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| Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits |
| Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits |
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| Block. No checkuser is necessary. |
| Block. No checkuser is necessary. |
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| Checkuser to confirm a user has been using a specific IP address |
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| File an SPI request without checkuser. For privacy reasons, checkusers will not connect IP addresses to accounts. |
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| Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" |
| Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" |
Revision as of 15:43, 21 September 2010
When it might be appropriate to request Checkuser | |
Situation | Supporting evidence required |
Evasion of bans or other remedies issued by the arbitration committee (closed cases only) | Link to the closed case and evidence the user seems to be the banned party. |
Ongoing, serious pattern vandalism involving dozens of incidents | Relevant diffs. |
Vote fraud for a closed vote where the possible sockpuppet votes affect the outcome | Link to the closed vote. |
3RR violation using socks | Links to four or more diffs showing the 3RR violation. |
Evasion of community-based bans or blocks | Link to the block log of the original account, and evidence the user seems to be the banned or blocked party. |
Request doesn't fit any of the criteria but you believe a check is warranted anyway | Brief summary of the situation, links to further discussions, and supporting diffs. |
When it is usually not appropriate to request CheckUser, although exceptions may exist | |
Situation | Solution |
Obvious, disruptive sock puppet | Block. No checkuser is necessary. |
Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits | Block. No checkuser is necessary. |
Checkuser to confirm a user has been using a specific IP address | File an SPI request without checkuser. For privacy reasons, checkusers will not connect IP addresses to accounts. |
Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" | Such requests are not accepted. Please do not ask. |
Question about a possible sock puppet related to an open arbitration case | Request checkuser on the arbitration case pages. |
Vote fraud on ongoing vote | In most cases, wait until vote closes before listing. For exceptional high profile debates where possible disruption may need quick attention, note the concern at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents to draw it to administrator information. |
Vote fraud where the possible sockpuppet votes do not affect the outcome of the vote | List on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, or request examination without CheckUser. |
Suspected "good hand bad hand" use to avoid scrutiny | Request sock investigation only initially, in most cases. Depends upon severity. |
Suspected administrator sockpuppetry or multiple account abuse | In general this should be reported to the Arbitration Committee and not posted on the wiki. Reason: - if an administrator were indeed abusing their access then this is an Arbitration Committee concern. The user's admin flag may need to be summarily withdrawn without notice in serious cases, if proven. |
Other disruption of articles | List on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, or list here with a question whether checkuser should be requested. |
Open proxy where you already know the IP address | List on Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies. |
You want access to the checkuser tool yourself | This is not the page to request access. Please see Wikipedia:CheckUser for more. |