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UnderArmourKid
Shortcut: WP:LTA/UAK
Original name(s)Lightning Sabre
WikilifespanJuly 2014 – present
ISPClaro Chile, Entel PCS
Physical locationSantiago, Chile
Sockpuppet investigationsWikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/UnderArmourKid
InstructionsIPs should be blocked/rangeblocked on sight. Suspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations for confirmation. When reporting, please link to this long-term abuse report. When the active abuse has been taken care of, please update this report with the latest information. Confirmed socks should be reported to m:SRG or #wikimedia-stewards connect for global locking.
StatusActive

Basic information

UnderArmourKid (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected)
LTA Comprehensive edits analysis
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Targeted areas, pages, themes

9/11, aviation, cyclones, moon landing conspiracies 1, 2, Geometry Dash 1, 2, 3, Nascar, Santiago 1, 2, 3

Habitual behavior

  • 9/11 imagery in unblock template: 1, 2, 3
  • References to "UnderArmourKid", "Under Armour Rocks", "UAK", and the like in either article content, edit summary, or both.
  • Imitation of User:IPhonehurricane95's 9/11 vandalism and some childish vandalism phrases, along with a few 9/11 unblock request vandalism attacks (most clearly seen in IPhonehurricane95's sock account User:UnderArmourKid and the first few "UnderArmourKid" accounts, along with some IP socks from China and the US around that time). IPh95's vandalism utilized this pattern and the 9/11 attacks in 2014 and in Summer 2016. However, the UAK vandal/User:Lightning Sabre's vandalism is more more consistent and "cheap", and most of the IPh95-like vandalism appears to be copied and pasted from earlier attacks, rather than genuinely devised by the latter sockmaster. Additionally, the types of vandalism from UAK on tropical cyclone articles are much more predictable, both in the types of vandalism and the specific articles targeted.
  • Occasionally impersonates Geometry Dash players like GuitarHeroStyles, ToshDeluxe, Combined, etc.

Cases

Other notes

  • This user has been seen indirectly collaborating with IPhonehurricane95's vandalism on at least 2 occasions, in Fall 2014 and in Summer 2016. When IPhonehurricane95's socks were blocked, UAK/Lightning Sabre would create new socks to vandalize the articles in question and attack other related articles, and when the UAK/Lightning Sabre socks were blocked, IPh95 would return to sock and attack the affected articles. However, the two sockmasters have not yet been known to directly coordinate, and they usually don't coordinate their vandalism. Due to the relation in behavior of the two sockmasters, however, User:Lightning Sabre (UAK) can be considered to be a meatpuppet of IPhonehurricane95, even though the two have no known direct links.
Known IP Ranges

Timecard

Timecard for 2023 socks
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