Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Brianyau323 (3rd)

User:Brianyau323

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


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 * Kww (talk) 15:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

was blocked as a sockpuppet of Brianyau323 as documented in Suspected sock puppets/Brianyau323 (2nd). These anonymous IPs have since popped up restoring all of FrJonas's edits. These are dynamic, so an individual IP block won't work. Maybe a 48 hour one against 219.77.*.* and 219.79.*.*. Big range, but short block. Maybe he'll finally get the clue.
 * Evidence

Alternatively, semi-protecting all articles in 219.77.182.39's edit history for a few weeks could be an effective solution. That would be

Plus a few others that Brianyau323 frequently edits:

Problem solved through prolonged inaction (not my favorite way to go). Persistent reversion of all edits seems to have made him stop. Kww (talk) 13:17, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Active again the next day via 219.79.42.150.Kww (talk) 14:11, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And as 219.79.217.99.Kww (talk) 14:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And yet more as 219.77.181.162.Kww (talk) 14:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Might be wise to file a RFCU to check if IP range block causes large collateral damage. OhanaUnitedTalk page 13:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * A simple whois reveals that it is registered to an address in Hong Kong Vandalismterminator (talk) 13:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Netvigator is a large ISP. While I don't rule out socking, the opposite could also hold true. OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I had given up on anyone ever doing anything about this. I have a tool that scans anonymous edits from a range, and evaluated the period of Sept 14-Sept 18 (current as of the time I ran it). His actual range of IPs is pretty narrow:219.77.128.0/18, 219.79.40.0/22 and 219.79.128.0/17 would block his edits. All edits from the 22 and 17 were from Brian Yau. The larger range was about 30% Brian Yau, and 70% other editors. I think blocking the 22 and 24 for a few weeks would have been appropriate. I just reran, and a small minority of the edits appear to have been Brian (6 edits, all from 219.79.162.3). This rangeblock would have been appropriate if applied in a timely fashion, but 5 weeks late? Doesn't seem like the appropriate way to go.&mdash;Kww(talk) 19:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Kww sums up pretty much everything. Case closed. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions