Found a vandal on wowwiki? List them here, and we'll clean up their work regularly, and perhaps (in severe cases) ban them by IP.
WHAT CAN I DO? See below how to add a vandal to the list.
UPDATE: Please also look out for "fake spam cleaners" (also called "sneaky bots" by CJ)! These are users who pretend to clean spam by removing a few lines of spam of many and then add an edit comment like "removed unrelated links" or "darn spammers". These folks should be listed as vandals also. See Identifying Fake Spam Cleaners below for steps how to identify them.
NOTE: Please review the Vandalism policy as the criteria for blocks has become stricter for non-bots. 20 or more acts of vandalism by anyone will result in a permanent ban.
NOTE: Since the Vandalism policy has been ratified, bots will be blocked for a time period of 1 year. Before this, they were being blocked only for 1 month. Administrators: If you click on the block link, it will default to a 1-year block, so if the vandal is not a bot, then you'll need to change this.
BEFORE YOU START REVERTING VANDALISM: Please read "About reverting vandalism" below.
Administrators: if a given user is a bot, use the "if bot" link when reverting vandalism.
- See also
- WoWWiki:Vandal
- WoWWiki:Vandalism
- WoWWiki:Policy/Vandalism
- WoWWiki:Block log (Currently broken, see MediaWiki Quirks for status. --Fandyllic)
- General IP block list
- Administrator use only: Special:Blockip
Vandals List
June 2006
Frejh | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Sideshow Bob, which he added to Major Characters |
Zorinnu | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – slander |
Nexxius | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – uncertain; the edit on Patch mirrors is suspicious; Nexxius also; others appear legit — can we get confirmation? |
BLOCKED WiIly_On_Wheels |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | infinite ban |
BLOCKED Fofgjt |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot; 1 year ban. |
BLOCKED The_WoWWilly |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | blocked for eternity |
John316 | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – 2 acts, but undid them. |
BLOCKED Asusvenus |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 4 acts, removing content; 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Ajb723 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 5 acts, appears to ba an alt of Imoi46 or vice versa, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Imoi46 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 3 acts on Holy Carnage, 1 week ban. Was warned but didn't read it I guess. |
BLOCKED Revinance |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 4 acts on Holy Carnage, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Ansem |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 10+ acts of vandalism, 1 year ban. |
BLOCKED Crapstick |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalism; 3 acts, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Woman |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | alt of Mexi-fry [1]; alt of Mexi-fry; perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Boredman82734 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism; over 20 acts, perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Shay_ren |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Single Ability Template; 6 acts, 1 year ban. |
BLOCKED Sasume |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism; over 20 acts, perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Fried |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism, alt of Mexi-fry; perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Themasterandcommandorofttheworld |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism; 1 year ban. |
BLOCKED Mexi-fry |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism; over 20 acts, perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Fuckyoumotherfuckers |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Mass-vandalism; over 20 acts, perma-ban. |
BLOCKED Moezgay |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Naxxramas, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Eckoic |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Made changes to items that were not accurate.--Dracomage 11:18, 12 June 2006 (EDT); 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Overoy |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Deleted guild page, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Sasume |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 3 acts, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Greane |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Tauren; 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Xxfobxx |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | created Graeys Gayness, which is deleted; one week |
May 2006
BLOCKED WoWWilly |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Even calls his edits vandalism...; infinite ban. |
BLOCKED Pdobhp |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot. |
BLOCKED Few |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot. |
BLOCKED Gearci |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Scarlet Aristocracy, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Drarin |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Defaced Draenei; 3 acts, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Skurai2006 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Defaced Aegwynn_and_the_Dragon_Hunt; 1 act, 1 week ban. |
Fareezulfaiss | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Removed Template:Guild. This was probably unintentional. |
BLOCKED JChace029 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Defaced Blackwing Lair, but not seriously. one week. |
BLOCKED Klaria |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Moved Boilerplate:Mob to Noire and modified it to be derogatory; only counting 10 acts, 1 year ban. |
BLOCKED Sasume |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | vandalized [2], [3], [4], 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Flamingtable |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 4 acts of vandalism ([5], [6], [7], [8]), 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED HuN74r_W34p0nz |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | vandalized Ragnaros loot table, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Willy_on_Wheels! |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | redirected pages wrongfully |
BLOCKED Tonydanza |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | vandalized Eredar twice, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Kkk |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act. |
BLOCKED Oustet |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Broken. |
BLOCKED Winner847 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act Solicitation/Vandalized WoWWiki talk:Community portal; gold spammer, ban 1 year. |
BLOCKED Jewbalong |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Attributes and Talk:Attributes 4 times, ban 1 week. |
BLOCKED Reaper_6145_69 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Paladin (and currently vandalizing more pages, waiting until he seems done before reverting). (Reverted World_of_Warcraft_API due to the importance of article, he's still going at it though.); ban 1 month for 6 acts. |
BLOCKED Rbrbrb |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED VANDAL |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Defaced several pages (6 approx.), ban 1 month. |
April 2006
BLOCKED Googlefans |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | put an unscrupulous ad on Talk:Wiki Google Ads, 1 year for that}} |
BLOCKED Ijpxkc |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot? Revandalized Sea which was still vandalized from Kgswor, 1 year |
BLOCKED Poopoolol |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized some pages, moved some as well, 1 month |
BLOCKED 1146118886 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot, creating new pages with hidden links |
BLOCKED Kellaftw |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act (uncorroborated insult), 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Wickham |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act (removed Coeus, etc.), 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Athrapy |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | replaced useful information with nothing |
BLOCKED Duuude |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | <vandalized some pages and created a few silly ones like Cock, Moron or Idiot> -- blatant disregard for propriety at large; blocked for 1 year |
BLOCKED Flamingtable |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act here, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Appleyy |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 act on Server:Frostmane, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Ez |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 5 acts of vandalism on Server:Frostmane, 1 month ban. |
Pimpcane | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Vandalized Talk:Twin Emperors and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, but undid changes. |
BLOCKED Mcrupert |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Homefries 4 times, ban 1 week. |
BLOCKED Azog |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Homefries 10 times, ban 1 year. |
BLOCKED Rrrrr |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Talk:Main Page, Bot. |
Nyalund | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – 1 suspicious act. |
BLOCKED Wowmaster69 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 3 acts of vandalism on C'Thun, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Lolfanboy |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandal, various. World of Warcraft API. Banned 1 month. |
BLOCKED Kakakaka_ |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Gnome and Tauren; 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Syroco |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Worgen and Worgen Rumor; 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Netropa |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 anti-semitic comment on someone else's user page, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Kram3r |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized World of Warcraft API twice by removing content, 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Jesus101 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Primarily vandalized Server:Hellscream as well as several Element Zero related pages; 7 acts, 1 month ban. |
March 2006
BLOCKED Gasper |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot. |
BLOCKED Mikejames |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Twink page again; 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Testie |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandal, deleted content 4 times. 1 week, according to policy (expires 09:19, 3 April 2006). |
BLOCKED Abraxas |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized Ogre Rumor. 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Doomdaymassacre |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Bot. -- I had already blocked him. :-) Schmidt 09:34, 24 March 2006 (EST) |
BLOCKED Frumpleisaqueer |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 derogatory, unnecessary comment. 1 week ban. |
BLOCKED Emperor_of_Duma |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandal user, several vandalous edits and explicit content; reviewed and found only 2 acts (mucking with your own fanfic is okay). 1 week ban. --Fandyllic |
Many blocked users moved to March 2006 section of WoWWiki:Known vandals/Archive1.
Erncen | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – questionable |
sniper | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Asian characters / text in FlexBar. Nothing really major. --CJ 02:24, 9 Mar 2006; Hard to tell if it's intentional, since some changes were undone. Did leave 2 acts uncleaned, though. --Fandyllic 11:50 AM PST 9 Mar 2006 |
Sonshenlong | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Moved Talk:Main Page to Community portal for no apparent reason. --Fandyllic 12:07 PM PST 8 Mar 2006 |
February 2006
BLOCKED Girby |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | Vandalized 1 page; 1 week ban. |
BLUEBERRYMUFFIN12749146517026 | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – back in February vandalized one page.
2006; Vandalized World of Warcraft, botlike behavior. Schmidt 11:27, 23 Feb 2006 (EST) |
HoFChaos | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Vandalized Tolerance. Alt of TardPoster below. --Fandyllic 5:03 PM PST 21 Feb 2006 |
TardPoster | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Vandalized Tolerance. --Fandyllic 5:03 PM PST 21 Feb 2006 |
Zalmoxes | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Another reason to make policy more strict. 2 acts so far. --Fandyllic 11:24 AM PST 15 Feb 2006 |
Leo | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – Only one act so far. But we may have to make the policy more strict. --Fandyllic 12:42 PM PST 13 Feb 2006 |
VovaKar | contribs (if bot), logs | talk | block user – obvious bot; 4 acts |
BLOCKED Nata52 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | for 1 year starting 3 Mar 2006as an obvious bot. --Fandyllic 7:27 PM PST 3 Mar 2006; bot |
BLOCKED Guamnoid2 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | for 1 year starting 24 Feb 2006 as an obvious bot. --Fandyllic 11:55 AM PST 24 Feb |
BLOCKED Manyucheng |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | 1 week starting 13 Feb 2006 for more than 5 acts of vandalism. --Fandyllic 12:42 PM PST 13 Feb 2006 |
BLOCKED Ptiz65 |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | for 1 year starting 10 Feb 2006 as an obvious bot. --Fandyllic 1:20 PM PST 10 Feb 2006 |
BLOCKED ShizoDic |
contribs (if bot), log • block log | talk | for 1 year starting 1 Feb 2006 as an obvious bot. --Fandyllic 1 PM PST 1 Feb 2006 |
Archives
- More vandals and bots from the past have been archived to: WoWWiki:Known vandals/Archive1
Identifying Fake Spam Cleaners
Thanks to CJ for noticing these "sneaky bots".
Here are easy steps to identify fake spam cleaners:
- Go to the history page of the article that was supposedly cleaned.
- Click the left radio button next to the entry you think was the last non-spam edit (spammers usually have red user links, since they're not real users).
- Click the right radio button next to the entry of the "fake spam cleaner" edit.
- Click the "Compare selected versions" button.
If you see lots of spam remaining, this user is probably a "fake spam cleaner".
Put them on the vandals list!
About reverting vandalism
It is worth noting that admins can quickly revert a bot's changes with one click, but only the last edit. If you have better things to do than to simply undo their edits, you can just add the vandal's name here and we will block them. It goes without saying that their "contributions" appear, so we'll have a list of their contributions. In that case we can shift-click (to view in a new window – or with Firefox, ctrl-click to open in a new tab in the same window) to open each revert link and thereby revert all their edits in one fell swoop. But this is only if they've made the last edit. So unless it gets really bad and it looks like we admins won't be able to block a user or revert all their changes, there's no need to try to undo their works.
If that doesn't make sense, you'll probably understand this: unless you have a reason to contribute to an article that has been vandalized, there's no need to undo vandalism by bots. It will save time overall, but this doesn't remove the necessity to add them here. Now, it won't hurt if any of you continue to remove vandalism, but it's not as necessary. But if the bot is not on the list here, we may never catch it. Thank you for all your assistance, everyone.
Adding Stuff
How to add a new month
Very simple, add the following (replace <month>
and <year>
with appropriate month and year):
==== <month> <year> ====
{| width="100%"
- <new vandal>
|}
How to add a new vandal
Also easy to do. Just add the Template:Tlink template in the appropriate month/year at the top please:
- ==== <month> <year> ====
- {|
{{vandal|<vandal user name>}} <optional comment>
- <other vandals...>
- |}
Note that underscores are important. If a user has a space in his name, you must put an underscore in its place.