special:ListUsers/checkuser.
User:BarrasUser:JamesofurUser:VermontUser:Operator873User:DjsassoUser:Lofty abyssUser:PeterdownunderUser:BarrasUser:Bsadowski1User:JamesofurUser:Fr33kmanUser:The Rambling ManUser:MajorlyUser:EptalonUser:CreolUser:M7


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Russian promotional BLP creators change

All of these accounts create articles about living Russian people (or people from surrounding countries) in a very recognizable way. I can't be sure if it's paid editing but I'm nearly sure they're all the same user. I have been tagging their articles with {{Undisclosed paid}} but in some cases they remove this template. Kk.urban (talk) 23:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) Maybe related to [1] and [2]. MathXplore (talk) 00:55, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Support the need for a CU fr33kman 00:56, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
First part (up to KirkikUzbek): I see that there are no overlapping IPs, but that the users generally only have a few edits, which are focused on one, or a few articles. Paid editing is possible, but it's hard to prove.So from a Checkuser perspective, there's likely little we can do. Eptalon (talk) 19:12, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In the other batches, there were two or three pairs of users with overlapping ips, which I blocked. Eptalon (talk) 19:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

user:Cyber.Eyes.2005 change

I do not have a problem with requests from an IP, but without any any evidence this is asking for a "fishing expedition" which is against the CU rules. Peterdownunder (talk) 09:02, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
i think he is a Sock Puppet because after banning on English Wikipedia he started good edits on Simple English Wiki and after completing 500 positive edits he immediately request for Rollbacker rights on simple english Wikipedia. He has a huge record on Sock Puppetry by using Multiple accounts he is a master of Sock Puppetry
  1. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cyber.Eyes.2005/Archive - Wikipedia 2. Global account information for Cyber.Eyes.2005 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I think after getting rollbacker rights he will misuse Wikipedia for his personal profit. so i request CU to investigate this case as soon as possible. Rajan Varun 14522 (talk) 10:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I will get "personal benefit" editing positively and constructively here as I will get unblocked on English Wikipedia; I was suggested by EnWP admins to work on another Wiki project for six months to get an unblock on English Wikipedia, See. Dunno why you're getting annoyed by my positive edits?
Note: And use 'She' not 'He'. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 11:16, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
after doing positive edits you are trying to get rights here after getting rights you gonna misuse your rights because i have viewed your past history on English wikipedia mam Rajan Varun 14522 (talk) 11:20, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Many people come to simplewiki to fix their mistakes, so we have a more keen eye here (per WP:ONESTRIKE). I don't think she is actively making bad edits on this wikipedia, more on the lines of just making edits in good faith. A lot of people dont know about some subjects and so would want to delete it or do something with it. We all do mistakes sometimes. But actively protesting against someone to be CU blocked just because they think they are gonna vandalize with rollback permissions? It's not gonna happen, enwiki is NOT simplewiki, we are a whole different wiki with our own guidelines (Like I said, many come here after a block/ban on other wikis, to try to fix their mistakes and such). Blaming someone for their mistakes and pinpointing it on their ban at enwiki is just straight-up rude. RiggedMint 13:52, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
So it means any user who is blocked in English Wikipedia, He/she can do edits in Simple English wiki specially Sock Puppet? Because as compare to english wikipedia simple is easy. and what surety for that after getting Rights in simple english wikipedia he or she will not use their rights for their personal use>?Rajan Varun 14522 (talk) 13:58, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
They cant do that, if they do, they get their perms removed and blocked per WP:ONESTRIKE. They usually come here to fix their mistakes to prove an unblock request, I've seen a few here (like Rathfelder and Cyber.Eyes.2005) and they're not doing anything bad here at all, I doubt she will abuse rollback. RiggedMint 14:03, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Rathfelder is a good and hardworking editor. i have seen his good and positive edits in Simple Wikipedia. and you are also a good and polite contributor in Wikipedia. my only question is that if after getting Rights on simple Wikipedia if he or she will do edits for their own profit. then their rights can be revoked?Rajan Varun 14522 (talk) 14:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, and blocked. RiggedMint 14:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Anyone can do a request, but I would expect a form ' I expect user A and user B to be related, because...' The form 'user A is a sock, please check' is known as fishing expedition, and not allowed. Also we cannot provide information in Ip adresses. Eptalon (talk) 14:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Steve Haddadin accounts change

I've found these four accounts editing the article Steve Haddadin, some of them are doing disruptive editing by constantly removing RfD templates and edit warring over the height for him. They have little to no contributions outside this article too. RiggedMint 03:56, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Fr33kman: Could you check? RiggedMint 00:34, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm still waiting to be granted the CU bit by the WMF but I call it   Looks like a duck to me, blocking... thanks fr33kman 00:49, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Massive Asian BLP creators change

Recently, many Asian BLP creators have been blocked per CU action by Bsadowski1. After this enforcement, Shweta Tiwari Palampur (STP) and Mathew_14552 has been created and I estimate these 2 accounts as block evasion. The remarkable points of these massive Asian BLP creators are

  • Main focus is south Asian BLPs (especially actors and businesspeople etc.)
  • Intro copied from enwiki without attribution
  • Added categories are just copied from enwiki or none, violate WP:CATGENDER, WP:MOS (such as film vs movie)
  • They write the "Other websites" section as "Other Website" or "Other Websites"
  • They add {{authority control}}, sort keys, stub templates in one line
  • Sometimes create south Asian BLPs with no interwiki counterparts, including QD G11 cases

Since they are making pages in similar style and focus, I assume these accounts belong to a same personality. Since there are too many blocked users involved in this case, I will only list up blocked users with non-deleted contributions so others can easily compare their edit patterns. MathXplore (talk) 12:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 03:25, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It might sometimes be helpful to the CUs to list accounts that only have deleted edits so these can be looked into as well. The CUs (being admins) can review the deleted edits and might be able to DUCK test them instead of needing to CU them. fr33kman 04:33, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Looks like a duck to me fr33kman 13:40, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another user with same subject (South Asian BLP), same style (write the "Other websites" section as "Other Websites"), similar edit summary as Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive21#Alisa_Genevieve. MathXplore (talk) 07:21, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Looks like a duck to me fr33kman 13:40, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another user with same subject (South Asian BLP), activity overlap at Aman Dwivedi, this user created Aman Dwivedi (Journalist) and it is nominated for QD G5. MathXplore (talk) 07:36, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Looks like a duck to me fr33kman 13:41, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New user with same subject (South Asian BLP) and same style (write the "Other websites" section as "Other Website"). MathXplore (talk) 11:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Looks like a duck to me fr33kman 13:41, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another user with same subject (South Asian BLP), same style (write the "Other websites" section as "Other Website(s)"), activity overlap at Buddy Loan (deleted per G5 and G11, this user made it as Buddyloan, Special:redirect/logid/2579867). MathXplore (talk) 13:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 01:58, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New user with same subject (South Asian BLPs), same section headings (write the "Other websites" section as "Other Website(s)"), same style (add {{authority control}}, sort keys, stub templates in one line). Paresh Nanda suggests their relation with an enwiki blocked advertiser (see their enwiki deletion log). MathXplore (talk) 01:26, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 02:55, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New user with same page creation patterns as above (same subject (South Asian BLPs), same section headings (write the "Other websites" section as "Other Website(s)"), sometimes create complex south Asian BLPs with no interwiki counterparts including QD G11 cases). MathXplore (talk) 02:57, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I forgot to write that this user also adds {{authority control}}, sort keys, stub templates in one line, same as the other accounts in above. MathXplore (talk) 08:52, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 00:52, 9 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Same kind of BLP creations and activity (enwiki intro copies, using "Other Websites" etc.), involvment in possible QD G11 south Asian BLP (Nitul Das). Activity overlap also seen at RFCU venue with Rajan Varun 14522 (already blocked, special:diff/9241541) and trolling to same user (special:diff/9241619) as well as Rajan Varun 14522. MathXplore (talk) 15:01, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Impersonating as an alternative account of mine too, here. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 15:09, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 06:40, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Possible block evasion around bulk creation change

Syed Hassan Jafari - Nov 21 change

New accounts that are created/editing the lovely mess around the Syed Hassan Jafari (actor) article (see [3] for even more fun!). Ding786 is already blocked on EN as a HassanHussainOfficial sock, same as the prior socks blocked here (Medical786 and Akbar272), listed below. Ravensfire (talk) 23:06, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Free blocks for everyone... they match. Eptalon (talk) 20:42, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Donates for the free block fund fr33kman 13:45, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Miracle Nelson accounts change

We have new RFD participants to Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Miracle Nelson, all of these accounts were made in the same month, and all edits are related to Miracle Nelson, relations between them should be investigated. MathXplore (talk) 05:12, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

They do match, and got free blocks... Eptalon (talk) 20:40, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

RG Qluck Wise change

Both have recreated RG Qluck Wise, with very similar prose.— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 05:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am sorry to say so, from a checkuser point of view, there is no match. If we were looking at the classic network theory, they'd be in the same class B network. The problem there is just, with 2 of the 4 IPv4 numbers matching, I can address 65536 hosts(16 bits for the network, /16). So, no match. Eptalon (talk) 09:54, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Pabitra Banerjee accounts change

The deletion log of Pabitra Banerjee says that the page was deleted 4 times per QD G11, and it was the first user (Barshaban) who caused such incidents. Then the second user (SexySonali) recreated the page with capitalization differences (special:redirect/logid/2565428), and also involved in the creation of their enwiki draft version. This situation suggests that somebody is using more than 2 accounts for repeating creations of promotional biographies. MathXplore (talk) 07:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Like the previous account, this one has also recreated Pabitra banerjee with a lowercase b. Kk.urban (talk) 18:11, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All confirmed, and I've updated the block summaries. Also found Pabitra2204. Thanks for reporting, Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 22:13, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2323alex and 24biek change

These two accounts I suspect to be the same, they both made hoax articles, even making hoax articles outside of WMF (e.g. IMDb and Fandom). 2323alex was banned from enwiki for being a sock of en:User:Biuc and it's much possible the same is for 24biek. RiggedMint 23:49, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, I have no objections to a checkuser, User:24biek is an obvious sock of User:Biudjjsks so I've blocked it as a ban evasion. fr33kman 00:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I think it'ssafe to call this a DUCK, no CU needed fr33kman 00:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mushroomi! and FroggyFroppy change

Mushroomi! creates Peach Aviation about a Japanese airline, then FroggyFroppy edits it. FroggyFroppy creates Vanilla Air about a Japanese airline, then Mushroomi! edits it. When Mushroomi! welcomes FroggyFroppy, FroggyFroppy responds that Mushroomi! is a sockpuppet, then reports Mushroomi! as a sockpuppet at Simple Talk. It may help to note that the account FroggyFroppy was created after Mushroomi! got blocked on enwiki by a checkuser, and FroggyFroppy only has edits on simplewiki. Kk.urban (talk) 17:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Inconclusive, CU information points one way, and behavioral eveidence points another way. Currently, neither of them is blocked on SEWP, and so far, I haven't seen bad behavior. Simply editing a page that another user created isn't grounds for blocking; also, if you knew that you were impersonating both users, what good might it do to report that the other user is a sock (of yourself)? - Admins are ofc free to block, but right now, I don't think my action as a checkuser is needed. Eptalon (talk) 16:04, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


JA/ZH-originated fake doppelganger accounts change

All of these accounts are created as doppelganger accounts, have blocks at other projects (EN/JA etc.), repeat personal attacks of admins, their relation should be checked. The latest account was reported to VIP but no action, so I will send request to here. MathXplore (talk) 08:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I really can't say much, here. Each of the accounts used an Open Proxy. Two of the open proxies were already blocked, I blocked the other two. Eptalon (talk) 16:40, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Syed Hassan Jafari accounts change

Medical786 is the author of Syed Hassan Jafari (Actor) ([4]). After I tagged QD A4 to the page, Akbar272 appeared to Talk:Syed Hassan Jafari (Actor) as their first move after account creation. Once CU confirmed, WP:ONESTRIKE should be activated per Medical786's enwiki block record. MathXplore (talk) 12:41, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I will also like to note that Akbar272 also has edits at Syed Hassan Jafari (Actor) (special:diff/9165850), clear activity overlap. MathXplore (talk) 12:51, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Quack? - Free block for Medical786, who isn't blocked already. IPs overlap. Eptalon (talk) 18:23, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Brajendra Chandra Deb accounts change

Srabanta Deb (SD) is now enforced to take a 1-month break for making non-simple pages. Recently there was [5] and now we have [6], very little reasons to assume as different personality. Once confirmed by CU, please extend SD's break to indefinite with respect to w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Srabanta Deb and WP:ONESTRIKE. MathXplore (talk) 03:57, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Overlapping IPs, which means free blocks for everyone... Eptalon (talk) 08:03, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sofía Mendoza Valencia accounts change

The deleted page history of Sofía Mendoza Valencia and the recieved warnings of each user suggests the possibily that somebody is using many accounts to do bad changes at one page. All accounts were made in similar timing. MathXplore (talk) 06:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 11:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
For the record, checked (and blocked) by Bsadowski1... Eptalon (talk) 08:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

TeenNick accounts change

Adding hoax information referring to "Smile Kids Jr. with TeenNick". Kk.urban (talk) 20:22, 13 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Zaj9 is too old to have CU info available. The others (Myx Wanna dx, Fai A Happy, Jop Kip (+Jop Kip 2-6, 6i) edit from the same geographical location (close to a metropolitan area of about 3 million people). One of the Jop Kips also edits from another metro area, about 4 million people, some 2000 km away. So from a CU point of view, there's no overlap, and nothing to do. Eptalon (talk) 07:38, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Amansharma111 change

Amansharma111 has a fairly large sockfarm on EN (see w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Amansharma111/Archive) and is known for UPE and promotional articles. They are also creating articles here now, and I believe these are the two most recent examples.

  • Anamika Vishwakarma 10 created Ujjawal Trivedi which was quickly deleted as a promotional articles. On EN, the page log [7] shows it has been created twice and deleted both times as G5, created by socks of Amansharma111. One of those socks, Nylonfrut has a single edit here at Vandana Sharma (Author) which was G5'd. See page logs at [8] and [9], lots of G5 deletions. Given the same article created on both wikipedia's but with different accounts and with the EN account CU blocked, I think it's highly likely to be an Amansharma111 sock.
  • Galbox Realme1 is similar, creating Thejo Kumari Amudala here, but on EN this article has been created three times, [10], each time quickly deleted as G5 as the creator was a sock of Amansharma111 (including Nylonfrut that created the Ujjawal Trivedi article on EN mentioned above). I think this is also highly likely to be another Amansharma111 sock.

If you look at the EN SPI page, you'll see that finding multiple socks is very common. Amansharma111 will often create a new account for a single article, then abandon that account. I know that several of the EN blocked socks are also blocked here, but others aren't. Hope it's not too crazy... Ravensfire (talk) 02:09, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Added Ravensfiree Lodu after this comment/personal attack on an RFD on a page created by Galbox Realme1. Ravensfire (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ravensfiree Lodu is unrelated (and already blocked), the otrher two have overlapping IPs, and are now blocked... Eptalon (talk) 07:51, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Socks change

Obvious socking - Elgoog makes disruptive/disputed edits[11], IP comes along immediately after and makes a random edit[12] obviously to hide Elgoogs edits. These have been happening at Microsoft Bing and Google+,
The exact same has also been happening with Ebb/194, Bob/69 and Fekejer/185 so there's clearly socking going on (could be tag teaming but I doubt it as these edits are happening at the exact same time and the exact same date so without spilling the beans I believe these all to be one person), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 20:20, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nothing clear from the CU side, but the behavior is clear enough to block (and lock). Thanks for the report, Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 01:36, 2 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Fantastic thanks so much @Vermont for your help it's greatly appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:46, 2 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Accounts at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Comprehensive list of the best sellers of all time change

New accounts made in this month at this project have clear overlap at same RFD shown above and list artilces about sales. Relations between these accounts should be investigated. MathXplore (talk) 07:14, 27 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 04:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Just for the record: these three were found to have overlapping IPs, and the same user agent. They were therefore blocked. Another one (Never17) was also among that batch, and was also blocked. Eptalon (talk) 07:38, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Zeelesty accounts change

Two new accounts are advertising the same company/person at same places (talk pages like Talk:Main Page). I estimate that somebody is using multiple accounts for promotional purposes. MathXplore (talk) 06:25, 24 September 2023 (UTC)(Fixed, MathXplore (talk) 06:30, 24 September 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

Quack? - overlapping IPs, both blocked...
Eptalon (talk) 07:21, 24 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Maneken Brand accounts change

User:Kabateb has a 6-month block for making bad pages (Maneken Brand). Soon after this block, another user has recreated the page by moving from userspace draft. We are currently seeing several users making pages (especially BLPs and companies) in this way where all of them come from same geographic regions. Please also investigate hiding alternatives. MathXplore (talk) 05:15, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For this page, I have already requested QD G5. MathXplore (talk) 05:17, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
(Note) Also reported to WP:AN. MathXplore (talk) 14:32, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Both are currently blocked, there's little to do here.. Eptalon (talk) 07:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Possible Papa2004 variants change

A deleted page made by AimGreats (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Andrey Voronin) is currently recreated as User:Krygliy/Gape, possible special:CA/Papa2004 variants. I will also like to note that there are several recent users who made Russian BLPs in the same way (start as userspace draft and then move to mainspace, can be found via deletion log as QD R2 cases). Please also investigate hiding alternatives. MathXplore (talk) 05:29, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AimGreats is currently locked, lock evasion is being estimated. MathXplore (talk) 05:44, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Today, the page pointed out as above has been recreated as Andrei Voronin by another new user. Relations should be investigated. MathXplore (talk) 11:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Again, the page pointed out as above has been recreated as Andrei Voronin by this another new user. Relations should be investigated. MathXplore (talk) 10:27, 6 October 2023 (UTC)(I noticed that I was reporting a same user again, MathXplore (talk) 14:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

I see no overlapping IPs from AimGreats, Krygliy, and Terboyjon so likely these are different users. As Papa2004 hasn't edited on Simple, I have no information about them. Eptalon (talk) 08:05, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Murders of Linda Gibson and Cody Lee Garrett RfD change

In the Murders of Linda Gibson RfD There are a host of things that may need looked at. The article up for debate was created by a user who is indef blocked from En as a check user block. While there are a few reason that could take place, one is more likely.. This editor is also one of those in support of keeping. There are several other accounts saying keep. The issue is that for the most part, they are all single use accounts. They have no activity here outside this issue. With 3-4 new users all saying keep nd another with a checkuser decided problematic history, s clean set of eyes may be needed.Pure Evil (talk) 03:15, 15 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • of the newer accounts, 2 are blocked en socks and one is block as good hand. The 4th is a new account but I am not holding my breath there... AGF only goes so far. Pure Evil (talk) 03:15, 15 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I'll ran a check, and to me it looks that there may be users using multiple accounts. I have blocked the two that weren't blocked already. Eptalon (talk) 06:20, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

accounts change

Al Hasan Milad accounts change

All of these accounts have relations with Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Al Hasan Milad. The latest user has made Al Hasan Milad (Bangladeshi entrepreneur)‎, and already blocked at bnwiki and commons. Other accounts are already blocked and locked. See en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Enwiki23 for more information. MathXplore (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Three of these are blocked, one has no edits... You know, that for burining witches you need at least one witch, and a stake. If there's no witch, all you can hope for is a bonfire.... Eptalon (talk) 09:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Willy on Wheels copycats change

Similar Spanish Willy on Wheels usernames, WoW-like vandalism, etc. Probably an LTA of some sort who is copycatting Willy on Wheels but I do not know who the sockmaster is. #prodraxis connect 03:14, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

(Non-checkuser observation) Definitely the same person, quacking louder than five ducks with megaphones to me. --Ferien (talk) 10:50, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Suppose it was dark, and a witch had been seen in an area, wearing a certain stle of clothing, and then later, someone else was seen with similar clothing, could we deduce from that, that it was the same witch? - So even if one witch had put a spell on you, and used her evil eye, should we hold the other person with similar clothing responsible? - In the case above, I have two completely different IP addesses, which strangely eough, resolve to the same area. Browsers match. You know when they are small, ducks, and swans look similar... Eptalon (talk) 14:10, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Well, they appear to be back with Ferien en ruedas.... #prodraxis connect 13:37, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eptalon: And there is Coche taxi sobre ruedas who is indeffed for vandalism on enwiki and exist locally. Probably the same person we're dealing with. #prodraxis connect 17:06, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Blocked fr33kman 17:08, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's obviously CHEEIZY, just looking at the edits. Having said that, it really does not matter who it is and if they are a copycat or anything. They all use proxies and thinking we can get any kind of clarity here strikes me as rather naive. My two cents is – just block and move on. EstrellaSuecia (talk) 17:16, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I agree totally fr33kman 17:17, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A House A Little Too Quiet accounts change

These two accounts have a lot of overlap at A House A Little Too Quiet and their enwiki draft version, and both of them are kicked out of frwiki. The first account is making pages and the second account was used for removing QD tags (see their talk page warnings). The first account is kicked out of frwiki due to "Abus d'utilisation de comptes multiples (faux-nez) ou contournement de blocage" (multiple account abuse). Once they are confirmed by CU, I believe this is a WP:ONESTRIKE case. MathXplore (talk) 14:41, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, in this case, we are talking about the same user. Same procedure as every year... Eptalon (talk) 14:14, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mr.BrightMan22333 change

BenAbreu22 is CU-blocked on enwiki as a sockpuppet of User:Daniel Larze. Both accounts have made edits related to Daniel Larze (Puerto Rican Writer) here.— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm just going to call this a duck because of persistent disruption in the RfD discussion. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 00:08, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

SottoPelle accounts change

The first user is blocked for 1 year due to promotional page creations, also made SottoPelle for 2 times (but deleted per QD G11). After that block, the second user has appeared and has received several warnings for promotional page creations, and they made SottoPelle today. Therefore, I assume that the second account is made to evade the block.MathXplore (talk) 10:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Onb of them used an open proxy (which I blocked); for this reason, I can't say much if they are related... Eptalon (talk) 09:44, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Muhammad Luqman accounts change

Both users are involved in the (re-)creation of Muhammad Luqman, a hoax page which creation has been repeated. PrankInvasion is already blocked and I estimate Lh11169 as block evasion. MathXplore (talk) 07:30, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Now we have one more user at this page. MathXplore (talk) 07:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User page profile suggests relation with the accounts above. MathXplore (talk) 07:00, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A new user made a page with similar name (Muhammad Luqman Hafizi), same region (ASEAN), and same keyword (micronation). MathXplore (talk) 06:37, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Result: there's a big chance they are the same user, or a group of closely related users. If it looks like a duck, quacks like one, and is made of wood... anyway, free blocks for everyone.. --Eptalon (talk) 08:19, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A new user has a major overlap with Al-Hashimi917 about a deleted BLP (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Abdullah al-Hashimi). Overlap is also found at mswiki. MathXplore (talk) 05:33, 12 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The user has made Mohammad Luqman, and deleted by QD G5, it suggests that this is a clear fit to this classification. MathXplore (talk) 08:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New user is involved in recreation of Muhammad Luqman Hafizi and their enwiki draft versions. MathXplore (talk) 07:03, 27 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New user having overlap with Al-Hashimi917 (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Abdullah al-Hashimi), recreated the subject as Abdullah Nabil Mahmoud al-Hashimi. MathXplore (talk) 12:50, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not too closely related; there are three bigger groups, but they don't share IPs, and are on the same class B or class C network. When its class C, browser info doesn't match up. So, nope, sorry; no block on CU evidence. Eptalon (talk) 18:45, 7 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A new user has recreated this subject as Al-Mamun III, also involved in the mswiki version (w:ms:Muhammad Luqman). MathXplore (talk) 12:01, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What I said above: Jawaan1 is one of those groups, but there is no "close match", so based on CU we can't block. This does of course not mean that they can't be blocked for other reasons... Eptalon (talk) 16:18, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

VAUVISION accounts change

Possible block evasion. The first user (already blocked) made VAUVISION and their draft version, and the second user made VAUVISION (label). MathXplore (talk) 15:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another user has appeared at VAUVISION (label). MathXplore (talk) 15:29, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't see an overlap; yes same country, but different IPs/ISPs.. Eptalon (talk) 12:44, 12 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ronnie Teja accounts change

Both users have activity overlap at Ronnie Teja (entrepreneur), and I estimate as block/lock evasion. Please also see Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Ronnie Teja (entrepreneur) for details. MathXplore (talk) 08:50, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

DhimaanIng has been glocked, but I get no CU info about him/her, edits seem to have been in June MariePandy has 9 edits Eptalon (talk) 18:29, 7 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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