User:MF-Warburg/Decker

This person creates low-quality "articles" en masse on small wikis and then reports on Wikimedia News (previously, when it was still used, also on Www.wikipedia.org template/temp) that the project surpassed a certain milestone (e.g. 1000 articles) thanks to his nonsense. He also edits on English wikis sometimes (usually vandalism).

The articles are easily recognizable: Either they are meaningless articles about numbers ("1/2/3/4/5/.../265 is a number."), about letters ("A/B/C/D/E is the nth letter of the alphabet."), about "American pop culture" (Mario Kart, Disney, "Baskin-Robbins", [1]). In the past he also copied articles from enwiki, sometimes applying Google Translate, sometimes just copying.

Still active as of November 2018.

see also: en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mason Decker/Archive

Accounts

• Apple Banana (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Iggy Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Kindo Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Larry Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Lemmy Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Lemmy Decker1 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Lemmy Decker2 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked (no edits, but CU-confirmed, FWIW)
• Lemmy Decker3 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked (dito)
• Ludwig van Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Decker1 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Decker2.0 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Decker2.1 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• MasonDecker217 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• MasonDecker390 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked for obviousness
• MasonDecker391 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked for obviousness²
• Mason Lee Decker-Brant (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Lee Decker2 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Hiro (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Mason Wyatt (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Opera Finn (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Philip Brant (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Wendy Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked
• Usnie Decker (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - locked

Chronological

• 15 Aug 2012
  • Mason_Decker on zh-min-nan | del. contr. (copying articles from en.wikipedia, using an automatic translator to Vietnamese)
  • 69.148.169.198 on zh-min-nan | del. contr. (copying articles directly from en.wikipedia without attribution nor translation)
• 21 Aug 2012
  • Philip_Brant on zh-min-nan | del. contr. - adding of copies of the Main Page
• 24 Aug 2012
  • Opera_Finn on zh-min-nan | del. contr. - articles about letters
• 18 Nov 2012
  • Lemmy_Decker on cbk-zam | del. contr. - blanking articles
• 2 Jan 2013
  • 69.148.170.68 on mwl | del. contr., articles about letters. After being blocked continuing as
  • Lemmy Decker on mwl | del. contr. -- articles about letters, written in zh-min-nan
  • Lemmy Decker on bug | del. contr. -- nonsense articles
  • Locked
• 3 Jan 2013
  • 69.148.170.68 on mwl | del. contr., same IP as the day before, "Mario Kart" articles copied from ptwiki
• 4 Jan 2013:
  • 69.148.170.68 on bug | del. contr. nonsensical page
• 5 Jan 2013:
  • Iggy_Decker on bug | del. contr.
• 12 Jan 2013:
  • 91.53.160.101 on zh-min-nan | del. contr.
• 15 Jan 2013 and other days:
  • 69.211.62.187 on mn | del. contr. (not sure if it belong to this)
• 31 Jan 2013:
  • 208.111.198.22 on gv | del. contr. - letter
• 24 Feb 2013:
  • 69.148.170.68 on ti | del. contr. and
  • Larry Decker on ti | del. contr. - mass-copying articles from am.wiki
• 15 March 2013:
  • 76.187.162.62 on sk | del. contr.
    • 15:59, 15. Mär. 2013 MF-Warburg (Diskussion | Beiträge | Sperren) sperrte global User:76.187.162.62 (expires 14:59, 29 March 2013) (more cw nonsense)
    • 02:31, 12. Mär. 2013 MF-Warburg (Diskussion | Beiträge | Sperren) sperrte global User:76.187.162.62 (expires 01:31, 15 March 2013) (cw nonsense)
    • also on: br, en, fr, sk, tr
  • Mason_Lee_Decker-Brant on m | del. contr.
• 17 March 2013:
  • 75.92.40.206 on vec | del. contr. - mass-copying of itwiki articles
• 30 March 2013:
  • 76.187.162.62 on mhr | del. contr. - nonsencial alphabet pages
• 4 April 2013:
  • Mason Decker2 on roa-rup | del. contr. - copying articles on Disney stuff from rowiki
  • and socks: Mason Decker2.0 on roa-rup | del. contr., Mason Decker2.1 on roa-rup | del. contr. (CUd)
  • Mason Decker1 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) - various wikis
• 10 April 2013:
  • Lemmy Decker1 on arz | del. contr. - "Phineas and Ferb" c&p'd from enwiki
  • Lemmy Decker1 on bug | del. contr. - Wikipedia.org screenshot nonsense
• 11 April 2013:
  • 76.187.162.49 on mhr | del. contr. - alphabet nonsense
• 13 April 2013:
  • 99.49.37.90 on bxr | del. contr. - xbox and stuff, copied from mn
  • Lemmy Decker1 on m | del. contr. - trolling, apparently related to the deletion of the article copies on bxr
• 15 April 2013:
  • 76.187.162.49 on lt | del. contr. - letter nonsense
• 18 April 2013:
  • 38.97.5.250 on roa-rup | del. contr. - letter nonsense, see also 38.97.5.250 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
• 24 April 2013:
  • 99.49.37.90 on roa-rup | del. contr. again - letter nonsense; see also 99.49.37.90 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (Disney stuff on simple, nn)
• 6 May 2013:
  • 91.105.62.209 on lv | del. contr. - letter nonsense
• 20 May 2013:
  • 2.11.234.67 on incubator | del. contr. - suspected
• 8 June 2013:
  • Mason Wyatt on chr | del. contr. - letter nonsense, see Talk:Small_Wiki_Monitoring_Team#Mason_Wyatt
  • 99.49.36.7 on lo | del. contr. (bug contr. | del. contr.) (en contr. | del. contr.)
• 10/11 June 2013:
  • Mason Lee Decker2 on en | del. contr.
  • Kindo Decker on en | del. contr.
• 17 June 2013:
  • MasonDecker391 on m | del. contr.
• 2-4 July 2013:
  • Apple Banana on m | del. contr. (en contr. | del. contr.)
• 9 July 2013:
  • 70.253.204.130 on mn | del. contr. - copying letter articles from ruwiki, not sure if Decker now I am sure: meta:Wikimedia_news
• 12 July 2013:
  • 72.187.168.198 on chr | del. contr. - chr:Symbol "Created page with "Ᏼ""
• 17 July 2013:
  • 75.92.40.206 on lo | del. contr. - fake article about Dunkin Dontus. also cw abuse for a long time already (cf. 17 March)
• 18 July 2013:
  • 99.49.32.35 on m | del. contr. - Www.paperblanks.com/language support template
• 19 July 2013:
  • luxo:166.147.72.165 (e.g. az) - SUSPECTED (chick-fil articles)
• Aug 2013:
  • Special:Centralauth/Mason Hiro esp. on his enwiki userpage (en contr. | del. contr.)
• 16 Aug 2013:
  • 206.53.13.5 on m | del. contr. (probable)
• Aug-Oct 2013:
  • luxo:93.179.226.161 (blocked on several wikis) - dubious edits on articles about Wikipedias - possibly Decker, but IP is from Poland
• 18 Dec 2013:
  • Usnie Decker on en | del. contr. (m contr. | del. contr.)
• 21 Dec 2013:
  • luxo:99.49.35.192 (possible)
• 28 Jan 2014:
  • luxo:172.4.225.64 - SRM discussion (back on Meta 7 Feb)
• 21 Aug 2014
  • luxo:172.4.225.64 — report about vecwiktionary and zuwiki
  • Special:Centralauth/Ukle Defker
• 30 Jan 2015:
  • Special:Permalink/11173078#2602:30a:c04e:1400:d17d:e473:d6f2:a11d (VR) - article number pushing with letter articles
• 9 Feb 2015:
  • co:Speciale:Contributi/2602:30A:C04E:1400:2DE4:3B5D:5873:36C0 - also elsewhere?
• 11 Feb 2015:
  • luxo:189.33.171.1 (ptwiki vand.) & co:Special:DeletedContributions/189.33.171.1 (articles on numbers containing just the speedy del. template)
• 16-17 Feb 2015:
  • Special:CentralAuth/Hiking Decker - esp. Hiking Decker on mg | del. contr. and tons of IPs (his, confirmed by CU) creating tons of pages without content about days (3 August etc.) and years; cf. mg:Special:Log/delete/MF-Warburg
  • a range: 2602:30A:C04E:1400:5D73:F588:B898:4F2F/48
  • 104.49.16.153 on mg | del. contr.
  • 38.97.5.250 on mg | del. contr.
  • 166.173.56.32 on mg | del. contr.
• 20-24 Feb 2015:
  • Example Sherman on m | del. contr. Jiking Decker on m | del. contr. (simple contr. | del. contr.)
• 27-28 Feb 2015:
  • MikeSherman306 on m | del. contr. on numerous wikis
• 17 Apr-10 May 2015:
  • luxo:2602:30A:C04E:1400:8CBA:C520:6F13:EECB
  • luxo:38.97.5.251
• 26 Apr:
  • cr:Special:Contributions/2602:30A:C04E:1400:F8:D139:F3AF:F9E8
• 23 Jun 2015:
  • gom:Special:Contribs/2602:30A:C04E:1400:F8DF:8B0A:2FD3:437A (a new wiki!!!) and others (cr, meta)
  • gom:Special:Contribs/2602:30A:C04E:1400:912B:48B:9A77:10AB
  • gom:Special:Contribs/2602:30A:C04E:1400:58A3:E0B1:F1A4:F558 & enwiki and others (plain vandalism)
• 9 Oct 2015:
  • hsb:Special:DeletedContributions/66.90.190.250 and others (ka, meta, ..)
• 12 Jan 2016:
  • incubator:Special:Contribs/80.90.202.212 & deleted contribs. Globally blocked Open Proxy
• 28 Feb 2016:
  • sm:Special:Contribs/162.196.142.177 over 1000 pages
  • csb:Special:Contribs/2602:30A:2C48:EB10:8CBA:C520:6F13:EECB creating years 1014-1033 (via IRC)

• 27 Apr 2016:
  • km:Special:Contribs/107.77.217.213

• 28 Apr 2016:
  • km:Special:Contribs/2602:30A:2C48:EB10:995B:CE62:FD5A:A00F

• 29 May 2016:
  • sd:Special:Contribs/69.170.101.86

• 30 May 2016:
  • sd:Special:Contribs/2602:30a:2c48:eb10:d94d:e3e5:fc99:4362

• 6 Oct 2016:
  • bjn:Special:DeletedContributions/107.77.221.99
  • bjn:Special:DeletedContributions/188.165.30.151
  • bjn:Special:DeletedContributions/5.39.114.80

• 24 Oct 2016:
  • 107.77.222.110 on nds-nl | del. contr.
  • 162.196.142.177 on nds-nl | del. contr. and many others (gblocked multiple times already)

• May-June 2017:
  • [2] (mainly ko.wikiquote, sm.wikipedia, diq.wikipedia) rangeblocked 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:0:0:0:0/64 for 1 year
    • 162.196.142.177 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • MasonDecker217 [stalktoy] – [cross-wiki edits]
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:E97A:94D7:164A:E7A7 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 107.77.217.140 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:458F:D7CF:9404:A42D xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:A9CF:A573:B96F:2A8 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2600:387:A:3:0:0:0:82 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:240F:6D7C:B01E:AEEA xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:94E8:3061:9C6A:A7D2 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:EB:6E0:15D5:E98 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:D4DE:21A4:6320:747 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:FD19:2C53:F961:2A xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye
    • 2602:30A:2C48:EB1F:D138:9A05:48E2:AD4C xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye

• Mar 2018
• BreakBreak1 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye

• Aug/Nov 2018:
  • 58.111.231.231 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (persistent IP - after being gblocked in August, it immediately restarted to edit when the block expired in Nov.)