Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. {{phab|T380846}}
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The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

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BouwMaster sockpuppet

Hi. I see you are quite active in investigating sockpuppet accounts for BouwMaster here. I noticed {{user|Matteo29Q}} has similiar edits to other banned sockpuppet accounts like {{user|Viktor Guer}} such as editing mainly AI and some sports articles without leaving any comments. I am thinking of putting this into SPI but would like to see if you have a view on this first if possible. Imcdc Contact 06:24, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Re-opening SPI

Hi. Last August I opened an SPI which was closed due to the suspected puppet being stale. However they resumed editing soon after, and made edits as recently as December. Should I re-open the case? --Paul_012 (talk) 18:25, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

:{{ping|Paul_012}} Please do not edit the archive page. If the suspected sock is no longer stale, report them again. In the report, mention the previous report and why it wasn't auctioned, as well as any new evidence, if applicable. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:04, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

A check user request

Hi, I added a new check user request for Bakelmuhammad0, and the request hasn't been endorsed or declined yet. Was my request wrong? --Karim talk to me :)..! 11:11, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

:{{ping|كريم رائد}} There are currently about 170 open SPI cases. It's normal for it to take some time before new requests are looked at. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:50, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for clarifying. That's my first check user request at English Wikipedia. --Karim talk to me :)..! 15:11, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eds Etd]]

I know this is a bit old, but I don't see how you got confirmed out of Izno's findings. Wouldn't proven be better?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

:Seems reasonable. I've retagged the sock accordingly. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:43, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

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[[:Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Pokamona]] has been nominated for deletion

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:Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Pokamona has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –112.207.123.170 (talk) 13:06, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Note about SPI archiving

At [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ZestyLemonz&diff=prev&oldid=1278328777] you archived this closed case without requesting global locks. Please make sure to do that next time, thanks a lot! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 11:14, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

There are Pham Van Rang’s sockpuppet IPs - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2401:d800:220::/45] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2401:d800:2e80::/47] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/116.106.96.196]14.188.217.68 (talk) 06:53, 14 April 2025 (UTC)