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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.
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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Spiridon Ion Cepleanu

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 12:03, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason:

Globally blocked user, new account created on 21 January 2026, the user uploaded the same fake maps with the similars texts as previous sockpuppets. The user cannot stop uploading falsified history maps.

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Uploaded a falsified map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modified_map,_derivative_from_Shepherd%27s_Europe_mediterranean_1097.jpg

A very similar falsified map was deleted earlier: (I suppose admins can see the deleted image) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Europe_1097-corrected.jpg

https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/Lqa6lXu_xl.jpg + https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/dyj7DLU_xl.jpg Change Anatolia, obsession to always add a never existed Vlach country at that time, and push Pechenegs east, separate Transylvania from Hungary in the 1096 map (even Principality of Transylvania established in 1570 and not existed in 1096), remove Roman Church religion from east Hungary, and even push Hungarians more west

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troisi%C3%A8me_croisade.JPG Socks made the same map Spiridon Ion Cepleanu + Julieta39, same pattern: add Greek church to many areas which areas and countries actually belonged to Roman Church in medieval time (religion was very important at that time).

F.M.R.365 uploaded the same modified map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troisieme_croisade-fr.png

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AnimatieGraniteRomania_1859-2010.gif

Socks made the same map Spiridon Ion Cepleanu +Trecătorul răcit + Qualimac

F.M.R.365 uploaded the same modified map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:History_of_territories_of_current_Romania_%26_Moldova.gif

The user instantly starts to add his maps to Wikipedia articles as he did this earlier (see reports below), his goal to replace tons of maps with his fantasy maps to rewrite history https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Histoire_de_la_Roumanie&diff=prev&oldid=232625469 OrionNimrod (talk) 08:34, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

From a technical point Inconclusive. Blocked on behaviour and tagged as suspected sock (no comments on temp accounts). --Lymantria (talk) 15:34, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Chandel itihasam

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 10:52, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Both sockpuppets nominated file:Map of Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (during Madanavarman Chandel).jpg for speedy deletion after the file was kept after regular DR. I protected the file and Chandel still tried to delete it through file discussion page. The master is apparently stale, but Chandel itihasam zy claimed to be the same user as Chandel itihasam here. Taivo (talk) 10:52, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Quite a duck IMO. I blocked both socks, and deleted all files uploaded by Chandel itihasam zy, per DENY. Out of scope, no source, and wrong license anyway. Yann (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed
Blocked (if necessary) and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 16:36, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

P-Scientist

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 18:42, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Appeared on February 10, the day before Prof Kombe, who was banned as a sockpuppet today; the account edited only on that day and only the same two pages as Prof Kombe. Their sole interest was "correcting" the political spectrum position of the Liberal Party of Canada, as shown in the histories of List of federal political parties in Canada and Liberal Party of Canada. The wording of their edit summaries was very similar. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 18:42, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Declined Neither of these accounts exist on Commons. Please bring this to en:WP:SPI. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:01, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

United states zaN

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 19:41, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Two accounts created today, and out of nowhere, started to revert the category I added a few minutes before. Obviously not new users. Please check for sleepers. It would be useful to know to which master they are linked. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:41, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

They're unsurprisingly Confirmed to one another. No sleepers, no technical link to a master. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:04, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ikaoch

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 15:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: There's a possibility that one or more people are working and uploading promotional content for a Japanese band. These two accounts have been uploading content unsuitable for use on Commons for use on the English and Spanish Wikipedias; all of this material has been removed. It's worth noting that there's another suspicious account editing on the English and Spanish Wikipedias but not on Commons, doing something similar. The suspected account was blocked on the Spanish Wikipedia, and an attempt was made to verify the connection, but it's not entirely conclusive, although the editing pattern doesn't rule out the possibility that it's the same person. Now I'm looking here to see if there's a connection to Ikaoch. Taichi (talk) 15:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Declined Ikaoch is stale, and you only listed one suspected sock with activity on Commons, so a CheckUser check would be unlikely to provide useful data. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You may be able to get some useful information from the Stewards checking loginwiki though. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:23, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

DJRubinitoYtxd

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Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 22:34, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: After the previous accounts were blocked, this account started uploading more similar images about the Comerciantes Unidos club of Peru. --Ovruni (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 06:26, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by CulturaNacional. Yann (talk) 08:56, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]


ElDerechistaARG

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 11:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Persistent upload of a logo of a political party seeking electoral accreditation; the suspected account has uploaded the same image with different names, after the deletion of the same image uploaded by the first user. The main account has been blocked from the Spanish Wikipedia. Taichi (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed together with Argentoeditor10. Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 14:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AzmanMasudi

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 10:15, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Promotion of w:ms:AI Team. AzmanMasudi (talk · contributions · Statistics) was temporarily blocked for uploading unfree files and uploaded File:Pejabat AI Team.jpg, which was then also uploaded by Koman 06 (talk · contributions · Statistics). I am also adding Kojim cihuyyy06 (talk · contributions · Statistics) as they share similar uploads (of members of the same team), which gravely violate COM:SS by pasting cropped out pictures onto a neutral background. Given all three accounts also edited the mswiki page I suspect they are a part of the same spam group. A09 (talk) 10:15, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I had a quick look at the deleted uploads. File:Tarikh Join AI Team.jpg is not the same but clearly has the same source as File:AHLI AI Team (2021 - Kini).jpg, File:AHLI AI TEAM (2023 - Kini.jpg, File:AHLI AI TEAM (2024 - Kini).jpg and File:AHLI AI TEAM (2025 - Kini).jpg. It clearly it violates {{Dont recreate}}. Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 10:37, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Results: Confirmed together with Mustarjo06. Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 13:56, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AzmanMasudi

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 23:30, 12 February 2026

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Overlap of editing both at the mswiki article as well as similar employee spam sharing similar usernames and I assume content as well. See File:Riev Wafa.png and file:AI Riev.png uploaded by Kojim cihuyyy06 (talk · contributions · Statistics), previously blocked as a sock of AzmanMasudi.--A09 (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 17:30, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tokugawa Sinai

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 11:39, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Three accounts all share the same behavior: uploading large numbers of copyright-infringing images related to Vietnamese political figures (1, 2, 3). All accounts are only active on Commons and Vietnamese Wikipedia (viwiki). And all edits were done using mobile devices. In particular, Đinh Hoàng Bảo Khanh and Thanhtran992011 have jointly edited many pages on viwiki (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Kim Jang 1 (talk) 11:39, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Results: These three users are Unlikely to be the same. --Lymantria (talk) 15:04, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GMatteotti

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Status: resolved • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 01:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

GMatteotti (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Logged-out activity on itwiki related to files they uploaded. Also, continued interest in Dal Piaz and distinctive cosmetic edits. --Titore (talk) 01:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Confirmed Anavrin20, Balencof
  • Likely Omar9441kbp, Edolago123
All blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:28, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ardakpex7

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 17:12, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: All 3 accounts were created between August and December 2025. They all uploaded small PNG files of the same subject (Lux Fight League) -- all copyright violations, and all files have [[Category:Uploaded with UploadWizard]] which is not added by the UploadWizard since long ago. Yann (talk) 17:12, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Results: Confirmed:

Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 18:13, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! That was fast and efficient. I started deleting all files, and I have found the accounts below which looks like very much in the same League. All interested by martial arts in Mexico. Yann (talk) 18:29, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
These three accounts are Stale, I will block first and third on behaviour, Silvia avila120 IMHO is less convincing.
I noticed the blocked users above all were very active at Wikidata as well. Performed a sleeper check there, found some wikidata sleepers and noticed that the master of this case should be RedJake711. Moving case there. --Lymantria (talk) 18:51, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Null edit because the status tracker isn't working. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:49, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Internationalnews27

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 03:18, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: Each of these users has followed precisely the same pattern: uploading about ten publicity photos of a non-notable person, sometimes with a file page describing them as a "social media manager". (Some of the files may already be deleted by the time you see this; see logs / deleted contribs for details.) This looks like a coordinated spam campaign; are there any more users in this group I haven't spotted yet? Omphalographer (talk) 03:18, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Results: Confirmed:

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

Very Likely:

  • Group 1, 2, and 3

Blocked and tagged, no sleepers found. --Lymantria (talk) 06:52, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Three more suspects:
Omphalographer (talk) 02:07, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed Civic Point = Public Wave, all three Likely to this case. Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 10:40, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Three more obvious socks:
Omphalographer (talk) 18:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed together with Vista News4 (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log) --Lymantria (talk) 06:23, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Also very Likely: Capital Lens (talk • contribs • Luxo • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log) --Lymantria (talk) 06:30, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Three more - uploads have already been speedied for the first two:
Omphalographer (talk) 21:34, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 17:18, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
And today's batch:
Omphalographer (talk) 00:02, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed All of those plus Abcdnews123. Blocked and tagged. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:52, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Omphalographer (talk) 19:03, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed together with Metro Beacon. Blocked and tagged. --Lymantria (talk) 18:39, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ияд и Фирас

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Status:  to be archived • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 20:35, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

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Rationale, discussion and results

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Reason: The main account is blocked on Wikimedia Commons by The Squirrel Conspiracy for "lots of warnings for other things, like hoax flags", and the other accounts are uploading similar "hoax flags". Also, the checkuser at Arabic Wikipedia showed that all these accounts belong to the same user. --Alaa :)..! 20:35, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Possible for Eyad X
Slightly stronger Possible for إياد2026
Neither of these are strong technical matches from the Commons data. @علاء: Can you please put the ar.wiki results in the CheckUser wiki? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:01, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@The Squirrel Conspiracy: , please see "Wikipedia/ar/Ияд и Фирас" at the CheckUser wiki --Alaa :)..! 16:31, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Users blocked and tagged. I should have done so as soon as I knew that a CheckUser was run on another project, but I guess my brain wasn't firing on all cylinders that day. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:58, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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