Wikipedia:Abuse response/Internet for Learning

Registry Information
Contact information: Research Machines plc
 * Registered to:Internet For Learning
 * WHOIS report

140 Milton Park

Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4SE

United Kingdom

+44 1235 854534

abuse@ifl.net.

Internet for Learning

 * blocked 17 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy
 * blocked 8 times
 * blocked 15 times
 * blocked 14 times
 * blocked 13 times
 * blocked 8 times
 * blocked 7 times
 * blocked 21 times
 * blocked 10 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy
 * blocked 3 times
 * blocked 16 times
 * blocked 13 times
 * blocked 10 times
 * blocked 6 times
 * blocked 21 times
 * blocked 11 times
 * blocked 14 times
 * blocked 16 times
 * blocked 15 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy
 * blocked 4 times

synopsis: this range of IP's apparantly belongs to a UK company, Research Machines, which provides a service called Internet for Learning to several schools and public libraries in the UK, including Marling School, Estover Community College, a public library in Bath, etc. At least one two respected Wikipedia administrators, user:Celestianpower and User:Sceptre, rely on this service. However even a superficial glance reveals that these IP's are collectively responsible for MASSIVE amounts of childish vandalism. I know they are just a bunch of silly kids, but look how much trouble and effort they cause. There must be some way of dealing with this, other than the constant short term blocks that don't even put an immediate end to vandalism sprees, because the same users simply switch computers and continue (I had my user page vandalised by one of these IP's soon after blocking other IP's in the same range). Two Three of the IP's have been indefinitely blocked as open proxies. I don't really understand why it's okay to block two three of them, but not all of them? Or at least, all but the one used by CelestianPower? And there should probably be a uniform template for all of them (not sure I have the savvy to create it myself)--woggly 12:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

62.170.0.0/15
Of particular interest are the edits made by this set of IPs. Their first contributions are as follows (All times UTC):


 * 05:49, December 4, 2003, to W and Z bosons
 * 05:05, October 9, 2003, to Gertrude B. Elion (page creation)
 * 08:57, September 18, 2002, to J. B. Priestly
 * 04:15, September 30, 2003, to Borussia Dortmund (page creation)
 * 03:56, September 8, 2003, to Dissaccharide
 * 08:37, September 29, 2003, to Uri Geller
 * 05:53, July 3, 2003, to World War II/London
 * 05:37, May 13, 2003, to Robert Noyce
 * 03:57, April 20, 2004, to County
 * 04:52, August 13, 2004, to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
 * 07:10, March 25, 2003, to Brezhnev Doctrine
 * 09:19, January 16, 2003, to Friday (film) (page creation)
 * 08:23, June 24, 2003, to Food and cooking hygiene
 * 15:03, February 6, 2006, to Dartington
 * 06:18, September 5, 2003, to Sucrose
 * 08:42, October 2, 2002, to Central processing unit
 * 06:57, October 17, 2002, to Millicent Fawcett
 * 03:30, March 31, 2006, to Amazon River
 * 03:49, May 4, 2005, to Kirk
 * 01:39, September 3, 2002, to Internet Explorer

Samples of vandalism (all times UTC):
 * 04:21, March 17, 2006, to Troll
 * 06:08, April 26, 2006, to Trans fat
 * 08:46, May 9, 2006, to Rape
 * to 08:54, June 15, 2006, to Luciano Pavarotti
 * 08:39, May 9, 2006, to Bill Gates
 * 05:28, May 11, 2006, to 2005 Kashmir earthquake
 * 09:56, November 14, 2005, to Germany

212.132.0.0/16
Of particular interest are the edits by the following IPs. Their first contributions are as follows:


 * 04:31, November 5, 2003 to Selective breeding
 * 04:31, November 19, 2003, to List of biologists
 * 09:12, October 7, 2004, to River Shannon

Samples of vandalism (all times UTC):
 * 07:20 January 5, 2006, to Jiuhuashan