[WikiEN-l] three revert rule and quickpolls

Fri May 7 01:49:59 UTC 2004

"Yes, I know it is. So you're saying it takes four months for an anon IP 
vandal to get blocked?"

Hello,

New list member and only joined Wikipedia a week ago.

I've got the details of a user who, amidst making useful edits, has 
committed 15 acts of vandlism over a period of two weeks.  I have every 
reason to believe that if the user knows I am thinking of going public with 
that info he will attack my articles.

Obviously I'm not keen for that to happen.  On the other hand I realise that 
things need to be open.

The user does not have a page, so I assume they have no warnings?  I am 
reluctant to *start* a user page for them as I feel I will be victimised 
should I do so.  And I feel without previous warnings, from what I've picked 
up over the last week, they won't be blocked, and I'll be in the sh**.

All the acts (save one) involve the insertion of 'joke' material into 
articles.  So, there is no question of newbie accidents or oversights.

Would appreciate advice.

I have links directly to the pages where the vandalism has happened with 
comparison to the previous version, so it's all extremely easy to follow.

Apologies if this doesn't belong on this mailing list - but I noticed you 
were discussing trolls, so figured I'd jump in.

Bodnotbod

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