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[edit] Light current

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Filed: 02:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Code letter: F

The permabanned editor Light current appears to be back. Based on his history (in the full Checkuser file and linked abuse reports) he has a habit of creating 'good' socks with which he makes passably constructive edits, as well as long strings of 'bad' socks—throwaway accounts typically used to vandalize semi- and move-protected pages.

The most recent 'bad' sock (User:MogDobler) appeared and was used to vandalize my talk and user pages this weekend. I and some other admins have been pretty much ignoring an account we believe to be his 'good' sock of late, in the (increasingly faint) hope he would enjoy being a non-abusive contributor. There is an assortment of behaviour-based evidence supporting our assumption that he is a Light current sock, including his areas of editing, types of contributions, and the fact that the User:SpectrumAnalyser account was created the day after the last 'good' sock (User:Tugjob) was banned for similar abusive behaviour.

Nevertheless, I'd like to request a checkuser for a couple of purposes:

  • Confirmation that MogDobler and SpectrumAnalyser are indeed editing from the same ISP (it is remotely possible that a random vandal created an account and used it solely to vandalize my page, and I'd rather not unfairly tar Spectrum);
  • Confirmation that SpectrumAnalyser is editing from a Tiscali DSL IP address (88.108.x.x to 88.111.x.x range). If he's coming from somewhere else, it may be necessary to update his long-term abuse page.

Thanks again. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. MogDobler = SpectrumAnalyser. Light current's edits are stale. Voice-of-All 13:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Light current

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Filed: 02:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Code letter: F

Light current is a banned editor with a long history of sockpuppetry, abuse, and vandalism. (See Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Light current and Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Light current., as well as previous Checkuser requests.)

He has on previous occasions returned under new account names and engaged in positive – or at least relatively non-disruptive – editing. Admins enforcing his ban (myself included) have sometimes chosen to allow these sockpuppets to edit, in the hope that the clean slate and new name might allow him to participate civilly and productively in Wikipedia.

Unfortunately, he seems to crave the attention that vandalism and abuse draw. To take one example, after editing peaceably under the name SlipperyHippo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) for a few weeks, he got bored and decided to start taunting admins[1]. I suspect that he is repeating this pattern. A few minutes ago, the throwaway sleeper account BackdoorBertie was used to get around semiprotection of the Ref Desk guidelines in order to restore comments and edits made by several of his other socks and to boast[2] on the list of banned users that he was being a nuisance.

Only a few minutes before, there were edits from the account Tugjob. I have had suspicions about this account for some time. There are many similarities to Light current.

  • Similar expertise (electronics)
  • Participates in the Reference Desk (especially the Science Desk)
  • Makes many small edits
  • Spends a lot of time on article section headings

The fact that Tugjob is a sexual slang term is also in character, and is a very iffy username.

Light current is known to operate from a Tiscali UK DSL account, in the 88.108.x.x to 88.111.x.x range. I would like to know if Tugjob and BackdoorBertie are editing from the same IP or at least the same ISP. (Unfortunately, it's possible for Tiscali users to skip from one IP to the next in the pool fairly rapidly.) If the ISP here is not Tiscali, that information is also important, and may require me to extend the scope of the abuse report at Wikipedia:Abuse reports/Tiscali DSL. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed that they're Tiscali UK DSL. Tugjob should just be username-blocked. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 20:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Light current

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Filed: 20:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Stylistic editing similarities, including almost exclusive editing to the Reference Desks and the use of smileys. Hustle's infrequent editing coincides with edits from Light current using his IP range 88.109.*.* to 88.112.*.* When these are blocked Hustle appears. For example, Light current, as 88.111.58.133 (talk · contribs), makes this edit and this edit. Five IPs in that range are then blocked as Light current continues to troll. Then Hustle appears and makes these edits. This pattern is repeated, as can be seen from Hustle's contribs. Hidden secret 7's edits are more difficult to corrolate with Light current's IPs, however stylistically they appear similar and they type of questions and answers fit Light current's MO. Rockpocket 20:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Unlikely, and the two accounts are different from each other, too. Dmcdevit·t 07:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I must say I am genuinely surprised at that, as I was almost convinced at least in Hustle's case, even more so when LC decided to vandalize this page today. I'm glad I checked rather than block on the basis of the circumstantial evidence I provided above. Rockpocket 08:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Light current

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Filed: 23:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Code letter: C

These users placed deletion tags on serious articles with no apparent good reason. Three of them declared the articles as hoaxes and two went further to nominate pages in WP:AfD. I have now found another user that correlates with this (Carlawhitnash1976). Simply south 23:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

IP blocked. Light current. Others found. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 01:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Clerk assistance required: Archiving clerk please merge this case with Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Light current. Thanks. Thatcher131 04:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Clerk note: History-merged to correct page title per findings; various other things (headers, user list etc.) updated as well. Daniel.Bryant 05:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Light current

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Filed: 00:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Code letter: F (evasion of community-imposed block)

Light current is currently in the second day of a community-imposed one-month block, which was discussed at length at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Community Ban for User:Light current?. It is suspected that he is evading his block by using one or more anonymous IP addresses.

  • The address 83.100... was last used (and only used) in December of 2006 to make a long series of edits to the Wikipedia Reference Desks; Light current was blocked at that time, and he frequently edits the Reference Desks.
  • The address 87.102... was last used (and only used) in the last day, again while Light current was blocked, and again only to edit the Ref Desks.
  • The address 88.109.41.162 has only been used today to edit two of Light current's favorite pages (RD/misc and RD/science). Stylistic similarities. (added by Rick Block (talk) 02:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC))

Certain stylistic tendencies appear similar. See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User: Light current evading block?.

TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Inconclusive. Light current is one of zillions of editors using Tiscali UK DSL's DHCP -- the 88.109... IP comes from there too, though Lc has not used that particular one. The other two IPs are from the Karoo ISP, also UK, but there's no more geographic detail than that. You'll need to determine this one from content, not from IP analysis. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 03:36, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Add one more:

This account was created 32 minutes after User:Light current was blocked (initially for a week). User:DarkFuture is interested in exactly the same mix of topics as Light current -- audio electronics and the reference desk -- and now he's posting to the AN/I thread about Lc's community ban. There's absolutely no doubt that this is Lc playing more games. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 19:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, Dark is the opposite of light, and future is the opposite of current(kind of). Clever(kind of). HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 19:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Confirmed
Also
  1. Badmint (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  2. ElevenOfSpades (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  3. PussChimp (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  4. Permatroll (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  5. Badmin (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  6. SecondComing (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
More Tiscali. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 19:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
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