Talk:The Doors/Doors vandal

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Doors' articles have been the target of disruptive editing by a large number of IPs since around September 2019. Some of the edits are obvious, such as repeatedly attempting to create articles for songs that do not meet WP:NSONGS. Others are more subtle: attempting to add seemly plausible material with citations that do not actually support the details. After their edits are reverted with summaries such as "needs a reliable source", they re-add the material with minor changes again and again, without any attempt to address the concerns. Despite many blocks, they simply move on to a new IP and continue. With their refusal to engage in discussions or follow normal editing practices, they are clearly not here to make constructive contributions.

The following identifies some of the IPs and effected articles; those marked Pending are candidates for page protection based on their history of disruptive editing over the last several months.

  • Drmies The disruptive editing continues. Although mixed in with some superficially OK edits, the net effect is counterproductive (no or faulty sources, failure to follow MOS, no explanations/summaries, etc.). Please block/protect those marked Pending. Thanks, —Ojorojo (talk) 15:14, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ojorojo: [1]. There is nothing recent enough on 37.6.220.114/20. I blocked 2A02:587:1E30:4700:64A1:1FC3:5C4A:42A3 too, but that's probably pointless; I cannot get a range on that. I semi-protected all your "ongoing" articles for a year. It was very boring! Thanks, Drmies (talk) 17:02, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • Many thanks Drmies for going the extra mile. This should help a lot. —Ojorojo (talk) 19:06, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hello Drmies: Now that the protection on several articles has expired, the IPs are again at it. 37.6.242.31 (talk · contribs) and 46.190.42.174 (talk · contribs) (from the same ranges) are adding still unexplained, no or bad sources, MOS problems, mixed in with some OK, etc. Would you please add protection for the "Articles protected..." below that show an older expiration date (marked in bold)? Thanks, —Ojorojo (talk) 16:42, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
          • Ojorojo, I'm sure you are also getting a bit tired of this jerk. Drmies (talk) 17:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
            • Thanks again, Drmies. The article protection definitely makes it more manageable. —Ojorojo (talk) 13:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Registered usernames[edit]

Looks like new user Unkownsolidier is the Doors vandal with a username. He's been reviving some less-important album tracks as articles, for instance "We Could Be So Good Together" which was started in 2007 by Artaxerxes333 (note the Greek-sounding username, and all the Greek IPs listed on this page.) "We Could Be So Good Together" also had Greek IP activity including 109.242.x.x (rangeblocked as the Doors vandal) and Special:Contributions/91.140.71.113. Checkuser is impossible with nothing recent to pin to Unkownsolidier, but Unkownsolidier's language skills do not appear to be native English, starting with the username itself. The single-purpose focus on the Doors is a big factor and creating articles from redirects. Binksternet (talk) 22:30, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. The accuracy of their edits is questionable, which often mix OR/POV in with "sourced" material (even their username shows a lack of attention to detail). Their recently recreated song articles should all be AfDd: Been Down So Long along with the current The Changeling and We Could Be So Good Together. —Ojorojo (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The Changeling is now being proposed for merging to L.A. Woman. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A note of caution: The new user has supplied their own songwriter credits[2] – apparently based on a partial or misreading of a source – despite single, album, and ASCAP listings to the contrary. This is a problem with several live and compilation albums, which have completely wrong songwriter credits. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:36, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Unkownsolidier has been citing Google Books results from Greece, using links that have .gr in the URL. Binksternet (talk) 17:55, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IPs blocked[edit]

IPs with similar edits[edit]

Re-directs protected[edit]

Articles protected w/expiration date[edit]

Older targets with last date[edit]

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