Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies/Archives/Open/2011/February

78.159.105.106


The first IP may be User:Marknutley, who is blocked for using open proxies to evade a block and was recently refused an unblock request by ArbCom. It uses the same writing style and viewpoint. The IP appears on a list at the "Stop spam forum". TFD (talk) 17:03, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reason: Suspicious edits
 * Query: Is there a second IP you are referring to or just the one?  This one doesn't show up in robtex blacklists and isn't open on the standard proxiy ports.  There is another IP on the range with similar edits, so this looks to me like a normal dynamic range editor.  On a note unrelated to proxy/notproxy, the IP originates from Germany, which I don't believe the location of the individual you think this is.  Sailsbystars (talk) 18:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I am not adept in the technical issues. However, there are services that provide users with a variety of IP addresses from around the world, that can hide their location.  Here is a link to a previous similar investigation.  The editor is obviously not German and uses idiomatic estuary English, e.g., "It is POV due to you and your mate dicking about...."  TFD (talk) 19:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Without knowing the details of this apparent anonymiser application, -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The IP's tagging of Left-wing terrorism is similar to an earlier tagging by mark nutley of Right-wing terrorism: "Certain sections of this article are nowere near neutral, hence the tag. I`ll go through the sources used as the first one i checked did not support the statement it is used for".  TFD (talk) 20:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Um - a clear case of "I don't like the edit, therefore will accuse the IP of being a sock" which is all too common. And asserting that Germans can not write English is an absurd source for the assertion that the person is an American who is somehow using a German IP address. Germans write fairly good English as a rule. Collect (talk) 21:40, 13 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Since I posted, an IP who claims to be mark nutley has begun to edit the article. TFD (talk) 21:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes i did mate, because yourself and siebert were being dicks, you got a guy blocked for following policy when the two of you edit warred unsourced content into an article. Have a nice day :) Mark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.218.93 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 13 February 2011
 * opblocked. I've blocked the /24, and the Tiscali IP. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:20, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 * What about IP78.159.105.106? TFD (talk) 02:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Caught in the year long rangeblock which zzuuzz is referring to as the /24. Sailsbystars (talk) 04:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining. TFD (talk) 04:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

This IP appears to be related:

TFD (talk) 05:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Not worth blocking. Appears to be his normal ISP and from his post above in this thread it looks like he's already moved on to a new IP (which is blocked 2 weeks for block evasion).  The range is also likely too big for a rangeblock.  Sailsbystars (talk) 12:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

188.116.3.201


Reason: Suspicious edits, possibly banned user Wikinger, who has been known to us open proxies. The behavior test is that this IP is following behavior similar to that outlined at WP:Long-term abuse/Wikinger (wikinger complaining about himself). The IP is a shared webhost. I've checked a few of the listed domains on robtex, but haven't found a proxy yet. Sailsbystars (talk) 16:40, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * opblocked. Thanks! Possible a rangeblock to be had somewhere near there. -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:45, 19 February 2011 (UTC)