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The UPN Vandal
Wikilifespan2007–present
Known IPsPlease refer to for full list
InstructionsBlock on sight, revert all edits. Suspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations for confirmation. When reporting, please link to this long-term abuse report. When the active abuse has been taken care of, please update this report with the latest information.
StatusActive

Basic information

The UPN Vandal (talk · contribs · block log · arb · ssp · SPI confirmed suspected)
UPN Vandal Comprehensive edits analysis
The name "The UPN Vandal" is a descriptive nickname, as this vandal has used more IPs than he has used accounts.

Targeted areas, pages, themes

In particular, the UPN Vandal targets articles about kids' shows and networks, as well as some movies, production companies, and actors:

Habitual behavior

  • Talk page edits often start with "Joshua Raymond Hahn", and often contain "YOU UNDERSTAND?" and/or "IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH?"
  • Article edits always contain unsourced (and highly unlikely) changes, often involving the return of cancelled shows for new seasons or reunion movies; other edits involve remakes of movies, film adaptations, and production staff announcements.
  • Often targets articles involving the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, including false nominations, host predictions months before anyone has been offered the job to host the ceremony and new categories; often this vandal and Gabucho181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) tread the same articles and patterns, so care should be taken to determine which vandal is actually doing so.

Cases

Other notes

IPs seem to geolocate to Virginia or North Carolina. Most IPs that were already dealt with may have been reassigned.

IP addresses in 2016 and 2017 are usually on 172.164.0.0/16 and 2600:1003:B440::/42.

Blocked IP addresses

Confirmed and suspected accounts


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