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This page is for requesting that we investigate whether two or more Misplaced Pages accounts are being abusively operated by the same person.

Before opening an investigation, you need good reason to suspect sockpuppetry.

1. Evidence is required. When you open the investigation, you must immediately provide evidence that the suspected sock puppets are connected. The evidence will need to include diffs of edits that suggest the accounts are connected. (This requirement is waived if the edits in question are deleted; in this case just provide the names of the pages that the accounts have been editing.)
2. You must provide this evidence in a clear way. Vaguely worded submissions will not be investigated. You need to actually show why your suspicion that the accounts are connected is reasonable.
3. Concision is key. Evidence should be presented in a concise format. Because of the length of the backlog, cases with clear and concise explanations and evidence are handled the most quickly.

Investigations are conducted by a clerk or an administrator, who will compare the accounts' behaviour and determine whether they are probably connected. Upon request, investigations can also be conducted by a checkuser, who can look at technical data behind the accounts in order to determine how likely it is they are connected. CheckUser results are often called technical evidence, in contrast to publicly available behavioural evidence.

Due to Misplaced Pages's CheckUser policy, checkusers will conduct a technical investigation only if clear, behavioural evidence of sockpuppetry is also submitted; if you ask for technical evidence to be looked at but do not provide behavioural evidence, the investigation may not be allowed to proceed. Additionally, checkusers will not publicly connect an account with an IP address per the privacy policy except in extremely rare circumstances.

How to open an investigation

To add to an existing investigation (or case), enter the case name in the box below. To create a new investigation, enter the username of the oldest-created registered account (the "sockmaster")—or, if only IP addresses are involved, the IP that made the first relevant edit. Then click "Submit". Note: Do not include "User:" or any other commentary.

For example, if a prior filing was at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/John Doe, or this is a first filing and the oldest registered account is User:John Doe, you should enter John Doe in the box below.

You will then be taken to another page containing a form you must complete to open the investigation. The process for opening a subsequent investigation on the same user is the same as for creating a new case. Again, do not include "User:" in any of the numbered fields.

If you also wish a checkuser to investigate, change |checkuser=no to |checkuser=yes in the edit box on the next page and explain why you are requesting it.

Cases currently listed at SPI

If this page has been recently modified, it may not reflect the most recent changes. Please purge this page to view the most recent changes.

Quick CheckUser requests

Use this section to request checkuser information relating to a situation that does not involve sock puppetry. You could use this section to request, for example:

• Underlying IPs of an account, where the autoblock has expired or been ineffective.
• Collateral damage checks for the informed hardblocking of IPs or ranges.
• IP block exemption checks before granting IPBE (or to verify it is being used constructively).

For threats of harm (to self or others) you must email emergencywikimedia.org (see the threats of harm page) and not use this page. Requests to investigate and confirm sockpuppetry should be listed in the sockpuppet section above, and not here (such requests will be summarily removed).

To make a request here, copy the following template and paste it to the end of this section (quick link to edit) – replacing "header" with an informative title, and adding underneath the template any relevant information – then sign using "~~~~", preview, and click "save".

==== HEADER ====
{{SPIquick}}
* {{Checkuser|username}}

• AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Piotrus (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

I am requesting a checkuser to check whether Piotrus, or any other account, sent an e-mail to "AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing" between 11 March and 23 March.

My request is to prevent disruption(3) and bad faith editing(4) under the grounds for checking in CheckUser policy . Misplaced Pages:Emailing users says CheckUsers can check for the existence of e-mails, but not the content of the e-mail. The existence of an e-mail will be sufficient to make a positive determination of distruption.

Immediate background:

1. Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing
2. AN on canvassing from Februrary 2021 involving Piotrus and leading to topic ban. Also older e-mail case.

It is implausible that "AK at Aquila Polonica Publishing" found Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment on their lonesome on their 10th edit. And that Tataqp, who is  Confirmed to them, found this page on their first edit. When AK was asked, they were evasive.

Piotrus was one of the few editors that noticed this new account, welcoming them on the 11 of March. Piotrus has been going out of his way to defend this new account in light of the SPI: , , .

Given the recent canvassing by Piotrus, the problems with canvassing in the topic, contact between the two users and support, and the sheer implausibility AK stumbling on arbitration by their lonesome while they were awaiting a username unblock, I request that existence of e-mails and their dates be checked.--Bob not snob (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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