Wikipedia:Abuse response/Nominate

Self nomination for Investigators
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 * Contribute - What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * Experience - What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * Why - Why do you want to join the abuse response project?

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Contribute - What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here. Experience - What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia? Why - Why do you want to join the abuse response project?

Slon02
Slon02 (talk) 04:42, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * I've written some articles, been a former Assistant Coordinator for the Guild of Copy Editors, but a large part of my contributions here have been with vandalism (and that's the bulk of my use of admin tools as well).
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I have somewhere over 200 reports to AIV, and as an admin I'm involved in AIV, RfPP, UAA, and CSD.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I was cleaning up my watchlist when I realized that I had some abuse reports here from over a year ago- turns out that my reports make up a fair amount of the backlog here. Since it seems as if this place is understaffed, I decided that I'd apply and help out, if I'm accepted.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I was cleaning up my watchlist when I realized that I had some abuse reports here from over a year ago- turns out that my reports make up a fair amount of the backlog here. Since it seems as if this place is understaffed, I decided that I'd apply and help out, if I'm accepted.

andrewman327
Andrew327 21:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Questions
[Edited by Andrew327 21:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)]
 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * My contributions to Wikipedia focus on serious research, WikiGnoming, and fighting vandalism. I have never been the subject of any Wikipedia sanctions or investigations
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I have extensive experience fighting vandals. I'm one of the top 50 most active Stiki users (#4 in the last 30 days) and I fight vandalism in other ways too.  For example, yesterday I reported a paid editor who was promptly blocked, which is not the first time I have gotten a vandal blocked.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I want to help Wikipedia gain greater respectability among the general public. Fighting vandalism is a vital component of that goal.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I want to help Wikipedia gain greater respectability among the general public. Fighting vandalism is a vital component of that goal.

Hello71
⁓ Hello  71  02:49, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * Generally, anti-vandalism, NPP.
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * Again, anti-vandalism, about 40 edits to AIV (meh). I also have reviewer, rollbacker rights.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * Some IPs just get blocked over and over again, but probably should not be indef'd. It's also fun to know how Wikipedia works "behind the scenes" with its various processes and to contribute to it.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * Some IPs just get blocked over and over again, but probably should not be indef'd. It's also fun to know how Wikipedia works "behind the scenes" with its various processes and to contribute to it.

Electriccatfish2
Electric Catfish 14:12, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * My primary contributions to Wikipedia are in the areas of anti-vandalism, maintenance backlogs, and new page patrolling. I also frequently participate at AfD, help out at DRN, review AfCs, and create articles myself. I also do a lot of "gnoming" here.
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I am a heavy vandal-fighter, with over 350 edits to AIV. I also have rollback and reviewer rights on my account. Lastly, I also work with edit filters.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I have encountered many IPs that get blocked and persistently vandalize. According to WP: BP, IPs should not be indefinitely blocked. I would like to join the abuse response team to investigate repeat vandalism done by shared IPs. Thank you for your consideration.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I have encountered many IPs that get blocked and persistently vandalize. According to WP: BP, IPs should not be indefinitely blocked. I would like to join the abuse response team to investigate repeat vandalism done by shared IPs. Thank you for your consideration.

IP Quiz
Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! Ebe 123  → report 21:45, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Almost 1 month has pasted and you havn't completed your IP quiz.  Ebe  123  → report 18:49, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

All three are good, although a URL is not an email. Still acceptable though. You should also check the website of the ISP for more abuse contact information. Ebe 123  → report 22:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

methecooldude
Rich (MTCD) T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 23:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * I keep ClueBot NG running happily among Huggle'ing, ACC work etc
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * Plenty, started at a simple undoer and now use all the tools going to sort vandalism, including looking after CBNG
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I was an ABU member previously and would like to come back to help clear out the backlog
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I was an ABU member previously and would like to come back to help clear out the backlog

Mdann52
Mdann52 (talk) 16:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * I mainly deal with vandalism, using many of the available tools to do so, and have reported several users successfully to WP:AIV
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * Most of my recent edits are vandalism-related, mainly using WP:STiki to help me
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I am interested in helping sort out long-term IP abuse. I have seen, and helped deal with it, in a few cases
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I am interested in helping sort out long-term IP abuse. I have seen, and helped deal with it, in a few cases

Comments
Thanks for considering, Mdann52 (talk) 16:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

IP Quiz
Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.

Without looking at the WHOIS, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Inc. is a eastern canadian company, with no service to the United States. My ISP is Bell Aliant. When making a report and the WHOIS does not indicate a abuse email, search their website.

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! Ebe 123  → report 11:32, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Tarheel95
Thank you for your consideration-Tarheel95 (talk) 02:34, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Contributions- I deal primarily with vandalism, specifically Recent Changes patrol, AfD and CSD, I possess the rollback flag and use huggle to combat vandalism.
 * Experience- over 75% of my editing has something to do with vandalism combat. I have over 2 years experience in dealing with vandalism, yet I still feel I am constantly learning. It is this fact that motivates me to request membership into this project, as I hope to gain interpersonal skills while dealing with vandalism in a friendly manner.
 * Why I'd like to join this project in an effort to combat repeat vandalism, while still maintaining a friendly manner. As stated above, I see this as an excellent way to communicate with other users, and people outside the project, in a civil and professional manner. I have experience in tracing IP addresses due to AIV, and hope to use these skills to fight IP Vandalism.

IP Quiz
Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.


 * Country of origin: √
 * Owner/Lessee: √
 * Abuse Contact Name: X, since it's not specified for abuse reporting anywhere. √ &mdash; This is the legal name of the company, therefore it is acceptable for the abuse contact name.
 * Abuse Contact Email: X, it's abuse@undefinedtelstra.net.
 * Abuse Contact Phone: X, as it's not specified for abuse reporting anywhere.
 * Abuse Contact Mailing Address: √, not specified anywhere.


 * And it's pretty hard to find the abuse contacts on the site.


 * Remember that APNIC was the internet registry. Also, the abuse contacts, even if the IP is APNIC's is incorrect, and it would be abuse@undefinedapnic.net.

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! Ebe 123 → report on my contribs. 12:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Voting

 * Oppose: As answers show that the user doesn't differentiate different emails and phone numbers in WHOIS reports that well.  Ebe 123  → report on my contribs. 11:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Neutral - I don't believe those are wrong at all, but I need to check. Just because it's not specified doesn't mean it's wrong. The user may have gone out of their way to find additional contact information, I need to verify it, I will then vote accordingly.  JoeGazz  ♂ 03:09, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I was talking because this user is stating other emails instead of the abuse one. I am not saying it's wrong since it's not specified.   Ebe 123  → report on my contribs. 11:29, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The candidate gave answers where the WHOIS didn't specify, upon that answer, I believe the candidate did further research to find answers. I am going to check the answers that aren't specified in the whois, but please, do not mark things wrong unless they are wrong, just because they're not specified and you don't feel like checking them outside of the whois doesn't mean they're wrong.  JoeGazz  ♂ 17:31, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Ankit Maity
Ankit Maity  Talk •  contribs 12:30, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Questions
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 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * ''Generally I edit on NPP and I also fight vandals using Huggle. I have got more than 3,000 edits and most of them are vandalism reverts. AIV threads made by me:
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 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I am here on Wikipedia for almost 2 years. And most of the time I am busy reverting vandalism. I am familiar with all the rules on Wikipedia. I know what is vandalism and what is not.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * To revert repeat vandalism and reduce it by whatever percentage I can. I can also trace IPs to their ISP easily. And now I am requesting you all here to revert the edits that I have accidentally done at Abuse response/168.174.253.221. But please note, that I had already contacted the ISP and was waiting for the reply.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * To revert repeat vandalism and reduce it by whatever percentage I can. I can also trace IPs to their ISP easily. And now I am requesting you all here to revert the edits that I have accidentally done at Abuse response/168.174.253.221. But please note, that I had already contacted the ISP and was waiting for the reply.

IP Quiz
Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying!  Lynch 7  09:21, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The contacts mentioned here are not mentioned in the WHOIS as abuse contacts but as normal contacts. But since MikeLynch told me to mention the contacts still, that's why I mentioned them here.-- Ankit Maity  Talk •  contribs 05:31, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Comments

 * Could you send a copy of the email to our mailing list (wikimedia-en-abuse@lists.wikimedia.org)? Thanks,  Ebe 123  → report on my contribs. 11:11, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * There's no need to do that, all the information to make an informed decision is/will be here. In addition, there is no harm in a user individually contacting an ISP if the case goes unnoticed or isn't handled, most abuse emails are pretty similar. All we need is to make sure we have a page with the case info on it, which we do.  JoeGazz  ♂ 17:18, 18 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Regarding the IP Quiz, Ankit, erm, who will you send an email to (or whom will you telephone) if any abuse comes from that address?  Lynch 7  17:57, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The ISP.-- Ankit Maity  Talk •  contribs 05:11, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * No, we know that, but what email exactly? "xyz@abc.com", or phone number "+1-904-555-342"? Please mention the contact email address, phone number and physical address of the IP addresses given in the proper places.  Lynch 7  12:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * @Ankit, can you provide the contact email address to which you would send the report? (I was asked on talk page to comment on this). You'll want to run a WHOIS on the IP to see all the contact email addresses associated with the IP. Netalarm talk 05:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I think I have done that.-- Ankit Maity  Talk •  contribs 15:51, 22 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Do any of you have any concerns about User:Ankit Maity ? I'm pretty neutral about it; this was 2 months ago, and the user has shown some sluggishness in comprehending the instructions. Maybe he's more experienced now? Ankit Maity, sorry for the really long delay!  Lynch 7  18:16, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, for the reply. I have been waiting for the response and I obviously apologize for my sluggishness.-- Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 13:05, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * WE should close this as "no consensus" and you may reapply in a month or so.  Ebe  123  → report 10:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I knew this would happen. OK, no prob, I will reapply.-- Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 16:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * When the people seem active.  Ebe  123  → report 18:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Atleast, could somebody review my IP Quiz?-- Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 17:36, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Puffin
 Puffin  Let's talk! 09:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * My primary contributions to Wikipedia are patrolling recent changes and combating vandalism with Twinkle and Huggle.
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I have rollback rights which conveys that I understand exactly what is and what is not vandalism. Reverting vandalism is something I do on Wikipedia almost every day and so I feel that I have quite a lot of experience with fighting vandalism.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I would like to help Wikipedia even more with vandalism and attempt to prevent it in a professional manner. I also notice that you only have a few volunteers and maybe would need some more.  Puffin  Let's talk! 09:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I would like to help Wikipedia even more with vandalism and attempt to prevent it in a professional manner. I also notice that you only have a few volunteers and maybe would need some more.  Puffin  Let's talk! 09:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Comments

 * Support Seems good.  Ebe  123  → report 20:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Seems suitable, no concerns; has shown experience with handling IPs in ACC.  Lynch 7  18:11, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

chicocvenancio
Chico Venancio (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * Most of my contributions to Wikipedia have been in the Portuguese Wikipedia (tough I started out here). There, and here in a smaller sense, I am very active in fighting vandalism. Also I am active host in the Teahouse here.
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * Fighting vandalism, reporting users, studying policies.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * Primarily, I want to join to get enough experience to get a similar project going in ptwiki. We have quite a lot of repeated vandals and vandals from educational institutions and it seems too me this project works. I am capable of reading whois information and sending out the responses, but I want to get a feel of the whole process, specially teaching these tools to new users.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * Primarily, I want to join to get enough experience to get a similar project going in ptwiki. We have quite a lot of repeated vandals and vandals from educational institutions and it seems too me this project works. I am capable of reading whois information and sending out the responses, but I want to get a feel of the whole process, specially teaching these tools to new users.

Comments

 * Please see his pt.wiki talkpage. Ebe  123  → report 10:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Ebe  123  → report 10:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Skater
 SKATER  Is Back 06:49, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
 * ''I got started in Wikipedia as primarily a vandal fighter. I have since broadened my range of activity, but still I remain one at heart. I have 6000 edits to the English Wikipedia. I also have rollback privilages as well.
 * 1) What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
 * I'm a COMPTIA A+ Certified computer technician, and am currently working on my Net+ I believe I can work my way around a WHOIS report or two.
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I would like to join the team to help defeat vandalism from repeating sources to better the project
 * 1) Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
 * I would like to join the team to help defeat vandalism from repeating sources to better the project