Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Boy band vandal
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| Wikilifespan | January 2013 – present |
|---|---|
| Known IPs | See list |
| Physical location | Alberta, Canada |
| Instructions | Suspected socks should be reported to WP:AIV or WP:ANI. When reporting, please link to this long-term abuse report. When the active abuse has been taken care of, please update this report with the latest information. |
| Status | Active |
 | Please report all ongoing incidents of abuse to AIV or ANI |
Basic information
This person who travels around Alberta, but (since 2015) has often been geolocated to Grande Prairie, adds inappropriate categories such as "boy band" and "girl group" to the articles about musical groups. or categories about superheroes on inappropriate articles. The earliest known edit was on 27 January 2013. Other interests include video games and Canadian television.
They've also been editing non-English Wikipedias – see, for example, the global contributions for 104.205.121.217 and those for 2001:56A:F5C2:C100:877:229D:F45E:F67F.
Local blocks
- 209.89.13.124 was blocked twice in April 2013, once for 36 hours and the other time for 72 hours after this ANI report
- 162.157.152.134 was blocked six times in 2013–14, the last time for six months.
- 75.156.169.183 was blocked five times in 2014, the last time for three months.
- 198.53.122.87 was blocked twice in 2014, the last time for three months.
- 75.159.118.134 was blocked three times in 2014, the last for one month.
- 64.178.130.132 was blocked twice in 2014, the last time for two weeks.
- 69.31.216.250 was blocked four times in 2014, the last one for six months.
- 206.75.168.247 was blocked four times in 2014, the longest for one month.
- 198.53.122.29 was blocked twice in 2014, the last time for three months.
- 75.159.118.155 was blocked four times in 2015, the last time for three months.
- 75.156.207.63 was blocked for one week in 2015.
- Five of the IP addresses and ranges listed below as contributing in or after July 2016 were blocked in 2017 for two years.
- 162.157.41.183 was blocked for two years in 2017
- 75.159.118.180 was blocked for two years in 2017
- 2001:56A:F352:DC00::/64 was blocked for two years in 2017
- 50.99.98.84 was blocked three times in 2018
- 75.159.116.143 was blocked twice in 2017 and 2018
- 2001:56a:f104:b300::/64 was blocked in 2018
- 199.126.52.20 was blocked in 2018
- 108.181.232.115 was blocked in 2018
- 204.237.82.139 was blocked in 2018
- 104.205.120.133 was blocked in 2018
- 108.173.116.61 was blocked three times in 2018 and 2019
- 104.205.123.126 was blocked in 2018
- 108.173.116.61 was blocked three times in 2018 and 2019
- Two IP addresses and a range were blocked in 2019
- 2001:56A:F5B4:A800::/64 was blocked for a year in 2019
- 108.173.116.61 was blocked for two years in September 2019
- 2001:56a:f5bd:6500::/64 was blocked for three years in 2021
- 2001:56a:f9f1:3f00::/64 was blocked for one year in 2021
- An IPV4 address and IPV6 range were were blocked for one and three years (respectively) in 2023
- 24.142.15.116 was blocked for a year in December 2023
- 2001:56a:f272:c700::/64 was blocked for a year in May 2024
- 24.109.106.34 was blocked for 3 years in August 2024
- 2001:56A:F272:C700:0:0:0:0/64 blocked for 2 years in May 2025.
Global blocks
IP addresses associated with the boy band vandal have been globally blocked as shown in the following links:
- June 2017 (for two weeks)
- July 2017 (1) (for two months)
- July 2017 (2) (for one month)
- May 2018 (for one week)
- October 2018 (for three months)
- November 2018 (for three months)
- January 2019 (for two weeks)
- February 2019 (for one month)
Involved temporary accounts
- ~2025-33901-56 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS)
Involved IP addresses
- 208.98.222.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) 2025
- 2605:B100:717:619F:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) 2025
- 98.153.186.250 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 2024
- 2001:56A:F9F0:4C00:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) 2024
- 24.109.106.34 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 2024
- 2001:56A:F272:C700:C84F:742C:8C62:D19B (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 2024
- 24.142.15.116 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 2023
- 2001:56A:F5DD:C900:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) 2023
- 75.152.122.39 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 2023
- 2001:56A:F9F1:3F00:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) November 2020 – July 2021
- 66.222.214.178 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) June 2021
- 64.141.17.178 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) March 2021
- 2001:56A:F5BD:6500:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) March 2021
- 50.99.98.89 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) January 2021
- 50.99.97.149 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) November 2020
- 199.126.95.45 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) October 2020
- 2001:56A:F5B4:A800::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) June–September 2019
- 108.173.116.61 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) September 2018 to September 2019
- 136.159.160.5 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) February 2019
- 2001:56A:F883:CD00::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) December 2018 – January 2019
- 66.222.157.51 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) January 2019
- 208.118.126.250 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) October 2018 – January 2019
- 2605:E000:100B:E0D2::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) December 2018
- 76.167.34.183 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2018
- 2001:56A:F107:6800::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) December 2018
- 172.219.104.252 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2018
- 69.168.166.51 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2018
- 104.205.123.126 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) November 2018
- 104.205.120.133 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) July 2018
- 136.159.160.8 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) July 2018
- 204.237.82.139 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) June 2018
- 108.181.232.115 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) May 2018
- 199.126.52.20 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) April 2018
- 2001:56a:f104:b300::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) March–April 2018
- 75.159.116.143 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) October 2017 – March 2018
- 50.99.98.84 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) January–February 2018
- 207.228.78.71 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) September 16, 2017
- 104.205.122.93 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) 6 August 2017
- 2001:56A:F352:DC00::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) December 2016 – July 2017
- 75.159.118.180 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) July 2017
- 162.157.41.183 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2016 – April 2017
- 2001:56a:f580::/41 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) January 2015 – April 2017
- 108.173.116.194 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) November 2016 – April 2017
- 104.205.121.217 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) July 2016 – April 2017
- 137.186.188.250 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) February–March 2015, April-May 2015, up to July 2016
- 75.156.207.63 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) February–March 2015, April-June 2015, up to July 2016
- 67.52.106.131 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2014 – January 2015
- 75.159.118.155 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) December 2014 – January 2015
- 198.53.122.29 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) October–December 2014
- 198.53.232.81 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) September–December 2014
- 70.72.136.208 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) August 2014
- 75.156.169.183 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) July–September 2014
- 198.53.122.87 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) June–September 2014
- 64.178.130.132 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) May–December 2014
- 206.75.168.247 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) April–November 2014
- 75.159.118.134 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) February–June 2014
- 162.157.152.134 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) October 2013 – May 2014
- 69.31.216.250 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) June–July 2013, February–November 2014
- 206.75.105.27 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) June–October 2013
- 199.126.20.71 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) May–September 2013
- 209.89.13.124 (talk · contribs · IP contribs · WHOIS) January–May 2013