I've sent an email to the functionaries list. It should be pretty easy to
put filters in place to stop this sort of thing. As an aside, I strongly
suspect I know who the person is, but I'll leave it to CU and Functionaries
to put something in place to deal with this sort of abuse.
On Jun 8, 2012 2:39 PM, <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
Not difficult at all.
On [[Template:NPG name]]
Vandalising IP: 188.28.135.246 rDNS: 188.28.135.246 is
188.28.135.246.threembb.co.uk
Vandalism Timestamp: 12:44, 2 June 2012 (UTC).
So the vandal either did this with a smartphone, or some other three
mobile 3G device (dongle, tablet, 3G-enabled laptop).
Checkuser will 'out' the browser ID, and that can be handed to
abuse(a)threembb.co.uk as a complaint about the user in question.
I'd be tempted to back it up with rough stats on how many people this
individual shocked/offended in the time that, and other, templates were
vandalised (for {{NPG name}}, about 2 minutes.
Brian McNeil
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is
Wikipedia?
From: HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com>
Date: Fri, June 08, 2012 2:18 pm
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Well if you've got the patience, you could go through the recent
changes,
isolate it to the template namespace, and look for recent reverts
and protections. But tracking it down the day after it's happened strikes
as a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Harry
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is
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All I know is that it's from the 188. range, which is used by a few
people
with a grudge against Wikipedia. I really need to know what template
was vandalised to be able to give the checkusers the info they need to
track it all down.
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On 8 June 2012 13:45, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 8 June 2012 12:38, Andrew West <andrewcwest(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7 June 2012 20:08, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>
> I
wonder how many of those were accessing the site from public computers
>>in libraries, and what the librarians thought about Wikipedia when
>>library users notified them of the porn on the Elizabeth II page.
>>
>Get the IP (I gather it's an IP user who vandalised the template),
reverse
WHOIS it, report the issue to ISP / library / school / wherever
that IP user belongs.
>
>Last year I had fun kicking up some fuss when an IP editor from Oxford
University vandalised an article about my Cambridge college ;)
Deryck
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