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-- This is a query that attempts to find serial upvoting on Stack Overflow -- Results returned by this query are fairly accurate but should not be -- taken as concrete proof that serial upvoting has occured. If you're -- going to flag based on this query's results, double check every single -- case beforehand. This is not a tool to be used for witch hunting. Serial -- Voters are for moderators to deal with - do not use this as a way to -- publicly air other people's dirty laundry. -- Version 2.3 (reduced link brittleness, linking back to SO as per request) -- MaxReputation: Max reputation to show up in results -- DateRange: How far into the past should the query look in days (May cause performance timeouts >800) -- MinPostCount: How many posts have to have been upvoted in the same timespan to report in this query -- MinUpvoteCount: How many upvotes have been gained in the same timspan to report in this query. -- Sensitivity: How close do the votes have to be together to be counted. More means less restrictive. -- MinUpvoteCountUnsensitive: How many upvotes have to have been generated if the upvote count doesn't match the upvoted posts count. -- MinPostCountUnsensitive: How many posts have to have been upvoted if the post count and upvote count doesn't match the upvote count. -- MinReputationGained: How much Reputation does the incident have to be worth to be considered. SELECT vdt.User_ID AS [User Link], ('https://stackoverflow.com/users/' + CONVERT(nvarchar(25), vdt.User_ID) + '/?tab=reputation') AS [Reputation Link], --( 'site://users/' + CONVERT(nvarchar(20),vdt.User_ID) + '/' + REPLACE(u.DisplayName, ' ', '-') + '?tab=reputation' ) AS [Reputation Link], u.Reputation AS [User Rep], CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), vdt.Upvoting_Occured, 107) AS [Date of Vote], vdt.Upvote_Count AS [Upvote Count], vdt.Post_Count AS [Number of Posts], vdt.Reputation_Gained AS [Reputation+], u.DisplayName AS [User Name] FROM ( SELECT u.Id AS User_Id, COUNT(v.Id) AS Upvote_Count, MAX(v.CreationDate) AS Upvoting_Occured, COUNT(DISTINCT p.Id) AS Post_Count, SUM( CASE p.PostTypeId WHEN 1 THEN 10 WHEN 2 THEN 10 ELSE 0 END ) AS Reputation_Gained FROM Votes AS v INNER JOIN Posts AS p ON v.PostId = p.Id INNER JOIN Users AS u ON p.OwnerUserId = u.Id WHERE ( v.VoteTypeId = 2 ) AND ( v.CreationDate != p.CreationDate ) AND ( v.CreationDate > DATEADD(dd, -##DateRange:int?10##, GETDATE()) ) GROUP BY u.Id, v.CreationDate, ( v.Id / ##Sensitivity:int?2500## ) ) AS vdt INNER JOIN Users AS u ON vdt.User_Id = u.Id WHERE ( ( vdt.Upvote_Count >= ##MinUpvoteCountUnsensitive:int?7## ) OR ( vdt.Post_Count = vdt.Upvote_Count ) ) AND ( u.Reputation < ##MaxReputation:int?5000## ) AND ( ( vdt.Post_Count >= ##MinPostCountUnsensitive:int?7## ) OR ( vdt.Post_Count = vdt.Upvote_Count ) ) AND ( vdt.Post_Count >= ##MinPostCount:int?5## ) AND ( vdt.Upvote_Count >= ##MinUpvoteCount:int?5## ) AND ( u.Reputation != 1 ) -- This is to exclude suspended users with otherwise high rep AND ( vdt.Reputation_Gained >= ##MinReputationGained:int?35## ) ORDER BY vdt.Upvoting_Occured DESC, vdt.User_ID DESC