Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Dolby–Blob–Cars vandal

Basic information
The Dolby–Blob–Cars vandal, also known as the Ottawa music vandal, is an editor who has repeatedly vandalized articles related to the musician Thomas Dolby, the 1988 film The Blob, and the band known as the Cars. The person started vandalizing in 2007 and is still active.

Typical edits include changing to wrong acting credits in The Blob, wrong musician credits at the Cars articles, and wrong musician credits at Thomas Dolby articles. Other wrong information may include song durations, record label and dates.

The vandalism began in 2007 in the Toronto area of Canada (the first 2 IP addresses have since been reassigned). Around 2015, the exact same vandalism shifted to IPs in Ottawa, Canada.

Noticeboard reports:
 * March 2021 – Challenging rangeblock for Ottawa music vandal
 * February 2022 – Please make it harder for the Ottawa music vandal

Thomas Dolby

 * The Golden Age of Wireless
 * Blinded by Science
 * Shingle Street

The Cars

 * Candy-O
 * The Cars (album)
 * The Cars
 * The Cars discography
 * The Cars Unlocked: The Live Performances
 * Nexterday
 * Shake It Up (The Cars album)

J. J. Cale

 * Really (album)
 * Shades (J. J. Cale album)

Jurassic Park

 * Jurassic Park
 * Jurassic Park (film)
 * List of Jurassic Park characters

Movies

 * The Blob (1988 film)
 * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
 * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)
 * Ride in the Whirlwind

Other

 * Big Circumstance
 * Linda Hamilton
 * Lost Together (Blue Rodeo album)

Involved IP addresses

 * 2022–2023 - (/64 blocked 1 year in November 2023)
 * 23 May 2022 -
 * 16 Oct 2021 — 2 Feb 2022 - (blocked six months February 2022)
 * 28 Aug — 10 Oct 2021 – (blocked three months October 2021)
 * 1 May — 8 Aug 2021 – (blocked one month, rangeblocked three months November 2021, seems to belong to the Thames Valley District School Board)
 * 15—17 Jun 2021 –
 * 13—27 May 2021 – (blocked three months)
 * 26 Feb — 6 Apr 2021 – (blocked twice)
 * 17—21 Feb 2021 –
 * 9 Dec 2020 — 30 Jan 2021 –
 * 2—12 Nov 2020 –
 * 29 Sep — 25 Oct 2020 – (blocked twice, registered to the City of Ottawa IT)
 * 28 Aug 2020 -
 * 27 Aug 2020 – (/64 blocked three months)
 * 15 Aug 2020 – (registered to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton)
 * 31 Jul 2020 — 13 Aug 2020 – (blocked twice)
 * 10—21 Jul 2020 –
 * 7—8 Jul 2020 – (blocked twice, registered to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton)
 * 5—6 Jul 2020 – (blocked three months)
 * 19 Apr 2020 — 17 Jun 2020 – (blocked twice)
 * 1 Aug 2019 –
 * 14 Jul 2019 –
 * 15 Oct 2018 — 13 Jul 2019 –
 * 7 Dec 2017 — 29 Apr 2018 - (registered to Rogers Cable in Kitchener, Ontario)
 * 14 Jun 2017 –
 * 21 Feb 2016 - (registered to Rogers Cable in Toronto, Ontario)
 * 27 Aug 2015 - (registered to TekSavvy Solutions in Ottawa, Ontario)
 * 21 Oct 2012 — 1 Apr 2013 - (registered to Cogeco Cable in Kingston, Ontario)
 * 30 Jul 2010 -
 * 8 May 2010 -
 * 15 Jan 2010 -
 * 8 Nov 2009 — 3 Jan 2010 -
 * 26 May — 21 Oct 2009 -
 * 18 Oct 2009 -
 * 6 Mar — 23 Jul 2009 -
 * 1—30 Mar 2009 –
 * 3 Jan — 24 Feb 2009 –
 * 18 Feb 2009 -
 * 7 Oct 2007 — 15 Jan 2008 -
 * 21—29 Sep 2007 – (has been re-assigned to Pembroke Telephone Company in Pembroke, Georgia since usage by LTA)
 * 16 Jan — 20 September 2007 – (blocked one week, has been reassigned to Verizon in Baltimore, Maryland since usage by LTA)

Known ranges

 * (blocked for six months)
 * (blocked for six months)
 * (registered to Rogers Cable in Ottawa, Ontario)
 * (registered to TekSavvy Solutions in Ottawa, Ontario)
 * (registered to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in Ottawa, Ontario)
 * (registered to Rogers Cable in Ottawa, Ontario)