Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/HENRY APPLEGATE

HENRY APPLEGATE

Wikilifespan	2012–present
ISP	PLDT
Physical location	Quezon City, Philippines
Sockpuppet investigations	HENRY APPLEGATE
Instructions	Block on sight, revert any changes, and delete any user pages created. For edits to pages that haven't been deleted, RevDel may be advisable if living people have been mentioned. File at WP:SPI so CheckUsers can look for sleepers and make rangeblocks if necessary, and request locking at m:SRG or in #wikimedia-stewards connect
Status	Active

Basic information

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Comprehensive edits analysis
Henry Applegate, stylized as HENRY APPLEGATE, is a cross-wiki vandal known for spawning various sockpuppet accounts, and writing nonsensical, inexplicable or patently false and/or esoteric userspace pages, alluding to notable Filipino figures such as Chavit Singson and local terrorist or insurgent groups.

Habitual behavior

Applegate typically writes attack or nonsense userspace pages in all caps. Usernames for his sockpuppets follow a recurring naming pattern that allude to either organized crime groups or insurgent factions, usually juxtaposing a known Filipino celebrity, e.g. CHAVIT SINGSON TRIAD, WARAY WARAY TRIAD or SINGSON ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP. The usernames also occasionally feature "Aquino" or "Rebadula". Many (but not all) of the usernames are in all caps.

The general idea in each page is that he is involved in some sort of anti-terrorist operation that is, for some reason, run by NASA (often referencing specific notable astronauts); somehow, this intersects with a desire to marry Taylor Swift and become king and queen of the United States. As might be expected by the general incoherence of his writings, he never communicates with fellow editors. So far, all of his pages have been completely unrelated to Wikimedia, but are easily detected by their themes, as well as their liberal use of caps and boldface. He's very easy to recognize; the important thing is a speedy response, being sure to check for cross-wiki issues.

Cases

• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HENRY APPLEGATE
• See also the 4 Dutch Wikipedia socks mentioned here
• See Special:CentralAuth/Mac henry for a good sampling of cross-wiki issues

Confirmed and suspected accounts

• Sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of HENRY APPLEGATE
• Suspected sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of HENRY APPLEGATE