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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Usgpo

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I have a situation at w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Usgpo (on en.wiki) that involves the abovementioned IP. The IP, which is involved in the sockpuppetry case, goes to the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington. So far, we have not made any blocks nor have ran any checkuser yet on any of these involved accounts. Even though this IP doesn't fall under the list of sensitive IP addresses, it does belong to the U.S. Government, in which I still feel obligated to report to this Committee. Any guidance as to what next steps we should take in our part would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, MuZemike 02:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Another BC provincial IP blocked on Wikipedia

142.28.224.3, blocked 31 hours. Appears to be on the same range as other BC IPs blocked earlier.Blueboy96 22:44, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

AOL Block proposal on en-wiki

I thought it might be worth telling you that the community of the English Wikipedia currently considers range-blocking the 172.xxx.xxx.xxx range, targeting up to 16 million potential AOL users: en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Soft blocking AOL. If this passes, it might result in a PR disaster, so I thought the Foundation might want to know about it. Regards So Why 18:12, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

US Marine Corps IP blocked

192.156.71.34, which belongs to the United States Marine Corps, has been blocked for 48 hours on English Wikipedia due to vandalism. If you have any questions, reply on my talk page there. Thanks, Willking1979 00:41, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

142.33.23.140

142.33.23.140 blocked by me for 31 hours for vandalism. Registered to Province of British Columbia. Griffinofwales 22:24, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Another British Columbia IP blocked

142.35.192.186 has been blocked 31 hours on English Wikipedia for vandalism. This IP is registered to the Canadian province of British Columbia. If you have any questions or comments see my talk page on -en. Thanks, Willking1979 16:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Yet another Province of British Columbia IP blocked

142.30.138.142 has been blocked for one month due to vandalism on English Wikipedia. Like the previous IP (see above), it is a British Columbia government IP. Willking1979 21:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

216.174.135.2

Above IP is registered to Government of Saskatchewan. Blocked for 48 hours for vandalism by me on Simple English Wikipedia. Griffinofwales 21:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

138.162.128.53, registered to the US Navy, was blocked on enwiki for harassment. -- Menti fisto 15:51, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Another British Columbia IP blocked

142.31.213.4 has been blocked on English Wikipedia for 3 months due to vandalism. It is registered to the province of British Columbia. If you have any comments or questions, please leave them on my talk page on en-wiki. Willking1979 22:09, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Yet another BC IP blocked

142.24.185.196, which is registered to the province of British Columbia, has been blocked 55 hours on en-wiki due to vandalism. If you have any questions or comments, please see my my talk page on en-wiki. Willking1979 21:16, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

US DOD address

I blocked en:User:199.209.144.90 mainly for this diff which showed racism. The IP is registered to the US DLA building in Ohio. Woody 14:06, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

User at U.S. Naval Telecommunications Station

I will be blocking these three at enwiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/138.162.0.42 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/138.162.0.45 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/138.162.0.44

Almost certainly the same user. Enigmaman 16:32, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Thai Embassy in Indonesia

Editing corporately on a topic which it has an interest in. Highly likely to get blocked. User:Thaiembassyindonesia. Secretlondon 12:27, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Blocking the U.S. Air Force

I've just blocked en:User talk:132.32.201.9. While not strictly on the list, I thought a heads up would be useful. Courcelles 16:59, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Role account for the National Guard blocked

[1]. Tiptoety ^talk 17:24, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

U.S. Census Bureau IP (auto)blocked for disruptive editing

I am obligated to inform the Communications Committee that I have blocked the account Bblcreator8790@enwiki for disruptive editing and sock puppetry as a result of the action on the following English Wikipedia page: w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/148.129.129.154.

The block on Bblcreator8790 will have very likely autoblocked the involved IP address, 148.129.129.154, which belongs to the U.S. Census Bureau, and even though it is not listed in our list of sensitive IP addresses at our policy page w:Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses#Sensitive IP addresses, it still belongs to the U.S. Government, in which I feel obligated to inform the Communications Committee about the block. Thank you, MuZemike 19:59, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Treasury of Andhra Pradesh

I've blocked 210.212.218.4 as an open proxy on enwiki. The IP hosts the website of the Treasury of Andhra Pradesh (http://treasury.ap.gov.in). zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

US Navy IP blocked

I just blocked en:User talk:138.162.8.57, an IP registered to the US Navy, for a fortnight due to vandalism originating from that IP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Same for en:User talk:138.162.8.58, registered to the same facility. Apparently the same person is causing disruption from both IPs. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Likewise en:User:138.162.128.54. Gwen Gale 17:29, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

And en:User:138.162.140.52. NawlinWiki 20:18, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

I've blocked User talk:138.162.8.57 and User talk:138.162.8.58 on en.wiki again, for a month each. Nothing but vandalism coming from those IPs. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Government of Saskatchewan IP blocked

216.174.135.156, registered to the Government of Saskatchewan's Communitynet has been blocked by me on en-wiki for vandalism for 55 hours. If you have any questions or comments, see my talk page on en-wiki. Thanks, Willking1979 21:26, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Government of Minnesota IP blocked

64.8.132.253, which belongs to the government of the state of Minnesota, has been blocked on the English Wikipedia by me for 31 hours due to vandalism. If you have any questions, please visit my talk page on en-wiki. Thanks, Willking1979 16:38, 13 December 2010 (UTC)