Wikipedia:Abuse response/208.79.x.x

Previously blocked


The above IPs are in the range  and are registered to SkyRider Communications in Monroe, Louisiana. The top IP has been blocked 6 times in the last 9 months. haz (talk) 17:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Registry Information
Contact information: OrgName:   SkyRider Communications  Inc. OrgID:     SKYRI-5 Address:   2900 Louisville Ave. City:      Monroe StateProv: LA   PostalCode: 71201 Country:   US   NetRange:   208.79.8.0 - 208.79.11.255 CIDR:      208.79.8.0/22 OriginAS:  AS31783 NetName:   SRCM-LA-S01 NetHandle:  NET-208-79-8-0-1 Parent:    NET-208-0-0-0-0 NetType:   Direct Allocation NameServer: NS0.SKYRIDER.NET NameServer: NS1.SKYRIDER.NET Comment: RegDate:   2007-06-05 Updated:   2007-06-05 RAbuseHandle: DBB14-ARIN RAbuseName:  Brooks  Dustin B   RAbusePhone:  1-318-805-6316 RAbuseEmail: dustin@skyrider.net
 * Registered to: SkyRider Communications in Louisiana
 * WHOIS report

Initial Report
The IP addresses in this range have been responsible for vandalism across a variety of pages. At first glance, there are 3 different high School articles, Louisiana based articles, and articles related to a wide variety of school-related subjects, such as FunBrain, that have been vandalized. Most articles have been edited during normal school hours in the Central Time Zone. Pax85 (talk) 03:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Abuse Summary

 * Investigated by.


 * There have been a total of 90 edits at this address. 10 were seemingly constructive edits, 5 were reverts of the user's own vandalism, and the other 75 were pure vandalism. This account has been blocked 7 times since October 2007, all for repeat vandalism. During the most recent period when the IP was unblocked, in October 2008, all of the edits were non-constructive. Since then, a block has been placed on the IP for a period of one year for repeat vandalism. This IP is mainly active between the hours of 8:30 am and 2:30 pm Central time, corresponding to normal school hours. The edits occur across a wide variety of subjects, including edits at articles relating to Louisiana. These edits include a change to Central Lafourche High School, a high school in Louisiana. There are a variety of profanities and vulgar language used, as well as derogatory comments about other people and places such as this edit.


 * A total of 51 edits to 32 unique pages have occurred at this address. Of these, 5 were seemingly constructive, and one was a self-revert of vandalism. The other 45 edits appear to be vandalism. The account has been blocked 4 times since April 2008, with the most recent block being in June 2008 for a period of six months. There have been no edits from the account since the block has expired. The edits occurred mainly between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm Central time, corresponding to normal school hours. The edits occur across a wide variety of subjects, many of them school-related, and Louisiana-related. There are a variety of profanities and derogatory comments. In addition, there was also random Wikitext mark-up placed in some of the articles.


 * There have been a total of 37 edits to 21 distinct pages. Out of these edits, 16 were not vandalism. 8 appear to be constructive edits, 4 are requesting that a block be lifted from administrators, 2 are reverts of their own vandalism, 1 is removing warning messages from their talk page, and 1 is removing someone else’s vandalism. The edits occurred mainly between 8:30 am and 2:30 om Central time, again corresponding to normal school hours. The edits were across a variety of subjects, including Plaquemine Senior High School, a school in Louisinana. During this past block, the user attempted to request an unblock from administrators, which was denied due to the level of vandalism occurring.

Final Analysis

 * All of the IP's come from the same company, SkyRider Communications, and originate from Louisiana. The SkyRider website states that they cater to commercial entities, state and local governments, and educational systems. Taking this into account, it seems that the above edits are from one or several students in a school district that SkyRider services in Louisiana.

Contact Summary

 * Assigned to.


 * 1) Pending 04:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Attempting Contact Again
Since a reasonable time has passed since a report was sent to the responsible organization, I'm going to send another one to notify them of this network abuse. Using the contact form at http://www.skyrider.net/contact.php Netalarm  21:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Closing case, as no response was received after another attempt to contact the responsible organization. Netalarm   talk  01:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)