[WikiEN-l] Persistent page-move vandal using many accounts; next steps?

Sat Mar 5 00:37:46 UTC 2005

The en: Wikipedia is currently being pestered by a persistent page-move 
vandal that has used many names, including (today) [[User:Socksucker]], 
[[User:Wikipedia is Fun]], and [[User:A freaking sick vandal!]]. Judging 
by the user's MO, they are likely the same person as Willy on Wheels and 
the "penguin shit" vandal.

They are persistent and devious, and clearly very familiar with the 
Wikipedia software. They perform their vandalism in rapid bursts by 
using a tabbed browser, so that they can quickly dumped a batch of fresh 
vandalism before they can be blocked and their "work" unpicked; and they 
are working hard at making that as difficult as possible for admins to 
do.  Once they are blocked, they simply create a new account, and repeat 
the process, which implies some level of IP agility.

Their goal appears to be to cause as much inconvenience as possible, and 
consume as much admin time as possible.

I think it might be time for some bureaucrats/developers to use their 
privileged access try to identify the origin of these attacks, to see if 
this problem can be resolved by technical or other means.

What does the community think?

-- Neil