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This page hosts requests for global (un)blocks, (un)locks and hidings.

If you are here because you have been affected by a global block, please see Global blocks/FAQ for more information about global block and routes to appeal.

Note: (un)blocks apply to IP addresses; and (un)locks apply to global accounts.

Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Requests for global (un)block

Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions.
Please also review Global blocking . Only IP addresses can be globally blocked at this moment. Please see #Requests for global (un)lock and (un)hiding if your request involves an account.
Global blocks don't affect Meta-Wiki, so if your IP address is blocked, you can still appeal here. IP addresses that cause disruption on Meta should be reported at Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat instead of here so that they can be blocked locally.
Please describe the kind of cross wiki abusive activity you see from the IP. Saying an IP is a long term abuser is not helpful, but saying "IP vandalizes at ban.wikipedia, no.wikipedia and vi.wikipedia" is. This is especially important for range blocks. If you do not provide enough details, your request might be declined.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting, make sure that:

  1. You know the IP address(es) you wish to have globally blocked or unblocked.
  2. For blocks, the global blocking criteria are met.
  3. For unblocks, your request addresses the original reason for blocking the IP, if any.

To make a request for the address(es) to be blocked or unblocked

Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why the address(es) should be blocked/unblocked.
=== Global block/unblock for [[Special:Contributions/Some IP address|Some IP address]] ===
{{Status}} <!-- Do not remove this template -->
* {{Luxotool|IP address}}
Description, evidence, diffs, etc. --~~~~
When requesting that your IP be unblocked, note that stewards need to know your IP address to even consider a request.
To find your IP, please visit https://www.whatismyip.com/
You are not required to disclose your IP in public - you may make requests privately to any steward on IRC or by email at: stewards@wikimedia.org

Global block for 2A00:4580:100:5436:0:0:0:0/64

Status:    In progress

Cross wiki tourist site linkspam from Russia. Hoyanova (talk) 10:11, 25 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 218.188.210.224

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. --SCP-2000 06:06, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 112.204.160.0/20

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki long-term abuse. Expand the block of 112.204.166.53 due to IP hopping. ---- Jeff G. ツ (please ping or talk to me) 14:18, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 191.44.11.245 and 2804:d45:9666:da00::/64

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Adds false information, blocked on es, fr and simple, edits reverted on de, it, nl, etc. by other users. guc for the IPv6 range. --Thibaut (talk) 15:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 213.94.53.222

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki vandalism. --Thibaut (talk) 15:08, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 2600:8803:5905:B000:0:0:0:0/64

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki vandalism. Hoyanova (talk) 18:11, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 124.169.239.161

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 05:51, 31 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@WikiBayer: Please provide evidence (links, etc), abuse seems to have stopped. Trijnsteltalk 08:05, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Trijnstel this is [1]
machine translation 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 11:19, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 240B:252:4102:7C00::/64

Status:    In progress

crosswiki abuse.--Q8j (talk) 14:12, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Requests for global (un)lock and (un)hiding

Note that global blocking currently only applies to IPs, due to a technical limitation. If you wish to request a named account for global [un]locking, please request a global [un]lock here instead. Be sure to follow the instructions below:
  • Your request might be rejected if it doesn't include the necessary information.
  • Warning! This page is publicly viewable. If the account name is grossly insulting or contains personal information please contact a steward privately in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect or email your request to the stewards VRT queue at stewards-oversight@wikimedia.org (direct wiki interface) but do not post it here. Thanks.
  • Warning! This is not the place to ask for locks based on your opinion that someone is disruptive. Global locks are used exclusively against vandalism and spam, not because of content disputes, not because you think that someone deserves to be globally blocked. In such cases, you should ask for local blocks at appropriate places.
  • If you are globally locked, you should appeal your lock to stewards-appeals@wikimedia.org.

Please describe abusive activity of an account before reporting them here. Since stewards are often not active at projects the reported accounts are, things that seem obvious to you may not be equally obvious to the reviewing steward.

Instructions for making a request

Before requesting that a global account be (un)locked, please be sure that:

  1. You have evidence of cross-wiki disruption from the account(s).
  2. You can show that it is not feasible to use local-only blocks or other measures like page protection to combat the disruption.
  3. You have considered making the request in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect, especially for account names which will be hidden, or for urgent requests.
To make a request for an account to be locked or unlocked
Copy one of the codes below to the bottom of this section and explain why the account(s) should be locked/unlocked.
=== Global lock/unlock for Foo ===
{{status}} <!-- do not remove this template -->
* {{LockHide|username}}
* {{LockHide|username|hidename=1}} <!-- if you do not want the name to be visible on this page -->
*...
Reasons, etc. --~~~~

For many accounts:

=== Global lock for spambots/vandals ===
{{status}} <!-- do not remove this template -->
{{MultiLock|username|username2|username3}}
{{MultiLock|username|username2|username3|hidename=1}} <!-- if you do not want the names to be visible on this page -->
*...
Reasons, etc, --~~~~

Global locks

Status:    In progress

Extended content

Spam/Promotion-only accounts. See also: c:COM:AN (perl). Unnamed UserName me 01:24, 8 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh, special:CentralAuth/Kane0606wwiki does not exist. Do you mean special:CentralAuth/Kane0606wiki? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
14:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
@1234qwer1234qwer4: My bad. Sorry. Unnamed UserName me 14:27, 16 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Broke out the below accounts (the ones above are all locked). @NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: was there a typo with Auto365mydinh? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 01:24, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Mdaniels5757: They was renamed to Diemdangphuong. Unnamed UserName me 04:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Changed below accordingly. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Global lock

Status:    Done

Abusive username. --Ts12rAc (talk) 03:22, 10 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Ts12rAc: I don't speak this language. Why is this username abusive? What does it mean? And why isn't it locally blocked? Trijnsteltalk 13:57, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
First part of name is abusive as you can see its meaning here. Later part refer to a caste.--Ts12rAc (talk) 14:42, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:16, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for socks

Status:    On hold

User list
Lock all:

Long-term abuse. See w:vi:Wikipedia:Yêu cầu kiểm định tài khoản/Trankimtuyensg. --Unnamed UserName me 21:01, 15 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

On hold, see below thread. --Sotiale (talk) 12:49, 22 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Mama mama en el colegio me dicen

Status:    In progress

LTA. --Lost in subtitles (talk) 06:20, 18 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Lost in subtitles and LuchoCR: This looks like a local eswiki LTA, or am I wrong and are they indeed a crosswiki LTA? Trijnsteltalk 19:31, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock

Status:    On hold
Extended content
Group 1
Lock all:
Group 2
Lock all:

All confirmed by CU. Unnamed UserName me 08:04, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Hi. As per our recent discussion, we are moving towards abstaining from locking if they are only active on a particular wiki, even if the original account is locked(except global ban). Can you tell us if they have ever been active outside of Vietnamese Wikipedia? Thanks. --Sotiale (talk) 09:45, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Sotiale: They (including these) are suspected sockpuppets of MiG29VN, who is also a known sockpuppeteer on en.wiki. Unnamed UserName me 09:52, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Prior to that, Trankimtuyensg and Quanluchn, which were supposed to be their master accounts, were not locked. Is there any reason to lock their accounts? --Sotiale (talk) 10:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Since MiG29VN have been cross-vandalizing political-and-LGBTs-related content for years, there is reason to believe that they will abuse these accounts on several wikis. Unnamed UserName me 10:24, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Trankimtuyensg and Quanluchn are managed as separate cases in viwiki, is there any reason why they are managed as separate cases? --Sotiale (talk) 09:12, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
There are multiple similarities in their edits, but our CU did not confirm. However, I do suspect MiG29VN to be the sockpuppeteer, per the duck test. Unnamed UserName me 10:02, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@DHN: Hello. Could you please give me your opinion if they are related? It will help me to process this request. Thank you. --Sotiale (talk) 10:44, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Sotiale: They don't share IPs, but have similar UserAgent, which I felt wasn't strong enough to make a conclusion. I defer to NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh on the similarities in terms of M.O. DHN (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you, DHN. @NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: From what I understand, their master account has never been locked, and you're the first to make a request to them. If you look at these accounts you requested, their recent activity is limited to viwiki, unlike accounts that were blocked a long time ago. In order for these accounts to be locked, evidence of recent cross-wiki abuse outside viwiki is required. Could you please provide this to us? Thanks. --Sotiale (talk) 12:53, 22 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Sotiale: All of those socks have never participate in any project rather than vi.wiki except for Trankimtuyensg, so I request global lock for their confirmed socks and withdraw the rest (including these if inappropriate):
Lock all:
Unnamed UserName me 13:28, 22 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for making it clear. Where was Trankimtuyensg blocked besides viwiki? --Sotiale (talk) 11:23, 23 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Sorry for the late reply. I highly suspect Trankimtuyensg to be MiG29VN, who is also blocked at en.wiki. Unnamed UserName me 16:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Arifin sulaiman

Status:    In progress

Sock of Agus suharto Flix11 (talk) 16:40, 23 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Ibnu fadil and Agus suharto sock(s)

Status:    In progress

per Indonesian SPI. Flix11 (talk) 16:52, 23 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for User:Samuelle Santiago and User:Aras Samuelle

Status:    In progress

Lock all:

Sockpuppeteering, cross-wiki promotion (Commons, English/Spanish Wikipedia, Wikidata) Tol (talk | contribs) @ 20:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Khalisha Azzahra

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. LTA Hitzeed/BD. --– Symphonium264 (talk) 03:26, 25 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Symphonium264: Hitzeed is only locally blocked on idwiki. This looks more like a local affair, which doesn't warrant a lock but rather a local block. Trijnsteltalk 10:12, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Trijnstel: Here's his account that globally locked, BD Vinsa malica ashviya and Hitzeed Ch Reborn. – Symphonium264 (talk) 10:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Symphonium264: Thank you, one more question: why isn't Khalisha Azzahra locally blocked? I would expect to see that with an LTA. --Trijnsteltalk 13:08, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Escritor juan luis

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. --कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया (talk) 21:03, 26 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया: Why? They're not even locally blocked. This looks more like a newbie who doesn't know our rules. Trijnsteltalk 10:10, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Mavipa21

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Abusive username. Promotional account for Marathi Vidnyan Parishad. --QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 13:55, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Dheerendra singram

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. All are creating similar pages to promote non-notable singer w:hi:Special:Diff/5356280 Singaram. Promotional uploads. Please check for more sleeper accounts. thanks. --QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 14:37, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Kmishra1024

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. confirmed socks on enwiki, w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Curious boy km/Archive. Kmishra1024 is active on multiple projects and promoting political parties from nepal. thanks and regards. --QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 14:38, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Bhosale Siddhant

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. Confirmed sock at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yeu aga maj Long term promotional edits and page creations. --QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 01:26, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Marathi.Wiki.Editor

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Cross wiki promotional edits, page creations and uploads, Here to promote [[2]], They have created the page for the same personw:Mr:तुषार_रायते on mrwiki too and their w:Mr:नेक्सटजेनडिजिहब अकॅडेमी non--notable company. Confirmed socks at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marathi.Wiki.Editor thanks. --QueerEcofeminist [they/them/their] 08:26, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for AshikMusicbd24

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. and advertisement. --Afeef (talk) 06:48, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for GREGORY,Stealing-Seconds

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Long term abuse: 米記123. --SCP-2000 15:11, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Nach Bräunung auf den PoposchIeifstein

Status:    Done
User list

Long-term abuse. Abusive username. Avoided. Please perform LWCU. --~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
21:31, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 07:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, I suspected some of the confirmed accounts were additional socks when using gusersearch. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
12:56, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Passwordisntpassword

Status:    Done

Compromised account / public password. --~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
21:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

@1234qwer1234qwer4: How do you know this account is compromised? It's 5 years old. And the name says nothing about its password. Trijnsteltalk 07:53, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Trijnstel: it's also a sockpuppet of the banned Wikinger. Masti was locking tens of accounts, most of them years-old sleepers (Wikinger's been wakening his old sleepers lately), of late, with usernames very similar to the reported account. You might want to confirm this with Masti too. JavaHurricane 08:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Also compare #Global lock for MYPASSWORDIS13254 above, which is also Wikinger. JavaHurricane 08:37, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
I'm actually not sure whether this is Wikinger, but I could confirm the password stated in the username is correct. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
13:23, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:00, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Doros89

Status:    In progress

Machine translation spam. Blocked on ro.wp, moved to ja.wp. --Andrei Stroe (talk) 08:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for The Hong Kong Protest 2019 2020 icles

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse. ---- LuK3 (Talk) 12:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:13, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Amanjeffrey

Status:    Done

User page spammer for penis enlargement. Hoyanova (talk) 13:44, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by QuiteUnusual. MajavahBot (talk) 16:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Golygeeroadsigns

Status:    Done

Yet another sock of locked Jermboy27. ---- Jeff G. ツ (please ping or talk to me) 15:27, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:10, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for VeronaX05867

Status:    Done
User list

Spam / spambot. ntsamr. --~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
15:38, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done, plus all the sleepers. QuiteUnusual (talk) 16:07, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for MayraY5726

Status:    Done
User list

Spam / spambot. Caught in various global abuse filters. --Daniuu (talk) 15:51, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by QuiteUnusual, Jon Kolbert. MajavahBot (talk) 17:45, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock

Status:    Done

Abusive username. --Zabe (talk) 16:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:09, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for huge number of spambots at svwikiversity

Status:    Done
User list

Spam / spambot. -- JavaHurricane 17:30, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by Jon Kolbert, Masti, Defender, Trijnstel. MajavahBot (talk) 18:05, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Hollis75H5

Status:    Done

Spam / spambot. --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 18:55, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:09, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for GreggSpeed4427

Status:    Done

Spam / spambot. --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 19:13, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:17, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for RudolphDemaio9

Status:    Done

Spam / spambot. --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 19:16, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Done --Trijnsteltalk 19:22, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for ReeceRemley0

Status:    In progress

Common gambling website spambot. --~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
19:18, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

See also