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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...

was redirect to Impersonator#Celebrity impersonators. (non-admin closure) feminist 04:47, 25 July 2017 (UTC) Michael Jackson impersonator (edit | talk |...

the concept of a MJ impersonator is notable, in the same way that Elvis impersonator is; it's mostly just a list of "X impersonated Michael Jackson on...

who feel the article should be kept. It can still be merged with Elvis impersonator or similar at a later date, mind you. Before saving this edit, and getting...

report. The user claiming to be able to reinstate a deleted article was impersonating another user "with high privileges", in this case an administrator....

that impersonate other users are also routinely blocked.) Requests for comment were started last week with respect to two users for impersonating Peterson...

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

Defending yourself against claims. I have a feeling this is more "person impersonating Gabriella" than actually Gabriella. Her typing quirks don't seem to...

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 |...

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

users abuse an alternate account to anonymously disrupt Wikipedia, or to impersonate or harrass another user. A quick glance over Special:ipblocklist reveals...

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

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

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

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

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

(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)...

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

more of these accounts to circumvent a one-week block and harass and impersonate me (User:Neurophyre). Some weeks ago, User:Mrpainkiller7 gets involved...

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...

am a writer from Timişoara, Romania. Somebody from Wikipedia tried to impersonate me, creating an account with my name - User:Marius Mioc. This was already...

Category:Female impersonators to Category:Drag queens Nominator's rationale: There's no properly sourceable distinction between the term "female impersonator" and...

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...

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

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

libelous, contentious, or non-public information. Not be misleading by impersonating other users or implying that you have authority. Not be the name of...

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...

The article claims he was a well-known scientist, the sources say he impersonated a zoo employee for unknown reasons. As he was known for one fairly minor...

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...

@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...

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

death threats and outing attacks against administrators, joe jobs and impersonation of other vandals, use of open proxies. Wikinger's account was globally...

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...

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...

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...

'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)...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

impersonating another user or individual. For you to impersonate another individual, that other individual has to exist. That is what impersonation means...

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...

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)...

utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Aside from being an obvious impersonator of User:Sdrqaz (including cloned user and talk pages), the two users...

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...

on "a panel" or being in practice in Edinburgh [2]. He is trying to impersonate Dr Richard Kanaan, who actually already has an account on Wikipedia user:snargett...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

every hour. User:Christy Walton was blocked yesterday as a possible impersonator (or non confirmed account) of Christy Walton. User:Windows.dll was blocked...

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

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

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

impersonate, to deceive, or maybe to mock and insult the editors that uncover his/her hoax. For example the account HyperGardua was to impersonated HyperGaruda...

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

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

the Orient Express (2017), William Dafoe plays Gerhard Hardman, here impersonating an Austrian professor. Poirot exposes him not to be Austrian - but as...

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

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...

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...

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...

Suspected that the puppet account was created by the suspected puppeteer to impersonate a copyright holder on another website (Flickr) in order to allow the...

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

it easy to identify your username, but this is not required. Do not impersonate other users. Do not use images, transcluded templates, Lua modules, parser...

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...

and tagged with my user id by User:Teen astronomer09 in an attempt to impersonate me and to remove my delete vote Bwithh 01:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)...

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...

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

notable for one single minor event, which is stealing a car. Also he impersonated someone. There's nothing else here of note. This is also an orphaned...

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...

Both were trying to add same thing in a BLP "Syed". Maybe trying to impersonate Nasir Hussain Shah. Saqib (talk) 21:55, 16 September 2018 (UTC) Accused...

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...

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

virtually every account, I think that this account has been set up to impersonate him. As you can see, it's not the first time this has happened: https://en...

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...

evidence: both "sign" the decline with [[Spark|Sparky]]; attempt to impersonate User:Sparky? Lavalizard101 (talk) 15:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC) Ingenuity...

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...

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

and blocking the master until they can verify their identity per WP:IMPERSONATE. Both have ignored requests on their talk page to engage with the COI...

16:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC) I've blocked him indefinitely for trying to impersonate Raul654. Not a good move. --StuffOfInterest 16:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)...

Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Someone has been repeatedly trying to impersonate 331dot. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 16:50, 23 March 2023...

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

18:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC) Propose deleting Category:Incidents involving impersonating Law Enforcement (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Note:...

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

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...

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...

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

WėatherWritor impersonating WeatherWriter, United States Stan impersonating United States Man, and multiple accounts named CheeseEric impersonating ChessEric...

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

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

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...

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Supreme Genghis Khan or an impersonator, but given that many LTAs all impersonate each other in some sort of sad ouroboros of tribute...

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...

Enlists the workings of a real-life person, and may be an account used to impersonate this person, based on edits to the namespace -- ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez...

alternate definition of "fakebooking - creating a fake facebook account to impersonate someone" as discussed in this somewhat reliable blog post from About...

fraud on this very page by attempting to impersonate 172 and RickK. This same anonymous user went on to impersonate other users on several user talk pages...

to edit it and try to fix the problem not to steal it from him or to impersonate him. Lanm-more (talk) 15:28, 18 July 2022 (UTC) Confirmed - since this...

CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki · SI) Similar usernames created to impersonate/discredit existing users, inserting vandalism-only edits. MuZemike 17:03...

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

utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Master was blocked for WP:IMPERSONATE; claims to be the subject of the BLP article Mason Reese. Shows WP:OWN...

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

of engraving technique. Intentionally so, no doubt, as it's meant to impersonate an average engraving of a few centuries older, but even still... Vanished...

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...

that Poberang could be an account created by Ineedtostopforgetting to impersonate Robepang and try to get them blocked for sockpuppetry. What do others...

Arisedrew was indef blocked for impersonating an admin... Banana254 is performing actions which appear to impersonate an admin.[1] Arisedrew has called...

images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Delete now. Someone is trying to impersonate Jimbo here. They failed horribly though, since his name is clearly Jimbo...

sock of WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Raxythecat, a troll who likes to impersonate people and cause drama. I did not check HouseplantHobbyist. Closing....

ever operates in a fashion that actually suggests that he's trying to impersonate an official function, then zap 'em, but until then... The fact that this...

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...

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...

Russian characters that look like ASCII characters? They can be used to impersonate other users. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:25, 27 July 2017 (UTC) Yes, they're...

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...

sources. Craffett (talk) 08:29, 7 June 2020 (UTC) If you're going to impersonate me, at least make good arguments. creffett (talk) 13:34, 7 June 2020...

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...

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

AnubisIbizu (history here). Now ZimAlakaZam has appeared an tried to impersonate me. That account has been blocked, but feel a CheckUser investigation...

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...

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

Category:American female impersonators to Category:American drag queens Propose renaming Category:Australian female impersonators to Category:Australian...

vandals so Aryananxious may be the master who created Riverbend123 to impersonate Riverbend21. Lavalizard101 (talk) 16:22, 7 August 2023 (UTC) Accused...

utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Obvious WP:DUCK, usernames impersonate other editors and both accounts have edited Buffalo Automation Thiru...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

history | links | watch | logs) An attack username, obviously trying to impersonate someone who Achmednut 321 does not like; cyberbullying page. VegetaSaiyan...

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

[47], [48]), the user created the Enigmamann account specifically to impersonate the user (including using the same userpage design) and made an edit...

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

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...

contribs) I believe the latter two accounts have been created by Batzarro to impersonate and possibly incriminate zanimum. The wording Kooorooo has chosen on...

McDonald's, and sexual edit summaries. ANI thread User will occasionally impersonate other LTAs such as Caidin-Johnson and BMX On WheeIs Sockpuppet category...

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

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

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

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...

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility Yet another attempt at impersonating User:Jayakrishnan.ks100 per this: [1] hmssolent\You rang? ship's log...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

talk pages (note the account that made that edit was was created to impersonate Destroyeraa) and vandalizing hurricane intensities. TornadoLGS (talk)...

song? jc iindyysgvxc (my contributions) 11:53, 2 November 2009 (UTC) Impersonators - presumably. SteveBaker (talk) 12:24, 2 November 2009 (UTC) If you...

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

first definition of Ringer says, a ringer is someone or some animal impersonating another, weaker contestant. This was sometimes done in horseraces. Clarityfiend...

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

content from Dhidhdhoo (Haa Alif Atoll). They are clearly trying to impersonate me. EN-Jungwon 10:31, 7 June 2021 (UTC) Accused parties may also comment/discuss...

this article after suggesting that it be deleted and to potentially impersonate my on Wikipedia. The account was created not long after I pointed out...

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...

2007 (UTC) chowk (talk · contribs) (obvious impersonator of Hkelkar) Gr8India (talk · contribs) (impersonator of hkelkar, currently blocked for allegedly...

use of the puppet account would be that it was made in an attempt to impersonate me, using a capital i instead of an l, for which it was banned from editing...

interaction utility All of the accounts appear to be in some way attempting to impersonate Jang Ja-yeon, who has been dead since 2009. Each account has this picture...

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

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

is THE Muhammad Ali, the boxer - who else would use that name?" So, impersonation is not a big concern, unless the user starts acting like they are one...

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...

whether Mmackinnon is editing from 174.44.140.232, and attempted to impersonate me from that address. Kwekubo (talk) 19:13, 19 September 2018 (UTC) Accused...

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...

hour. I'm suspecting that this is one of a group of accounts created to impersonate or disrupt User:WebTV3. This user's contributions are incoherent and...

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

Mitchell's bot and User:HJ MICHELLE were both created by vandals to impersonate me. While I don't think I would enjoy all aspects of being an arbitrator...

User:Adam kontras as a sockpuppet account, which also happens to be impersonating a living person. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 02:08, 24 April 2010 (UTC) Again...

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

blocked already. I don't believe there is any real damage done other than impersonating another user. OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC) Clerk...

it's obvious impersonation is not the intention of the account). Primefac (talk) 11:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC) Template:Blocked impersonator (talk · history ·...

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

a favorable light, and the page could easily be an attack page by an impersonator. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 23:05, 29 July 2015 (UTC)...

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...

Is it a crime in Australia to impersonate people such as Elizabeth II and her son? OsmanRF34 (talk) 01:46, 11 December 2012 (UTC) Did you seriously title...

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...

http://www.royacosta.com/0/tag/Catskill.html Jay Jason, a Catskill comedian, impersonates Alfred Hitchcock. Jason was one of the best Borscht Belt comics. His...

tagged. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:21, 21 August 2025 (UTC) They tried to impersonate some sorta wiki admin or something. Very amatuerish. I think alot of...

to say, but I was seriously flattered when I once had a vandal try to impersonate me [1]. Other than that, I am somewhat proud that I once managed to stop...

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

to WP:ANI or WP:AN3 for whatever reason, then these joe-jobbing socks impersonate said reported user in hopes of causing disruption or getting the original...

be well aware of this). I could be completely wrong, but I suspect WP:IMPERSONATE as well as sockpuppetry. Dwpaul Talk 16:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC) Subsequently...

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...

(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...

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,...

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...

|title= (help) Please do not take signings of other people and trying to impersonate them (like Dream Focus' one in this case). Note: this is also the article's...

page written in a form to mimic an article in the mainspace, that may impersonate a real-life YouTube user that includes information that may be used to...

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

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

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

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

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...

with the claim that the references are valid. Will occasionally try to impersonate other editors by creating sock puppet accounts with similar names. Sockpuppet...

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...

userpage suggests that this is either Clockworkv goofing around or someone impersonating them. @ST47: I don't think there is any indication that there may be...

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

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...

revert and report him. In some cases, socks will be created with names to impersonate those editors. SPI: Current: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/GeraldFord1980...

often profane, mention television networks and characters, and may also impersonate other users only to attack the real users on their talk pages. Sockpuppet...

Buddhist monks or temple wardens suggests a suspicion of people seeking to impersonate temple dwellers to avoid field work. Despite this seeming inclination...

vandalized my talk page from all three accounts (see). He also tried to impersonate me for some reason using his '1subAtomicc' account to say HEY THIS IS...

is a public figure, and there is no evidence that they have not been impersonated, and it fits WP:PROMOTION. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:27, 13 August 2026 (UTC)...

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...

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...

November 2008 (UTC) Don't we have a policy somewhere that spells out that impersonating an admin is a no-no? Or does it just fall under other, more general...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

was left by an anon IP impersonating Megan1967. Tuf-Kat Good call Tuf-Kat, with a sneaky attempt by the sockpuppet to impersonate, this article definitely...

attempting to impersonate me and are disrupting Wikipedia, I'll block immediately. Administrators are frequently targeted by trolls who try to impersonate them...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools Reported at UAA as impersonating someone famous. Will block, but please CU for sleepers and correctly...

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)...

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

username. I reverted many of Swegg's edits, and I think that he is impersonating me to serve some 'revenge' goal. 123chess456 (talk) 13:28, 9 May 2014...

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...

the master account ~appears~ to me to be a possible violation of WP:IMPERSONATE. I have not asked that account to verify or change its username nor have...

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 ·...

have pretended to be me, have copied my userpage verbatim in order to impersonate me, or other reasons. I understand if you decline this request, but I'd...

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

username. The relevant policy is WP:IMPERSONATE, and users can be blocked if their username looks like they're impersonating a famous person, and can be unblocked...

ting-is-so-awful-that-people-are-paying-virtual-dating-assistants-to-impersonate-them/ https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a34931203/matchmaking-da...

however, because "personate" (at least one of its several senses) and "impersonate" are synonyms, not antonyms. There's nothing worth saving here. Redirect...

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

them. I am endorsing a check on Aoowassana 20, as they appear to be impersonating Aoowassana with the username + their editing of the same articles. This...

(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....

left by 172; see this diff. This same anonymous user has attempted to impersonate RickK; see this diff. -- Hadal 14:51, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) 172 is usually...

impersonator (see User talk:ActualSamuelLJackson) identify possible conflicts of interest (see User talk:ActuallyJLaw) identify actual impersonators allow...

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...

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)...

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

{{uw-spamublock}} Nightfury Nordic - Possible misleading username to impersonate Nordic Nightfury. I would review contributions. Both word are common...

I'd happily change my !vote. Gotta love the idea of a Teddy Roosevelt impersonator, notable or not. --NellieBly (talk) 19:44, 15 June 2011 (UTC) Note: This...

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,...

person, their requested username will also be inappropriate because it impersonates someone else. If this appears to be the case, clarify the difference...

is to impersonate whichever user happens to be executing the malicious JavaScript. For the purposes of this discussion, a user is "impersonated" if the...

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

page. DeoxysPrime (talk) 13:47, 26 August 2010 (UTC) If you are being impersonated then let's get a CU and see what happens. DeoxysPrime (talk) 14:17, 26...

we have to block you for violating our rules against usernames that impersonate other people. And again, this film was glancingly namechecked in a Playback...

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...

promoting myself. Sly Traveler is not my website. I did not use puppets to impersonate other editors. I have been insulted and treated rudely throughout the...

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...

latter would be impersonating an administrator, while the former isn't impersonating anybody, as there's no Webmaster to impersonate. --Mel Etitis (Talk)...

was redirect to Impersonator#Celebrity impersonators. (non-admin closure) feminist 04:47, 25 July 2017 (UTC) Michael Jackson impersonator (edit | talk |...

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

blocked after using user NatalieLMorales (now also blocked indef) to impersonate and continue edit warring on articles related to that subject; see COI...

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...

@Cordless Larry: mentioned, Lrednuas Senoroc was just impersonating user user:Srednuas Lenoroc. "Impersonating veteran editors" is one of the habitual behavior...

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...

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...

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

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...

that started the war waged by the impersonators above. Rl 15:11, 26 August 2005 (UTC) Presumably the same impersonator has now created User:RI. Can someone...

WP:FCOI issues. If they're not that "Lauren Kolodny", then there are WP:IMPERSONATE and possibly WP:PAID issues. Since neither account seems interested in...

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)...

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)...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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

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

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...

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

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...

person I don't care how disgraceful he is. You don't have the right to impersonate him. Mgm|(talk) 18:59, May 25, 2005 (UTC) Delete unless references can...

AfD. Optakeover(U)(T)(C) 07:46, 30 October 2019 (UTC) IP attempted to impersonate another user in their AfD vote; see [1], putting Teraplane's name in...

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...

which lead me to believe they are socks. Sock1, which was trying to impersonate me and was already blocked for such, removed this AfD template as well...

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

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...

aware, this is the only occasion on which they are ever expected to impersonate an army and behave like soldiers. Does this happen elsewhere, and what...

internet controversies before this latest one, including pretending to impersonate a dying cancer patient on the internet[1][2] and modifying Gawker's website...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

suspicious that the contributions of the said impersonator F I a B o t (with the letter I, as in I for Impersonator) occurred 18 hours after I blocked FlaBot...

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...

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

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...

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...

"Greg Fu" which seems a clear attempt to impersonate MIT Chemistry Professor Greg Fu. This editor has impersonated two academics on WP, which can only discredit...

this user. After that, the COC troll began impersonating DangerousJXD, and their spammings and impersonations extended to me as well. On-again/off-again...

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

the accounts under investigation. For instance, an editor may try to impersonate another individual or company in order to embarrass them, known as a...

accounts with blatant attack names, offensive names, or usernames that impersonate other editors. (See the names of the accounts in the sockpuppet categories...

(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...

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...

eligible for inclusion on wikipedia. People are starting to attempt to impersonate her on social media pages, and according to website metadata, her name...

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...

User:Crisericson was blocked over a "username concern" that she might be trying to impersonate the subject of this article. It is perfectly clear, looking at her initial...

--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...

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...

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

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

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...

either confirmation of her identity via OTRS or a username change per WP:IMPERSONATE. Pshotes claims insider knowledge ("objectively false allegations against...

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...

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...

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...

Sophiasdad (talk • contribs) 16:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC) Please do not impersonate people on Wikipedia JayJayTalk to me 17:27, 24 March 2012 (UTC) He's...

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"...

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...

persistent vandal has attempted both in Wikinews and Wikiversity to impersonate me and, tonight, "stole (my) signature" with the edit summary "Spare...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

that impersonate other users are also routinely blocked.) Requests for comment were started last week with respect to two users for impersonating Peterson...

this article @Saqib lollywood (talk · contribs) who is also trying to impersonate me — Saqib (talk I contribs) 12:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC) Delete: I couldn't...

electoral commission, which is refusing to do so and accusing him of "impersonating" Abdukadir Abdulsalam, even though Abdulsalam was removed from the chairmanship...

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

generalize. It realy wasent who he impersonate other than the fact he did impersonate. While anybody could track down impersonations it would make things alot...

one [16], this one [17], this one [18], this one [19] etc. They even impersonate me registering fake SPI reports. That just happened on October 22 under...

(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...

Profile101 is also notorious for impersonating people with his socks.. He has previously attempted to impersonate me (thinking I am an administrator...

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

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...

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,...

> 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...

check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) - impersonator of User:Rembaoud from same range as the previous IPs 78.99.132.169 (talk+ ·...

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

the AfD. Following the first AfD, Big.P created an account he used to impersonate another user whom he had disagreed with, using the account for vandalism...

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...

our policy on that, do we assume good faith that the editor is not impersonating a subject, or do we assume that they are until they file a request with...

expalanation, it appears to be another editor who created Bruggle. Please don't impersonate me or any other editor, by redirecting to MY talk page in your signature...

'(impersonator comment removed)'. The rest of the impersonators' comments I left up, but annotated with notices to the effect they were impersonators....

(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...

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...

is a public figure, and there is no evidence that they have not been impersonated, and it fits WP:PROMOTION. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:27, 13 August 2026 (UTC)...

and that was the Spice Girls. Wikipedia has strong policies against impersonations --TommyOliver 03:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Well we do have a Category:Tribute...

WP:Signature which says that, Baseball Bugs. Your signature may not impersonate another user, and must have at least one link to your user or user talk...

this affront from happening, and we may interfere with the vandal or impersonator who would like to create such an account. On the other hand, they do...

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)...

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 ·...

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

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

clicking the link in the big pink template. Also, have a read of WP:IMPERSONATE for info on why the account name you chose may not be suitable for use...

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...

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]....

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...

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...

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

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...

email to) can access your Outlook account, read all your emails, and impersonate you by sending emails as if you sent them. They do not need access to...

deletion/Michael Jackson impersonator Articles for deletion/Michael Jackson impersonator (2nd nomination) Michael Jackson impersonator (edit | talk | history |...

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

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...

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...

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

nominator is blocked, and either is the subject of the article or is impersonating the subject, but just in case: Hidalgo's involvement in the Star Wars...

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

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...

on Cyntiamaspian [5] which led to a block for amongst other things, impersonating an administrator. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC) Accused...

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

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...

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

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

(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...

It does not say "you're not allowed to impersonate people with your user name, but you're allowed to impersonate them with pictures and captions on your...

--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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

been blocked 5 times in the past day or so for various legal threats, impersonations and anon IP abuses. Wyss 21:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC) His behaviour...

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

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

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:...

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...

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

Dragonron, a.k.a. Wiki-star, who has taken to "impersonate" CensoredScribe as he used to impersonate Zarbon. An SPI has been open for weeks but it hasn't...

although a little more information would be better. Has the user been impersonating or otherwise discrediting Italy? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:09, 1 October...

Patricknoddy 8:56am May 7, 2005 (EDT) Whistleblow. I believe 63.17.137.171 is impersonating Patricknoddy. The time format is even incorrect (see here for an example)...

pretty good at telling the real thing from an impersonator. As it happens, there is definitely an impersonator out there, and I've blocked a bunch of accounts...

impersonator of Callanecc, reported at UAA, Special:Permalink/1049878556#User-reported. The proximity to Callanecc's recent CU-blocked impersonator CaIIanecc...

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...

upon his edit history, may have created the redirect in an attempt to impersonate an administrator during a content dispute. --Allen3 talk 11:31, 1 May...

annoyed with each other for blocking impersonators. (Or it may just be that the angry folks are all the impersonating user. It's hard to take time to consider...

Speedy Keep, of course. More important, the user is a disruptive sock impersonating User:Ricky81682. More disruption from one of the same clowns who's harassing...

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...

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...

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...

puppets/Overeditor Persistent BLP violations across multiple usernames, impersonations of established editors (Victoriagirl and Sunray). User:Homeboy99 is...

made. As shown in this SPI case (among others), LTA ItsLassieTime has impersonated him. The following accounts were either confirmed or suspected sockpuppet...

the next section. Asking for another's personal details. Attempting to impersonate another editor. Claiming to be an administrator or to have an access...

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...

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

per his own public bio here, I think there's a good chance that the impersonator/anti-vegan troll is actually him. SublimeWik (talk) 23:09, 21 April 2024...

is indicative of gaming the system. So is the use of editors who are impersonating bots. Those are conduct issues, but the content issue is the lack of...

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

User:BethOne .(Cfgvhbj (talk) 01:30, 12 February 2017 (UTC)) false vote by an impersonating editor struck out  Velella  Velella Talk   01:35, 12 February 2017 (UTC)...

block user · block log) appears to be a sockpuppet of this user intended to impersonate Nlu. Also blocked indefinitely. —Guanaco 03:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC) Can...

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

(UTC) User:Jimbo Wales (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)​ Impersonator. Clearly User:Jimbo is the founder of Wikipedia, his Wikipedia article...

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

illustrative: [6] As shown in this SPI case (among others), they may impersonate the habitual behavior of other LTAs, such as David Beals, Soft skin,...

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

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...

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

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

manner makes it much easier for trolls and vandals to take advantage and impersonate registered users or get up to other mischief. But more importantly, it...

inclined to consider this disruption for blocking purposes (someone impersonating Kils is much more disruptive). But as for the article, the content is...

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...

(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...

links | watch | logs | views) – (View log) Contested PROD. NN Lincoln impersonator. Has made some appearances on TV and one straight to video film, but...

written by user:JcsherwoodSH1854 selling himself as a Sherlock Holmes impersonator. -- RHaworth 18:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Delete per nom; not notable;...

Super Mario Bros, and related pages Breakers (1996 video game) Sometimes impersonates well-known people. (e.g. User:Akira Takasaki, User:Chu Mu-yen, User:Hiroki...

name of one of their accounts. The second account which appears to be impersonating me was blocked as a result of [2]. The "Emir of Wikiversity" was blocked...

to cast double votes. [...] [A]ccounts that are used to maliciously impersonate another Wikipedian should be blocked permanently. [...] "[U]sing a second...

2008 (UTC) Done. Tan | 39 00:14, 25 November 2008 (UTC) Who did they impersonate? I want to know if I should be trying to be just like them too :-P ►BMW◄...

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...

| talk | 21:27, 30 September 2005 (UTC) It was deliberate as the es impersonator claimed to be the en Paul Klenk, come from NY etc, and with some of the...

17:22, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC) We don't tolerate it around here when someone impersonates another individual user and puts words in their mouth to make them look...

User:The Invisible Anon would clear up whether the IP editor is being impersonated, trolled, or has created a sock. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:55, 27 February...

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

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...

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

that have appeared in order to irritate the Formula 1 Wikiproject by impersonating its members. The user names are chosen to resemble project members'...

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility Dude on riding dudes impersonated a CheckUser, signing as DoRD here. It should be noted that the user "made...

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

thinking of The Five Doctors (1983), where the first Doctor was played (or impersonated) by Richard Hurndall, though 'Hartnell does make an appearance, ... in...

{{Vprotected}}, when it wasn't. I guess this could be construed as impersonating an admin. [9] A revert war goes on, involving LLOTLE, Fawcett5, and...

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

| history | links | watch | logs) Non- notable individual, talk page impersonates a wiki article, purely promotional (although I think not G11 strength...

noticeboard/Incidents#Claims of impersonation) suggesting that he was impersonating another user. He tried to explain that all of that impersonation business was investigated...

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...

It seems as if Paperpencils1 is either a sock of Paperpencils or an impersonator of Paperpencils, and that is why I have requested checkuser, as the other...

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...

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...

(for impersonation attempts) and reverting their edits as vandalism is ok. Lupo 12:45, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC) Go ahead, blocking obvious impersonation attempts...

am guessing that all three are sock puppets of each other or two are impersonators of one. How should we go about this? --Nlu 22:01, 22 November 2005 (UTC)...

he's done are sometimes un-admin-ish to coin a phrase. Is it a troll impersonating Netsnipe? Or am I way off? If so, apologies for being jumpy. --Dweller...

issues with claimed notability ("reputed to be one of the best Elvis impersonators in the United States" needs more than link to IMDB). Angus McLellan...

creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD. Are you trying to impersonate or what? [1]. Anyway, I'm afraid the subject fails WP:AUTHOR as well...

2008 (UTC) It now seems correct. I am not a CU clerk, but sometimes I impersonate one. Jehochman Talk 23:06, 30 August 2008 (UTC) Inconclusive... There...

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...

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

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....

because LJS has a distinctive character, impersonations of him are easy to do. Ask them if they can do impersonations of anyone else equally easy to do and...

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...

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)...

would block The Mob Rules as a fairly obvious sock or impersonator of Chadbryant (if impersonator, it would likely be a DickWitham sock), except I could...

Airport in Nanking Shanghai Dungeon Yilongma / Yi Long Ma / Yilong Ma (impersonator) Yintiao Ling - mountain; highest elevation in Chongqing at 2,797 m (9...

another page. There is no evidence presented that this user attempted to impersonate an admin in any activities. I acknowledge that we should not allow people...

legitimate edits with the intent of hindering the improvement of pages Impersonating other users by signing an edit with a different username or IP address...

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...

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

Well this is something interesting yet ridicilous [1]. The newbie is impersonating in order to dodge others. --Saqib (talk) 12:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC) Accused...

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

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

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

and salt - non-notable vanispamcruftisement by subject or somebody impersonating her. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC) The above discussion...

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...

23 December 2006 (UTC) FWIW, impersonator just appeared at the WoW wiki. His name? Lucky 6.9. He did try and impersonate me. Coincidence? I don't think...

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...

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...

license, is purely to prevent impersonation or brand-identity issues - if it's clear that a site is trying to directly impersonate wikipedia, the WMF can take...

not be deleted! --Canadaka 23:46, 4 March 2006 (UTC) Delete 1) Stop impersonating me, 2) Stop trying to sabotage my site, 3) Sorry guys for forgetting...

report. The user claiming to be able to reinstate a deleted article was impersonating another user "with high privileges", in this case an administrator....

speedy deleted as nn-bio. Angr/talk 09:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC) nn Elvis impersonator, possible vanity. His official site is on freewebs and it consists of...

– (View log) Apparent self promotion by User: Prashrb or possibly an impersonator. subject has limited notability --TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject...

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

Auto-generated every hour. Editor interaction utility Impersonating Andy M. Wang; the previous socks also impersonate other users, vandalize in the same way, and...

block them from editing on child protection grounds, or block them for impersonating very young children, and starting conversations with other apparently...

identity-information like login name. As was brought up before, it's easy to impersonate other users or even screw up your administration backend by using control...

she is the very charming young lady who is depicted in the painting, impersonating the goddess of Love (and also the French Rococo ideal of beauty). The...

insurance. :-) android79 21:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC) Now I'm being impersonated by User:Wyss_of_Switzerland. This seems to be related to user:Jmk56 (see...

event Picture interpretation Judged for two things simultaneously ... Impersonating a priest USS Peacock Why do fossils? Is 'Death cross' some kind of commonplace...