Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Linde plc vandal

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Linde plc vandal
Original name(s)Linde plc vandal
WikilifespanApril 2021 – present
Known IPsStarted as 5.178.202.10, then 103.210.146.65, variety since then
Physical locationGenerally Mumbai, India, but also and Dubai, UAE, and Georgia (the country)
InstructionsWhen 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.
StatusPending Approval

Basic information

This IP, which is known as the "Linde plc vandal" for consolidation purposes due to the constant IP hopping, is a block evading POV-pushing editor that constantly claims that almost every company in the world has its roots and origins in the United States, even if blatantly false, while downplaying the actual national origins of the company.

The term "Linde plc vandal" originated when the IP attempted to do this on Linde plc, a company from Germany by calling it "American-German". They have also done it on other companies such as Spotify by calling it "Swedish-American", Lenovo as "Chinese-American" or Fila as "Italian-American".

The IP has been blocked three times as 5.178.202.10, and twice as 103.210.146.65:

Since then, the editor has used a varity of IPs, including:

As of 23 February 2022 they are using IPs based on Dubai using the ISP Etisalat. As they are making the same edits to the same articles with the same arguments it's clearly still them, despite the different location.

As of 11 March 2022 they are back on Mumbai based IPs.

As of 11 September they are back on an IP address:

Another address in use as of 12 June 2023:

Targeted areas, pages, themes

Habitual behavior

Edit wars to emphasise perceived Americanness of various companies, while downplaying the national origins of other companies, see for example the removal of Canadian or British.

Persistent addition of incorrect commas, see for example here, here and here.

Other notes

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