User:Meters/Reese's hoax

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Hoax

Claim of bizarre Reese's flavour "Puppywish Canyons" (amberberries and loganleaf) initially tested in Papua New Guinea, and then unsuccessfully modified with charcoal and gorgonzola. See [1] for example. More than 60 known attempts to add this between December 30, 2019 and April 6, 2020 (more than 100 attempts after edit warring on May 23, hit 140 attempts in mid-July, 150 attempts by August, 200 by end January 2021) with very nearly identical content in most cases. Many of the early edits were rev-del'ed and the latter ones are all identical so I'm not going to provide all of the diffs.

Primary targets are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Reese's Pieces, and Reese's Whipps with sporadic attempts at other articles. Most of the attempts on Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar were the result of a one-day edit war. More recently has been branching out to candies that do not contain the word "Reese" in the title, and even to completely unrelated non-food articles in which the concept of a flavour makes no sense at all. In late August started started simply dropping "Puppywish Canyons" or "puppywish canyon" [2] [3], [4] (also included the term "Reese's hoax") or "Puppywish" [5], [6] into random articles. October 11 returned to original Reese's article with full text [7]

Often trolls my pages, or vandalizes articles I have edited. Often waits out short blocks, returns on same IP, and then moves on.

History

Articles and first known attempts to add hoax

Listed for articles I know about, but I don't see all of them

Number of attempts

Listed for articles I know about, but I don't see all of them

Resultant page protections

Named Accounts

IPs

Blocks

41 account blocks and 6 range blocks that I know of as of Jan 30 2021 (just as I was thinking this was done...)

2020

2021

Comments

  • The two IPs in the GONet 240.40.194 cluster have added the hoax multiple times over an extended period. Edits have resumed after blocks.
  • One of the two IPs in the GONet 240.40.130 cluster has added the hoax more than once (returned Feb 12 after two-week gap).
  • The IPs in the TBayTel 38.39 cluster have added the hoax multiple times over an extended period. Edits have resumed after blocks. Good target for range block if collateral damage not an issue.
  • The 206.184 TBayTel IP returned after a short block. Watch for others in this range now that it is on longer block.
  • The 216.26 TBayTel IP returned after a short block, now on one month block, moved to different IP in same range after one week
  • The Bell Mobility IPs (67.69) are short-term dynamic addresses that can be ignored, or at most handled with short-duration blocks as needed.
  • August 11 showed up on the southern Ontario Bell Mobility ISP again for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown
  • September9 back to full text on unrelated article
  • October 11 back to original article, with full text
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