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 Wikipedia Abuse Response self nominations

If you are interested in participating in the abuse response project, please use the template provided below. Please remember to post your nomination in the proper section.

Recommended background

While there are not definite requirements for participants, it is recommended that you:

  1. Have been a contributor with a registered account for no less than six months.
  2. Have a general understanding of the IP protocol, IP addresses, and IP ranges.
  3. Have a general understand of Wikipedia's blocking policy and process, including range blocks.
  4. Have the ability to conduct and understand WHOIS reports.
  5. Have a history of keeping calm, being understanding, and exhibiting good character in general.
  6. Not have any serious blocks.
  7. Not have any serious offense history.
  8. Those interested in becoming abuse response administrators should also have prior experience with the project and interface.

Having the above characteristics does not guarantee you the permission you are requesting. The final decision lies with the abuse response administrators, with input from the community.

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Self nomination for Investigators[edit]

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  • Contribute - What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
  • Experience - What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
  • Why - Why do you want to join the abuse response project?

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   Contribute - What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
   Experience - What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
   Why - Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Slon02[edit]

Slon02 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Slon02 (talk) 04:42, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    I've written some articles, been a former Assistant Coordinator for the Guild of Copy Editors, but a large part of my contributions here have been with vandalism (and that's the bulk of my use of admin tools as well).
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I have somewhere over 200 reports to AIV, and as an admin I'm involved in AIV, RfPP, UAA, and CSD.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I was cleaning up my watchlist when I realized that I had some abuse reports here from over a year ago- turns out that my reports make up a fair amount of the backlog here. Since it seems as if this place is understaffed, I decided that I'd apply and help out, if I'm accepted.

Comments[edit]

andrewman327[edit]

andrewman327 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Andrew327 21:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    My contributions to Wikipedia focus on serious research, WikiGnoming, and fighting vandalism. I have never been the subject of any Wikipedia sanctions or investigations
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I have extensive experience fighting vandals. I'm one of the top 50 most active Stiki users (#4 in the last 30 days) and I fight vandalism in other ways too. For example, yesterday I reported a paid editor who was promptly blocked, which is not the first time I have gotten a vandal blocked.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I want to help Wikipedia gain greater respectability among the general public. Fighting vandalism is a vital component of that goal.

[Edited by Andrew327 21:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)][reply]

Comments[edit]

Hello71[edit]

Hello71 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) ⁓ Hello71 02:49, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    Generally, anti-vandalism, NPP.
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    Again, anti-vandalism, about 40 edits to AIV (meh). I also have reviewer, rollbacker rights.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    Some IPs just get blocked over and over again, but probably should not be indef'd. It's also fun to know how Wikipedia works "behind the scenes" with its various processes and to contribute to it.

Comments[edit]

Electriccatfish2[edit]

Electriccatfish2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Electric Catfish 14:12, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    My primary contributions to Wikipedia are in the areas of anti-vandalism, maintenance backlogs, and new page patrolling. I also frequently participate at AfD, help out at DRN, review AfCs, and create articles myself. I also do a lot of "gnoming" here.
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I am a heavy vandal-fighter, with over 350 edits to AIV. I also have rollback and reviewer rights on my account. Lastly, I also work with edit filters.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I have encountered many IPs that get blocked and persistently vandalize. According to WP: BP, IPs should not be indefinitely blocked. I would like to join the abuse response team to investigate repeat vandalism done by shared IPs. Thank you for your consideration.

Comments[edit]

IP Quiz[edit]

Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.


IP Address 99.199.87.29
Country of Origin Canada
Owner/Lessee TELUS Communications Inc.
Abuse Contact Name Abuse at TELUS
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +1-877-945-8220
Abuse Contact Mailing Address Not specified on WHOIS Report.
Answer Grade
IP Address 86.2.56.178
Country of Origin Great Britain
Owner/Lessee NTLI Network Management Centre
Abuse Contact Name Not specified on WHOIS report.
Abuse Contact Email www.virginmedia.com/netreport
Abuse Contact Phone +44 (0)1633 710142
Abuse Contact Mailing Address Not specified on WHOIS report.
Answer Grade
IP Address 222.150.190.12
Country of Origin Japan
Owner/Lessee NTT Communications Corporation
Abuse Contact Name Not specified on WHOIS Report
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +81-3-5297-2311 (Only phone number specified on WHOIS report)
Abuse Contact Mailing Address Not specified on WHOIS report.
Answer Grade

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! ~~Ebe123~~ → report 21:45, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Almost 1 month has pasted and you havn't completed your IP quiz. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 18:49, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All three are good, although a URL is not an email. Still acceptable though. You should also check the website of the ISP for more abuse contact information. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 22:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

methecooldude[edit]

methecooldude (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 23:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    I keep ClueBot NG running happily among Huggle'ing, ACC work etc
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    Plenty, started at a simple undoer and now use all the tools going to sort vandalism, including looking after CBNG
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I was an ABU member previously and would like to come back to help clear out the backlog

Comments[edit]

Mdann52[edit]

Mdann52 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Mdann52 (talk) 16:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    I mainly deal with vandalism, using many of the available tools to do so, and have reported several users successfully to WP:AIV
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    Most of my recent edits are vandalism-related, mainly using WP:STiki to help me
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I am interested in helping sort out long-term IP abuse. I have seen, and helped deal with it, in a few cases

Comments[edit]

Thanks for considering, Mdann52 (talk) 16:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IP Quiz[edit]

Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.


IP Address 156.34.142.110
Country of Origin USA
Owner/Lessee Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Inc.
Abuse Contact Name N/A
Abuse Contact Email N/A
Abuse Contact Phone N/A
Abuse Contact Mailing Address N/A
Answer Grade Incorrect

Without looking at the WHOIS, Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Inc. is a eastern canadian company, with no service to the United States. My ISP is Bell Aliant. When making a report and the WHOIS does not indicate a abuse email, search their website.

IP Address 76.117.247.55
Country of Origin USA
Owner/Lessee Concast Cable Communications, Inc.
Abuse Contact Name N/A
Abuse Contact Email N/A
Abuse Contact Mailing Address N/A
Answer Grade Correct
IP Address 99.199.87.29
Country of Origin Canada
Owner/Lessee TELUS Communications Inc.
Abuse Contact Name Abuse at TELUS
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +1-877-310-8324
Abuse Contact Mailing Address N/A
Answer Grade Correct

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! ~~Ebe123~~ → report 11:32, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]


No consensus, but feel free to help out with tagging cases, etc. Netalarmtalk 21:09, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Tarheel95[edit]

  • Contributions- I deal primarily with vandalism, specifically Recent Changes patrol, AfD and CSD, I possess the rollback flag and use huggle to combat vandalism.
  • Experience- over 75% of my editing has something to do with vandalism combat. I have over 2 years experience in dealing with vandalism, yet I still feel I am constantly learning. It is this fact that motivates me to request membership into this project, as I hope to gain interpersonal skills while dealing with vandalism in a friendly manner.
  • Why I'd like to join this project in an effort to combat repeat vandalism, while still maintaining a friendly manner. As stated above, I see this as an excellent way to communicate with other users, and people outside the project, in a civil and professional manner. I have experience in tracing IP addresses due to AIV, and hope to use these skills to fight IP Vandalism.

Thank you for your consideration-Tarheel95 (talk) 02:34, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IP Quiz[edit]

Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.


IP Address 203.36.44.13
Country of Origin Australia
Owner/Lessee Telstra Internet
Abuse Contact Name Telstra Internet Address Registry
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +61 3 9815 5923
Abuse Contact Mailing Address N/A
Answer Grade Incorrect
  • Country of origin: √
  • Owner/Lessee: √
  • Abuse Contact Name: X, since it's not specified for abuse reporting anywhere. √ — This is the legal name of the company, therefore it is acceptable for the abuse contact name.
  • Abuse Contact Email: X, it's abuse@telstra.net.
  • Abuse Contact Phone: X, as it's not specified for abuse reporting anywhere.
  • Abuse Contact Mailing Address: √, not specified anywhere.
IP Address 99.192.65.65
Country of Origin Canada
Owner/Lessee Bell Aliant Regional Communications
Abuse Contact Name N/A
Abuse Contact Email N/A
Abuse Contact Phone N/A
Abuse Contact Mailing Address N/A
Answer Grade Correct
  • And it's pretty hard to find the abuse contacts on the site.
IP Address 1.1.1.1
Country of Origin Australia
Owner/Lessee APNIC Research
Abuse Contact Name APNIC Research
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +61-7-3858-3188
Abuse Contact Mailing Address PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4101
Answer Grade Incorrect
  • Remember that APNIC was the internet registry. Also, the abuse contacts, even if the IP is APNIC's is incorrect, and it would be abuse@apnic.net.

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 12:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Voting[edit]

  • Oppose: As answers show that the user doesn't differentiate different emails and phone numbers in WHOIS reports that well. ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 11:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral - I don't believe those are wrong at all, but I need to check. Just because it's not specified doesn't mean it's wrong. The user may have gone out of their way to find additional contact information, I need to verify it, I will then vote accordingly.  JoeGazz  ♂  03:09, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I was talking because this user is stating other emails instead of the abuse one. I am not saying it's wrong since it's not specified. ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 11:29, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The candidate gave answers where the WHOIS didn't specify, upon that answer, I believe the candidate did further research to find answers. I am going to check the answers that aren't specified in the whois, but please, do not mark things wrong unless they are wrong, just because they're not specified and you don't feel like checking them outside of the whois doesn't mean they're wrong.  JoeGazz  ♂  17:31, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Ankit Maity[edit]

Ankit Maity (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Ankit Maity Talk • contribs 12:30, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    Generally I edit on NPP and I also fight vandals using Huggle. I have got more than 3,000 edits and most of them are vandalism reverts. AIV threads made by me:

and more.

  2. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I am here on Wikipedia for almost 2 years. And most of the time I am busy reverting vandalism. I am familiar with all the rules on Wikipedia. I know what is vandalism and what is not.
  4. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    To revert repeat vandalism and reduce it by whatever percentage I can. I can also trace IPs to their ISP easily. And now I am requesting you all here to revert the edits that I have accidentally done at Wikipedia:Abuse response/168.174.253.221. But please note, that I had already contacted the ISP and was waiting for the reply.
IP Quiz[edit]

Thank you for applying to Abuse Response. As part of the application process, please look up the information for the following 3 IP addresses, and provide the Owner, Location, Abuse Contact Name, Abuse Contact Email, and Abuse Contact Phone in the table below.


IP Address 1.186.32.6
Country of Origin India
Owner/Lessee Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
Abuse Contact Name APNIC Whois Contact
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +61 7 3858 3188
Abuse Contact Mailing Address

OrgId: APNIC
Address: PO Box 3646
City: South Brisbane
StateProv: QLD
PostalCode: 4101
Country: AU

Answer Grade
IP Address 117.194.162.85
Country of Origin India
Owner/Lessee Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
Abuse Contact Name APNIC Whois Contact
Abuse Contact Email [email protected]
Abuse Contact Phone +61 7 3858 3188
Abuse Contact Mailing Address

OrgId: APNIC
Address: PO Box 3646
City: South Brisbane
StateProv: QLD
PostalCode: 4101
Country: AU

Answer Grade


IP Address 81.187.153.189
Country of Origin Great Britain
Owner/Lessee John Bailey
Abuse Contact Name John Bailey (since none is mentioned)
Abuse Contact Email [email protected] (not mentioned as abuse)
Abuse Contact Phone +44 118 958 4111 (not mentioned as abuse)
Abuse Contact Mailing Address Bkr Haines Watts Reading, 711 Station Road, READING, Berks, RG1 1LG (not mentioned as abuse)
Answer Grade

Once you have answered, an abuse response staff member will grade the answers. Thanks again for applying! Lynch7 09:21, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The contacts mentioned here are not mentioned in the WHOIS as abuse contacts but as normal contacts. But since MikeLynch told me to mention the contacts still, that's why I mentioned them here.--Ankit Maity Talk • contribs 05:31, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

There's no need to do that, all the information to make an informed decision is/will be here. In addition, there is no harm in a user individually contacting an ISP if the case goes unnoticed or isn't handled, most abuse emails are pretty similar. All we need is to make sure we have a page with the case info on it, which we do.  JoeGazz  ♂  17:18, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding the IP Quiz, Ankit, erm, who will you send an email to (or whom will you telephone) if any abuse comes from that address? Lynch7 17:57, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The ISP.--Ankit Maity Talk • contribs 05:11, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, we know that, but what email exactly? "[email protected]", or phone number "+1-904-555-342"? Please mention the contact email address, phone number and physical address of the IP addresses given in the proper places. Lynch7 12:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankit, can you provide the contact email address to which you would send the report? (I was asked on talk page to comment on this). You'll want to run a WHOIS on the IP to see all the contact email addresses associated with the IP. Netalarmtalk 05:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I think I have done that.--Ankit Maity Talk • contribs 15:51, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do any of you have any concerns about User:Ankit Maity ? I'm pretty neutral about it; this was 2 months ago, and the user has shown some sluggishness in comprehending the instructions. Maybe he's more experienced now? Ankit Maity, sorry for the really long delay! Lynch7 18:16, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, for the reply. I have been waiting for the response and I obviously apologize for my sluggishness.--Ankit MaityTalkContribs 13:05, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
WE should close this as "no consensus" and you may reapply in a month or so. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 10:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I knew this would happen. OK, no prob, I will reapply.--Ankit MaityTalkContribs 16:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
When the people seem active. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 18:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Atleast, could somebody review my IP Quiz?--Ankit MaityTalkContribs 17:36, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Puffin[edit]

Puffin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Puffin Let's talk! 09:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    My primary contributions to Wikipedia are patrolling recent changes and combating vandalism with Twinkle and Huggle.
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I have rollback rights which conveys that I understand exactly what is and what is not vandalism. Reverting vandalism is something I do on Wikipedia almost every day and so I feel that I have quite a lot of experience with fighting vandalism.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I would like to help Wikipedia even more with vandalism and attempt to prevent it in a professional manner. I also notice that you only have a few volunteers and maybe would need some more. Puffin Let's talk! 09:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

  • Support Seems good. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 20:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • checkY. Seems suitable, no concerns; has shown experience with handling IPs in ACC. Lynch7 18:11, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]


chicocvenancio[edit]

chicocvenancio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Chico Venancio (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    Most of my contributions to Wikipedia have been in the Portuguese Wikipedia (tough I started out here). There, and here in a smaller sense, I am very active in fighting vandalism. Also I am active host in the Teahouse here.
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    Fighting vandalism, reporting users, studying policies.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    Primarily, I want to join to get enough experience to get a similar project going in ptwiki. We have quite a lot of repeated vandals and vandals from educational institutions and it seems too me this project works. I am capable of reading whois information and sending out the responses, but I want to get a feel of the whole process, specially teaching these tools to new users.

Comments[edit]

Skater[edit]

Skater (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) SKATER Is Back 06:49, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

  1. What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Please address any blocks/AIV threads you may have here.
    I got started in Wikipedia as primarily a vandal fighter. I have since broadened my range of activity, but still I remain one at heart. I have 6000 edits to the English Wikipedia. I also have rollback privilages as well.
  3. What experience do you have in dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia?
    I'm a COMPTIA A+ Certified computer technician, and am currently working on my Net+ I believe I can work my way around a WHOIS report or two.
  5. Why do you want to join the abuse response project?
    I would like to join the team to help defeat vandalism from repeating sources to better the project

Comments[edit]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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