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[edit] Checkuser notification

This section is used to publicly note checkuser actions (see Restricted access policy).

[edit] "Uga man" crosswiki vandal

I checked one IP address for sleeper accounts (checkuser-l). There is no recent activity from that address on this wiki.

The abusive user in question has been active on en-Wikipedia, en-Wiktionary, Commons, and possibly other wikis. They register multiple accounts and later engage in either childish vandalism and US political trolling. —{admin} Pathoschild 21:26:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tijuana Brass

I ran a check on Tijuana Brass (talk • contribs) for other sleeper accounts or evidence that may tie it to another account; no activity except the one edit to my talk. John Vandenberg (chat) 10:27, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GrawpinBlueMP3s

I ran a check on GrawpinBlueMP3s (talk • contribs), which turns out to be an open proxy; no activity except the contributions by this account. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Great Bluxo

I ran a check on The Great Bluxo (talk • contribs); no other activity. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 66.162.207.21

A checkuser on this IP shows that REDYVA, TonyToddToo, JoshLovestheRange and User:MilkmanDan are all the same person, confirming that the blocks performed by BirgitteSB as "crosswiki per Cspurrier" were spot on. Due to the nature of this IP, I have hard blocked it for a month. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:08, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Magician

I have run a checkuser on The Magician (talk • contribs) and found 25 other accounts created since June 2, and having no edits besides their userpage. user:The Magician is of particular concern, as it has sufficient edits that it is now confirmed here on en.WS. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Are there any cross-wiki implications? This is strange level of sophistication to be unique to our little pond.--BirgitteSB 02:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I was surprised, and there may probably cross-wiki implications. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A few checks

I ran a check on the creator of page "Wikisource rapes babies", Captain Kyoko of the USS Sharpblade (talk • contribs) and Comesmade (talk • contribs); no other accounts or activity. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 71.246.93.58

I ran a check on this IP, due to the strange and excessive interaction with Kmallon (talk • contribs) on "Industrial Society and Its Future", but I did not run a check on the account Kmallon. No other accounts or activity on that IP address. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:41, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kotla Mohsin Khan

This vandal-only account edited via 124.190.244.83, which has been hard-blocked for a month. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

A quick-note that he vandalised WikiNews in the same bizarre pattern at the same time as Wikisource. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Charles Spurgeon 09:03, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Saudiarabia13

This vandal account was operating from IP 208.138.54.52, which also vandalised pages at roughly the same time. Yann blocked both. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:20, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misc checks which turned up nothing

I ran a check on 82.195.238.14 but nothing came up. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 209.17.190.70. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:18, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I've run a check on 64.53.2.215; no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I've run a check on a cross wiki vandal IP address; no results here. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I've run a check on a cross wiki IP address relating to a suicide threat; no results here. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on two IPs in regards to vandalism on another wiki; no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:39, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 168.143.121.245 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). John Vandenberg (chat) 00:03, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on an IP in regards to stalking on another wiki; no results.. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on an open proxy IP; no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:01, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 24.186.165.121 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) in regards to vandalism on another wiki; no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:00, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 24.247.194.83 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) due to some vandalism over on Wikiquote[1], and blocked the IP for the days to be sure it doesnt come here. John Vandenberg (chat) 09:21, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 91.108.218.210 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) due to vandalism here; no other results. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:33, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on two ranges in order to verify that they contained some SUL accounts (with zero edits) which are indef blocked on other wikis. Nothing needs to be done here at present. John Vandenberg (chat) 17:09, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 89.243.125.229 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) due to this; no other edits come up. John Vandenberg (chat) 19:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 86.167.21.238 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log); no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 81.154.69.79 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log); no results, but I blocked it anyway due to vandalism on other wikis. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:10, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 74.50.97.246 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log); no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:08, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on 189.82.33.17 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log); no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:16, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on the following three vandals; no results.

John Vandenberg (chat) 00:25, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on a /16; no results :-( John Vandenberg (chat) 09:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on three specific IPs that were involved in an issue elsewhere; no results here. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:52, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran a check on a /22 due to a en.wikt vandal; no results. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

67.227.134.120 (used by known crosswiki vandal on Meta); no match. —{admin} Pathoschild 00:45:26, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Lslam is crap (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log - SUL) is 122.108.96.134 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). No other results. John Vandenberg (chat) 09:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I've run a check on a cross wiki vandal IP address; no results here. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misc checks performed by steward

In response to this, the range 69.4.238.221/24 was checked and the following accounts where blocked:

A check was performed on vandalism account (talk • contribs) (self proclaimed sock of m:User:Darkoneko; blocked by Yann), which was editing from IP 67.159.44.24, blocked by Drini.

A check was run on vandalism account (talk • contribs) which was editing from 91.186.11.219 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)

The following three accounts where blocked for editing "Kira Wales" (protected against recreation)

[edit] 82.198.250.2

This IP gave us the vandals Fussmotlettor (talk • contribs), Darkest Night (talk • contribs), Happyapril (talk • contribs), AvVineyard (talk • contribs), and CanadaCitizen (talk • contribs). All blocked; no sleepers. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:36, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 84.45.219.185

84.45.219.185 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)

This IP address was used by Officewiki-internal1 [2] (see WS:S#New internal Wikimedia account for comments). I checked that account just now due to an unacceptable delay in replying to my query on the user talk. If it was an office account, and given it was only activated on one wiki, I would expect a prompt reply and I would also expect that myself or another admin would have heard about this. I asked around, and there was nothing. Anyway, the results:

We already have an autoblock appearing on that IP address: #2099

Sonsoftheowl is banned on three other wikis, and Richard Boneworth and Balkaneditor collaborated on a modern rude poem "Clair de Salino". I recommend blocking those three accounts now, and blocking the IP for 12 months. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:23, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

As per the evidence here, and as (with the exception of Sonsoftheowl) they had some nonsense deleted contribs that didn't show someone here to contribute productively, the others are now blocked too. —Giggy 07:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about the IP? Long blocks are unusual here, but I can see this one coming back to give Giggy something to do later on. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:29, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Based on Swollen bremery's actions, and the general tone of this, I'm reasonably sure who this is; a vandal with an extensive history of finding new IPs to work through. I'd suggest blocking the IP for at least 3 months; 12 would be fine, too. If any unblock or IP exempt requests are made, evaluate them on their merits. Cheers, Jack Merridew 07:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
any merit? Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:27, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
or here? Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't think so. There never were any valuable edits from this IP. Yann 12:42, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
more lutz. Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed this stale account which claims to have edited as this IP a while ago. This is the account that placed the 'public terminals' notice on the IP talk page[3] in February. Interestingly, it created a few things, such as Template:Sockpuppet. Cheers, Jack Merridew 15:00, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

"84.45219LS" only exists on Wikisource, and on 24 January 2008 created an inappropriate page "Chevrolet Cavalier" and tagged Return of teh w1lly on wh3els (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log - SUL) with {{sockpuppet|Willy on Wheels}}. The productive contribs amount to the templates {{sockpuppet}} and {{Usertalkheader}}, an incomplete and poorly formatted The Two Noble Kinsmen, and a fix on the notice template.[4]. I am guessing this is a role account, perhaps an administrator of the set of public terminals, but I am still not convinced it is a set of public terminals. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:02, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I have reblocked the IP address for six months with a more neutral message, and requested that the operators set up w:X-Forwarded-For so that it is possible to distinguish different users and the operators can determine who is doing the vandalism. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kaskading Sunlight

Kaskading Sunlight (talk • contribs), who created a gem that Yann deleted, was created on an open proxy 67.207.143.74 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). IP has been blocked for six months; no other accounts found on that IP. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:07, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OTRSAgent00012

I checked OTRSAgent00012 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log - SUL), which was operating on 67.159.44.206 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). No other activity. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 63.64.165.51

63.64.165.51 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) was checked in relation to inappropriate username "JEWS DID THE HURRICANE KATRINA" which has already been blocked; no other activity on that IP address. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:51, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lindsay Lohan

I ran a check on this user, which created a user page which was probably an impersonation of a living person. This username has recently edited inappropriately on beta.wikiversity (as much as that is possible; those guys seem pretty flexible), and it turns out that were editing here via an open proxy 64.191.93.101 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log), which I have now also blocked. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:29, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Typical Wikipedo

Checked and blocked.[5] John Vandenberg (chat) 12:25, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 76.92.163.61

meta vandal; already blocked; no other users turned up. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:56, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Probable harassment account

I checkusered an account, which ended up correlating with data on other wikis. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I ran some more checks, bringing up a few users without any edits. Still trying to work out the meaning of it all, and cant give full details here at present due to possible privacy concerns. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zacarias Moussaoui is a very very stupid terrorist

A check on this username turns up another user who doesnt have any edits here, and is blocked on en.wp. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:00, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I've blocked Zacarias Moussaoui is a very very stupid terrorist, but not the other account as I dont have confirmation they are the same person, but it does look likely. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] inappropriate username

Checked and blocked. No other accounts found. John Vandenberg 17:15, 13 October 2008

[edit] Vandalismterminator

Checked and blocked based on findings on other wikis. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moulton

In the course of meta:Steward_requests/Checkuser#IP.68.162.241.114.40enwikiversity, it turns out that Moulton has been creating accounts here and taking them over to en.wv to disrupt them, and he used personally identifiable information in the account names, making any inference to those accounts very difficult so I have left them unblocked. Moulton, if you use these accounts here, I will block them irrespective of what the edits are; the ball is in your court - please don't use those accounts. John Vandenberg (chat) 12:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Not to worry, Jay. I have no issues with anyone here on Wikisource. My issues are with the irresponsible and erratic custodians on Wikiversity, who have inexplicably abrogated the terms of engagement set forth in the WMF Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and Values Statement. Moulton (talk) 13:25, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Why not just block him, and his socks outright, on grounds of widespread community disruption? One wiki where one is (at least nominally) in good standing should not be an attack vector for causing problems on other wikis. ++Lar: t/c 13:10, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
He has no history here; if he wants to start contributing here, it is worth a shot. If he continues this pattern of being a nuisance on other uninvolved wikis, I doubt we will leave the door open twice. I am guessing/hoping that this is one wiki were there are so few ethical dilemmas that he wont be able to disrupt here anyway. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
I may not have any history of direct editing here, but I do have a history of contributing to the research to find the materials that others here have been searching for. Moulton (talk) 14:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Since when is conscientiously pursuing the educational vision and mission of WMF disruptive? Do you find the discovery learning process to be disruptive? I don't. I find discovery learning to be a joy and a delight. I regret if there are some who find the learning process disruptive of their evolving system of beliefs or disruptive of their habitual and derivative intersocial and dialectical practices in the wake of their current system of beliefs. Moulton (talk) 13:25, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Spin it as you like but I think you'll find less and less people are taken in. You're conscientiously pursuing something, but it's not the vision of WMF. ++Lar: t/c 13:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
I have no desire or intention to mislead or deceive people, Lar. I'm pursuing the educational objectives that have long been envisioned for the Internet, ever since its inception. I began this in earnest some twenty years ago, when I began working full time on what in those days came to be called the National Research and Education Network (NREN) under the aegis of the National Science Foundation. Moulton (talk) 14:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Moulton, be warned: I will block you for "waffling" if you are not careful. This wiki will not be used for purposes other than the mission of Wikisource, which you have yet to participate in. I will help you if you wish to participate in the development of this educational resource, but wont hesitate to avoid problems that have occurred elsewhere. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:40, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
I take issue with your characterization of my contributions to the project. As you well know, I have taken pains to assist both you and Ottava Rima in locating hard-to-find source materials that you both had asked me to help find. Moulton (talk) 14:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Contributions are measured by results, rather than attempts. If you want to help, Wikisource:Proofread of the Month needs man power. You know where to find assistance if you need it. John Vandenberg (chat) 22:29, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps we might agree to archive this discussion, and block the next person to (re-)import this conflict. Hesperian 00:34, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I have reverted and indef blocked Moulton.[6] I have given him ample opportunity on IRC to understand that Wikisource is a project to digitise sources rather than discuss Ethics. If someone wishes to actively mentor him, and has a reasonable expectation that he would become productive to our mission, they are welcome to unblock him. I can assist anyone wanting to get in contact with him. John Vandenberg (chat) 14:47, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Based upon his posts to this thread, I really saw no adaptation to feedback on his part. He appears to set himself up as a sort of freelance consultant in online communities and proposes radical structural changes to sites without gaining sufficient experience in their existing mission and setup. Wikisource's existing structure works tolerably well already and his track record has not been successful. I'd rather get back to business. Durova (talk) 21:50, 21 Octo