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I believe there has been extensive long-term abuse on numerous episode list pages, usually with a focus on changing dates to incorrect years. Some of the accounts I listed have been blocked or are part of rangeblocks. I primarily focused on List of Backyardigans episodes and List of Thomas & Friends episodes, but I believe the abuse is much more extensive. The first eight IPs I listed have changed the dates on List of The Backyardigans episodes (e.g.,       ). IPs nine and ten had an overlap between the two shows. The remaining IPs have made similar date changes to the episode dates or have repeatedly blanked the entire "Movies" section from the List of Thomas & Friends episodes page (e.g.,      ).

Some of the edit summaries also looked like they may be related to other long-term abuse. Edits such as these  list part of the article title or section header as the edit summary, which is similar to edits made by, whose edit history overlaps and who is under a 6-month block. I thought I had also previously read about a LTA who frequently put the article title as the edit summary.

Hopefully I have made this report properly. If I should have done something differently, please let me know. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 19:05, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Comment I've been trying to handle these issues as well, over several months. Thanks to for putting together this list. I endorse the SPI. The Mirror Cracked (talk) 19:43, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * - we can't possibly determine anything useful for petty vandalism from this many IP addresses. Please evaluate based on behaviour. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:30, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Given the wide range of IPs used, there's nothing we can do on the blocking side. I have semi-protected, for 6 months, the most common targets that I could see:
 * List of Yo Gabba Gabba! episodes
 * List of programs broadcast by ABC Television
 * List of Thomas & Friends episodes
 * Go, Diego, Go!
 * List of The Backyardigans episodes
 * Hopefully that will abate the worst of this. If there's other targets, I suggest applying similar aggressive semi-protection.  Either ask at WP:RFPP and reference this SPI case, or ping me directly.  -- RoySmith (talk) 19:07, 14 December 2019 (UTC)