This page is where I track LTAs and other editors who use many accounts/IPs that are worth tracking.

Bad copyediting IP edit

Bad copyediting IP
Wikilifespan2 June 2018 – present
ISPFrontier Communications
Known IPs50.48.0.0/16, 50.49.0.0/16, 45.53.0.0/16
Physical locationRochester, New York
StatusActive

They normally use IPs that begin with "50.49.", but now they seem to be using IPs that begin with "45.", which can be seen in both of these diffs where they added excessive "see also" links: 1st diff & 2nd diff. Use this edit summary when reverting their unconstructive edits: Reverting unconstructive edits by the [[User:Beyond My Ken/Bad copyediting IP|Bad copyediting IP]]

Behavior edit

  • Usually adds excessive "see also" links (e.g., here & here; many of the linked articles (as can be seen in the second diff) are too broad and unnecessary).
  • Copyedits articles, which in many cases involves oversimplification of language.
  • Often adds unnecessary links in article text (e.g., linking "20th century" (which is unnecessary) & linking "antisemitism" (which was already linked to earlier in the article)).
  • Doesn't communicate via talk pages.
  • Never uses edit summaries.
  • All three known IP ranges geolocate to Rochester, NY.
  • Mainly edits articles about race, war, and religion.

Examples of bad copyediting edit

Albertpda edit

Behavior edit

  • Removes massive amounts of text from Africa-related articles.
  • Often mentions content being "unsourced" in their edit summaries.
  • Edits the Vietnamese Wikipedia (often through the sock accounts they use at the English Wikipedia).

Accounts edit

Militaryfactchecker edit

Militaryfactchecker
Wikilifespan13 March 2023 – present
ISPBritish Telecommunications
Physical locationEngland
StatusActive

Accounts/IPs edit

Account/IP First edit Sock?
Uawrsica89we (talk · contribs) 13 March 2023   Likely
Militaryfactchecker (talk · contribs) 15 March 2023   Confirmed
2A00:23C6:4D8C:6201:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 29 March 2023   Likely
CptJohnMiller (talk · contribs) 3 June 2023   Confirmed
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves Britons never, never, never shall be slaves (talk · contribs) 16 June 2023   Confirmed
109.157.92.138 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 22 June 2023   Likely
2A00:23CC:B207:B601:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 22 June 2023   Likely
109.157.159.121 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 26 June 2023   Likely
PINAC9 (talk · contribs) 1 July 2023   Likely
Dolphinwaxer (talk · contribs) 24 September 2023   Likely