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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by David Gerard (talk | contribs) at 19:33, 16 April 2005 (check on 217.204.65.210). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The purpose of this page is to inform the Wikimedia developer community of requests by the ArbCom for help. This usually involves investigative help to determine if different user accounts are likely used on the same computer.

Please don't edit this page unless you are an Arbitrator or Wikimedia developer. Thank you.

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Open requests

- David Gerard 08:39, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Tim Starling says the login data from Dec/Jan is largely gone, but there should be other things to check for correlations on - David Gerard 21:18, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Answered requests

  • A pile of page blankings, including on User:Irate's case, came this evening from 217.204.65.210 - this being an IP at the Internet cafe User:WikiUser was known to use a lot. The IP also spoke of User:B1link82, who has a case request in. There was no evidence of the IP being used by any username in the past week. - David Gerard 19:33, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I should note here I used the CheckUser functionality to check on User:Greggy, an apparent sock of Rienzo. There was no certain link to Rienzo, but the circumstantial evidence was pretty strong. In any case, the account had only been used for vandalism, so I blocked it as a vandalism-only account - David Gerard 12:33, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • The ArbCom needs to know if there is any connection between JillandJack, Oirvine, and any sockpuppet of DW (see DW's userpage for a list of sockpuppet accounts). -- Grunt 🇪🇺 04:08, 2005 Feb 24 (UTC)
    • Developer response: data suggests a lack of connection between the two named accounts. The very limited data available on the others doesn't suggest a connection. Jamesday 13:47, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • The ArbCom needs to know if there is any connection between Baku Ibne, Osmanoglou, Twinkletoes, Rovoam, LIGerasimova, Kiramtu Kunettabib, Kiramo Bemik, Dubistdas Letztearschloch, and any IP address in the ranges 84.154.0.0/16 or 64.136.0.0/16 (are these ISPs' networks?). -- Grunt 🇪🇺 22:08, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)
    • Developer response: Rovoam has used two IP addresses in different /16s on the US west coast, summary conveyed privately. Seems unlikely to be related to the others. An additional account, WikiAdm, has used one of the two IP addresses on one day.
    • All others (Baku Ibne, Osmanoglou, Twinkletoes, Rovoam, LIGerasimova, Kiramtu Kunettabib, Kiramo Bemik, Dubistdas Letztearschloch) have used addresses in the 84.154 block, which appears to be a large dialup modem pool range in Germany. Other accounts using this pool are Tigranes, Photographer, Grm wnr, StuffedTurkey, Yourologist, TomSawyer, Pantherarosa, ArchieBunker, Osmanoglou, UROLOGISST, Mh26, Fantasy, GynoWizz. Only the IP block links them (plus any edit patterns). Use caution with the newly listed accounts - this is a large dialup pool and uninvolved accounts can be expected to be using it. Jamesday 13:04, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)


  • The ArbCom needs to know if User: Robert the Bruce, User:Friends_of_Robert, User:Robert Brookes and User:Robert Blair are the same user, or show any correlation. Note that the correlation of Robert the Bruce and Robert Blair has been explicitly denied by both. The first three are already considered the same user. - David Gerard 01:04, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Developer response: There is moderately suggestive evidence that all but Robert Blair are linked. It is unlikely that Robert Blair is connected with the other three. Jamesday 04:36, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • The ArbCom needs to know if there is any technical evidence linking User:TDC and User:Libertas. Neutralitytalk 21:16, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
    • Developer response: No recent edits of User:Libertas could be found. -- JeLuF 22:40, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
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