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| In these cases, file a case and request a check
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| Evasion of ArbCom or Wikimedia Foundation bans or remedies
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Link to the closed case. Supply evidence to show the active user is the banned party.
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| Ongoing, serious pattern of vandalism involving dozens of incidents
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Supply diffs of the vandalism.
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| Possible vote fraud
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Link to the vote(s).
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| 3RR violation using sockpuppets
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Link to four or more diffs showing the 3RR violation.
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| Evasion of community-based bans or blocks
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Link to block log of the original account. Supply evidence to show the user is the banned or blocked party.
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| Likely undetected or "sleeper" socks, getting an IP block (of a repeat sock-user)
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Link to or point to a possible reason, or if enough socks exist, the archive.
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| 'Messy' and complex cases where behavior alone cannot determine which accounts are socks.
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Link to diffs that show the likelihood that each account listed could be a possible sockpuppet.
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| You believe a check is warranted anyway
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Give a brief summary of the situation, link to further discussions, and supply supporting diffs.
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| In these cases, do not request CheckUser
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| Obvious, disruptive sock puppet
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Block. No checkuser is necessary.
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| Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits
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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 publicly connect IP addresses to accounts.
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| Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence"
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Such requests are not accepted. Please do not ask.
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| Question about a possible sock puppet related to an open arbitration case
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Request on the arbitration case pages that a checkuser be run.
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| Suspected "good hand bad hand" use to avoid scrutiny
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Initially file an investigation with no check requested, except in severe cases.
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| Suspected administrator sockpuppetry or multiple account abuse
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Report to the Arbitration Committee. They may have to desysop the administrator.
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| Other disruption of articles
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Report to AN/I, or file a case without CU and ask if checkuser should be requested.
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| Open proxy where you already know the IP address
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List on Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies.
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| You want access to the checkuser tool yourself
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Access is rarely granted, and not requested here. Please see Wikipedia:CheckUser.
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