Wikipedia:Abuse reports/213.249.155.251

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[edit] Registry Information

213.249.155.251
  • Registered to: East Midlands Broadband Consortium
  • WHOIS report

Contact information:

  • inetnum: 213.249.155.0 - 213.249.155.255
netname: EMBC-KCOM
descr: East Midlands Broadband Consortium
  • abuse@as12390.net
  • role: KINGSTON ROLE
address: Kingston Communications
address: Telephone House
address: Carr Lane
address: Kingston-upon-Hull
address: HU1 3RE
  • +44 800 138 4858
  • abuse@kcom.com

[edit] Initial Report

[edit] 213.249.155.251 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)

Provider info from WHOIS:

inetnum:      213.249.155.0 - 213.249.155.255
netname:      EMBC-KCOM
descr:        East Midlands Broadband Consortium
descr:        Internet access for schools
country:      GB
admin-c:      KR2955-RIPE
tech-c:       KR2955-RIPE
rev-srv:      ibex.kcom.com
rev-srv:      bison.kcom.com
status:       ASSIGNED PA

Summary of complaints: continuing low level vandalism since September 2006, 13 attacks so far today for example. Yorkshiresky

[edit] Abuse Summary

User first warned on 4 September 2006. There have been 34 warnings, 13 final, up to 18 October 2006. There were a total of 8 blocks:

  • 04:55, September 4, 2006
    • 31 hours
  • 08:01, September 11, 2006
    • 24 hours
  • 08:29, September 12, 2006
    • 24 hours
  • 09:36, September 14, 2006
    • 48 hours
  • 06:16, September 26, 2006
    • 24 hours
  • 09:13, September 27, 2006
    • 55 hours
  • 17:14, October 6, 2006
    • 1 week
  • 14:37, October 18, 2006
    • 1 month(still in effect)

This does not appear to be from a string of IP addresses. Of this user's 135 edits over 69 pages, of which 132 are vandalism appear to be vandalism. This vandal appears to be conversing with others on the same ip address ([1], [2]), section/page blanking ([3]), spam ([4]), random insertion of remarks ([5]), and random insertion of false and racist statements ([6])

There are 9 distinct periods of vandalism, seperated by blocks and weekends.

The vandalism seems to occur during specific times(UTC):

  • 0830-0845
  • 0900-1000
  • 1230-1300
  • 1400-1445

Timeline:

  • 08:45, September 4, 2006 - First series of vandalsim ends after 14 edits to 1 article
  • 08:55, September 4, 2006 - First block instated by User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me
  • 13:55, September 5, 2006 - First block ends
  • 09:34, September 7, 2006 - Second series of vandalism begins
  • 13:55, September 8, 2006 - Second series of vandalsim ends
    • No edits over second weekend of September
  • 09:04, September 11, 2006 - Third series of vandalsim begins
  • 11:50, September 11, 2006 - Third series of vandalism ends
  • 12:01, September 11, 2006 - Second block instated by User:Winhunter
  • 12:01, September 12, 2006 - Second block ends
  • 12:26, September 12, 2006 - Fourth series of vandalism begins
  • 12:27, September 12, 2006 - Fourth series of vandalism ends
  • 12:29, September 12, 2006 - Third block instated by User:Longhair
  • 12:29, September 13, 2006 - Third block ends
  • 08:17, September 14, 2006 - Fifth series of vandalism begins
  • 13:33, September 14, 2006 - Fifth series of vandalism ends
  • 13:36, September 14, 2006 - Fourth block instated by User:Kusma
  • 13:36, September 16, 2006 - Fourth block ends
    • No edits over third weekend of September
  • 10:38, September 18, 2006 - Sixth series of vandalism begins
  • 13:24, September 18, 2006 - Sixth series of vandalism ends
  • 11:55, September 21, 2006 - Seventh series of vandalism begins
  • 09:20, September 22, 2006 - Seventh series of vandalism ends
    • No edits over fourth weekend of September
  • 13:09, September 25, 2006 - Eighth series of vandalism begins
  • 10:07, September 26, 2006 - Eighth series of vandalsim ends
  • 10:16, September 26, 2006 - Fifth block instated by User:Andrew Norman
  • 10:16, September 27, 2006 - Fifth block ends
  • 11:09, September 27, 2006 - Ninth series of vandalism begins
  • 13:11, September 27, 2006 - Ninth series of vandalism ends
  • 13:13, September 27, 2006 - Sixth block instated by User:Winhunter
  • 20:13, September 29, 2006 - Sixth block ends
    • No edits over last weekend of September
  • 12:11, October 3, 2006 - Tenth series of vandalism begins
  • 17:56, October 4, 2006 - Tenth series of vandalism ends
  • 08:42, October 6, 2006 - Eleventh series of vandalism begins
  • 08:49, October 6, 2006 - Eleventh seies of vandalism ends
  • 21:14, October 6, 2006 - Seventh block instated by User:Oscarthecat
    • Blocked over first weekend of October
  • 21:14, October 13, 2006 - Seventh block ends
    • No edits over second weekend of October
  • 08:25, October 16, 2006 - Twelfth series of vandalism begins
  • 14:12, October 18, 2006 - Twelfth series of vandalism ends
  • 18:37, October 18, 2006 - Eighth block instated by User:Vsmith
  • 18:37, November 18, 2006 - Eighth block expected to end

There were only edits between 830 AM and 230 PM UTC, supporting a school child in the UK

There were no edits over the weekend

Of the 7 blocks that have ended, 2 ended within one hour of continuing of vandalism

[edit] 213.249.155.251

[edit] Contact Summary

[edit] Date

Made contact with abuse email address abuse@as12390.net SMC 10:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Received no response so far. SMC 23:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
No response at all received at this date. I've sent another email. SMC 08:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)