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Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/TyrusThomas4lyf

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{{Infobox Wikipedia vandal

|name = TyrusThomas4lyf

|Originalname = User:TyrusThomas4lyf

|shortcut = WP:LTA/TT4L

|lifespan = February 27, 2007 – present

|ISP= AT&T Internet Services

|Hostmasks=?

|RFCs=Wikipedia:Requests for comment/TyrusThomas4lyf|TyrusThomas4lyf]]

|SPIs=TyrusThomas4lyf

|RFARs=

|location= Chicago metropolitan area

|severity= Moderate

|Instructions= Revert and block on sight.

|status=active

}}

{{vandal|TyrusThomas4lyf}} is the Wikipedia alias of a basketball fan who was blocked indefinitely in May 2007 for repeated personal attacks and edit warring on NBA-related articles, in spite of numerous warnings and attempts to mediate. For a summary of this user's past behavior, see the RFC and his talk page User talk:TyrusThomas4lyf. Prior to his block, this user possibly also edited under the aliases {{user3|68.253.206.119}}. Since his block, he has repeatedly attempted to subvert the block by resorting to sockpuppetry. Several reports were made at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets:

but he has returned time and time again.

Modus operandi

TyrusThomas4lyf sock-puppets are recognizable most easily by their typical (but not exclusive) focus on a certain range of NBA articles, signature edits, occasionally abusive edit summaries, and edit warring. Favorite articles (with some sample signature edits) include:

NBA edits frequently show bias in favor of the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, especially in bios on players that are compared to him. They frequently edit many of the "List of career achievements by ..." type pages at :Category:Career achievements of basketball players. They have also shown an interest in serial killer and Nazi-related articles and are known for creating voluminous redirects for improbable spelling errors. The redirects are also sometimes music related, redirecting songs to articles on their album, or lyric snippets to their actual song title. They also create lots of categories in these subject areas.

IPs tend to originate mostly from the Chicago metropolitan area and St. Louis, typically using AT&T and associated networks. This user has also been known to use a Barnes & Noble shared account in the past, though this is uncommon. In 2020, some IPs were from Iowa.

Partial list of confirmed and suspected sock-puppets

  • {{vandal|A fine point}}
  • {{vandal|Award Tour 2.0}}
  • {{vandal|Bossanoven}}
  • {{vandal|Cyberdyne systems}}
  • {{vandal|Fact finder 1780}}
  • {{vandal|Give me more information}}
  • {{vandal|Hoopsknowledge}}
  • {{vandal|Hot potata}}
  • {{vandal|Hypebuster}}
  • {{vandal|Illadelph halflife}}
  • {{vandal|It's More Fun to Compute}}
  • {{vandal|Soda pop is not healthy}}
  • {{vandal|Something else ok}}
  • {{vandal|Squaty squater}}
  • {{vandal|The Definitive}}
  • {{vandal|The Minimizer}}
  • {{vandal|TX6785}}
  • {{vandal|Yourbestfriendsfriend}}
  • {{vandal|108.71.133.201}}
  • {{vandal|2602:306:C478:5C90:0:0:0:0/64}}
  • {{vandal|50.81.165.0/24}}
  • {{vandal|2600:1702:31B0:9CE0:0:0:0:0/64}}

For a more complete listing, see (for example) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse&oldid=324421219#Confirmed_and_suspected_sock-puppets_.2861.29], as well as :Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of TyrusThomas4lyf and :Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of TyrusThomas4lyf.

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