Chicago Happy Tree Friends vandal
Has moved to Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Chicago Happy Tree Friends vandal.
Bucharest Wild Kratts and horror film vandal
Has moved to Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Bucharest Wild Kratts and horror film vandal.
Blah blah blah vandal
This IP hopper in Croatia (Zagreb area) disrupts multiple articles, while almost always using the edit summary "Blah blah blah", including:
- European kids' shows (most commonly Pocoyo, Let's Go Pocoyo, Hey Duggee, and Yoko (TV series))
- Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, and American people, most often actors, celebrities, or singers (ex. Dino Dvornik, Toše Proeski, Ljubiša Samardžić, David E. Kelley)
- Pop music (ex. Stay (The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber song), Mood (song), Call on Me (Eric Prydz song))
- Lady Gaga-related subjects (ex. Telephone (song), Bad Romance, Cynthia Germanotta)
- various other assorted articles (ex. Despicable Me, List of South Park families, Lucius Thompson-McCausland)
They also abuse cross-wiki on the Croatian Wikipedia.
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
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| 88.207.64.0/19 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Velika Gorica, Croatia | XNet |
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| 86.32.32.0/19 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Zagreb, Croatia | Telemach Hrvatska |
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| 31.217.0.0/20 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Zagreb, Croatia | Hrvatski Telekom | Never blocked |
| 212.15.177.37 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Zagreb, Croatia | A1 Hrvatska |
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| 78.2.183.169 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Rijeka, Croatia | Hrvatski Telekom | Blocked 31 hours February 2022, 78.2.0.0/16 blocked 1 month February 2022 |
| 2A05:4F44:600:7600:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Zagreb, Croatia | A1 Hrvatska | Never blocked |
Michigan Baby Einstein/Supreme Court IP user
This IP hopper in Michigan frequently edits articles relating to:
- Baby Einstein (most commonly List of Baby Einstein videos)
- the U.S. Supreme Court (most commonly List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office)
- dates and holidays (ex. Leap year, Days of week on Hebrew calendar)
- The Wiggles (ex. The Wiggles videography)
- TV shows (ex. American Idol)
- Curious George (ex. Curious George Takes a Job)
- ice hockey (ex. Columbus Blue Jackets)
- Michigan-related articles (ex. Detroit Metropolitan Airport)
- and various other assorted subjects. Is generally very uncivil towards others, often using "Fixed!" or "Thank You!" in their edit summaries and getting in edit wars with other users. An ANI thread about them can be found here.
Bradford music vandal
IP address in Ontario (often geolocates to Bradford) that frequently edits music-related articles and The Wiggles-related articles. Often removes content and references, and changes genres and dates. Sometimes uses the title of the article that they are editing, or the artist who made the album, or "The" in edit summaries. Has started editing movie-related articles as of February 2022.
Frequent targets include (but are not limited to):
- Freedom of Choice (album), The Outback Club, The Dark Side of the Moon
- Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate, Live Hot Potatoes!, Yummy Yummy (album), The Wiggles (album)
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50.101.44.60 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Bradford, Ontario | Virgin Mobile | Never blocked |
| 69.156.216.0/22 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Bradford, Ontario | Bell Canada/Bell Mobility |
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| 70.50.134.0/23 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Bradford, Ontario | Bell Canada |
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| 72.138.63.194 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Barrie, Ontario | Rogers |
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| 74.12.150.0/23 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Brampton, Ontario | Bell Canada | 74.12.150.97 blocked 31 hours then 2 weeks April 2020 |
| 74.15.92.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Bradford, Ontario |
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| 99.254.15.29 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Newmarket, Ontario | Rogers |
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| 99.254.91.164 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Toronto, Ontario | Blocked 31 hours then 1 week March 2022 | |
| 184.145.24.0/23 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Bradford, Ontario | Bell Canada |
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| 67.70.154.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Bradford, Ontario | Blocked 1 year September 2021 | |
| 2607:fea8:9280::/43 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Newmarket, Ontario | Rogers |
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| 2605:b100:138::/45 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Toronto, Ontario | Bell Mobility |
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| 2605:B100:300:0:0:0:0:0/41 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Toronto, Ontario | Blocked 1/3 months July 2021, 6 months October 2021 | |
| 2605:B100:310:339F:711D:D2B0:4440:3FE8 (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Toronto, Ontario |
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Naples date changer
IP in Naples, Italy, that changes dates and makes minor, sometimes unsourced, changes on various articles mainly relating to TV or film.
Targets include:
- TV episode lists, often animated kids' shows (ex. List of Curious George episodes, List of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! episodes, List of Mickey Mouse episodes)
- Family Guy (ex. Quagmire's Dad, Death Has a Shadow, Da Boom, Family Guy (season 2), Family Guy (season 3), Road to Rhode Island, Family Guy (season 8))
- The Cleveland Show (ex. The Cleveland Show (season 4), The Cleveland Show (season 3), The Cleveland Show (season 1))
- Christmas-related pages (ex. Christmas Eve, Super Sleuth Christmas Movie, A Christmas Carol (2009 film), Mickey's Christmas Carol)
- Disney and/or Pixar films (ex. Make Mine Music, The Big Green, Chicken Little (2005 film), Fun and Fancy Free, Inside Out (2015 film), Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2)
- Movies (ex. The Wild, Psycho-Pass: The Movie, Wild Hogs, Fear (1996 film), Frankenweenie (2012 film), Jungle 2 Jungle)
- Aretha Franklin (ex. Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted and Black, Sparkle (soundtrack), Aretha's Greatest Hits)
- theme parks (ex. Wooden Roller Coaster (Playland), Adventureland (Disney), Tokyo DisneySea)
- other assorted pages (ex. Wacky Races (2000 video game), ABC 2000 Today, List of Touchstone Pictures films, Romance languages, Gladys Knight)
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37.100.128.0/17 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Naples, Italy | Wind Tre |
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| 62.98.208.0/20 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Never blocked | ||
| 151.73.0.0/16 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | |||
| 151.75.0.0/16 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | |||
| 151.77.0.0/16 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Arzano, Italy | Article-space blocked 1 week February 2022
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| 151.37.192.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Rome, Italy | Never blocked |
Iron & Wine vandal
This IP hopper in Tennessee makes disruptive changes to articles using canned edit summaries (ex. "Fixed typo", "Added content"), including Iron & Wine, God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, Monta Ellis, and Osees. One example is changing "full band" in Iron & Wine's article to "full beard".
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
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| 71.203.204.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Nashville, Tennessee | Xfinity | Blocked 3 months October 2021, 1 year February 2022 |
| 2600:1004:b100::/41 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | Verizon Wireless | Partial blocked 1 month February 2022 due to actions of another user |
| 198.140.189.250 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Nashville, Tennessee | Tractor Supply Company | Blocked 3 months October 2021 |
| 99.203.32.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Sprint | Never blocked |
Curious Pictures vandal
Kansas City, Missouri area-based IP user that adds hoaxes and nonsensical vandalism to various pages, including Curious Pictures, PBS, WordWorld, Skylanders: Giants, Little Airplane Productions, Handy Manny, and List of Nelvana programs. Uses the name of the article or its subject in edit summaries.
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
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| 174.210.128.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Overland Park, Kansas | Verizon Wireless | Never blocked |
| 199.21.88.131 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Higginsville, Missouri | Bluebird Network | Blocked 24 hours October 2021 |
| 174.234.0.0/19 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Kansas City, Missouri | Verizon Wireless | Never blocked |
| 184.53.32.25 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | unknown | HughesNet |
Luton vandal
Section blanking on Space Goofs, Scream Street (TV series), Grizzy and the Lemmings, Lilybuds, etc. Adds false information, then when removed, edit wars it back in (or edit wars to an old version of the article). Geolocates to the United Kingdom (often Luton).
Kitty Is Not a Cat vandal
This IP-hopper in Italy violates MOS:OVERLINK, adds false information (ex. fake episodes and seasons), and personally attacks others when their work is removed. They target Kitty Is Not a Cat, its list of episodes, and Kaeloo.
Malaysian vandal
This IP-hopping vandal in the Johor area of Malaysia is known for date vandalism on various cartoon articles.
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60.48.64.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Johor Bahru | Telekom Malaysia | Never blocked |
| 110.159.64.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Shah Alam | Blocked 3 months March 2022 | |
| 115.135.0.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Sentul | Blocked 3 months March 2022 | |
| 124.13.65.65 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Kluang | Blocked 72 hours July 2021 |
Loona bird vandal
This IP user in the Tokyo area of Japan is known for adding information about birds to articles relating to K-pop, especially ones relating to the group Loona. Some edits are constructive. An ANI thread about them can be found here.
| IP address or range | Geolocates to | ISP/organization | Blocked? |
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| 106.131.0.0/17 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Marunouchi | KDDI | Never blocked |
| 106.171.40.0/21 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | Okayama | ||
| 113.154.161.1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) | Tokyo | ||
| 2001:268:9000:0:0:0:0:0/38 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) | |||
| 240F:7A:C000:0:0:0:0:0/34 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) |
Twilight Sparkle vandalism
IP-hopping vandal (or vandals) in the Philippines who use Talk:Twilight Sparkle incorrectly as a way to "talk" to her, a fictional character, or to post nonsense.
Ellaxxcutiepie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is the only registered user who seems to be involved with this vandalism trend; edited on the talk page once and never again since.
MartinLutherKingISgreat
Vandalism (often saying that certain malls are terrible and mismanaged) on articles about malls in Michigan (and sometimes other states) from various IP addresses and public Wi-Fi networks in Michigan. Often uses the edit summary "Added content" (or similar).