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v t e Noticeboards
Misplaced Pages's centralized discussion, request, and help venues. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the dashboard. For a related set of forums which do not function as noticeboards see formal review processes.
General	Administrators Main Incidents Bots Bureaucrats Centralized discussion Closure requests Education Interface admins Main Page errors Open proxies VRT Oversight User permissions
Articles, content	Biographies of living persons Copyrights Questions on media Problems Dispute resolution External links Fringe theories Neutral point of view Original research Pending changes Reliable sources Resource requests Scalable vector graphics Spam Blacklist Whitelist Style Titleblacklist Translation
Page handling	History merges Mergers Splits Moves Protection Importation XfD Articles Redirects Categories Templates Files Miscellany Undeletion
User conduct	Conflict of interest Contributor copyright Edit warring and 3RR Sanctions Personal restrictions General sanctions Contentious topics Sockpuppets Usernames (Requests for comment) Vandalism
Other	Arbitration Committee noticeboard Requests Enforcement Edit filters Requested False positives Questions Help desk Teahouse Reference desk New articles Requests for comment Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous WikiProject proposals Discussions for discussion
Category:Misplaced Pages noticeboards

Read this first

This is the place to request sockpuppet checks and other investigations requiring access to the Checkuser privilege. Possible alternatives are listed below.

Requests likely to be accepted

Code	Situation	Solution, requirements
A	Blatant attack or vandalism accounts, need IP block	Submit new section at #Requests for IP check, below
B	Evading blocks, bans and remedies issued by arbitration committee	Submit case subpage, including link to closed arb case
C	Ongoing, serious pattern vandalism with many incidents	Submit case subpage, including diffs
D	Vote fraud, closed vote, fraud affects outcome	Submit case subpage, including link to closed vote
E	3RR violation using sockpuppets	Submit case subpage, including diffs of violation
F	Evading blocks, bans and remedies issued by community	Submit case subpage, including link to evidence of remedy
G	Does not fit above, but you believe check needed	Submit case subpage, briefly summarize and justify

Requests likely to be rejected

Situation	Solution
Obvious, disruptive sock puppet	Block, no checkuser needed
Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits	Block, no checkuser needed
Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence"	Such requests are rarely accepted, please do not ask
Related to ongoing arbitration case	Request checkuser on the arbitration case pages
Vote fraud, ongoing vote	Wait until vote closes before listing, or post at Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets
Vote fraud, closed vote, did not affect outcome	List at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets
Other disruption of articles	List at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents or Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets
Open proxy, IP address already known	List at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Open proxies
You want access to the checkuser tool yourself	Contact the Arbitration Committee, but such access is granted rarely

When submitting a request

If submitting a new case subpage, use the inputbox below; if adding to an existing case subpage, see WP:RFCU/P#Repeat requests.
Choose the code letter that best fits your request. Provide evidence such as diff links as required or requested. Note that some code letters inherently require specific evidence.
When listing suspected accounts or IP addresses, use the {{checkuser}} or {{checkip}} templates. Please do not use this template in a section header.
You may add your request to the top of the #Outstanding requests section, by adding {{Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/CASENAMEHERE}}. If you do not, clerks should check for pages in Category:Checkuser requests to be listed and will do this for you.
Sign your request.

After submitting a request

Purge cache

Checkuser clerks assist with maintenance of the page but do not directly respond to checkuser requests. If you need help, post at Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for checkuser.
Responses will be brief in order to comply with Misplaced Pages's privacy policy. Likewise, the privacy policy often prevents us from running a check which has the effect of revealing IP addresses.
Due to technical factors, results are not always clear.
Check back regularly to see the outcome of your request.
Checkusers and clerks do not generally issue blocks. You may need to do this yourself or submit a request at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
Case subpages are typically archived several days after a checkuser responds.
More procedures at Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Procedures.

Privacy violation?

If you feel that a checkuser has led to a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy regarding yourself, please refer the case to the Ombudsman commission.

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File a Checkuser Request

This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump.

Cases are created on subpages of Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case.
If you require help or advice, ask at Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for checkuser.

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 (if the case has been archived). When editing an existing case, be sure to list it here or add Category:Checkuser requests to be listed to the subpage.

If creating a new case subpage, add the name of the main account (or "puppetmaster", not the sockpuppet!) in the box below. Leave out the "User:" prefix. Do not remove the text in the box, add the name to the end only (that is, append the name to the existing text). Then press "Request a checkuser" and you will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request.

Example: if you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text:
Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe

<inputbox> type=create editintro=Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Inputbox/Header preload=Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Inputbox/Sample default=Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/ buttonlabel=Request a checkuser bgcolor=#F8FCFF width=50 </inputbox>

Indicators and templates (v · e)
These indicators are used by Checkusers, SPI clerks and other patrolling users, to allow easier at-a-glance reading of their notes, actions and comments.
Case decisions:
IP blocked {{IPblock}}	Tagged {{Stagged}}
Blocked but awaiting tags {{Sblock}}	Not possible {{Impossible}}
Blocked and tagged {{Blockedandtagged}}	Blocked without tags {{Blockedwithouttags}}
No tags {{No tags}}	Blocked and tagged. Closing. {{Blockedtaggedclosing}}
Information:
Additional information needed {{MoreInfo}}	Deferred {{Deferred}}
Note: {{TakeNote}}	In progress {{Inprogress}}
Clerk actions:
Clerk assistance requested: {{Clerk Request}}	Clerk note: {{Clerk-Note}}
Delisted {{Delisted}}	Relisted {{Relisted}}
Clerk declined {{Decline}}	Clerk endorsed {{Endorse}}
Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention {{Selfendorse}}	CheckUser requested {{CURequest}}
Specific to CheckUser:
Confirmed {{Confirmed}}	Unrelated {{Unrelated}}
Confirmed with respect to the named user(s). No comment with respect to IP address(es). {{Confirmed-nc}}
Technically indistinguishable {{Technically indistinguishable}}
Likely {{Likely}}	Unlikely {{Unlikely}}
Possible {{Possible}}	Inconclusive {{Inconclusive}}
Declined {{Declined}}	Unnecessary {{Unnecessary}}
Stale (too old) {{StaleIP}}	No comment {{Nocomment}}
CheckUser is not a crystal ball {{Crystalball}}	CheckUser is not for fishing {{Fishing}}
CheckUser is not magic pixie dust {{Pixiedust}}	The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says: {{8ball}}
Endorsed by a checkuser {{Cu-endorsed}}	Check declined by a checkuser {{Cudecline}}
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) {{possilikely}}

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File a Checkuser Request

Cases are created on subpages of Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case.
If you require help or advice, ask at Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for checkuser.

Example: if you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text:
Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe

Outstanding requests

Declined requests

SqueakBox

request links: view • edit • links • history • watch • talk
Filed: 17 June 2008

SqueakBox (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Burrburr (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Blowhardforever (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

SqueakBox temporarily ceased editing on 00:29, 17 June. Burrburr was created on 1:20, 17 June. He temporarily ceased editing on 01:49; SB resumed at 02:42, and stopped at 02:48; Burrburr resumed at 04:23, and stopped at 05:12; and SB resumed at 14:40. Their edits never overlap.

One minute after making a null edit to Vodafone, his first, Burrburr left a comment on Talk:Pederasty in the Wikipedian dialect (using "POV"). SqueakBox has a longstanding interest in paedophilia-related topics and has a history of editing the Pederasty article from the same "side" as Burrburr (one that promotes the view of pederasty as child abuse and unrelated to LGBT). Burrburr's other contributions are all minor, and appear to have been done with the intent of inflating his or her edit count. I reverted several unsourced edits by Burrburr. One of these was on Ages of consent in Central America. SB undid my revert to this article shortly after.

Burrburr is obviously not a new user. The evidence above and the similar grammar of SB and Burrburr lead me to suspect it is a sockpuppet of SqueakBox. It is probable, however, that he is using a proxy. User:Ztep and User:Blowhardforever, two previous unproven Squeak socks, were from the same ISP and "likely the same person." BHF is included to check if this 'person' (or more likely, proxy) is back again. --AnotherSolipsist (talk) 21:45, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Note for checkuser admin: This is the third RFCU posted here by User:AnotherSolipsist about SqueakBox in less than three months; the prior two sections immediately preceeding on this page were both added by this same user. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 22:48, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Note It is highly suspected that SqueakBox is employing meatpuppets. I have seen him colluding with Don Murphy over on Misplaced Pages Review, trying to encourage him to continue socking in the name of protecting Misplaced Pages from pedophiles. I need not remind people that Don Murphy is the same asshole who harassed NYBrad's law firm in to forcing him to quit Misplaced Pages. People like SqueakBox truly . --Dragon695 (talk) 13:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

What complete rubbish. (a) I only know Don Murphy through wikipedia (hardly a meat puppet) (b)we do not get on, see User talk:PersecutionComplex, (c) the accusation that I encouraged him to sock on WR is a complete lie, (b) Don Murphy has never had anything whatsoever to do with editing pedophile articles. Dragon is trolling here, I have refactored the worst of it and suggest a peremptory block for incivility and PA would be well in order. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Note: When you add to a request you also have to re-list in on the main RFCU page by transclusion, otherwise no checkuser will see it unless it is already on their watch list.
Burrburr is Unrelated, however he seems to have about 30 other accounts. A limited amount of account segregation is permitted if one wants to keep pederasty-related edits on a different account that your other hobbies; however there appear to be multiple accounts with topical overlap on both the pederasty and non-pederasty interests. I need to analyze this further before making any final decisions. Thatcher 11:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Completed requests

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Requests for IP check

Vandal and attack accounts may be listed here for the purpose of identifying and blocking the underlying IP address or open proxy. Requests to confirm sockpuppets of known users should be listed in the sockpuppet section above.
If you already know the IP address of the suspected open proxy, list it at Misplaced Pages:Open Proxies instead.
Use === Subsections ===; do not create subpages.
List user names using the {{checkuser|username}} template. Add new reports to the top of the section.
Requests may be acted on or declined according to the discretion of the checkuser admins. Responses will be noted here. Specific evidence of abuse in the form of diffs may be required so as to avoid the impression of fishing for evidence.
Answered requests will be moved to Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/IP check/Archive for 7 days, after which they will be deleted. No separate archive (other than the page history) will be maintained.

Requests that do not follow the instructions at the top of the page will be moved here. Common reasons for noncompliance include:

Did not cite a code letter, or cite more than one code letter.
Did not cite any supporting diffs if the code letter requires diffs.
Included IP addresses.

The specific deficiencies may be noted with Additional information needed. Cases which are corrected may be moved back to the pending section. Cases which are not corrected will be deleted after 3 days.

Please note that meeting these three criteria does not ensure that your check will be run. The checkusers retain final discretion over all cases.

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