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 This page allows users to request administrator investigation of certain types of abuse only. Do not use this page until you read the policies, guidelines, and procedures. For obvious vandalism, see Administrator intervention against vandalism. Alerts that do not belong on this page may be removed without action or notice.


    Watchlist

    • Report in this section:
    1. Articles being hit with a very high level of vandalism or that are repeatedly vandalised with an extended time before reverts.
    2. Registered users or IPs that have carried out clear vandalism but have currently stopped.
    • Do not report here:
    1. Articles featured on the front page, or very high profile articles - these will already be watched
    2. Vandals needing to be blocked - see WP:AIV instead.
    3. Users needing investigation - see one of the sections below.
    • Use the following format:
    * {{article|article name}} - brief explanation // ~~~~ or
    * {{vandal|username}} - brief explanation // ~~~~ or
    * {{IPvandal|Ip_Address}} - brief explanation //~~~~

    Watchlist requests

    • The Focus Group was malisciously deleted without provocation or just cause.
    • Weis Markets (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been repeatedly vandalized over the past week, multiplie times every day, by an anonymous IP. The user keeps adding the same stuff--something about a black bear, and another paragraph about Weis being voted "best place to fart in." He/she then adds varied other things, all related to the "farting" theme. It's getting irritating. Is it possible to lock this page for a while so that only registered users can edit it? Thanks much. --Captadam 02:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    IP addresses

    Do not report obvious vandalism here; see Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Only report IP addresses that are engaged in complicated, deceptive vandalism that will require more than a few moments for an administrator to analyse. Please read the policies, guidelines, and procedures before reporting.

    Requests

    Please use this format at the top of this section:

    ===={{IPvandal|IP Address}}====

    Brief Description. ~~~~

    72.234.22.238 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user is vandalizing the article Star of Bethlehem and is putting harassing messages on my talk page. The messages threaten to block me (although he is clearly not an admin) and accuse me of copyright violations because I supposedly post the "heart and soul" of published works. (I described the thesis of a book in a couple of sentences.) IMO, this IP is a sockpuppet of User:John Charles Webb and the point of this activity is to promote his Web site. On the Web site, an edit made by the user to the Star of Bethlehem article is quoted as if Wikipedia is endorsing the site.Kauffner 14:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    24.117.151.163 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Look at his contributions. I think it may be a bot or something, because all it is doing is changing around either the external links or references of unrelated articles beginning with the letter z. Can someone investigate this? Ķĩřβȳ♥ŤįɱéØ 09:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    216.146.109.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    I have linked User:216.146.109.42 to another account that has been vandalising (requested closure of User:Corey Bryant) - see either user page for details. The vandalism in non-obvious, over months, but I and others have reverted both of these. I must go now, so cannot investigate 216.146.109.42 to revert and warn. Please investigate and block if my suspicion is right. Widefox 04:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    203.220.142.176 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user, along with a number of others, has been horsing around on the Talk:Kane page. This is easily dealt with, but 203 added what appears to be a genuine name and phone number. Should it be excised from page history? --Kizor 09:39, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted. --ZsinjTalk 04:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    71.168.46.228 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    This user has been repetitively editing Sartorius (GX) over the past week, changing names falsely in the Card list section ("Monster Reincarnation" is constantly being replaced by "Monster Reborn", and the name of "Selection of Fate" has since been proven to be identical in both the English and Japanese versions; details can be viewed on this user's talk page:User_talk:71.168.46.228). As with all pages related to Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, the animation errors (in the former case) that appear in the English version of the anime are omitted from the lists because they often make absolutely no sense to the characters that play them. In addition to these edits, this user has also posted other false information in the past that was disproven by both versions of the anime (such as when the user altered "The Fool" tarot card to "The Jester" despite the card being called "The Fool" in both instances). This user has been informed of these errors and warned more than once, but has recently vandalized the article again, indicating that he/she does not intend to cease such actions. Benten 1:29; 16 September 2006 (UTC)

    68.40.190.58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

    Registered users

    Read the policies, guidelines, and procedures before reporting. Do not report content or user disputes here, unless you can provide links demonstrating a strong attempt at dispute resolution. Please use this format at the top of this section:

    ===={{vandal|User_name}}====

    Brief Description. ~~~~

    Usernames are case sensitive.

    New requests

    Stupidcow123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Repeated vandalism of California Gold Rush]--Paul 18:04, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    wikipediatrix (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    User has consistently deleted two entire sections from the Make Love, Not Warcraft section, claiming on several occasions that she will refuse to cease her complete deletion of these sections until administrators are involved. In most recent edit, claims, "I will continue to revert this as Original Research unless someone wishes to take it to Arbitration." Possibly in violation of 3RR. Edit warring currently taking place between this user and approximately four contributors.

    As the article's discussion page will show, I spent considerable effort explaining why the fancrufty material violates WP:OR (and is detrimental to the article even without considering OR). I also attempted at length to reach a compromise solution, which was rejected. I am also not the only editor to remove the material in question, nor am I the only editor to speak against it on the talk page. The two users who have been most stubborn have repeatedly referred to my policy-based concerns as "vandalism" when that is clearly not my motive. wikipediatrix 18:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Barjammar

    Strange goings-on at the Barry Marshall page. I can only think of three possibilities, in order of likelihood:

    1. Barjammar is a user who has pretended to be Barry Marshall elsewhere on the Internet.

    2. Barjammar is Barry Marshall and Dr. Marshall is a victim of identity theft since there is someone on television in the US claiming to be him appearing in infomercials by Bottom Line Health.

    3. Barjammar is Barry Marshall and is knowingly reverting true information (i.e. that he appeared in an infomercial in the US).

    I'm looking for YouTube footage or other documentation of the appearance. In the meantime I've accepted the current version of the article by User:Glockmeister. Mjk2357 03:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Update - on Bottom Line Health's webpage there is a slogan "Nobel prize winners join the greatest health team ever assembeled," but it doesn't say which nobel prize winner. I still can't find a clip. Mjk2357 23:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Mathewignash (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Mathewignash continues to add copyrighted text to Transformers articles, despite being warned multiple times not to do so. Examples include:

    You can see several warnings on his talk page about this ranging the year. Interrobamf 12:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Warrants further monitoring. User has repeatedly added copyrighted text to articles. The Transformers articles he created may be completely tainted. —Centrx→talk • 18:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User:LordStryfe

    This user's account has only been used to add external links, and always to the same website. He/she has been warned to stop spamming in the past by several people (see talk), but they persist. -Patstuart 15:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    User has been inactive for a while. Keeping here for a little while longer for monitoring. —Centrx→talk • 18:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Under investigation

    Repeatedly spams 3ABN with a forum link. Uses IP addresses to blank his talk page and harrass other editors. Other IP addresses often, but not always, have a vandal history. They are:

    The user has been warned on multiple occasions. By the edit summmaries and nature of the edits by the IP addresses it appears to be the same user or a friend of the same user. The first IP listed is definitely the same user (blanks User:Sdalinks talk page within minutes of making vandal edit from user account). Thanks. MyNameIsNotBob 20:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have blocked Sdalink indefinitely. Will observe the IP vandals. The level of the link-vandalism doesn't seem to be that heavy now, so I think no need for semi-protection at the moment.--Konstable 12:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    NSpectre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    User has been editing Red Bull to insert a factually-incorrect and quasi-libellous statement linking the energy drink to ox urine. When I warned him, he then registered the username User:Crcluver, copied my User page over to there, and then proceeded to make the same sort of edits to make it seem like I was doing it. Thankfully an admin blocked that imposter username, but he went back to the NSpectre name, continued to make such edits, and then made a rude and somewhat incoherent remark on his Talk page of details apparently dug up during a Google and MySpace search on my name. CRCulver 09:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I gave this user a final warning on introducing deliberate errors. If he repeats it again he should be blocked.--Konstable 04:46, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Donotsayno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    User has made many poor and nonsensical edits to TV station articles ([5], [6], [7], [8]), we've tried to discuss it with him on his talk page, but he never answers. --CFIF ☎ 23:40, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Cretanpride (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    User has made many disruptive edits to Homosexuality in ancient Greece, including revert wars, insertion of spurious dispute tags, and a frivolous [AfD]. User is a confirmed sockpuppeteer, and is suspected (by me) of creating new sockpuppets to continue disruptive editing. User has a similar pattern of behavior at Battle of Crete. // --Akhilleus (talk) 05:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]



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