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Malaysian TV

I've requested you earlier to unlock these articles, but you keep relocking the Malaysian TV articles.

All the problems are caused from Albert20009 socks, and you keep locking it? I suggest to block the user instead (the main user has been blocked, and now, block the IPs)--110.168.62.14 (talk) 12:35, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

The IPs simply change when they're blocked. If you have an edit request you may post to the article talk page and I will help you. Regards Tiderolls 14:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

218.250.159.25

Hello Tide rolls. Please see this. I tried to help but no avail. If the user performs another edit like the ones before, should I report the IP? I am asking you as you being an administrator are personally involved and hence I don’t want to overstep. What do you suggest? Cheers AKS 19:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Arunsingh. Thanks for your consideration in coming here. I found the IP's behavior problematical as you can tell from the exchange on their user talk. I have recused myself from direct contact with this IP in the hope that without my interference they could find a way to contribute constructively within the guidelines and policies of this project. My failure to establish a raport with the IP may be due to some cultural or language obstacle. That the IP has been reverted by several editors and that they have been intransigent with regard to their method and attitude communicates to me that the possibility for compromise is not great. If you feel that more opinions are needed then I say proceed. I would trust your judgement. Regards Tiderolls 20:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot. I am bit disappointed by action of other Admin (even though the action did not involve me directly) in case of article Stefan Wong (actor). Please see this and this. Do you want to step into the first discussion? I have raised objection as although User:Velella had rightfully reverted edits on Stefan Wong (actor), his decision was overruled. Cheers AKS 08:14, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Regrettably, this is a common occurance of page protection. User:Skier Dude acted according to policy by protecting the page in the state they found it. Unless there is an overriding reason (BLP violation, copyvio or outright vandalism) the protecting admin should not take "sides" in a content dispute. As you have brought your concerns to Skier Dude's attention there is nothing for me to do at this point. You have directed Skier Dude to the IP's talk page and my comments will be seen there. Do not let yourself be overly frustrated by the protection. You have done all that you could. Regards Tiderolls 11:17, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

• Good point. I am dropping this discussion here. I have already wasted enough time on this. Thanks for all your guidance. Cheers AKS 18:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	thank you for blocking the user who kept vandalizing Andrew Wakefield vandalism is very frustrating Leeboy100 (talk) 02:28, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

• You're welcome. Think of vandalism this way; not at all :) Tiderolls 02:36, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For beating me to so many reverts. Rm1271 contribs 01:41, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the recognition and thanks for your efforts as well. Tiderolls 12:05, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

HELLO?

What right do you have to tell me what I can or can't post? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.251.198.193 (talk) 03:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

The same right as anyone else that edits here; that is to say when an edit does not meet the standards set by this project's guidelines or is in conflict with Misplaced Pages's policies. Are you acquainrted with the guidelines and policies? Tiderolls 12:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

Just an FYI, but I didn't make an edit to a ducks v beavers page...

apache501 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.203.249 (talk) 05:17, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Register an account and you can avoid getting messages that are meant for someone else. Tiderolls 12:02, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Another vandal from the 92.xx.xx.xx address range

Hi, 92.23.139.48 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is another vandal of strongman articles with the same MO and from the same range as 92.30.138.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) that you recently blocked. Sławomir Biały (talk) 14:00, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Unfortunately I am at work and cannot give this matter my full attention. I would have to find an admin with more exprience with rangeblocks in any event, so you may want to post at WP:ANI and make your case for the rangeblock. I will check into this after work and if there are any loose ends I will follow up. See ya 'round Tiderolls 16:00, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Tide rolls,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and

Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's

Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we

teach students about becoming Misplaced Pages administrators. Not a lot is known about your community,

and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what

you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community

[[Misplaced Pages:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-

_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my

students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training,

motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one

of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of

communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)

• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will

never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.

• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an

interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.

• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics

review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have

been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak

with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I

will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your

name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be

more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 21:48, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

User:Egawegawegaerh

Please indefinitely block the user. Check his deleted contribs for more details. Thanks. →Στc. 23:45, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I will probably do so shortly, if someone doesn't get there before me. Tiderolls 23:50, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

List of Iron Chef America episodes

The vandal on List of Iron Chef America episodes you blocked yesterday is back, this time as an IP vandal. He's only repeated the vandalism once, which I reverted an hour or so ago, but I thought a heads up might not be a bad idea, just in case. Thanks for the speedy action yesterday. --Drmargi (talk) 17:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

The IP editor who got blocked

Hi there; you don;t know me from Adam (or, more appropriately, Eve). I'm concerned about what happened with that IP editor. Please see here and here for a bit more background.

This guy has been editing since 2009, was falsely accused of being another editor logged-out to cause disruption, had a CU/SPI called on them, and was (understandably) pretty miffed, especially when they were blocked by someone else involved in the dispute on the same page. They really weren't treated fairly, and their unblock request of "malicious block from an administrator involved in the issue debated at Misplaced Pages:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#At_Wikipedia:Verifiability" was perfectly understandable, bearing in mind the actual circumstances as opposed to any wrongful assumptions. There's no way that a named-account editor, who had been editing since 2009, would have been blocked without any warning for something as petty as actually happened. I really am disturbed by this case; it's very, very unjust, and this editor's feelings have been badly hurt. They are now saying they don't intend to contribute any more. Can anything be done to undo some of this damage? A block expiring does nothing to heal the hurt feelings and justifiable disenchantment with the project. Pesky (talk) 09:29, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Pesky. I do sort of "know" you by seeing your posts around some of the places I lurk; not that my opinion is well thought of far and wide, but I do have respect for your contribution to the project and put you in my personal category of "core dedicated users". I agree with most of what you say here. Having said that, I'm not sure what can be done about hurt feelings. I assure you that I am not unsympathetic and would even consider making a more detailed invitation to the aggrieved party. However, as previously mentioned, I didn't hang the moon :) If I've missed the point of your message or you see some obvious way forward that my cranial density is preventing me from appreciating, please let me know. Thanks for coming here and letting me know of your concern. See ya 'round Tiderolls 12:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi again; I've been mulling this over for a couple of days, and have just posted on Jehochman's talk. I'm hoping not to be beaten to an emotional pulp for it. If you consider it appropriate, could you drop a line on the IP's talk along the lines of "you may have been treated a bit too harshly; apologies for any undue upset", or something similar? I think could make a big difference to that editor, who has still not edited since 28 February, their last contributions having been to the SPI page. Pesky (talk) 09:43, 7 March 2012 (UTC)