User:Mfb/Taiwanese articles
User description
We have an editor or a group of editors persistently editing articles related to Taiwanese technology, especially rocketry and spaceflight, always trying to make Taiwan look better. The edits are often highly recognizable, and the same edit is done several times (getting reverted each time) over a timescale of days to months. The IP changes frequently. Common elements of the edits:
- Apparent experience, as the user is familiar with Wikipedia conventions and policies, far from an inexperienced vandal
- Writing claims with references, but the given references do not discuss the claims at all. This is an extremely frequent pattern. In addition they don't appear to have actually read the sources they cite.
- Citations are generally bare with only a URL and no other information.
- Misleading links, giving the impression would have articles like Taiwanese manned spaceflight program or Taiwanese astronauts where the actual link goes to some other article (e.g. to "Taiwan" or "astronaut")
- Edit warring and discussion in edit summaries
- NPOV violations like "a cutting edge advanced Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) autonomous lunar lander". Example for all three points
- Making politically loaded statements, and keeping wrong statements (from 2005) in the article.
- Adding tons of links from and to the articles in "see also", probably to promote visibility of the articles. Example
- Namedropping. Example
- Repeated edits on pages seem to rely on older versions instead of using the revert function, an example is this diff which brought back unrelated earlier vandalism.
- There have been three cases where they have been engaged in discussion on a Talk page: here, here, and here.
- Accusing others of being “the confirmed pro-communist Chinese KMT traitor vandal", prominently in the case of a request of a third opinion for this user and another one in an edit war concerning this article: this editor is known for both appearing to be a serious, good-faith editor and trolling.
- Addresses from this VPN are used to evade IP blocks and detection. Multiple IPs can be active at the same time affecting multiple pages.
- Extreme exaggeration about the scope and scale of Taiwan’s WMD program.
- When provoked they will attempt retribution by going through the relevant editor’s contrib page and reverting their edits/engaging in talk page discussions and siding strongly against that editor, often to an uncomfortable degree.
Admin note
IPs should be considered as block evading and blocked accordingly. NeilN talk to me 20:06, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Please note article protected and the length of protection. El_C 21:50, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Affected articles
Cluster of Taiwan edits:
- National Space Organization (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of human spaceflight programs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Human spaceflight (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Lunar lander (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Taiwan and weapons of mass destruction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Tuo Chiang-class corvette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- BrahMos (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Brain size (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hsiung Feng I (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hsiung Feng II (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hsiung Feng III (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hsiung Feng IIE (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Yun Feng (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of surface-to-air missiles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Joint Direct Attack Munition (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Republic of China Armed Forces (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hypersonic speed (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Stealth ship (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- National Museum of Taiwan Literature (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Engineering education in Taiwan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Heng Shan Military Command Center (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Veterans Affairs Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- CM-32 Armoured Vehicle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- T65 assault rifle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Chinese Cultural Renaissance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Two Chinas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- President of the Republic of China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of Presidents of the Republic of China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of vice premiers of the Republic of China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Vice President of the Republic of China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nuclear power in Taiwan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Energy in Taiwan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hypersonic flight (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sky Sword I (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sky Sword II (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Antelope air defence system (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Fifth-generation jet fighter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Fourth-generation jet fighter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- very prolific IP 1
- very prolific IP 2
- Wan Chien (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) with isolated IPs (1, 2, 3) but similar edit pattern.
- American Institute in Taiwan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sixth-generation jet fighter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Comparison of orbital launch systems (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Corvette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Tsai Ing-wen (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Academia Sinica (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Articles affected because of revenge streak against other editors:
- Sukhoi Su-35 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- India and weapons of mass destruction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Goa Shipyard (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Barak 8 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Submarine-launched ballistic missile (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indian Space Research Organisation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of exercises of the Indian Army (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of Indian government agencies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indian Air Force (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hangpan Dada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Military history of India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Joginder Jaswant Singh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of diplomatic missions of India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Territorial Army (India) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Assam Rifles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of Indian Naval Deployments (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of wars involving India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Equipment of the Indian Army (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Nuclear triad (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Prime Minister of India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Anil Baijal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sashastra Seema Bal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Simon Commission (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indian Armed Forces (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Future of the Indian Navy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of Culture (India) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Kosal state movement (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Abdul Hamid (soldier) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- INS Dweeprakshak (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Simon Commission (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Kalvari-class submarine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Politics of Odisha (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- INS Dweeprakshak (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- HAL Tejas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of Chief Ministers of Kerala (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Border Security Force (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Scorpène-class submarine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Devraj Anbu (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Pakistan Navy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- INS Kalvari (S50) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Talk:List of countries by the number of billionaires (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- Girish Luthra (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Harish Bisht (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- BRICS (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- President of India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Indian Army (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Anti-ship missile (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of missiles by country (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Research Centre Imarat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Love River (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Bāng Chhun-hong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sindhis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Sushil Kumar (admiral) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Rakesh Sharma (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of state and union territory capitals in India (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Luciad (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Chang An-lo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- The Babylon Bee (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of LGBT Jews (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Rouille (ship, 1929) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- James Battle (fireboat, 1900) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- CFAV Firebird (YTR 561) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Summer Walker (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Terra Transport (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Descendants 3 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Just Add Magic (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Madison Pettis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Descendants (2015 film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Caledonian Braves F.C. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Unrelated to Taiwan or revenge streak:
- Kenneth Fasching-Varner (Im not sure how its connected but its clearly not an incidental target see [1] and [2])
Collected IPs
Examples of edits from different IPs, not an exhaustive list.
- 27.100.20.203 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.19.122 (talk · contribs)
- 39.9.130.163 (talk · contribs)
- 203.73.3.65 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.19.12 (talk · contribs)
- 133.203.132.250 (talk · contribs)
- 60.250.35.190 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.19.147 (talk · contribs)
- 58.114.119.141 (talk · contribs)
- 58.114.120.206 (talk · contribs)
- 199.48.245.5 (talk · contribs)
- 64.134.234.101 (talk · contribs)
- 69.80.99.98 (talk · contribs)
- 128.90.102.210 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.19.177 (talk · contribs)
- 103.27.220.144 (talk · contribs)
- 103.27.223.221 (talk · contribs)
- 58.114.119.159 (talk · contribs)
- 60.94.69.103 (talk · contribs)
- 103.27.220.36 (talk · contribs)
- 128.90.118.156 (talk · contribs)
- 58.114.120.202 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.105 (talk · contribs)
- 128.90.113.179 (talk · contribs)
- 45.120.200.220 (talk · contribs)
- 103.17.199.251 (talk · contribs)
- 128.90.118.156 (talk · contribs)
- 43.249.130.201 (talk · contribs)
- 69.167.30.2 (talk · contribs)
- 59.146.190.114 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.116 (talk · contribs)
- 5.146.249.98 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.44 (talk · contribs)
- 153.216.112.253 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.16 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.195 (talk · contribs)
- 60.243.88.80 (talk · contribs)
- 5.146.249.98 (talk · contribs)
- 111.97.168.32 (talk · contribs)
- 118.220.110.136 (talk · contribs)
- 1.239.45.86 (talk · contribs)
- 58.91.30.6 (talk · contribs)
- 60.250.35.190 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.150 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.20.159 (talk · contribs)
- 45.120.200.122 (talk · contribs)
- 45.120.201.98 (talk · contribs)
- 80.132.156.186 (talk · contribs)
- 124.25.197.70 (talk · contribs)
- 110.135.217.107 (talk · contribs)
- 192.228.213.64 (talk · contribs)
- 27.100.19.39 (talk · contribs)
- 203.185.43.232 (talk · contribs)
- 118.104.158.2 (talk · contribs)
- 84.155.84.205 (talk · contribs)
- 121.102.108.92 (talk · contribs)
- 49.48.247.73 (talk · contribs)
- 223.204.250.66 (talk · contribs)
- 121.103.226.132 (talk · contribs)
- 209.160.125.63 (talk · contribs)
- 69.167.34.127 (talk · contribs)
Some 2018 IPs, by far not an exhaustive list:
- 197.215.248.162 (talk · contribs)
- 197.215.252.200 (talk · contribs)
- 42.127.59.14 (talk · contribs)
- 70.170.84.91 (talk · contribs)
- 27.74.151.102 (talk · contribs)
- 36.71.67.43 (talk · contribs)
- 184.22.236.142 (talk · contribs)
- 160.179.91.144 (talk · contribs)
- 124.121.207.187 (talk · contribs)
- 118.218.17.91 (talk · contribs)
- 178.208.176.27 (talk · contribs)
- 182.253.162.58 (talk · contribs)
- 176.126.30.156 (talk · contribs)
- 185.88.175.218 (talk · contribs)
- 139.192.63.77 (talk · contribs)
- 220.76.55.28 (talk · contribs) (May)
Some 2019 IPs:
- 183.77.40.246 (talk · contribs)
- 174.108.182.14 (talk · contribs) (all Taiwan related except for rants about Tesla being Croatian not Serbian)
- 220.70.37.247 (talk · contribs) (unsure if long rant in Russian is related to our IP hopper, but I would guess not)
- 1.240.218.251 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:8801:2e00:1c62:ecb5:fb81:41e3:18e0 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1004:b04b:5421:84ff:ce09:933b:7126 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1004:b065:2168:218e:6d3b:f258:1b38 (talk · contribs)
- 218.229.183.122 (talk · contribs)
- 24.234.254.115 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B004:8717:4112:1452:72A8:F5E6 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B052:3DAD:3888:B6FA:C241:803A (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B041:2A3B:106:FF41:416D:7D87 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B009:2750:D588:5478:D128:397F (talk · contribs)
- 131.129.17.218 (talk · contribs)
- 116.90.147.85 (talk · contribs)
- 218.53.242.15 (talk · contribs)
- 106.167.23.156 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B006:49E9:9ED:AAA4:5F50:6B9C (talk · contribs)
- 126.74.129.176 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B01E:2999:53F:991D:D7CF:BFD6 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:8801:2E00:1C62:B0F2:A656:7A46:DF52 (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.4.241 (talk · contribs)
- 210.145.54.153 (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.7.142 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:b008:d871:e52c:768c:e6e0:4e3e (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:b010:e5e1:c117:4688:32a1:c32c (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:b029:8971:643b:5658:38f:c612 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:8801:2e00:1c62:882a:2cc9:a056:9db2 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:b01e:2999:53f:991d:d7cf:bfd6 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:8801:2e00:1c62:b0f2:a656:7a46:df52 (talk · contribs)
- 210.145.54.153 (talk · contribs)
- 2601:541:4500:1760:9189:739:52a0:324f (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.4.241 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:8801:2e00:1c62:b0f2:a656:7a46:df52 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:b028:ecc2:fc2f:2cf5:afba:49b2 (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.0.180 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B05F:E709:9D9C:346C:65B6:E8B1 (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.140.75 (talk · contribs)
- 174.237.138.67 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B021:5645:65A1:B743:18DA:4093 (talk · contribs)
- 99.242.112.220 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B024:581F:8D28:E2BA:F584:6205 (talk · contribs)
- 2600:1011:B04B:B0C1:E934:595E:1F5A:46B (talk · contribs)
Some IPs share edits with the articles above, but focus more on India and Pakistan otherwise, favoring India:
- 39.110.61.66
- 45.120.201.46
- Sky Bow (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is an interesting connection. One IP linked it to Anil Baijal with vandalism history, a different IP there has a connection to Hsiung Feng III and Assam Rifles and this IP which leads back to Taiwan. That might need further investigation. See also the India link above.
Misc
Discussion pages (linked via URL on purpose): Talk:National_Space_Organization, User_talk:Vanamonde93, User_talk:Floquenbeam.
All changes on articles linked here
Feel free to update this page.
Chart
Page | #IP edits | Date | IP address(es) | More IPs | Type | Involved Editors | TP? | RfPP? | Admins? | comments |
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Hsiung Feng IIE | >25 | 1/4/17
- Present |
45.254.246.81 | 223.204.250.218 | Additions
deletions source EW |
Adamgerber80
Dan Koeh America789 Floquenbeam |
N | SEMI 30 days
N/A # of RfPP filed |
Y1
Floq. |
1.237.20.87 used twice in a row. IP uses a range of ES, including some erudite ones which may cause them to look like a good editor/VanCop. L3X1 |
Hsiung Feng III | >50 | 10/30/16
- Present |
79.240.175.148 | 45.254.247.208 | Additions
bad sources EW |
212.194.114.50
Sphilbrick Primefac MerlinVtwelve Adamgerber80 MBlaze Lightning Vanamonde93 Lizard the Wizard L3X1, [[User:Widr|Widr Raritydash |
Y | 3
(Full 3 days) (Semi 30 days) (Semi 1 year) |
Y | It appears there was a vandal cop with multiple IPs. I'm pretty sure they are OK because they also reverted vandalism on other articles, and appear to have an intimate knowledge of WP regarding POV and RS. L3X1 |
Lunar Lander | 2 | 2/8/17-
3/19/17 |
113.151.145.122 | no ES | MFB, Adam, Arjayay | N | Semi 1 week | Y | ||
National Space Organization | >50 | 9/29/16
- Present |
45.120.201.82 | 58.114.120.202 | EW, unref additionsno ES | Adamgerber80
Coffee Floquenbeam MrOllie Mfb BigBryan0 |
Y | 1, semi 30 days | Y2 | TP is more about cleanup, not discussion with the sock |
T65 AR | 7 | 4/17/17- 4/18/17 | 2001:8003:801f:f800:2d34:8f67:cc74:e228 | additions, no ES | BilCat | N | N | N | N | |
Yun Feng | 16 | 3/12/17
- Present |
61.245.72.140 | 62.231.239.133 | EW, bad info | Adamgerber80
CambridgeBayWeather |
N | 1, semi 30 days | Y, PP | Numerous other IP edits but I doubt they are attached. |
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