| Original name(s) | Mmbabies |
|---|---|
| Wikilifespan | January 29, 2007 - March 17, 2008 November 2009 - 2014 September 2018 - present |
| ISP | AT&T Yahoo! DSL/AT&T Internet Services |
| Known IPs | Usually on the Houston node of AT&T's network, 200+ IP's; also the Alief Independent School District and Harris County DoE networks |
| Physical location | Houston & Alief, Texas |
| Instructions | Revert and block on sight, non-administrators report to WP:AIV |
| Status | Unknown |
Mmbabies (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected) is a prolific vandal who frequently adds nonsense and outright fabrication to many articles. This behavior earned them an indefinite block on February 12, 2007. Following continued vandalism by way of dozens of anonymous IPs, they were banned by the community on March 30, 2007.
Since then, they continued the pattern of disruptive editing—sometimes on a daily and sometimes on a weekly basis. They edit primarily from AT&T's DSL network in the Houston, Texas area. As this is the largest DSL provider in Houston, at times the collateral damage from his blocked IPs leaves portions of that city unable to edit Wikipedia.
Due to their abusive edits, particularly their threats to the lives of celebrities (see below), numerous complaints were made to AT&T by both administrators and regular users. These complaints went unanswered. As a result, range blocks were put on almost 7,200 IP addresses within AT&T's Houston address space (dsl.hstntx.swbell.net), requiring all users in that range to create an account in order to edit Wikipedia. A semi-protect wall was set up on all pages relating to Houston television. However, he has since moved on to other stations across the country.
Since March 2008 they seemed to cool down, but tested the waters as of November 2009 on the article for Oxygen with the insertion of their usual 'dream lineup' of programming into that article, followed by a late June 2010 flareup with the usual MO on the Houston television articles. As of April 2015 however, their vandalism was very sporadic in the last three years, and it can be assumed that they've either become disinterested in the work it takes to round vandalism blocks, only popping up in the rare case they find a computer with full IP access, grown up and moved on (depending on their age), some other action has taken place to limit their computer use, made up a new persona to vandalize with, or found a new diversion rather than vandalizing here.
After a long hiatus, around the end of September 2018, they began to make an attempt to return, this time taking advantage of IPv6 addresses, still on AT&T and within metro Houston. The vandalism is much lighter and compared to the usual general vandalism seen now, is benign compared to their 2007 peak (and easier to revert with common tools unavailable a decade ago), but still within their usual haunts such as Gospel Bill and Oxygen.