Wikipedia talk:Long-term abuse

Climate color vandal appears to have moved across Canada.
(Previous casepage is at Long-term abuse/24.68.2.110)

FYI for anyone familiar with this one, they were almost exclusively editing from IPs in or around Victoria, B.C. on Cox Communications, but are now apparently at the University of Western Ontario on the 129.100.xxx.xx range. I've knocked out two already, but perhaps a rangeblock is in order if this keeps up. (short version: they have a large set of articles in which they like to change the colors in the climate boxes. That is literally all they do. They make no effort to hide and are extremely obvious. It's tedious more than anything else.) Beeblebrox (talk) 21:44, 23 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Aaaaaaand they are back on the west coast and back on Shaw Communications IPs. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:12, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

“ Usernames and edits can often be derogatory to Asians.”
“ Usernames and edits can often be derogatory to Asians.” should be changed to “ Usernames and edits can often be derogatory to East Asians.”. 2603:8001:8400:DC34:FC99:CC60:E776:8381 (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

New LTA page request
Should we do a case about a Canadian IP troll that targets anti-vandalism editors? signed, 64andtim  ( chat ) 20:38, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Just report any new IP addresses to WP:AIV. Or I guess you could tell me what IP range they're on, and I can range block them. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:49, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

New LTA report
I'm putting together an LTA report relating to WP:ANI, see User:ActivelyDisinterested/LTA Sony Esau Mbisambo. It seems necessary as the edits can be seen in good faith, andany different admins have come across them without realising the history. Just looking for advisement as I've not had to deal with this before. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 18:16, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Archives AWB run
Would anyone object to me doing an AWB job to replace all the archived pages tagged with historical with a clearer tag? I already did so here but didn't know there were many. Queen of Hearts 07:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Please do not do that unless there is a positive consensus first. Saying "This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference" (permalink) is nicely low-key. By contrast, the clearer tag of "This page has been blanked to deny recognition. The latest revision of this page before blanking can be found here" (permalink) is very much over-the-top IMHO. The wording says that it is denying recognition but it is doing the opposite. Fussing over LTAs and micro-managing their shrines is a very bad idea. Johnuniq (talk) 07:21, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Nate Speed
Hello, as a sysop from English Wikiquote, I'd like to say this LTA is active currently in that project. Is there anyone who are familiar with him, e.g. commonly used IP ranges or behaviours in addition to :<? -Lemonaka‎ 13:59, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * He mostly uses VPNs. I know of some IP ranges used, but I can't tell them to people who aren't CheckUsers.  The global privacy policy forbids that.  Other vandals sometimes mimic his behavior, so screamy vandals who use emoticons are not automatically him.  If you're not sure, or you want to block the IP ranges involved, you could ask a CheckUser to look at the accounts.  If your wiki doesn't have any CheckUsers, maybe something could be worked out.  If I don't have to do a massive amount of checks there, I could volunteer to be one of the two CUs (by global policy, each wiki must have at least two CheckUsers).  Preferably, this would be on a time-limited basis (like a six month or year-long grant of the CU user right).  That should give you enough time to find someone else locally who could take over for me.  Or you could ask a steward to run a check. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @NinjaRobotPirate I tried to reintroduce Checkuser to English Wikiquote, but we cannot get at least 25 votes from registered users to appoint two checkusers. -Lemonaka‎  14:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There's always the stewards, then. I'm sure the stewards will tell you if the load gets too tedious for them.  I guess that'd be the time to hold local CU elections.  I'm not a steward, so what I can do is a bit limited.  However, Sockpuppet investigations/Nate Speed/Archive and Long-term abuse/Nate Speed should tell you quite a bit. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:47, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @NinjaRobotPirate Hi, I got an idea, you may discuss with Koavf when possible since he is a cross-wiki checkuser and a sysop there. -Lemonaka‎  23:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

"Chile-based dynamic IP"
Is there any way to add this user?

Chile-based user hopping between many dynamic IPs in different IP ranges. Almost exclusively focused on film-related articles. In spite of much advice, many warnings, and several blocks and range blocks, this user has often changed the wording of citation headlines, added to billing blocks, and added unreliably sourced material again and again and again, sometimes with misleading edit summaries, in spite of frequently being reverted. Does not listen to advice and answers back with excuses addressed to the editor as "dude".


 * Latest incarnation: blocked for 6 months
 * blocked for 3 months on 28 April 2024, for editing while blocked
 * blocked for 3 months on 22 April 2024.
 * Also see.
 * Also see detailed AN/I from June 2023.

Thanks,  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   11:21, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Updates

 * blocked for 3 months on 22 May 2024.  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   08:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)