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==Genesis vandal==
==Genesis vandal==
Persistently creates new accounts to vandalise [[Evolution]] and [[Talk:Evolution]]. Replaces text of the article, or user pages of people who revert his edits, with the text of the bible chapter of Genesis. Accounts used over the past few days include [[User:Ear Sid]], [[User:Poise too]], [[User:Staam]], [[User:Grooy]] and [[User:Eve oft]]. [[User:TimVickers|Tim Vickers]] 18:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Persistently creates new accounts to vandalise [[Evolution]] and [[Talk:Evolution]]. Replaces text of the article, or user pages of people who revert his edits, with the text of the bible chapter of Genesis eg [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evolution&diff=157654187&oldid=157552526 diff]. Accounts used over the past few days include [[User:Ear Sid]], [[User:Poise too]], [[User:Staam]], [[User:Grooy]] and [[User:Eve oft]]. [[User:TimVickers|Tim Vickers]] 18:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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    Shortcut

    Long term abuse is a page intended to hold information describing editors or IPs who should be known by as many users as possible to aid in detecting and defeating their policy violations. Think of it as a "post office wall" with wanted posters. This page has been confused with several other pages, so please check the "Explanation" section if this is your first time here.

    Explanation

    Vandalism
    Dealing with vandalism
    Resources and assistance
    Further information

    This page should contain only properly categorized, unique entries on specific vandals with enough relevant and correct information to allow other people to identify them and their tracks. To keep this page functioning smoothly, please:

    Don't add an entry here requesting action, such as a block or page protect. This page is not scanned regularly, the same way Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV) and, to a lesser degree, Requests for page protection (WP:RFPP) are. If you need someone blocked or a pages protected, please refer to those two links.
    Only add vandals here, if you've been blocked as well as the "vandal" for edit warring or similar, wait for or request someone else to see if they should be added here. This page is not for dealing with two sided edit-wars, only one-sided vandalism.
    Only add vandals who need to be pointed out, such as sneaky sockpuppeteers, trolls, etc., really obvious vandals should be reported to WP:AIV or, if they use sockpuppets, Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. Likewise, vandals should only be added here if their vandalisms are serious (A good rule of thumb is whether or not their primary account has been indefinitely blocked). If you're not sure, ask on the talk page; we'll help.
    Don't add IP addresses! Severe IP vandals should be reported to Wikipedia:Abuse reports, not here.
    Don't use this page for discussions. If there needs to be a discussion, start it on the talk page and link to its section from this page. If there is a discussion going on elsewhere, link to it.
    Don't "sign" your entries, but do say who originally reported them, or who are the most knowledgeable about them so they can be contacted if need be.
    Don't use relative phrases like "recently" or "lately" without qualification. Try using "as of" to remedy this: "As of August 3, ..."
    Don't add entries without the vital information enumerated below; they will be almost guaranteed useless and will be removed.
    Keep this page free of useless content: Avoid off-topic discussion or other unneeded text, don't add images (Link to them if they are relevant to the entry), and refrain from injecting emotions into reports here.
    Remember to update entries with new or important information.

    Criteria for addition

    Users listed should have a marked past of policy violations well before and after their final, indefinite, block. User accounts that are listed as vandals but only have minor blocks, or "major vandals"/"sockpuppets" that aren't blocked indefinitely, will likely be removed. The relevant logs should back up your assertions, not contradict them.

    Note that shared IP addresses (EG. Schools, libraries, prisons, legislatures, etc.) engaging in egregious vandalisms should be reported on this page as they specialize in dealing with such IPs.

    Criteria for removal

    Any entry may be removed by anyone if it is clearly:

    • An old entry of an inactive vandal; subpages may be nominated for deletion on WP:MFD
    • Completely improper, incorrect or malicious (False report), incomplete or totally incoherent. Vandals "reporting themselves" should almost always be reverted.

    Adding to this page

    1. Check the subpages to ensure that they aren't already known about there.
    2. If the vandal's totally new, create an entry at the bottom of the appropriate section (see below for an explanation), with a descriptive heading, and under it a "Modus operandi" subsection. Use {{userlinks}} to list registered users involved and {{IPvandal}} for IP addresses.
      • This is vital: Without information on what a certain "vandal" does or how they do it, it will be impossible for other readers to understand how to spot them. Entries without this information will almost certainly be removed. See below for more information.
    3. If they're already listed on this page, add new information if you have it (Such as new sockpuppets or MOs). Discussion should be kept to a minimum, such as an open ended question about a puzzling attribute. In this instance, if you post the answer, incorporate it into the entry and remove the question. This page is extremely long as it is, if there needs to be prolonged discussion, use a talk page and link to it from the entry. Off topic discussion should be removed by anyone and any large discussion that has idled may be summarized.

    Necessary information in an entry

    Entries MUST have the following information to have utility:

    • A list of (some of) the accounts or (if any) IPs using by using {{vandal}}/{{IPvandal}} templates. If they have a category for their sockpuppets, link to it.
    • A description of their modus operandi. Good detail is important; unneeded information will be trimmed out by others, but a under-explained entry will require other people to sift through links, or just remove it. Linking some "diffs" (revisions) of their vandalisms is a good way to provide information on their vandalism it will show exactly what the vandal has been doing. Note that linking to a "rolling list", such as a page's history, is NOT passable: pages keep getting edits and after a while, the vandalic entries are several pages back.

    In either report, you don't need to list more than five socks/examples, barring something extremely unusual. If there are more then that many sockpuppets, consider creating a category and tagging their userpages with sockpuppet tags.

    If you aren't sure that your entry is correct, it is OK to request formatting help in then entry. If people have questions when they fix the format, they may ask you for more details.

    Sections

    The page is divided up into sections as follows:

    • The Archives which are periodically created for old entries who have become inactive for a significant length of time.
    • Entries, comprizing (in addition to regular entries):
      • Subpages for vandals who are a serious enough threat to warrant a subpage for easy reference (Please read the guideline there before creating a subpage).
      • Serial SPAMmers who literally do nothing but SPAM, frequently by inserting the same link into every article that's possibly related to what they're pushing.
    • To be correctly filed — Holding pen where entries are added by default. If you're in a hurry you can add yours here, but you should try and find the correct section yourself.

    Archives

    Entries

    Subpages

    These pages contain information on more serious or unusual cases which merit a fixed location of reference. Before creating a new subpage, please read the guidelines. Frequently people jump directly to creating a subpage instead of listing a vandal on this page which often results in unnecessary pages which serve little purpose and end up getting deleted.

    Guidelines for creating subpages:

    Some questions to ask of the new subpage and its subject:

    • Is the vandal a "long term" vandal? Remember the pages are subpages of LTA and have to fulfill the same criteria as entries on LTA.
    • Does the vandal deserve a more permanent information location? Why can't they be listed on LTA like any other? There has to be a definite reason (or number of reasons) for giving them a subpage beyond "the LTA page section is too long" (e.g. engages in a very serious form of vandalism; appears to suffer from a mental disorder).
    • Is their vandalism simple and easy to detect? If so, then there probably isn't much need to create a page describing it, as users will be able to pick up on and deal with it as typical vandalism without requiring any insight into previous vandalism and/or whether or not a particular person is responsible for it. Pages on vandals which provide little help beyond what could easily be discovered by simply monitoring recent changes serve little purpose. As above, prolixity doesn't by itself warrant a subpage.
    • Is the increased effort worth it? Keep in mind that subpages must be maintained and kept up to date, if no new developments are likely to occur and there is no great need to inform everyone about them, a subpage would likely grow extremely stale very quickly.

    Some example of "legit" subpages and why:

    • Primetime — This vandal regularly engages in an unbelievably dangerous form of vandalism: Wanton copyright infringement that could place the Wikimedia Foundation in serious legal danger. Users should know how to spot him so as many people as possible will know and be prepared to counter his plagiarism.
    • Lightbringer — This vandal is obsessed with inserting his extreme POV content into Freemasonry despite bans on doing so issued by the ArbCom and the community. To someone who doesn't know about this vandal and his MO, he may appear to be a participant in a legitimate content dispute rather than a vandal and banned user. Due to this, unneeded and (proven) useless dispute resolution may be pursued rather then his latest sockpuppet simply being blocked, wasting people's time.
    • Mmbabies - This vandal has made vicious death threats to Christina Aguilera, Nicole C. Mullen, Kellie Copeland-Kutz and other celebrities--the nature of which could place Wikimedia in grave legal danger. Due to this, users should be on the lookout for these sorts of threats so they can be reverted as quickly as possible.
  • Bonaparte — "Malicious sockpuppetry", vote stacking, consenseusfraud, ethnic disruption related to Romania and Moldova.
  • General Tojo — POV pushing on Parkinson's disease.
  • HeadleyDown — Deliberate long term article degradation to extreme POV positions. Plays the voice of "reasonable editor" and skeptic (admits in email it's for "fun"). Unscrupulous. Into attack/harassment. Multiple arbcom cases/bans. Habitual reincarnator.
  • Israelbeach — Personal attacks and harassment; legal threats.
  • JarlaxleArtemis – Personal attacks, harassment, and e-mail bombing.
  • Lightbringer — POV pushing on Freemasonry, personal attacks, and ban evasion.
  • MascotGuy — Inserting hoax information into specific articles; possibly autistic.
  • Mmbabies - Adding false information and bizarre statements to articles, ugly death threats.
  • Primetime and on Meta — Deliberate copyright infringement, personal attacks and harrassment on and off wiki, cross-wiki sockpuppetry.
  • Roitr — Adding false information on various militaries, especially Russia.
  • Universe Daily (No connection with website Universe Today) — Massive deceptive linkspam; personal attacks.
  • VaughanWatch — POV pushing on subjects related to Vaughan, Ontario.
  • SummerThunder — POV pushing on subjects related to China, malicious cross-wiki sock puppetry, extensive on- and off-wiki personal attacks.
  • Verdict - Very similar to JB196, targets professional wrestling articles, in particular Brock Lesnar, personal attacks, disruptive, and over 100 socks.

    • Serial SPAMmers

    Consider also reporting these spammers to the meta:Spam blacklist. If the addition is successful, you may wish to immediately archive or remove the section here.

    Universe Today and sockpuppet-SPAMmers

    Operating most notabily from the shared 203.10.59.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) this user is a sneaky sockpuppeting SPAMMer. All this info is at /Universe Daily.

    AlloExpat

    This entry was blanked by a user from 203.109.50.20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Like the previous case, this IP resolves to a host in Malaysia, suggesting that the spammer may have been trying (clumsily) to cover his/her tracks. -Loren 04:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    SexInRussia spammer

    Car and Ringtone Spammer

    User keeps adding external links to his car website or ringtone/phone website, which only contains Wikipedia information (directly copied with no credit given to Wikimedia) and sponsored adverts. The links appear on many 'car' pages such as those of Aston Martin, Mercedes Benz, Land Rover etc (in the external links section). Spamming has continued to this day, despite a 24 hour ban by user RadioKirk. 50+ articles have had links added, some have now been removed be me and others, but he is persistent...

    Bulldog Spammer

    Using wikipedia to try to sell dogs, got final warning twice, still came back and spammed.
    Cleaned up the links for now (linksearch). Suggest blacklisting if the spammer persists.

    Datasheet serial spammer

    Not surprizingly this spammer hits the Datasheet page (history) and others related to electronics. The original URI (datasheet4u.com) was banned on Meta, but recently mirrors have sprung up, requiring the page to be kept under nearly constant protection.

    COIBot user report: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/UserReports/124.60.232.59

    "We are all looking fsorward to a great sseason"

    These SPAMmers, who may be running a botnet from zombie computers, add trash like this. Many of the IPs are in LACNIC's range). A site-specific search on Google reveals that it's been somewhat successful at getting some indexing. An example IP is 83.238.44.12 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) on June 1 2006. These malefactors have hit up other websites as well: [1]

    SPUSA spammer

    Anonymous IPs with similar IP numbers have persistently added links to the Socialist Party USA website and the wikipedia page on the organisation. These links number in the hundreds to any article on a social issue, such as black power, and re-adds the links repeatedly after they've been reverted by other editors. They are usually in the "see also" and "external links section, but sometimes, the same editor removes content critical of the SPUSA, or adds links in the body of the article (e.g. this diff, this diff and this diff). Occasionally these links may be considered legitimate, but the vast majority are things like "the SPUSA cares about this issue too" (e.g. this diff). It's hard to tell if they are honestly trying to promote the group or turn people against it! The editor/s have used the the following IP addresses, among others:

    CantStandYa

    DickyRobert

    DickyRobert (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was an editor who was blocked indefinitely for disruption on pages related to warez and threats. He regularly creates new sockpuppets but doesn't use them untill they're old enough to skirt semi-protection, then he'll flood his chosen targets with them, frequently using each account only once, whether or not it's been blocked.

    His sockpuppet names generally are names of famous people (User:Issac Newton), or various productions. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of DickyRobert for the full list of suspected accounts.

    Blocked User:Gibraltarian

    Gibraltarian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was indefinitely blocked in mid-December 2005 for constant sockpuppetry, personal attacks, malice and POV pushing. His sockpuppets can be seen here and here.

    He uses the most major dial-up ISP in the territory, hence blocking them or individual IPs will result in collateral damage to most of Gibraltar. Keep the blocks short: Enough to make him impatient to re-dial-up. Also note that 195.244.195.104 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), which is occasionally used only by Gibnews (talk · contribs), is legitimate. A history of the IPs he's used may be seen here.

    Comments made by Gibraltarian may be signed "Gibraltarian": (Example).

    His purview is mostly the following, and can be identified by extreme POV edits:


    Recent May 2007 examples

    Added identical content to Conflict of interest/Noticeboard, Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard, Requests for comment/Biographies and user talk pages. — Athaenara ✉ 17:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    SpongeBob/The Shining vandal

    • A user named Uytku (talk · contribs) made many vandal edits to the List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch on January 1st, claiming that the characters appeared in SpongeBob Squarepants episodes, and also as puppets in The Muppets and Sesame Street. I remember seeing this same vandalism on the page earlier in December with a different account (this account was only used on the 1st). Could it be the same person? Miriam The Bat 09:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Tooj117/The Geek Vandal

    Tooj117 is a vandal that started vandalizing the page Geek by repetedly adding a ridiculous picure of a stereotypical geek. The vandal the began adding this picture on various pages, or just doing other vandalism such as page blanking, and false information. The user was blocked indefinitely. Tooj117 kept creating sockpuppets and had accounts doing the same vandalism from different IPs. The vandalism by tooj117 of the page geek still happens frequently, but not nearly as often as before. Tooj117 has claimed to be more than 3 people working as a "team" to create sockpuppets and vandalize pages. Another user Stroon was thought to be an impersonator, but is simply a member of the Tooj117 "unit".The Geek Vandal still vandalizes pages freqeuntly. Mostly geek, Joe Lieberman, and Admin's user pages (Particularly Ohnoitsjamie). Tooj117 has started vandalizing across wikis and creating impersonations of Admins user pages.

    Sollog

    Followers of a self-styled god named Sollog frequently vandalise the Wikipedia. They at one point had a website at http://www.wikipediasucks.com.

    Articles regularly hit up on are:

    Sockpuppets / Meatpuppets of Sollog will usually make themselves known by invoking the name of Sollog or linking to the aforementioned site or http://www.247news.net/2004/20041211-wikipedia.shtml, also sharing a similar writing style, using UPPER CASE for emphasis. See Talk:Sollog for information on their past behavior. An example of Sollog vandalism can be seen in this edit to Henry VIII of England:

    In the past the following proxies have been used:

    The physical location for most of the attacks seems to be Atlanta, Georgia and from northeastern Broward County, Florida, possibly Pompano Beach, Florida and/or Lighthouse Point, Florida.

    Super Nintendo vandal

    This vandal vandalizes pages by replacing the page title or keyterms with the word Super Nintendo. This vandal moves at very high speed. I only have 2 IP's for this vandal but I'm almost positive that there are more.--Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 04:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • It is also possible that the Super Nintendo is responsible creating accounts that imitate WoW and tCv. This vandal also blanks his talk page linking to WoW and tCv when blocked. --Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 02:15, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    IPs used by the Super Nintendo vandal

    Zephram Stark

    After being banned six months by the Arbitration Committee for POV-pushing on Terrorism and related pages, personal attacks (including a racial slur [2]), and unwillingness to cooperate with his fellow editors, he created multitudes of sockpuppets to circumvent his ban, which has been reset several times. --TML1988 21:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Images:

    Frequently, he will upload an image. It can either be a strange one that he created, or just a random one that he swiped from the web. He also creates sockpuppets and uploads images to Wikipedia Commons. (See [3], [4], [5], [6]). They're all Zephram sockpuppets, many of the same images have been deleted from Wikipedia. If anyone uses any of these images here, he is most likely a sockpuppet. For example War on Sockpuppetism. --JW1805 (Talk) 17:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Currently identified sockpuppets:

    Articles to watch (and associated talk pages):

    Krabs502

    Continued vandalism of this kind from Krabs and associated socks[7], most recently User:Krabs600. Kaisershatner 15:47, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    See [8], and [9] Kaisershatner 15:48, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Why isn't this guy blocked at all? Any real edit he makes is drowned by the dozens of vandalistic ones he makes. - Hahnch e n 18:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Update, July 2007, the hoax edits have continued for the past year, particularly concerning WWE, Bratz, and EA Games, and an indefinite block has now been placed on the underlying IP 216.83.121.194. ANI report. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:10, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    User:Hryun (D.A. Arbatsky vandal)

    User has declared a "war" against Wikipedia because it did not allow the article on a purported scientific theory of Dmitri Arbatsky (who is probably the vandal) to survive. As such has created many single-edit sockpuppets and has made various edits to quantum physics articles, many of them intentional vandalism (inserting incorrect statements, moving or deleting sections) or variations of self-promotion spam. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Hryun for a list of them. They all have very similarly uninventive names and usually link to a diff of his declared "war" on Wikipedia, lord knows why. It would be great if we could assess whether or not the ISP, who is obviously assigning dynamic IPs, is worth contacting or just worth blocking alltogether. --Fastfission 00:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC) [reply]

    Unemployed, living in basement, aka Brando(n)03, aka Louisville Vandal

    Unemployed, living in basement (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a troll account which was indefinely blocked for repeated vandalism. He attempts to harass users who deal with his trollery by vandalising their user and user talk pages (Including using malicious redirects) and creating fraudulent impostor usernames and attempting to ruin their reputation. He has also made homophobic vandalisms against gay users. According to User:Chris24, his name is Jxxxxxx Bxxxxxx Mxxxxx.

    Brandon03 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) shows strong knowledge of WpA process and culture, suggesting this vandal has done his research or has been around for a while. Many of his IPs are registered to Qwest in Louisville, Kentucky, hence the name.

    See also, Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Unemployed, living in basement.

    He has claimed that he is going to stop vandalising. [10] [11] Note that this was one of the hallmarks of the "North Carolina vandal".

    He's still vandalising and spamming. Hopefully the following information will help catch him:

    His name is Jxxxxxx B. Mxxxxx and he attends the University of Louisville http://louisville.edu/~jbmxxxxx/

    Fursecution Vandal

    A user has been repeatedly attacking articles related to Furry fandom, Therianthropy and Otherkin. The user violates WP:HA. The vandalism often involves insults aimed at these various subsultures and/or bad-faith merge requests. The vandalism also involves user page vandalism, hate speech, and is not just blanking.

    User:Fursecution vandal's sock puppets list is here.

    September 3

    Since August 24, attacks on this group of pages are still being observed, but if they are from the same editor, the MO may be taking a turn for the more subtle. Rather than delete entire sections or add merge requests, recent attacks have been single sentences or even single words, continuing the pattern of WP:HA, but from accounts not flaunting an obvious connection with TFV. These may be unrelated incidents, but I would caution editors to keep a close eye out regardless. Baxil 09:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    May be also disrupting WikiFur etc. May be Blue Aardvark, since he has also disrupted WiiFur. ~Crazytales  (IP locations!) 13:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    IP Addresses for this vandal

    This user is also vandalizing OtherkinCommunity.net, going under the name of TFV and TFV 2 (re-registered after banned). He has used the following IP addresses when posting in the forums:

    • 88.106.236.3
    • 88.106.137.49
    • 38.101.209.250
    • 88.106.238.87


    Asian fetish vandal

    User logs in from a randomized German IP 80.138.x.x to post racist, anti-semitic, and sexist material under the rubric of "anthropology." Uses white supremacist sources. Most notorious for persistent vandalism to Asian fetish. Also attacks Beethoven, Racial fetishism, Anti-relativity (Deleted), Mongoloid, Special relativity, Anthropology, Virago and possibly other pages. Insults other editors based on assumptions about their gender, religion, or ethnic background. Banning is impractical due to the range of IP addresses used.

    Original report: User:Durova

    January through March 2006 addresses used:

    Returned in 4/2007:

    "The Blasphemy Guy"

    This person repeatedly vandalizes the dinosaur article by blanking it and replacing it with a Young-Earth fundamentalist Christian creed that states that dinosaurs did not exist. An example of this can be seen here. He or she also makes personal attacks against reverters; for example: [12] [13].

    Some IPs used:

    He or she may also hit articles relating to Islam.

    AOL Europe IPs according to whois. Abuse report in order? —Crazytales (t.) 12:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know, I haven't seen them attack lately, probably because that articel has been protected for probably close to half a year. I suggest that this be removed soon barring future developments; this, now that I look at it, would've been better there in the first place! 68.39.174.238 19:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The Middle East Conflict Man

    The Middle East Conflict Man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), indefinitely banned from three Wikipedias (English and both Norwegians), uses numerous sockpuppets to make a highly POV edit to Socialism, as well as making inflammatory/vandalistic edits to various other socialism-related articles. As of late July 2006 he has 50 suspected sockpuppets. Blocks on his IP are apparently ineffective.

    The sockpuppets variously claim to be from two different people: given their similar behaviour, they may be treated as one entity in accordance with Arbitration Committee rulings

    Banned User:Irate

    Banned user persistently returning using revolving IPs in the 84.9.x.x and 87.75.x.x range. This user uses the edit summary "revert vandalism" or "rvv".

    Bulldog DSL ip addresses in UK. —Crazytales (t.) 12:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Emico

    Emico (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was banned from editing Iglesia ni Cristo related articles for one year from August 21, 2005 (provided he doesn't violate his parole) by the arbitration comittee: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Emico. He has not honored that decision and continues to cause disruption at the article and users involved with his ArbCom hearing. Emico is also believed to be using proxys to evade blocks, making it nearly impossible to confirm using checkuser functionality. A member of the Arbitration Comittee has declared explicitly that Emico's edits and edits edits of suspected sockpuppets may be reverted "without comment": [14]

    Modus operandi

    The following is a list of editing patterns which are common with Emico and his sockpuppets:

    • Posts only at Iglesia ni Cristo and its related articles.
    • Personal attacks or negative opinions aimed the contributers who are against him (mostly the ones who have participated in his ArbCom hearing). This includes, but is not limited to, comments about contributers' past policy violations or/and lack of knowlege of the subject matter.
    • New usernames where the majority of contributions are of the above point.
    • Posts coming from proxy addresses. A checkuser result has proven Emico posts from different IPs from all over the world.
    • Article edits which are nearly identical to Emico's initial edit pattern, which is explained at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Emico.
    • Insult usernames which parodies current contributers' screen names (eg User:Starbucks, User:LenlenBunting)
    • Massive ommisions of sourced content which are critical of the Church.
    • Use of sockpuppets (See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Emico and Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Emico)
    • Use of open proxies

    Nokhc / aluminium, sulfur

    Nokhc (talk · contribs · block log) is a vandal who attacks articles with unsourced comments and outright bias. His main targets are aluminium and sulfur, where he claims that the spellings are "a vulgar error that should not be perpetuated" and "a ridiculous spelling", respectively. He also seems to be homophobic (per this edit) and mysinogynistic (per this). He may be "EnthusiastFRANCE (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)".

    Other targets include Jeremy Bentham, Stanford prison experiment, Prostitution, Foreskin, Morality, Naturism.

    Userpage vandalism and personal attacks, signs himself as User:Nokhc (indef blocked). IPs used:

    Creates one-time socks: User:Diched, User:Dichead, User:RESURGAM, User:V----l Sch----l, User:Dududuh, User:Duh duh duh, User:Not the duke of Devonshire, User:Master of the prick, User:TICK TOCK, User:DINGGGGG!, User:At the speed of light, User:Wikipedia is immoral, User:Porud!!!

    Disney/Barney vandal

    Since late May 2006, this user has vandalized several articles related to The Walt Disney Company, Barney & Friends and Public Broadcasting Service. Occasional targets include articles related to The Simpsons and The Land Before Time, along with miscellaneous television and media topics. His/her modus operandi is to introduce inaccuracies and bad formatting, much of it subtle to inexperienced users or those who know little about either subject. Edits from all IPs are identical, so it's virtually certain they are operated by the same user.

    Articles frequented by this user include:

    Disney articles:

    Barney and PBS articles:

    Other:

    User:Kenwood 3000

    This vandal has two targets:

    1. The article on jazz fusion band Brand X and related articles, replacing tracklistings and band lineups with fake ones, occasionally inventing entire imaginary albums. A giveaway is including an 'Ian Hart-Stein' in the lineup.
    2. Libellous vandalism against biographies of living persons, the majority black celebrities.

    Has created numerous sockpuppets, and further ones should be blocked and rolled back on sight.

    User:Enlighter1 & sock puppets

    Original report by clearthought Sept 2006

    Seems to always vandalize Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press the most (sometimes other news and non-news articles too), as well as making personal and vile attacks against users. Always reverts the reverts people do to his/her (Enlighter1's) vandalism by saying something like "rv vandalism" or "I am not the real vandal" in the edit summary. Has edits and actions aforementioned consistent to all of this users IP and registered user sock puppets. Also, when registering a username, tends to have the name end in "1" or have something to do with "AllPowerful" or "AllKnowing". A vandal profile page keeping an eye on this vandal is needed (like what has been done with the 'communism' and 'on wheels' vandals, but obviously not as serious). I myself, and others, have spent much time trying to take care of this vandal, so I think that the Wikipedia community — as well as admins who can actually do something when help is needed — should be made known to this new serial vandal. Still very active 30.11.2006: [21] activity includes "archiving" aka blanking of larger talkpages as well as targeting specific talkpages. See [22] [23] [24] for typical patterns. Often uses webproxies - some open - some backslashing.

    • Has disrupted IRC numerous times. Works from a Chello isp in austria apparently. He's banned from many Wikimedia IRC channels. I'm at school atm so I can't look up his static IP in the ban list. ~Crazytales  (IP locations!) 13:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Outoftuneviolin

    This vandal uses similarly named sockpuppets to vandalize. His edits follow few, set patterns. Their vandalisms are usually written in "AOL speak" or just poorly spelled. For the most part, they're trollish posts attacking evolution and users they think are "evilutionists" sic.

    His sock puppets: category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Outoftuneviolin Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Outoftuneviolin

    Galatasaray, etc POV pushers

    Galatasaray and some other Turkish football articles are repeatedly hit on by an IP-hopping, sockpuppeting vandal who will engage in midless reverts of these pages to "their" version regardless of the differences. When partially protected, this vandal uses sockpuppets such as Burak18 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Johnny200 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to perpetrate the same reversions.

    A sampling of IPs used by this vandal will show their typical MO: 194.171.121.27 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log),124.50.89.17 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), 148.233.120.49 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), 200.76.104.121 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 82.168.59.236 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and 82.92.94.108 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Most vandalic edits involve "Turkifying" Galatasaray or other clubs by removing lists of foreign coaches. They also add unsourced conjectures ("X'll be coach of Galatasaray next year", etc.) and removing dispute tags calling attention to their unsourced assertions.

    Administrator Robdurbar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been helping out with dealing with this vandal, concerns (New sockpuppets, etc) sent to him may be understood more quickly.

    Ionocraft, Lifter (ionic propulsion device), and Biefeld – Brown effect

    An AOL user has been using AOL's proxies to persistently revert two articles (one of which was moved to a new name). Their edits are always exactly the same; replacing the entire article with an old version that they wrote in a bot-like fashion. They could easily be countered by a bot that watched the page and looked for their signature edit. Page protection logs (due entirely to this vandal): Lifter (now entitled Ionocraft), Biefeld – Brown effect — Omegatron 19:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Jinxtengu Vandal

    Operating from the main account called JINXTENGU (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) this vandalizer persistently launches personal attacks, creates a large amount of malicious sock puppets, creates imposter/spoof accounts, and many of his accounts have been blocked but one in particular was blocked for issuing a death threat (see this post) JINXTENGU is also being reported at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/JINXTENGU and this check user report caused one of the static IPs to be blocked for a month. This user has also claimed to have written a program specifically aiming to create large amounts of sockpuppet accounts to override bans (see this).

    Their sockpuppets can be seen at: category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_JINXTENGU. Note that Prussian Poet gal. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Tunisian Prophet poet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are both attacks on User:Persian Poet Gal.

    The following is a list of diff pages tracking some of his vandalism/personal attacks throughout 2006:

    Suki vandal

    64.110.251.69 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and 209.107.121.103 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log): see Talk:Suki. Long-term hoax edits every month or so, notably to Suki and New World Religion, asserting the existence of a major world religion called "SUKI(tm)", despite repeated consensus to delete due to absence of reliable sources. Some examples: [25], [26].

    The IP above attempted to remove this section [27] and is noted for ranting wildly and making borderline personal attacks on people he runs in to.

    Update: active again, now via 70.73.4.197 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) [28], [29], [30], [31], [32]. Tearlach 13:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sports television vandal

    Keeps vandalising Category:Sports television in the United States articles. Blocked several times but keeps on adding the nonsense after the blocks expire. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:00, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    • Tends to add the phrase "robertsrobert" or something similar to some of the vandalism. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Joan of Arc vandal

    This vandal edits Joan of Arc, homosexuality, cross-dressing, Catholicism and related articles, particularly on topics where these interests intersect. Uses AOL (64.12.116.x, 152.163.100.x, 205.188.11x.x) and sockpuppets.

    This vandal alters pages toward a devoutly Catholic, anti-homosexual POV. Favored methods include deletion of cited material, deceptive edit summaries, and edit warring. Sometimes engages in lengthy talk page debates; at other times avoids talk pages and conducts disputes through edit summaries. Has been known to add inaccurate statements to cited passages, degrade existing footnotes, and fabricate fraudulent citations. Deletes material from talk pages. Has created at least one account to impersonate an established editor. Highly persistent vandal can read sources in French and attempts to mask destructive activity as legitimate editing disputes. Active since October 2004.

    On 16 December 2006 User:AWilliamson was community banned as the (dormant) sockmaster of this sockfarm. Sockpuppets have also been banned although new and unidentified socks may remain active.

    See also:

    Original report by User:Durova.

    The name vandal

    • Modus operandi/analysis

    IP (85.210.192.0/18) add one after another unsourced/false first & middle names,mostly in professional wrestlers[33] [34] [35] [36] [37]/Football articles[38] [39] [40] [41] [42], Googling shows no results verifying users edits with rare exceptions., the vandal will sometimes revert own earlier vandalism when someone discovers his activities; an example: (vandalism another user removes fictionalize middle name the vandal will later add the true middle name back), will also engage in blatant vandalism in articles[43] [44] [45] [46] [47] and on user pages.

    Known Ip's

    " you wikipedia assholes think u can stop me ha ha ha ha ha" [48] insulting a sysop [49] - Sirex98 16:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Sneaky Stats Vandal

    See also

    Modus operandi

    Sneaky vandal, alters statistics about population, race and skin colour, entering fabricated or poorly-calculated values. Turn-ons include weather, human height, and blonde hair colour. Also categorizes people into ethnic categories (many of these are legit edits). This vandal used to edit from Canadian IP addresses, but has recently started using Brazilian dynamic IP.

    Examples


    Bogdanov sockpuppets

    Sockpuppets have been attacking the article Bogdanov Affair since 2005. The sockpuppets are easily recognisable; all use long edit summaries, never post to the talk page, and are completely unsubtle as to their reverts (that is, the diffs of each individual sockpuppet, when checked, will be identical or near-identical).

    Until recently single-purpose accounts were used exclusively, since February 2007 the sockpuppeteer(s) have somehow begun resurrecting dormant accounts and using those. For example:

    The above accounts showed none of the telling characteristics (long edit summaries etc) until their resurrection, when they began showing the signs listed above. None (as of Feb 2007) have edited Bogdanov Affair before falling dormant, but after resurrection they only edited Bogdanov Affair, even though they may have had diverse edit histories prior to being compromised. Whether these accounts have been hacked or willingly given over is not important unless the accounts request unblocking; as of Feburary 2007 none of them have done so.

    Note that the arbitration committee has ruled several times (e.g. RFAR/Iasson) "For the purpose of dispute resolution when there is uncertainty whether a party is one user with sockpuppets or several users with similar editing habits they may be treated as one user with sockpuppets". In this particular case "the criteria for determining external involvement shall be a review of their edit history, it being presumed that if the vast majority of their edits are to the Bogdanov Affair they are not Wikipedia editors but persons involved in the external dispute." (see RFAR/Regarding The Bogdanov Affair)

    In summary, all accounts which display the above obvious characteristics should be reverted and blocked on sight. Accounts which suddenly begin showing these characteristics despite a previous edit history which bears no resemblance to the Bogdanov sockpuppetry should be considered compromised and also blocked. If the compromised accounts request unblocking, that can be dealt with when it comes.

    See also Category:Banned Wikipedia editors involved in the Bogdanov Affair.


    BenH

    BenH (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was repeatedly warned for vandalism and infantile edits to television station articles (I've fixed at least two of them). He's had an RfC pending on him for almost a year and hasn't bothered to respond--he's been indefinitely blocked since July. Moreover, he's been suspected of using numerous sockpuppets. An administrator mentioned that he'd blocked one of them since BenH was permanently banned, but there's no notation in his block log of this. One of his suspected sockpuppets was active as late as March 20.

    This guy obviously has no intentions of being a meaningful contributor, and the block hasn't stopped him.

    Modus operandi

    He makes unsourced and low-quality edits to TV station and other miscellaneous articles. Some of the things he does are add unsourced and false dates to TV station foundings, and stubbing articles that are way past stub status.

    Examples

    Enough for a subpage by itself, so here are some of the really bad ones:

    1. [51]
    2. [52]
    3. [53]
    4. [54]
    5. [55]
    6. [56]
    7. [57]
    8. [58]
    9. [59]
    10. [60]
    11. [61]
    12. [62]
    13. [63]
    14. [64]
    15. [65]
    16. [66]
    17. [67]
    18. [68]
    19. [69]
    20. [70]
    21. [71]
    22. [72]

    Banned user Ararat arev

    Modus operandi

    The categories give a sample, but by no means an exhaustive list. User also at times edits anonymously, and will use "sleeper" socks to evade semiprotection. Almost always concentrates on making similar disruptive edits to Turkey ([73]) and Armenia ([74]) regarding Armenians being native in Turkey's eastern highlands, and east Turkey being "Armenian land". Edit summaries will often refer to "references" or "ancient records".

    Handling

    User is banned, so reverting such edits is not subject to the three-revert rule and should be done on sight. Report obvious socks or IPs to WP:AIV, no need to go through the standard warning procedure.

    Lyle123

    Lyle123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and sockpuppets

    This vandal uses sockpuppets to create hoax articles about purported animated films. Many of his articles either copy the wikitext of a legitimate film article or an article about a children's book. For example, Sir Tod (1974 film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is a copy of The Jungle Book (1967 film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Some of his accounts combine legitimate and vandalous edits.

    Those dealing with this user may want to watchlist his articles, as he frequently removes deletion tags and reposts deleted pages.

    When he creates a hoax article, he will often add it to a list or template, such as the following:

    He also adds links to his articles in the "filmography" section of actors he claims are starring in the films (example).

    Administrator Tregoweth has been watching Lyle123's activities since January 2007, and is probably the most knowledgeable about his activities.

    Freddy Rantol (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - this might be Lyle123's "original" account, from December 2006. This user created a fake animated feature article and added it to the "list of animated feature films" ([75]). He also created an article about a 12-year-old boy which was deleted. Since then this account has had no edits.

    In June 2007, a CU request on StealBoy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was requested. The chances of the two being the same are high, and Lyle is not afraid of making a sockpuppet farm.

    Examples of Lyle123 hoaxes

    In addition, he constantly re-created the article Cat Tale, a now-canceled film that was to be released (but not produced) by Disney. The title has since been protected. "Cat the Movie" may be an attempt to revive the article under a different title.

    JJonathan

    JJonathan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and sockpuppets

    Modus operandi

    This very prolific vandal uses sockpuppets to add false information to articles related to pop stars and pop music. He has also created hoax articles about puported upcoming albums (e.g. Tatyana Ali's second studio album, the content of which he repeatedly recreates at various titles). Articles this user takes a particular interest in include Kylie Minogue, Danni Minogue, Aaron Carter, Tatyana Ali, Deborah Gibson, Tara Kemp, Coko, Tracie Spencer and Teddy Riley (producer). Some of his accounts combine legitimate and vandal edits - however his most obvious characteristic is the addition of false 'new album' and record label info and inappropriate vocal range and genre categories to pop singer articles. He also tends to mark the vast majority of his edits as minor.

    Example diffs (most of his edits follow this pattern and writing style): [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87]

    Another characteristic, identifying edit, although not a vandal edit per se (JJonathan has been edit-warring on the Pop princess article for some time), can be seen here.

    JJonathan frequently has more than one sockpuppet account on the go at any one time and simply creates more as required without any apparent intention of communicating or changing his ways. There does appear to be a certain consistency in naming, as a browse through the sockpuppet categories above will demonstrate. Variants of "Jonathan", "Joseph", "Junkie", "Libra", "September", "1989", "Groovy", "Pop", "NYC", "Dancer" and "Ball" pop up frequently in the usernames of his socks.

    He is currently mostly editing using anon IPs in the 172.1xx.xx.xxx range, though the editing pattern is identical.

    The User:Natalie Erin vandal

    • Not sure, if I should post this here nor if somebody already did it previously, but I suspect a large batch of sockpuppets targeting the same user - like trying to post (sometimes without success) disgusting images or other type of offending materials to her user page. This is possibly ongoing for several weeks, perhaps months.[88]

    Did someone or will someone do a checkuser on all those accounts that have been vandalizing the User:Natalie Erin userpage. The type of vandalism makes me think that there is a long list of sockpuppets. Thanks!

    For you to help - User:Sound sound of music, User:Benny RadioR, User:Kinersi, User:SouthAtom and User:Motor on time! are some of the suspected sock accounts. --JForget 21:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hkelkar (talk · contribs)

    Really does not need any introduction. Based on Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Hkelkar and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar 2.

    The user edits Dalitstan, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Doosra, Iqbal and related pages.Bakaman 00:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Baseball Vandal aka Ron liebman

    A vandal operating primarily out of the New York City public library open computer terminals, this vandal has impersonated members of baseball statistics organizations and inserted unsourced and false information into numerous baseball-related articles. Case primarily known as Ron liebman (talk · contribs) but real name unknown. See RFCU: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ron liebman and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ron liebman.

    Current sock categories covered by this case are:
    Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ron liebman
    Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ron liebman
    Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Moe kaplan

    Known sockpuppets include at least:

    Named accounts:

    Isidore wax (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared April 22. CU confirmed
    Irene liebman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)) -> First appeared March 24. CU confirmed
    Moe kaplan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 5. CU confirmed
    Robert scheinblum (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 12. CU confirmed
    Rasheed wilds (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 12. CU confirmed
    Isidore was (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 14. CU confirmed
    Jos martinez (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 15. Claims not to be Liebman. CU confirmed
    Emily ciorciari (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 15. CU confirmed
    Michael ing (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 15. CU confirmed
    Frank scelta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 15. CU confirmed
    Eddie gold (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 15. CU confirmed
    Gamere (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 19. CU confirmed
    Mikemaddog (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 20. CU confirmed
    Ted ditullio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 9. CU confirmed
    Evelyn m. begley (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 8. CU confirmed
    Cynthia roberts (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 8. CU confirmed
    Alvin berrios (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 22. CU confirmed
    Di Tullion (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 22. CU confirmed
    Ross adell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 17. CU confirmed
    Rick dempsey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 14. CU confirmed
    Mischa gelman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 23.
    Joe nunziatta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 25.
    Steven nadel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 25.
    Lynn samuels (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 25.
    Joya das (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 25.
    Ebony dunn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 26.
    Rasul modan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 25, noticed on May 29.
    Cjamieson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared May 23, noticed on May 30. CU confirmed
    Cloisters (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 4, noticed on June 6.
    Ellyabe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 6.
    Dave eilers (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 8.
    Swerdlick (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 9.
    Wyckoff cut rate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 7, noticed on June 14.
    Scott flatow (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 7, noticed on June 14.
    Achillest (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 19, noticed on June 21.
    Ruby e. cunningham (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 28.
    Barry friedman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> First appeared June 7, noticed on June 28. Claims not to be RL vandal ( [89] ) but edits from Queens College - City University of New York; prior IPs were largely New York City public library.

    IPs

    12.199.96.253 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) -> he resumed using this on May 12, as soon as its 7-day block expired.
    65.88.88.126 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    65.88.88.200 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    69.183.247.150 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    162.83.241.47 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.6 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.32 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.106.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.106.40 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.126 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.130 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.154 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.215 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    207.159.196.253 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.106.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    198.22.236.230 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
    149.4.108.35 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

    149.4.108.x is CUNY - City University of New York. Other IPs used include New York City public library open access terminals.

    Articles affected

    Non-Baseball related
    Escitalopram
    Elisabeth Hasselbeck
    Joy Behar
    The View

    Baseball related
    Al Simmons
    Billy Hamilton (baseball player)
    Casey Stengel
    Harry Simpson
    Hideki Matsui
    John Henry Lloyd
    Rip Repulski
    Tony Kubek
    Victor Pellot
    Wes Westrum
    Whitey Ford

    More baseball, occasionally vandalised by him
    1935 in baseball
    1936 in baseball
    1940 in baseball
    1960 in baseball
    1961 in baseball
    Cap Anson
    Chief Bender
    Christy Mathewson
    Eddie Cicotte
    Edward Caraballo
    Ernie Banks
    Frankie Frisch
    Fred Haney
    Frisch
    Gil Hodges
    Harry Chappas
    Johnny Pesky
    Larry MacPhail
    List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
    Major League Baseball titles leaders
    Major League Baseball titles streaks
    Mike Sharperson
    MLB consecutive games played streaks
    Paul Dean
    Ron Santo
    Sam Jones (baseball)
    Sam Rice
    Vada Pinson

    WP:LTA Report started: Georgewilliamherbert 19:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    "Colorado" vandal

    Cgkimpson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Ckimpson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    67.166.58.4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
    CamKimpson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    • Continually adding hoax and unhelpful information to articles, particularly tornado related but to an assortment of different articles, as well creating demonstrated hoax articles complete with template and information of authentic related articles; example Eastern Colorado Tornado Outbreak of 1990. Continually restores edits and removes templates; also uses multiple accounts/IPs to try to hide activity. Evolauxia 22:18, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    "Eldritch", the "Jon K is racist" vandal

    Unregistered user making repeated claims that musician is racist since 13th April. I detailed the vandalism here and was advised to add notice at "Long term abuse".

    Warnings have been left on 10 of the IPs talk pages, and two of the IPs were temp blocked (86.129.124.222 and 86.129.142.128), though the vandalism simply continued under different IPs. The artist article is currently under it's 4th period of protection, though the frequency with which the user vandalises other articles probably doesn't yet warrant protection on those.

    Modus operdandi

    Clearly a vendetta against the artist. User occasionally responds to reversion of his vandalism with "it wasn't me" responses, but subsequently betrays himself by going on to vandalise other articles shortly after, in the same manner, from the same IP address. I believe the user's ISP probably randomly assigns an IP address (from a range) each time the user connects to the internet, as there are ususally several edits from one IP on one day, then several edits from a different IP on another day.

    User primarily vandalises the Jon Kennedy article, but has also vandalised related / linked articles, Talk:Jon Kennedy, John Kennedy (disambiguation), John Kennedy (disc jockey), Grand Central Records, Grand Central Translation, Grand Central Vol. 2, Grand Central Vol. 3, Kava Kava, One Offs... Remixes & B-Sides, Take My Drum to England, Tru Thoughts, Useless Wooden Toys, We're Just Waiting for You Now. Some instances include attempting to add legitimacy to his claim by linking to a comment made on the forum on the official Ninja Tune website, by a user who's username is also the artist's pseudonym. It is quite evident that the comment in question has notthing to do with the artist. User has vandalised the Racism article and seemingly random articles Altona, Manitoba, Leiosauridae, Ryde Pier Head railway station with the same claims about Jon Kennedy. User has also vandalised Ross Errilly Friary (blanking page), Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson (additional "race"-based vandalism).

    In addition, some users who have reverted the vandal's work have had their the user pages vandalised in repsonse, Wikipedia:Editor review/Magnus animum2, User talk:Lights, User talk:SJP. On one of these, the vandal signed the message "Eldritch".

    Upon being warned, the vandal left responses at User talk:86.153.142.101 and User talk:86.129.142.128.

    IPs used so far

    There may be more, but by checking the edit history of each IP that vandalised the Jon Kennedy article (15 different IPs since 13th April), I noted the other articles he'd vandalised, and then checked those for further examples of similar vandalism, which turned up 4 further IPs.

    Gram123 11:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Mmbabies and assorted IPs

    We have had ongoing problems with User:Mmbabies and an assortment of IP's considered possible sockpuppets. This user tends to vandalize pages pertaining to Houston television stations, as well as slamming the likes of The Gospel Bill Show. Often, this user will submit junk related to eggs and his version of "fuzzy math". Worst of all is his penchant for leaving what amounts to death threats to the likes of Nicole C. Mullen, Kenneth Copeland's daughter (on the Gospel Bill page), etc.

    He has used approximately 138 IP addresses and recently forced a range block on Houston area AT&T accounts as a result of this trash; users in the affected ranges now have to create an account in order to edit. This inconvenience was necessary because of the potential legal danger to the project; numerous emails to AT&T have gone unanswered. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Mmbabies for the list of all these accounts he uses to do the dirty work. WAVY 10 17:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    He struck again, and this time he also targeted the Superbook page. WAVY 10 13:23, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    George Elokobi vandal

    Repeatedly attacked George Elokobi and User/User Talk pages of any users who either warned him or had reverted his vandalism. Attempted to conceal evidence by blanking the User Talk pages for his sockpuppets, and any pages which contained evidence of his vandalism. Nearly every one of his socks has requested {{unblock}}, often inserting personal attacks towards Wikipedia admins as the reason for unblock.

    After his original account has been blocked, the vandal has made heavy use of sockpuppets (24 total identified so far) to continue, including four created several days prior to the incident.

    Full chronology of vandal's actions thus far has been compiled on User:The_Fifth_Horseman/Notes.

    Notre Dame vandal

    Checkuser confirmed several sockpuppets from this editor who operated around the margins of the Jmfangio-Chrisjnelson arbitration case.

    Disrupts American football articles with a particular interest in University of Notre Dame and college football. Claims to be a graduate of the university while inserting unsourced and often inaccurate information. Aggressive responses to conflict include creation of an impersonation account timed to coincide with a userblock on another editor during arbitration. Chronic problems have been ongoing for over half a year. DurovaCharge! 19:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Kermanshahi long term vandalism (found here on this page)

    The complete wikipedia-nl file on these two schoolboys from The Netherlands including all used IP-addies can now be found here. All accounts have been blocked indefinitely and the two home IP-numbers and the school I-number have been blocked for a year. The text says in translation"The following user accounts and IP-addresses, the Multiple Personality Spammer" belong to pupils of a Dutch secondary school, Maartenscollege. Their names are known with Wikipedia. From these accounts many dubious edits have been done and communication with themselves as well." We traced with userchecks and comparing edits all sokpops and hopefully now the problems with us have ended. Hopes this may help you since I saw the sillyness continues at wiki-en. If more information is needed feel free to contact me on my Dutch talk page. This affair has cost several administrators a lot of work. Best wishes, MoiraMoira 17:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC) (administrator Wikipedia-nl)[reply]

    Yane Sandanski

    Beginn of edit war ! Jingby 09:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Genesis vandal

    Persistently creates new accounts to vandalise Evolution and Talk:Evolution. Replaces text of the article, or user pages of people who revert his edits, with the text of the bible chapter of Genesis eg diff. Accounts used over the past few days include User:Ear Sid, User:Poise too, User:Staam, User:Grooy and User:Eve oft. Tim Vickers 18:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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