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| Abuse response |
| Wikipedia:Abuse Response is a community initiative for the reporting and investigation of abuse originating from anonymous IP addresses. Those IP addresses are then reported to the service provider with jurisdiction over the IP address in hopes to counter and even deter abuse to Wikipedia. - AR is not for blocking accounts. If an anonymous user is presently vandalizing Wikipedia, please go to WP:AIV.
- We do not handle sock puppet identification. For that, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations.
For a list of current Abuse Response volunteers, or for information on how you can help with the Abuse Response project, please see the volunteers page. We are always looking for help. |
| File a new report here |
| I. | For all reports: |
Verify that the following criteria has been met: -
- The IP address has been blocked at least five times
- The IP has made abusive contributions within the past four months
- The IP was suitably warned prior to each block
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| II. | For a single IP address | For multiple IP addresses & ranges |
Replace "IP" below with the IP address you are reporting.
| Replace "IP" below with the most recent IP address of the IPs or IP range you are reporting.
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| III. | Fill out the resulting page and fill-in the requested information. |
| IV. | Save the page. |
[edit] Coordinators
- If you need help with either submitting an abuse report or processing an abuse report, please ask on the talk page.
[edit] Process
- The processing of an Abuse Response case has three phases.
- Alert: An attentive user notices a trend of vandalism from a given IP (or range) and reports the IP address here.
- Under investigation: Once an alert is made, it is opened by an investigator, who begins an investigation and compiles a report for use when contacting the organization responsible for the IP number.
- In contact: Once a case has been investigated and a report prepared, the case is passed on to a contactor. The contactor then attempts to contact the provider or organization responsible for the IP address. The contactor explains the situation to the organization and points them to the prepared report. The contactor remains in contact with the organization, most likely by email, to answer any further questions or provide other requested information.
Once the contactor has made contact with the provider, the case remains open as long as contact continues. If the provider successfully resolves the complaint, then the contactor closes the case, with a summary of the result. If the provider is unwilling to cooperate, the contactor notes the case, and closes it with a summary.
[edit] New reports
[edit] Open cases
[edit] Rejected reports
[edit] Closed cases
