notable living person, the account may be blocked as a precaution against impersonation until the user provides proof of identity. If you have been blocked...

The result was keep. North America1000 08:05, 12 April 2016 (UTC) IRS-Impersonation Phone Scams (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

article would be barely 2 or 3 sentences and we can find same amount of "impersonation" for just any artist that has sold millions of records. Thus delete...

strong evidence for MJ impersonation as a concept being notable. The other cited sources are generally about individual impersonators. Those sources at least...

an administrator makes edits from a non-administrator role account. Impersonation of an administrator by a non-administrator can take several forms, including:...

Template:User Impersonated (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Userbox for showing the number of times the user has been impersonated. This userbox...

fictional Elvis impersonators Articles for deletion/List of fictional Elvis impersonators (2nd nomination) List of fictional Elvis impersonators (edit | talk |...

Merge: 3 This is liscruft gone mad! A list of fictional characters who impersonate a dead singer at some point, even if they only do it once? Come on, poeple...

uses impersonator accounts of unrelated users and then reveals them to be his socks, trying to fool administrators to block the original impersonation victim...

sheer improbability of it, a little investigation usually made the impersonation fairly obvious. However, several people raised concerns that the proposal...

rather quickly and blocked by the admins, usually for vandalism or impersonation. However, this is a cure for the symptoms, and does not address the...

impersonation at Wikipedia, they published an article mentioning this fact. The article is in general about my historical writings, the impersonation...

2006 (UTC) Question: Is there an article on "People who allegedly have impersonated celebrities and committed crimes."? (I assume the title would have to...

submitted by Wknight94 A couple impersonation accounts have copied user and user talk pages from the accounts they are impersonating and supported Wikipedia:Requests...

This dispute mainly took place around User talk:Dfrg.msc, where the impersonation messages were placed. Also, this user has a history of disruption connected...

created an article attacking him on RationalWiki, while impersonating Maunus; the impersonation was blocked and article deleted. In 2018, Mikemikev created...

starts regarding how common something like this might be, where users impersonate other users in order to scam people for money. Multiple OTRS-tickets...

and who exactly is impersonating whom. The summary is available at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Impersonation. TenOfAllTrades(talk)...

designed to impersonate other contributors are not permitted (see Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Impersonation). Accounts designed to impersonate may be immediately...

was speedy deleted as impersonation, albeit a poor attempt. Sean William 03:46, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Part of an obvious impersonation, copied straight from...

deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Unlawful Impersonations of ICE officials (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links |...

pages have been redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself. A few users have...

whilst not an admin, impersonation in a similar manner. See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Administrator impersonation. --Jack Frost (talk)...

(example), vandalistic and malicious page moves (example, example), impersonation of other users through usernames and signature forgery (example), creation...

KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 20:26, 17 July 2017 (UTC) Navi (Impersonator) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

is either verified to be a clean start or that there is some sort of impersonation occurring. Thanks. Sportsguy17 00:26, 29 October 2013 (UTC) Accused...

10 (talk · contribs · logs) Nobunaga25 (talk · contribs · logs) (an impersonation of User:Nobunaga24; subsequently permblocked) have made the idential...

contribs · block log) (expires 15:26, August 7, 2005) (contribs) (unblock) (impersonation, vandalism) "don't block me, or I will do more vandalism" [1]...

pages they edit, suggests one of two possibilities. Impersonation. Response: Ask the impersonator to change his username. Sock puppetry. Response: Block...

purpose of this policy is to prevent impersonation, IMHO. RJASE1 Talk 18:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Disallow impersonation of a famous boxer. Wooyi 18:52, 4...

to prevent impersonation". My issue is that these two user names are not similar in anyway, so I do not see the possibility of impersonation or misunderstanding...

reduce impersonation to new users. Impersonation has been a concern as users might not know who's the real user or administrator. Impersonation may include...

archive of a Request for checkuser. Please do not modify it. Potential impersonation/vandalism reversion fraud. Ëvilphoenix Burn! 04:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC)...

deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Jay White (impersonator) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

to prevent impersonation". My issue is that these two user names are not similar in anyway, so I do not see the possibility of impersonation or misunderstanding...

impersonation" is a form of cross dressing, but not the only form that exists. But as titles, a person is only a drag queen or a female impersonator if...

like the behavior or a 14-year old. Suggest this account be banned for impersonation, no matter who is "right" and "wrong" in the war at Stephanie Adams...

reduce impersonation to new users. Impersonation has been a concern as users might not know who's the real user or administrator. Impersonation may include...

hour of interval. Either sockpuppetry, UPE or impersonation (as Alnjms had already tried to impersonate Mikeblas) could explain this. Chaotic Enby (talk...

User:Chifumbe to WP:AN/I [1] for supposed "impersonation" in this AfD. (Chifumbe had been signing an alias, but not impersonating anyone; see e.g. [2].) The AfD was...

to SPI by Bonadea. In February 2016 they started creating accounts to impersonate Bonadea instead, in an obvious effort to falsely implicate Bonadea for...

there is bad faith impersonation we can refer the matter to stewards who can rename the account to one where there isn't impersonation in addition to blocking...

in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. As part of these obligations, you must disclose your employer...

Delisted Checkuser is not for fishing, and SPI is not for dealing with impersonation. WP:UAA is your friend. Mayalld (talk) 17:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)...

as G7 speedy. Beeblbrox (talk) 01:36, 16 August 2008 (UTC) Keep. The impersonation of a scientist was not a one-time thing but something that extended...

uncited/OR version of article subject's name[1], and then created "impersonation" sockpuppets to revert every editor who removed it on the grounds that...

Roosevelt Impersonation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYxGFsTCeA&feature=g-upl&context=G2f95bfaAUAAAAAAAGAA Alfred Hitchcock Impersonation: http://www...

currently blocked as likely impersonator of an admin who works for the WMF. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 04:19, 24 May 2018 (UTC) impersonation confirmed by impersonatee...

FreplySpang blocked Fenian Swine. (infinite) (contribs) (unblock) (impersonation of User:Fenian Swine) I'm confused about what name User:Fenian Swine...

expand the article Police impersonation. Marcocapelle (talk) 19:17, 5 May 2020 (UTC) There is nothing new about impersonating Law Enforcement. Its been...

decision. See Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Tran Van Ba -- I think the impersonation of Professor Lindgren, and the real Tran Van Ba by Jimmy Van Thach shows...

comment/Interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing to decrease impersonation (diff  !top) - Link: www.peopleperhour.com (R/Xmeta/L) User is in a...

media accounts noted he was Jewish and contrasted that with his alleged impersonation of an Islamic terrorist. I am open to suggestions about how to word...

accounts here, although CU might be useful to discriminate between impersonation and sockpuppetry in this case. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:25, 12 May 2020...

nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:21, 9 June 2019 (UTC) Nice Jimmy Durante impersonation - the DOF is a bit shallow, eyes are not quite sharp, thus, Weak oppose...

puppetmaster has vandalized). The puppetmaster account, in addition, may be an impersonation of a living person. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:42, 24 March 2010 (UTC)...

honed his impersonation.." etc) There are several statements that seem to be out of place. For example, is Kenan Thompson's Bill Cosby impersonation something...

Defending yourself against claims. Account blocked indefinitely by Tiptoety (vandalism only impersonation account). Nathan T 21:43, 14 January 2010 (UTC)...

added keep votes to the article, impersonating regular editors. Most have been blocked indefinitely for impersonation, sockpuppetry and vandalism. Rather...

Discrimination: 74% Stalking: 74% Outing/doxxing: 67% Threats of violence: 65% Impersonation: 65% Hacking: 63% Revenge porn: 61% Other: 57% The most common type...

Administrator note Aww, how cute, he also created WP:AISP. Already indeffed for impersonation, closing case; but for the record, yes, this was a duck sock puppetry...

Connect) 11:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC) Bar-Ilan impersonator It has been established that six accounts impersonating user:AlexKarpman all issued from Bar-Ilan...

Statements, Impersonation, or Fraud ... With the intent to deceive, posting content that is false or inaccurate; Attempting to impersonate another user...

glass. Does that mean she'll have him locked up by being thrown into jail for fraud or impersonation? 86.143.101.46 (talk) 18:33, 20 April 2022 (UTC)...

it was an impersonator, seems like they're probably up to more no good, and it might be worth finding if they've created other impersonation accounts,...

complaining at the end that the shoes were too much hard work. ) An impersonation of movement, rather than voice, also makes me suggest Michael Barrymore...

to "disprove" anything. Blocked the IP for trolling - it's obviously impersonation. ST47 (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2019 (UTC) I am marking this as closed...

original editor logs back in (assuming there are no serious concerns over impersonation, of course). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:56, 31 July 2015 (UTC) Replacing...

do Sdrqaz (note the "a"), or other impersonation victims. These accounts (except perhaps Xiueriww) all impersonate known users, and all edited Wikipedia:Articles...

Mrpainkiller7. User:Jean-Philippe has opened an incident regarding the impersonation/harassment aspects of this case on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents...

time (because he really *is* a psychiatrist) he has not pursed the impersonation issue further but as this account continues to be abusive I have done...

--Neurophyre(talk) 22:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC) Nuerephyre (talk · contribs) was an impersonation of a legitimate user with a history of edits reaching back to 2004 who...

19:54, 7 July 2022 (UTC) Blocked without tags for apparent trolling/impersonation. If this isn't worth a discretionary check, I don't know what is, but...

be available for re-registration, so other users will not be able to impersonate you by using your old username. If you want to recreate an account under...

with Huff Daland Dusters related and usernames containing Daker and impersonations of NawlinWiki (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions ·...

article that the user has never edited. One minute after vandalism by impersonation account User:pm-shef, SupermanAboveTO reverted the vandalism. -- JamesTeterenko...

Sher has an employee called Zeev Portner. So this is at best COI, or impersonation (blockable), if it's not socking. --Dweller (talk) 17:50, 6 April 2011...

this page.‎ The result was Speedy keep; bad faith nomination by blocked impersonator. Senang Hati Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links |...

Clerk note: the user operating the accounts in this case is known for impersonating established users. It has been previously determined that the accounts...

promising. Other than a few doppelganger accounts registered to prevent impersonation, my only other account is BU RoBOT, my bot. I've already signed the...

has admitted to impersonating Miranda Borman. I assume this admission covers both the [[REDACTED - Oshwah] off-wiki impersonation] as well as the on-wiki...

deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Shakira impersonator (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

prior sockpuppet accounts (Jjmalone and Mcblogger, which was also an impersonation of a local supporter), examples 1 2. Again, this new user account has...

that this is one user controlling both accounts, and that possible impersonation of a real person to embarrass them might be involved. Based on the evidence...

Defending yourself against claims. Definitely CheckUser this one. This impersonation has got to stop. For whatever reason, this user is apparently trying...

concerns but I appreciate that they didn't just make office actions on the impersonation issue. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 20:27, 28 November 2022...

account. Tagged the two Chinese username accounts. The other one (an impersonation account) seems to have been lockhidden. Closing. Spicy (talk) 19:12...

created for a playthrough of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, your impersonation of a nonexistant user, and your vandalism of Mgm's vote, I find that...

and which I had deleted. I then blocked Lhinternational as a possible impersonation of the corporation Langham Hotels International under the username policy...

had talk page rights revoked; user is now indefinitely blocked for impersonation, but "Master of Tiem" should also be noted as a sockpuppet if it is...

Someone impersonating Rod Dreher began listing the article for deletion, and was subsequently blocked when it was found out that he was impersonating the...

timed 02:24, 20 November 2008 (UTC) I'm not really sure. WP:Impersonation redirects to a section in the username policy and WP:Honesty isn't an...

news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Looks like impersonation of the American artiste Usher Raymond. Also he is not a notable person...

We also have this RfC on Meta looking at further efforts to decrease impersonation and undisclosed paid editing. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:54...

advantages of this mechanism include the removal of the threat that impersonation poses and the ability to visit many projects without having to go through...

At a minimum I'd say that second account needs a username block for impersonation of a famous person as it were. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:14, 9 April 2021...

substantially like another user's signature may also be considered a form of impersonation. Editing the code of your signature to link it to another editor's user...

(talk) 04:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC) Comments Conclusions Indef blocked. Impersonation of well known vandal. KnightLago (talk) 18:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)...

(UTC)  Additional information needed please give diffs showing the impersonation of the Flickr copyright holder, as well as a link to the Flickr image...

filmographies in film books, especially in Spanish language. Its use of female impersonation in comedy is briefly discussed in this book[1], and its negative portrayal...

Defending yourself against claims. I have blocked indefinitely for impersonation and harassment. Checkuser does not seem necessary. Newyorkbrad (talk)...

this page.‎ The result was Speedy keep; bad faith nomination by blocked impersonator. Smile Foundation of Bali (edit | talk | history | protect | delete |...

independent film actor, or (c) an extra. I'd love to hear his Chris Tucker impersonation though. So Awesome (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Delete A commercial...

a vandal. Suspect Keiko69 of creating this (Z1nmer16) account as an impersonation of Zimmer16 as the first two edits were to remove that report and flip...

template), and later after LOBU was deleted, in 2018. They are sometimes impersonated by another LTA, ByteOr. Although most of this vandal's contributions...

requested and endorsed by clerk - Probably socking, but, still it may be impersonation. Checkuser should help here. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:13, 21 April 2016...

actually the article subject, we have a (probably well-intentioned) impersonation username, which is unacceptable (see, Wikipedia:Username#Real names)...

should it also be used to delete RFA's of vandals?? Note: This vandal has impersonated me; as such I feel this page should be deleted for that reason as well...

for impersonation. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 03:30, 13 August 2022 (UTC) Jéské Couriano Generally we don't block for impersonation unless...

Stones, and music producers. (References 2 and 6) Kern's most notable impersonation was of Jonathan Palmer, the former Formula One Grand Prix race car driver...

it's impersonation. Letter 7 it's the best letter :) 13:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC) The more specific term could be impressionist, although "impersonator" seems...

2015 (UTC) I just added Winkelvi, the second coming. Same pattern of impersonation with userpage remarks. Already blocked by me just now. Anna Frodesiak...

Noeliawiki (talk · contribs) was blocked solely for a username violation (impersonation, though Noeliawiki may well be Noelia, which she would of course have...

the day when Ekcharin impersonator was able to con his way to upper chain of the Norodom royal family. This Ekcharin impersonator made up story to credit...

Fæ (talk) 17:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC) I only requested CU due to the impersonation statement by account 1 despite the users having similar usernames. Though...

warring on Kurt Lockwood, abuse of Wikipedia 3RR policy and username impersonation (Kurt Lockwood). Many of its edits are the same, talking about his crossing...

utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Username similarities. Likely impersonation given the clean record of Light Yagami compared to this user: in which...

(talk) 16:11, 1 May 2022 (UTC) speedy delete intentionally(?) deceptive impersonation page. Dronebogus (talk) 00:04, 2 May 2022 (UTC) Speedy Delete That has...

I ran a check to look for other accounts - they're confirmed to the impersonation/harassment account PickersgiIl-Cunliffe, which is globally locked, and...

accounts, User:Yhwos and User:SWM. I also registered User:Sowhy to prevent impersonation. Back in 2009, I used User:Azerajion for a short while (declared to...

Deletion of the talk page does not resolve the issue of the possible impersonation. If it is a problem, then it needs to be dealt with at WP:UAA. -- Whpq...

yourself against claims. Confirmed. Blocked and tagged (except the impersonation). -- zzuuzz (talk) 15:35, 9 October 2021 (UTC) Callanecc Computer Distribution...

as of 2014 has been to launch various claims of copyright violation, impersonation, defamation, sexual harassment, paid editing, racism, pornography, forgery...

September 2006 (UTC) Delete and block User:Teen astronomer09 for bad-faith impersonation / vote fraud (seen above). Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 10:43, 20 September...

section below. See Defending yourself against claims. I blocked both for impersonation of famous people (soft block). I guess they are friends/relatives. I...

DestroyeraaDestroyeraaDestroyeraa account is a legitimate account created to prevent impersonation; I've included it here for completeness. All accounts Blocked and tagged...

in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. As part of these obligations, you must disclose your employer...

• contribs) 9:52, 22 August 2016 (UTC) I blocked Sangeeta Gupta for impersonation. Noting particularly abusive here, it's not a big problem to make new...

The Cool Kat2 (talk · contribs) as well. If not, the latter should be blocked for impersonation. In any event, I see no evidence of sockpuppetry here. Even if the two...

submit this to UAA board and get her account blocked imeddiately for impersonation--Lerdthenerd (talk) 09:55, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks Lerd - she's...

--Fish and karete (talk) 17:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC) Striking sock impersonation !vote Weak keep. I found and added to the article 16 book reviews, spread...

VenemousKat1 created after Yeet123 blocked. Name chosen appears to be an impersonation attempt of User:VeNeMousKAT, an editor who undid Yeet123 and discussed...

account) is on thin ice with respect to what is either COI editing or impersonation, and also possible legal threats, but hasn't edited in a few days. Pointing...

username would be a clear impersonation account, and will block as such if their edits support that assessment of impersonation, which will most likely...

11 September 2008 (UTC) user with no other contributions, possible impersonation/attack/blp page, possible meatpuppet related to User:Animalyeah, User:Liam...

Auto-generated every hour. Steven Chia is a news presenter in Singapore, so impersonation is likely also. Both editors likely trying to use edit summaries, relating...

variety of things: it can be a status symbol, a means to prevent account impersonation, a way to assure users that posts are associated with a widely known...

reason here is that the name is a pseudonym of Johnny the Vandal, not an impersonation of a real person. I'm actually pretty shocked this user was unblocked...

granted adminship with record support . Celebrities: Policy on celebrity impersonators revisited . Features: Featured article candidates on controversial topics...

page.‎ The result was procedural close. Nominator has been blocked for impersonation and therefore this AfD is in prima facie bad faith. This, of course...

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility Sockmaster was blocked for impersonation and trolling at Talk:Dunning–Kruger effect [1]; sockpuppets admitted...

here! Impersonation is a well-established tradition on MMORPGs and many BBSs, and the techinques for impersonation and spotting impersonation are well-established...

Wikimedia Commons. He may register usernames which impersonate, attack, or harass users as well. Impersonation may come in the form of creating accounts that...

currently have no plans for a bot. I created User:Gadflum to prevent impersonation of my account and that has been blocked. Gadfium (talk · contribs ·...

may have caused harm Repair any damage caused by acts of sockpuppetry/impersonation on other Wikis A probationary period for as long as his defunct ArbCom...

However, on the relevant ANI discussion, there was speculation of child impersonation. Indeed, S-man seems very mature (a quick glance at his contribs will...

on Jedi Order, which Mechanismtongs had edited extensively. He's also impersonated User:DarthBinky, who Mechanismtongs had had some disagreements with involving...

user:Chris McKenna (WMUK) – the first as a test user, the second to prevent impersonation, and the latter from when I was employed by Wikimedia UK (May–August...

that it is a sockpuppet but, if it is not, then it is blockable for impersonation and for personal attacks. Either way, its WP:NOTHERE. DanielRigal (talk)...

to indefinitely host pages that look like articles. This is a clear impersonation of an article, it is written in the impersonal form (he/Ginkel) with...

where an actor had played an impersonator of themselves (e.g. if Elvis had starred in a movie, playing an Elvis impersonator). Then, a post on the Science...

add his name in the Khadka dab page. This could also be vandalism / impersonation if kept like this. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:04, 5 April 2019 (UTC)...

"the" Christy Walton, then he or she has violated WP:IMPERSONATE". I do not see this impersonation "claim". The extrapolations necessary to suggest a direct...

Joncourtney account may be a sock-puppet and it raises further issues of impersonation. There have been two further edits by 78.105.130.169 since too [6]....

charge me with "impersonation." If I had written a message and attached Metta's name to it, then that would indeed be impersonation, but I didn't. I...

account here is CU confirmed to Diabedia, and is likely an attempt at impersonation. Since evidence of abuse among the other accounts has not been presented...

January 2023 (UTC) Note: The block is only a precaution in case of impersonation and solely based on the username. It does not cast any aspersions on...

blacklist, which blocks certain words and patterns in usernames to prevent impersonation of high-profile users and positions of authority. It's also different...

question (JamesBurns) was trying to impersonate Edelmand by making another account called Edlemand? If that's not impersonation, then I'd be 99.9% sure that...

me, I'm verified! 💜  melecie  talk Delete per WP:SIGNATURE and WP:IMPERSONATION. 💜  melecie  talk 22:14, 1 April 2023 (UTC) The above discussion is...

23%/69.2% - calculated overlap Tom Graves <-> tom-graves.com) - en:Elvis_impersonator - diff (undo) - COIBot UserReport - en:Special:Contributions/Tom_Graves...

master has now attempted to impersonate my account with User:Wikishoovel. That account has now been blocked for impersonation by User:Cabayi, but I suspect...

amateurish rants on talk pages. Requiring that we disprove users who impersonate famous people is not practical. If Joe wants to edit, a quick e-mail...

Mgm|(talk) 09:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC) Note - I've removed an attempt at impersonation in the AFD. Please see this diff. -- Whpq (talk) 15:19, 19 February...

misconduct scenarios like harassment campaigns, corporate espionage, impersonation for defamation, a Wikimedia editor may request a concerned media subject...

deletion/Atif Ali Khan (the first AfD). They both mention his Michael Jackson impersonation. ... discospinster talk 14:19, 21 December 2018 (UTC) Delete as it fails...

prevalent but more concerning were threats of violence (6%), outing (6%), impersonation (5%), hacking (3%), and revenge porn (2%). Unspecified experiences were...

blocked after editwarring with User:Gyrofrog and me, so this is clearly impersonation. Dougweller (talk) 09:03, 15 May 2014 (UTC) Accused parties may also...

The Beatles nickname Fab 4 (spice girls among them), this is not an impersonation it is the actual name (not a nickname) of the band. I believe TommyOliver's...

charges last year and nobody in the party is confused by any purported impersonation on Omotosho's part. So there is or was a dispute between the party and...

and redirect to Praise of Folly. Had another author picked up this impersonation, or had it played a more important part, it would have been worthy of...

user was apparently inappropriately blocked on the grounds of username impersonation. Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names is the place to discuss usernames...

Дарфбунк пакт дунфт with Darthbunk Pakt Dunft. This may be a case of impersonation and not necessarily socking. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:39, 25 March 2016...

numbered accounts (User:Sunray10, User:Sunray20, User:Sunray30), and impersonation of the real User:Sunray who crossed paths with the sockmaster. --maclean...

the editor implies they are someone other than themselves, such as impersonating a notable living person. Promotional names require evidence to be blocked...

Also, there should be an emphasis about a zero tolerance policy of impersonation. Mungo Kitsch 23:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC) Mungo Kitsch 23:42, 18 January...

Jytdog (talk) 03:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC) sock has been blocked for impersonation here. Jytdog (talk) 03:21, 13 November 2016 (UTC) Accused parties may...

11:06, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Bimboy66 is My Royal Young, attempting impersonation. -- zzuuzz (talk) 01:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC) Tagged sockmaster. Closing...

had a name change in December 2007; it has been recreated to prevent impersonation. I don't have control over it; it has a scrambled password.) Thank you...

Essentials article, in a section about "Impersonation by malware". But this image does not show impersonation by malware. Codename Lisa (talk) 06:15,...

68.254.78 (talk · contribs) for 1 month on 16th June for vandalism, impersonation and disruption. --Srikeit (Talk | Email) 16:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC) Confirmed...

2005 (UTC)Pls note this user was banned 2 minutes after this post for impersonation.TheDeletator 05:31, 28 August 2005 (UTC) Keep Notable television program...

is because he is a celebrity impersonator. Mr. Vernon (talk) 19:41, 22 November 2016 (UTC) Delete non-notable impersonator.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:57...

Pakistan-administered Kashmir as though it were in India. Also note the attempted impersonation of Shellwood. I'm requesting CU attention as I recall having seen similarly...

block extension, given his prior history), or a particularly nasty impersonation joe-job by somebody who wants just that. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:08, 18 September...

by IntoThinAir to pass off my clarifying statement that this was an impersonation attempt, which I issued as soon as I was made aware it, came across...

because impersonation leaves log entries identical to non-impersonated actions, so you would have no way of telling what was an impersonation and what...

be made to this page.‎ The result was delete. If there is a case of impersonation, we must take it seriously. In this case, it seems the evidence is not...

Prisonermonkeys, Twirlypæn and Zwærg Nase's edits. Darrandarra is not an impersonation account, but has basically admitted being involved with one of those...

Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention - Blatant sockpuppetry and impersonation. Is it possible to IP-block this? Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:45, 17 May...

Minuets Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2020 February 23 Impersonated Sean Connery’s Illegal Actions The Background to History...

you require. :0) CtP (t • ) 11:01, 25 February 2013 (UTC) Seriously? Impersonation via signature? (The above comment was made by Antonyjackson (talk ·...

logs) appears to be impersonating User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao Hell in a Bucket (talk) 08:12, 20 July 2014 (UTC) Delete impersonating the listed user. Meets...

WP:DUCK sock of indef-blocked Gulf Ventures (talk · contribs), who is impersonating another Wikipedia editor. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)...

(talk · contribs) is technically the oldest account, but I'm not moving because of the impersonation. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 09:22, 26 July 2021 (UTC)...

(non-admin closure). Clear bad faith nomination from sock puppet user impersonating the administrator that blocked him. WilliamH (talk) 19:22, 10 May 2008...

logs · filter log · block user · block log) was blocked for purposeful impersonation of User:Grandpafootsoldier with autoblock enabled. Micov (talk · contribs ·...

year career, but if not so be it. She is known for her Bettie Page impersonation and style of modeling that includes some BDSM work like Page did so...

on their name and edits. The original account was also blocked for impersonation (name is that of a YouTuber). SevenSpheres (talk) 21:43, 11 August 2026...

vandals have repeatedly targeted the Wikimedia bugzilla installation by impersonating staff and then using the "mass change" feature of the software to alter...

not sure which is the original. This is related to an ongoing police-impersonation scam/hoax, see the ANI report and news reports: [6] [7]. There may be...

rather than "natural" usernames, leads me to suspect that there's an impersonation issue of some kind here. Bearcat (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2015 (UTC)...

January), and the use of numerous sockpuppets. The use of sockpuppets and impersonation accounts was such that the arbitrators could not determine for each...

aware of this problem and can't do anything about it. These emails are impersonations on legitimate emails that Wikipedia's servers send out automatically...

activity according to me. User:JamesBWatsen was recently blocked, as an impersonation of User:JamesBWatson. This revision would probably help. User also redirects...

Code letter: G I believe Bluecord created the user account Sherzoe to impersonate me and make it appears as if i was making legal threats against users...

designed to impersonate other contributors are not permitted (see Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Impersonation). Accounts designed to impersonate may be immediately...

social media about him. It's not even about others impersonating his social media accounts, but impersonating accounts of various agencies of his administration...

everyone is blocked, not bothering with tags as these seem like throwaway troll/impersonation accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)...

WP:RECURSION. Jimmy Wales was nominated for deletion on the grounds of impersonating Jimbo. Donald Trump was nominated for deletion because Bernie Sanders...

it have to be snakes?) 20:16, 1 April 2023 (UTC) !Vote it out per WP:Impersonation. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 21:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC) Redirect back...

sometimes getting mixed up, McCartney's ex-wife has made serious attempts to impersonate her, and this implies that she has some significant standing as a journalist...

Cal Poly Pomona (Calpolylolli, Polyalum1), or consist of attempted impersonation or harassment of his perceived enemies (72Jino and 72nino for 72Dino...

edit war at Republika Srpska Impersonation Impersonation Impersonation Impersonation case moved from WP:AIV Impersonator? Important new article Important...

stale for CU. Blocking all 3 for meatpuppetry & noting Hanan Friedman may also be a UAA impersonation. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 12:57, 9 June 2020 (UTC)...

their impersonation. In a clear bad faith case primarily based on the impersonation, it would need intervention both wherever the impersonation was occurring...

usernames that are too similar to existing ones in order to prevent impersonation. There is no global consensus on how to handle similar usernames, although...

2020 (UTC) Wikipedia has an article on these types of scams called IRS impersonation scam. --Jayron32 18:45, 24 February 2020 (UTC) That article has obviously...

days after the block, Chrissycostanza21 (who has been reported for impersonation at UAA, because the lead singer of Against the Current is Chrissy Costanza)...

that this user may be the past operator of the User:Chris 73 account to impersonate User:Chris73, as his vandalism recalls a Chris 78, which doesn't exist...

added by 107.107.58.135 (talk) I have struck the above !vote as an impersonation. Inks.LWC (talk) 23:18, 13 July 2015 (UTC) I'll give them a short 48...

particular conflict that I was involved in was what I call the "Jimbo Wales Impersonation Fiasco". This fiasco all started with a user signing my autograph book...

delete as a hoax. The Academy Award nomination must have been for best impersonation of a real actor, the IMDb ext. link goes to John Fogerty, the only Nigel...

The way to fix things is to create an additional article on female impersonation.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:32, 27 March 2014 (UTC) The above is preserved...

14:30, 7 June 2019 (UTC) The IP, after repeated vandalism and even some impersonation attempts, has been dealt with. They were rather persistent! R96Skinner...

to the same article 1 hour apart.[3] BossMayhem2509 dates to 2015. Impersonation or an undeclared alt account? UW Dawgs (talk) 13:39, 18 October 2020...

rangeblocks were needed to stop the him - and created various accounts to impersonate or attack another user and me (Salvio Guilaino, Djathinkiamacowboy,...

designed to impersonate other contributors are not permitted (see Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Impersonation). Accounts designed to impersonate may be immediately...

and they're impersonated. For instance, internet personality "Chris-chan" is very internet famous and there's always people impersonating him. On Wikipedia...

from Nubiatech concerning harassment by the above IP addresses and impersonation from the above SSP account. These were duly blocked. My talk-page was...

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility I thought this was impersonation of Gogo Dodo (talk · contribs) first, but it looks like sockpuppetry...

and with Oli Mitchell here. Threatening to continue sockpuppetry and impersonation of administrators, as with PBG here and Oli Mitchell here, at ANI, and...

on Wikipedia. The Seidel,K username is not only a sockpuppet but an impersonation of a critic, and it has been used to remove material from the Geier...

seems suspicious to me. Definitely looks to me like Sock-puppetry or impersonation. Od Mishehu 20:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC) An other account was created about...

pages have been redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself. A few users have...

summary(pretending to use interceptor, and replacing rv vandal as well), username impersonating someone else while adding African country to it, refactoring talkpage...

defeats the purpose/justification of any legitimate alternate account. Impersonation seems unlikely as any impartial editor would have no reason to split...

should I find other vandalism edits coming from the IP and/or similar impersonation nonsense, I may not bother with OTRS and just leave them blocked. There's...

name that includes "Jimbo" is a misleading reference to Jimbo Wales or impersonating him; there are many people named Jimbo, and new users may not even know...

is a strange request with some odd replies. I don't know much about impersonation of another user, or of blatant copies and rehashes of another user's...

granted adminship with record support . Celebrities: Policy on celebrity impersonators revisited . Features: Featured article candidates on controversial topics...

being caught in an autoblock after that, was blocked indefinitely as an impersonation account a couple of hours after that. "Antideregister" has also been...

below. See Defending yourself against claims. This looks more like impersonation than sockpuppetry. SpiderGwen's statement that they are in fact Marvellous...

want an encyclopaedia article on a man who performed a Jed Clampett impersonation as a one off on a series of Tv shows?--Porturology 01:49, 26 December...

account name / creating a second one). Maybe hotmail got complaints of impersonation and took that measure (I am not offering an opinion on the legitimacy...

about this concept including body double, doppelgänger, evil twin, impersonation, look-alike, political decoy, simulacrum, stand-in. LMD is Marvel's...

God" vandalism spree. It's also possible that other LTAs known for impersonation may be involved. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 21:31, 29 November 2020...

(Edit conflict.) Yes. In the film the character has been changed to impersonate Gerhard Hardman who at first pretends to be an Austrian professor. Only...

fired, and that's that. Note that the above "keep" entry is (barring impersonation) by the subject himself. Tarc (talk) 17:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC) The...

access additions to the article. Latter account already blocked for impersonation, although that was more AGF as there wasn't enough for SPI. Note, musician's...

know the reality. The problem in this case is the possibility that the impersonation caused harm to someone. The media are talking about the possibility...

and actor; only acting credit is bit-part in the The Rose as female impersonator. Burnberrytree (talk) 05:35, 10 March 2013 (UTC) Note: This debate has...

Grosvenor, Lionel Sackville-West Elizabeth Varley Elizabeth Varley The Impersonation Party, 1927, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Cecil Beaton, Stephen Tennant, Georgia...

Aside from defacing a category panel, what else did the impersonated Sean Connery do on the “Celebrity Jeopardy!” segment of Saturday Night Live that would...

seventeen seconds (I timed it) to locate this, this and this, covering his impersonation of Yoshitsune at Yoshino; in fact, it took me longer to write the previous...

links | watch | logs)​ WP:IMPERSONATOR and created by a blocked user. An LTA, Mike Matthews17 had created two impersonator accounts today based on names...

to become his target and may drive him more. Wikinger and ACV often impersonate Projects by copying his edits and edit summaries, causing people to mistake...

gets through clearly, though. "Impersonate" has scare quotes for two reasons. First, it is not a literal impersonation, but rather writing from their...

unnecessarily long, similar to the usernames of other accounts, or intended to impersonate or falsely present themselves as someone or something they are not (another...

person that people would impersonate online?!? That's a real long shot, there. And to what end would this supposed impersonation be carried out? This isn't...

Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Olitun was blocked on 10 July for gaming and impersonation, among other things. Per their userpage they are a Santali Indian. They...

been repeated by User:Mcblogger. (This also seems to be an attempt to impersonate an actual blogger that goes by that name as a result of this online forum's...

currently is being sought by the Tampa, Florida police, for falsely impersonating a police officer, and there is a warrant out for his arrest in Tampa...

Brought up by General Ization at UAA. Suspected sock appears to be impersonating General Ization, has made similar edits [1] [2] to the suspected sockmaster...

(who / me) (talk) 15:29, 3 January 2026 (UTC) User indef blocked for impersonation HurricaneZetaC 15:43, 4 January 2026 (UTC) The following discussion...

(UTC) It seems like this guy (Dawson Gurley) is the impersonator, though? He is known for impersonating a definitely notable NBA player, Klay Thompson. The...

(talk) 01:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC) What, you don't like his Gary Coleman impersonation? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:12, 12 July 2012 (UTC) http://www.youtube.com/watch...

22:20, 22 February 2017 (UTC) I've blocked User:Kinetsubuffalo as an impersonation of User:Kintetsubuffalo. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:24, 9 February 2017...

been emailed to the appropriate administrative authority. To combat impersonation (an editor claiming falsely to be a particular person), it is permissible...

Please confirm whether Kimokeg + the IP are socks or whether they are impersonators. Thank you. --B (talk) 04:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC) Inconclusive -...

promotional, register as the name of a company, group, institution or product, impersonate other people, or be likely to offend, and, once chosen, cannot be easily...

difference. My namesake JohnCD1 is already blocked by Beetstra for impersonation and hoaxing. I have blocked JuanJoseNegroni to stop tonight's flow of...

proper response to that should be to leave it alone and judge their impersonation by editing skills. I feel that the user should demonstrate a desire...

CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki · SI) Code letter: A Someone impersonating me. I have good reasons to believe that this is not juts a simple stalker...

one in January 2020 where she was "arrested and accused of fraud and impersonation of a public official". Factually, a search of her name in Google mostly...

Roosevelt Impersonation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYxGFsTCeA&feature=g-upl&context=G2f95bfaAUAAAAAAAGAA Alfred Hitchcock Impersonation: http://www...

May 2017 (UTC)). When there is talk about Romeo & Juliet - what image/impersonation of them that will usually come to people's minds? Google image search...

capital letter and end with a full stop. 98E has a long history of impersonation (and copyright violations), claiming to be everything from a 10 year...

yourself against claims. This one is a bit complicated but here goes: The impersonation accounts are on the primary Kingshowman range and using a UA spoofer...

Mar 2005 (UTC) I'm not "impersonating" apollomelos, you dolts. Look up "impersonate" in the dictionary. How am I impersonating apollomelos when I'm writing...

circumstantial, but is relevant to this case: attempted administrator impersonation, [6][7][8]; interest in airplanes and airports (see contribs), deception...

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) BLP of a person who impersonates a tv presenter. Nothing to indicate notability. Mccapra (talk) 20:10...

Ba, was impersonating him and also editing under Tran Van Ba's name. See Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Tran Van Ba#claim_of_impersonation. Jimmyvanthach...

User:Saduj al-Dahij is is the first user that is not a Muslims that tried to impersonate a Muslim in order to give Muslims a bad name. I expect this behvior to...

editing and would need to address this in an unblock request. Possible impersonation may be dealt with at that time. Because I merged the cases, I will leave...

What about people who create their username on other wikis to avoid impersonation, or to have one just in case? I make a point of editing at least my...

username policies when I stumble across User:SmallishBeans. Clearly an impersonation of the youtuber, and its talk page is negative commentary towards the...

16:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Please check me. I am not a sock puppet or impersonator of Roitr. User:DmitryKo put me in Wikipedia:Long term abuse/Roitr, but...

to complain against Wikipedia's masters in another language Police impersonating soldiers Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2014 October...

Newman (actor). --Jayron32 17:55, 12 January 2017 (UTC) Category:Animal impersonators may be of interest. Warofdreams talk 00:09, 13 January 2017 (UTC) Not...

accused of sock puppetry per WP:DUCK. User:Coffee changed his signature to impersonate Jimmy Wales ....And then General Custer User:Wgolf votes Feldkahl to...

contribs) Veyklaver (talk · contribs) was recently indefinitely blocked for impersonation of User:Veyklevar. Veyklevar has been attacked in the past by Joestieg (talk ·...

(depending on the IP) account creation could be canned for the IP? Impersonation was not caught right away, one of these accounts has never even been...

month. Can mean Wikipedia:WikiImp, Wikipedia:Importance or Wikipedia:Impersonation Pmlineditor ∞ 10:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC) Delete - shortcut is not...

that you might consider it to be G10, entirely self-disparagement, or impersonation of a person engaging in self-disparagement. I considered that it doesn't...

AntiSpoof is a software feature that prevents impersonation by blocking the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing, and similar usernames....

was not arrested and tried, someone ELSE was arrested and tried for impersonating her. That should definitely not be upmerged if we do so. --Jayron32...

the namesake behind a very well known resource for the art of female impersonation and drag pageantry in the United States. If you search for articles...

User:Nascar1996/Guestbook. Lolpizza just vandalized again. The socks also clearly impersonate User:Nascar1996. ~NSD (✉ • ✐) 03:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC) See Defending...

discussion here with zzuuzz. See contribs, e.g. this diff for block template impersonation. --JustBerry (talk) 16:19, 20 September 2015 (UTC) Accused parties may...

Rhobile is most likely a sockpuppet of User:Reithy, created in order to impersonate me. The account's user page is very similar to mine, and the username...

User:Tim Song is my previous username; User:Tim song was created by an impersonator that I then usurped and used as a doppelganger. Timotheus Canens (talk ·...

(UTC): User Lasvegasflash t • c • dc • l • ef • b • bl; (18) to Elvis impersonator (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (diff  !top) - Link: www...

method is not meant to discourage transclusion, it is to discourage impersonation, and if the user in question wanted code, he / she should go to the...

sockpuppets. Mackensen (talk) 02:21, 13 May 2006 (UTC) Removed sockpuppet/impersonator templates on both user's pages. Ashibaka tock 03:59, 13 May 2006 (UTC)...

opinion that Hannity was being a bully, but of this comedic mocking and impersonation of Hannity (captured in the screenshot). It seems to me it meets the...

He engage in forum shopping to launch personal attacks. Some other "impersonation" accounts might have been involved in the past. Though I voiced my suspections...

name. User:24.23.201.236 was blocked for 48 hours on 2007-02-12 due to impersonation and vandalism. Confirmed see: [3] Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot)...

I do agree that the impersonation is something worth talking about. --Onorem 16:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC) I have not impersonated anybody. Administrators...

The result was Speedy keep as a vandal AfD nomination by Railer 654, impersonating an editor of good standing. (aeropagitica) 02:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)...

that Zigz0gger was an account created by someone (probably Big.P) to impersonate him and get him blocked for harassment and abuse. See this. ajn (talk)...

carrot pants. Genetic variations. Carrots can get moldy. This carrot is impersonating an upside-down cow udder. Silly Mr. Carrot. When a carrot goes bad,...

admitted to doing so), this relied on the "engaging in false statements, impersonation, or fraud" clause, specifically referring to part of the third bullet-point:...

E.g: User talk:Hesaa94 is trying to impersonate User talk:Hessa94; User talk:Perghhhh is another impersonation account of User talk:Perghhh. Both these...

forgery: "Impersonating another editor by using their username or signature is forbidden". The signed barnstars are outright impersonation, and deserve...

confused by my signature. Most of the usernames in this SPI were created to impersonate me, one of the hazards of working cloesly with new users that encounter...

Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 04:32, 5 March 2025 (UTC) Keep: her impersonation/portrayal of M .Trump has attracted a lot of coverage all over the world...

(impersonator), which was renamed from User:Senang Hati, which used to be mine, was hijacked, and is back to being mine post-move to ...Impersonator....

will usually globally lock the account of a deceased user to prevent impersonation and for security, upon confirmation of death. They will require some...

account called "Calton Sr" trolling about [25], who should be banned for impersonation (claiming to be Calton's mule) [26] if nothing else. Shem(talk) 21:33...

voice actor and a voice director. Where else can we list his character impersonations? We should work on improving the page. As for the YouTube references...

Defending yourself against claims. I blocked on the basis of possible impersonation. I made it a hard block pending the outcome here.  Dlohcierekim (talk)...

claimed to be the article subject here) did. Is there some kind of impersonation or joe job happening here? RJASE1 Talk 03:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC) The...

'G0700597', of which it is clear that one of the socks above have tried to impersonate. Requesting CU to check for meatpuppetry. My name isnotdave (talk/contribs)...

and Jose came later, my guess is that Josh is the victim of stalking/impersonation rather than a sockmaster. TNXMan 02:54, 19 February 2010 (UTC) Per Goodvac's...

per WP:NACTOR. The subject is mostly mentioned in lists of celebrity impersonators. • Gene93k (talk) 22:33, 27 March 2020 (UTC) The above discussion is...

User:Logical2uTalk 23:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Sorry, that was me impersonating a bot by using the standard {{Adw}} template. When I look at it, the...

completely prove the identity of an editor; for example an editor can impersonate another (a "Joe job") in an attempt to embarrass them. The Wikipedia...

the editor implies they are someone other than themselves, such as impersonating a notable living person. Promotional names require evidence to be blocked...

Sint AIdegonde (with capital i) to impersonate Sint Aldegonde (with l), account Gumkarta and Gaykarta to impersonate or (most likely) to mock/insult Gunkarta...

Hinata talk 12:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC) This appears to be a case of impersonation; I'm not seeing any conclusive link to Hinata, and doesn't match the...

article would be barely 2 or 3 sentences and we can find same amount of "impersonation" for just any artist that has sold millions of records. Thus delete...

in that person's voice instead of correcting the signature. Which is impersonation. Either way, not great. Ibadibam (talk) 23:15, 20 December 2016 (UTC)...

reading this, to get in touch with me by email if there's any issues with impersonation or other identity problems. I would also encourage other editors to...

accounts, User:Yhwos and User:SWM. I also registered User:Sowhy to prevent impersonation. Back in 2009, I used User:Azerajion for a short while (declared to...

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2017 August 16 HTTPS vs fake-news impersonators Digital images, born-digital vs. scanned prints PHP MySQL source code...

are likely similarly made by the same user (Thesackonater). Plus, the impersonator made these edits after I reverted Thesackonater's edits, so it's most...

@TonyBallioni: It appears SaqibOriginal was created to impersonate me. In the past, User:Mfarazbaig tried to impersonate me as well so I am just curious if there is...

User:TruthCrusader has filed a RFA against me, but has been known to impersonate other users and start edit wars with sockpuppets. - Chadbryant 04:12...

account created with a username similar to your main account to prevent impersonation. Such accounts should not be used for editing. Doppelgänger accounts...

investigate · cuwiki · SI) Code letter: G Barnecaration was caught impersonating User:Barneca and was misrepresenting him/herself as an administrator...

well-known Dutch Frank Sinatra impersonator". Bláthnaid 21:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC) If they list him as a Frank Sinatra impersonator, they're wrong. One of...

Kapoor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Sock trying to impersonate my user page to harass me. SPI investigation has been lodged here. Krimuk|90...

article relies very heavily on first-party sourcing in the Licensing and impersonation sections and devotes a dubiously large amount of space to one specific...

checkuser. --Snigbrook (talk) 13:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC) Possibly an impersonation of Eithen (talk · contribs), as one of the first edits by Master of...

113 in degarnishment. -- JackofOz (talk) 00:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Impersonate yields 262 (ignoring the top two results). I particularly like pirate...

policy until all resolved issues are resolved. This block was not due to impersonation... unless the Wiki code borked and confused between two users which...

(UTC) Sorry, I should have included in my comment above that Kern's impersonation of Jonathan Palmer is mentioned in References 2,4,5,6 and 7 in the article...

has been blocked indefinitely because this username is apparently an impersonation of Collier, who has denied (in an e-mail to this admin from his official...

promotional, register as the name of a company, group, institution or product, impersonate other people, or be likely to offend, and, once chosen, cannot be easily...

single series of edits this individual made to Wikipedia to further an impersonation scheme over which no subsequent criminal conviction is noted in the...

he's been impersonating his own brother-in-law just to stir up family drama? Is skwing neither of them, and some third party is impersonating 64 to stir...

may be a jerk sometimes, but sockpuppetry is a mortal wiki-sin, and impersonation is likewise on that list. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 09:03...

it means that YouTube deemed there enough coverage and the chance of impersonation of this artist to give it the verified Artist mark. Also is mentioned...

untainted purity or integrity" came from the name of a character who is impersonated throughout most of Susanna Centlivre's 18th century play A Bold Stroke...

(UTC) Impersonating me. (The fifth letter of the username is a capital Eye, not a lowercase Ell.) This happened right after I reported the impersonation of...

glam rock band Mud, whose singer Les Gray was well known for his vocal impersonations of Presley. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:38, 22 December 2015 (UTC) Elvis did...

and out of 13 Englishmen asked: "Could you do a Long Jiohn Silver impersonation?", eleven said yes! Or rather, they didn't-- they just launched into...

where comment attribution will ever matter. Impersonation on rfas is a long way off from "impersonation" on silly subpages. Spawn Man deserves an apology...

career in vaudeville as a child, was known for his acting, dancing, and impersonating other celebrities. The new featured picture, taken in 1986, depicts...

and Pona), they do draw attention to their userpage to show off their impersonation on their talk page (diffs for Seku, Elek, and Nemu), and they share...

very, very long extension cord). A young (early thirties) Rich Little impersonates President Nixon." Dragnet (1967 series) (season 2) "An elderly businessman...

Scopecreep (talk) 20:39, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Removed !vote attempting to impersonate. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Speedy delete as a hoax The...

community with my powers as soon as possible as late serge of vandalism and impersonators of me which Im being affected by make me want to nominate myself rather...

disagree with them. They have made two accounts, one to impersonate me and one to impersonate an admin. They are using these socks to make me look bad...

Please take a look at User_talk:BeepBoop8664_yt, seemingly very strange impersonation or sock? Pavlov2 (talk) 17:08, 3 April 2022 (UTC) Accused parties may...

User:Holy Bishop of Wikipedia (Diffs: [1],[2],[3]), in which he attempts to impersonate a Bishop, poorly, which is disruptive, in bad taste and likely to offend...

seems clear to me that wazzawazzawaz or whatever is a sockpuppet for my impersonater and this is just some silly joke. I must say, however, it is flattering...

his channel "realjamesh launches 'Verified Handles' service to combat impersonation | The Los Angeles Tribune". Los Angeles Tribune. 2020-11-23. Archived...

change due to closeness to a (probable) admin. If anything suggests impersonation, I would block. Eurovision2017 - Potentially a promotional username...

Mackensen. - Mailer Diablo 15:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC) Strong Oppose, impersonation of other users, low edit count, lacks of experience. Delist it, bad...

Code letter: C Possible sockpuppet, no idea if this is him or just an impersonator. This could be Mike Garcia at work again. Piston Shooter 23:05, 20 March...

in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. To ensure compliance with these obligations, you must disclose...

and 1 is a news item unrelated to her being an actress or celebrity impersonator. This leaves just one viable source for notability and that item from...

we have multiple !votes on AfDs and DRVs, and we have the apparent impersonation of a living person. Vr has been warned about the use of socks before...

web admin will allow. Those things are so unreliable that people can impersonate others and leave terribly statements. There is very little control. Again...

This doesn't mean that someone out there didn't just create the user to impersonate the actual photographer, of course, but given the number of contributions...

signed a comment, so he was probably disregarded. I'd think the poor impersonation of me would be a good indicator of a policy violation, and the same...

for in her Wikipedia article includes many male impressions, she only impersonates women. (Aug. 6) Do you want to contribute to "In the media" by writing...

May 2008 (UTC) If the user is impersonating the real person, then blocking is appropriate. If there is no impersonation issue, then are we seeking to...

criminal) doesn't mean that they should automatically be presumed guilty of impersonation. If there's no way to prove that he is or isn't, then I say leave him...

a legal threat in this edit summary. It also looks like a possible impersonation of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thought it best to report to you folks...

(UTC) This is an IP impersonating.Blnguyen | rant-line 08:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC) 205.188.116.66 (talk · contribs) impersonating User:Can't sleep, Yankees...

consideration of the "historical notability" of an event. Tina Fey's dead-on impersonation of Sarah Palin has made her appearances the toast of the town, as noted...

the same topic. This is not "fine". It's a documented pattern of user impersonation, trolling, and disruption. Viriditas (talk) 03:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)...

Adam Kontras. Charles took the name Adam kontras with a lower case to impersonate me and continue to harass me. Please close this and let it come up on...

just move this to Impersonator pattern. If anyone contests, I'll delete it. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 03:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC) Impersonator (Software testing)...

16:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC) Comment - I'm noticing an absurd amount of impersonating sockpuppets trying to defend this article, all of which have been reverted...

only $98,000,000 objects about not being on the list, do a Jim Backus impersonation. Mandsford 23:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC) Delete. Note that lists of millionaires...

that there's a problem, but they need to be patient with us because impersonation happens so we have no reason to believe it's really them saying it....

user-pages too. In case you are an admin and think that copyvio and impersonation/incorrect information are not very serious and can be excused for this...

too early to tell whether this is a sockpuppet or if this is just an impersonator who just happened to read some of the Danny Daniel hoaxes. I am waiting...

September 2008 (UTC) This hardly qualifies as impersonation (and there's obviously no intent to impersonate). It's a common last name. Chick Bowen 16:19...

Plame and the like. The account name per se shouldn't be an impersonation. Impersonation is more than a name: it's a behavior. Since, as I hope we settled...

smallpox Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 December 11 Voice impersonation How can fresh cavities form at the margins of sliver amalgam fillings...

Talk:List of unrecognized countries. His new username is an attempt at impersonating Politis (talk · contribs) and/or NikoSilver (talk · contribs), two Greek...

Ofcourse it is block evasion. I'm saying that it is also deception (by impersonating several users in controversial pages). Bidabadi 18:41, 11 April 2006...

least, User:WikiWiki En and User:Uiki En Uiki should be blocked as impersonators of User:Wiki En Wiki.Proabivouac 03:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC) Named sock...

or who he believes are responsible for him being disciplined[3], to impersonating other users, to reverting vandalism and encouraging the perpetrators...

you're another impersonator, who cunningly registered years before, made lots of edits and gained adminship just to make the impersonation more plausible...

userpage without giving any attribution! A large part of this userpage impersonate other users. Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 14:20, 1 June...

wizzito | say hello! 07:55, 26 March 2022 (UTC) They have made two impersonation accounts and used them for abuse on simplewiki as recently as March...

against claims. The second account is probably Wikinger, who likes to impersonate. In any case I think this has all been cleaned up. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:38...

level which is at "just fine." If this isn't sockpuppetry, then it is impersonation. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 03:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC) Comments...

userpages - obviously to harass Rschen. User:Rschen has been blocked for impersonation and per a CU by Thatcher. User:Splat5572 has also been blocked per a...

(talk) 04:06, 3 November 2011 (UTC) Hmm... Based on user name, either impersonating Alan Nudo or created an article about himself, see WP:YOURSELF. Not...

Keep, pending more references. The long list of notable people that he impersonates does not make him notable. None of his YouTube videos have gone "viral"...

the last Englishman to be imprisoned in the Tower of London when he impersonated a Luftwaffe officer to entrap Rudolf Hess who was captured while parachuting...

Grande's tweet; Teen Vogue reporting what Niemann says about her TikTok impersonation; CBC Kids including her at the top of a list of celebrity lookalikes...

meant a seat in the House of Lords, I can see such an impersonation being cause for the impersonator to be held in contempt of the Parliament. But peers...

less clear than previously thought and this could, potentially, be impersonation instead (see [2]). However, Q28 did have a block here (unlike on zhwiki)...

title=Gauss_pseudospectral_method&diff=191474329&oldid=190202641 AVRao is likely an impersonator account created for Anilvrao by one of the users listed. Medvall (talk)...

closing admin's actions at WP:ANI. During this time period, a WOW sock/impersonator attacked the article, and in the process of doing that, the Verger first...

have not used a single sockpuppet to revert on that page. The level of impersonation I deal with is rather ridiclous, I do not care if anyone is believing...

> haneʼ 08:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC) Blank page and block user as an impersonator of a real person, and if the user substantiates his identity, refer to...

turn into a website filled with details about how some people try to impersonate and look like their favorite celebrities. WERSDF112 (talk) 16:00, 14...

added my name to various articles. Winky Bill has also attempted to impersonate me. Winky Bill is clearly a sock of Jetwave Dave, an attempt to circumvent...

dares unmask their stratagems—the latest they did was attempting to impersonating me. Born2bgratis (talk) 03:24, 22 July 2021 (UTC) Delete: Agree with...

childish impersonation attempts works relatively well: block on sight (indefinitely), and if they, like this guy, copy even the impersonated user's user...

extract, both from 2011. Drjdemornay is blocked as a precaution against impersonation and for legal threats (see ANI), and Jdmprivate as a corporate account...

user by the name of Ann Heneghan II (Which in itself is a possible impersonation of the real Ann Heneghan,which has been frequently harassed by JarlaxleArtemis))...

policy, such as those implying advanced permissions (e.g. "admin") or impersonating high-profile users. Except on a foreign-language sister projects where...

assistance is needed to determine whether 71.83.170.110 is a sockpuppet or impersonator of Sean mc sean, so that Sean mc sean's main account can be blocked,...

Tagged. I'll keep the case at ImTheCool to avoid having it at a bot impersonation username (and the signup date is very close anyway). Closing. MarioGom...

episode, Sledge solves a series of murders of Elvis impersonators by learning to do an Elvis impersonation himself. It looks more like calisthenics combined...

promising. Other than a few doppelganger accounts registered to prevent impersonation, my only other account is BU RoBOT, my bot. I've already signed the...

editor who likes to annoy sysops by impersonation, and who knows enough about Wikimedia to make the impersonations credible on the surface by using sysops'...

states that the account Tim.Boyle is a sockpuppet of Mad kemist and an impersonation of their PhD supervisor, chemistry prof Tim Boyle (see Wikipedia:Articles...

in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. As part of these obligations, you must disclose your employer...

password on his user page (he had previously been blocked for a week for impersonating an admin). Shortly before this, Deogene (talk · contribs) began editing...

strong evidence for MJ impersonation as a concept being notable. The other cited sources are generally about individual impersonators. Those sources at least...

and they're impersonated. For instance, internet personality "Chris-chan" is very internet famous and there's always people impersonating him. On Wikipedia...

because of Manu Joseph who impersonated Manu (Shanker Mishra) as he writes the books with the name Manu only.Check the impersonation by Manu Joseph in The...

appears to have a section in the book I Am Elvis: A Guide to Elvis Impersonators devoted to him ([1]), although how detailed it is or how good it is...

corrections appear to concern tabloids and other traditional media, and impersonations on Twitter and Facebook. One of the complaints concerning Wikipedia...

Staffordshire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Stale userspace draft and impersonates an WikiProject without approval. ~~EBE123~~ talkContribs 13:02, 26 July...

ring who is impersonating @Timtrent. Please see the details of this known scam at WP:SCAM. Qcne (talk) 14:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC) Impersonation doesn't check...

non-human characters (such as Lassie or Kermit the Frog) Portraying, impersonating, or doing an "impression" of, a celebrity or politician. (This does...

up after a couple of vandals who impersonated genuine contributors to that page, removing the actual impersonations and annotating the rest of their posts...

don't see any reason to believe there is any relationship or attempted impersonation between Freestyle.king and Freestylefrappe. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:12...

(UTC) Sure! User:No Whammies is either a sockpuppet, meatpuppet, or impersonator of User:EddieSegoura, one of several such who counted votes at Wikipedia:Articles...

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility Obvious administrator impersonation (User:JamesBWatson) so I'm thinking this is probably an older master...

compare report Auto-generated every hour. Maxseems-- since blocked for impersonating User:maxsem-- created Draft:Amir yoosef safar nezhad, which was deleted...

WP:BLP1E here. A person whose brief claim to fame involved being an Obama impersonator. Nothing more to be seen or heard from again. Tarc (talk) 18:39, 28 October...

will be no refrence to him. Beside, most sockpuppets are probably just impersonators. The Republican 19:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC) Merge all the pages about vandals...

asilvering (talk) 18:15, 30 September 2024 (UTC) @Asilvering a block for impersonation or possible compromise is of course possible, but a dead man can't edit...

several indef blocked usernames that are labeled as sock puppets or impersonators of yourself. --Fang Aili talk 16:26, 18 December 2006 (UTC) Thankyou...

without fully disclosing their intentions was an issue since they did not impersonate anybody and the firms they were investigating purposely broke Wikipedia's...

delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log) Non notable Elvis impersonator whose only claim to "fame" is receiving 40 votes when he ran for leadership...

Evidence VinylJoe constantly attacks me with accusations of spam and impersonating engineer Edward Vinatea, even though my name is on my user page. (See:...

usernames that suggest more than one person is using the account, an impersonation, or that of a business. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)...

already blocked for impersonation and disruptiveness. Method of hounding different from the other accounts here (impersonation with nonsense messages...

School together. (I've already reported Datrandommartindougiamas for impersonating the real Martin Dougiamas.) —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:14, 5 October 2015...

notability. Praxidiace (talk) 05:40, 28 April 2020 (UTC)striking lta impersonating me Praxidicae (talk) 12:28, 28 April 2020 (UTC) He may well be notable...

User:Yankees76 is the one doing the impersonating. Before the account was created, his last edit was at 3:33. Then, the impersonator account was created at 3:38...

already blocked for Vandalism. Now reappearing as User:Dennniss, trying to impersonate me. --Denniss (talk) 15:00, 10 October 2009 (UTC) See Defending yourself...

(talk) 20:22, 11 June 2020 (UTC) Alpha3031, Discopinster is an obvious impersonation sock of an established user, so why did you allow this account to be...

and it seems to mostly permit most anything except for harassment, impersonation, copyright and trademark violation, etc. Pornographic pictures are banned...

(UTC) This is above user's fourth edit in Wikipedia and he seems to be impersonating User:Davidcannon. jni 10:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC) Delete the only person...

anything, previous batch is more likely to be the impersonation. (Except several of the impersonation accounts from that batch show great likeness to the...

debate was Speedied as disruptive/trolling - creator is new account also impersonating an admin. --Doc ask? 12:12, 27 December 2005 (UTC) Wikipedia already...

that user:Aidongzhang is actually Aidong Zhang as opposed to someone impersonating her? Best, BrxBrx(talk)(please reply with {{SUBST:re|BrxBrx}}) 06:46...

windows (talk) YLHamdani was blocked on 19 March for vandalism and impersonation on the article Yasser Latif Hamdani. The user was adding a claim that...

can prove the identity of a user account. For example other people may impersonate an editor in order to embarrass them, a tactic known as Joe jobbing....

He copied/pasted User:Netsnipe page, apparently. Indef blocked due impersonation of another administrator. -- ReyBrujo 19:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC) Yeah...

engraving, but then later provied to be a fake, a 19th century painting impersonated to be a 1609 painting. The image has good detail, altough some unavoidable...

so "GoldToeMarionette" is not an impersonation of another user, and that is not a real name, so no impersonation of a real person. No assertion of circumventing...

Gene93k (talk) 16:04, 5 February 2014 (UTC) Delete - Non notable female impersonator. Snappy (talk) 18:20, 5 February 2014 (UTC) Delete - per above Mosfetfaser...

StuRat 03:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC) In a horse race, the ringer does impersonate a specific animal (to get better odds). This was the plot of a Banacek...

Nobody with authority uses the term "Shakira Wannabe", and unlike Elvis impersonators, Shakira's wannabes are not a community or archetype that has received...

possibly representing this person. Master could be the subject or a WP:IMPERSONATE account. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC) Accused parties...

cabals. He is impersonating Wikipedia policy. Basketball110 23:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC) With all due respect, User:Friday is not "impersonating" Wiki-policy...

closed as "bad faith nom"), comments struck out by previous editors, and impersonation of checkuser Hersfold on this AFD. Article appears to give good cause...

copyrighted it. A trademark is an identifier of a company; to avoid impersonation of one company by another, companies have exclusive rights to use a...

User:MichalRuprecht claiming to not be the creator or to not be Michal? Is he impersonating the subject or lying here? I;m confused. Legacypac (talk) 01:34, 1 April...

news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) For WP:IMPERSONATE-ing Big Chungus. Tanker4390 (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC) Delete....

Question -_-;; So during the early morning, the disruptive ANI vandal and impersonator of me is proven as Novidmarana (talk · contribs) who once asked my help...

service. Orangemoody was a shakedown involving pages held for ransom, impersonation of Wikipedia administrators, and no real-world entity to absorb the...

address facilitated to receive messages through wikipedia. I dislike the impersonation bit, and will continue keeping a close eye on this editor, who has a...

believe there is potential impersonation of the State Bar of Texas going on and thus request a block for the impersonating editor. I'm not technically...

and they're impersonated. For instance, internet personality "Chris-chan" is very internet famous and there's always people impersonating him. On Wikipedia...

14:10, 1 October 2005 (UTC) Same here! This was the most confusing impersonation in a while, and the second time where I noticed something peculiar with...

No, I know these people. I have asked them to stop. The others are impersonating me. I have a right to leave any edit summary I want provided my edits...

2005 (UTC) [1] andy 12:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC) You shouldn't be impersonating an admin. android79 12:36, September 6, 2005 (UTC) Speedy. Copy-and-paste...

as like you as I can. That is impersonation. Fiddle Faddle 15:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC) That would also be impersonation. As would if I piped my signature...

page: It's Likely that Childof12AM = BBBfan. I also found an older impersonation account (BO2ip01) on one of BBBfan's IPs. I've blocked that account...

(no connection I found, and Cmchir's account was only 4 days old) to impersonate an admin and "grant" Cmchir's unblock request.[10] Arisedrew might have...

think that this is an autobiography and it was probably made by a fan impersonating him. ColinBear (talk - contributions) 19:26, 9 October 2021 (UTC) Delete...

photography competition Account or Page Name Change Reggaeton music Impersonation of famous living people? change username Screwed up location of References...

"removed due to defamatory remarks" [2] - clearly with the intent of impersonating an admin and squelching discussion about non-notability of Vlok. Given...

Without the photo readers are likely unsure to what extent his police impersonation is a thing. This photo clearly demonstrates that. To me that is the...

related articles. Monkey power was a user indefinitely blocked for impersonating another user as well as disruption on Suppressive Person. Recently,...

evaded blocks, vandalised, 3RR'ed, impersonated another users, attempted to close this discussion by impersonating an admin, engaged in personal attacks...

copyright information [6]. Is there a special method in dealing with user impersonation? Thanks! --HarryCane 18:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC) The user in question...

themselves in their user space, so long as they are not engaged in impersonation, and subject to what Wikipedia is not. However, minors are discouraged...

planned to file this as a request under MartiFrances (blocked as an impersonator account), until I saw that confirmed Pjb sock Tasmanian Cherries had...

imported a serious case of usenet drama at rec.sport.pro-wrestling. Impersonation, vandalism, and trolling ahoy! All within one day. silsor 13:38, Mar...

name to List of Venezuelans. The user must either read WP:COI or stop impersonating a real person. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC) The above...

is that the username "Stevejobs" would still get you editblocked for impersonation, regardless of who your "inside joke" was or wasn't with. Bearcat (talk)...

exactly backwards of the usual pattern for an impersonation. This suggests that this is not a normal impersonation; I tend to suspect that the first account...