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, just the way you like it! :) ] (]) 20:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)]] , just the way you like it! :) ] (]) 20:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)]]


'''Note:''' I rarely check my email, so if you send me something important, you should probably let me know.
== Attempted block evasion/sockpuppetry? ==


Bored? Check out ] for a list of video games that are probably notable. I listed most of the sources, so you don't even have to find them.
Not sure if I'm using this feature correctly, but it looks like ] may also be ]. The editing history looks like they're making edits on the same articles, and recently something very weird happened with a page ylevental had nominated twice for deletion. I think ylevental also tried to send me a message but I'm not sure how to access it, and then I got notification of edits made to my talk page from the anonymous account that I can't find either. I looked into past history and it seems like ylevental has been trying to specifically add anti-neurodiversity related articles while also nominating pro-neurodiversity articles for deletion at the same time. I'm not sure if that's allowed or not but it seems like evidence of bias in some way. (I've edited mostly pro-neurodiversity articles and have created or proposed several in the past too, but I haven't tried to delete anti-neurodiversity related articles. I don't think that's against any rules as far as I'm able to guess.) Maybe you could check on this?
] (]) 22:12, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
: I'm sorry, but I can't comment on any of this. Because of the issues involved (] and ]), you would probably have to privately contact the ] if you felt more needed to be done than has already been done. I realize that this is a non-answer, but that's the best I can give you. ] (]) 00:03, 29 June 2020 (UTC)


== YAQC == == ] ==


The Plants vs Zombies sock is back. ] (]) 19:40, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Yet Another Quick Check. Would you please check the almost certain duck {{Noping|JackiePie}} against {{Noping|UltraUsurper}} and {{Noping|AstraUsurper}}? I've already blocked Ultra for 2 weeks due to just CIR/disruption issues, as well as his IPv6, and indef'd Astra due to improper use in discussions (While userpage disclosed it as an alt, signature does not make this clear and he's using them all (master+alt+IP) in the same discussions). Duck evidence for JackiePie is that Ultra edits PewDiePie (Name connection), JackiePie has nominated an iOS related redirect for deletion (Ultra spends all day making a mess of iOS related redirects), and then having not signed his RfD, Ultra signed it as the master. -- ] (]) 12:14, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
: {{noping|JackiePie}} is confirmed to the others. I was mostly curious to see if there'd be more than that, but that seems to be it. ] (]) 14:46, 29 June 2020 (UTC) : I think everything is cleaned up for now. ] (]) 21:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
::Appreciated as always. -- ] (]) 15:47, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Check on {{Noping|Pleat2}} please. Redirects user page, focused on iPhone and redirects and splits. Quack quack. -- ] (]) 17:49, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
: {{confirmed}}, along with {{noping|Zenoval}}. ] (]) 18:24, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – August 2024 ==
== Conan the destroyer "top critics" ==


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: Please see ]. There is consensus against highlighting the opinions of a subset of critics from Rotten Tomatoes. I don't know what you're talking about when you say there's a double standard, though. ] (]) 03:27, 30 June 2020 (UTC)


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We've got another one my friend {{noping|Pamasawata0296}}, and he emerged less than two days after you blocked him. As of this writing, the user only has 7 edits under his belt but given that the pages he edits are related to '']'', I think we can make a strong case that he is a sockpuppet. There's also the diffs, even though there's just a handful of them as of this writing.
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Since as of this writing, the user only has 7 edits, I had to compare the editing pattern with not only the sockpuppeteer but also with the most recent sockpuppet to illustrate how similar the pattern is. I know I can always count on you my friend. Warmest regards ] (]) 15:02, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
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] '''Technical news'''
:{{ping|NinjaRobotPirate}} The user was ] for disruptive editing by {{ping|PhilKnight}}. However, before he was blocked he left a very angry message for me which all but confirms that he is a sockpuppet of Albe23413 as can be seen in these diffs:
* ] may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may ] when appropriate.
::], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]
* Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via ]. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.


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:To understand how angry the message he left is, let me translate the Filipino text to English:
* The Arbitration Committee ] the following administrators to the ]: {{noping|Bilby}}, {{noping|Extraordinary Writ}}


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==Film budget vandal==
: That is how angry he is at all the times I've reported him and he has been blocked. Given that he had just confirmed himself as an Albe23413 sock, can you still tag him for sockpuppetry even though he has just been blocked? Regards ] (]) 17:45, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
The IP vandal you range blocked for vandalizing film budgets, like ], has returned and continues to do so. They are currently using ]. ] (]) 06:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
:: It looks like Ponyo took care of everything. ] (]) 23:14, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
: Yeah, he tends to come in waves of IP addresses. It might take a few more range blocks. ] (]) 11:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)


==Edit war oversight==
== Administrators' newsletter – July 2020 ==
Hello. Coming to you because of that ban in early April and I don't want to be slapped for edit warring. If you have a few minutes can you take a look a , thanks. ] (]) 23:53, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

== Reporting disruptive editor yet again. ==

Do you remember when I ] this editor back in January and blocked them for six months? The editor is back yet again, making unexplained edits in articles . ] (]) 16:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
: Soft blocked for another six months. ] (]) 01:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

== IP sock (again) ==

Hi. , is back in action, editing Barbie (film), Mission Impossible, and reverting on Alien: Romulus. ] 17:28, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
: Blocked for 3 months, which should help somewhat. ] (]) 21:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hey, NinjaRobotPirate. There is ] with it having to do with the ] article that was recently edited by yourself. Figured you might want a heads up and to have a chance to participate in the discussion. Hope you have a good day, --] (]) 06:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

== Note ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Ambili123

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/2409:40F3:1094:A201:5F1:A577:18D:9819

https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Madeena_Cherpulassery

socks keep creating and attacking "madeena" page, it was already deleted, any help ] (]) 17:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
: Well, ] was recreated by a sock after a deletion discussion, so I deleted it. ] (]) 20:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
::https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Sevens_Football
::https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User:Bobanfasil
::(same should be done with this copypaste of main article) ] (]) 23:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
:::https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User%3ARoshanyadav7&redlink=1
:::https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User:Imsamrat392
:::i found exact same pattern of bad grammar across similar sports venue articles, highly possible another sock. ] (]) 23:57, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
:::: I don't know anything about this. I also can't read mobile links on my PC. ] (]) 00:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::], please delete. in my recent log too. ] (]) 16:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::: I have no idea what you're talking about. If you want an article deleted, tag it. I don't understand your English. ] (]) 23:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

== Administrators' newsletter – September 2024 ==

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* ] of the ] ("{{noping|Cinderella157}} German history topic ban") was ] for a period of six months.
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== LTA == ==Genre Question==
Hello. I have a quick question on if I'm editing correctly. I've made edits on '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' in regards to horror being a genre of those projects. I was wondering if I'm editing incorrectly, because a user had messaged me recently about the former three projects and just today, again, the same user left a message about the latter project. Before I reply to the new message on my talk page, I wanted to know if I'm making incorrect edits. I left multiple sources on ''The Hitcher'' page, but the edit was still reverted. I'll leave links to my edits below and my responses so far. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong and any advice would be helpful, because I don't want to upset anyone or make any more bad edits, as I was already told that I shouldn't add things that I think would be helpful to articles. I'm just confused, I suppose, and just want to know how to be better. Thank you for your time. ] (]) 14:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)


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Hi--you responded to one of these fake unblock requests from ; please check if my block modification, after the creation of a couple of sock accounts, is OK with you. Thanks! ] (]) 13:39, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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*BTW, is there a way to run CU and see just the accounts, not the IPs, on a range? Thanks, ] (]) 13:40, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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** Nope. There might be a script that sorts the results, though. I generally try to leave talk page access enabled when I do long range blocks, but it's not always possible, of course. The problem is that some people can't even figure out how to make a proper unblock request when they've got talk page access enabled, so my thinking is that the number of people who figure out how to use UTRS must be even smaller. ] (]) 13:58, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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***How sad--I wish they'd show the accounts first, and then IPs up to 5000. I am sure there's a ton of abusive accounts (that little person had an old blocked account from which to threaten me) that still have email or talk page enable. ] (]) 18:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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: Well, genres should be based on what sources say. I guess I prefer ]s for genres because a review is just one person's opinion. But sourced is better than unsourced, and it doesn't really matter what random Wikipedians think the genre is; this would be ]. Unsourced material also ]. ]s can be warned with {{tl|uw-genre1}} through {{tl|uw-genre4}}. ] (]) 15:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)


::That's what I had thought as well. I added five sources, not reviews, in this and it was changed back and I was told not to add things to articles that I think would be helpful. I just don't want to keep upsetting people by adding sources, because I want to be helpful. I was continuing to edit other articles as well after that, but I was told today that I was causing problems and it just made me want to figure it out. ] (]) 15:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
== QC ==
:::{{tps}} I didn't look at all the edits (or sources) in question, but just some general advice that strong sources to cite for genre include , , and . ''The Hitcher'', for example, is listed as "horror" at . Usually I check all three sites to see if there is a consensus among them, then I roll with that. Worth noting that AllMovie isn't what it used to be (see ]), but AFI and BFI are definitely solid. --] (]) 23:26, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, I keep stumbling across some lately... :) Could you please check {{Noping|Crowkid555}} (And already blocked {{noping|Crowkid51}}) against {{Noping|ALEXP001}}? Duck evidence is somewhat strong, but I don't want to pull trigger on inexperienced editors needlessly. Both editors focus on adjusting the leads of video games and films for receptions, often with unsourced or original research. Both have gotten warnings, and I've blocked ALEXP001 once already. Note the similarity in their messages to my user talk in response to warnings: and . I feel the writing style is very similar as well as their use of edit summaries. Both use VE, but Crowkid appears to be exclusively mobile while ALEXP is not. -- ] (]) 11:46, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
::::I have used AllMovie among other reliable sources and I'll keep that in mind. I appreciate the help from both of you. I want to edit the pages back, but I am worried about the same user calling me a problem again, or telling me to not edit the page again. I get hesitant to edit now out of fear of doing something wrong. ] (]) 02:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
: {{noping|Crowkid55}}, {{noping|Crowkid555}}, {{noping|Crowkid51}}, and {{noping|ALEXP001}} are all {{confirmed}}. However, they could potentially be editing from shared computers. Sometimes inexperienced, young editors create a bunch of themed accounts and don't seem to understand why everyone is so annoyed with them. It's difficult to say what to do in these cases. I usually try to give them a chance to comply with policy. I guess it depends on my mood and how disruptive they've been. ] (]) 12:23, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
::I'll ponder a bit. I warned Crowkid555 about socking when I found Crowkid51. I'm not worried about the unused Crowkid55. ALEXP has already earned one block for unsourced/OR. Both accounts essentially continue those editing patterns. I'll give it some more thought and may ask them to fess up first. -- ] (]) 12:39, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


== In following of == == Talk Page Messages ==


Hello. Are other users allowed to keep removing talk page messages from my talk page? It's happened twice now by the user I mentioned above. Thank you for your time. ] (]) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
In following of ] and ], please block ]. Thanks for your attention. ] (]) 09:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
: Done. ] (]) 09:55, 10 July 2020 (UTC) : No, people aren't supposed to do that. I guess I should leave a message about that, too. I'll do that in a little while. ] (]) 22:52, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
::That's what I thought. I appreciate your time. ] (]) 22:57, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


== Quick check request == == Active socking help? ==


Can I get some help here? ], a clear sock of ] is running around making a mess. The smoking guns are requesting to be speedy deleted (), recreating ], as three of Agustin's other socks have, interests of Stephen King's ], Bob the Builder, and what started it all, at RFPP-D for the recently protected ] (protected due to confirmed socking of Agustin's), while not addressing the reason the page was protected. Thanks. ] (]) 02:37, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering if could do a quick check. A certain ] was recently banned from editing a ], and soon afterwards a ] decided to join the Talk page, mirroring the same POV as the first user. What's interesting is that the first user once posted on the second user's Talk page, ]. A strange thing to do if they're the same person, but maybe that was the idea. So perhaps it is a pure coincidence and they are connected only by subject matter, but the timing strikes me as odd, and I was wondering if you could check. Thanks. ] (]) 17:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
: I think it's all cleaned up. ] (]) 02:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
::Looks great, thank you so much for the quick action! ] (]) 02:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)


== IP redirect requests ==
:: Why is it that you appear to ] anyone with a different opinion than your own. Looking at your edit history you have literally reported every single person that has an opposing opinion. I don’t take the false accusations of sockpuppetry lightly. Your false accusations won’t discourage me from editing as I see fit.] (]) 21:41, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
::: {{re|ThunderPeel2001}} you've got one diff there, but it's not enough to show evidence of sock puppetry. You'd have to show that one account mirrored the same POV using diffs. I don't really want to go looking for that myself. ] (]) 01:27, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
:::: {{re|Factlibrary1}} Well, that's a lie. I have not reported everyone. I reported two people, as per the WP guidelines for a topic under sanction. One of these people ], and both of which received temporary bans. Interesting, but I will drop things, because if is sockpuppetry, I believe you will cease now. I would note that your tone is potentially threatening. ] (]) 11:37, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


Some potential TTF24 IP requests on ] (@]) -- – ] <sup>(] &#124; ])</sup> 22:54, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
== Anti-Racist Action: June 2020 rewrite ==
: I did some range blocks, which may help. I don't understand why people keep creating redirects for this sock puppeteer. I guess I'll watchlist them and see if anyone comes around to edit them later. Maybe I can at least use them as ]s. ] (]) 01:15, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
::You've got mail!-- ]<sup>]</sup> 17:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – October 2024 ==
Hi - I posted on ] for ] about undoing the June 2020 rewrite, which is based on a report on a far-Right blog, includes many improperly cited claims, and names several individuals as being part of Torch Antifa chapters without evidence. Would be great to have your thoughts on this proposed change. Thanks. ] (]) 23:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


] from the past month (September 2024).
== Emiliogogo or "jahiib punjit" striking again in a SPI investigation. ==


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{{user|Muhammad jahiib punjit}} is striking again in a ] I have just opened. With an almost identical name: {{user|Muhamaad jaiiiib poonjut}}


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The last time this user was a sock of {{user|Emiliogogo}} but it's way too strange I open again a SPI investigation for the same user and this guy appears out of nowhere just some minutes after making it. He might be related to the main sock {{user|Weathertrustchannel}} or he's simply someone else? I don't know but it's way too strange happening twice in 2 different SPI cases for the same user. Nevertheless this guy is clearly the same "jahiib" as he was before. --] (]) 16:52, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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Oh so beautiful, this user just insulted me now in the SPI investigation I just made today. He might be a sock of the same SPI user using a VPN or something, how strange is that he did exactly the same back to June when I opened a SPI for {{user|Weathertrustchannel}} but now even faster than that time, also insulting me for an unknown reason. --] (]) 17:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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== Kaypein ==
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] '''Arbitration'''
Alarjar again? Also see IP. ] (]) 05:18, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
* An arbitration case regarding ] has been opened.
* Editors are invited to ''']''' to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until ''23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC)''.


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No need to ping me if you reply. ] (]) 05:21, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
* If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put ] and ] on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
: Keypein is probably the same person as {{noping|Inkonvin}}. They could both be {{noping|Bowei Huang 2}}, but that case is stale. Hard to say for sure. ] (]) 13:13, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


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== Disruptive IP ==
Hi, I've been a bit lax on the contact tracing and lockdown of the Queensland socks in the last month or two, and predictably, there's been a big rise in the number of cases... {{noping|BWilliams89}} has just popped up, and suprisingly used an edit summary once - never seen that before. But otherwise it's the usual, adding extra "History" heading levels, categories to children's TV shows, and reinstating edits of previous socks and obvious Brisbane IPs, for example, compare: with this by {{noping|JamesGentilenna232}}: , and IPs: , . I guess that's all you need, but some more diffs: with , , and ; and with , , , , and .
Thoughts about ? Based upon the nature of and edit summary from their first edit last December, it's the same person on a static IP. They've occasionally been disruptive, but the past couple of weeks they've shown up more frequently, and been more disruptive, than previously. I wondered if a preventative block might be in order, given the apparently static nature of the address, but I know admins are generally very reluctant to block IPs for long. ] (]) 18:14, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
: Well, what exactly is the problem? Some of the edits seem to be removing unsourced content, such as ] and ], which remove unsourced claims of urban legends with the rationale that they're folklore, not urban legends. Are there more disruptive edits? To be honest, I have no intention of checking every edit. If it were 10 edits, sure. But not that many. You have to show me the disruptive ones because my random sample didn't find any. ] (]) 18:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
::Sorry--I'm going to drive you crazy with notifications today. I forgot I'd left this note for you. Mixed in with what look like reasonable edits from that IP are ones like with an edit summary that it's not an urban legend, despite being sourced and the source very clearly describing it as such, and , which removes as the "personal opinion" a sourced academic opinion. In any case, you're right that some of the editing is fine. It's a mixed bag, and I understand if their infrequent editing doesn't justify any real follow-up. ] (]) 23:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)


== Keith McKenzie ==
I also found a couple of dozen or so IPs, so there's a bunch of cleanup to do, but most were short-term. These ones were active in the last day or two:
* {{anonIP|149.135.51.125}} all
* {{anonIP|118.209.8.204}} all except one 2013 edit
* {{anonIP|2001:8004:12C1:BA1E::/64}} - there are a lot of these 2001:8004:* ones, unfortunately all over the place and don't last long. They seem to come from a few /48 ranges like {{anonIP|2001:8004:1300::/48}}, {{anonIP|2001:8004:1301::/48}}, {{anonIP|2001:8004:12C0::/48}}, {{anonIP|2001:8004:12C1::/48}}, {{anonIP|2001:8004:E01::/48}}, but I don't know if there's much chance for blocking.


I'm considering unblocking {{np|Keith McKenzie}} with strict restrictions. See {{UTRS|94890}}. I'm the original blocking admin, you subsequently revoked talk page access. I've CU-verified there's been no recent block evasion. If you don't have access to UTRS, I'm happy to state the restrictions I'm proposing here. Let me know if you have questions or concerns. --] (]) 10:57, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
These haven't edited for a few days at least, but look long term:
: Ugh, that was someone who was logging out to perform Nazi-themed vandalism and then posted obvious lies about it? If you think someone like that can be helpful. I just don't think that we're so hard up for users that we need neo-Nazis. If someone volunteered at a food shelter and got caught scrawling swastikas, I don't really think they'd be welcome there any more. For whatever reason, a lot of people treat editing Misplaced Pages as if it's a basic human right, and it's some kind of cruel and unusual punishment to tell someone to go away. If the press found out that we had a revolving door for neo-Nazis, there'd probably be a big scandal. I look forward to the inevitable '']'' headline "Misplaced Pages secretly written by Neo-Nazis who can't stay banned!!" ] (]) 16:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
* {{anonIP|210.87.26.242}} - Monday, and the past couple of weeks
::Good point. I'll decline the request. --] (]) 17:00, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
* {{anonIP|203.217.13.205}} - all, since October
* {{anonIP|27.32.22.138}} - all, since 17 June
* {{anonIP|110.143.41.148}} - a couple of weeks old already, but goes back to September


== Disruptive edit - October 2024 ==
PS, thanks for the tip about the mass-rollback script, it's come in handy a few times, including for some of these... --] (]) 23:49, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
: It's difficult to judge the collateral damage on those wide IP ranges that you highlighted above. If they remain an issue, I guess raise it again. Maybe I'll figure something out later. ] (]) 02:31, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
::Thanks. Fyi, {{noping2|BWilliams89}} seems to have made a sort-of attempt at an unblock request, without using the template. They did do this at least once before. I left them a note, among other things imploring them to stop editing... if you look at it, feel free to remove my comment if you think it's not appropriate in some way, and/or should be handled by an admin instead.
::About the /48 ranges, yes there would be a lot of collateral damage, not really practical I guess, unless there's some trick I don't know about. --] (]) 23:12, 18 July 2020 (UTC)


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Hi, could you renew these blocks: and ? Thanks. I managed to get in touch with this user's support worker, and sent him an e-mail. Waiting to hear back, and in the meantime they're still editing, but there could be some hope of an end in sight soon. I guess we'll have to wait and see how effective the measures are, might not be 100%... --] (]) 18:28, 13 August 2020 (UTC)


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Hi again... so the user continues with the usual socking, and I've tried to explain in e-mail to their support worker (who signed up as {{noping2|Ptupps77}}) that there's little chance of them getting unblocked. Actually I guess it would be an unban, due to ], right? I won't go into details of the e-mails, but the support worker isn't willing to encourage them to stop editing, and is requesting that we find a way to accommodate their different abilities. The user, as we've seen, is quite adamant about editing and really does not appreciate being blocked... Do you know if there's any precedent for someone who, as we've also seen, isn't able to explain that they understand the reasons for their block, to get unblocked? Maybe with some kind of supervision? I had the idea to post to ], but then I though, yeah no, that's not the best idea I've had lately... Do you know a good person to talk to about something like that? Thanks... --] (]) 01:07, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
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: I think that, in practice at least, site bans for sock puppetry don't ''usually'' apply to an editor until someone actively completes the process by tagging the user page as banned. I don't think an unblock like what you proposed could ever work. ] would be cited by anyone who you contacted. But if you wanted to try, Arbcom is pretty much the only community-oriented body that you could consult. I don't think the ] has anything in place for this sort of thing. The WMF people that I've spoken to have all been friendly, though, so you could try them anyway and see what they say. Most of the time when I email the WMF, though, I get a friendly and polite message that says they're not going to do anything about the problem. ] (]) 05:50, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
::Good to know about the 3X ban thing, thanks. In the first e-mail to the support worker, I explained about ], and how extensive the disruption has been. I hoped they'd answer "ok, will make sure that doesn't happen anymore", but no. They're very pleasant and positive though. I already started to write another reply, and mentioned "Misplaced Pages is not therapy" etc. but I feel like I'm just repeating myself. I'm familiar with all the guidelines and can explain that there's really no chance of just being unblocked and allowed to edit freely if they can't make an unblock request and take the standard offer. But I don't have any authority, and I don't hang around AN/ANI enough to know what kind of rare exceptions might have been made in the past. Probably best for an admin to talk to the support worker, it doesn't seem like Arbcom is the right fit at this point. I thought you might know an admin who would be a good person to have a dialogue with them. I do my best to be diplomatic but this issue isn't really my field. I wanted to be a little more low-key than asking for someone at AN, but I could still do that if you think it's a good idea. --] (]) 21:10, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
::: Unfortunately, there isn't really anything in place for this, and I doubt any of us have training. I'm just an IT guy. But, like I said, nobody ever gets unblocked like that. ] (]) 22:13, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
::::Yeah, that's somewhere like where I'm at...
::::Ok, thanks, I'll look around some more for an admin who's a good communicator/negotiator and would be willing to help convince the support worker to get the user to stop socking, or something else I haven't thought of. Anything would be better than the way it is now. I'll try e-mailing the support worker again, but I just have the feeling they're not going to take it from me, and will want to talk to my manager... --] (]) 23:38, 18 August 2020 (UTC)


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== Walterblue222 ==


== Civil service puffery ==
Hi, hope you're doing well these days. I saw an IP editor comment on ] and reverted it. Reviewing their contributions, it turns out they are the IP address for Walterblue222, as they state . Would you be able to block this IP? Also, should the talk page be protected or not? ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;]) <sup>(])</sup> 11:03, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
: I'm not really sure if policy allows me to protect that talk page. On the positive side, that talk page is probably good bait for racist trolls. ] (]) 15:24, 17 July 2020 (UTC)


I think the sockpuppet who edits in Indian civil services articles, such as ], ], ] etc has returned. There were additions in ] in the last few months from random accounts and IPs. ] (]) 14:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
== Edit filter ==
: A couple sock puppets edit those articles if I remember correctly. It looks like latest puffery was added by {{noping|Sk7xd}}. That account has extensive overlap with {{noping|Vrghs jacob}} and his sock puppets, but I'm not 100% sure that's a sock puppet. It would be easier if everyone stayed on the same IP range, like during the COVID19 pandemic. I haven't looked at these articles in a little while, so it's hard to remember what all the disruption was about. ] (]) 16:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)


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This isn't my area of expertise, but is it possible to add an edit filter to block a persistent edit to a single article? Various IP addresses keep adding {{green|"also known as '''''Hellraiser X: Judgment'''''"}} to the article ] without a citation, even though the film has never been called that in any country. It's not happening frequently enough to justify semi-protection, but whoever is adding it is being persistent lately. The most recent attempt went undetected for a full seventeen days in what is a Featured Article. There is no practical purpose for this edit.


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This appears to be the same IP hopper who kept adding non-existent alternative titles to ''Friday the 13th'' articles back in 2018. If memory serves, {{u|Bignole}} had a few run-ins with them as well. ''']]]''' 20:22, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
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Can ] please be blocked ASAP. She clearly will not stop until blocked. ] (]) 02:54, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
: Done. ] (]) 02:57, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
::Now is abuing her talkpage. ] (]) 03:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
::: That's not really abuse. People are allowed to post inane things to their own talk page. ] (]) 03:08, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
::::She is constantly spamming the talkpage. That is what I am getting at. I am not talking about the "I hate you". ] (]) 03:10, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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{{noping|0Detail-Attention215}}'s edits are devoted to making everything American, e.g. , , and , or any of their 9-10 character contributions I checked. This seems very familiar, but after some searching I haven't been able to connect the habit with a name. Does it ring a bell with you? ] (]) 12:12, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
: There are a couple socks who are disruptive around media nationalities, but I don't recognize someone who's an SPA toward identifying everything as American. For whatever reason, it's usually the opposite in my experience (edit warring to remove any mention of the United States). It's usually pretty easy to identify these editors because they become obsessed with fixing certain articles. If they weren't obsessive, they probably wouldn't have gotten blocked in the first place. ] (]) 16:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. I've seen the show obsessives, too. This may be an instance of the way {{em|everything}} can start to look familiar after a certain amount of time: Déjà Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 19:55, 22 July 2020 (UTC)


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Hate to pester you, but could you take a quick look at this ANI report? ] I think it's a sock you've dealt with before, but another editor doesn't agree it's them. Anyway, the IP is engaging in edit warring as I speak and being disruptive, so it seems a block is warranted in any case. <span style="font-family:Palatino">]</span> <sup>]</sup> 23:48, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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: I blocked for edit warring. If you think it's an IP sock, you can file a report at ] with evidence in the form of diffs. I don't really want to conduct my own investigation from scratch. ] (]) 00:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
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I was false banned from editing for 20 days for editing the genre of a band which is always falsely labelled. Very unfair to assume that I am the troll and incorrect one in this matter. The band wristmeetrazor is labelled incorrectly as a screamo band when they are not. Stylistically, and sonically, they are a metalcore band. I am unsure how to resolve this matter.
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I see that you continue to be harassed by the annoying IP. I hope this kitten makes you feel better.


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Hi, seems ] is the same as ], same as ], same as... well you know. --] (]) 17:15, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
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: Same /32, but very different /64s. Oh well. At least the /64s stay allocated for a while. That's more than you can say for some ISPs. ] (]) 20:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
: Well, it's not really harassment. It's just some kid wasting his own time. Then again, I guess I'm used to being the internet's babysitter. ] (]) 02:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)


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== Blocked user continuing to edit own talk ==


See ]. I blocked them and tagged them as suspected socks of {{noping|HollywoodHero30}}. You retagged them as a separate case. Now we have {{noping|Douglas1998A}}, whom I'm willing to block based on the following behavioral characteristics in no particular order: username similarity, creates cats of a certain type and populates them; and edits at a rapid clip atypical of a new user. I also noticed some differences: uses the visual editor and edits the page rather than the External link section. Gng1999, unless there is recent login data, is stale, but I thought I'd ask for your CU and non-CU thoughts before blocking. Thanks.--] (]) 13:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
Should {{User|58.179.223.210 }} be blocked from editing their talk page? It seems to be repeated unsourced BLP. ] <sup>]</sup> 04:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
: Yeah, doesn't seem interested in making unblock appeals. ] (]) 04:36, 1 August 2020 (UTC) : It looks like I was pretty confident of that tag, doesn't it? Douglas1998A is on the wrong continent, though. He has a previous account, {{noping|Sirdougieparrella98}}, which hasn't edited in almost two years, but that was a while ago. Wrong continent for HollywoodHero30, too. ] (]) 20:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
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== 62.226.64.0/18 rangeblock == == Deletion nomination? ==


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Royal_FC_Dubai# ] (]) 18:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
You blocked ] for ] violations. Based on the similar comments at ] and ] (which I'll be removing following any action deemed necessary) it would appear ] is the same editor, especially as their ISP is also Deutsche Telekom AG like 62.226.70.20's is. Thank you. ] (]) 21:45, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
: Yeah, seems to be the same ranter. I range blocked ], which should quiet things down a bit. ] (]) 21:57, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
::Thank you. ] (]) 21:58, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
== Listen Here ==
Heard administrator sir, if you don't know how to work on Misplaced Pages, then quit working on Misplaced Pages, you should check IP addresses before blocking someone and what they were saying was probably ] is related Listen, you are not a ] , now in Your horoscope ] 's ] Will walk . ] (]) 07:09, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
: Evading your block is an excellent way to prove that you're not a sock puppet. ] (]) 09:41, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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== August 2020 ==
Hello, NinjaRobotPirate. Thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages since 2007; however, I have found a particular edit to ] on 27 July 2020 by you that had an edit summary as follows: "block evasion". Well, I guess that IP user was evading a block, but I fail to see the inaccuracy of the information added by that user. If the claims by the user were unsourced, I will accept your revert of the edit. Thank you. ] (]) 13:49, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
: Must be a full moon this week. ] (]) 20:30, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
::There <em>is</em> going to be a full moon this week. How did you know? And also, you did not answer my question. NinjaRobotPirate, if you could answer my question, I would appreciate it. Thank you. ] (]) 22:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
::: You seem pretty bossy for a new user. Please see ]. If you have legitimate questions that need the help of a CheckUser, I am available to help. Otherwise, please find some other administrator to pester. ] (]) 22:41, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
::::I apologize for annoying you, NinjaRobotPirate. You're humorous, actually. I am just a relatively new patroller. I am still not very experienced to knowing which edits are good and which edits may need to be reverted. I am still in my "getting experience" period of being a Wikipedian. Sorry, and thank you. ] (]) 23:47, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
::::: Well, it's not a big deal. But maybe it'd be better to focus on the more obvious stuff until you get more experience? Confronting random editors might not go too well. I'm admittedly a bit too irritable sometimes, but some editors will bite your head off. That's technically blockable behavior, but it's not a good idea to engage in behavior ].<p> Also, thank you for saying that I'm humorous, but I'm afraid that my sense of humor doesn't usually work too well on Misplaced Pages. I tend to be rather dryly sarcastic, and it's not always easy to tell when I'm serious. I once lived in the bad part of town but enjoyed taking nighttime walks. A friend asked me, "Aren't you scared of the weirdos who come out after midnight?" I replied, "No. I ''am'' one of the weirdos who come out after midnight." A true enough statement, I suppose. ] (]) 02:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
::::::Well, thanks for your advice, NinjaRobotPirate. ] (]) 11:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


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== That road vandal... ==
:another personal style isssue...several traces in his infobox club articles also need to be checked ] (]) 19:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
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== The Punisher Production Companies ==
...that {{U|Yamla}} just reverted here, please see my log for a couple of CU blocks. Maybe you know who this is and care to tag them--I'm not sure if their angry edits are worth the trouble. Thanks! ] (]) 20:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
: I think it's probably just a bored kid with a few socks. I think I saw one of the accounts at AIV and blocked it. ] (]) 21:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
::I've seen them before, I know it, a few months ago. They are not a new user, that's a fact. Two of the ranges have seen previous sock activity, but I wasn't familiar with them. ] (]) 23:47, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


In the 2004 The Punisher movie, Marvel is listed as Marvel Enterprises, not Marvel Entertainment. ] (]) 23:16, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
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== Discussion ==
Is that a CheckUser match? I would be '''very''' surprised if he is Skoojal/Freeknowledgecreator. See my comments at ANI ]. The POV of the two editors are complete opposites. I'm sure stranger things have happened, but it seems unlikely from where I stand and I just want to make sure. Sxologist has been very helpful at sexual orientation articles. <span style="font-family:Palatino">]</span> <sup>]</sup> 21:44, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
I just pinged you to ] where I ended my comments with a claim that the disruption around source misrepresentation has been happening at other pages, too. In the interest of not going completely off-topic at the John Wick talkpage, I'll note here the other two examples I found after only a couple of minutes of checking. and the claim {{tq|while acknowledging that there are plans for additional stories following the events of ''The Creep Tapes''}} on . ] (]) 23:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
: Same ISP, different computer. ] (]) 21:47, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
: I guess I'd prefer you brought it to ]. I think it would be fairer if someone besides me looked at the situation for once. ] (]) 03:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
::Don't millions of people share an ISP? Or do you mean IP? Between that and the misaligned timing I mentioned at ANI, I'm not convinced. Is there any further evidence? If FKC is Sxologist, he spent hours and hours fighting against his previous POV. <span style="font-family:Palatino">]</span> <sup>]</sup> 21:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
::: Misplaced Pages does not have millions of active editors, and not every ISP is a multinational conglomerate. That's like saying, "Doesn't every Misplaced Pages page get millions of page views every day?" Pages related to COVID19 do, ] does not. ] (]) 22:08, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
::::I'm not seeing how that follows. The behavioral evidence is extremely dissimilar, and the probability that two separate editors will have the same ISP is quite high. ]. <span style="font-family:Palatino">]</span> <sup>]</sup> 22:27, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


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== Sweep ==


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Would you be able to sweep on {{Noping|Eltomas2003}}? The user has been active lately and required more banning from offwiki channels like IRC/Discord. Last SPI sweep was May I think. I've actually submitted a lock request to the stewards as well, because they use Meta to pester admins around their block/TPA revoke. I don't have a specific sock identified, so if that prevents a sweep, I understand. -- ] (]) 22:00, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
: Sorry, but Arbcom has made it very clear that they're cracking down on anything that they consider to be ]. If there are cross-wiki issues that need to be resolved, stewards can post evidence on the CU mailing list, though. ] (]) 22:34, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
::Got it. Didn't occur to me that that was essentially what this would be. I'll let the stewards handle from here as they see fit. -- ] (]) 22:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


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There was a sockpuppet investigation (SPI) of Xayahrainie43 relating to me and 俏綾. A checkuser, ], deemed me to be unrelated as stated on the sockpuppet investigation page. However, he stated that it was possible that 俏綾 could be a sockpuppet of Xayahrainie43. ] came and gave some information about 俏綾. However, after Cabayi did so, no one else attended to the investigation. However, 俏綾 continued to edit. 俏綾 even edited one of my subpages. I came to you since you are a friend of mine and also a checkuser. For more information, please visit ]. Since you are a checkuser, you are able to see 俏綾's IP address. If it geo-locates to Taiwan, then you may be able to provide a next step to the sockpuppet investigation, since 俏綾's behavior seems close to Xayahrainie43's behavior. Also, please notice Cabayi's note. Thank you. ]] 11:38, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
: Blocked based on behavioral evidence presented in the SPI case. ] (]) 04:29, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
::{{re|NinjaRobotPirate}} Thanks for blocking the guy, NinjaRobotPirate. This way, Misplaced Pages will be a bit more free from sockpuppetry. By the way, NinjaRobotPirate, do you think I have a bit of credit in the process since I kind of triggered your block of the user? I think if I had not reported the sockpuppet investigation (SPI) to you and wrote that extra information, this sockpuppet may not have been blocked, since it seemed like everyone else previously involved in the SPI just stopped caring about it. Anyways, even if I'm not one of the people who get credit, I am also still happy to help in the process. Thank you. ]] 10:29, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
::: SPI cases do tend to languish. However, I personally try not to look for credit on Misplaced Pages. If you do, you'll likely end up disappointed. ] (]) 10:45, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
::::{{re|NinjaRobotPirate}} Yeah, good idea, NinjaRobotPirate. Anyways, I did not report that again just to get credit; I wanted to help Misplaced Pages become a cleaner place. I also want to report to you a possible case of IP sockpuppetry of Xayahrainie43. Please take a look at ]. I know my link address is the same as the old link that I posted to you about the case involving 俏綾, but that case was moved into the archive. I found this new potential Xayahrainie43 IP sockpuppet and opened a new, fresh sockpuppet investigation (SPI). Please take a look at this new potential sockpuppet case, since you are a checkuser. Thank you. ]] 13:25, 8 August 2020 (UTC)


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Just wanted to let you know, in case you wanted to check it out! Here's the diff: - ] (]) 00:51, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Sir My name is MK0122, I am the Manager, Administrator and Founder of Flipkart wiKi Fandom, on this wiki my name is User: Flipkartsysop, my Bot Account caught a member moving the page without meaning, I blocked it for 1 month. When my Bot Account tried to rollback its edit, but it was telling that the failback was failed, please help me now.
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: I'm sorry, but I don't really understand what you're asking. I also don't really know anything about running a wiki on Fandom or Wikia or whatever. I assume it uses the same general interface as the MediaWiki installation here. If so, you should be able to use the documentation at mediawiki.org. Maybe try fixing the vandalism from your admin account instead of a bot account? Sorry, but I have no idea. ] (]) 03:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)


Thanks for this information Sir.] (]) 04:36, 9 August 2020 (UTC) few previous edits made by highly possible socks ] (]) 19:53, 16 November 2024 (UTC)


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Look, believe it or not that source you so highly regard was not helpful in the least. It didn't say how Hanna-Barbera were involved or anything actually informative. Hanna-Barbera and Turner Animation are not the same. If you consider Turner and Hanna-Barbera the same, then maybe we should list '']'' as a Hanna-Barbera movie? And clearly not everyone views ''The Pagemaster'' as a Hanna-Barbera movie, because it's not even on ]. -- ] (]) 09:56, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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I only go by what the studios make. Disney made The Lion King. I know this for a fact, the world knows this for a fact. There's no actual real proof that Hanna-Barbera was involved in this movie. No artists refer to this, no news articles refer to this, there's no actual evidence other than putting Hanna-Barbera's name beside ''The Pagemaster''. -- ] (]) 00:28, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
: Right, there's no proof, except for the proof that you disruptively removed. Congratulations on attaining omniscience, but you're not a reliable source, so we can't use your divine knowledge to write encyclopedia articles. You can enlighten the world via a blog, though. And, yes, it is random policing. ] (]) 01:11, 11 August 2020 (UTC)


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== Earl Lawrence edit requests ==
Hello. I hadn’t edited on Misplaced Pages in a long time, so long that I don’t remember my old username nor do I have the old email I used to log in with it. A couple weeks ago, I made a quick edit on a page because it had been vandalized, and I thought I’d fix it quickly, so I did. I decided tonight I wanted to make an actual username again, and I go to do so, and it says you had banned me for sock puppetry. I then clicked the username / IP address associated with my phone to look at what lead to this. I then see a long list of “user contributions“ that I never did. Walking Dead, basketball players, a measles outbreak, all pages I’d never even looked at let alone edited. I’m not sure how something like that happens, but I made this username on another device to reach out and make it clear that I have no desire to make sock puppet accounts or be misleading. I just wanted to get back to contributing. Mostly what I’d like to do is just revert little vandalizations or fix typos. But I didn’t make the edits on my phone that it says I was banned for. Thank you. ] (]) 06:59, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, NRP. I have been sidelined by IRL problems and unable to keep up anywhere. {{u5|User:Earl Lawrence}}, discussed , is . Sorry not to be more help; there is disruption across the Venezuelan suite, by this editor and others, and I'm unable to address all the vandalism and trolling myself. ] (]) 01:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
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: I did a partial block on ], which should stem the disruption. If not, I guess let me know. ] (]) 02:21, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
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I ran across some edits by {{noping|BlueshockerSZN}}, who appears to be an unblocked Fieryflames sock. No edits since April, but it's the usual musician photo edits (and arguing about them in article talk), hockey player edits, user name elements consistent with previous socks, etc. ] (]) 01:27, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
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: Hmm, he was active on Commons in July. I can't check for other accounts on English Misplaced Pages, but you might consider asking a CheckUser to look into it over there. ] (]) 01:45, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
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== Impersonator ==
== Hello, Why Can't I create a wiki for Nima Owji ==


Hey NinjaRobotPirate, it doesn't look like A&M is going to beat Texas so I'm going to try and go to bed. Thing is, someone on the other side of the world--well, if you have a quick look at my log you'll see what I mean. Can I leave the wellbeing of our beloved admins and editors in your hands? Thanks, ] (]) 03:48, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello, How are you today? I wanna create a wiki for Nima Owji. He is one of the youngest programmers and directors. Why his name is protected?] (]) 07:54, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
: Because ] were spamming our website. Try creating a profile on a ] website instead. ] (]) 08:06, 12 August 2020 (UTC) : That's vague and ominous. I might be awake for a little bit longer, though. ] (]) 03:50, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
I don't know who spammed but Nima Owji is a famous person. I can give you many refrences] (]) 08:11, 12 August 2020 (UTC) ::{{U|Zzuuzz}} got the last four. Means he gets $20 that could have been yours. ;) ] (]) 04:01, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
: No, you're not a famous person, and stop creating sock puppets. ] (]) 08:42, 12 August 2020 (UTC) ::: Looks like more VPNs and very wide cellular networks. What a pain. The WMF needs to do something about these VPNs. We used to have bots that temporarily blocked them, but it looks like they're all offline now. ] (]) 04:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
::::I didn't mean "other side of the world" literally, haha, but yes. They also managed to complain about not being taken seriously in a sad little unblock request that Zzuuzz deleted. ] (]) 04:21, 1 December 2024 (UTC)


== Amtria62 ==


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] from the past month (November 2024).
There are indeed a number of sockmasters engaged in changing nationalities, but Amrita62 gets close to Kkm010 big time. Compare: or removal of "school names" on infobox on same article, or that they "restored earlier" version on this same article: ''']''' <sup>('']'')</sup> 08:25, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
: Everything in the Kkm case is stale, and, honestly, I don't really remember how to identify Kkm behaviorally. ] (]) 08:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
::After making the above message, I had been thinking about that too. The reason why Amrit62 didn't come out as a sock ultimately is because Kkm010 is stale. I have filed a separate report here: ]. ''']''' <sup>('']'')</sup> 08:52, 13 August 2020 (UTC)


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Hi! You pointed out to me ] that I was using IMDb for premiere dates, and I have been really making an effort not to use IMDb as a citation at all. In the meantime, I've come across editor {{ul|Hitcher vs. Candyman}} who has been creating many film articles and clearly using IMDb to generate things like release dates and other credits. I've addressed it with them back in late July, and it does not appear that they are taking it into serious consideration (see ] and ], for example). Would you mind reaching out to them? Perhaps hearing it from an administrator would guide them into better editing habits like it did me. <small>]</small>] 16:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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:{{ping|Bovineboy2008}} Are you reporting me? ] (]) 17:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there NinjaRobotPirate! This IP {{u|177.72.48.196}} has been changing images for no reason and making overall disruptive edits to multiple hurricane related articles. Many users (including myself) have posted multiple warnings on this IP’s talk page but they simply seem to be ] since they fail to answer or apparently heed any warnings. Do you think a temporary block may be needed in this situation? We’ve asked this IP to explain the reasoning behind their edits but they always fail to respond so I honestly have no idea what to do. I’d very much appreciate your help with this. Thank you! ] <sup>]</sup> 18:46, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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: I did a short block for disruptive editing and left a note about communicating. The IP address is registered to a Brazilian internet service provider, so there may be language issues. ] (]) 05:19, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you so much! Let's hope they return to edit constructively once the block expires. ] <sup>]</sup> 06:01, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, NinjaRobotPirate! I saw that you are a checkuser. Can you do a small check for me on this user - User:Miguel 04012010 ? I have a small feeling that the aforementioned user might be {{user|177.72.48.196}}. However, most of the edits Miguel has been doing have been constructive and of good-faith, until . It is very certain that this user is unrelated to the IP, and certainly didn't know not to put non real-color images to storm infoboxes (the account in pretty new), but from the edit summary, I feel that the user knows what he is talking about. Also, {{user|177.72.48.196}} has stopped editing completely, even after the block ended. I may be all wrong, and I apologize if it is all for nothing. Thank you very much! '''~''' <span style="color:#00CCFF;">Destroyeraa</span>] 14:52, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
: {{re|Destroyeraa}} policy generally forbids me from revealing someone's IP address. ] (]) 15:11, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
::But can you just tell me if the they are the same user. Please. Thank you. '''~''' <span style="color:#00CCFF;">Destroyeraa</span>] 15:14, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
::: I just told you that this is against policy to connect an IP address to an account. ] (]) 15:16, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
::::OK. Got it. I'm not a checkuser. But how did you find out that {{user|177.72.48.196}} is Brazilian? '''~''' <span style="color:#00CCFF;">Destroyeraa</span>] 15:22, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello. I apologise to bother you, but recently, I read the article, and although it belongs to the category "Parodies of horror", there is no information/source/citation that would support that claim. I checked, and it seems that was made by an IP user who had some issues with adding unsourced content and categories to various articles. Could you take a look at it, please? Thank you. --] (]) 01:30, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
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== Rd64e socks ==
Regarding ; I see that despite the range being blocked presumably as an LTA, someone innocently nonetheless ], even though there's nothing in ] about "legal means." Would it be too much of a stretch to apply ] since the redirect was created at the ''request'' of a banned user? <b>] ]</b> 23:41, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
: There was ] about that that topic at the admin noticeboard, and people said they were going to discuss clarifying policy on that matter. I think it is (or should be) allowed, but I don't know if the discussion happened yet. ] (]) 02:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)


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Hi NRP! Thanks for SPIs once again. You note that the account I reported is unrelated to Rd64e but is related to other socks of even more socks that you blocked for being socks of Rd64e. I this previously but unfortunately received no reply. Obviously, this makes reporting new cases of the "TX Interactive LTAs" unnecesserily difficult. The vandalism starting from ElizabethNicoleTl is probably a new string of LTAs, but I have no way to check this. Could you help me split the SPI cases into two trees, so that I can report future cases properly? Regards, ] &#91;]&#93; 18:13, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
: Yeah, I could ask a clerk to split the cases. ] (]) 18:17, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you kindly. ] &#91;]&#93; 18:59, 22 August 2020 (UTC)


Block may have become burdensome. ] (]) 07:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
== Pocoyohasan8 ==
: Well, one request isn't what I'd call burdensome. By definition, every range block has collateral damage. It would be fine to create an account for that IP editor. They could go through ], which I think would reroute their request to a CheckUser (that's what ] seems to imply). However, I don't have any personal experience with that process.<p> If that's not how it works, I could just do it through ]. To create an account that way, I would need to know an email address to receive the password, though. I don't see any way to request an email address through the UTRS request. To the best of my knowledge, UTRS comments are kept forever and can't be redacted, so people probably shouldn't send personal information like email addresses through there. They could create a temporary, one-time-use email and post that as a comment, but I doubt most people would bother with security measures like that. ] (]) 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)


==Thanks for teaching me something even I didn't know about myself!==
Got a quacker here: {{u|ReaderWrecker10}}. Since you took out ReaderWrecker01–09 I thought maybe you'd like to complete the set. ] (]) 18:04, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
: Ugh, what a pain. I guess kids don't have anything better to do right now. ] (]) 18:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)


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== User:Noctarine6243 ==
These three IPs:


Maybe this looks familiar to you--if your memory stretches back to a rangeblock you placed in July. Longterm foolishness on ] is also involved. ] (]) 03:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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*Aha: User talk:Bongtsh--but your block was much earlier than that. ] (]) 03:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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** Ergobus seems related. I don't know exactly what's happening at the Spore page, but it looks like someone who's pretty bored. Maybe on school break, too. It seems to me like there should be easier solutions to this. I'm probably going to regret saying this eventually, but maybe the WMF should be pushed to consider AI-based solutions. ] (]) 19:30, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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Show all the signs of being the banned editor HarveyCarter. They're working together on ], ], ], and ], and the geolocation of all three corresponds to that of HarveyCarter.


Regarding the article ], the article was recently created by converting a re-direct page to the current article.
] (]) 23:12, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
: I'm not really familiar with HarveyCarter. But it looks like {{noping|Berean Hunter}} already blocked one of those IPs, so I blocked the others. ] (]) 00:03, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
::Thanks. ] (]) 02:13, 25 August 2020 (UTC)


Earlier, one or more articles on this subject were speedily deleted. See, for example, ].
== SPA ==


I request your help/advice on how to handle this situation. I think that if I revert the article to a re-direct page that my edit itself will just be reverted. Regards, ] ] 18:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC).
Hey NRP, could I trouble you to take a look at changes? They seem to all revolve around spreading ] into the project and it really feels like this is a promotional SPA, possibly even the subject themself, but wouldn't mind a second opinion. is an edit they've made several times, and it's just really bizarre to include an assistant's credit in a soundtrack. I also moved the subject's article back to draft because it feels underestablished, and they moved it back. In case I'm being hypersensitive, your thoughts are appreciated, thanks. ] (]) 21:01, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
: That article was recreated by a sock puppet, who I blocked indefinitely. I also put the article under extended confirmed protection, which should stop further socks from popping up to recreate it. ] (]) 19:04, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
:Ah, the plot thickens. I just found as well. So now I know they're using multiple accounts to do this. ] (]) 21:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
== Debi Derryberry ==
:: Interestingly, those two accounts are not ''quite'' confirmed – same narrow IP range but different computer. {{noping|Uhgty4598}}, an account with no edits, is confirmed to {{noping|Ekucha belrima}}, though. I'd guess that {{noping|Label4me}} is also related, but that account is stale. I'd consider indeffing them all for promotion and socking. ] (]) 21:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the help. Created an SPI just to log the details (in case you didn't get the ping). Thanks! ] (]) 22:47, 25 August 2020 (UTC) Hello NinjaRobotPirate, I have a problem about someone is editing her date of birth without your permission. Can you please delete her sources? I they edited back her source, erase it. ] (]) 02:42, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
:{{tps}} I took a look at ], but I didn't see any evidence of her DoB having been edited recently. Could you perhaps provide a ] or clarify your concerns? ] (]) 14:21, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
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Soooo, a day after I block these socks and move ] back to draft (this kid was a runner-up on a televised Indian singing competition, and has sung a few songs since then), comes out of a ten day slumber to add more references and move the draft back to live. And suggests very heavily that this is an as-yet-to-be-disclosed paid editing situation. I tend to be reserved about page deletions, but at what point would it be suitable to consider that article pure advertising? So far I've seen two groups with silent agendas to keep it live. ] (]) 15:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
: I blocked new account as a paid sock. The thought had crossed my mind earlier that this was a paid sock farm – a spammer or two popped up on the same IP range as the others. As far as the article is concerned, I'd go with ]. Then recreations can be deleted under ] or ]. ] (]) 18:46, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


== ] ==
== Bedriczwaleta socks and a meat? ==


Hi, could you please reduce the protection level of this article? The current 30/500 protection is too strict and is a major obstacle to contributing to the article. ] (]) 10:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi. In ] i *personally* believe that 186.111.139.203 and 186.111.135.18 is likely to be ducks (i don't like to say the obvious as i don't want to ]) and i have suspected 185.66.252.219 as meatpuppet (since they edited the ] with the 186.111 IPs and done similar things to that template - but i'm not confirming it as i don't believe that they live near each other (different countries, in fact) and likely a coincidence as i don't believe 186.111 IPs are canvassing). Could you consider helping a hand (handling) on this case? I'm unsure on how to handle meatpuppet cases. Thank you, ''']]''' ] 09:44, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
: No, and I'm not really sure why your IP range hasn't been blocked. I doubt there'd even be much collateral damage. Let's try a 1 month block and see what happens. ] (]) 13:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:I just recently noticed that 185.66.252.219 edited first by looking at the edit history of the template, and 186.111 did undo the revert Nicholas made against 185.66.252.219. However, it is important to note that 185.66 did not geolocate into the same country as the 186.111 IPs. I'm not sure. Thanks, ''']]''' ] 11:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
:: I don't know anything about this case. However, 185.66 geolocates to Kyrgyzstan and is editing topics related to Kyrgyzstan. That's usually a sign that it's not a proxy. ] (]) 19:09, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
:::{{u|NinjaRobotPirate}}, thanks for the analysis. I just checked ] IP range just recently and found out that this is someone who has been editing Misplaced Pages for 6 months if not longer, and definitely older than the Bedriczwaleta socks - which is why i know 185.66 is unrelated to Bedriczwaleta despite their similar interests (editing coronavirus medical cases charts and programming). I'm not sure how 186.111.139.203 got wind of the 185.66.252.0/24 edits and undid the Nicholas Velasquez's revert on a 185.66.252.0/24 edit which led me into some suspicion of meatpuppetry - despite no canvassing from 185.66.252.0/24. If i recall correctly, if a sock reverts someone's undo of an user who's not even related but edited in the same topic, then that user will be treated as a sock or a meatpuppet. If i'm wrong, then we can definitely cross out 185.66 IP as a meatpuppet in this case (leave them alone) and just block 186.111 IPs with diffs provided in the SPI. Thanks, ''']]''' ] 23:14, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
:::: When it comes to something major like COVID19, there's going to be lots of crossover between unrelated people. The more popular the topic, the more ]s there will be. Anyone can revert a block-evading sock puppet per ]. If an editor in good standing restores an edit made by a sock puppet, that's also allowed per ] (subject to the restrictions of that policy). However, they take ownership of the content by doing so, and they can be blocked for disruption if they restore a disruptive edit. By the way, pinging someone on their own talk page doesn't work. Of course, it doesn't hurt anything, either, but it's a waste of keystrokes. ] (]) 00:19, 27 August 2020 (UTC)


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<br>This editor is a possible ] of ]. The disruptive editing behaviors are pretty much that same as ] and ]. — ]] 21:46, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
: You need to provide evidence. I don't remember what kinds of edits Yay Dad makes. ] (]) 22:07, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
::Yay Dad: Added this months earlier, ignoring ]. Today ], ignored ] and added similar to what Yay Dad added months ago .
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:: It does seem like it could be coincidental. YoungForever, I suggest filing a case at ] if you think there's enough evidence. ] (]) 00:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)


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:{{tps}} It looks like most of it is coming from the same ipv6/64 address . <b>]</b> (]) 14:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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== Removal of birthdate from James Newton Howard article ==
== Protection ==


I saw you made an edit to remove . As far as I can see though the "External links" section holds a link to IMDB which definitely lists his birthdate right on the page. Then there's WikiData which has 5 references for that bit of information: https://www.wikidata.org/Q213869#P569 What would you feel would be a proper way to link to those sources for you to keep the birth date? ] (]) 22:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Hello, will you move protect and edit protect my userpage and ] , they are high risk pages that I may not want to be vandalised. Thanks for understanding. ] ] 06:51, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
: {{re|Synoman Barris}} sure. Is semi-protection enough? If I do full protection, you won't be able to edit them any more. ] (]) 07:01, 31 August 2020 (UTC) : Those are not ]. Wikidata and the IMDb are both user-generated. An example of a reliable source is ''The New York Times'' or the BBC. ] (]) 03:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
::Fair enough, that would have been immediately clear if you had used an edit comment like "no reliable sources".
:: Well, I assumed semi is good enough for the edit protection, and made the move protection admin-only. If that's not what you wanted, I can change it. ] (]) 07:29, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
::Meanwhile I found that the webpage marked as has a link to an Instagram account on its Contact and About pages, and that contains a post dated June 9, 2021. Following ], could we reinstate the birthdate info and maybe add a footnote to that?
:::{{u|NinjaRobotPirate}}, Extended confirmed confirmed is better, since I intend only me to be editing those pages, the move protection is good enough. Thanks for understanding! ] ] 07:44, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
::Although I just spotted that somebody edited the first section "Early life and career" and sneaked in another source. ] (]) 16:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
:::: Well, there are bureaucratic rules about when extended confirmed protection can be used, and ] has its own bureaucracy on top of that. If vandalism becomes a problem, I can upgrade it to ECP. Just let me know. ] (]) 16:14, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
::: Yes, if there's no doubt to the authenticity, social media posts can be used. ] (]) 17:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
:::::{{u|NinjaRobotPirate}}, Sure, thank you so much. Cheers ] ] 19:55, 31 August 2020 (UTC)


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https://utrs-beta.wmflabs.org/appeal/33345 This has languished for a couple of weeks. No longer familiar with the many issues. Restore TPA? Carry to ]? Cheers, --<b>] ]</b> 11:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
: {{re|Deepfriedokra}} the last time I tried to use UTRS, it refused to let me log in, and I gave up on it. Without having seen any appeals on UTRS, I'd say that it's probably fine to restore Hijiri88's talk page access. I'm sure he got the point about interaction bans. His block is a complicated, weird mix of being self-requested and "for cause". The drama involved might make it difficult to find an admin willing to look into it. If he agrees to it, maybe an appeal posted to ] would be a good idea. ] (]) 18:29, 1 September 2020 (UTC)


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== WhenDatHotlineBling again ==
"has an approval percentage"


I might be misremembering and asking the wrong person, but there's a recurring ip vandal ] with poor grammar back again messing up film articles.
{{User|ClarenceOfTheCreek}} is another one or a copycat. Of course, Berean Hunter will be around to block him when you don't. Same goes for ].


I've been reverting him, but he's reverting me back. ] (]) 08:10, 2 September 2020 (UTC) (If I'm asking the wrong person I'd appreciate if you could remind me the right people to ask.) Thanks in advance. -- ] (]) 21:55, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
: Yes, that's someone who was indefinitely blocked several years ago. I think it's pretty safe to say that anyone editing film reception sections from Colombian IPs is evading a block. It's such a niche topic for someone in a country where English fluency is rare. ] (]) 22:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
:: At least this time there seems to be a few competent edits mixed in, but the same bad grammar and needless removing of better references persists. Thanks. -- ] (]) 23:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

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The Plants vs Zombies sock is back. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 19:40, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I think everything is cleaned up for now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Film budget vandal

The IP vandal you range blocked for vandalizing film budgets, like Meatballs III, has returned and continues to do so. They are currently using 2405:201:8011:C02E:F4E2:310E:54DA:7CA9. NJZombie (talk) 06:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, he tends to come in waves of IP addresses. It might take a few more range blocks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 11:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Edit war oversight

Hello. Coming to you because of that ban in early April and I don't want to be slapped for edit warring. If you have a few minutes can you take a look a Misplaced Pages:Categories, lists, and navigation templates: Revision history, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:53, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Reporting disruptive editor yet again.

Do you remember when I reported this editor back in January and blocked them for six months? The editor is back yet again, making unexplained edits in articles . TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 16:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Soft blocked for another six months. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

IP sock (again)

Hi. Similar to the topic above, this IP sock is back in action, editing Barbie (film), Mission Impossible, and reverting on Alien: Romulus. ภץאคгöร 17:28, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Blocked for 3 months, which should help somewhat. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Reliable sources Noticeboard

Hey, NinjaRobotPirate. There is currently a discussion at the Reliable sources Noticeboard with it having to do with the Carrie Keranen article that was recently edited by yourself. Figured you might want a heads up and to have a chance to participate in the discussion. Hope you have a good day, --Super Goku V (talk) 06:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Note

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Ambili123

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/2409:40F3:1094:A201:5F1:A577:18D:9819

https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Madeena_Cherpulassery

socks keep creating and attacking "madeena" page, it was already deleted, any help Cenderabird (talk) 17:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Well, Al Madeena Cherpulassery was recreated by a sock after a deletion discussion, so I deleted it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Sevens_Football
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User:Bobanfasil
(same should be done with this copypaste of main article) Cenderabird (talk) 23:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User%3ARoshanyadav7&redlink=1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User:Imsamrat392
i found exact same pattern of bad grammar across similar sports venue articles, highly possible another sock. Cenderabird (talk) 23:57, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I don't know anything about this. I also can't read mobile links on my PC. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Sevens Football, please delete. in my recent log too. Cenderabird (talk) 16:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
I have no idea what you're talking about. If you want an article deleted, tag it. I don't understand your English. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

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Genre Question

Hello. I have a quick question on if I'm editing correctly. I've made edits on The Hitcher, The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting, The Hitcher, and Mayfair Witches in regards to horror being a genre of those projects. I was wondering if I'm editing incorrectly, because a user had messaged me recently about the former three projects and just today, again, the same user left a message about the latter project. Before I reply to the new message on my talk page, I wanted to know if I'm making incorrect edits. I left multiple sources on The Hitcher page, but the edit was still reverted. I'll leave links to my edits below and my responses so far. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong and any advice would be helpful, because I don't want to upset anyone or make any more bad edits, as I was already told that I shouldn't add things that I think would be helpful to articles. I'm just confused, I suppose, and just want to know how to be better. Thank you for your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 14:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

First discussion
Second discussion
The Hitcher (1986) history
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) history
The Hitcher (2007) history
Mayfair Witches history

Well, genres should be based on what sources say. I guess I prefer tertiary sources for genres because a review is just one person's opinion. But sourced is better than unsourced, and it doesn't really matter what random Wikipedians think the genre is; this would be original research. Unsourced material also should not be restored unless it has been properly sourced. Genre warriors can be warned with {{uw-genre1}} through {{uw-genre4}}. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
That's what I had thought as well. I added five sources, not reviews, in this edit and it was changed back and I was told here not to add things to articles that I think would be helpful. I just don't want to keep upsetting people by adding sources, because I want to be helpful. I was continuing to edit other articles as well after that, but I was told here today that I was causing problems and it just made me want to figure it out. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I didn't look at all the edits (or sources) in question, but just some general advice that strong sources to cite for genre include AFI, BFI, and AllMovie. The Hitcher, for example, is listed as "horror" at this entry. Usually I check all three sites to see if there is a consensus among them, then I roll with that. Worth noting that AllMovie isn't what it used to be (see this discussion), but AFI and BFI are definitely solid. --GoneIn60 (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
I have used AllMovie among other reliable sources and I'll keep that in mind. I appreciate the help from both of you. I want to edit the pages back, but I am worried about the same user calling me a problem again, or telling me to not edit the page again. I get hesitant to edit now out of fear of doing something wrong. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 02:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk Page Messages

Hello. Are other users allowed to keep removing talk page messages from my talk page? It's happened twice now by the user I mentioned above. Thank you for your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

No, people aren't supposed to do that. I guess I should leave a message about that, too. I'll do that in a little while. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:52, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
That's what I thought. I appreciate your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 22:57, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Active socking help?

Can I get some help here? User:Warthunder20, a clear sock of Agustin Sepulveda Venegas 2004 Fan is running around making a mess. The smoking guns are requesting Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Agustin_Sepulveda_Venegas_2004_Fan to be speedy deleted (12), recreating Sasquash, as three of Agustin's other socks have, interests of Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, Bob the Builder, and what started it all, making a non-request at RFPP-D for the recently protected The Fat Controller (protected due to confirmed socking of Agustin's), while not addressing the reason the page was protected. Thanks. Zinnober9 (talk) 02:37, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

I think it's all cleaned up. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Looks great, thank you so much for the quick action! Zinnober9 (talk) 02:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

IP redirect requests

Some potential TTF24 IP requests on WP:AFC/R (@Ponyo) -- – macaddct1984 22:54, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

I did some range blocks, which may help. I don't understand why people keep creating redirects for this sock puppeteer. I guess I'll watchlist them and see if anyone comes around to edit them later. Maybe I can at least use them as honeypots. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:15, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
You've got mail!-- Ponyo 17:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

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Disruptive IP

Thoughts about this IP? Based upon the nature of and edit summary from their first edit last December, it's the same person on a static IP. They've occasionally been disruptive, but the past couple of weeks they've shown up more frequently, and been more disruptive, than previously. I wondered if a preventative block might be in order, given the apparently static nature of the address, but I know admins are generally very reluctant to block IPs for long. Grandpallama (talk) 18:14, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, what exactly is the problem? Some of the edits seem to be removing unsourced content, such as Special:Diff/1242882557 and Special:Diff/1242883490, which remove unsourced claims of urban legends with the rationale that they're folklore, not urban legends. Are there more disruptive edits? To be honest, I have no intention of checking every edit. If it were 10 edits, sure. But not that many. You have to show me the disruptive ones because my random sample didn't find any. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
Sorry--I'm going to drive you crazy with notifications today. I forgot I'd left this note for you. Mixed in with what look like reasonable edits from that IP are ones like this with an edit summary that it's not an urban legend, despite being sourced and the source very clearly describing it as such, and this, which removes as the "personal opinion" a sourced academic opinion. In any case, you're right that some of the editing is fine. It's a mixed bag, and I understand if their infrequent editing doesn't justify any real follow-up. Grandpallama (talk) 23:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Keith McKenzie

I'm considering unblocking Keith McKenzie with strict restrictions. See UTRS appeal #94890. I'm the original blocking admin, you subsequently revoked talk page access. I've CU-verified there's been no recent block evasion. If you don't have access to UTRS, I'm happy to state the restrictions I'm proposing here. Let me know if you have questions or concerns. --Yamla (talk) 10:57, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Ugh, that was someone who was logging out to perform Nazi-themed vandalism and then posted obvious lies about it? If you think someone like that can be helpful. I just don't think that we're so hard up for users that we need neo-Nazis. If someone volunteered at a food shelter and got caught scrawling swastikas, I don't really think they'd be welcome there any more. For whatever reason, a lot of people treat editing Misplaced Pages as if it's a basic human right, and it's some kind of cruel and unusual punishment to tell someone to go away. If the press found out that we had a revolving door for neo-Nazis, there'd probably be a big scandal. I look forward to the inevitable New York Daily News headline "Misplaced Pages secretly written by Neo-Nazis who can't stay banned!!" NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Good point. I'll decline the request. --Yamla (talk) 17:00, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Disruptive edit - October 2024

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Please ensure you are familiar with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Sofdunno (talk) 11:22, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Civil service puffery

I think the sockpuppet who edits in Indian civil services articles, such as All India Services, Central Civil Services, Civil Services of India etc has returned. There were additions in Union Public Service Commission in the last few months from random accounts and IPs. 2409:4073:4EC9:DA06:E8C6:838F:D3D1:30A7 (talk) 14:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

A couple sock puppets edit those articles if I remember correctly. It looks like latest puffery was added by Sk7xd. That account has extensive overlap with Vrghs jacob and his sock puppets, but I'm not 100% sure that's a sock puppet. It would be easier if everyone stayed on the same IP range, like during the COVID19 pandemic. I haven't looked at these articles in a little while, so it's hard to remember what all the disruption was about. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

I see that you continue to be harassed by the annoying IP. I hope this kitten makes you feel better.

NoobThreePointOh (talk) 00:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, it's not really harassment. It's just some kid wasting his own time. Then again, I guess I'm used to being the internet's babysitter. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Category sock

See Category:Misplaced Pages sockpuppets of Gng1999. I blocked them and tagged them as suspected socks of HollywoodHero30. You retagged them as a separate case. Now we have Douglas1998A, whom I'm willing to block based on the following behavioral characteristics in no particular order: username similarity, creates cats of a certain type and populates them; and edits at a rapid clip atypical of a new user. I also noticed some differences: uses the visual editor and edits the page rather than the External link section. Gng1999, unless there is recent login data, is stale, but I thought I'd ask for your CU and non-CU thoughts before blocking. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

It looks like I was pretty confident of that tag, doesn't it? Douglas1998A is on the wrong continent, though. He has a previous account, Sirdougieparrella98, which hasn't edited in almost two years, but that was a while ago. Wrong continent for HollywoodHero30, too. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
I'm not going to behaviorally block with those technical findings. Thanks very much for checking.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:29, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:21, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Deletion nomination?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Royal_FC_Dubai# 93.143.139.150 (talk) 18:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Leonardo_Neiva#
another personal style isssue...several traces in his infobox club articles also need to be checked 93.143.139.150 (talk) 19:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
I have no idea what you're asking for. If you think something is wrong with the article, you can always fix it yourself or post on the talk page. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:47, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

The Punisher Production Companies

In the 2004 The Punisher movie, Marvel is listed as Marvel Enterprises, not Marvel Entertainment. Stein256 (talk) 23:16, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

The Misplaced Pages article is citing this page at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. It's written by film scholars, who probably know more than us about who produced what. Sometimes logos show up on the screen (or the poster), and sometimes they're production companies. Sometimes they aren't. That's why we cite reliable sources. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:31, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

I just pinged you to Talk:John_Wick#Atomic_Blonde_cross-over where I ended my comments with a claim that the disruption around source misrepresentation has been happening at other pages, too. In the interest of not going completely off-topic at the John Wick talkpage, I'll note here the other two examples I found after only a couple of minutes of checking. Almost the entire sentence on this one, and the claim while acknowledging that there are plans for additional stories following the events of The Creep Tapes on this one. Grandpallama (talk) 23:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I guess I'd prefer you brought it to WP:ANI. I think it would be fairer if someone besides me looked at the situation for once. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

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Earl Lawrence edit requests

Hi, NRP. I have been sidelined by IRL problems and unable to keep up anywhere. User:Earl Lawrence (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), discussed at this ANI, is still at it. Sorry not to be more help; there is disruption across the Venezuelan suite, by this editor and others, and I'm unable to address all the vandalism and trolling myself. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

I did a partial block on Special:Contributions/2001:4454:200::/40, which should stem the disruption. If not, I guess let me know. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:21, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
Thanks! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:19, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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For blocking me four years ago. Whilst I have made mistakes since then it remains the only time I have been blocked, so I must have learned something. Sahaib (talk) 13:35, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Impersonator

Hey NinjaRobotPirate, it doesn't look like A&M is going to beat Texas so I'm going to try and go to bed. Thing is, someone on the other side of the world--well, if you have a quick look at my log you'll see what I mean. Can I leave the wellbeing of our beloved admins and editors in your hands? Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:48, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

That's vague and ominous. I might be awake for a little bit longer, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:50, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Zzuuzz got the last four. Means he gets $20 that could have been yours. ;) Drmies (talk) 04:01, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Looks like more VPNs and very wide cellular networks. What a pain. The WMF needs to do something about these VPNs. We used to have bots that temporarily blocked them, but it looks like they're all offline now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
I didn't mean "other side of the world" literally, haha, but yes. They also managed to complain about not being taken seriously in a sad little unblock request that Zzuuzz deleted. Drmies (talk) 04:21, 1 December 2024 (UTC)


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Speedy-able redirect?

Regarding this block; I see that despite the range being blocked presumably as an LTA, someone innocently nonetheless created the redirect, even though there's nothing in Lost media about "legal means." Would it be too much of a stretch to apply WP:G5 since the redirect was created at the request of a banned user? OhNoitsJamie 23:41, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

There was a brief discussion about that that topic at the admin noticeboard, and people said they were going to discuss clarifying policy on that matter. I think it is (or should be) allowed, but I don't know if the discussion happened yet. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #97960

Block may have become burdensome. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 07:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Well, one request isn't what I'd call burdensome. By definition, every range block has collateral damage. It would be fine to create an account for that IP editor. They could go through WP:ACC, which I think would reroute their request to a CheckUser (that's what Misplaced Pages:Request an account/Guide#CheckUsers seems to imply). However, I don't have any personal experience with that process.

If that's not how it works, I could just do it through Special:CreateAccount. To create an account that way, I would need to know an email address to receive the password, though. I don't see any way to request an email address through the UTRS request. To the best of my knowledge, UTRS comments are kept forever and can't be redacted, so people probably shouldn't send personal information like email addresses through there. They could create a temporary, one-time-use email and post that as a comment, but I doubt most people would bother with security measures like that. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for teaching me something even I didn't know about myself!

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Apparently, changing genres without discussing why I'm doing so is not good. Thanks for teaching me. Seriously. TheBBGunman (talk) 17:01, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Just follow the sources. Misplaced Pages is a tertiary source. You can't decide for yourself what the genre is; that's original research. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

User:Noctarine6243

Maybe this looks familiar to you--if your memory stretches back to a rangeblock you placed in July. Longterm foolishness on Spore (2008 video game) is also involved. Drmies (talk) 03:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

  • Aha: User talk:Bongtsh--but your block was much earlier than that. Drmies (talk) 03:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
    • Ergobus seems related. I don't know exactly what's happening at the Spore page, but it looks like someone who's pretty bored. Maybe on school break, too. It seems to me like there should be easier solutions to this. I'm probably going to regret saying this eventually, but maybe the WMF should be pushed to consider AI-based solutions. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:30, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Larson

Regarding the article Daniel Larson, the article was recently created by converting a re-direct page to the current article.

Earlier, one or more articles on this subject were speedily deleted. See, for example, Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Daniel Larson (celebrity).

I request your help/advice on how to handle this situation. I think that if I revert the article to a re-direct page that my edit itself will just be reverted. Regards, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 18:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC).

That article was recreated by a sock puppet, who I blocked indefinitely. I also put the article under extended confirmed protection, which should stop further socks from popping up to recreate it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:04, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Debi Derryberry

Hello NinjaRobotPirate, I have a problem about someone is editing her date of birth without your permission. Can you please delete her sources? I they edited back her source, erase it. Bozoclown2024 (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I took a look at Debi Derryberry, but I didn't see any evidence of her DoB having been edited recently. Could you perhaps provide a WP:DIFF or clarify your concerns? DonIago (talk) 14:21, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Vietnam

Hi, could you please reduce the protection level of this article? The current 30/500 protection is too strict and is a major obstacle to contributing to the article. 2402:800:7060:F2CD:9757:59A7:5AE:9CDC (talk) 10:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

No, and I'm not really sure why your IP range hasn't been blocked. I doubt there'd even be much collateral damage. Let's try a 1 month block and see what happens. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Removal of birthdate from James Newton Howard article

I saw you made an edit to remove birth date information with the comment "unsourced". As far as I can see though the "External links" section holds a link to IMDB which definitely lists his birthdate right on the page. Then there's WikiData which has 5 references for that bit of information: https://www.wikidata.org/Q213869#P569 What would you feel would be a proper way to link to those sources for you to keep the birth date? ZehJBert (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Those are not reliable sources. Wikidata and the IMDb are both user-generated. An example of a reliable source is The New York Times or the BBC. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Fair enough, that would have been immediately clear if you had used an edit comment like "no reliable sources".
Meanwhile I found that the webpage marked as "Offical Website" has a link to an Instagram account on its Contact and About pages, and that contains a post "I turn 70 today!" dated June 9, 2021. Following WP:SELFSOURCE, could we reinstate the birthdate info and maybe add a footnote to that?
Although I just spotted that somebody edited the first section "Early life and career" and sneaked in another source. ZehJBert (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Yes, if there's no doubt to the authenticity, social media posts can be used. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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Has an approval percentage?

Does this seem familiar to you? "has an approval percentage"(diff)

I might be misremembering and asking the wrong person, but there's a recurring ip vandal Special:Contributions/186.115.100.56 with poor grammar back again messing up film articles.

(If I'm asking the wrong person I'd appreciate if you could remind me the right people to ask.) Thanks in advance. -- 109.77.199.65 (talk) 21:55, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that's someone who was indefinitely blocked several years ago. I think it's pretty safe to say that anyone editing film reception sections from Colombian IPs is evading a block. It's such a niche topic for someone in a country where English fluency is rare. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
At least this time there seems to be a few competent edits mixed in, but the same bad grammar and needless removing of better references persists. Thanks. -- 109.77.199.65 (talk) 23:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
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