Wikiquote:Vandalism in progress
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This page exists to post alerts about any incidents of vandalism that are occurring, so that other users and administrators can more promptly respond to them. Wikiquote's definition of vandalism is the same as Wikipedia's and can be seen at w:Wikipedia:Vandalism.
Care should be taken before assuming an initial contribution is vandalism unless it's blatantly obvious the user knows what they're doing.
If the vandal is known to attack more then one language, or more then one Wikimedia wiki, it is recommended they also be noted on Vandalism reports in Meta or a global block be requested on Steward requests/Global.
Adding reports
It is recommended the following be done when adding a new report. Start a new section, give it a unique title (Usually the name of the offender), then list the accounts/IPs used, and their MO. The templates {{vandal}} or {{IPvandal}} can be used to give a number of links handy for dealing with vandals. Its use is {{vandal|NameOrIPOfTheVandal}}, where the text after the | is the IP/name, without the "User:" prefix. Also, for vandalic usernames that get blocked indefinitely, there exists a template {{indefblockeduser}}.
If you are reporting spam (commercial links posted to multiple pages), post about them in the section on spam.
Reports
Spammers
As spammers are one of the most common vandalisers, they have a separate section here.
General / Misc
IP 216.114.194.20
- purged every quote on Glenn Beck, then when that was reverted, all quotes sourced from sources they considered "partisan". ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 02:09, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
Eleanor Farjeon
Extensively vandalised by an account and an IP (presumably the same person). Neither has any other edits.--Abramsky (talk) 12:49, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
- I reverted subsequent vandalism and sent user warnings. If this continues there will be blocks. ~ Ningauble (talk) 14:21, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Nonsense articles
Several nonsense articles have been created by IPs 46.60.252.65 and 46.183.196.122. I have flagged them.--Abramsky (talk) 12:44, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Vandal Mukburger 3
Mukburger 3 really needs to be banned. ~ Daniel Tomé (talk) 00:03, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
Globally locked by the steward User:Tegel. Sock locked, IP globally blocked (also by Tegel). PiRSquared17 (talk) 00:35, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
IP 74.131.177.233
74.131.177.233 keeps creating nonsense pages and stated that he just wants to "vandalize wiki quote". His IP needs to be blocked. ~ Daniel Tomé (talk) 23:02, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
- Globally locked by the steward PeterSymonds, see also here. -- Mdd (talk) 00:03, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
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- FYI, there are significant technical and practical differences between a "global lock" on an named account and a "global block" on an IP address. ~ Ningauble (talk) 15:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
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IP 98.113.238.84
Repeatedly replaces pages with nonsense.--Abramsky (talk) 20:47, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/98.113.238.84
- Thanks, I gave a last warning -- Mdd (talk) 20:50, 8 April 2013 (UTC) PS On 5 April 2013 I already blocked this anonymous users for 3 days.
- This is a recuring pattern of vandalism that has been going on for a couple years. I generally block the IP for a month, on sight and without warning. This "Broadway vandal" seldom uses the same IP address for very long, but blocks do seem to give temporary relief. ~ Ningauble (talk) 23:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
IP 207.181.250.210
- altered a quote critical of the Templeton Foundation and Martin Rees. Any future edits they make should be scrutinized. ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 10:39, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
- The activity appears to have abated for now. -- Mdd (talk) 10:56, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
- When I first attempted to clean this up I failed to notice that the IP not only elided half of a sentence, but subsequently changed some of the words. I apologize for creating unnecessary confusion. ~ Ningauble (talk) 13:41, 11 April 2013 (UTC)