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Duplicated sentences from different IP ranges
Consequently to User_talk:大诺史, I've noticed that we are now attacked for several days by IPs which duplicate and reformat some paragraphs into some of our page. For example:

So please be careful about these accurate but unwanted added contents. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 13:05, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi admins, now another page is attacked: NES Programming

By these IPs

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Concerned Wikibookians Encik Tekateki (discuss • contribs) 06:14, 15 September 2019 (UTC)


 * In unwinding those edits and dealing out blocks, I also addressed
 * --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)


 * +1 @ . 大 诺 史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 08:41, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:12, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * +2 @ & . 大 诺 史  ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 14:14, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * +1 . 大 诺 史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion )
 * Three specific IPs blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:32, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * +1 @ . 大 诺 史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 13:59, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Got. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:53, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * +4. 大 诺 史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 14:50, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:37, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * +1. 大 <font color="#FFC40C">诺 <font color="#00A550">史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 16:42, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:59, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:37, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * +1. <font color="#DC143C">大 <font color="#FFC40C">诺 <font color="#00A550">史 ( Talk/留言/토론/Discussion ) 16:42, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:59, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:59, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 16:59, 11 October 2019 (UTC)


 * FYI, it's still ongoing:
 * JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 25 November 2019 (UTC)


 * . JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 14:03, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

User:159.146.45.8
LTA adding garbage to numerous pages. Please block. -- Jules (Mrjulesd) 17:06, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: appears to be same user as and  blocked earlier today by . -- Jules  (Mrjulesd) 18:06, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked this one, and "159.146.14.41", and "159.146.45.96". Got ahead of it for a few moments, and rangeblocked "159.146.0.0/18"; was bemused to find I'd done exactly the same rangeblock back in October.  And then cleaned up after "159.146.45.124", which they'd turned to in the seconds between the last of those specific IP blocks and the rangeblock. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs)
 * (Note: I see there's now a global block on 159.146.0.0/17 that runs a whole month. Interesting.) --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 18:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * How would I go about assessing the possible collateral damage from a significantly longer-duration rangeblock on that range? (Or is the answer to that, "ask a checkuser"?) --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 18:49, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Correct, ask a CU! I've had a look and widened the block to the /16 and extended to a year. There's no impact on legitimate editors. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 09:53, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Excellent work Pi zero! I have just noticed that they are now globally blocked for a month, see Special:Contributions/159.146.0.0/17, presumably they're a cross-wiki LTA. They're a continual nuisance, but hopefully these blocks will slow them down somewhat. -- Jules (Mrjulesd) 19:02, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, evidently we weren't the only ones they ticked off. :-) --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * correct. It's a LTA. I asked around a bit about them after I first encountered them. But I could not get more intel on them. They started out an an IP and continues to vandalize crosswiki by copy-pasting the same information from Wikisource. If you see them around, please report them at SRG, thanks! Don't hesitate to click the rollback button if it's them. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 02:10, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * What is LTA?--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg|15px]]talk 10:16, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Long term abuse, someone who continually causes disruption. Its used on Wikipedia and other places, e.g. see W:WP:LTA. -- Jules (Mrjulesd) 10:43, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg|15px]]talk 13:23, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Also (admins), if the blocks aren't working because of, say, IP hopping, take a look at filter 64 and update with the relevant target text. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 14:36, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

2600:387:1:813::b4
IP vandal. Please block. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 04:46, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * also please import w:en:Template:vandal and w:en:Template:IPVandal from enwiki. So that we can use it here. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 04:48, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The user has been blocked. Don't have the time to import anything right now but will try to later if someone doesn't beat me to it. Thanks for your work in reverting the user's edits.--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg|15px]]talk 06:59, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi protect the Talk:Dutch Empire/Indonesian Independence
As per seen in this link, this page is one of the hotspot for Wikibooks  "troll attack "page :

Its been deleted for 7 times as recently as in Q4 of 2019 and possible countless time of the reverting the content of troll's feud feud with Antdraus ? and Plystar? Link : https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dutch_Empire/Indonesian_Independence&action=edit&redlink=1

For fresh start, can consider to semi protect the pages for 1 year so that disruptive editing can be avoided and not to waste time of blanking/reverting/blanking edit summary

Proposed by Encik Tekateki (discuss • contribs) 04:11, 31 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I don't like to semi-protect the talk page of a content page. IPs should not be prevented from making suggestions. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 04:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * My goodness! That's a LTA, Steriv Lujpko aka George Reeves Person. I get the feeling that he is gonna create that page again. Atandras is an English Wikipedia admin who has been harassed by GRP since 2005. Please do NOT involve yourself any further if you don't want to get harassed by him. Protecting the page doesn't seem a good idea to me as he will just use another page. Instead keep an eye on in case they materialize and let admins know. I recommend to set up an abuse filter to stop this. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 06:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for heads up. I shall stay away from him.
 * Forever Grateful Encik Tekateki (discuss • contribs) 10:50, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * GRP is back and he again created the page. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 02:04, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Zapped; thx. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 02:19, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I had a feeling that GRP was going to create that page again. So I created the talk page with just . I hope it's OK with you, next time he does this again, you can just revert and revdel the diffs and apply short time protections if needed. Thanks. Masumrezarock100 (discuss • contribs) 12:30, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 13:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

2600:1010:B142:23C2:D953:DDC5:55D5:2360
IP vandal. -Riley Huntley (SWMT) 19:35, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked that one. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 22:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)