Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Angela Criss
| Original name(s) | Angela Criss |
|---|---|
| Wikilifespan | January 25, 2013 - present |
| ISP | Cox Communications |
| Physical location | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
| Sockpuppet investigations | Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Angela Criss/Archive |
| Instructions | Report all socks to AIV or SRG as they are banned by the Wikimedia Foundation and cannot legally make any edits to Wikipedia. |
| Status | Active |
 | Please report all ongoing incidents of abuse to AIV or SRG |
Basic information
Angela Criss (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected)
Criss Comprehensive edits analysis
This user persistently targets articles by changing artist names to Devo. In addition, a typical edit summary from this user would be "This article is about the REAL VERSION of Devo/The Eagles/Florida Georgia Line." Edit summaries from this user almost invariably include a link to George Orwell. They seem to target particular pages with multiple accounts. Also, many of her socks have “PvtHudson,” followed by a space and a roman numeral in their username. A lot of her socks also have usernames related to Byzantine emperors (e.g. Andronikos IV Palaiologos). Other edits may include the phrase "Alan Jackson killed country" or other derogatory comments toward Alan Jackson.
Angela Criss is banned by the Wikimedia Foundation and they may not legally edit any Wikimedia project.
Targeted areas, pages, themes
Their main attack targets are articles related to Devo, Eagles (band), Alan Jackson, and Nickelback. They also attack country music-related song articles from multiple artists.
Habitual behavior
They usually replace articles with country music, including singers and genre changing. They also engage in personal attacks against editors on their talk page who revert their edits.
Cases
Other notes
You may wish to request a global lock of the account at meta:SRG. The master, as well as many of the socks are subject to a global lock.
Confirmed and suspected accounts
- Sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Angela Criss
- Suspected sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Angela Criss