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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Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012, 13:59
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Main page seen by library users - where is Wikipedia?
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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