Wiktionary:Vandalism in progress

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* {{vandal|username or IP}} Brief reason why, preferably a link to a vandalized page. ~~~~

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• Pilotmucks (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) the Azerbaijan-hating vandal again --Fytcha (talk) 21:55, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
  • See w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ClassicYoghurt/Archive for more of the iceberg. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:33, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
• 216.250.255.188 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)
  • 216.250.255.186 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)
  • 2408:8456:d054:dfff:5c2d:a993:757b:8517 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks) Really funny, his VPN died somehow for the last edit (the first two IPs are confirmed VPN IPs). PoV pushing among others here. --Fytcha (talk) 02:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
    • Yep. To a checkuser the only difference is the IP address. I don't think it's a coincidence that the non-VPN IP geolocates to China. I've blocked the VPN range from editing as many of the Wuhan hot-button entries as I could for 6 months. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:54, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
• 58.161.37.48 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)
  • Recurring user (Special:Contributions/123.208.18.224) obsessed with vulgarities in languages they could not possibly know. @Chuck Entz —Suzukaze-c (talk) 00:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
• 2607:FB90:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) Globally blocked for long-term abuse; very high percentage of undone/reverted edits, bar things like Special:Diff/64093353. --Fytcha (talk) 15:52, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Someone has to tell Qehath that locally disabling that block was a mistake — surjection ⟨??⟩ 20:22, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

    @surjection: Can't we just locally re-block them? Fytcha (talk) 20:21, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

A little context: this a major part of the address space for a national mobile-phone provider, covering the entire US. Apparently there's no reliable way to pin a vandal down to a specific section of the address range, so a decision was made to block everyone. IMO, a decision to block this huge of an area should only be done after full discussion and consensus in the Beer parlour.

Full disclosure: I don't use my phone to access this site, but if I did I would be included in the block.

That said, there's nothing to stop us from blocking any part of the address range without undoing Qehath's action- I have done so many times. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:53, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

@Chuck Entz: I see, I wasn't aware. I assume that's also the reason why some of the other ranges I've reported haven't been banned, right?

Reading this, I've got the impression that you wouldn't be included in the block since it's possible to block only anonymous users from such ranges, right? I guess in the end it comes down to a trade-off but as long as Wiktionary has the capacities to manually patrol every single unautopatrolled edit (do we?) leaving these ranges open doesn't cause a lot of damage. Fytcha (talk) 22:10, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

I was just pointing out that I'm in that address range, not that I would actually be unable to edit. I always edit logged in, and even if the block were extended to logged-in users, I'm IP-block exempt. Admins always have ways to get around any block- the only way to get a block to stick is to first remove the admin rights. Fortunately, it only very rarely comes to that. Chuck Entz (talk) 22:23, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

• • • Reblocking locally is pointless when we could just undo the local exemption of the global block. It'll have the same effect anyway. — surjection ⟨??⟩ 09:33, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Persistent

• Repeated vandalism: --Fytcha (talk) 23:23, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

  ‎92.40.170.158 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)

  2.26.157.214 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)

  92.40.170.155 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)

  92.40.190.157 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)

• 106.184.79.252 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks), 106.185.90.189 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks), etc. Disruptive edits and nonsense edits. He/She also causes problems in Japanese Wikipedia and Japanese Wiltionary (If you understand Japanese, see w:ja:Wikipedia:進行中の荒らし行為/長期/多摩ケーブルネットワーク等可変IP and wikt:ja:Wiktionary:編集室/2017年Q4#「元号」を特徴とするIPアドレスからの投稿). IP ranges:
  • 106.184.72.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 106.185.88.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 106.187.56.0/22 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 106.187.64.0/22 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 111.108.56.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 111.108.80.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 211.7.144.0/22 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)
  • 211.10.180.0/22 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) --本日晴天 (talk) 04:51, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
  • 106.184.32.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) --本日晴天 (talk) 05:40, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

  I've made WMF stewards aware of the issues on the Japanese Wikipedia and Wiktionary, in the future please report cross wiki issues here. Kiko4564 (talk) 21:57, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

  @Surjection, please renew these bans. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 09:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

  I added new blocks on the active ranges. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 14:59, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

  106.184.36.7 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks) —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 09:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

  Blocked for 3 days by Chuck Entz. IP range: 106.184.32.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) --本日晴天 (talk) 02:42, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

  Please renew 111.108.80.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks). —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 09:00, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

  Please renew 106.185.88.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks). —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 08:52, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

  Please renew 106.184.72.0/21 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) and remove recent edits. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 08:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

  Please renew. They are currently operating under >1 address. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 01:39, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

  I reblocked all recently active ranges. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 02:17, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

  106.184.36.63 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks). @Surjection, Chuck Entz —Suzukaze-c (talk) 02:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

  Blocked. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:40, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

  106.184.77.81 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks) —Suzukaze-c (talk) 07:33, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

  Range-blocked for a year. Chuck Entz (talk) 07:55, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

  133.238.85.20 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks) @Chuck Entz, Koavf, Surjection —Suzukaze-c (talk) 17:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

  133.238.80.247/16 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) needs a mass revert. —Suzukaze-c (talk) 02:30, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

• 27.3.72.125/16 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)

This IP has been removing readings of Vietnamese Han characters (mostly chữ Nôm readings) - More than 200 entries are affected. Can an admin revert all edits that are revertable? I will check and update these readings using this format, but it will take some time. KevinUp (talk) 22:40, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm on it, though there don't seem to be any of these edits outside of the /20 block, and I'm only going back to February, which is when this started. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:08, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Done, and blocked. I reverted all the edits I mentioned that weren't followed by any one else's edits, except for a few that showed no net removal of characters (slight tweaks in spelling, capitalization, etc.). It's quite telling that almost none of their edits added to or maintained character counts, but there were lots that left the entries with fewer characters- in one case, 133 characters fewer. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:44, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for dealing with this issue. The 3 month block gives adequate time for me to look through all 206 entries that are affected. @Suzukaze-c Perhaps it is time to convert deprecated {{vi-hantu}} to {{vi-readings}} (4815 entries). The older template has limited functionality. KevinUp (talk) 17:09, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

@Chuck Entz This IP is once again removing readings from Vietnamese Han characters after the previous ban expired. KevinUp (talk) 02:20, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

And I once again reverted everything I could and blocked them. This time I went further and undid all of their edits that couldn't be rolled back but could be undone- that was most of their edits. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:17, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@KevinUp: what about 14.162.163.208 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks)? Chuck Entz (talk) 14:41, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

@Chuck Entz: Yes, same pattern of removing Vietnamese readings without explanation. I've reverted the edits made. KevinUp (talk) 16:34, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

@Chuck Entz Same activity (removal of Vietnamese readings) from these IP: KevinUp (talk) 00:05, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

123.24.173.198/16 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)

14.248.72.240/16 (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks)

I had already reverted most of 123.24.173.198 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks). I've now reverted, undid or fixed by hand all of the other removals by both ranges, and range-blocked for 3 months. I left their capitalization edits alone. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:36, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

• 119.93.40.241 (talk • contribs • whois • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • block • block log • active blocks • global blocks) - based on their previous block log, it seems to be a repeat vandal that got back after being recently blocked some months ago. They made a recent edit some time ago. user has been wiping content by illegitimately reverting edits to suit his own erroneous POV. Some examples may be found in his recent contributions list.--Mlgc1998 (talk) 20:36, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• AndrzejbanasJr. (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) I've really had it. I've been attacked messaged by this user across several wikis who is canvassing me to edit the horror film article. Now they have done it via Wikitionary as well as being blocked by several sock puppets on Wikipedia. I find it really upsetting that they are using my username here as well, but like, no one across several wikis seems to be able to ban him outright. I don't know what to do. I don't plan on editing my own talk page here, so if a lock could be put on it to stop new users or IPs from posting on it, I would be eternally grateful. Andrzejbanas (talk) 01:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

  @Andrzejbanas: I've banned them indefinitely. Do you want to have your talk page deleted? Fytcha (talk) 02:03, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

  I've had it deleted on other talk pages, but they have come back. So if you'd like, but I feel like it just makes them think they didn't get their message across, and they find a new account and post there again. :/ Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:04, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

  I deleted and protected. Sorry that this person is harassing you here and at en.wq (and possibly elsewhere!); let me know how I can help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:01, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Sorry to undo the edit, byt an editor said this user does not exist on wikitionary. Did I misstype or something? or can you explain these user contributions? here? Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:02, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: A dot was missing in the username. I've fixed that and re-added your report. Fytcha (talk) 02:04, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Oof. My bad. Thank you so much. :) Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:04, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: You're welcome :) If you change your mind on the deletion thing, you can add {{d}} to your talk page at any time. Fytcha (talk) 02:10, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

DydsixydsJr. (talk • contribs • global account info • deleted contribs • nuke • abuse filter log • page moves • block • block log • active blocks) --Fytcha (talk) 18:29, 4 January 2022 (UTC)