User talk:68.39.174.238/Repetition

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This page exists as a sample because someone expressed interest in the idea. If it suceeds, it will be moved into a different namespace. Edits here are explicitly allowed to help the development of this page. Discussion is encouraged, etc, etc.

This page is based on w:Wikipedia:Long term abuse which is licenced differently! If you want to make use of parts of that page, check to see if the author is willing to release them under WN's licence. I, 68.39.174.238, am.

This page is intended to serve as a "postoffice wall" for Wikinews: A repository of information about certain vandals who should be remembered for longer then the normal period of time.

This page is most useful for vandals which it is in the community's interest to know about. These include:

Banned users, who return to continue their particular MO.
Vandals who have been around longer then a large number of the active community.
Vandals who are persistant in making subtle, not easily noticed vandalism.

Entries on this page

If you are adding or editing an entry please keep ensure that every entry has the following:

The vandal's w:modus operandi, as deatiled as possible. This includes sockpuppet naming schemes or types and information on IPs regularly used, the actual method of vandalising, any giveaway characteristics, appearance on other wikis or sites, and other remarkable characteristics.
Some of the vandal's sockpuppets, so their contributions may be reviewed.
Difference links (if possible) of examples of their vandalisms.
Special instructions for dealing with the vandal, if any (EG. Run CheckUser because they are known to use open proxies, revert all their contributions since they're always copyright violations, etc).

To ensure this page doesn't bog down:

Keep discussion short and to the point. Tangental or unrelated discussion may summarized.
- Likewise, a prolongedly stalled discussion may be summarized or removed.
Anyone may edit entries to summarize or better convey their information.

Current vandals

Colonel Sanders/9-11 vandal

This vandal's MO is to create user accounts particularly antagonistic towards w:KFC and then use them to replace articels with something claiming that "Colonel Sanders was responsible for 9/11". Some usernames:

Kentucky Tortured Chicken KTC DIE! (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))
DOWN WITH KFC! (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))
Anti-Colonel Sanders returns (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))
Anti-Colonel Sanders (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Their attacks involve either page blanking (Example), or page movery ([1]). All socks of this user should be blocked indefinately as a vandal and nonsensical hoaxer. It has since been discovered that this vandal was a sockpuppet-identity of w:User:B&W Anime Fan.

Historic vandals

These have, unfortunately, become a part of the history of Wikinews or Wikimedia and are recorded here so past events can still be understood.