[WikiEN-l] Range Contribs tool; anti-vandal software; anon IPs' User-Agents; the netblocks that vandalize the most; etc.

[Unforgettableid]

Unforgettableid <unforgettableid <at> gmail.com> writes:

> A)  Did I go too far when I did all the research I described above?  Do you
> yourself often use the Range Contributions tool[4] for looking at vandals'
> ISPs' contributions?
> 
> C)  Why did no anti-vandalism software automatically revert either edit?
> 
> D)  When I look at the history[9] of [[Patrick Stump]], I see that there were
> fourteen edits between 06:51 and 07:03, most vandalism.  Yet the vandalistic
> edits come from a variety of IP addresses and usernames.  The IP addresses
> differ widely from each other.  Why is this?
> 
> F)  Which netblocks do the most vandalism and the least useful editing?
> Which cities?  Which entire countries?  Should those netblocks, cities, and
> countries be forced to log in before editing?
> 
> G)  Wouldn't it be cool if some web browsers or ISPs would tell Wikipedia
> what a contributor's PPPoE username was whenever the contributor made an
> edit?
> 
> ^  [1]. 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fetus_in_fetu&diff=prev&oldid=339770615
> ^  [2].  http://toolserver.org/~chm/whois.php?ip=174.105.248.31
> ^  [3].  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Runner_High_Speed_Online
> ^  [4].  http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/rangecontribs/
> ^  [5]. 
>
http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/rangecontribs/index.php?type=range&ips=174.105.248.31/8&limit=100
> ^  [6]. 
>
http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/rangecontribs/index.php?type=range&ips=174.105.248.31/15&limit=100
> ^  [7]. 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Stump&diff=prev&oldid=339703861
> ^  [8].  http://toolserver.org/~chm/whois.php?ip=174.106.99.246
> ^  [9].  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Stump&action=history

A followup:  Never mind B) and E).  My original post on wikien-l was a repost
of a message I had already posted to wikitech-l.  (Wikitech-l has told me to
repost it here.)  But Aryeh Gregor on wikitech-l has answered[11] B) and E) to
my satisfaction now.

^  [11].
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/46834/focus=46838