Wikipedia:Abuse response/216.79.194.96

Registry Information
Contact information: Guilford County Schools 425 Prescott Street Greensboro, NC 27401 U.S.A. Tel: Not listed in WHOIS, on website: (336) 370-8700 E-mail: WHOIS report listed defunct e-mail, on website: webmaster@gcsnc.com Website: http://www.gcsnc.com
 * Registered to: Guilford County Schools
 * WHOIS report

Initial Report


Synopsis: Over 400 edits since October 2004, around 95% vandalism, with a few good edits. Blocked 16 times since August 2005. See also this article about the principal of Grimsley, which they've created and keep vandalising, and which I've nominated for deletion. He might be a good guy to contact - he seems no-nonsense, and would probably be amused by his detailed bio, unless it gets deleted first. GTBacchus(talk) 02:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Registered to Guilford County Schools, used in particular by students at Western Guilford High School, Walter Hines Page High School and Grimsley High School, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Whois

Abuse Summary

 * Investigated by.

216.79.194.96


As of 06:00, 4 May 2006 (UTC), this IP had approximately 425 edits, the first being at 17:04, October 29, 2004, to Talk:Tracy McGrady. It has been warned over 25 times and blocked 16 times, the first being on August 30, 2005, the latest at 17:23, May 3, 2006, by 13 different admins. The blocking rationale in all cases was blatant vandalism. Although there have been occasional good edits mixed in, the amount of vandalism far outweighs the benefits of leaving this IP unblocked.

The first explicit edit of vandalism was at 18:43, January 6, 2005, to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. A small sampling of the vandalism follows, most recent being listed first. For a complete list, please see the contributions page. All times listed are UTC.


 * 1) 17:20, May 3, 2006, to Dick Cheney
 * 2) 17:17, May 3, 2006, to Condoleezza Rice
 * 3) 16:30, May 3, 2006, to Mark Twain
 * 4) 16:02, April 27, 2006, to Jacques Cartier
 * 5) 18:52, April 20, 2006 to Herman Melville
 * 6) 19:08, April 4, 2006, to Ernest Hemingway
 * 7) March 17, 2006, to Vietnam War
 * 8) 18:04, March 14, 2006, to Nuclear energy
 * 9) 18:44, March 3, 2006, to Polar region
 * 10) 18:25, January 2, 2006, to Abraham Lincoln
 * 11) 16:09, November 18, 2005, to Qazvin Province
 * 12) 16:21, November 16, 2005, to Binge drinking
 * 13) 13:50, October 26, 2005, to F Scott Fitzgerald
 * 14) 17:01, October 11, 2005, to Penis
 * 15) 15:34, April 5, 2005, to George W. Bush
 * 16) 12:52, May 17, 2005, to Ronald Reagan

Names or identities used in the vandalism:
 * Charlie Armentrout
 * Robert Delk
 * Dennis Farley
 * Michael Gehrke
 * Brandon Jones (see link for Charlie Armentrout)
 * Nick Spurrier
 * Students of Western Guilford High
 * Although not strictly vandalism, an article was created regarding the principal of Grimsley High School, Robert Michael Gasparello. The article has since been deleted (the deletion debate may be found here): if you would like to see its contents please contact User:Snoutwood.

List of blocks:
 * 17:23, May 3, 2006 by RexNL, expiry time of 3 hours (vandalism)
 * 16:23, April 24, 2006 by Vsmith, expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism)
 * 18:53, April 20, 2006 by GTBacchus, expiry time of 24 hours (persistent vandal)
 * 19:26, April 18, 2006 by BorgQueen, expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism)
 * 19:12, April 4, 2006 by Samuel Blanning, expiry time of 2 weeks (posting personal information, previous block of 1 week, no evidence of shared IP)
 * 1) * Unblock to extend block: 19:11, April 4, 2006 by Samuel Blanning (extending block)
 * 19:10, April 4, 2006 by Samuel Blanning, with an expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism, personal info, may extend later)
 * 04:09, March 29, 2006 by Oleg Alexandrov, expiry time of 24 hours (three contribs today, all vandalism. Lots of history of vandalism on talk page.)
 * 17:53, March 21, 2006 by Leithp, expiry time of 1 week (Repeat vandal)
 * 00:17, March 15, 2006 by Necrothesp, expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism)
 * 20:36, March 8, 2006 by FreplySpang, expiry time of 48 hours (repeated abuse/vandalism (but at least one good edit))
 * 18:19, February 20, 2006 by FreplySpang, expiry time of 24 hours (repeated vandalism)
 * 20:22, January 12, 2006 by Syrthiss, expiry time of 1 month (repeated vandalism, 4th block.)
 * 15:11, January 3, 2006 by Doc glasgow, expiry time of 1 week (returning vandal)
 * 20:33, December 14, 2005 by Dan100, expiry time of 24 hours (vandal)
 * 15:58, December 12, 2005 by Dan100, expiry time of 24 hours (vandal)
 * 19:26, August 30, 2005 by Lucky 6.9, expiry time of 24 hours (Reposting of nonsense and vandalism of existing articles)

Contact Summary

 * Assigned to.

May 4 2006
Began contact. E-mailed intial report at 16:00 UTC, explained situation. Snoutwood (talk) 16:08, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

May 13 2006
As I still have not recieved a reply, I resent my original e-mail at 20:00 UTC in an attempt to make contact. Snoutwood (talk)
 * Would you like me to call them? --mboverload @ 02:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would be great. A second user would help. I'll forward you copies of my e-mails so that you're prepped. Thanks a million! Snoutwood (talk) 15:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem! I'll wait until Monday to contact them, plus I'll have to factor in their timezone... =0 --mboverload @ 18:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Crap I'm sorry. I got tangled up in some things and I completely forgot about contacting.  I'm going to do it tomorrow.  Sorry! --mboverload @  01:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

May 23 2006
Attempted contact by phone at 23:55, May 23, 2006 (UTC) which was as early in the day that I could, no answering machine was on the line so I was unable to convey any information to them all all. I fear that my time zone restrictions being on the west coast make me unable to make contact. I will try again tomorrow hopefully in the morning.

Although one of the high schools has its own number, none of the edits with names in them can be linked to a specific high school. I believe that contacting the district directly is the best option. --mboverload @ 23:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

May 25 2006
I have realized that my time restraints prevent me from catching someone on the east coast in the office (it's like 7:30 eastern time when I can start). I am pulling off the case and I sincerely apologize for taking on something that I really was not able to complete. --mboverload @ 10:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)