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Some of these are hilarious. Favourite so far is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Chipmunks_vandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped

by joib 4y ago

Some of these are hilarious. Favourite so far is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Chipmunks_vandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Chip... > The Chipmunks vandal, also known as the Alvin vandal, adds trivial detail about the Chipmunks fictional musical group's cover versions to song articles, for instance adding a Chipmunks cover version to the Rolling Stones' song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Not only the Chipmunks but the vandal also targets the Chipettes and other fictional bands. He also adds trivial detail about Glee TV performances. If I was this vandal I'd be quite stoked that Wikipedia has a shrine to this absolute nonsense I wrote.

yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
Other than the death threats, most of them that I've read have been hilarious. > now adds cryptic rants centered around the number 7 to pages related to the Bible and ancient Egypt. > Usually editing anonymously from IPs around London, the editor will regularly remove the phrase "best known for" or other superlatives > Vandalism on articles related to the television show Friends. Persistently introduces factual errors regarding the relationship statuses of the characters. > In addition, the user changes date formats without a valid reason. > will begin to insert fake contents en masse on Singaporean television drama pages [...] although it is normally restricted to reverting the page back to its vandalized version > On 30 June 2015, this person began using IP addresses in Greece. A discussion was raised at ANI. They returned to the UK after two weeks. > The hoax is that a person named Geraldine Edwards was the last girlfriend of singer Robert Palmer, despite the fact that all the newspapers reported Palmer's last girlfriend to be Mary Ambrose, a living person. Part of the hoax is to insult or diminish Ambrose as much as possible. > a vandal who uses IPs that geolocate to Indiana to persistently disrupt articles related to the Muppets
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
  > Usually editing anonymously from IPs around London, the editor will regularly remove the phrase "best known for" or other superlatives That sounds like a useful contribution?
  - nickelpro 4y ago
    When "Best Known For" gets reverted they start vicious edit wars and harass other editors. That's the abusive behavior. Wiki editors are quite tolerant of different viewpoints on editing as long as those views get arbitrated correctly when editors differ. Edit wars and harassment aren't the golden path.
    - longtermaway 4y ago
      My favorite is when editors don't get their way and use things like "better source needed" or "dubious" as passive aggressive tactics.
dclowd9901 4y ago
Since this seems to be the curated "hilarious ones" thread, I'll throw in my favorite: "Prolific sockpuppeter with over 500 socks which inserts hoaxes about lions existing in Montana."
- sethammons 4y ago
  Hah! Well, we do have cougars / mountain lions
  - tremon 4y ago
    ...according to Wikipedia, that is ;)
rkagerer 4y ago
Saw the following warning on that page and it sounded so silly I thought it had also been vandalized (before realizing its a real thing): Suspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations
frereubu 4y ago
> Obsessed with inflatable, bursting, popping, and bouncing objects. I wonder how long it took to figure this out.
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  I mean, who isn't?
scaramanga 4y ago
My favourite is the name: "Hong Kong Geography Warrior" ... that should be an album name :)
willcipriano 4y ago
> Techno genre warrior from Greece
Beltalowda 4y ago
The "ceiling fan vandal" has always been one of my favourites, although it seems he has stopped now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/David_Beals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Davi... Habitual behavior - He inserts random images of ceiling fans into any articles. - He links to YouTube videos of ceiling fans. - He engages in random thanking to certain users. Other notes Based on his edits, he seems to have an interest in ceiling fans.
psi75 4y ago
The first thing I did was look at their long page to see if I'm still on there. I'm not. I suppose it's a good and a bad thing that my once-legendary trolls have been forgotten, but back before many of y'all were born, I was a god of trolling. The whole internet quivered when I swung my hammer. Now I'm a boring normie: married, medicated, with two cats.
tim333 4y ago
The vandal may have a point. The Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Get_No)_Satisfaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Get_No)_Satisfactio... ) is missing any mention of the Chipmunks cover (https://youtu.be/MwmVkQtEzFI?t=9 https://youtu.be/MwmVkQtEzFI?t=9 ). The Chipmunks must be avenged!

by joib 4y ago

yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago

Other than the death threats, most of them that I've read have been hilarious. > now adds cryptic rants centered around the number 7 to pages related to the Bible and ancient Egypt. > Usually editing anonymously from IPs around London, the editor will regularly remove the phrase "best known for" or other superlatives > Vandalism on articles related to the television show Friends. Persistently introduces factual errors regarding the relationship statuses of the characters. > In addition, the user changes date formats without a valid reason. > will begin to insert fake contents en masse on Singaporean television drama pages [...] although it is normally restricted to reverting the page back to its vandalized version > On 30 June 2015, this person began using IP addresses in Greece. A discussion was raised at ANI. They returned to the UK after two weeks. > The hoax is that a person named Geraldine Edwards was the last girlfriend of singer Robert Palmer, despite the fact that all the newspapers reported Palmer's last girlfriend to be Mary Ambrose, a living person. Part of the hoax is to insult or diminish Ambrose as much as possible. > a vandal who uses IPs that geolocate to Indiana to persistently disrupt articles related to the Muppets

tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
> Usually editing anonymously from IPs around London, the editor will regularly remove the phrase "best known for" or other superlatives That sounds like a useful contribution?
- nickelpro 4y ago
  When "Best Known For" gets reverted they start vicious edit wars and harass other editors. That's the abusive behavior. Wiki editors are quite tolerant of different viewpoints on editing as long as those views get arbitrated correctly when editors differ. Edit wars and harassment aren't the golden path.
  - longtermaway 4y ago
    My favorite is when editors don't get their way and use things like "better source needed" or "dubious" as passive aggressive tactics.

dclowd9901 4y ago

Since this seems to be the curated "hilarious ones" thread, I'll throw in my favorite: "Prolific sockpuppeter with over 500 socks which inserts hoaxes about lions existing in Montana."

sethammons 4y ago
Hah! Well, we do have cougars / mountain lions
- tremon 4y ago
  ...according to Wikipedia, that is ;)

rkagerer 4y ago

Saw the following warning on that page and it sounded so silly I thought it had also been vandalized (before realizing its a real thing): Suspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations

frereubu 4y ago

> Obsessed with inflatable, bursting, popping, and bouncing objects. I wonder how long it took to figure this out.

DonHopkins 4y ago
I mean, who isn't?

scaramanga 4y ago

My favourite is the name: "Hong Kong Geography Warrior" ... that should be an album name :)

willcipriano 4y ago

> Techno genre warrior from Greece

Beltalowda 4y ago

The "ceiling fan vandal" has always been one of my favourites, although it seems he has stopped now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/David_Beals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Davi... Habitual behavior - He inserts random images of ceiling fans into any articles. - He links to YouTube videos of ceiling fans. - He engages in random thanking to certain users. Other notes Based on his edits, he seems to have an interest in ceiling fans.

psi75 4y ago

The first thing I did was look at their long page to see if I'm still on there. I'm not. I suppose it's a good and a bad thing that my once-legendary trolls have been forgotten, but back before many of y'all were born, I was a god of trolling. The whole internet quivered when I swung my hammer. Now I'm a boring normie: married, medicated, with two cats.

tim333 4y ago

The vandal may have a point. The Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Get_No)_Satisfaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Get_No)_Satisfactio... ) is missing any mention of the Chipmunks cover (https://youtu.be/MwmVkQtEzFI?t=9 https://youtu.be/MwmVkQtEzFI?t=9 ). The Chipmunks must be avenged!