Wikipedia:Abuse response/151.188.213.148


 * 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
IP number has been blocked 6 times, with the first block on 11/29/2007. The latest block was done on 07/17/2009. IP has a history of making unconstructive edits. Useful information in identifying this vandal: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_highest_paid_baseball_players&diff=prev&oldid=302605013, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annapolis_High_School&diff=prev&oldid=242246380. User has an obsession with human waste, mental retardation, and homosexuals. http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/?u=7604906 might also be of interest. Netalarm 14:52, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Discussion
I noticed this report in passing. I have a comment - like many school districts, we get so much abuse from the whole range that we block the whole range long term and are likely to continue doing so. There are many more vandals throughout this entire range, and the range blocks are always going to be more effective than complaining. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:03, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Registry Information
The IP address is registered to Fairfax County Public Schools, located, unsurprisingly, in Fairfax County, VA. They control the rather large IP range 151.188.0.0 - 151.188.255.255. Knowing school districts, it is likely that only a very small set of these addresses are in active use. OrgName:   Fairfax County Public Schools OrgID:     FCPS Address:   3701 Franconia Road City:      Alexandria StateProv: VA PostalCode: 22310 Country:   US

NetRange:  151.188.0.0 - 151.188.255.255 CIDR:      151.188.0.0/16

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RAbuseHandle: ZF70-ARIN RAbuseName:  FCPS RAbusePhone: +1-703-329-7550 RAbuseEmail: DataSecurity@fcps.edu

Abuse Summary
The user has been blocked from editing 6 times, and talk page warnings show a clear history of repeated vandalism. Edits are primarily immature vandalism, typically the introduction of derogatory comments about other individuals (presumably classmates). A typical example of this would be the addition of "*Sean Oh the gayest youth on earth, how to live your gay life By Sean Oh" to List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual people (revision 302604615). Also typical of edits would be the addition of "2009: Apostle Paul Voutsas, gives Manuel competition, by being the fattest student in any high school, followed closely by Sophie Lesher." to Manuel Uribe (revision 302603085) (an article about an individual notable for holding world records for weight). Other edits change data to incorrect values, or simply remove data.

A brief list of names which were added to various articles, and which may be useful in identifying the vandal(s):
 * Apostle "Paul" Voutal (slandered)
 * Stephanie Murray (slandered)
 * Tony Manning (inserted over the name of a prominent physicist)
 * Johnny Schmuff (inserted over the name of a prominent physicist)
 * Jon Hanna (slandered)
 * Carlos Doleski (slandered)
 * Éric Gagné (added to list of highest payed basketball players)
 * Sophie Lesher (slandered)

Some edits were toLangley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), the vandal(s) likely attend this school or a rival school.

Edits generally occur during school hours.

Contactor Report
Sent 15/09/2009 at 8:57 PDT (15:57 UTC). Dear Sir or Madam:

On behalf of Wikipedia's Abuse Response Team, I am contacting you to inform you of an incident or incidents of abuse originating from your network.

Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate open content encyclopedia that can be used by anyone with Internet access free of charge. The English version may be viewed on the Web at http://en.wikipedia.org. A fundamental component of Wikipedia is that it may be edited by virtually anyone, as long as their edits benefit the goal of creating an encyclopedia. This approach has the downside that it exposes us to large scale vandalism, something that we are always trying to combat. We are able to achieve this by utilizing automated bots and tools to detect and revert unconstructive edits. If a user is identified as repeatedly abusing their privilege to edit Wikipedia, they are blocked, either temporarily or permanently.

I have completed an investigation and discovered that an IP address which appears to be registered to your organization, 151.188.213.14, has been habitually abusing Wikipedia by vandalizing articles at http://en.wikipedia.org. His or her actions are likely preventing other users on your network from contributing, as this IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia on multiple occasions. Multiple warnings have been issued over a long duration of time, asking the user to refrain from abusive use of Wikipedia. However, the user has chosen to ignore the warnings, and as a result has incurred several blocks to IP address under your jurisdiction. I am contacting you because this user continues to abuse Wikipedia after his or her block expires and because this user has been blocked five times or more, justifying a need for a report to your organization.

Wikipedia's investigation is complete, and you may view the entire case at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Abuse_reports/151.188.213.14

Additional information regarding this users most recent contributions to Wikipedia may be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/151.188.213.14

The block log for the most recent IP may be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User:151.188.213.14

In the future you may wish to monitor contributions made from this IP number at: (RSS & ATOM feeds) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:151.188.213.14

Please investigate and take action as deemed necessary, at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your cooperation.

J. B. Crawford Wikipedia Abuse Response Team

jesse@jbcrawford.us 503-465-4953 http://jbcrawford.us

No response has been received at this time.

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