Wikipedia:Abuse response/129.2.175.70


 * The following page is an archived Abuse Response case. Please do not modify it. Subsequent reports for the same IP address should be filed under a new report.  No further edits should be made to this page.  Click here to file a new report.  See WP:ABUSE for more information.

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Requester Comments
Editors seemingly associated with this IP have displayed an almost obsessive interest in vandalizing the User talk:Ned Scott, among others, with the same repetitive action, seen here, and generally apparently even with the same almost meaningless edit summary.

previous investigation
There was a previous sockpuppetry investigation regarding this editor, which confirmed a number of socks, which can be found at Sockpuppet investigations/ManeuversGold/Archive. At some point, editor also revealed he at the time worked for Verizon, I believe when he said he had to do his vandalism from work, which as I remember was a Verizon IP. John Carter (talk) 14:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Registry Information

 * Registered to: University of Maryland
 * WHOIS report


 * [ 129-2-175-70.wireless.umd.edu ] The IP number indicates that the user is on the school's wireless network.

Contact information
 * Additional information about UMD's wireless network University of Maryland Wireless Network

OrgName:   University of Maryland OrgID:     UNIVER-262 Address:   Office of Information Technology Address:   Patuxent Building City:      College Park StateProv: MD  PostalCode: 20742 Country:   US  OrgAbuseHandle: UARA-ARIN OrgAbuseName:  UMD Abuse Role Account OrgAbusePhone: 1-301-405-8787 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@umd.edu OrgTechHandle: UM-ORG-ARIN OrgTechName:  UMD DNS Admin Role Account OrgTechPhone: 1-301-405-3003 OrgTechEmail: dnsadmin@noc.net.umd.edu

Contact information from the school's website

To report IT security incidents: IT Security Officer: 301.405.8787 www.umd.edu/nethics oit-security@umd.edu Vice President and Chief Information Officer: University of Maryland Office of Information Technology 1122 Patuxent Building College Park, Maryland 20742-4911 301.405.7700 (Phone) 301.405.0300 (Fax)

Public Relations: oit-pr@umd.edu

Abuse Summary

 * Investigated by


 * This IP number had some useful edits in early to mid 2007, but later on the majority of edits were vandlism.


 * Uses the same message when vandalizing user talk pages.


 * Has made 232 edits as of July 14, 2009, 173 of which were to distinct pages.


 * First edit was on 2007-01-31. Edits breakdown as follows:


 * Articles: 184


 * Talk: 4


 * User: 7


 * User talk: 31


 * Project: 3


 * Could not find any general trends in time of edits, but there are blocks of edits with the same content and edit summary. For example, 8 edits from 11:54, May 13, 2008 to 11:57, May 13, 2008 were content replacements with the same content, but on different pages.


 * Found user pages that were vandalized that had user boxes that indicated they were from Maryland, such as User:Josephabradshaw


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Josephabradshaw&diff=prev&oldid=212161323


 * This user seems to obsessed with Ned Scott.


 * Useful edits are often mixed in with vandalizing edits, such as this, and this


 * IP is currently on a 1 month block.


 * IP has been investigated for sockpuppetry, report may be found here


 * IP has been blocked 7 times, with the first block on April 26, 2007.

Contactor Report

 * Sent an email to abuse AT umd DOT edu on July 14, 2009.
 * No reply received after 2 days, suspecting unmonitored email.


 * Sent an email to oit-security AT umd DOT edu and oit-pr AT umd DOT edu on July 16, 2009.
 * Reply received, closing request. For "non-public" information regarding the communications between the University of Maryland and, please contact on his user talk page. Contact was helpful and cooperative, and contact has agreed to investigate and take action.

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 * The above page is an archived Abuse Response case and has been preserved for recording purposes. Please do not modify it. Subsequent reports for the same IP address should be filed under a new report. No further edits should be made to this page.