User:Steve2011/All anonymous users should not be allowed to edit Wikipedia
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Due to the high level of vandalism from IPs, IPs should not be able to edit pages but the good-faith ones for example: 76.117.247.55 should create an account. The vandals should not create an account.
Examples of recent vandalism from IPs
There are many kinds of vandalism from IPs, see the ones listed below.
Recent vandalism that is not severe at all
This lists some vandalism that isn't severe.
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(more to come)
Recent vandalism that is slightly severe
This lists some vandalism that is slightly severe from IPs.
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(more to come)
Recent vandalism that is severe
This lists vandalism from IPs that is severe.
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(more to come)
Edit warring
Once upon a time, there was a user named 98.248.32.178. He was always edit-warring, and one time, he was edit warring on Chris Denning back in June.
- 1st revert
- 2nd revert
- 3rd revert, start of 3RR violation
- 4th revert
- 5th revert
- 5th revert
- 6th revert
- 7th revert
- 8th and last revert
He was blocked afterwards. He did the same thing on Sidney Cooke.
- 1st revert
- 2nd revert
- 3rd revert
- 4th revert
There are many other IPs which edit war, an example is: 98.248.33.198.
See also
User:Coldplay Expert/How to deal with Vandals and Socks that are waiting to be blocked