[Wikipedia-l] Cross-project vandal
kelvSYC
kelvsyc at shaw.ca
Thu Jun 2 21:12:41 UTC 2005
I'm here to post a warning of a vandal that spans multiple projects.
Here's a synopsis of how it went down from my POV:
[[b:User:Ivyboy]] and possible sockpuppet [[User:Dittoboy]] have been
causing disruptive behavior while trying to impersonate
[[User:Bulbaboy]] on at least en.w and en.b and possibly others. I
was alerted to this when I saw the user trying to wikify a copyvio
page (ripped from GameFAQs), then trying to delete subsequent vfd and
copyvio notices and discussion from [[b:WB:VFD]] and the pages in
question.
As I was the person who took notice, I had to let another admin do
the work. [[User:User142]] and [[User:Frazydee]] (also an admin)
have also been involved in this situation (as well as, of course,
[[User:Bulbaboy]]). Ivyboy and Dittoboy have since resorted to
vandalism in various parts of en.w and en.b, ostensibly in an attempt
to prevent users at their university, [[Bar Ilan University]] in
Israel, from accessing the Wikimedia projects (it's also to note that
User142 also attends the university).
Action should be taken quickly. Since I'm a newbie-ish admin at
en.b, I'm also looking for advice on how to deal with this sort of
situation should it pop up in the future.
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