SmashWiki:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 19

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Vandal/spam account reports
repeatedly adding fake information to Pyra (SSBU). --CanvasK (talk) 20:05, June 29, 2021 (EDT)
 * They're back, now on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. --CanvasK (talk) 15:34, July 3, 2021 (EDT)

Vandalizing with some weird edits. How playz '' 19:25, June 17, 2021 (EDT)
 * Also should've noted that he's being ignoring the warnings, even though he's been blocked. How  playz '' 19:29, June 17, 2021 (EDT)

Replacing character images with flags. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 23:55, May 30, 2021 (EDT)
 * Again. --CanvasK (talk) 00:20, June 1, 2021 (EDT)
 * They back! Sincerely, Samuel the Banjo-  Kazooie  Boss. SamtheBKBossSIGN.png 08:50, June 20, 2021 (EDT)
 * Flag guy again. Toad.png  Omega Toad,  the Toad Warrior.  (I'm the best!)  07:00, July 4, 2021 (EDT)

Tournament vandal returns.  Omegα Toαd,  the Toαd Wαrrior.  (I'm the best!)  18:45, May 30, 2021 (EDT)

Adding fake content to Unlockable stage. --CanvasK (talk) 16:22, May 23, 2021 (EDT)
 * I suspect they are oblivious to how the wiki functions. I shall send them a message on their talk page. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  21:46, May 23, 2021 (EDT)
 * I think this is a little more than mere ignorance.  Alex the  Weeb  05:41, May 24, 2021 (EDT)
 * Still a little bit less than malicious in my eyes. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  05:59, May 24, 2021 (EDT)

Asked them twice to stop with the unnecessary hidden messages and they continue to do so. Cookies Creme  18:36, April 28, 2021 (EDT)
 * Personally, I would've listed their offense under "edit warring" since they don't seem to have any malicious intents. SmashTurtlesSig1.png SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe SmashTurtlesSig2.png 18:56, April 28, 2021 (EDT)

Continues vandalizing online modes while adding gibberish content.  Invisible Star 00:23, March 27, 2021 (EDT)

Vandalizing For Glory. Page has been a hot spot for vandalism recently. --CanvasK (talk) 22:55, March 25, 2021 (EDT)
 * The page has had 7 unique IPs vandalizing it over the past 3 days. May be good to protect it. --CanvasK (talk) 23:25, March 25, 2021 (EDT)
 * May need to protect For Fun as well. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection too since that was vandalized by random IPs. --CanvasK (talk) 23:16, March 26, 2021 (EDT)

Adding gibberish edits to articles.  Invisible Star 15:12, March 24, 2021 (EDT)

Making very unconstructive edits. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  23:04, March 23, 2021 (EDT)
 * Seems more like a confused newcomer/kid than a bad-faith editor. I'd suggest a talk page heads-up to them rather than any kind of block. Miles ( talk)   23:21, March 23, 2021 (EDT)

Ignoring repeated warnings about not adding strategy guide style text to articles. Also abusing anonymity to continue doing so. Seems like it's time for an official warning at least...  Alex the  Weeb  18:02, March 15, 2021 (EDT)

Adding incorrect info into German Power Rankings. --CanvasK (talk) 08:57, March 8, 2021 (EST)

I'm losing my touch of reporting the most vandals. Ness vandal  Omegα Toαd,   the Toαd Wαrrior.  (BUP)  19:39, March 7, 2021 (EST)

Repeatedly adding information to the top of the Smasher:Coco page, despite said information being at the bottom. RandomUltimate (talk) 13:53, March 3, 2021 (EST)
 * Recommend this page is protected for a while, given that this is a recent controversy and a lot of IPs are making counter-productive (albeit good faith) edits. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  16:34, March 3, 2021 (EST)
 * I think the issue is now resolved, if one more IP comes on and adds on with the nonconstructive edits, I'll the protect the page then. Omega   Tyrant  [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 17:10, March 3, 2021 (EST)

Nonsense edits and vandalizing Palutena's Guidance. --CanvasK (talk) 18:45, March 1, 2021 (EST)
 * I wouldn't say this one is vandalizing, just someone who doesn't understand proper tone/writing style on the wiki, they'll be warned. Omega   Tyrant  [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 19:16, March 1, 2021 (EST)

Vandalizing Smasher:Max. --CanvasK (talk) 20:44, February 28, 2021 (EST)

Repeat offender. Edits consist mainly of removing Oxford commas or other valid punctuation. --CanvasK (talk) 06:55, February 25, 2021 (EST)

A repeat offender. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 20:16, February 14, 2021 (EST)

Vandalising Smash Ultimate. How playz '' 12:40, January 23, 2021 (EST)

Non-constructive edits/vandalism. Namely changing image sizes to be ridiculously large. --CanvasK (talk) 19:49, January 22, 2021 (EST)

Posting nonsense on and the talk page. --CanvasK (talk) 19:39, January 17, 2021 (EST)

Harassing another user. --CanvasK (talk) 19:05, January 17, 2021 (EST)

(and possibly ) Has some grudge against against on Sephiroth (SSBU) page. Superbound (talk) 14:41, January 14, 2021 (EST)
 * Given the fact that 86.99.35.214 is from the UAE, 37.39.211.59 from Kuwait, and Xemoth from Saudi Arabia, I think it has to do with their overall political views on the current Saudi government. By why single Xemoth out is beyond me given that there are likely more Saudi players.--Tailikku (talk) 15:57, June 16, 2021 (EDT)

- Vandalized Smasher:Coco (Arizona) and then Vandalized User talk:Aidanzapunk after Aidan undid the vandalism. Jaydyn (talk) 19:51, January 12, 2021 (EST)

STILL trolling/disrupting talk pages even after having been blocked twice before. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 18:19, January 11, 2021 (EST)

- Trolling/Disrupting in and 's talk pages. Should be the same person as the previously similar "IPs who begin with 172"  NPM    Morr!?   11:48, January 11, 2021 (EST)

- Vandalized Smasher:Troyfullbuster Jaydyn (talk) 02:58, January 5, 2021 (EST)

Vandalising talk pages. Already has been blocked before. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 16:56, January 3, 2021 (EST)

I wasn’t going to report this, except that it’s a repeat offender. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 18:03, December 18, 2020 (EST)

Repeatedly adding wrong info to Mii Fighter (SSBU). --CanvasK (talk) 10:58, December 13, 2020 (EST)

Repeat vandalism to Montreal Power Rankings. --CanvasK (talk) 15:55, November 30, 2020 (EST)

Adding Touhou content to pages. --CanvasK (talk) 15:28, November 28, 2020 (EST)

Several inappropriate and childish edits. --CanvasK (talk) 09:42, November 22, 2020 (EST)

Vandalizing List of victory poses (SSBU). --CanvasK (talk) 14:29, November 21, 2020 (EST)

,, , Massive group of vandals targeting 's page. NPM   Morr!?   01:52, November 20, 2020 (EST)

Spamming nonsense on Super Smash Bros. (series). Blocked once before. --CanvasK (talk) 21:46, November 16, 2020 (EST)

Again not here to build an encyclopedia, has had an account for over a month and has only now decided to vandalise. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 02:08, November 11, 2020 (EST)

Vandalized Smasher:Godot. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Gamer (talk) 16:35, November 7, 2020 (EST)

Vandalised, which actually went undetected until a user of the same name came and overwrote it. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 21:41, November 2, 2020 (EST)

, Vandalized  by attempting to change the entire page into theirs. NPM   Morr!?   05:25, October 27, 2020 (EDT)

Vandalized User:Awesomelink234/Jotaro (SSBU).  Nokii  — 23:54, October 21, 2020 (EDT)

and Are repeating the same “punch to Minecraft” AGAIN S3AHAWK   The Spooky One  02:55, October 17, 2020 (EDT)

Sonic vandal..... again S3AHAWK   The Spooky One  00:54, October 16, 2020 (EDT)

Still continuing to make disruptive edits after being unblocked. Also doing some edit warring. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  18:06, October 12, 2020 (EDT)

Presumably the same as, doing the same "Byleth's inclusion means they were lying about Rex not being able to included" edit war on Rex's page ~ Serena Strawberry  (talk) 12:37, October 8, 2020 (EDT)

Vandalizing Smasher:Rayito; has been blocked for vandalizing Smasher:ZanT in the past ~ Serena Strawberry  (talk) 10:22, October 8, 2020 (EDT)

Vandalizing several pages, including a user talk page and a sandbox of mine. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  20:16, October 7, 2020 (EDT)

is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia, created an account and then vandalised. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 21:25, October 5, 2020 (EDT)

has vandalized ’s page by calling him gay. MemeDedede (talk) 17:54, October 5, 2020 (EDT)MemeDedede

So far, the following have made the same bad faith edit adding the Sonic punch meme to his article:, , , , , and. Clearly, these people don't plan on stopping, so I think we need to make examples of them by giving them some kind of block.  Alex the  Weeb  11:30, October 2, 2020 (EDT)
 * At this point, I think it's a good idea to block IP editing on Sonic's general and SSBU pages until this whole thing dies down. SmashTurtlesSig1.png SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe SmashTurtlesSig2.png 13:36, October 2, 2020 (EDT)
 * I second this. EDIT: Looking at it, it seems the general Sonic page is protected but his Ultimate page isn't. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Gamer  (talk) 19:11, October 2, 2020 (EDT)
 * just did the same thing again... S3AHAWK   The Spooky One S3AHAWK_Signature_icon_1.png 16:24, October 2, 2020 (EDT)
 * To reiterate: these people are very clearly trolling and disrupting the Wiki. Some of them go as far as to brag about doing so on Twitter . Trolling and disruption has been a blockable offense since before I even joined the Wiki, and it baffles me that we're not blocking any of these users or IPs...  Alex the  Weeb  19:28, October 2, 2020 (EDT)

Vandalism, as evidenced by this (you'll have to click on the tweet to see the full thread, because Twitter links are weird). He probably wouldn't hesitate to do something like this again, which at a time like this really isn't what we need.  Alex the  Weeb  17:45, October 1, 2020 (EDT)

So this guy's back again...for the 4th time. As usual making nonsense edits and removing content.  Alex the  Weeb  10:26, September 28, 2020 (EDT)

Repeat of their last offense: edited Rex about Byleth being released later. I'd like to suggest a long term autoconfirm protection of the page. --CanvasK (talk) 17:07, September 26, 2020 (EDT)

Vandalized Smasher:Matteo. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Gamer (talk) 01:24, September 23, 2020 (EDT)

Sockpuppet reports
same user as, as both repeatedly make trivia edits with nonsensical wording.  Omega Toad,  the Toad Warrior.  (I'm the best!)  21:41, July 7, 2021 (EDT)

,, and. Editing the same post(s) on Talk:Alternate costume (SSBU). --CanvasK (talk) 08:24, May 4, 2021 (EDT)

,, , , and are all very suspicious, the first three were created at a similar time today while the last two were created at a similar time yesterday. Don't know if has anything to do with this. NPM   Morr!?   11:23, April 4, 2021 (EDT)
 * The IPs are all different and trace to different locations, but I think it's clear it's someone using proxies or a VPN, as it's no coincidence that these Fire Emblem themed accounts got created at nearly the same time as each other. As for Lucas, besides the fishiness of having two IPs that trace to Dallas, Texas and then an IP that traces to England, the England IP is shared with the Ike account, confirming this is some sockpuppetry going on. Omega   Tyrant  [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 12:30, April 4, 2021 (EDT)

Another DFB sock.  Nokii  — 18:23, March 27, 2021 (EDT)
 * IP traces to pretty much the same location as DFB and edited one of their images, so yeah I think it's open-and-shut. Omega   Tyrant  [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 18:52, March 27, 2021 (EDT)

Memoryman3 is actually editing clone pages (and Mythra's page, since she's kind of a clone of Pyra unlike Sheik/Zelda) once again after they were unprotected by the admins. Unprotecting all clone pages was a massive mistake, since Memoryman3 is surprisingly not completely gone despite seemingly being less active than he was in the past (and he is actually using sockpuppet accounts and anonymous IP addresses to edit pages). -Zakawer2 (talk) 10:04, March 24, 2021 (EDT)

and. Both made roughly the bare minimum edits required to make a user page, both made their accounts within a day of each other, made their user pages within an hour of each other, user pages have similar styles, and they both made edits to Snake, ZSS, Olimar, and Jigglypuff pages. --CanvasK (talk) 22:42, March 15, 2021 (EDT)
 * Nice catch, ended up involving a user who didn't appear to be causing any trouble yet, and there was another sock found that hasn't gotten around to creating their userpage yet. Omega   Tyrant  [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 06:22, March 16, 2021 (EDT)

Very likely to be the same person who keeps constantly making needlessly bloated edits and worsening the wording on several articles. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  19:58, March 3, 2021 (EST)
 * Brought it up on discord as well Toad.png  Omegα Toαd,  the Toαd Wαrrior.  (BUP)  19:59, March 3, 2021 (EST)

DFB is on an IP he’s been banned from twice before. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 16:57, January 5, 2021 (EST)
 * Bumping this. Still editing despite not being allowed to. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  18:13, January 7, 2021 (EST)
 * He still is editing. Superbound (talk) 12:14, January 8, 2021 (EST)

and. Might be an early alarm, but they both are weirdly obssesed with File:Piston.gif Superbound (talk) 15:21, December 30, 2020 (EST)
 * Well they just got banned for vandalism anyway. Superbound (talk) 15:22, December 30, 2020 (EST)

seems to be Dragonfirebreath. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 22:41, December 11, 2020 (EST)
 * Aww beat me to it. I swear it's like he wants to get caught.  Omegɑ  Toɑd  Toad.png 22:53, December 11, 2020 (EST)
 * Bumping this. I’m not about to let that guy get away with messing with my beloved Special Zoom page. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  15:58, December 13, 2020 (EST)

might be Dragonfirebreath. Certainly following the same pattern of putting an exclamation mark in the edit summaries. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 01:19, November 12, 2020 (EST)
 * Reading the edit history and... yeah... he literally gives himself away everytime, I'm 100% certain it's him. again.  Omegɑ  Toɑd  Toad.png 04:18, November 12, 2020 (EST)
 * Bumping this. The IP is following the same pattern of making minor edits to the same pages repeatedly. What's more, they're the same pages that DFB used to focus on. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  19:00, November 13, 2020 (EST)
 * I looked at some of dfb’s sockpuppets (I.e DoubleSmash, Dragonfirebreath26, StarSmashStar, etc.)because I wasn’t here until April 2020 and yeah, they are similar to this ip S3AHAWK   The Thankful One S3AHAWK_Signature_icon_1.png 19:06, November 13, 2020 (EST)
 * Bump. He's back to editing after his last block. NokiiSig.png  Nokii  — 01:41, December 30, 2020 (EST)
 * Again. Superbound (talk) 09:51, January 4, 2021 (EST)

,, and. All three have made their userpage about (as far as I know) fictional Family Guy Smash events. I thought something was up when I saw Peter editing Ness' SSBU page minutes after Tanner did, which was after being warned about excessive userpage edits. --CanvasK (talk) 20:56, October 2, 2020 (EDT)
 * another Family Guy gaming userpage. Unless there is some in-joke, seems more than coincidence to me. --CanvasK (talk) 20:25, October 13, 2020 (EDT)
 * One more. --CanvasK (talk) 09:02, October 24, 2020 (EDT)
 * Majority of their edits are to their userpage regarding a non-existent PR. They also say their discord tag is "Peter Griffin", same name as another user who did the same kind of edits. --CanvasK (talk) 15:59, December 17, 2020 (EST)

Possible sockpuppet of. Seems very strange that a random user who has yet to make any edits would suddenly want to revert a page back to using a file that no longer exists, seeing as how if they were a new user they would almost certainly have no idea what that file is...  Alex the  Weeb  14:16, September 25, 2020 (EDT)

and. Both made similar edits to the "Stomp" description of Homing Attack, here and here. --CanvasK (talk) 21:02, September 23, 2020 (EDT)

Edit warring
Adding useless bloat to Event Matches and other miscellaneous pages once again. The Jacketed   Terrapin  12:32, June 29, 2021 (EDT)

This guy is back and hasn't learned a thing.  Omega Toαd,  the EarthBoundian.   (Fuzzy pickles!)  07:41, June 10, 2021 (EDT)

. Not really sure what to put this person under. Repeatedly adding a non-existent/outdated Ultimate tier list to the Brawl page, needlessly changing wording (such as "SS" from "Top" to "God"), changing things that were previously undone by another IP (including the prior), and making edits and then undoing them later. --CanvasK (talk) 07:24, May 19, 2021 (EDT)

. Keeps changing Lucario’s pronouns from “it” to “he”. Gizmo (talk) 06:29, May 16, 2021 (EDT)
 * Let’s not be hasty. Nobody had even posted on their talk page about it. I’d like to wait and see if they heed my reminder post before we block them. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  16:26, May 16, 2021 (EDT)

and. Repeatedly changing weight classes and other weight related things on different fighter pages. The changes either don't match with others or are completely wrong. --CanvasK (talk) 12:01, May 10, 2021 (EDT)

Appears to come back for unnecessary bloating. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is a never lover boy 23:11, April 30, 2021 (EDT)

Repeatedly adding back false info on the unlockable characters page. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  10:51, February 8, 2021 (EST)
 * It seems like they're just inserting random information, because that 'very easy' condition they added just now is one they hadn't tried to put in before. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  03:50, February 9, 2021 (EST)
 * They did it again. --CanvasK (talk) 07:40, April 7, 2021 (EDT)

Repeatedly removing information from Smasher:SMB. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 03:24, January 19, 2021 (EST)

Guess who's back. Rick Tommy  01:17, December 30, 2020 (EST)
 * While we're at it, I highly suggest protecting the pages that were targeted by them, because honestly, having to constantly revert unnecessary bloat that keeps getting added back is getting ridiculous. SmashTurtlesSig1.png SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe SmashTurtlesSig2.png 03:41, December 30, 2020 (EST)

Repeatedly re-adding seemingly false info on the Mii pages. SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe  10:59, December 13, 2020 (EST)

Has blanked his talk page four times now and refuses to listen. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Gamer (talk) 21:25, December 11, 2020 (EST)

Not listening at all to repeated warnings about removing the last comma  Omegɑ  Toɑd   01:40, November 9, 2020 (EST)
 * bump, they are doing it yet again...... S3AHAWK   The Thankful One S3AHAWK_Signature_icon_1.png 15:51, November 9, 2020 (EST)
 * They're back once again, and still have not listened to their warnings. SmashTurtlesSig1.png SuperSmashTurtles of the  Turtle Tribe SmashTurtlesSig2.png 17:26, November 18, 2020 (EST)

Not him again. I would also would consider this circumventing a block. S3AHAWK ( talk ) 16:26, September 12, 2020 (EDT)
 * I'd say it's high time for a range block.  Omegα  Toαd  Toad.png 20:39, September 12, 2020 (EDT)
 * Agree, what I'm meaning by circumventing a block, was the same guy got blocked for 3 months using a different IP in the same range. S3AHAWK  ( talk )S3AHAWK_Signature_icon_1.png 20:43, September 12, 2020 (EDT)
 * Same guy was range blocked 6 times on MarioWiki for the same bloat edits they keep doing here. I would suggest range blocking but allow account creation because it appears to only be IPs doing this.  Omegα  Toαd  Toad.png 21:31, September 12, 2020 (EDT)
 * We've done exactly that before here as well. It looks like we might have to do it again. Black Vulpine  of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺.  Furries make the internets go! :3  21:33, September 12, 2020 (EDT)

Inappropriate usernames
Nonsensical name. The Jacketed   Terrapin  19:50, June 29, 2021 (EDT)

. Vulgar name. --CanvasK (talk) 18:26, May 14, 2021 (EDT)

- gibberish. NPM   Morr!?   12:04, February 10, 2021 (EST)

- Self-explanatory. Cookies Creme  10:08, January 22, 2021 (EST)

- Problematic username given the current events. MemeDedede (talk) 12:55, January 9, 2021 (EST)

Self explanatory.  Alex the  Weeb  14:48, November 7, 2020 (EST)
 * For future reference, there's a dedicated talk page for reporting inappropriate usernames. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Gamer  (talk) 16:31, November 7, 2020 (EST)
 * I am familiar with the talk page in question, and aside from the fact that unacceptable usernames have been reported on the noticeboard in the past, nothing ever gets done via that talk page, so it's much better to post them here.  Alex the  Weeb  18:53, November 7, 2020 (EST)

Other
First edit after sk's warning was exactly what they were told not to do. EDIT: Just realized they did make a mainspace edit afterwards (which ended up getting removed anyway) but still the amount of user related edits compared to main is enough to warrant probation  Omegɑ  Toɑd   21:04, November 27, 2020 (EST)
 * Bumping this, they just made two edits in their userpage.  S3AHAWK   The Thankful One S3AHAWK_Signature_icon_1.png 17:46, November 28, 2020 (EST)
 * This looks pretty bad...I don't think he's getting the message at all.  Alex the  Weeb  18:00, November 28, 2020 (EST)