Michigan IP
Wikilifespan2009-present
Physical locationGreater Detroit, Michigan
Northwest Florida
InstructionsSuspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations for confirmation. 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.
StatusActive

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History

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IP editor from the Detroit area who has engaged in a long-standing campaign of focused tendentious editing to establish their point of view in articles. The user originally used an IP linked to the Kalamazoo Public Library, which was blocked due to an unrelated user's vandalism. This user then began editing using a frequently-changing mobile IP based in the Detroit area, and occasionally continues editing while travelling across the country.

In early 2014, a number of uninvolved administrators opened a dialogue with the user to resolve the longstanding tendentious editing issues, and encourage the user to create an account. The user participated in the discussion but was ultimately uninterested in creating an account, and insisted that their edits were to defend Wikipedia against outside corrupt influences, and that they intended to continue doing so.

Behavior

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  • Tendentious editing in climate change related articles:
  • Creates nonstandard "also see" sections in articles (rather than "See also")
  • Adds redlinks to random words where they are not appropriate, and removes appropriate redlinks
  • Overlinks articles by randomly linking words, frequently violating WP:EGG and sometimes linking every word in a sentence
  • Uses {{ill}} template to make interlanguage links where a subject merely exists, whether or not the interlink is logical
  • Dumps raw links on talk pages without providing any context or explanation for their use or relevance
  • Spams external links in edit summaries
  • Thanks users who revert their edits

Confirmed IPs/ranges blocked

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Suspected accounts

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This extensive list is copied from User:Arthur Rubin/IP list. Timestamps and annotations have been removed. In most cases, the IP address has only been used by this user.

January 2012

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February 2012

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March 2012

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April 2012

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May 2012

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June 2012

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July 2012

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August 2012

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September 2012

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October 2012

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Florida

Indiana -- Layover between FL and MI?

November 2012

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Michigan -- Apparently he had to go back to vote

December 2012

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En route to NW FL again (see Oct 12)

NW Florida

January 2013

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(Times in UTC)

February 2013

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March 2013

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April 2013

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May 2013

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July 2013

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September 2013

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March 2021

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