Suspected
socks (accounts) should be tagged and reported to
sockpuppet investigations for confirmation. Suspected IP accounts should be warned and reported to
AIV. In either case, when reporting please link to this long-term abuse report. When the active abuse has been taken care of, please update this report with the latest information.
Status
Pending Approval
Please report all ongoing incidents of abuse to
AIV or
ANI
Saying that unreleased songs will be released as
singles in specific formats in random countries without a source confirming it (sometimes, the user includes a "citation needed" tag
[1]).
Whenever the alleged date arrives, the user modifies it to a newer upcoming date (examples below).
Saying that an artist will release a
cover album,
remix album, new album, or that will re-release the album to include more songs (
[2]).
Saying that an artist will release a
cover version or remix (
[3]).
Saying that an existing remix of a song will be released as an independent single (
[4]).
When the user is detected and reverted, the user proceeds to edit-war and to remove the warns left on their talk page. Do not edit war on their talk page. Instead, report to the appropriate noticeboards (preferably
AIV, as it is a faster option than SPI; further, SPI can't connect the IPs with Zhmailik's account). Zhmailik commonly stops when they get blocked, but usually leaves blank unblock requests once or twice.
Zhmailik's English level is basic. Most of the comments they leave have an inappropriate syntax and contradict what they are trying to say (
[5][6][7]).
Sometimes Zhmailik cites guidelines and policies unrelated to what they are doing (
[8]).
Persistent edit-warring. The user tends to blank their talk page.
At
Isaac (Madonna song), the user alleged that Gwen Stefani was releasing a cover version of the song
[9]. If you read the content, you will find inconsistencies, repetitiveness, and false information. Like in "Physical", Zhmailik constantly replaced the date when reverting. The edits to that page, however, stopped because Stefani did release a song around the date "Isaac" was supposed to be released (
Let Me Reintroduce Myself). Disruption moved to that page instead.