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The UPN Vandal Wikilifespan 2007–present Known IPs Please refer to for full list Instructions Block on sight, revert all edits. Suspected
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Basic information
The UPN Vandal (
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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 (
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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
2603:6080:A700:1C39:0:0:0:0/64 (
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WHOIS (partial) ) range blocked 6 months in December 2021, claiming to work for animation companies
2603:6080:a740:c00::/64 (
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WHOIS (partial) ) range blocked 6 months in July 2021
2001:5b0:41d0::/44 (
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WHOIS (partial) ) range blocked one year in January 2020
174.226.0.0/21 (
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WHOIS (partial) ) , 7 September 2017, 1 week
97.73.150.149 (
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WHOIS ) , 4 January 2015, three months.
97.73.64.156 (
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WHOIS ) 5 March 2015, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.154 (
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WHOIS ) 14 February 2015, blocked for two years, seven months.
97.73.64.155 (
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WHOIS ) 12 February 2015, blocked for one year.
66.250.191.192 (
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WHOIS ) 2 February 2015, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.151 (
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WHOIS ) 15 December 2014, blocked for two years.
97.73.64.160 (
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WHOIS ) 15 December 2014, blocked for 2.75 years.
97.73.64.145 (
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WHOIS ) 11 December 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.153 (
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WHOIS ) 28 November 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.147 (
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WHOIS ) 21 November 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.150 (
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WHOIS ) 20 November 2014, blocked for one year.
75.192.159.222 (
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WHOIS ) 16 November 2014, blocked for 31 hours.
97.73.64.144 (
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WHOIS ) 14 November 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.143 (
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WHOIS ) 7 November 2014, blocked for one year.
75.243.108.45 (
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WHOIS ) 25 October 2014, blocked for 31 hours.
75.192.0.233 (
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WHOIS ) 12 October 2014, blocked for 12 hours.
97.73.64.152 (
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WHOIS ) 7 October 2014, blocked for one year.
64.24.84.3 (
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WHOIS ) 26 September 2014, blocked for one year.
64.24.84.2 (
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WHOIS ) 24 September 2014, blocked for one year.
64.24.84.5 (
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WHOIS ) 19 September 2014, blocked for one year.
64.24.84.8 (
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WHOIS ) 11 July 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.142 (
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WHOIS ) 1 July 2014, blocked for one year.
97.73.64.146 (
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WHOIS ) 27 May 2014, blocked for one year.
75.192.111.146 (
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WHOIS ) 18 May 2014, blocked for two weeks.
172.162.135.249 (
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WHOIS ) 7 April 2014, blocked for one week.
97.73.64.149 (
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WHOIS ) 21 March 2014, blocked for one year.
63.3.0.129 (
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WHOIS ) 9 April 2011, blocked for six months.
64.24.84.4 (
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WHOIS ) 19 April 2008, blocked for 31 hours.
Confirmed and suspected accounts