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::Really? Cool. They're different here.
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=== {{vandal|207.63.113.10}} ===
=== {{vandal|207.63.113.10}} ===

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Shortcut

    Long term abuse is a page intended to serve as a section for "at large" vandals and other egregious policy violators that constitute a "clear, present and ongoing" danger to Wikipedia as a legitimate encyclopedia, as a community, or even as a functioning website. Note that vandalizers should only be added here after their vandalism has become serious or repetitive enough that an account or IP that acts in that way can be immediately blocked forever (Or less, if it's an IP). Vandals who need to be blocked should be reported elsewhere.

    Criteria for addition

    Note that minor or first time attackers should be listed at the Administrator vandalism page or Vandalism in progress. Listings here should be for people who are obviously experienced or who have been under some disciplinary action (blocking usually) several times. They should then be listed here if they repeatedly do any of the following:

    1. Begin to vandalise IMMEDIATELY after their block expires (And repeat this enough times to become recognizable)
    2. Verifiably use open proxies
    3. Create multitudes of sock puppets
    4. Threaten to carry out (and actually carry out) prolonged attacks against Wikipedia.

    and regularly repeat these steps with no immediate likelihood of stopping.

    Vandalism
    Dealing with vandalism
    Resources and assistance
    Further information

    Addition to this page

    When adding someone who meets the above criteria:

    1. Check the archives to see if the same IP, a similar username, or similar method of attack was used before.
    2. If so, bring that section out of the archive and list it here.
    3. If it's new, check to see if one of the sub pages describes it accurately, if so, add the information there.
    4. Then check this page itself.
    5. If it's totally new, create an entry within the appropriate section (see below for an explanation), with a descriptive heading, and under it a "Modus operandi" subsection. Use {{vandal}} to list users and IPs involved (remembering that spaces in the username have to be typed as underscores in the template). Finally, be sure to date (and preferably sign) the entry, so words like "recently" can be qualified.

    Please list articles that are repeatedly targeted for vandalism at Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages.

    Once legitimately listed on this page, a person (or group of people if there are meatpuppets) will remain until becoming inactive for some length of time, at which point their section will be archived, pending re-addition if they come back. While this may delay immediate recognition of a returner, it will help keep this page from getting totally clogged with people who have reformed or become bored ages ago.

    Sections

    The page is divided up into sections as follows:

    • The Archives which are periodically created for old entires who have become inactive for a significant length of time.
    • Unique entities — People with a specific MO who regularly appear. This section is for miscreants who are clearly defined in their attacks and are obviously a single person.
      • Serial SPAMmers are usually IPs who, literally, do nothing but SPAM, frequently by inserting the same link into every article that's possibly related to what they're pushing.
    • Shared IPs lists the most problematic shared IP ranges and ISP proxies. These are frequently shared amongst large numbers of people within a geographic area, such as an ISPs proxy, or by people within a facilitiy, such as schoolchildren, businessmen, library users or prisoners, and should only be blocked for short lengths of time.
    • Other / Misc. — Don't fit into one of the above.

    Archives

    Unique entities

    Sub-pages

    Well known attackers who are so prevalent that they are listed on sub-pages:

    Serial SPAMmers

    NanoAging

    Nothing but linkspam for months and months. Grunt warned him he would be banned back in september, and he stopped for a little while, but imo its time for a permanent ban. Most recently linkspam on Omega point, where i came across him. --Heah (talk) 03:25, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Similar to the Pagina.nl SPAMmer, best to search for "nanoaging.com" or "NanoAging Institute" now and then and delete/revert and block on sight. 68.39.174.238 18:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Bulldog Spammer

    Using wikipedia to try to sell dogs, got final warning twice, still came back and spammed. - Trysha (talk) 19:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    pagina.nl

    datasheet4u.com serial spamer

    Mostly attacking Datasheet page see:page revision history but often found placing the same link in other electronic component topics, The spamer works from a revolving IP and cannot be blocked. Can this URL be added to whatever fecal roster that automatically blocks updates if the page contains this spam? --DV8 2XL 01:40, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Guinness/featured article vandal

    From late 2005 to recently, a vandal has been frequently attacking either the Guinness article or the daily featured article. The vandal's modus operandi consists of replacing the article with references to other Wikipedia vandals, such as the North Carolina Vandal and the Wikipedia is Communism vandal, or replacing the entire page with sexual images. Sometimes he would make personal attacks against Jimbo Wales in his vandalism sprees. The vandal used to attack the George W. Bush article. This vandal typically operates from AOL proxies.

    User:Wik

    User:Wik is a banned user with a tendency to create sockpuppets and vandalize Wikipedia. Several of these sockpuppets have been identified and blocked, but another, User:Niagakiw (spell it backwards!) continues to vandalize the page.

    Socks of Shran/CantStandYa

    • Previously identified sock accounts/IPs:
    • Sample of articles which have been edited by more than one current account. *Conspicuous edit warring.
    • Proposed action:
    • "Shran" could be a more valued contributor if he would stop using sock puppets to edit war. He has been asked repeatedly by editors including myself to stick to one account. The user, through various accounts, has protested that the IPs are either open to many users, or are used by a "little brother" or "brother-in-law". Despite these claims the edits are clearly the work of one person. The previous set of sock puppet accounts was blocked by me and others in the fall of 2005, and a new set has been created since then. As with previous socks, these accounts have been used to abuse consensus and even to pile-on votes in CfDs and an AfD. As we did before, I propose that we block all the current sock accounts indefinitely while leaving one account open for editing, User:CantStandYa. I'd appreciate hearing input from members of the community on this user and on my proposed action. Are there any other known accounts for the user? Have there been any other editing problems? Are there any other measures, beyond blocking the obvious socks, that we should pursue? How can we get this prolific editor to follow community norms? -Will Beback 05:14, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    See also User:Stbalbach/anontexan. -Will Beback 22:13, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Due to Stbalbach's research, it appears that this user has also been using a number of dial-up accounts. Short-term range blocks may also be necessary to manage this sock-puppetry. -Will Beback 00:24, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I can confirm that many of these accounts are sockpuppets (I simply haven't checked them all). I recommend dealing with the issue by blocking all by the main account, and then selectively sprotecting the articles in question, if IP editing or sockpuppeting continues, but I welcome other input. Jayjg (talk) 18:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the confirmation. Hearing no objections, I will block the registered accounts except User:CantStandYa. I will semiprotect articles on which these IPs are seen to edit in the future. -Will Beback 22:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The so-called "Anon Texan" has been determined to be a separate person, and so I have removed all references to those accounts from this list. Sorry for the error. -Will Beback 19:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Mr Belvedere poster

    A suspicious vandal who creates accounts in a fairly set pattern (See below) and then adds an image of "Mr. Belvedere" to various articles with only minor relations ("Mr. Belvedere never drove on Nevada State Route 689" was one) or outright nonsense ("Noted polygamist Mr. Belvedere was not a fan of the 1890 manifesto"), example: [3].

    A note from the former Mrbelvedereposter: I have given up vandalism and am contributing constructively to Wikipedia under a different name. I applogize for my past actions (although you must admit a bit of quality absurdist humor...). I want to make it clear that I am not responsible for any alleged mrbelvedereposter beyond #28, with the exception of "Iwasinspiredbythegreatmrbelvedereposter" and "mrbelvedereposter37". Every other user who has claimed to be mrbelvedereposter since I retired is not me. Again, I apologize for any harm I may have caused. Helpfulposter 05:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Impostors?

    According to the former "Mrbelvedereposter" vandal, these accounts were made by other people.

    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.

    Some sockpuppets used:

    Blocked User:Gibraltarian

    Gibraltarian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was indefinitely blocked in mid-December 2005. The 2 pages he hits (History of Gibraltar and Disputed status of Gibraltar) have been SP but now he is hitting the talk pages, the requests for protection page, and requests for arbitration page. If you block another of his IPs, please list them here. So far, we have...

    Also, his ISP uses the range of 212.120.224.0 - 212.120.231.255. Please note that this corresponds to the largest ISP in Gibraltar and this guy is on dial-up. Also, there are at least two legitimate IPs in this range (212.120.227.226 & 212.120.226.140), of which the former is occasionally used by the legitimate contributor Gibnews (talk · contribs). Blocks should therefore only be for a short period of time. Comments made by Gibraltarian will be signed as "Gibraltarian": [5]. So far, he has posted from the following IPs...

    NOTE: 212.120.227.126 is currently in semi permenant use by one of my clients and NOT User:Gibraltarian - I got a message saying its blocked, although seems to be working today--Gibnews 14:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    All IPs fall within his ISPs range of 212.120.224.0 - 212.120.231.255. When adding a new IP to this list, make sure it's tagged on its talk page with {{Gibraltarian}}.

    SpongeBob/The Shining vandal

    [Anti-]Azerbaijan vandal (aka Rovoam)

    This vandal uses multiple open proxies to repeatedly vandalize Safavids, Oghuz Turks, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijan (disambiguation), Azerbaijan, Azeri, Ottoman Empire, Azerbaijani literature. Usually targets Azeri first (Which is now a redirect), but if that page is protected, moves on to the other articles. Revert and block IP addresses on sight. Nohat 10:03, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    In fact Rovoam's "traditional" targets have been Nagorno-Karabakh, Caucasian Albania and Artsakh, and not the above-mentioned entries. After these three entries were vprotected, he gradually switched on to other pages and still seems to regularly increase the range of pages he vandalizes. I have put numerous regular disclaimers on most of his known IPs in which you can get a detailed info on this person. Surprisingly, today (June 8) he did not appear, but I am sure, he will come back after some time, as he did numerously before. --Tabib 11:58, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
    He's back, I have blocked User:65.138.140.181 for making edits which have all the hallmarks of Rovoam to Turkic peoples and Azerbaijan (disambiguation). Rje 00:14, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

    He's also been blocked on the Russian WikipediA, where he claimed his name was "Andrey Kirsanov". 68.39.174.238 04:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Sollog

    Followers of a self-styled god named Sollog frequently vandalise the Wikipedia. They at one point had a website @ "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 vandalisms can be seen in this edit to Henry VIII of England:

    In the past the following proxies have been used:

    Further aid on finding open proxies may be seen at User:Mirv/Open proxies

    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.

    219.93.0.0/16 and 219.95.0.0/16

    An anonymous dial-up user in Indonesia appears to have a heavy grudge against the Sailor Moon franchise, because he or she keeps replacing those articles with redirects to pages on Hong Kong actors. If you see any edits from these IP ranges to Sailor Moon-related articles, revert them immediately and block the IP without any warning.  Denelson83  20:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    200.55.213.30 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Persistent vandal over a number of months. Has been blocked several times for between a day and a week but always comes back. Likes to vandalise the Shakira article, primarily, but also vandalises various users' talk pages and other miscellaneous articles. User has attempted a denial of service attack on Wikipedia but only once. User never performs any legitimate edits and has indicated that he or she will continue vandalising indefinitely until permanently blocked. If you see any edits from this IP address, please verify that they are indeed vandalism (they always have been so far) and revert the edits. Please consider a permanent block. --Yamla 16:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: IP addresses don't get blocked indefenately unless they're open proxies. 68.39.174.238 13:43, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    According to LACNIC its registered to "Colegio Nido de Aguilas", which sound educational. 68.39.174.238 19:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Big bust deletionist @ 69.235.0.0/16

    Persistent vandalism (deletion of names) of List of big-bust models and performers and some related articles since April 30th [6] via a dynamic IP. I'm getting fed up. ~⌈Markaci⌋ 2005-08-31 T 08:21:02 Z

    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]

    IPs used by the Super Nintendo vandal

    Japanese warning vandal

    Vandal places japanese character "warnings" on talk pages with edit summary of 'warning'. When blocked, creates sockpuppet and continues to spam their warnings. --Syrthiss 20:26, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That's Japanese by the way. I'm not proud that the vandal came from the same country as me. :( --Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 07:01, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Meh, doesn't reflect badly on anybody but the vandal. Sorry about confusing the Japanese characters with Chinese. --Syrthiss 13:08, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Vandal changes wikilinks in templates to external links to goatse.ca, and also likes to add non-sensical links to cat-related topics. Uses deceptive edit summaries like "rv vandalism" (while adding vandalism). Should be blocked on sight. —Quarl (talk) 2006-02-14 12:51Z

    Note that most accounts seem to involve cats somehow. 68.39.174.238 13:49, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Jason Gastrich

    Jason_Gastrich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a persistent POV pusher who, not suprisingly, uses multitudes of sockpuppets to further his own theological agenda. Jason's blatant disregard for policy has continued for quite some time now, and earned him an RfC which lead to an RfAr which unanimously voted to ban him for one year and impose numerous sanctions besides. He has since been indefinitely banned as a user who exhausts the community's patience.

    Jason creates multitudes of sockpuppets, as established in the RfC, by both his own admission, and CheckUser evidence. In addition, Jason operates an organization designed to bring droves of like-minded people to Wikipedia to engage in bloc voting and astroturfing, as directed by Jason. New accounts behaving in a similar manner to Jason, and used solely for policy violations, should be labeled as suspected sockpuppets, and added to the end of the RfAr. Additionally, if sockpuppets are disruptive, tag their user page with {{Jason Gastrich}} (or {{sockpuppet|Jason Gastrich}} if not sure) and block them.

    RC Patrollers should also be aware that Jason Gastrich and his supporters exhibit a tendancy to violate policy on specific articles, most notably Abortion, Atheism, Louisiana Baptist University, and The Skeptic's Annotated Bible. Jason and his supporters have also made policy-violating changes to other articles, as well as left personal attacks on userpages, so any suspicious contribution by a new account should be scrutinized, and tagged appropriately. Sockpuppets and meatpuppets may also appear in AfD discussions, as Jason has an extensive history of disruptive manipulation of the AfD discussion process.

    For more information, see the RfC as well as the RfAr. Evidence of policy violations may be seen at the RfAr evidence page. See also: Category:Wikipedia:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_Jason_Gastrich and Category:Wikipedia:Sock_puppets_of_Jason_Gastrich.

    66.131.237.148 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    User has been deleted content repeatedly from various pages having to do with Indo-European studies. It doesn't matter if you restore the content, he'll be back a couple of hours later to do the same thing again. CRCulver 02:06, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    72.57.152.136 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user has been adding wrong content (mistakes and I am pretty sure it aims at adding mistakes) several times in wikipedia en. Poppypetty 15:15, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    User:Bonaparte

    Permblocked for sockpuppetry, but notorious for vandalism of Moldova-related pages. After blocking perisitently pops up via open proxies. His track record is in user:Bonaparte/sockpuppetry. mikka (t) 02:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Jimbo Wales images vandal

    Example of this Vandalism This is a vandal who blanks articles with a worded caption "Jimbo Wales Ass-rapes Young Children", and below it, repeated images of Jimbo Wales, a penis, a rectum, and two different images of young girls. I have actually happened to view the articles at the very moment that such vandalism occured, thus seriously shocking me.

    The vandal targets solely the Featured Article, in that he will always vandalize whatever is the featured article for that day. He will always use a UserName, and not an IP address to edit. He seems to know how to circumvent blocks; he will only use a given account for one such edit, then immediately log off it to avoid being Autoblocked, create a new account, and then revert the Featured Article to his vandalized version. In some cases he could go through 30+ edits of a certain featured article before S-protection is needed.

    --NicAgent 15:12, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    66.28.32.66 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This vandal has been blocked multiple times, most recently on 20 March 2006. The vandal has two consistent patterns in edits that are clustered. (1) The vandal edits pages rapidly by highlighting the entire page text and replacing it with immature phrases, the most re

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    </HEAD><BODY><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://scf.ifl.net/cgi-local/snpfiltered.pl?t=c&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse&action=edit&oldid=54261710"> ed the user just creates another one to continue editing in the same manner. Most used account seems to be Krabs514 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and the most recent is Krabs520 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Krabs520 removed an AFD tag from an article Krabs514 created. --TheKoG (talk|contribs) 13:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    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]

    Shared IPs

    Note: Before listing IPs here, check {{AOL ranges}} to see if the vandal is an AOL address. If it is, it should not be listed unless there is strong reason to beleive that the IP is not dynamic or is restricted to a small number of accounts, one of which is a severe vandal.

    65.5.36.35/Mater Academy High School

    User talk:63.164.145.198

    Kinko's shared machine. Someone goes in every few days to use it to spread page-rank spam. SchmuckyTheCat 05:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    216.56.22.34/Oshkosh Area School District

    209.146.29.253

    Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet)

    Ozemail netblock

    All of these are used by multiple schools. I cannot block because decent editors are using them, have reduced this to a one hour block per incident (this is the amount of time per class or for the school's break time). This should be applied to slow them down. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:06, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    I have sent the following email to Ozemail from their Security form:
    Hello, I am one of the administrators of Wikipedia.org. We have been seeing increasing vandalism of our website from various IP addresses that exist in your subnet. We believe they are mostly coming from schools - possibly ones that have ADSL. We would like to see if we can find out which users are doing this so that we can see about it happening further. If not, we will be forced to block the entire Ozemail subnet from editing, which we genuinely don't want to do as there are several excellent contributors who use your network. Would you be able to assist? We have timestamps and a permanent record of the vandalism coming from IP addresses, so finding a record is not a problem.
    Ta bu shi da yu 03:43, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Have received a reply, they asked for logs. Might need some assistance here. - Ta bu shi da yu 01:30, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Also see #User:203.166.96.235 et al. on this page. Apparently the addresses are not only used by schools. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 04:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    User:203.166.96.235 et al.

    (Made a subsection of the Ozemail section)

    Vandalism from a single school in Helensburgh, NSW, Australia, UUNET Australia Limited using the consecutive IPs

    and

    and

    This has become a daily occurrence, whenever it is from about 2300 UTC to 0400 UTC and a weekday there; it seems that there is a group of kids at adjacent computers all egging each other on. We might have to consider range blocks for this group for several hours each time. I'm hesitant to suggest a long-term block because there are sporadic good edits from this range. We can also try e-mailing them (helensburg-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au) Antandrus (talk) 05:13, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    More coordinated vandalism (and reverting) from several of these IPs today has lead me to block several of them.
    From the pattern of editing, it looks like most of these are IPs for a group of computers in the same room - 3 IPs were adding vulgar insults to various articles targeting a named individual, 1 IP was running round trying to clean up.
    As such, I suspect blocks are worth trying. -- Solipsist 01:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    The few that were unblocked are continuing their vandalism spree; I just blocked User:203.166.96.237. We could shut them all down with a range block (203.166.96.224/27 would do it); maybe they need a vandalism vacation for a couple days. Antandrus (talk) 03:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    They're all back again tonight (surprise!). Shall we take them down with a range block for a week or so? Antandrus (talk) 03:50, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    Blocked them all for 24 hours with a range block; checked the contributions for each individual IP and reverted all missed vandalism. Next block perhaps shall be for longer. Antandrus (talk) 05:18, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    OK, they are back yet again on another vandalism spree. Any objections if I range block them and shut them down for a week? Antandrus (talk) 00:49, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    Not at all, knock yourself out (or them, as the case may be). --W(t) 00:50, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
    I blocked them all for a week, and then after an e-mail from a user at the school, as well as a complaint on the Australian Wikipedians Notice Board decided to unblock. Let's see if they're still a problem: if they are we might need more consensus before a long block. Antandrus (talk) 03:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    An email from a user at the school is probably from one of the students doing the vandalism. Perhaps an email to the school itself would be in order, after all, most schools have internet usage policies, and wiki vandalism might be something that administrators might consider looking at. --bainer (talk) 05:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    They're back again (anyone surprised? anyone else REALLY sick of this?) I blocked .235, .240 and .99.252 individually this time for 48 hours each. I'm skeptical that the school I mentioned above is the only user of these IPs; however I do think that the vandals (probably a group of three or four kids) is in a single school somewhere in NSW, and I'm not sure how to trace it. Any ideas would be appreciated. This group of children is wasting a lot of our time. Antandrus (talk) 01:44, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    You know they're still at it, right? Would it really be wrong to block till they squawk? (Again.) The answer to complaints might be "Talk to the people in charge of your network. Get them to suppress the vandalism, then talk to us again." If that means that some users have to do some research to find the responsible authority, research is a good exercise for encyclopedists, right? --Dandrake 07:53, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
    A hasty count (just how much of our time are they going to waste?) is that after June 14 (see above) the single IP 203.166.99.252 has made 15 changes, of which 13 are vandalism. It seems to me that it would be a mistake not to block the whole bunch immediately and leave them for dead respond to complaints by politely requesting a dialogue with the school authorities. Dandrake 08:06, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
    My ISP (ozemail) allocates to me IP numbers only within this range. I am not logging in from a school and I am not in New South Wales but I have been recently blocked several times because I am allocated these IP numbers. Please remember that legitimate users who have been allocated these IP numbers and who make legitimate wikipedia updates while logged in to their usernames will not show up in the list of edits for these IP numbers, even though they were allocated these IP numbers. Not all edits made under these IP numbers are vandalism. There seems to be an assumption that the vandalism comes from just one school; I suspect the range of users allocated these IP numbers is much wider than that. MinorEdit 01:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    Yes, that's exactly the problem. Every time I block them for a longish time I get e-mails from numerous legitimate users, such as MinorEdit, and they're all over Australia (I formerly thought just NSW, but apparently this isn't the case). I really think that all we can do is hit them with short-term blocks every time they come back; groups of mischievous 13-year-olds tend to get bored easily, and many not wait the 30 minutes to vandalize again. Antandrus (talk) 15:08, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    I came in late, so please indulge my ignorance: if we know it's a middle school in NSW, does someone know its identity? I'm having a hard time seeing how we could know the one and not the other. If we do know, and the school authorities haven't responded to our polite inquiries into how to stop the vandalism, then publishing their name might unleash some understandably annoyed Aussies on them. Nothing violent, of course, but someone might be in their neighborhood and able to apply some moral suasion. Dandrake June 29, 2005 23:53 (UTC)
    Problem is the IP number is NOT used by just one middle school in NSW. The IP number is not restricted to schools, nor to New South Wales, and is regularly allocated to home users such as myself you are not within the school system at all. If you look at all the talk pages for the "offending" IP numbers, it seems clear that the Single NSW School belief stemmed from an initial assumption - which for some reason has inexplicably stuck - however users from a long list of different schools have all left comments in the talk pages. And as I have said, I am not within the school system yet my ISP allocates IP numbers in this range to me too. MinorEdit June 30, 2005 01:11 (UTC)
    Indeed, the WHOIS result shows the block of 203.166.96.0 - 203.166.127.255 allocated to UUNET Australia Limited, which most assuredly includes misbehaving schoolchildren, along with a huge portion of Australian internet users. See here. Evidently the earlier WHOIS (i.e. the single school) is no longer applicable. I've amended the initial line for this entry so it reflects this. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 30 June 2005 05:37 (UTC)

    These guys are back again, 7/19/05. (Is school back in session in Australia after a break? It's been peaceful for several weeks.) Everything from these IPs needs to be checked carefully; about 90% of it is vandalism, and it is clearly from the same groups of editors. You can see the pattern. Also look over Special:Newpages for anything from 203.166.96.* or 203.166.99.*. Antandrus (talk) 05:07, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry for being anonymous, I'm thinking of getting a username but haven't quite gotten around to it yet. Anyhow...while I don't honestly know how you go about banning an IP (although I quite understand what you're doing, and it's a pity you can't seem to find a scalpel rather than a sword), is it feasible to "screen" edits contributed by a specific IP before admitting them? Although this would have a negative impact on genuine editors, perhaps this IP's edits could show up in the history as a special section, one to which other editors could refer when making their own corrections? 63.238.136.34 06:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    169.244.70.148

    • This IP is a transparent proxy running the Bess content-filtering system for the entire Maine State Library Network, covering most Maine elementary, junior-high, and high schools. Banning this IP affects at least one user in a dormitory at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics. However, there is recurring vandal that uses this IP as well. - UtherSRG 04:47, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
    • I know of other users who are affected as well, having friends that use the system; this really discourages them (some are newbies to the whole concept) from using wikipedia and I tried to solve the situation by telling them to register an account, but it appears their accounts can't edit either?! Can't you just ban non-registered users (who we can't discern from) who use the IP, not registered users who might have legitimate contributions? -- Natalinasmpf 02:18, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

    192.139.27.18 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    • A proxy used by the Calgary Board of Education, possibly specific to Henry Wise Wood High School. All internet access fromthat school (and possibly others in Calgary) schools Calgary in is routed through this IP address. The 'pedia is apparently a frequent target for vandalism from assorted students in the school, but many others are valid contributors. Do not block this IP for more than a few hours at a time, and be sure to explain the shared IP situation to the students thereof. -- Grunt 🇪🇺 17:55, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)
    • We need a temporary ban on this IP, for a week at least. The amount of vandalism is STAGGERING. Terrapin 20:49, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I concur. There are some worthy edits, but they're vandalizing the wiki at an incredible rate. Phils 20:48, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I also agree. I'd like to point out that anyone banned from editing at school could still use the wiki for informational purposes, just not edit. They could always visit a public library, or use a home computer, if they truly want to edit on wikipedia. But this has to stop. -GregNorc (talk)
    • Vandalism of pop art today, several other pages on 14th, including one subtle one which had been missed. I also reverted an edit on Adam Smith which whilst not outright vandalism was heavy POV dropped into a section out of context. Given final warning. -- Solipsist 21:17, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Still vandalising - blanked James Watt yesterday. Now blocking for 24hrs - Solipsist 19:23, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • The vandal business on that IP stills seems to be booming. Something should be done. Phils 22:25, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • vandalizing again on 5-7 Apr, with dozens of obscene edits--DDerby 21:42, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • Most edits (all?) are still vandalism. Trying another 24hr block. -- Solipsist 17:28, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    Not entirely sure if I'm allowed to add my 2¢ worth, especially since I'm not one of the CVU, but doesn't it seem more logical to just permablock the IP range if vandalism > useful edits? A lot of people might get angry, but it seems to me that this is a case of "ow, doctor, it hurts when I do this" syndrome. Cernen 09:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Got blocked untill the start of the fall school year. 68.39.174.238 08:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    205.222.240.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    • This is a K12 school IP (see User:205.222.240.2) that has repeatedly vandalized Wikipedia and been warned numerous times and blocked in the past. However, legitimate contributions have been made from the IP address. – flamuraiTM 01:07, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

    203.62.171.1

    Appears to belong to a school called University High in Victoria, Australia. A handful of useful edits but mostly vandalism. Defsac 10:08, 13 August 2005 (UTC).[reply]

    210.0.177.84

    210.0.177.84 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Belongs to "King George V School" in Hong Kong. Several Emails went unanswered, was finally blocked untill July 15 2006.

    206.224.254.17 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Looking at his contribution history over the past 2 months, almost everything is vandalism. Deletes of large sections for no reason, "that's gay" additions, etc. Talk page shows several warnings, and also a notation that this is the shared IP of a school district.

    213.249.155.237


    This IP address is indeed part of the East Midlands Broadband Consortium [10], its a schools-only ISP in the UK.
    Each institution connected to EMBC gets cycled from one server to the next every day or so, although it can be as short as every couple of hours. Those two marked with * have been hijacked by Squidward, I keep meaning to inform EMBC of this so they can close the security hole, but I've got a memory like a sieve. A couple of them have been given a long block, the blocking admin asking for a school representative to contact them, it would be better to contact EMBC, as these serve probably hundreds of schools, altogether hundreds of thousands of pupils. I believe a good email to use is embc AT embc.org.uk. CaptainVindaloo 17:42, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Corporate Executive Board / "2000penn"

    205.217.105.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    There are some useful edits coming from this IP address (Corporate Executive Board / 2000penn.executiveboard.com) but a whole lot of deliberate vandalism as well. Under a temporary ban (and not for the first time) as of this writing. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:17, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Now under another temporary block. This is apparently a bigger deal than I thought. User had been causing all sorts of mayhem; see WP:VFD/Wikipedia:Protocol Amending the Agreements & WP:AN/I#Formal_statement (either of which, I'm guessing, has already been seen by those in a position to do something about this user). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:16, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    192.206.243.9

    192.206.243.9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Nothing but vandalism since November of 2004, recently Epstein-Barr virus, cow, and others. Has been warned repeatedly. - Jersyko 20:07, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
    Possibly a static IP, belonging to a school. Scott Gall 12:25, 2005 May 28 (UTC)

    204.8.196.2

    204.8.196.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Multiple vandalisms over an extended period. So far, {{test}} and {{test2}} on talk page. -- BRIAN0918  16:04, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

    Registered to a township Board of Education, which sounds alot like a shared school IP addr.

    62.171.194.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    All of this user's edits seem to have been vandalism. I have just corrected vandalism that the user made 6 days ago. RickK 09:39, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)

    This guy has done nothing but vandalize pages for 2 years now. Please ban him. Kaldari 21:42, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

    62.171.194.0 - 62.171.195.255 belongs to ifl.net, a web access provider for schools in the UK. Only a few IPs from this range have contributed, but of those that have, the vast majority of edits are vandalism. I didn't check all 512 IPs (stopped after ...194.60, when the last IP with contributions was ...194.45). Lupo 12:37, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

    213.249.155.231 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    The user's contributions have been nothing but graffiti and nonsense throughout many articles. After multiple warnings and blocks (most recently, a 24 hour ban on Dec. 17), the user still continues to add vandalism to articles. -- 61.10.7.144 12:02, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:198.20.32.254

    24.66.94.140 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) — Shaw Communications

    Repeatedly inserts Nazi apologia in Adolf Eichmann (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). ←Humus sapiens←Talk 06:57, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

    212.219.82.37 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Persistent vandal over several months, last on 19 and 20 Sept 2005.

    and many more. Does not do any other editing but vandalizes. Repeatedly warned to no effect. Permanent block? -- Mareklug talk 11:05, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    That IP is shared between nearly every school in Cumbria and Lancashire. There are some legitimate contributors, but they all have accounts. I'd prefer it if it wasn't a permanent block, but if it is causing a really serious disruption, perhaps it would be best. Constructive edits: [11], [12],

    [13], [14], [15] - copyvio but good faith, Archer7 15:15, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    204.218.244.11

    Pinellas County Schools

    [16] Shows up about once a week, vandalizes a few pages and then goes away. SchmuckyTheCat 17:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    All registered to Pinellas County Schools, one of the largest school systems in the country. Keep blocks in the 30-ish minute range to cut down on collateral damage — I sometimes edit from these IPs and get blocked along with everyone else. —BorgHunter ubx (talk) 03:06, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    212.23.3.151, 212.23.3.153, 212.23.3.155, Fred4321

    Kiddies, often engaged in "conversations", vandalizing random pages since about a year. Only very few very minor real contributions (= typos) from these IPs. Only these three IPs were used. No other IPs from the range 212.23.3.140 - 212.23.3.165 have been used at wikipedia. Might be related to User:Communist Bob, User:46alpha, and User:Wereon (the latter one is fixing typos). Cacycle 16:50, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

    The IP addresses are used from a school library. Virtually all edits from users not logged-in using these addresses will hence be trolls. The other two users have made no contributions, trollish or otherwise. — Wereon July 6, 2005 17:58 (UTC)

    207.235.223.32 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user IP has been blocked quite a few times. This IP deserves another block. Evan Robidoux 20:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Whois suggests its with some school or other educational org, so its likely shared D:... 68.39.174.238 22:50, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    24.168.141.213 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    24.168.141.213 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has been inserting the same unsubstantiated allegations since January 25th in the Scientology and Free_Zone_(Scientology) articles. Reverted by many different users. Seven times in the last two days, five times today alone (at this point), always with the same text, same typos, and never with a single explanation. Raymond Hill 21:56, 11 February 2006 (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]

    4.18.162.20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Just look at his history, there just nothing constructive but vandalism in it. IOOI 18:03, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    167.206.128.202

    167.206.128.202 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) - Registered to Jericho School District. Has been blanking articles and adding nonsense for months; virtually no useful contributions. -- ElTchanggo 01:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    203.19.141.50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Belongs to Sacred Heart College Senior in Australia. Has really only contributed vandalism over the past month, and has been blocked four times so far. -- Mithent 03:59, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    204.76.0.33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Upon traceback is revealed to be registered to "St. Louis Public Schools". Numerous vandalisms and warnings (Feb 2005 - current), and some not stated on the talk page such as the MacGyver vandalism which was reverted without cautionary measures.

    The administrator for this address is "Thomas Randolph" (trandolph@slps.org). The phone number is +1.3143452616 (whatever that means - not American, don't know.)

    And if it helps, the school's postal address:

    St. Louis Public Schools, Board of Education, 801 North 11th Street, St. Louis, MO, 63101, US

    --Theeph 01:36, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That's an American phone number 1 (314) 345-2616.
    Atlant 20:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Really? Cool. They're different here.
    --Theeph 11:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    207.63.113.10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    It appears that this IP address belongs to a school using the Illinois Century Network, which "is a telecommunications backbone providing high speed access to data, video, and audio communication in schools and libraries, at colleges and universities, to public libraries and museums, and for local government and state agencies.[17] Their abuse email address is abuse@illinois.net but I don't know if anyone has tried that route up to this point (not cited on the user talk page).

    This IP has been consistantly vandalizing over the last 4 months (see contributions), and sporadically doing the same before that. Many warnings and at least two temporary blocks have been done, with no change in behavior (see user talk). Perhaps it's time for a more long term block. -- Argon233 T C @   05:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    131.109.123.253

    131.109.123.253 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has consistently vandalized multiple pages over the past 6 months. Has been given 11 "last warnings" since then but continues to vandalize. The latest vandalism was today, occurring 8 times to the System of a Down article. I suggest permanent ban due to consistent disregard to our warnings. --Noetic Sage 19:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Other / Misc.

    64.88.21.21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    • From viewing about a dozen "contributions" of this person's, they all seem to be deleting important information from articles (such as replacing entire paragraphs with gibberish letters) or vandalizing articles by changing words (such as "Soul Edge" to "Scrappy Doo" and "Umbra" to "Pumba"). Apparently s/he has been warned and blocked in the past; "his" edit history shows that after returning yesterday from a one month block, he immediately vandalized another ~20 articles. Please consider a long-term block. Blue Crest 17:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    69.218.8.5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    204.171.48.7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)


    141.15x.xxx.xxx, 138.89.xxx.xxx, et al.

    A partial list of IPs from my talk page's deleted content subpage:

    The above user, after being warned for vandalism, had targeted my user page for months, forcing me to protect it after evading countless blocks from a great deal of different IPs in the same range. This did not deter him, as he begun to vandalize my user talk page, articles I've created, and general Wikipedia articles. A whois points to a Verizon ISP based in Newark, New Jersey. However, his most recent vandalism (as of this posting) was from 63.98.230.188, where, on this different IP range, he boasts of using a proxy to evade blocks. He shows little signs of slowing up, and has been vandalizing my user page and associated pages for a total of around three months, taking this all quite personally. Aside from the partial list of IPs he has used on my talk page's deleted content subpage, more can be extracted from my user page's history. Nufy8 03:58, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    64.9.9.94 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    203.43.158.13 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Many others --Jondel 03:56, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

    198.234.202.132

    198.234.202.132 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Multiple vandalisms over an extended period. Was blocked on March 21 for 24 hours by User:Dbachmann, and has vandalized again since the block expired. -- BRIAN0918  18:22, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

    How do you block users/IPs?

    You have to be an administrator. -- BRIAN0918  21:41, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

    24.77.215.89

    129.97.58.55

    Transit strike vandal

    Vegan vandal

    He also occasionally puts up vegan notices on cricket articles, it's usually only categories of what teams the cricketers have played for that can be verified. And he often says that actors voiced people in the Simpsons even when they did not. Most recently edited today, as 210.55.87.86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Sam Vimes 21:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Families (TV series), Badfinger and Mark Wingett are favourite targets too. Edits to The Bill articles tend to be in good faith, though sometimes credits random actors to The Bill. The JPS 22:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    He also creates a lot of tiny "sub-stub" cricket biographies. The articles are true, but contain no more information than "X played five Test matches for New Zealand". Since the ban on anonymous IPs creating articles, he's taken to creating them on the talk pages instead. He also has a history of vandalism to Darryl Strawberry. Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Saying that Glenn Quagmire, Otto Mann, Montgomery Burns, etc., were voiced by Mark Wingett is a favourite. And inventing characters to be voiced by Kevin Lloyd. Saying that Dan Aykroyd appeared in Dallas (TV series). André 3000 is another target. Ben-w 20:55, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    One way to catch him is to monitor the recent changes of criketer talk pages [18]. Where there is a new talk page and nothing in the main namespace for that cricketer, he is your vandal and can be blocked on sight, jguk 22:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That's brilliant, thanks. I'm watching that page now & it'll help. Checking "what links here" for Mark Wingett is also useful! I can't block, of course, but I can rv. Ben-w 23:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    "Entertainers who died in their *0s" categorization is the most recent obsession. 210.55.243.242 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Sad. Ben-w 09:24, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    24.239.149.9

    24.239.149.9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) keeps vandalizing the Stuyvesant High School article and adding bold and clearly biased text, even when asked many times to stop.--Zxcvbnm 13:37, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    193.112.136.21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user has consistenly used fairly juvenile vandalism ("a'ight guys wassup!", "poopy"), often in racist ways ("paki", "why are people tight on jew's there safe", "Japan is where mario lives") (his targets include "List of ethnic slurs", "Judaism", "Japan", "invasion", "Coal", and "Asian"), not to mention in ways that are severely disruptive/destructive, causing other users to have to do many reverts. This has spanned many months, with many other editors complaining (as they had to do reverts). -- Adam Mathias 17:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    193.84.191.3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user IP is assigned to Wigan and Leigh College, in Leigh, Lancashire, United Kingdom Unfortunately one or more students appear to abuse the privilage of access to Wikipedia I have reverted all vandalism I can find - and this has remained undetected sometimes since about March of Last Year. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page) 11:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    204.100.220.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    User 204.100.220.2 has repeatedly vandalized pages. Hit A Clockwork Orange today. 162.111.235.16 17:21, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    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 supremecist sources. Most notorious for persistent vandalism to Asian fetish. Also attacks Beethoven, Racial fetishism, Anti-relativity, Mongoloid, Special relativity, Anthropology, and possibly other pages. Was a major vandal on Virago until the page was deleted and protected. Also insults other editors based on assumptions about their gender, religion, or ethnic background. Banning is impractical due to the range of IP addresses used. January - March 2006 addresses are listed below. Durova 04:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply] 

    80.138.128.87 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.130.146 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.134.141 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.141.154 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.142.102 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.148.67 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.152.165 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.152.199 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.158.108 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.166.174 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.168.39 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.168.54 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.168.55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.168.9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.172.139 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.172.31 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
80.138.174.234 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
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    Diesel Vandal

    Uses several different user names starting with the letter J and containing the word Diesel. Edits pages relating to minor inventions and changes the inventor to Vin Diesel. Also edits religion articles to change dieties to be second only to Vin Diesel

    209.175.114.8

    209.175.114.8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user started in May, 2004, and made totally 21 edits, nothing useful it seems (see contribs), usually they were quickly reverted. He was warned three times, then blocked two times (first time for 3 hours, then for one day - Jan, 12). After that, he made 5 edits, all of which are senseless. Aren't you too soft to such types? I propose to block him for 6 months or so. Crocodealer 04:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Kurt_Leyman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Kurt_Leyman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who also uses the ip 213.243.185.219 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This vandal spreads misinformation, corruptes articles by removeing key paragraphs and phrases and removes/alteres sourced figures. He normaly attacks ww2 articles where he changes sourced figures without stateing any sources and removes key paragraphs and words. His patern of attack is clear, he minimizes axis losses and maximizes allied losses. He ussualy attacks in waves first he makes small modifications then after some time he escalates his acts of vandalism he has sometimes over a period of time change article completely from allied victory the axis victory.

    And as long as he is allowed to vandalize every ww2 article as he sees fit by changeing the figures and removeing key paragraphs it is pointless to create any new article because sooner or later he will vandalize it.One specific trade mark by him except that he alters sourced figures often maximizing allied losses and minimizing axis one is that he removes the word "nazi" from articles.

    Often he gets reverted on high traffic articles but he returns after some time and probes them and tries smaller modifications to see if he can implement his major changes. The high traffic articles are not the problem, the problem are the medium and low traffic articles where his acts of vandalism roam free.

    But talk is cheap so I will show 55 diffrent times where he has vandalized a page and if 55 is not enough then I can provide 110, one should keep in mind these are just a few out his many acts of vandalism and he often attacks the same page multiple times over a long period.

    50 with the main account

    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein&diff=24902226&oldid=24323931
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Vittorio_Veneto_class_battleship&diff=41030473&oldid=40887946
    3. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila&diff=46161340&oldid=44642723
    4. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Greece&diff=45830246&oldid=43683081
    5. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=German_battleship_Bismarck&diff=47123117&oldid=47042202
    6. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Kursk&diff=47294776&oldid=47142802
    7. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tiger_II&diff=44964022&oldid=44961691
    8. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Winter_War&diff=18008087&oldid=18004549
    9. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=German_K_class_cruiser&diff=43363573&oldid=40422492
    10. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Berlin&diff=41225715&oldid=41015442
    11. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Convoy_PQ-17&diff=31109206&oldid=30682483
    12. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_North_Cape&diff=30526214&oldid=29910727
    13. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=P40_tank&diff=31890421&oldid=31821120
    14. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fourth_Battle_of_Kharkov&diff=42966141&oldid=41903991
    15. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Second_Battle_of_Kharkov&diff=35949368&oldid=35884666
    16. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala&diff=36615790&oldid=36467563
    17. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Dunkirk&diff=41760079&oldid=41444049
    18. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_France&diff=41495848&oldid=41318503
    19. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tiger_II&diff=44964022&oldid=44961691
    20. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=T-34&diff=41152854&oldid=40345622
    21. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Admiral_Hipper_class_cruiser&diff=41150910&oldid=41057489
    22. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Trow_Ghyll_skeleton&diff=38754097&oldid=38744111
    23. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ulm&diff=38660455&oldid=34573978
    24. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_Resident_Evil_creatures&diff=38375475&oldid=37936223
    25. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Walther_Wenck&diff=44719101&oldid=42055743
    26. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Heinkel_He_111&diff=46050770&oldid=44766055
    27. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Attack_on_Taranto&diff=34888937&oldid=34603973
    28. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=James_Marcus&diff=30874554&oldid=30795322
    29. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Sevastopol&diff=25589209&oldid=25519279
    30. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Continuation_War&diff=47689601&oldid=47521536
    31. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=SS-Volunteer_Battalion_Nordost&diff=15860088&oldid=15631885
    32. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Krasny_Bor&diff=45550380&oldid=45398377
    33. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Operation_Barbarossa&diff=42839825&oldid=42110885
    34. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Second_Battle_of_Kharkov&diff=34414609&oldid=33816216
    35. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Savoia-Marchetti_SM.81&diff=46051265&oldid=45874093
    36. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hood_%2851%29&diff=44352396&oldid=44339049
    37. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ante_Paveli%C4%87&diff=46175863&oldid=46066617
    38. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Polish_September_Campaign&diff=49291647&oldid=49179749
    39. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Netherlands&diff=43273908&oldid=43258960
    40. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Mount_Hyjal&diff=25826531&oldid=22985716
    41. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Operation_Fr%C3%BChlingserwachen&diff=45311528&oldid=45247627
    42. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaga&diff=46159928&oldid=39903617
    43. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Agrigentum&diff=43150213&oldid=41962532
    44. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Panzer_III&diff=15788901&oldid=15784821
    45. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Panzer_II&diff=31349126&oldid=31128127
    46. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Polikarpov_Po-2&diff=29001974&oldid=28794260
    47. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Britain&diff=43274248&oldid=43116988
    48. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Dive_bomber&diff=44248465&oldid=43683684
    49. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Bulge&diff=48259098&oldid=48089822
    50. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=First_Battle_of_El_Alamein&diff=27818273&oldid=27725252


    And 5 with the ip

    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Kursk&diff=47294776&oldid=47142802
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Winter_War&diff=47296128&oldid=47237394
    3. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Romano_Mussolini&diff=38456307&oldid=38453056
    4. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Afghan_National_Army&diff=30208606&oldid=29900903
    5. http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Junkers_Ju_88&diff=29701064&oldid=24628195

    As long as he is allowed to vandalize everything as he sees fit it is pointless to create new articles(Deng 15:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

    Malarky. This is a plain old content dispute with numerous reverts from both parties, but numerosu personal attacks from user Deng. DMorpheus 20:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the act of spreading misinformation and user DMorpheus has many times reverted the vandal in question. Also one should look beyond all comments and only look at the hard facts as they are shown and one will clearly see a patern of spreading misinformation and vandalism. Looking at the users talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:213.243.185.219 if anything proves my case that it is not content despute but a systematical and long term spreading of misinformation(Deng 20:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]
    You 2 need to use dispute resolution to resolve this. If you continue to ignore others like this, you are both going to be blocked. Period. End of story. --Woohookitty(meow) 23:02, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    User Darren has been constantly posting articles of a legalistic flavor to Wikipedia, in the face of reprimands and warnings from myself and other admins. We have been tagging the articles as Original Research, and now both Jwestbrook and I feel it is time to appeal to the admins for a temporary block of his ability to post new articles.--HubHikari 19:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hganesan

    User:Hganesan continues to use sockpuppets (really just different IP addresses) to circumvent blocks imposed due to constant and repeated edit wars on numerous pages. Most of his addresses were blocked yesterday but he seems to be at it again from another IP.

    See also:

    [19] [20]

    Thanks. Simishag 03:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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