Wikipedia:Long term abuse/ColourWolf

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ColourWolf
Original name(s):	ColourWolf
Wikilifespan:	5 October 2007 - present
ISP:	StarHub QALA Singapore
Known IPs:
Known hostmasks:
Physical location:	Singapore
Severity:	High
Requests for comment:
Requests for arbitration:
Instructions:	Revert edits, block on sight

1 Modus operandi
2 Action
3 Articles to watch
4 Users to contact

[edit] Modus operandi

ColourWolf (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu) is a Singaporean Wikipedia editor who was permanently banned on 27 November 2007 for sockpuppetry and blatant vandalism of Singaporean television drama pages via the insertion of fake contents. As of 2008, this user has 39 sockpuppet accounts, plus 9 suspected sockpuppets. The user is also suspected to vandalize via 7 IP addresses. There could be more that have yet to be found. It is also important to note that the name ColourWolf, when translated verbatim into Chinese, means sexual predator.

For a list of suspected and confirmed sockpuppets, please see the following

[edit] Action

Immediately upon the creation of a sockpuppet account, these editors will begin to insert fake contents en masse on Singaporean television drama pages. Some of the accounts will make legitimate (albeit minor) edits such as wikilink creation and grammar correction for some time before "turning bad" and vandalize the aforementioned pages, in addition to circumventing any semi-blocks that are set up for those pages. The user will also vandalize the talk page and user page of those trying to block him. User:Arbiteroftruth was affected by this before.

It is also suspected that sockpuppet accounts are created in batches.

A hallmark identification for these sockpuppet accounts are the fact that these users focus their editing efforts (vandalism or not) on either Singaporean television drama pages, or western science fiction or fantasy pages. The user does not edit beyond that.