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Create support page for "Illegitimate use of multiple accounts (sockpuppetry)" incident category
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Description

Requirements

User View

When a user selects the incident category "Illegitimate use of multiple accounts (sockpuppetry)" and clicks Continue, the system must open a support page. The support page will contain the following sections:

  • Info header
  • "What to do next" section
  • "How to request help" section
  • "Can't find what you're looking for" section

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Info header
Mandatory

  • Text: "Illegitimate use of multiple accounts (sockpuppetry). The information on this page is intended to help you resolve the incident."

"What to do next"

Mandatory:

  • Text: "Use of multiple accounts is allowed only under certain circumstances. Improper use of multiple accounts is called sockpuppetry. It is improper to use multiple accounts to deceive or mislead other editors, disrupt discussions, distort consensus, avoid sanctions, evade blocks, or otherwise violate community standards and policies. If you suspect sockpuppetry, please report the suspected usernames and provide evidence that supports your claim."

"How to request help"
Configurable through community config:
--Text (at least one option needs to be selected):

    • Contact an Admin for help with urgent or ongoing incidents on-wiki
    • Email your concern to [email@domain.com]
    • If you’re unsure what to do, ask the community for help
  • Links:
    • "Contact an Admin" link is configurable
    • Email is configurable
    • "ask the community for help" link is configurable

If no option is selected, this section will display the following default text:
" For issues that occur on-wiki it is recommended that you contact an admin or use a community noticeboard for help with urgent and ongoing incidents."

"Can't find what you're looking for?"
Mandatory

Community Config view

When an admin accesses community configuration, the following will be displayed:

"How to request help"

  • Text: " Add a least one contact method to display to the user"

Contact options

  • "Contact an Admin for help with urgent and ongoing incidents"
    • Text: "Add the link for the page that the user should go to "
    • Example text: "e.g. Project:Administrator's noticeboard"
  • "Email your concern, using a regular email address"
    • Text: "Add the email address that the user should email"
    • Example text: "e.g. incidents@wikimedia.org "
  • If you're unsure what to do, ask the community for help
    • Text: "Add the link for the page that the user should go to"
    • Example text: "e.g. Project:Village pump"

Designs

Mockup (all contact methods)Mockup (one contact methods)
Sockpuppetry.png (1×360 px, 80 KB)
Sockpuppetry-one-method.png (1×360 px, 71 KB)

https://www.figma.com/design/ZfMGm4XFZy49GlYyINacaK/IRS-MVP-v1?node-id=4800-61386&t=KCYEQ1lDq0q4UUXc-0

Acceptance criteria

  • All the above are met

Event Timeline

Madalina added a subscriber: KieranMcCann-WMF.

@KieranMcCann-WMF can you please upload the design for this, thank you.

Change #1272595 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/ReportIncident@master] Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1272595

@KieranMcCann-WMF can you please upload the design for this, thank you.

Designs added to task description

Change #1272595 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ReportIncident@master] Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1272595

Change #1275825 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/ReportIncident@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.24] Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275825

Change #1275825 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ReportIncident@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.24] Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275825

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-21T13:20:27Z] <stran@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1275840|Enable non-emergency categories via config (T423244)]], [[gerrit:1275825|Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents (T423045)]], [[gerrit:1275834|Add next steps page for non-emergency "vandalism" incidents (T423563)]], [[gerrit:1275835|Add next steps page for non-emergency "user dispute" incidents (T423587)]], [[gerrit:1275836

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-21T13:37:43Z] <stran@deploy1003> stran: Backport for [[gerrit:1275840|Enable non-emergency categories via config (T423244)]], [[gerrit:1275825|Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents (T423045)]], [[gerrit:1275834|Add next steps page for non-emergency "vandalism" incidents (T423563)]], [[gerrit:1275835|Add next steps page for non-emergency "user dispute" incidents (T423587)]], [[gerrit:1275836|Add next steps pa

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-21T13:51:57Z] <stran@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1275840|Enable non-emergency categories via config (T423244)]], [[gerrit:1275825|Add next steps page for non-emergency "sockpuppetry" incidents (T423045)]], [[gerrit:1275834|Add next steps page for non-emergency "vandalism" incidents (T423563)]], [[gerrit:1275835|Add next steps page for non-emergency "user dispute" incidents (T423587)]], [[gerrit:127583