OLPC talk:Vandalism

XO Korea

What's up with XO Korea/business content and its many subpages? 19:01, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

This was all contributed by one of our great early contributors... it has definite utility, it just is an unfinished project... I think it's okay where it is (aside from the way it overweights use of the special:random page :) --Sj talk 10:19, 24 April 2008 (EDT)

Question

Here's an edit I just reverted by user 202.28.27.4. It was particularly egregious in that co-opted a redirect to the Main page.

Would such observations be best posted to OLPC_talk:Administrators or here? I also posted this to Leejc because I've seen that he takes a keen interest in such matters.

Regards Cjl 13:43, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

suspicious

Two IPs listed on this page http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Talk:OLPC_Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/index.php&action=history

• 212.6.39.20 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 68.120.232.69 (talk · contribs) (blocked)

should be looked into. The "index.php" part and posting to a talk page of an article that doesn't really exist at that location is a familiar pattern. Cjl 14:43, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

index.php and nastiness

http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Home/index.php&action=history Cjl 02:07, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

Subtle, but still questionable

67.169.243.63 (talk · contribs) at http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=The_OLPC_Wiki/index.php&action=history Cjl 13:57, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

maybe, maybe not

• I'm really less than sure about this one, but it might merit a look by someone. Cjl

Pretty sure it was Chinese link spam; we've gotten similar before. Deleted, thanks! —Joe 00:07, 7 April 2008 (EDT)

That's what I thought too, it looked a lot like stuff in the delete logs from a while back. Cjl 00:54, 7 April 2008 (EDT)

• Another questionable one 80.234.10.86 (talk · contribs)

nonsense added

• 80.87.131.100 (talk · contribs)
• 89.222.130.250 (talk · contribs)
• 62.141.48.212 (talk · contribs) (blocked by SJ)
• 67.169.243.63 (talk · contribs)
• 91.90.10.230 (talk · contribs) (blocked by Leejc)
• 202.44.32.9 (talk · contribs) (blocked by Leejc)
• 206.53.51.110 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 200.40.84.26 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 86.105.181.238 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 121.52.144.37 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 218.26.219.186 (talk · contribs)
• 202.120.139.212 (talk · contribs)
• 208.31.123.3 (talk · contribs)
• 64.192.5.183 (talk · contribs)

Simply in need of guidance?

The content on Microprocessor definitely belongs over in User space, not Main. Is "Microprocessor" is too important a concept to leave this page alone? It reads more like someone in need of guidance and not necessarily a vandal, but the previous question remains to be answered. Cjl 15:09, 10 April 2008 (EDT)

You could leave the user a comment about moving it to user space; then if it hasn't happened after a while, to move it yourself with another note. Definitely guidance more than vandalism, when there's a question. --Sj talk 10:18, 24 April 2008 (EDT)

More index.php suspects

• 84.19.188.30 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 80.234.1.238 (talk · contribs)
• 195.5.116.248 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 77.120.128.243 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 207.210.68.2 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 87.118.104.145 (talk · contribs) (see contribs, pattern) (blocked)

Link spam

• 212.44.130.15 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 203.158.221.227 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 62.109.177.6 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 88.200.179.212 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 78.129.202.17 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 123.120.154.156 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• Realpr453 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 203.162.2.133 (talk · contribs)

Page blanker

• 217.171.129.77 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 92.40.51.211 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 92.40.3.248 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 69.94.124.234 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 123.236.96.209 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 203.162.2.136 (talk · contribs)(blocked) back again
• 80.66.177.146 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 24.242.117.34 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 70.119.20.75 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 70.138.10.77 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 72.189.185.79 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 125.63.77.3 (talk · contribs)(blocked)
• 207.62.217.252 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 200.133.15.2 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 200.219.152.6 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 201.114.194.163 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 24.238.49.176 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 219.129.239.147 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 76.214.154.84 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 209.124.220.59 (talk · contribs) (blocked)
• 12.32.217.24 (talk · contribs)
• 195.40.4.49 (talk · contribs)

one-character vandals?

I caught a one-character typo vandal today, which reminded me a bit like a few other odd minor vandalism edits. I wonder if there are people sporadically testing this (and perhaps other popular) wikis, as a simpler version of the random-string spammers.. --Sj talk 10:16, 24 April 2008 (EDT)

user template

Note: you can use {{user|name/ip}} to get an easier-to-use rundown of a user's contribs.

User:Felice/ebook.html.template

Perhaps you could consider semi-protecting this page, no anonymous edits, I don't want to fight/lose an edit war with the page blanking bot that has a thing for this page. I can see no valid reason for blanking, it has i18n template info I'm interested in using at some point. Cjl 23:01, 5 May 2008 (EDT)

Seventh time rescue, pretty, pretty please consider semi-protect. Cjl 17:53, 10 May 2008 (EDT)

OK, it should be locked to unregistered users now. Thanks —Joe 22:29, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Thanks, I really believe semi-protection is merited in this case. It will be interesting to see if the bot moves to another page :-( Cjl 23:08, 13 May 2008 (EDT)