Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/RafikiSykes

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RafikiSykes

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 15:06, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

• RafikiSykes (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Suspected related users

• CallyMc (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Naturiss (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Rationale, discussion and results

Reason: CallyMc was blocked in May as a sockpuppet of RafikiSykes. Naturiss was created in June and began uploading images from Flickr that show the same areas of interest as CallyMc, specifically ComicCon images, castles, and wrestling. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 15:06, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

• Confirmed Эlcobbola _talk 16:46, 6 August 2019 (UTC)The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the Request for checkuser. Please do not modify it.
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RafikiSykes

Status: open • view • edit • history • watch
Filed: 09:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• RafikiSykes (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Suspected related users

• MaybeMaybeMaybe (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Princess Mérida (talk • contribs • Luxo's • SUL • deleted contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Rationale

• Reason: As per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RafikiSykes and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_RafikiSykes -- MaybeMaybeMaybe is definitely a sock of that editor. They have uploaded thousands of images from flickr and were told to desist from using the tool whilst they have outstanding uploads to clean up. The now appear to be using User:Princess Mérida, to again upload problematic files from Flickr. russavia (talk) 09:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Jim. A warning has now been given to the main account. russavia (talk) 12:51, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Results

Declined I don't see enough reasons to perform CU, if the images are problematic we may block the uploader (then we may block socks), another CU might have different approach Mardetanha ^talk 09:26, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

 Comment Not really got time to look at this now however if the images are problematic then a block on the latest sock to allow time to look further seems a sensible option. I'm not agreeing nor disagreeing with Mard however there is evidence of puppetry on en. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 09:32, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Per Herby, I took a look. I don't see that User:RafikiSykes has been blocked on Commons or even warned about behavior, so I don't see a reason to block that account. However, the following are Likely socks, which I have blocked, since none of the legitimate reasons for separate accounts appear to apply.

• User:MaybeMaybeMaybe now blocked
• User:Princess Mérida now blocked
• User:KwakuMac now blocked

.     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:33, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Note that there is an on-going CU request on enwp based on this one on commons here and an older one of early December here. Trijnstel_talk 16:15, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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