Wiki143:Abuse response/Internet for Learning
Registry Information
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- Registered to:Internet For Learning
- WHOIS report
Contact information:
Research Machines plc
140 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4SE
United Kingdom
+44 1235 854534
abuse@ifl.net.
Initial Report
Internet for Learning
Template:User-multiblocked 17 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy- Template:User-multi blocked 8 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 15 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 14 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 13 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 8 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 7 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 21 times
Template:User-multiblocked 10 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy- Template:User-multi blocked 3 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 16 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 13 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 10 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 6 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 21 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 11 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 14 times
- Template:User-multi blocked 16 times
Template:User-multiblocked 15 times; currently indefinitely blocked as open proxy- Template:User-multi blocked 4 times
synopsis: this range of IP's apparantly belongs to a UK company, Research Machines, which provides a service called Internet for Learning to several schools and public libraries in the UK, including Marling School, Estover Community College, a public library in Bath, etc. At least one two respected Wikipedia administrators, user:Celestianpower and User:Sceptre, rely on this service. However even a superficial glance reveals that these IP's are collectively responsible for MASSIVE amounts of childish vandalism. I know they are just a bunch of silly kids, but look how much trouble and effort they cause. There must be some way of dealing with this, other than the constant short term blocks that don't even put an immediate end to vandalism sprees, because the same users simply switch computers and continue (I had my user page vandalised by one of these IP's soon after blocking other IP's in the same range). Two Three of the IP's have been indefinitely blocked as open proxies. I don't really understand why it's okay to block two three of them, but not all of them? Or at least, all but the one used by CelestianPower? And there should probably be a uniform template for all of them (not sure I have the savvy to create it myself)--woggly 12:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Abuse Summary
62.170.0.0/15
Of particular interest are the edits made by this set of IPs. Their first contributions are as follows (All times UTC):
- Template:User-multi 05:49, December 4, 2003, to W and Z bosons
- Template:User-multi 05:05, October 9, 2003, to Gertrude B. Elion (page creation)
- Template:User-multi 08:57, September 18, 2002, to J. B. Priestly
- Template:User-multi 04:15, September 30, 2003, to Borussia Dortmund (page creation)
- Template:User-multi 03:56, September 8, 2003, to Dissaccharide
- Template:User-multi 08:37, September 29, 2003, to Uri Geller
- Template:User-multi 05:53, July 3, 2003, to World War II/London
- Template:User-multi 05:37, May 13, 2003, to Robert Noyce
- Template:User-multi 03:57, April 20, 2004, to County
- Template:User-multi 04:52, August 13, 2004, to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
- Template:User-multi 07:10, March 25, 2003, to Brezhnev Doctrine
- Template:User-multi 09:19, January 16, 2003, to Friday (film) (page creation)
- Template:User-multi 08:23, June 24, 2003, to Food and cooking hygiene
- Template:User-multi 15:03, February 6, 2006, to Dartington
- Template:User-multi 06:18, September 5, 2003, to Sucrose
- Template:User-multi 08:42, October 2, 2002, to Central processing unit
- Template:User-multi 06:57, October 17, 2002, to Millicent Fawcett
- Template:User-multi 03:30, March 31, 2006, to Amazon River
- Template:User-multi03:49, May 4, 2005, to Kirk
- Template:User-multi01:39, September 3, 2002, to Internet Explorer
Samples of vandalism (all times UTC):
- Template:User-multi 04:21, March 17, 2006, to Troll
- Template:User-multi 06:08, April 26, 2006, to Trans fat
- Template:User-multi 08:46, May 9, 2006, to Rape
- Template:User-multi to 08:54, June 15, 2006, to Luciano Pavarotti
- Template:User-multi 08:39, May 9, 2006, to Bill Gates
- Template:User-multi 05:28, May 11, 2006, to 2005 Kashmir earthquake
- Template:User-multi 09:56, November 14, 2005, to Germany
212.132.0.0/16
Of particular interest are the edits by the following IPs. Their first contributions are as follows:
- Template:User-multi 04:31, November 5, 2003 to Selective breeding
- Template:User-multi 04:31, November 19, 2003, to List of biologists
- Template:User-multi 09:12, October 7, 2004, to River Shannon
Samples of vandalism (all times UTC):