User:MER-C/Blu Aardvark
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| Blu Aardvark | |
| Image:Blue aarvark.jpg | |
| Original name(s): | Blu Aardvark |
|---|---|
| Wikilifespan: | July 2005 to present |
| ISP: | CenturyTel, ortelco.net, uses open proxies |
| Known IPs: | 72.160.0.0/16, 12.169.174.0/24, uses open proxies |
| Known hostmasks: | unknown |
| Physical location: | John Day, Oregon 97845 [1][2] |
| Severity: | low/medium |
| Requests for comment: | none |
| Requests for arbitration: | Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Blu Aardvark |
| Instructions: | revert, block on sight, immediately protect talk page, file a CheckUser request |
Blu Aardvark (a.k.a Jew Aardvark) is an account creation vandal who uses open proxies. The user also trolls.
Modus Operandi
This vandal creates accounts with abusive usernames, of which most ones are listed at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Blu Aardvark are new names, while the confirmed sockpuppets listed at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Blu Aardvark are older names. Usernames may contain references to other long term vandals, such as Willy on Wheels, the Communism vandal and The Airport Vandal. He may be working with one of the other vandals, likely The Airport Vandal. Such usernames include:
- Jew Aardvark's phone number is 541-575-3696 (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)
- J E W S D I D W T C L O L (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)
- I, Blu Aardvark, piss in Wikipedia's Kool-Aid (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)
- C Y D E W A N K E R ! ! ! ! (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)
- Jeffrey.latham@gmail.com (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log)
A more exhaustive list, as they get blocked, is available here.
If not blocked immediately, he will edit pages giving edit summary similar to "Telling the Wikitruth". Main targets include User:Cyde/About me and Wikipedia.
This vandal sometimes works together with either multiple sockpuppets at once or with other vandals. The vandal will vandalize a page [3] then a sock will only revert part of it [4] and then they will go back and forth a few times so the unreverted vandalism is hidden.
Once blocked, it will most likely vandalise the talk pages of such blocked accounts. It also abuses the {{unblock}} tag. Its talk pages are best viewed with pictures off and with a browser that does not support blinking text to remove the unblock tag. Here is an example where one can view the offensive code at the top before viewing the end result on their browser.
He may have impersonators, as per this quote on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Blu Aardvark, which was taken from his talk page on Encyclopedia damatica.
| “ | Some of those are mine. A lot of them aren't. I believe that User:LOL HIGH FIVES ON THAT THUR ARRDVARK is (probably) Johnny Knight, and none of the Snrub accounts are mine. There's a good deal of others that are copycats as well.--Blu Aardvark 13:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC) | ” |
The user also trolls, often harrassing just a small number of administrators repeatedly. Blu Aardvark often complains about wikipedia's administrators, but as he has admitted it is merely trolling, as he states here. (Retrieved on 2006-09-18)
Bans
Blu Aardvark was banned by the Arbitration Committee for one year for personal attacks. He is also permabanned by the Wikipedia community.
Action
Immediately block any users whose usernames contain "aardvark", "Wikipedia Kool-Aid", "Cyde Wanker", Jewish innuendo and "snrub" and have usernames L I K E T H I S. Be sure to place an appropriate sockpuppet template on the user's page. Protect the talk pages of such blocked users immediately. File a checkuser request so the underlying open proxies can be blocked indefinitely.
Checkuser request
An archive of the checkuser request is kept here. If you file a new request, please contact the maintainer of the archive so that it can be added, or add it yourself.
Tagging
To tag users as sockpuppets of Blu Aardvark, add {{Sockpuppet|Blu Aardvark}} to their userpages.
