"Yes, I know it is. So you're saying it takes four months for an anon IP vandal to get blocked?"
Hello,
New list member and only joined Wikipedia a week ago.
I've got the details of a user who, amidst making useful edits, has committed 15 acts of vandlism over a period of two weeks. I have every reason to believe that if the user knows I am thinking of going public with that info he will attack my articles.
Obviously I'm not keen for that to happen. On the other hand I realise that things need to be open.
The user does not have a page, so I assume they have no warnings? I am reluctant to *start* a user page for them as I feel I will be victimised should I do so. And I feel without previous warnings, from what I've picked up over the last week, they won't be blocked, and I'll be in the sh**.
All the acts (save one) involve the insertion of 'joke' material into articles. So, there is no question of newbie accidents or oversights.
Would appreciate advice.
I have links directly to the pages where the vandalism has happened with comparison to the previous version, so it's all extremely easy to follow.
Apologies if this doesn't belong on this mailing list - but I noticed you were discussing trolls, so figured I'd jump in.
Bodnotbod
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I've got the details of a user who, amidst making useful edits, has committed 15 acts of vandlism over a period of two weeks. I have every reason to believe that if the user knows I am thinking of going public with that info he will attack my articles.
The best thing to do is list the person on the "vandalism in progress" page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism_in_progress.
If you would rather remain anonymous, you could try emailing another user that you trust to make the report for you. There is a list of administrators at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators, many of whom you can email using the "email this user" feature on their user page. I'm sure that any of them would be happy to look into the situation for you without revealing your name to the vandal.
Angela.
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