Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/The UPN Vandal

User:The UPN Vandal

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Bazzargh (talk) 11:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

The UPN Vandal is the nom de guerre of an editor who has been persistently trying to add hoax material to wikipedia for over a year now. He edits the same pages with the same text every few days, making him easy to WP:RBI; however as he uses changing AOL IPs (172.x), we have to re-block him every time. (see eg )
 * Evidence

However, the addresses above both made an identical edit to Osmosis Jones recently, promoting the same hoax information used in the UPN vandal's other edits. Checking edit history shows that unlike his 172.x addresses, he has been using these two addresses for a while, so they're probably worth giving a longer term block.


 * 63.x, Madagascar/Winx/Kung Fu Panda hoax back in February:  Winx/Power Rangers hoax  (and many, many more - astonishing that this user has avoided a block)
 * 64.x, Speed Racer hoax in January:

For comparison, the UPN vandal's usual incarnation is via a series of AOL accounts: Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_The_UPN_Vandal which we already block on sight via WP:AIV - they don't last long enough to block longer term. The hoax is exactly the same: Speed Racer - Winx/Power Rangers  Osmosis Jones  etc.

Anyway as I said these appear to be longer-term, low activity socks, so I'm bringing them here instead of AIV.

His sockpuppets are blatantly obvious (we can be certain they're socks just by looking at their contribs), so I don't think this is neccesary. Maybe a Long Term Abuse page should be created instead. -- AAA!  ( AAAA ) 13:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments

Very likely. BLocked IPs 3 months. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 02:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions