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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 or accounts; 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 .
Global blocks don't affect Meta-Wiki, so if your IP address or account is blocked, you can still appeal here. IP addresses or accounts 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 or account. Saying an IP or account 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) or accounts 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 or account, if any.

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

Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why the address(es) or account(s) should be blocked/unblocked.
=== Global block/unblock for [[Special:Contributions/Some IP address or account|Some IP address or account]] ===
{{Status}} <!-- Do not remove this template -->
* {{Luxotool|IP address/username}}
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 181.43.228.251

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. LuchoCR (talk) 00:59, 12 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 12.179.208.50

Status:    In progress

Looks like an IP sock of a blocked open proxy 5.157.51.66, according to Special:Diff/28531463. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 17:10, 12 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 151.21.86.164

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Mtarch11 (talk) 02:37, 13 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 86.245.218.113

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. French school institutions spammer (LTA) XReport --A09|(pogovor) 15:22, 13 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 99.145.215.155

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse.--Nnh (talk) 02:06, 14 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 176.54.51.132

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Lock/ban evasion. Sock of locked user: YAZMAYANTÜKENMEZKALEM XReport --Rsjaffe (talk) 04:20, 14 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 176.55.37.42

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Lock/ban evasion. Sock of locked user user: YAZMAYANTÜKENMEZKALEM. w:en: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/YAZMAYANTÜKENMEZKALEM. XReport --Rsjaffe (talk) 04:23, 14 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Lovertruck. Estrellato (talk) 15:34, 14 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 86.115.77.12

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Nenoniel. Estrellato (talk) 01:39, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 106.215.147.98

Status:    In progress

Previous incarnation:

Promotional cross-wiki spam of various commercial activities. Noteworthy the insertion of dozens of machine-generated, irrelevant "references" faking the availability of supporting sources. --Rojelio (talk) 12:06, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 14.139.185.126

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse XReport --– Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 15:08, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 47.53.102.62

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Alec XReport --A09|(pogovor) 22:47, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 2.36.45.180

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Alec Smithson XReport --A09|(pogovor) 22:47, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. 20041027 𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓼𝓾talk09:15, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 38.253.147.148

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse XReport --Meruleh {talk} 00:45, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 2001:56a:f5d0:b000::/64

Status:    In progress

CWA/LTA (boyband vandal) --Wutsje (talk) 02:21, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 186.79.251.152

Status:    In progress

CWA/LTA (Nicolas vandal) --Wutsje (talk) 04:16, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 37.252.1.177/20

Status:    Done

Open proxies range. — Jules* talk 17:24, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

DoneMdsShakil (talk) 00:59, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 185.238.171.126

Status:    Done

Open proxy. Range /22 should be blocked, at least. Thanks. — Jules* talk 17:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

DoneMdsShakil (talk) 00:54, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 79.51.215.178

Status:    In progress

LTA cross-wiki vandal and troll.--Superspritztell me 22:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse XReport --jlwoodwa (talk) 04:37, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global block for 161.132.42.0/24

Status:    In progress

Open proxy abused by LTA. Massive LTA-sockfarm. LuchoCR (talk) 04:57, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

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

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 lock for David C. S. and sockpuppets

Status:    In progress

See also my talk page on Commons. David C. S. was a long-time Commons contributor who repeatedly, for years, uploaded copyright violations, particularly coats of arms and other Ecuadorian emblems. They were caught several times, blocked and ultimately indefinitely-blocked. They then resorted to using sockpuppets on Commons, while using his main account to edit other projects, like Wikidata, to insert their new uploads. They have also used such sockpuppet accounts to edit other projects. Long-term abuse. --Bedivere (talk) 06:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Given that they are still active on some projects with a large amount of edits, I think this is rather a case for requesting a global ban instead of stewards just applying a global lock. Johannnes89 (talk) 13:55, 23 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
They've been recently expelled (i. e. indefinitely blocked) from the Spanish Wikipedia along with the active sockpuppets they had there. Maybe an alternative would be to just lock, for now, the sockpuppets. Bedivere (talk) 02:58, 25 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
A couple of sockpuppets have been active in multiple wikis, therefore I've locked all of them for crosswiki (sockpuppet) abuse. I would appreciate another steward's opinion regarding the main account. Johannnes89 (talk) 06:57, 25 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
I'd be inclined to lock the master as well. Daniuu (talk) 23:37, 6 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Plankdo

Status:    In progress

Lock allGlobal block all:

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. Spam / spambot. please see w:ca:Categoria:Titelles bloquejats de Qoqjan (category of locked users). MathXplore (talk) 11:57, 13 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Lapetin Sandy N. Lapettya

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Zaar Dinn (idwiki), Adjiechas (commons)XReport --Ariandi Lie Talk with me 20:55, 13 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Travel.baker7

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki spam. Estrellato (talk) 18:54, 14 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Postmodern primat

Status:    In progress

Cross-wiki abuse. Long-term abuse. LTA XReport --modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 08:55, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for QuyQuang2042

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Lock evasion. QuyQuang321. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 14:02, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for 小训

Status:    In progress

Spam / spambot. Sakurase (talk) 15:28, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global unlock for Ziad

Status:    In progress

@AmandaNP: As I understand things, Ziyad al-Sofiani is no longer imprisoned, so the account access might not be an issue anymore. I'm only guessing at what the ticket is about.

See w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2025-04-09/Special_report. JayCubby (talk) 18:10, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
Robot clerk note: {{done}} by AmandaNP. MajavahBot (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
This request was pretty clearly asking for an unlock, so I'm reverting the bot and changing back to "in progress". ⟲ Three Sixty! (talk, edits) 21:13, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Commons Volunteer

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Osamameershah. Bovlb (talk) 19:28, 15 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Fraranni

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse. Giorgio Pallavicini. Mtarch11 (talk) 02:05, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

DoneMdsShakil (talk) 00:49, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for 新明珠39

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. Manchiu (talk) 04:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for 蘇俞安輔導主任

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Lock evasion, 蘇俞安 (talk · contribs). Lemonaka (talk) 08:09, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Lock evasion of who? XXBlackburnXx (talk) 21:14, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
@XXBlackburnXx w:zh:LTA:SYA, reported username matches the LTA's first account username. Sakurase (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
Just for info, the request is related to this. aqurs 🍧 03:30, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Rojne Rufsunge Runkis

Status:    In progress

Long-term abuse. Heymid or copycat. Estrellato (talk) 10:37, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Salemlovely0708 backup 8

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse. Kinda late though, but still should be locked in case. Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 20:25, 16 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Myrealnamm:, which LTA? --Alaa :)..! 14:59, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
@علاء It is w:WP:LTA/AC. On the LTA page it says Some of her other accounts follow a username pattern of "Salemlovely0708 backup" followed by a number, such as in Salemlovely0708 backup 2 and Salemlovely0708 backup 8. Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 23:36, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply
DoneMdsShakil (talk) 00:47, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Sahil223388

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse. Cross-wiki abuse. Spam / spambot. Same as Special:CentralAuth/Sahil99906 (already locked). MathXplore (talk) 22:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

DoneMdsShakil (talk) 03:40, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Zarilla423

Status:    In progress

Lock/ban evasion. Brendan John Williams. XReport --shb (tc) 00:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for ja:LTA:HEATHROW

Status:    Done

Lock allGlobal block all:

Long-term abuse. aqurs 🍧 03:34, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by Yahya. MajavahBot (talk) 04:05, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for spam only accounts

Status:    In progress

Lock allGlobal block all:

Spam / spambot. 20041027 𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓼𝓾talk05:02, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse XReport --aqurs 🍧 05:30, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done EPIC (talk) 06:46, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for AngelaRoteneAllEyes

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse. Lock evasion. PindowsOS Linux. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 05:55, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by Melos. MajavahBot (talk) 06:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for 55Cmax

Status:    In progress

Spam / spambot. Gambling spam XReport --Ariandi Lie Talk with me 05:58, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Vishal vishal123

Status:    In progress

Spam / spambot XReport --shb (tc) 05:57, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Gotogelsuper3262

Status:    Done

Spam / spambot. Lymantria (talk) 06:07, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done EPIC (talk) 06:46, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for APISIT12

Status:    Done

Cross-wiki abuse. Spam / spambot. Ameisenigel (talk) 08:01, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Robot clerk note: Done by EPIC. MajavahBot (talk) 08:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Global lock for Solins454

Status:    In progress

Lock/ban evasion. Brendan XReport --shb (tc) 08:52, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

See also