39This page and its subpages were vandalized 39 times

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== [[Special:ca/$MAINACCOUNT|$MAINACCOUNT]] or LTA name/alias_1/alias_2/.../alias_n ==
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=== Accounts ===
# {{../ul|$SOCK}}
# {{../ul|$BADSOCK|hidename=1}} <-- (notes about sock)
# <s>{{../ul|$HIDDENSOCK}}</s>
=== IPs ===
# {{luxotool|$IP}}
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* Vandal's patterns
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Subpages

  • Based in Japan
  • Cross-site
  • Vandalizes pages demanding her unlock (such as multiple deleted Phabricator tasksrants and (on 12 June 21:11:37 (UTC)) multiple high-visibility templates on PortalWiki)
  • Usernames often contain "KEMONO_PANTSU"
  • Keeps a log of "unjustly blocked" accounts with archive links
  • Started out on StackExchange, where she got blocked for advertising (put a Pixiv novel link in the website field in bio).
  • Uses open proxies
  • Adds racist remarks (mostly simplewiki)

Julie Ruece/Digital Dancing

  • Possibly started around 2013
  • Is also an LTA on Fandom and the Candy Crush Saga Wiki (see the history for the "Level 11679" page).
    • May impersonate or attack users from Fandom.
  • Edit summaries may contain something about Level 11679 not being redesigned.
  • Obsessed with lists of numbers, COVID-19 (specifically in Turkmenistan and North Korea), Candy Crush Saga, Centenary Avenue, vehicle registration plates in Australia, and the number 11679.
  • Targets enwiki, WikiData, testwiki, MediaWiki, MetaWiki, foundation, and simplewiki.
  • Semi-protecting a target will cause them to move on.
  • w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Digital Dancing

Bruins vandal

  • Impersonates other LTAs
  • Attacks users who reverted them with talk about not messing with other LTAs (such as JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp, Wikinger, and GRP) by mass pinging them, especially USSR-Slav and Codename Noreste
  • Compares users to the Boston Bruins (for some reason)
  • Knows about this page

Hatsune Miku vandal

  • Based in Japan
  • Vandalizes pages related to Hatsune Miku by inserting copyvio lyrics (Miku...Miku.)

보민개/Ttongtaehun ("똥태훈" - "Poop Taehun")

  • Targets ko*
  • Adds the poop emoji (💩) to pages
  • Patterns:
    • Anti-COPPA activism (lower age to register accounts to 12)
    • Niche things about stars
  • Based in Japan
  • Targets jawiki, kowiki, and others
  • kowiki
    • Replaces the signature on sysops' talk pages with BASEPAGENAME (Examples: 1, 2, 3)
    • Removes themselves from AN when reported
  • jawiki
  • itwiki:
  • Mainly targets meta
  • Creates pages that are out of project scope (such as "List of days I was touched by someone ..." or "(YYYY) (Football team) season")
  • Attacks reverting users (usually by saying that they will drone strike their home)
  • Knows about this page

Schwarz Gruppe vandal

List of enwiki pages vandalized by this vandal
  • Based in Germany
  • Spams disruptive German-language text on pages related to Germany
Sockpuppet usernames

Probably has 1500+ accounts as of April 2024. It has broken a few templates before if you try to put them all into a list.

Their account usernames are in various languages / are rearrangements of previous usernames / are Asperger's syndrome related.

To get an idea of their username style, see the five pages of the enwiki sockpuppet category.

  • Based in Hiroshima, Japan
  • Likely has Asperger's syndrome (they're NOT happy about it...)
  • enwiki CU
  • While usually not of great concern, this user has occasionally used their sockpuppets to remove "Asperger's syndrome" from many projects. (Example)
  • Japanese and English names used by this master may be impersonation by ISECHIKA.
  • Enwiki editing style:
    • May delink or remove references to Asperger's syndrome
    • Writes on their talk page or in the edit summary on their talk page, complaining about whatever is bothering them, then blanks their talk page.
    • Mass account creations anytime between 00:00 and 10:00 UTC, larger groups on weekends.
  • Probably based somewhere around Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.
  • X-wiki hoaxing about fake Nickelodeon shows or programming blocks.
    • Typically focuses on Blue's Clues
  • Usernames usually follow a pattern, then change
  • X-wiki article creation, unsourced changes (es, en, and wikidata), almost exclusively edits from mobile web/app
  • Will typically register accounts (see enwiki spi), use IPs geolocating to Nicaragua, or proxies to make edits
  • Targets Nayib Bukele pages, wrestling, and Latin American TV channels/programming. Removes AfD/CSD templates
  • Changes are often unsourced, and is incredibly persistent in making them, often recreating deleted articles

Texas vandal

Sock list
  1. Saturnium119 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  2. Waluigi1737 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  3. MrRooster23 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  4. Ice cream truck boy ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  5. Americanman231 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  6. Greatest goat ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  7. Phamy1 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  8. All deceased Wikipedians deserved to die ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  9. Hat12346 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  10. Madisyn Oglesby ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  11. Penguin240 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  12. Soccerman124 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  13. Emeraldguy88 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  14. Joe Biden is the worst U.S President ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  15. Susman77 ( talk | contribs | logs (blocks) | CA | GUC | ST )
  • Based in Texas
  • Cross-wiki vandalism: targets enwiki, simplewiki, and Commons
  • Targets articles about old people
  • Spams slurs in articles with edit summaries such as (I added 255,999 N-words on here.)
  • Games autoconfirmed status to vandalize semi-protected articles
  • Creates hoaxes such as deaths of living persons or the resurrection of decreased people
  • Rapid vandalism (up to 10 consecutive edits in a minute)
  • Revives old accounts