Problem edit

Well known LTA Vandal see Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Bidhan Singh
Stopped editing for some time, but returned in mid April 2020

Pattern edit

  • Attacks articles relating to Indian leaders - the President or Prime minister - naming Bidhan Singh as the future leader
  • Previous spates of vandalism always included:- [[President of India|(0120291)]]
  • Early edits this time included this same text, but has started to break them down using one or more of:-
    • Bidhan Singh
    • BidanSingh (without a space)
    • Singh, Bidan
    • 0120291
    • बिधान सिंह - (the Hindi for Bidhaan Lion or Bidhan Singh)
    • occasional petty edits - e.g. spaces or template date changes, especially when "trying out" a new article
  • Editing has very specific times and has evolved into a clear pattern
    • Edits 2 articles about 01.06 each day - Earliest - 01.06 - Latest - 01.49 (usually 01.08- just very late one day)
    • Edits a different 2 articles at about 16.06 - Earliest - 16.05 - Latest - 16.18
    • From 23 May an additional time slot of 13.30, with one edit, was added
    • In July 2020 this changed to a first edit at 15.47 with no morning edits

IPs edit

2020 edit

Hiatus

Hiatus

Comment edit

As Ranchi and Patna are 327km apart by road, there may be 2 editors, or an editor roughly half-way, whose location flips between the two nearest cities

Articles attacked edit