Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Dingbat2007

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Dingbat2007 (28-Dec-08)



 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:: Typical behavior of banned user Dingbat2007, including creating usernames with name followed by two-digit number - in this case "Trisha61". Also typical of Dingbat behavior is creating many new stub TV articles in a short period of time, almost always with fictitious information.  Examples from this section:
 * KHHH-LP - Fictitious affiliations, current and former - there is no record of any affiliation in any reliable source.
 * KRUB-LP - Fictitious affiliation and channel number. Application to change channels was dismissed.
 * KCRE-LP - Fictitious affiliation. No reliably-sourced information exists for the station's programming.


 * Amarillo, Texas, stations are usually a target for Dingbat, as he claimed to have been born there in 1994, and there are plenty of Amarillo stations in this group:
 * KFDA-TV (18 consecutive edits)
 * KCIT (3 edits)
 * KAMR (6 edits)


 * Dingbat also adds bogus DT subchannel affiliations, usually NBC WeatherPlus. dhett (talk • contribs) 09:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ as Dingbat2007:

Also,. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 19:32, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked & tagged. Tiptoety talk 19:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Dingbat2007



 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:: Typical behavior of banned user Dingbat2007, including creating usernames with name followed by two-digit number. It looks like "Trisha" will be a new line of named socks.  Also typical of Dingbat behavior is creating many new stub TV articles in a short period of time, usually with the same affiliation - whatever the user is fixated on at the time, but usually involving NBC entities; first NBC WeatherPlus, now ShopNBC - and almost always with fictitious information.  Examples from this section:
 * K21EK - Fictitious former channel, affiliation - there is no record of a former channel or retransmission of another station in FCC database.
 * KSWR-LD - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 2002, not 1995; owner is Una Vez Mas, an affiliate of Azteca America, not ShopNBC.
 * K16HB - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 2007, not 1989; station is not yet on the air, so affiliation could not be known.
 * K20JO - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 2007, not 1993; station is not yet on the air, so affiliation could not be known.
 * K38HD - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 1989, not 1997; no documentation supports ShopNBC affiliation.
 * KABS-LP - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 2005, not 1995; owner is Una Vez Mas, an affiliate of Azteca America, not ShopNBC.
 * K46JE - Fictitious founded date, affiliation - the station's original CP was issued in 2007, not 2002; station is not yet on the air, so affiliation could not be known.


 * Amarillo, Texas, stations are usually a target for Dingbat, as he claimed to have been born there in 1994, and there are plenty of Amarillo stations in this group.


 * Dingbat also adds bogus DT subchannel affiliations, usually NBC WeatherPlus. dhett (talk • contribs) 09:02, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Obviously the original Dingbat account is stale, but the following are ✅ to be the same person:
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * for good measure, but we'll see how long that holds. – Luna Santin  (talk) 11:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Tagged them all. OhanaUnitedTalk page 13:39, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Dingbat2007



 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:: Typical behavior of banned user Dingbat2007, including creating usernames with Rebafan, Fran, or Word roots, creating articles with fictional and unsourced information, usually with cable-only channels as a broadcast affiliate, and a first air date prior to grant of its original construction permit (see KDVM-LP, K28EG, W39BP and WRBM-LP). Usually vandalizes Amarillo, Texas-area stations (see KAMR, KCIT and KCPN-LP).  Often adds fictional notices of pending sales to network (KCIT and KCPN-LP) and works in conjunction with an anonymous IP address to cover his tracks.  If Dingbat2007 IP address is no longer available, user has most recently been blocked for vandalism using  and . dhett (talk • contribs) 06:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Highly - based on obvious name plus previous IP evidence below, the following very obvious socks:




 * - A l is o n  ❤ 06:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I just found an IP sock also and added it to this checkuser. dhett (talk • contribs) 06:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, yes - A l is o n  ❤ 06:52, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Confirmed accounts indef & tagged;
 * IP for 55 hours prior to this case;
 * Tiptoety talk 14:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Tiptoety talk 14:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Dingbat2007



 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:: IP user appears to making the same edits (changing "at" to "@" and "and" to "&") that User:Wtvg1 was. Wtvg1 was blocked a couple days ago for making these very same edits and also as a sockpuppet of indef blocked user User:Dingbat2007. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  16:39, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merged from Requests for checkuser/Case/98.211.210.38. No code letter explicitly provided, but appears to be F or G. – Luna Santin  (talk) 00:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, wasn't sure exactly to put as a letter. First checkuser I have ever requested. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  00:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Formatted and added . Tiptoety  talk 15:47, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ that 98.211.210.38. No technical evidence to link to Dingbat2007.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 15:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * is already blocked, the IP is now blocked for one week. Tiptoety  talk 17:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Dingbat2007
Most of Dingbat2007's accounts and ips were being used to vandalize Wikipedia. Zimmbotkiller (talk) 06:39, 20 July 2008 (UTC)




 * A, C, E, & F: PLACE A CODE LETTER HERE (SEE WP:RFCU)
 * Dingbat2007: )
 * Supporting evidence: Evading Ban, Massive Sock Puppetry used for repeated vandalism.

Most of these are very old now -- there is a limit to how long CU data is kept. A brief look at this shows that the IP addresses used reflect the list given above -- they are pretty much anywhere in the 75.0.0.0/7 range. This is obviously far too big to block. There is very little that CheckUser can do to help here. . Sam Korn (smoddy) 13:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)




 * C: PLACE A CODE LETTER HERE (SEE WP:RFCU)
 * Dingbat2007: )


 * Supporting evidence:

User has a pattern of making minute edits to articles, always without explanation, and usually involving changing the year. To the uninitiated, this can appear to be merely a content dispute, but the edits are generally random and show no forethought. User also creates articles for low-power stations that, in some cases, do not exist, but often assigns them made-up affiliations such as with HSN, or with cable-only networks such as NBC WeatherPlus, Disney Channel, and TV Land. User has long displayed pattern of large-scale nuisance editing, requiring extensive time to research and to clean up.


 * Image:KingWorld-Spotlights.jpg - as IP, changed year, no explanation or source given
 * King World Productions - as IP, changed year, no explanation or source given
 * WBUI - as 76.195.181.153, changed year in infobox, but not in article; no explanation or source given
 * WBDT - as 76.195.181.153, changed year in infobox, but not in article; no explanation or source given
 * KB39HB - as Word83, creates LPTV station with notice of future affiliation change to TV Land
 * WLBT - as 75.62.206.181, adds bogus NBC Weather Plus affiliation
 * WLBT - as Word42, adds bogus NBC Weather Plus affiliation again, after it was reverted

dhett (talk • contribs) 23:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: Word42 has since been indef blocked for vandalism, but would still like to establish link with others, if possible. dhett (talk • contribs) 03:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, obviously. No other obvious socks.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 10:37, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Obvious to you and me; unfortunately, admins at WP:AIV don't always see the link. Thanks for the confirmation.  dhett (talk • contribs) 19:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * has been indef blocked, the IP's have been blocked for a short period of time prior to this request. Tiptoety  talk 15:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

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