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She's got a pretty big obsession with the Riverdale pages, barely editing anywhere else.
Edited by Irene
If I'm not wrong, I already know this troper. She used to make a lot of edits in the The Vampire Diaries character pages (now all locked) and similar shows. She had a lot of different accounts over the years, incuding this
but her edits are always similar
That, and she's a ban evader from what I read among the history of one of the pages she edited. Not sure how easy it'd be to restore some of these pages though. ._.;
Banned. Over 3000 edits...
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Holy moley!
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While being a ban evader makes it a moot point, I have to say that I'm not sure I understand why focusing on editing pages for one specific series in great detail is actually a bad thing. I mean, that's how wikis work.
In itself it's not a bad thing at all. It's just that hiddenelastic's edits were *absurdly* long. I'm all for having a fleshed-out character page, but it was getting excessive. Just check out the "Birds of a Feather" entry on Jughead's page to see what I mean. It's so long that you can't even fit it into one browser screen.
As well, I felt that s/he was trying a little too hard with some of his/her trope examples, to the point that some of the tropes were exaggerated and/or misused. Sometime when I'm feeling up to it, I'd like to go through with my hedge trimmers and clean those pages up.
Edited by StardustSoldier
Here's more of what they've done. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=58206&type=att
Chirst. I've never seen Riverdale and never visited its page, but even I can tell this person is obsessed. Is "concern for user's health" a valid reason for a ban?
@lalalei2001: I decided to just go ahead and delete Creator's Pet, at least.
If it's sugarbabe, that troper has serious mental health issues that manifest in her obsessive editing of certain articles. We had to lock some of them because of it. If she's back, well... that's going to be something we'll need our editors to keep a sharp eye on.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Should we have a short-term projects thread for coordinating trimming these articles?
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Is it possible to block their IP address from the site?
They can try, but if she's using dynamic I Ps, proxies, or library/school computer access, it's much harder. The last especially is a non-starter re: IP banning; you can't ban everyone using that access because of one person.
Edited by Candi Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
However, the mods can, and on one occasion have, alert the owners of that network to the issue.
That was a school district.
Depending on the location, especially the rules some libraries are made to operate under regarding access, the location may not be able to ban her. Which leaves the mods playing whack-a-mole.
Lock this, or leave this open for further reports?
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Looks like they're back as Silent Eyes. Same kind of edits and all.
Did an IP check, and they aren't matching up locationwise. This will need a further investigation.
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I'd be surprised if it wasn't the same person. Seems too coincidental otherwise.
Meatpuppeting is also a possibility. Which is just as bad, if not harder to catch.
Really sad, though, when someone's been snowed by the banned. :(
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
It's them. Their IPs are all proxies.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I have edited down some of the tropes of Jughead's page but I don't know the show well enough to make more changes
Hope your prepared for an unforgettable luncheon
Probably here again, as middlerulez. Same Riverdale edits
Yes, it's them. I cutlisted several of the pages they made, and will probably lock them if this keeps up.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I notice that Archie, Veronica, and Jughead's pages were all cut. Should Betty's page be removed as well?
Is there a chance that the character pages, if trimmed down a bit, will come back? Idc if they're locked or not.
If someone wants to remake them properly, that's fine.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Probably here again, as Shadow Base. Same Riverdale edits
Beatnix still seems the same ban evader. Same editing style not just for Riverdale but also for Supernatural
Banned, reverted, closing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
'hiddenelastic' has been adding a lot of long entries to the Riverdale character pages, some of them being Wall of Text, and has been adding a ton of tropes to the pages in general (in particular the main characters; Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead). While I do admire his/her commitment to the show, I'm concerned because I feel that, at this point, the Riverdale character pages are getting bloated with too much information.
Edited by StardustSoldier