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What does "Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam dílis" (which you wrote here) mean? What language is it? Interactive Fiction Expert/ Talk to me 09:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
You recently placed a block on the William Gaillard page, which has now ended. no consenus has been reached and it is close to becoming another edit war. i have tried to use the articles talk page to reach a consensus but have not been able to so far.could you help? Dead-or-Red ( talk) 17:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Apparently the range you blocked didn't manage to stop this one from slipping through:
Can you sniff this one out as well? Thanks... ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, I have been doing some rewriting of this article (just the intro, really), and I was hoping to get another opinion if my changes have made it easier to understand:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Chandrasekhar_limit&diff=209487675&oldid=208595439
Thanks. -- Kyok o 19:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
As it's your neck-of-the-woods you should take a peep at a rather persistent IP vandal. Zap 'im! Sarah777 ( talk) 20:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not so sure about "unncessary". Peters is a prolific sockpuppeteer of the manic-obsessive type. Please take the IP out of play or we'll have a pile more socks to deal with. Besides, I would like absolute confirmation I didn't just block a chap indef for no good reason, even though I am pretty darn sure. Moreschi ( talk) ( debate) 21:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
See this discussion: [1]-- Filll ( talk) 14:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Re this block, I'm interested in the sequence of events. (I am not an administrator, so I don't know necessarily where to look, and I'm not sure what to look for either.) I followed this drama for a day. I was one of several people who warned the user that a block was likely forthcoming, which happened. The block was appealed several times until an admin unblocked (too soon, in my view but again, I'm not an admin). So shortly after the unblock, you identified the user as a sockpuppet. (Well, probably you blocked because of it.) So my question is this, as a relative newcomer - some time and effort could have been saved here - and maybe it was but I just don't know it. Can you shed a little light on the sequence of events after the unblock, or that were occurring elsewhere while the block/unblock was going on? (I'll watch your page or you can email me from mine.) I don't mind a pointer to generic information if you are unable or disinclined to get into specifics. Thanks! Frank | talk 01:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
See this, this, and this please. Thank you. (Note: This message has been sent to Thatcher as well.) ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, I have submitted a checkuser case which does not appear to be showing up on the main checkuser list. Is there something else I need to do to ensure that it shows up? -- Deadly∀ssassin 09:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
User:Rdrgz93 has an editing style very similar to banned user User:House1090, but up until now he was concentrating his efforts on a different part of California so I thought it was coincidental. Now, however, he is making comments on talk pages about San Bernardino County, House's area. Could you please do a CU to see if he is a House1090 sock? Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 03:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you delete this for me? Always best to cover up my own poor spelling! Traditional unionist ( talk) 22:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there - just sent you semi-urgent email...... Tvoz/ talk 01:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Your input and comments are welcome on the talk page here User:Giano/Terms for VK's return. Giano ( talk) 08:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, could you check IP User:86.27.162.213 against the list of editors involved in the British Isles naming dispute? The IP is used solely to edit-war on these articles and I strongly suspect a "regular". Include the relevant Admins in the check please. Regards Sarah777 ( talk) 11:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, please see Talk:Great Britain and Ireland; this IP is now canvassing for assistance in his edit-warring efforts. Isn't there a policy prohibiting that? Sarah777 ( talk) 21:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Did you get my email? Been staying out of trouble(s), I hope? :) SirFozzie ( talk) 03:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok. The other Alison is now named something else. If you need your en-wikt account renamed too, please bug me again on my en:wikt talk page. I'm afraid that when this stuff all runs together after the 20th or so rename inside of a month or two, so please speak slowly and clearly. :-) (I might even check the rename requests page again this week, but not tonight.) -- Dvortygirl ( talk) 05:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
You are an oversighter! And I have been told you are out and about at the moment. This above article got deleted recently, was an attack page containing the mobile number of the target. The mobile number is still in the history, and just thought I would check with you as to whether the history needs to be deleted to keep the number completely hidden (the deleting admin did point out only admins can see it, which I had forgotten, so I said I would just ask but not expect it to be necessary). Regards, SGGH speak! 12:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Is currently at MFD - as you're the one who originally userified it, you might want to argue for it. — iride scent 15:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, I was wondering if you knew who the this user is a sock of? Tiptoety talk 16:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this, I seriously apologise. I felt it was sock puppetry there. I realise I jumped the gun, so to speak, and I will personally apologise to Nothing444 for that block. Should I resign? Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. God, semi-protection isn't enough to stave off these wankers :/ Sceptre ( talk) 18:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I wrote an article about a website that is a pioneer in the 3d application video tutorials. It is considered spam, even if it was the first company to produce end to end video tutorials. I consider that being pretty important. If this matter isn't worthy to be in an encyclopedia, I ask you why is the 3D Buzz article still online? I followed that article as an example, and so far 3 of the articles I wrote were considered spam. I've read the guidelines, but they are very ambiguous. I await your response on my talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InProgress ( talk • contribs) 10:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
im editing rhinoplasty at the moment. but im very new to it all. just started last week. u can see my contribution to the talk. i think this section on Alexander Z. Rivkin M.D. should be removed. or at least greatly mondified by addition of many other surgeons. not including me. although im a surgeon, im not of international stature! im an ENT surgeon from toronto. what is the least irriating and kindest way to proceed? do we need some type of concensus process? Oakleysmith ( talk) 21:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Hihi...I don't know if you remember me....I was one of the instigators in the Tedious Z stuff. Anyway...I stumbled on an AfD that was closed, I felt incorrectly...so I took it to review [ [2]]. I am getting completely frustrated with this process. It seems that just because no one likes the guy (heck, not even ME!) that no one will admit that there is enough there to show notability...Could you take a look and give me a reality check? I may be way off, but I just feel like there is enough there. I appreciate your time and help or kick in the pants...whichever you decide to give :) (oh, btw, did you see TZ's blog, he's been kicked offa ANOTHER forum for the same thing!!) LegoTech·( t)·( c) 07:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I've recently been prodded toward adminship, but I'm nervous about taking it on and I feel I need coaching. I have it on very good authority that you are an exceptional admin coach, so I thought it best to make your acquaintance and ask for your help. Please, can you help? Serendi pod ous 14:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I've cordially invited you to help open a fresh can of worms... — iride scent 16:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison I'm sorry to bother you with this but Jehochman recommends I contact to you about a banned user who is ban evading using University of California Santa Barbara library and IT dept IPs. (See my post to Jehochman for details).
User:Anacapa was banned for using multiple IPs (24 from UCSB) to avoid scrutiny while povpushing and trolling on Shunning, Menonite, Gender, Project Gender studies, Feminism, Rape, Incest and other articles. A full history of his disruption is here in this report. An archive of the ban discussion is here
Anacapa was also found to be likely using sock-puppet accounts (see RFCU case here). One of the IPs he used in the last few days was previously blocked by Coelacan for this same reason [3].
Jehochman recommended that I contact you in order to asses "how many unrelated users are in this range, and if there would not be too much collateral damage, could we have a range block". The range in question includes these IPs: 128.111.97.148, |128.111.95.110, 128.111.95.171, 128.111.95.38 (I think the range is 128.111.0.0/16 but I'm no expert in this area) other IPs used by Anacapa can be seen here but the 4 listed here are the 'live' ones.
Thanks for taking the time to go through this and sorry if this is a really complex issue but Anacapa is quite a complex troll-- Cailil talk 14:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Alison, I'm looking through the admin coachee requests trying to find people who are A) qualified to run for adminship right now and B) people who need some help, but could be a candidate in the future. I found a candidate whom I think could be an admin, but needs help. According to the coaching status page, you are willing to take on a coachee, so I was wondering if you could take a look at Realist2? That link will take you to the section of his talk page where I vetted him some. Balloonman ( talk) 17:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
You did a check on Sumerophile ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) which resulted in a block, currently active. In the meantime we have Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) who has today introduced a dozen or so cfds such as this one, relating to categories and redirects heavily edited by Sumerophile. Moreover Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes opened the account on 26 April (S was blocked for 72 hours on 25 Apr). So I think these 2 are related and checkuser might confirm this. -- roundhouse0 ( talk) 17:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Alison. Someone's requesting an unblock of one of the IP addresses you recently CU-blocked. Would you mind taking a quick look if you've got the time? Thanks... User talk:Exxolon#Here we go again... Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 20:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings! You have expressed an interest in joining in with the next NotTheWikipediaWeekly episode. We now have a confirmed date and time: the episode will take place at Friday, 9 May 2008, at 00.30 (UTC). For that episode in various local times, see here. If you'd like to attend, please "enroll" at Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly#Confirmed participants. Please also feel free to browse the suggested topics for this epsiode. We look forward to seeing you on Friday at 00.30!
All the best, Anthøny 22:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Please see: User talk:AaronSw. Thanks! Tiptoety talk 02:02, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
...and I was sorry to miss you at the podcast recording earlier - it was quite an interesting one, and the audio is all online now over at WP:NTWW - hopefully you can make another one before too long (in fact, p'raps I'll look for you on skype next week sometime to try and discuss an idea I've got....)
In other news - I also wanted your advice about something..... I've created a 'long term straw poll' for the ideas at WP:OPTOUT, which is located at Wikipedia:OPTOUT/Long_Term_Straw_Poll (I don't think the current deletion discussion is going to delete it, which is good, and I'm not really worried about that aspect) - but what I was wanting some advice about is where the community draws its lines in regard to 'canvassing' - I'm obviously notifying you about it here - and I'd like to drop a note in the talk pages of the other folk who commented at the proposal talk page to hear their views (both in support, and 'against' the proposal) - any thoughts you've got on whether or not that's a good idea would be welcomed.
cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 06:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison! Just wanted to send you my sincere thanks for sorting out the infuriating situation, that was the IP block fiasco. I do hope that the vandal is either caught or stopped. I feel extremely honoured at being allowed this unblock, and you can be sure that I shall continue to fight my relatively new war in improving articles and fighting vandalism! Whilst I acknowledge I'm a newbie, I really want to learn as much as I can, its just Wikipedia can and is at times, very confusing! Regards, δ²( Talk) 07:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
If you could i would like you to rename me from iordanis_athanasiadis to iordanis_777.Thanks in advance and have a nice day.-- Iordanis777 listening 08:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the immediate reply.Have anice day!-- Iordanis777 listening 06:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison,
Flo suggested that you might be able to help resolve the viability of an idea relating to the use of checkuser in wiping VK's slate clean, so if you have moment do you think you could take a look at User talk:Giano/Terms for VK's return#Forgotten_socks? Any guidance would welcome :)
Thanks! -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 13:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
You beat me to the bisexual revert!Good job! Mr. Green Hit Me Up Userboxes 17:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, I was following the discussion at AN/I, and sorry if I'm missing something here, but are Scarian and Enigmaman one and the same? Forgive me if I've overlooked something. Best, AlasdairGreen27 ( talk) 21:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Are these accounts confirmed as socks of User:NisarKand or User:Beh-nam, I was a bit confused by your comment. Also, I was unable to locate the IP that reported it in the page history to block them, do you happen to have that? Tiptoety talk 22:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please verify that ticket #2008041110026206 verifies that Image:Machinedrum.jpg is released under the GFDL, and if so let me know on my talk page? A user has claimed this and I just want to be sure it's all in order. Stifle ( talk) 22:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison! I've decided to give you some flowers in an attempt to prevent you from finding dreadful every time I drop by at your talk page with a checkuser request for Polscience. Hope you like them! :-)
And now (when you least expect it) here comes the dreadful checkuser request for User:Polscience, bwahaha. :-P New suspected socks: User:Fitzier, User:Selma Kaufmann, User:Abdel Cader and User:Monica Arria. Could you please have a look at them when/if you have time? Thank you. PS- I hope you liked the flowers, they were not meant to be just a shameless bribe but a nice gesture towards a user who truly deserves them. :-) Best regards, Hús ö nd 03:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me rollback! I'll use it responsibly. Sleepaholic ( talk) 05:20, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
...and you will do in a few days. Ta, -- 1qx ( talk) 18:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Not to bother you, but I really need a reply on that email that I sent you. Thanks! Mww113 (talk) 18:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Since flowers seem to work....
Just kidding! You Deserve them! But I still need an answer! Thanks! < The reason for the bribe Mww113 (talk) 20:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Allison, on the checkuser, User:Litrboxr, who I suspect to be NisarKand, slipped in the accounts Duvarngreen and KyleSmithX as being confirmed sockpuppets and then uses this page to revert several edits by them. Can you correct this? Vinh1313 ( talk) 19:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
There is a new user with a handle very similar to mine editing articles that I used to edit. What makes me most suspicious is that their user page redirects to mine. Since I had a similar experience not too long ago with an avatar of mine stemming from an IP originally used by User: Polscience I would like to ask you to check, whether again I am facing a kind of fraud. Tomeasy ( talk) 03:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Please can you drop in on David Lauder's Talk page. -- Major Bonkers (talk) 13:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Alison.
I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. For now, I think I'm going to take a bit of a wikibreak, as this experience was somewhat draining. Hopefully, I'll be able to put more energy back into OTRS now as well. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi ( talk) 19:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
TougHHead is back with Master Ned ( talk · contribs). Any IP work you can do here? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 20:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi : )
I left a question further up, if you have a moment : ) - jc37 00:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Express permission was given by the artist to use the image freely on wikipedia. Do I need to contact him again to have him specify that the license is "free" in order for the image to be undeleted? How many hoops do I have to jump through to get the image approved? See below for your response to the person who nominated the image for deletion. Please let me know the necessary next step. Thanks. Wanglechangle8 ( talk) 12:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
OTRS Ticket Could you please verify that ticket #2008041110026206 verifies that Image:Machinedrum.jpg is released under the GFDL, and if so let me know on my talk page? A user has claimed this and I just want to be sure it's all in order. Stifle (talk) 22:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I can confirm that the subject/owner has given "express permission" for the above image to be used on Wikipedia. License was not specified but the ticket was closed as successful - Alison ❤ 23:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that. This AfD was withdrawn to let an improvement effort proceed. I'd close it as speedy keep, but I've already left a comment on the page and it would be good form if someone else did it at her own discretion. Could you have a look, please? -- Kiz o r 19:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Got an off-wiki question for you. Your email still good? (nothing important, just following up on something you offered a while back :)) SirFozzie ( talk) 05:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
It was a recreation of a deleted article for a wiki full of trolls. Ipso facto...I deleted it again. Adam Bishop ( talk) 08:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
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I have come to wish you a Happy Happy Birthday and hope all wishes come true. well done. Thank You! Buddha24 ( talk) 08:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC) |
Lol! Viridae Talk 08:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please unprotect this and create it as a redirect? Thanks.-- AnonymousUser12345 ( talk) 09:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
And Encyclopediadramatica, thanks!-- I LIVE IN A HAT ( talk) 10:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I have posted the conditions on VK's page, but I don't know how to do collapse, or know how long they have to remain in full before collapse, so can I leave that to you or BHG? Giano ( talk) 12:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
PS Now that the discussion have been closed, I suggest that the "please discuss here" notices at the top of VK's talk page should be removed. It might be a good idea to transclude {{ User:Vintagekits/terms}} there as well, but I'll leave it to you to decide whether that's appropriate. My guess is that editors are more likely to visit his talk page than his user page, so the terms are more visible on his talk, and that may be useful to Vk if any admin is tempted to jump in with a block rather than take it to WP:ANI; however there may be concerns that this would be rubbing his nose in it. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 14:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, could you please check your e-mail? I need your opinion about something. Thanks. -- Kyok o 12:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Ali, hope you're doing okay. I hate to just pop by and request a favour but.... can I request a favour? Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Grant.Alpaugh is causing a few established editors a bit of a headache, there's also a RCU dealing the same thing. Can you push it through? I highly suspect only the IP will match Mr Alpaugh... Cheers, no problems if you're too busy... The Rambling Man ( talk) 14:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thatcher confirmed it for me but I would like you to confirm the confirmation. (Run a checkuser on my IP).
I am a doctor. I do not want people to think that I am an angry patient, a convict, or work for a pharmaceutical company as a marketing representative. Based on my IP, one can make this conclusion.
Would you confirm that I am a doctor based on my IP. Once I get some sort of indication that I am a legitimate person, I want to start writing articles. I didn't want to start before because I was afraid someone may think I have a hidden agenda or conflict of interest. By stating my profession, everyone knows it and disclosure eliminates any possible conflict of interest (or at least let's people know so that they can form their own opinion).
Possible conclusions
Doctor Wikipedian is or is likely to be a doctor based on IP. He is not editing from a prison, home, or pharmaceutical company.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from a prison and may be a convict.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from an IP assigned to a pharmaceutical company.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from a school and may be a student or teacher.
Doctor Wikipedian ( talk) 16:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all the results for the checkuser on Grant. Kingjeff ( talk) 17:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Kingjeff ( talk) 18:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
If assuming good faith was mean for every situation then nobody would ever get blocked in Wikipedia. I did assume good faith at the begining. Assuming good faith doesn't mean turning a blind eye to how he has acted with me. Kingjeff ( talk) 19:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, you has email :) Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 17:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Erm, out of interest, was it Johnny? Cos, we should probably block the IP's if it is. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
:O (is surprised it wasn't JTV.) Well, thanks for letting me know. :) Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. To be honest now it is less anger and more frustration and a little sadness that Kingjeff refuses to take responsibility for his own actions and continues to blame Grant for the sockpuppet case saying that he was sorry that Grant forced him to do it, which with all due respect is quite clearly not true. We are all responsible for our own actions, no-one forced him to do it. Also he has apologised to everyone else involved now (after being suggested strongly that he should do so) saying, "Sorry for the Sock case. This was more about Grant then it was about you" yet on my talk page he offers no such apology just the general "sorry Grant made me do it" message. That now I just find funny though. I realise that perhaps I should have just ignored all this, but I would never even have known about the accusation (nor would anyone else) had Rambling Man not informed me, yet Kingjeff still seems unwilling to see how his actions affect others. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 21:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a heads up about Kingjeff that he has now added a userbox on his userpage saying he has decided to leave wikipedia. Whilst I have not appreciated being drawn into all of this, the last thing I would want is for him to leave and wondered if it might be worth your trying to persuade him to stick around? I would do so but doubt he would pay much attention. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 22:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, so sorry to pester you my dear, but could you possibly slide by this Checkuser. There are some reasons I'd like it looked at fairly promptly. Sorry to bother you! Pedro : Chat 21:35, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I guess this was a mistake? Acalamari 22:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Yet another Wikipedian who raoks. I didn't think anyone would be kind enough to do this, and I didn't even have to ask anyone and people have helped. I'm appreciating how o.k. people have been, when I've been a bit two-faced or mocking, I suppose.:)
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I appreciate your help so much, and was not expecting it from anyone one bit. Thank you for this lovely surprise. Merkin's mum 23:37, 14 May 2008 (UTC)} |
[4]. Perhaps you can get rid of that as well? ATren ( talk) 00:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
G'day NotTheWikipediaWeeklian (p'raps we need a catchier nom de plume?) - it's terribly short notice but I'm going to be hosting a discussion tomorrow, Thursday 15th May at 23.00 UTC (head to the 'NotTheWikipediaWeekly' page for full info, and a date and time convertor) - that's about 21 hours from now....... There could well be an additional conversation 24 hours later - so take your pick! - I will likely cover the topics which I nominated, and am aiming for a snappy 40minute conversation - do come along if you can! cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 02:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you be so kind as to restore comments of mine to the Sussexman Sock, D Lauder's talk page. He has removed parts of comments and left others, changed a heading and removed an important statement of wikipedia rules, these edits combined have quita altered the meaning and point of the section. I note Sussexman is keen to return to editing, it needs to be pointed out, that this is not the way to go about it. I am reluctant to enter into an edit war with an established and proven sockpuppet of a blocked and banned user. \If this is not possible perhaps it would be best it the page is blanked and redirected to Sussexman Thanks. Giano ( talk) 06:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. And, ummm, yeah, definitely a member of the female sex. I hope you find I live up to your expectations – admin-wise that is! Best, Risker ( talk) 16:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi.
I've a concern, and I would like your thoughts.
The user above has been a sock puppeteer for some time now.
As I recall, he was banned due to an inordinate amount of time in user space, coupled with a fake suicide threat. It was determined that he wasn't here to build the encyclopedia.
Since then, I've encountered him using several IPs. (172.164 172.165 172.167 172.168 and some in other ranges as well 6x. 7x. ) And using several accounts. (See: User talk:The Big X and User talk:Sox207 in particular. And here's a checkUser)
So now I'm in a quandry. In looking over his multitude of edits, they're mostly involving userboxes (Note the name User:Babelious) or harassing other editors when they revert him. (See this lengthy tirade.) The few exceptions mostly include animated television.
I think I've now discovered a "sleeper" account (which has several other sock and IP probabilities with it), and may do a checkUser, but first I wanted to ask:
Is it worth it?
Does it matter if I'm reverting him as an IP or as an account.
I'd love to say he's a well-meaning editor, but the way he attacks people on talk pages and his past actions suggest that this is rather not likely, and besides the want to play with userboxes, he sees Wikipedia mostly as a game.
So here's my quandry. I'm finding myself tempted to unblock him and just say "skip it." His forays in mainspace, rare though they are, are typically non-disruptive minor edits (while often reverted half the time for various reasons related to the edits themselves).
Am I being too forgiving? Probably. (And probably due to the fact that other than him and another indef blocked editor, I don't do much vandalism patrol or blocking.) But anyway, I'd like your thoughts on this.
(I'm honestly wondering if you even remember being involved in the ban discussion at the admin's noticeboard. If I didn't encounter him periodically. I wonder if I would.) - jc37 01:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
← Guess I'd better answer this before I get into trouble :) Without checking, I can see that this editor acts a whole lot like PatPeter did; the homophobic userboxes, the obsession with templates and the talk page organization weirdness thing. However, it was okay for me to directly check PatPeter's IP address last time and catch the other sock - that's fine - but the problem is that I have a history with this editor and that he once made a complaint about me (and another admin. Deskana??) to ANI last year so I may be said to have a conflict of interests or a bias. Could you possibly file a request at WP:RFCU and reference what evidence you have, as well as this conversation, and another checkuser will take a fresh look at it and act accordingly. That's probably the best course of action and, IMO, you have enough evidence to at least present a case. Hope this helps (and thank you for being so patient!!) - Alison ❤ 00:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, one of my pages was deleted, entitled Chapel School '08, and I was wondering if I could get a copy sent to my e-mail? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaytimdres ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison,
Due to a long-ago blocked user who persists in using IP accounts to vandalize my user and talk pages, as well as those of others, almost nightly, I am considering a range block of some addresses connected with the University of Maryland. These would be in the 129.2.17.XX and 129.2.18.XX ranges.
Per the policy page, I am asking you as someone with checkuser access how much collateral damage might be caused if it were a hard block (it would be for the remainder of their academic year, which ends May 25 or so). Can you let me know? And soon. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:34, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Blocked Espirit indef. for being a sock as per the above discussion. Also, I didn't like his edits to Bugs' user page. Hope this helps! Scarian Call me Pat! 14:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I will personally be speaking to wikipedia's lawyer, this checkuser business you have no right to access my IP infromation and will be taking wikipedia to court for invasion of privacy. If you have any objections to this then plese take it up with my office. Peterpipper ( talk) 21:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
You have mail- don't know if you've seen it or not, as not sure if one of your addys is working. Hope you are doing well.:) Merkin's mum 20:11, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, come on, Alison, please don't block him for that. Please. Look at the history and recollect that it's not the case that you must block—you may block, that's all. I wouldn't it I were you. (Especially not for 31 hours). Bishonen | talk 22:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
Working again! Thank you both. -- Major Bonkers (talk) 09:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings, Alison. Thanks for your speedy checkuser action helping to shut down this sockpuppet & puppetmaster. There's some ongoing difficulty on the project page that exposed this particular case, and I'm not quite sure how to handle it properly. Several of us, including at least two editors much more heavily involved in the project than I, strongly suspect that the user responsible for the 842U/BMWR1200C puppets is in fact also responsible for Vbclerate, Amarapura, Jingpho, and possibly Dddike. I can't speak for the others who suspect, but my own suspicions are based on the content, tone, style, and timing of these users' contributions to the discussion linked above, as well as certain of my suspects' having created their accounts very shortly after 842U's sockpuppetry was discovered and exposed, and/or having contributed only to this discussion. However, all of this is circumstantial, and I'm not clear on the standard of evidence required to initiate a checkuser investigation. I don't want to make extra work for anyone by filing an accusation that'll have to be tossed out as improper or frivolous. Is there some quick and easy way to check for more 842U puppets?
Two further notes:
1. I do not regard disagreement with my opinions, interpretations, preferences, or actions as prima facie evidence of sock puppetry. I believe it is possible for reasonable people given the same situation to disagree, and I bear no ill will caused by disagreement (though I do take a dim view of those who behave badly and/or refuse to comply with the letter and/or spirit of Wikipedia policy, protocol, and rules).
2. It looks as if Jingpho and Amarapura are already categorised as suspected sock puppets of 842U. Does it mean they're under active investigation, or just that someone suspects them?
Any assistance or advice you can give will be much appreciated. Please respond here or on my own talk page, as you prefer. — Scheinwerfermann ( talk) 23:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please archive the Talk:Club Penguin page? -- Vinni3 ( talk) 06:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Alison, I have sent you an email. Anyway, I remember you from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Boomgaylove and my question partly concerns this thread as I am not sure how we list suspected IPs at RfCU or if I should just wait for a checkuser to comment on that thread or what. I do also have another question I am curious about that I included in the email. Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 18:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you take a look into this, this, this, and this for me? I'm pretty sure that qualifies as an attempt to manipulate polling and create the appearance of consensus, which means Kingjeff should be warned/blocked and the IP should be banned, right? I never had my roommate vote in the poll or weigh in on the discussion. All I asked him to do was keep the templates at the status quo until after the discussion had taken place. This is also pretty silly as the discussion had been resolved in his favor already. -- Grant . Alpaugh 20:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, Our favourite sockmaster is back. China and Names of China are once again clogged up with Peter zhou's sockpuppet edits. Could you track down his sleepers? Thanks, nat.u toronto 05:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, pl note that this British editor has moved the article while discussion is ongoing. Are you going to do anything?????? Sarah777 ( talk) 14:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, any word yet? The user who asked me to send you the email is getting slightly impatent :P Thanks, Mww113 (talk) 21:45, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Plip!
User:Hurlfordkillie has done a number of problematic edits per [5]. In addition, the editor has vandalized a totally unrelated article at Huntington Beach, California here [6]. In addition, User:Hurlfordkillie opened the account on May 2 [7], two days after User:Nimbley66 was blocked [8]. Because the only user making edits like this to these totally unrelated two articles in the past is banned User:Bennet556, could you see if User:Hurlfordkillie is a sockpuppet? Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 22:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Email sent to you just now.... cheers Tvoz/ talk 01:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, thank you for letting us know about the sad news about Padraig. Although I never communicated with him, it was sad to hear he had died. I hope that as a friend of his your pain will ease. Autarch ( talk) 11:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
You have added a checkuser block tag, as a sockpuppet of Dereks1x. He is claiming that he is not a sockpuppet. Just looking for you to confirm the findings of the checkuser. If you could reply on his talk page, that would be great. Thanks, Rjd0060 ( talk) 15:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Your
evident lack of ethics, not to mention your conflict of interest, are much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
SHEFFIELDSTEEL
TALK
19:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you tell me what happened here? I left two messages for Awadewit and they both disappeared (from history and contribution lists) -- RelHistBuff ( talk) 22:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you take out his IP ranges for 24-48 hours? I know there's a lot of collateral but he's simply not getting the message and responses on ANI have not been helpful. If you can't or don't want to, then that's fine. Regards, nat.u toronto 05:19, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to become an admin. I saw your name on the list of coaches, and was wondering if you could help me. Thank you if you do, and thank you for your time if you don't. You can see some of my work here, Deadwood Bonsai Techniques, here John Kiggins, and here Uaru. Remilo ( talk) 12:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so I've been marginally out to lunch the past week and ruined an entire long weekend doing paperwork from the office, not even getting to edit anything fun (let alone plant the garden). But it took me to this morning to realise that you'd done a bit of drive-by "vandalism" to my userpage! I promise to be more attentive to guests in the future. Thanks, I wondered where those came from! Risker ( talk) 13:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
First of all, I want to apologize if I'm bothering you since I can tell that you are more than just fairly busy.
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at a RFCU I put in a few days ago at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Girl Get it. This was only the second RFCU I've ever submitted and the first one was for the same case of a suspected block evading sockpuppeteer. I had some issues in trying to get the case to display properly so I'm wondering if it's still not listed the way it should be. I'm only asking because I listed it on May 16 and, so far, there's been no results. I understand that there is a possibility that there is a CU backlog so, if that's the case, please ignore me and accept my apologies. I just want to make sure that my case is listed properly so that it can be confirmed as related or unrelated accordingly.
Thank you very much for your time!
Peace! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I would just like to say thanks for the neutral vote in my recent RFA. I will still say thanks as from your comments and the other users comments that opposed me and gave me a neutral vote have made me make a todo list for before my next RFA. I hope I will have resolved all of the issues before then and I hope that you would be able to support me in the future. If you would like to reply to this message or have any more suggestions for me then please message me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· Talk/ Cont 16:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, if I am in and edit war with editor with Sally, and on the verge of 3RR, and I openly invite another editor Jane (who is elsewhere ostensibly moderating a discussion about the to develop consensus on the very subject on which Sally and I disagree) to intercede on my behalf, make an edit to keep me from violating 3RR... have I broken the Wikipedia rules, if so, which? Is this "punishable?" Also, lets say the other editor Jane complies with my request and makes exactly the edit I request... what are the ramifications to that editor? Pleaseread ( talk) 17:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Caught this one escaping the dryer. Enigma message 20:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
You've got mail. Trust me, you'll want to see it ;). ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 02:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, could you please semi-protect User:Kyoko/Genesis Apocryphon for the usual reasons? Thanks. -- Kyok o 05:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, BusinessLawyer ( talk · contribs) is asking for an unblock. I have to say, I can't see any threats in the contrib history, is this a checkuser block? Thought I would ask. Thanks and warm regards. Woody ( talk) 12:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I changed your soft block into a hard block. There haven't been any legit edits from that IP in a long time. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 14:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, can you check to see if Fromos ( talk · contribs) is a reincarnation of Jmfangio ( talk · contribs)? (Please see Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Tecmobowl if you need a refresher on the case.) Fromos, who did not edit for a year, has filed an arbitration request out of the blue against Chrisjnelson, the user whom Jmfangio regularly harassed. Thanks. -- B ( talk) 20:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Is the next step to remove the string "Daniel Brandt" from the references in the PIR article? I fail to see how mentioning Brandt, the only person who seems to have anything to do with the intelligence-agent-personal-information database, four or five times instead of once or twice violates BLP. 'Lowering the quality and Google rank of articles' doesn't seem to be stated in the policy yet. John Nevard ( talk) 07:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Alison. :) I know you're very busy, but you're one of the few admin coaches available at this time, and I was wondering whether or not you'd be able to coach me; I'm currently looking for a coach to help me out. Would you be interested?
Cheers, -- Mizu onna sango15/ 水女珊瑚15 04:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC).
Take care, -- Mizu onna sango15/ 水女珊瑚15 05:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC).
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User:Jimmycrackcorn44 has done the same kind of edits as User:Hurlfordkillie, namely numerous edits to Kilmarnock (see [9]), inserting new populations and town names (like [10] compared to [11] and [12]), vandalism of Huntington Beach, California (see [13]), and the new user account was set up the day after User:Kilmarnockscotlandsteel was blocked( [14]). I believe it is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556. In addition, Kilmarnock may need a semi-protect. Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 22:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Looks like he is back and back to annoying D.M.N. Is there any chance you can look at the underlying ips again and do something to stop him? Cheers Spartaz Humbug! 06:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately, he seems to be hopping from IP to IP. Cowboycaleb2009 was created this morning, although he's now blocked by LAX. D.M.N. ( talk) 11:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
This banned user has many sockpuppets, and plans to vandalise various football and mathematics articles. Be warned!! 86.141.15.129 ( talk) 16:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
very much for your kind words and support at my RFA. It means a lot to have the confidence of one's peers and perhaps particularly of editors as well respected as you! I hope to live up to the trust and not to mess up to badly or too quickly! -- Slp1 ( talk) 13:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, would you mind taking a look at this please. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 20:38, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Code B...check my logs :P, CU entries 01:04, 27 May 2008 & 01:05, 27 May 2008. Thanks! ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Go into your page history and run an IP check on the first redlinked name you see as of this writing. - Jéské ( v^_^v E pluribus unum) 17:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for this. Kevin ( talk) 07:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
An féidir leat súil a chur arís ar Wikipedia:RFCU#Here.27s_some_fun? Chonacthas gur choisc thú níos mó ná deichniúr aréir agus tá grúpa nua curtha síos ag MER-C. Stifle ( talk) 13:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, pl check Great Britain and Ireland asap; some e-warriors are trying to merge it despite an active discussion which is not concluded. Sarah777 ( talk) 23:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
We had a request over at WP:EAR for someone to check out this article. I wouldn't know the first thing about the place, but figured you either would know or would know who to ask about it. If you have a minute, please check it out. Thanks. And great to hear from you, too. Pastordavid ( talk) 15:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
User:Kilmarnockscotlandsteel has done the same kind of edits as User:Hurlfordkillie, namely numerous edits to Kilmarnock (see [15], including copyvios (gave a warning on that), vandalism of Huntington Beach, California (see [16]), and the new user account was set up two days [17] after User:Hurlfordkillie was blocked. I believe it is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556. Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 21:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
← Confirmed - the following -
←Agus ceann eile, IP an t-am seo: User:78.144.156.65. Faoi Vicífhoclóir, caithfidh mé a rá nach bhfaca mé é riamh, ach b'fhéidir go ndéanfaidh mé é i bpointe sa todhchaí!! I haven't really the time at the moment, and when I do have the time I'd like to start contributing to the Irish language wiki first, but then maybe I'll have a look. Thanks! -- Schcambo aon scéal? 20:39, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, you may find Special:Contributions/Cherry rose interesting. I don't care about this enough to file a SSP or RFCU request, but I know you are watching several people who edit on these topics as several of them are on probation. — Andrwsc ( talk · contribs) 16:46, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You have mail.....; just a thought. :O) FlowerpotmaN·( t) 23:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I suspect User:Kristophern66 is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556 because all these edits [19] were done within minutes of the new user account being set up [20], the edits are mainly for Kilmarnock, and the sockpuppeteer has already been identified as Kristopher Nimbley User:Nimbley66. Alanraywiki ( talk) 19:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
The title pretty much says it all. - Revolving Bugbear 01:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
And now you have one from me too. Risker ( talk) 16:18, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone at the above IP address (which you blocked for two weeks as Grawp) has filed an unblock request claiming collateral damage. Can you take a look? Thanks! KnightLago ( talk) 02:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, just wondering what the situation is with regards to the latest Checkuser case put forward by ONiH. Thanks, Counter-revolutionary ( talk) 11:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Traditional Unionist is annoyed that you blocked him for 3RR but didn't block the other party to that dispute. Please read this section of his talk page and explain to him your thought process. Shalom ( Hello • Peace) 14:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you cast your eye over the discussion on this edit conflict issue, and see if you can't help resolve. Otherwise I'm going to have to open an RfC (again) and I'd rather avoid the waste of everyone's time. Guliolopez ( talk) 16:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Ho...hum.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 07:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
"Impartial" being just as important a qualification as "admin", I should hope.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 07:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to reserve judgment on the first part of that. I would have agreed with the second part but for the last word.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 08:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I do?
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 09:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
One checks out, see if any others are beating the sheets. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 16:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Found a couple made on the same days as the latest confirmed socks but didn't block (didn't have a clear enough link)...I think they're still worth checking however. Take a look at this, this, this, this, this, this. This one I blocked because of the username but check if it needs a hardblock. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 23:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
←Guys - I have a theory on this, too. I'd say hold off blocking until something bad happens. Don't want to talk about it on here for reasons obvious but yeah, hold off. PPG - your first set of accounts checks out okay, so don't block! - Alison ❤ 01:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I really don't mean to be a pest, I'm just trying to let the other well meaning souls get on with their work without this guy's disruption. Thank you very much! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
We're starting; would you like to join us? :) Anthøny 21:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison. You may remember that I once asked you to oversight my userpage. The reason for it was because the page history contained my IP address. I am now at RfA, and the deletion of the userpage's history is being used as a reason to oppose at my RfA. "People should also be wondering why his userpage was deleted. I believe I remember the reason, but can't prove it without seeing the deleted revisions." I was wondering if there's anything you could do to help? Thank you, Enigma message 22:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
←Enigmaman - I have the original email from May 1 right here and it clearly states that you needed your userpage deleted/oversighted due to genuine and serious concerns regarding your privacy. I evaluated this, saw a genuine, valid concern and acted accordingly - Alison ❤ 00:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
But you baleeted it! Viridae Talk 11:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison. I see that User:Anna polly made a checkuser request to you above and actually helped find quite a few socks at RCU. However, I suspect that Anna polly herself (or himself) might be a sock of User:Polscience. Could you check that for me? Regards, Hús ö nd 17:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
← I also got that email and am working through it at the moment. I'll followup with the checkuser who ran the original case in a while here. Busy ... :) - Alison ❤ 18:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
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What does "Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam dílis" (which you wrote here) mean? What language is it? Interactive Fiction Expert/ Talk to me 09:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
You recently placed a block on the William Gaillard page, which has now ended. no consenus has been reached and it is close to becoming another edit war. i have tried to use the articles talk page to reach a consensus but have not been able to so far.could you help? Dead-or-Red ( talk) 17:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Apparently the range you blocked didn't manage to stop this one from slipping through:
Can you sniff this one out as well? Thanks... ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, I have been doing some rewriting of this article (just the intro, really), and I was hoping to get another opinion if my changes have made it easier to understand:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Chandrasekhar_limit&diff=209487675&oldid=208595439
Thanks. -- Kyok o 19:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
As it's your neck-of-the-woods you should take a peep at a rather persistent IP vandal. Zap 'im! Sarah777 ( talk) 20:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not so sure about "unncessary". Peters is a prolific sockpuppeteer of the manic-obsessive type. Please take the IP out of play or we'll have a pile more socks to deal with. Besides, I would like absolute confirmation I didn't just block a chap indef for no good reason, even though I am pretty darn sure. Moreschi ( talk) ( debate) 21:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
See this discussion: [1]-- Filll ( talk) 14:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Re this block, I'm interested in the sequence of events. (I am not an administrator, so I don't know necessarily where to look, and I'm not sure what to look for either.) I followed this drama for a day. I was one of several people who warned the user that a block was likely forthcoming, which happened. The block was appealed several times until an admin unblocked (too soon, in my view but again, I'm not an admin). So shortly after the unblock, you identified the user as a sockpuppet. (Well, probably you blocked because of it.) So my question is this, as a relative newcomer - some time and effort could have been saved here - and maybe it was but I just don't know it. Can you shed a little light on the sequence of events after the unblock, or that were occurring elsewhere while the block/unblock was going on? (I'll watch your page or you can email me from mine.) I don't mind a pointer to generic information if you are unable or disinclined to get into specifics. Thanks! Frank | talk 01:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
See this, this, and this please. Thank you. (Note: This message has been sent to Thatcher as well.) ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, I have submitted a checkuser case which does not appear to be showing up on the main checkuser list. Is there something else I need to do to ensure that it shows up? -- Deadly∀ssassin 09:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
User:Rdrgz93 has an editing style very similar to banned user User:House1090, but up until now he was concentrating his efforts on a different part of California so I thought it was coincidental. Now, however, he is making comments on talk pages about San Bernardino County, House's area. Could you please do a CU to see if he is a House1090 sock? Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 03:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you delete this for me? Always best to cover up my own poor spelling! Traditional unionist ( talk) 22:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there - just sent you semi-urgent email...... Tvoz/ talk 01:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Your input and comments are welcome on the talk page here User:Giano/Terms for VK's return. Giano ( talk) 08:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, could you check IP User:86.27.162.213 against the list of editors involved in the British Isles naming dispute? The IP is used solely to edit-war on these articles and I strongly suspect a "regular". Include the relevant Admins in the check please. Regards Sarah777 ( talk) 11:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, please see Talk:Great Britain and Ireland; this IP is now canvassing for assistance in his edit-warring efforts. Isn't there a policy prohibiting that? Sarah777 ( talk) 21:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Did you get my email? Been staying out of trouble(s), I hope? :) SirFozzie ( talk) 03:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok. The other Alison is now named something else. If you need your en-wikt account renamed too, please bug me again on my en:wikt talk page. I'm afraid that when this stuff all runs together after the 20th or so rename inside of a month or two, so please speak slowly and clearly. :-) (I might even check the rename requests page again this week, but not tonight.) -- Dvortygirl ( talk) 05:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
You are an oversighter! And I have been told you are out and about at the moment. This above article got deleted recently, was an attack page containing the mobile number of the target. The mobile number is still in the history, and just thought I would check with you as to whether the history needs to be deleted to keep the number completely hidden (the deleting admin did point out only admins can see it, which I had forgotten, so I said I would just ask but not expect it to be necessary). Regards, SGGH speak! 12:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Is currently at MFD - as you're the one who originally userified it, you might want to argue for it. — iride scent 15:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, I was wondering if you knew who the this user is a sock of? Tiptoety talk 16:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this, I seriously apologise. I felt it was sock puppetry there. I realise I jumped the gun, so to speak, and I will personally apologise to Nothing444 for that block. Should I resign? Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. God, semi-protection isn't enough to stave off these wankers :/ Sceptre ( talk) 18:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I wrote an article about a website that is a pioneer in the 3d application video tutorials. It is considered spam, even if it was the first company to produce end to end video tutorials. I consider that being pretty important. If this matter isn't worthy to be in an encyclopedia, I ask you why is the 3D Buzz article still online? I followed that article as an example, and so far 3 of the articles I wrote were considered spam. I've read the guidelines, but they are very ambiguous. I await your response on my talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InProgress ( talk • contribs) 10:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
im editing rhinoplasty at the moment. but im very new to it all. just started last week. u can see my contribution to the talk. i think this section on Alexander Z. Rivkin M.D. should be removed. or at least greatly mondified by addition of many other surgeons. not including me. although im a surgeon, im not of international stature! im an ENT surgeon from toronto. what is the least irriating and kindest way to proceed? do we need some type of concensus process? Oakleysmith ( talk) 21:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Hihi...I don't know if you remember me....I was one of the instigators in the Tedious Z stuff. Anyway...I stumbled on an AfD that was closed, I felt incorrectly...so I took it to review [ [2]]. I am getting completely frustrated with this process. It seems that just because no one likes the guy (heck, not even ME!) that no one will admit that there is enough there to show notability...Could you take a look and give me a reality check? I may be way off, but I just feel like there is enough there. I appreciate your time and help or kick in the pants...whichever you decide to give :) (oh, btw, did you see TZ's blog, he's been kicked offa ANOTHER forum for the same thing!!) LegoTech·( t)·( c) 07:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I've recently been prodded toward adminship, but I'm nervous about taking it on and I feel I need coaching. I have it on very good authority that you are an exceptional admin coach, so I thought it best to make your acquaintance and ask for your help. Please, can you help? Serendi pod ous 14:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I've cordially invited you to help open a fresh can of worms... — iride scent 16:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison I'm sorry to bother you with this but Jehochman recommends I contact to you about a banned user who is ban evading using University of California Santa Barbara library and IT dept IPs. (See my post to Jehochman for details).
User:Anacapa was banned for using multiple IPs (24 from UCSB) to avoid scrutiny while povpushing and trolling on Shunning, Menonite, Gender, Project Gender studies, Feminism, Rape, Incest and other articles. A full history of his disruption is here in this report. An archive of the ban discussion is here
Anacapa was also found to be likely using sock-puppet accounts (see RFCU case here). One of the IPs he used in the last few days was previously blocked by Coelacan for this same reason [3].
Jehochman recommended that I contact you in order to asses "how many unrelated users are in this range, and if there would not be too much collateral damage, could we have a range block". The range in question includes these IPs: 128.111.97.148, |128.111.95.110, 128.111.95.171, 128.111.95.38 (I think the range is 128.111.0.0/16 but I'm no expert in this area) other IPs used by Anacapa can be seen here but the 4 listed here are the 'live' ones.
Thanks for taking the time to go through this and sorry if this is a really complex issue but Anacapa is quite a complex troll-- Cailil talk 14:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Alison, I'm looking through the admin coachee requests trying to find people who are A) qualified to run for adminship right now and B) people who need some help, but could be a candidate in the future. I found a candidate whom I think could be an admin, but needs help. According to the coaching status page, you are willing to take on a coachee, so I was wondering if you could take a look at Realist2? That link will take you to the section of his talk page where I vetted him some. Balloonman ( talk) 17:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
You did a check on Sumerophile ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) which resulted in a block, currently active. In the meantime we have Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) who has today introduced a dozen or so cfds such as this one, relating to categories and redirects heavily edited by Sumerophile. Moreover Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes opened the account on 26 April (S was blocked for 72 hours on 25 Apr). So I think these 2 are related and checkuser might confirm this. -- roundhouse0 ( talk) 17:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Alison. Someone's requesting an unblock of one of the IP addresses you recently CU-blocked. Would you mind taking a quick look if you've got the time? Thanks... User talk:Exxolon#Here we go again... Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 20:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Please see: User talk:AaronSw. Thanks! Tiptoety talk 02:02, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
...and I was sorry to miss you at the podcast recording earlier - it was quite an interesting one, and the audio is all online now over at WP:NTWW - hopefully you can make another one before too long (in fact, p'raps I'll look for you on skype next week sometime to try and discuss an idea I've got....)
In other news - I also wanted your advice about something..... I've created a 'long term straw poll' for the ideas at WP:OPTOUT, which is located at Wikipedia:OPTOUT/Long_Term_Straw_Poll (I don't think the current deletion discussion is going to delete it, which is good, and I'm not really worried about that aspect) - but what I was wanting some advice about is where the community draws its lines in regard to 'canvassing' - I'm obviously notifying you about it here - and I'd like to drop a note in the talk pages of the other folk who commented at the proposal talk page to hear their views (both in support, and 'against' the proposal) - any thoughts you've got on whether or not that's a good idea would be welcomed.
cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 06:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison! Just wanted to send you my sincere thanks for sorting out the infuriating situation, that was the IP block fiasco. I do hope that the vandal is either caught or stopped. I feel extremely honoured at being allowed this unblock, and you can be sure that I shall continue to fight my relatively new war in improving articles and fighting vandalism! Whilst I acknowledge I'm a newbie, I really want to learn as much as I can, its just Wikipedia can and is at times, very confusing! Regards, δ²( Talk) 07:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
If you could i would like you to rename me from iordanis_athanasiadis to iordanis_777.Thanks in advance and have a nice day.-- Iordanis777 listening 08:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the immediate reply.Have anice day!-- Iordanis777 listening 06:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison,
Flo suggested that you might be able to help resolve the viability of an idea relating to the use of checkuser in wiping VK's slate clean, so if you have moment do you think you could take a look at User talk:Giano/Terms for VK's return#Forgotten_socks? Any guidance would welcome :)
Thanks! -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 13:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
You beat me to the bisexual revert!Good job! Mr. Green Hit Me Up Userboxes 17:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, I was following the discussion at AN/I, and sorry if I'm missing something here, but are Scarian and Enigmaman one and the same? Forgive me if I've overlooked something. Best, AlasdairGreen27 ( talk) 21:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Are these accounts confirmed as socks of User:NisarKand or User:Beh-nam, I was a bit confused by your comment. Also, I was unable to locate the IP that reported it in the page history to block them, do you happen to have that? Tiptoety talk 22:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please verify that ticket #2008041110026206 verifies that Image:Machinedrum.jpg is released under the GFDL, and if so let me know on my talk page? A user has claimed this and I just want to be sure it's all in order. Stifle ( talk) 22:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison! I've decided to give you some flowers in an attempt to prevent you from finding dreadful every time I drop by at your talk page with a checkuser request for Polscience. Hope you like them! :-)
And now (when you least expect it) here comes the dreadful checkuser request for User:Polscience, bwahaha. :-P New suspected socks: User:Fitzier, User:Selma Kaufmann, User:Abdel Cader and User:Monica Arria. Could you please have a look at them when/if you have time? Thank you. PS- I hope you liked the flowers, they were not meant to be just a shameless bribe but a nice gesture towards a user who truly deserves them. :-) Best regards, Hús ö nd 03:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me rollback! I'll use it responsibly. Sleepaholic ( talk) 05:20, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
...and you will do in a few days. Ta, -- 1qx ( talk) 18:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Not to bother you, but I really need a reply on that email that I sent you. Thanks! Mww113 (talk) 18:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Since flowers seem to work....
Just kidding! You Deserve them! But I still need an answer! Thanks! < The reason for the bribe Mww113 (talk) 20:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Allison, on the checkuser, User:Litrboxr, who I suspect to be NisarKand, slipped in the accounts Duvarngreen and KyleSmithX as being confirmed sockpuppets and then uses this page to revert several edits by them. Can you correct this? Vinh1313 ( talk) 19:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
There is a new user with a handle very similar to mine editing articles that I used to edit. What makes me most suspicious is that their user page redirects to mine. Since I had a similar experience not too long ago with an avatar of mine stemming from an IP originally used by User: Polscience I would like to ask you to check, whether again I am facing a kind of fraud. Tomeasy ( talk) 03:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Please can you drop in on David Lauder's Talk page. -- Major Bonkers (talk) 13:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Alison.
I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. For now, I think I'm going to take a bit of a wikibreak, as this experience was somewhat draining. Hopefully, I'll be able to put more energy back into OTRS now as well. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi ( talk) 19:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
TougHHead is back with Master Ned ( talk · contribs). Any IP work you can do here? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 20:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi : )
I left a question further up, if you have a moment : ) - jc37 00:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Express permission was given by the artist to use the image freely on wikipedia. Do I need to contact him again to have him specify that the license is "free" in order for the image to be undeleted? How many hoops do I have to jump through to get the image approved? See below for your response to the person who nominated the image for deletion. Please let me know the necessary next step. Thanks. Wanglechangle8 ( talk) 12:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
OTRS Ticket Could you please verify that ticket #2008041110026206 verifies that Image:Machinedrum.jpg is released under the GFDL, and if so let me know on my talk page? A user has claimed this and I just want to be sure it's all in order. Stifle (talk) 22:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I can confirm that the subject/owner has given "express permission" for the above image to be used on Wikipedia. License was not specified but the ticket was closed as successful - Alison ❤ 23:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that. This AfD was withdrawn to let an improvement effort proceed. I'd close it as speedy keep, but I've already left a comment on the page and it would be good form if someone else did it at her own discretion. Could you have a look, please? -- Kiz o r 19:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Got an off-wiki question for you. Your email still good? (nothing important, just following up on something you offered a while back :)) SirFozzie ( talk) 05:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
It was a recreation of a deleted article for a wiki full of trolls. Ipso facto...I deleted it again. Adam Bishop ( talk) 08:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
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I have come to wish you a Happy Happy Birthday and hope all wishes come true. well done. Thank You! Buddha24 ( talk) 08:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC) |
Lol! Viridae Talk 08:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please unprotect this and create it as a redirect? Thanks.-- AnonymousUser12345 ( talk) 09:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
And Encyclopediadramatica, thanks!-- I LIVE IN A HAT ( talk) 10:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I have posted the conditions on VK's page, but I don't know how to do collapse, or know how long they have to remain in full before collapse, so can I leave that to you or BHG? Giano ( talk) 12:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
PS Now that the discussion have been closed, I suggest that the "please discuss here" notices at the top of VK's talk page should be removed. It might be a good idea to transclude {{ User:Vintagekits/terms}} there as well, but I'll leave it to you to decide whether that's appropriate. My guess is that editors are more likely to visit his talk page than his user page, so the terms are more visible on his talk, and that may be useful to Vk if any admin is tempted to jump in with a block rather than take it to WP:ANI; however there may be concerns that this would be rubbing his nose in it. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 14:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, could you please check your e-mail? I need your opinion about something. Thanks. -- Kyok o 12:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Ali, hope you're doing okay. I hate to just pop by and request a favour but.... can I request a favour? Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Grant.Alpaugh is causing a few established editors a bit of a headache, there's also a RCU dealing the same thing. Can you push it through? I highly suspect only the IP will match Mr Alpaugh... Cheers, no problems if you're too busy... The Rambling Man ( talk) 14:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thatcher confirmed it for me but I would like you to confirm the confirmation. (Run a checkuser on my IP).
I am a doctor. I do not want people to think that I am an angry patient, a convict, or work for a pharmaceutical company as a marketing representative. Based on my IP, one can make this conclusion.
Would you confirm that I am a doctor based on my IP. Once I get some sort of indication that I am a legitimate person, I want to start writing articles. I didn't want to start before because I was afraid someone may think I have a hidden agenda or conflict of interest. By stating my profession, everyone knows it and disclosure eliminates any possible conflict of interest (or at least let's people know so that they can form their own opinion).
Possible conclusions
Doctor Wikipedian is or is likely to be a doctor based on IP. He is not editing from a prison, home, or pharmaceutical company.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from a prison and may be a convict.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from an IP assigned to a pharmaceutical company.
Doctor Wikipedian is editing from a school and may be a student or teacher.
Doctor Wikipedian ( talk) 16:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all the results for the checkuser on Grant. Kingjeff ( talk) 17:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Kingjeff ( talk) 18:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
If assuming good faith was mean for every situation then nobody would ever get blocked in Wikipedia. I did assume good faith at the begining. Assuming good faith doesn't mean turning a blind eye to how he has acted with me. Kingjeff ( talk) 19:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, you has email :) Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 17:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Erm, out of interest, was it Johnny? Cos, we should probably block the IP's if it is. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
:O (is surprised it wasn't JTV.) Well, thanks for letting me know. :) Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. To be honest now it is less anger and more frustration and a little sadness that Kingjeff refuses to take responsibility for his own actions and continues to blame Grant for the sockpuppet case saying that he was sorry that Grant forced him to do it, which with all due respect is quite clearly not true. We are all responsible for our own actions, no-one forced him to do it. Also he has apologised to everyone else involved now (after being suggested strongly that he should do so) saying, "Sorry for the Sock case. This was more about Grant then it was about you" yet on my talk page he offers no such apology just the general "sorry Grant made me do it" message. That now I just find funny though. I realise that perhaps I should have just ignored all this, but I would never even have known about the accusation (nor would anyone else) had Rambling Man not informed me, yet Kingjeff still seems unwilling to see how his actions affect others. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 21:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a heads up about Kingjeff that he has now added a userbox on his userpage saying he has decided to leave wikipedia. Whilst I have not appreciated being drawn into all of this, the last thing I would want is for him to leave and wondered if it might be worth your trying to persuade him to stick around? I would do so but doubt he would pay much attention. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 22:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, so sorry to pester you my dear, but could you possibly slide by this Checkuser. There are some reasons I'd like it looked at fairly promptly. Sorry to bother you! Pedro : Chat 21:35, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I guess this was a mistake? Acalamari 22:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Yet another Wikipedian who raoks. I didn't think anyone would be kind enough to do this, and I didn't even have to ask anyone and people have helped. I'm appreciating how o.k. people have been, when I've been a bit two-faced or mocking, I suppose.:)
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I appreciate your help so much, and was not expecting it from anyone one bit. Thank you for this lovely surprise. Merkin's mum 23:37, 14 May 2008 (UTC)} |
[4]. Perhaps you can get rid of that as well? ATren ( talk) 00:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
G'day NotTheWikipediaWeeklian (p'raps we need a catchier nom de plume?) - it's terribly short notice but I'm going to be hosting a discussion tomorrow, Thursday 15th May at 23.00 UTC (head to the 'NotTheWikipediaWeekly' page for full info, and a date and time convertor) - that's about 21 hours from now....... There could well be an additional conversation 24 hours later - so take your pick! - I will likely cover the topics which I nominated, and am aiming for a snappy 40minute conversation - do come along if you can! cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 02:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you be so kind as to restore comments of mine to the Sussexman Sock, D Lauder's talk page. He has removed parts of comments and left others, changed a heading and removed an important statement of wikipedia rules, these edits combined have quita altered the meaning and point of the section. I note Sussexman is keen to return to editing, it needs to be pointed out, that this is not the way to go about it. I am reluctant to enter into an edit war with an established and proven sockpuppet of a blocked and banned user. \If this is not possible perhaps it would be best it the page is blanked and redirected to Sussexman Thanks. Giano ( talk) 06:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. And, ummm, yeah, definitely a member of the female sex. I hope you find I live up to your expectations – admin-wise that is! Best, Risker ( talk) 16:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi.
I've a concern, and I would like your thoughts.
The user above has been a sock puppeteer for some time now.
As I recall, he was banned due to an inordinate amount of time in user space, coupled with a fake suicide threat. It was determined that he wasn't here to build the encyclopedia.
Since then, I've encountered him using several IPs. (172.164 172.165 172.167 172.168 and some in other ranges as well 6x. 7x. ) And using several accounts. (See: User talk:The Big X and User talk:Sox207 in particular. And here's a checkUser)
So now I'm in a quandry. In looking over his multitude of edits, they're mostly involving userboxes (Note the name User:Babelious) or harassing other editors when they revert him. (See this lengthy tirade.) The few exceptions mostly include animated television.
I think I've now discovered a "sleeper" account (which has several other sock and IP probabilities with it), and may do a checkUser, but first I wanted to ask:
Is it worth it?
Does it matter if I'm reverting him as an IP or as an account.
I'd love to say he's a well-meaning editor, but the way he attacks people on talk pages and his past actions suggest that this is rather not likely, and besides the want to play with userboxes, he sees Wikipedia mostly as a game.
So here's my quandry. I'm finding myself tempted to unblock him and just say "skip it." His forays in mainspace, rare though they are, are typically non-disruptive minor edits (while often reverted half the time for various reasons related to the edits themselves).
Am I being too forgiving? Probably. (And probably due to the fact that other than him and another indef blocked editor, I don't do much vandalism patrol or blocking.) But anyway, I'd like your thoughts on this.
(I'm honestly wondering if you even remember being involved in the ban discussion at the admin's noticeboard. If I didn't encounter him periodically. I wonder if I would.) - jc37 01:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
← Guess I'd better answer this before I get into trouble :) Without checking, I can see that this editor acts a whole lot like PatPeter did; the homophobic userboxes, the obsession with templates and the talk page organization weirdness thing. However, it was okay for me to directly check PatPeter's IP address last time and catch the other sock - that's fine - but the problem is that I have a history with this editor and that he once made a complaint about me (and another admin. Deskana??) to ANI last year so I may be said to have a conflict of interests or a bias. Could you possibly file a request at WP:RFCU and reference what evidence you have, as well as this conversation, and another checkuser will take a fresh look at it and act accordingly. That's probably the best course of action and, IMO, you have enough evidence to at least present a case. Hope this helps (and thank you for being so patient!!) - Alison ❤ 00:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, one of my pages was deleted, entitled Chapel School '08, and I was wondering if I could get a copy sent to my e-mail? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaytimdres ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison,
Due to a long-ago blocked user who persists in using IP accounts to vandalize my user and talk pages, as well as those of others, almost nightly, I am considering a range block of some addresses connected with the University of Maryland. These would be in the 129.2.17.XX and 129.2.18.XX ranges.
Per the policy page, I am asking you as someone with checkuser access how much collateral damage might be caused if it were a hard block (it would be for the remainder of their academic year, which ends May 25 or so). Can you let me know? And soon. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:34, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Blocked Espirit indef. for being a sock as per the above discussion. Also, I didn't like his edits to Bugs' user page. Hope this helps! Scarian Call me Pat! 14:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I will personally be speaking to wikipedia's lawyer, this checkuser business you have no right to access my IP infromation and will be taking wikipedia to court for invasion of privacy. If you have any objections to this then plese take it up with my office. Peterpipper ( talk) 21:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
You have mail- don't know if you've seen it or not, as not sure if one of your addys is working. Hope you are doing well.:) Merkin's mum 20:11, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, come on, Alison, please don't block him for that. Please. Look at the history and recollect that it's not the case that you must block—you may block, that's all. I wouldn't it I were you. (Especially not for 31 hours). Bishonen | talk 22:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
Working again! Thank you both. -- Major Bonkers (talk) 09:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings, Alison. Thanks for your speedy checkuser action helping to shut down this sockpuppet & puppetmaster. There's some ongoing difficulty on the project page that exposed this particular case, and I'm not quite sure how to handle it properly. Several of us, including at least two editors much more heavily involved in the project than I, strongly suspect that the user responsible for the 842U/BMWR1200C puppets is in fact also responsible for Vbclerate, Amarapura, Jingpho, and possibly Dddike. I can't speak for the others who suspect, but my own suspicions are based on the content, tone, style, and timing of these users' contributions to the discussion linked above, as well as certain of my suspects' having created their accounts very shortly after 842U's sockpuppetry was discovered and exposed, and/or having contributed only to this discussion. However, all of this is circumstantial, and I'm not clear on the standard of evidence required to initiate a checkuser investigation. I don't want to make extra work for anyone by filing an accusation that'll have to be tossed out as improper or frivolous. Is there some quick and easy way to check for more 842U puppets?
Two further notes:
1. I do not regard disagreement with my opinions, interpretations, preferences, or actions as prima facie evidence of sock puppetry. I believe it is possible for reasonable people given the same situation to disagree, and I bear no ill will caused by disagreement (though I do take a dim view of those who behave badly and/or refuse to comply with the letter and/or spirit of Wikipedia policy, protocol, and rules).
2. It looks as if Jingpho and Amarapura are already categorised as suspected sock puppets of 842U. Does it mean they're under active investigation, or just that someone suspects them?
Any assistance or advice you can give will be much appreciated. Please respond here or on my own talk page, as you prefer. — Scheinwerfermann ( talk) 23:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you please archive the Talk:Club Penguin page? -- Vinni3 ( talk) 06:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Alison, I have sent you an email. Anyway, I remember you from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Boomgaylove and my question partly concerns this thread as I am not sure how we list suspected IPs at RfCU or if I should just wait for a checkuser to comment on that thread or what. I do also have another question I am curious about that I included in the email. Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 18:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you take a look into this, this, this, and this for me? I'm pretty sure that qualifies as an attempt to manipulate polling and create the appearance of consensus, which means Kingjeff should be warned/blocked and the IP should be banned, right? I never had my roommate vote in the poll or weigh in on the discussion. All I asked him to do was keep the templates at the status quo until after the discussion had taken place. This is also pretty silly as the discussion had been resolved in his favor already. -- Grant . Alpaugh 20:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, Our favourite sockmaster is back. China and Names of China are once again clogged up with Peter zhou's sockpuppet edits. Could you track down his sleepers? Thanks, nat.u toronto 05:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, pl note that this British editor has moved the article while discussion is ongoing. Are you going to do anything?????? Sarah777 ( talk) 14:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Alison, any word yet? The user who asked me to send you the email is getting slightly impatent :P Thanks, Mww113 (talk) 21:45, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Plip!
User:Hurlfordkillie has done a number of problematic edits per [5]. In addition, the editor has vandalized a totally unrelated article at Huntington Beach, California here [6]. In addition, User:Hurlfordkillie opened the account on May 2 [7], two days after User:Nimbley66 was blocked [8]. Because the only user making edits like this to these totally unrelated two articles in the past is banned User:Bennet556, could you see if User:Hurlfordkillie is a sockpuppet? Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 22:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Email sent to you just now.... cheers Tvoz/ talk 01:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, thank you for letting us know about the sad news about Padraig. Although I never communicated with him, it was sad to hear he had died. I hope that as a friend of his your pain will ease. Autarch ( talk) 11:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
You have added a checkuser block tag, as a sockpuppet of Dereks1x. He is claiming that he is not a sockpuppet. Just looking for you to confirm the findings of the checkuser. If you could reply on his talk page, that would be great. Thanks, Rjd0060 ( talk) 15:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Your
evident lack of ethics, not to mention your conflict of interest, are much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
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Could you tell me what happened here? I left two messages for Awadewit and they both disappeared (from history and contribution lists) -- RelHistBuff ( talk) 22:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you take out his IP ranges for 24-48 hours? I know there's a lot of collateral but he's simply not getting the message and responses on ANI have not been helpful. If you can't or don't want to, then that's fine. Regards, nat.u toronto 05:19, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to become an admin. I saw your name on the list of coaches, and was wondering if you could help me. Thank you if you do, and thank you for your time if you don't. You can see some of my work here, Deadwood Bonsai Techniques, here John Kiggins, and here Uaru. Remilo ( talk) 12:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so I've been marginally out to lunch the past week and ruined an entire long weekend doing paperwork from the office, not even getting to edit anything fun (let alone plant the garden). But it took me to this morning to realise that you'd done a bit of drive-by "vandalism" to my userpage! I promise to be more attentive to guests in the future. Thanks, I wondered where those came from! Risker ( talk) 13:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
First of all, I want to apologize if I'm bothering you since I can tell that you are more than just fairly busy.
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at a RFCU I put in a few days ago at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Girl Get it. This was only the second RFCU I've ever submitted and the first one was for the same case of a suspected block evading sockpuppeteer. I had some issues in trying to get the case to display properly so I'm wondering if it's still not listed the way it should be. I'm only asking because I listed it on May 16 and, so far, there's been no results. I understand that there is a possibility that there is a CU backlog so, if that's the case, please ignore me and accept my apologies. I just want to make sure that my case is listed properly so that it can be confirmed as related or unrelated accordingly.
Thank you very much for your time!
Peace! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I would just like to say thanks for the neutral vote in my recent RFA. I will still say thanks as from your comments and the other users comments that opposed me and gave me a neutral vote have made me make a todo list for before my next RFA. I hope I will have resolved all of the issues before then and I hope that you would be able to support me in the future. If you would like to reply to this message or have any more suggestions for me then please message me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· Talk/ Cont 16:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, if I am in and edit war with editor with Sally, and on the verge of 3RR, and I openly invite another editor Jane (who is elsewhere ostensibly moderating a discussion about the to develop consensus on the very subject on which Sally and I disagree) to intercede on my behalf, make an edit to keep me from violating 3RR... have I broken the Wikipedia rules, if so, which? Is this "punishable?" Also, lets say the other editor Jane complies with my request and makes exactly the edit I request... what are the ramifications to that editor? Pleaseread ( talk) 17:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Caught this one escaping the dryer. Enigma message 20:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
You've got mail. Trust me, you'll want to see it ;). ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 02:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, could you please semi-protect User:Kyoko/Genesis Apocryphon for the usual reasons? Thanks. -- Kyok o 05:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, BusinessLawyer ( talk · contribs) is asking for an unblock. I have to say, I can't see any threats in the contrib history, is this a checkuser block? Thought I would ask. Thanks and warm regards. Woody ( talk) 12:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I changed your soft block into a hard block. There haven't been any legit edits from that IP in a long time. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 14:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Alison, can you check to see if Fromos ( talk · contribs) is a reincarnation of Jmfangio ( talk · contribs)? (Please see Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Tecmobowl if you need a refresher on the case.) Fromos, who did not edit for a year, has filed an arbitration request out of the blue against Chrisjnelson, the user whom Jmfangio regularly harassed. Thanks. -- B ( talk) 20:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Is the next step to remove the string "Daniel Brandt" from the references in the PIR article? I fail to see how mentioning Brandt, the only person who seems to have anything to do with the intelligence-agent-personal-information database, four or five times instead of once or twice violates BLP. 'Lowering the quality and Google rank of articles' doesn't seem to be stated in the policy yet. John Nevard ( talk) 07:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Alison. :) I know you're very busy, but you're one of the few admin coaches available at this time, and I was wondering whether or not you'd be able to coach me; I'm currently looking for a coach to help me out. Would you be interested?
Cheers, -- Mizu onna sango15/ 水女珊瑚15 04:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC).
Take care, -- Mizu onna sango15/ 水女珊瑚15 05:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC).
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User:Jimmycrackcorn44 has done the same kind of edits as User:Hurlfordkillie, namely numerous edits to Kilmarnock (see [9]), inserting new populations and town names (like [10] compared to [11] and [12]), vandalism of Huntington Beach, California (see [13]), and the new user account was set up the day after User:Kilmarnockscotlandsteel was blocked( [14]). I believe it is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556. In addition, Kilmarnock may need a semi-protect. Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 22:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Looks like he is back and back to annoying D.M.N. Is there any chance you can look at the underlying ips again and do something to stop him? Cheers Spartaz Humbug! 06:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately, he seems to be hopping from IP to IP. Cowboycaleb2009 was created this morning, although he's now blocked by LAX. D.M.N. ( talk) 11:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
This banned user has many sockpuppets, and plans to vandalise various football and mathematics articles. Be warned!! 86.141.15.129 ( talk) 16:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
very much for your kind words and support at my RFA. It means a lot to have the confidence of one's peers and perhaps particularly of editors as well respected as you! I hope to live up to the trust and not to mess up to badly or too quickly! -- Slp1 ( talk) 13:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, would you mind taking a look at this please. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 20:38, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Code B...check my logs :P, CU entries 01:04, 27 May 2008 & 01:05, 27 May 2008. Thanks! ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Go into your page history and run an IP check on the first redlinked name you see as of this writing. - Jéské ( v^_^v E pluribus unum) 17:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for this. Kevin ( talk) 07:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
An féidir leat súil a chur arís ar Wikipedia:RFCU#Here.27s_some_fun? Chonacthas gur choisc thú níos mó ná deichniúr aréir agus tá grúpa nua curtha síos ag MER-C. Stifle ( talk) 13:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Ali, pl check Great Britain and Ireland asap; some e-warriors are trying to merge it despite an active discussion which is not concluded. Sarah777 ( talk) 23:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
We had a request over at WP:EAR for someone to check out this article. I wouldn't know the first thing about the place, but figured you either would know or would know who to ask about it. If you have a minute, please check it out. Thanks. And great to hear from you, too. Pastordavid ( talk) 15:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
User:Kilmarnockscotlandsteel has done the same kind of edits as User:Hurlfordkillie, namely numerous edits to Kilmarnock (see [15], including copyvios (gave a warning on that), vandalism of Huntington Beach, California (see [16]), and the new user account was set up two days [17] after User:Hurlfordkillie was blocked. I believe it is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556. Thanks, Alanraywiki ( talk) 21:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
← Confirmed - the following -
←Agus ceann eile, IP an t-am seo: User:78.144.156.65. Faoi Vicífhoclóir, caithfidh mé a rá nach bhfaca mé é riamh, ach b'fhéidir go ndéanfaidh mé é i bpointe sa todhchaí!! I haven't really the time at the moment, and when I do have the time I'd like to start contributing to the Irish language wiki first, but then maybe I'll have a look. Thanks! -- Schcambo aon scéal? 20:39, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison, you may find Special:Contributions/Cherry rose interesting. I don't care about this enough to file a SSP or RFCU request, but I know you are watching several people who edit on these topics as several of them are on probation. — Andrwsc ( talk · contribs) 16:46, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You have mail.....; just a thought. :O) FlowerpotmaN·( t) 23:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I suspect User:Kristophern66 is a sockpuppet of User:Bennet556 because all these edits [19] were done within minutes of the new user account being set up [20], the edits are mainly for Kilmarnock, and the sockpuppeteer has already been identified as Kristopher Nimbley User:Nimbley66. Alanraywiki ( talk) 19:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
The title pretty much says it all. - Revolving Bugbear 01:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
And now you have one from me too. Risker ( talk) 16:18, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone at the above IP address (which you blocked for two weeks as Grawp) has filed an unblock request claiming collateral damage. Can you take a look? Thanks! KnightLago ( talk) 02:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, just wondering what the situation is with regards to the latest Checkuser case put forward by ONiH. Thanks, Counter-revolutionary ( talk) 11:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Traditional Unionist is annoyed that you blocked him for 3RR but didn't block the other party to that dispute. Please read this section of his talk page and explain to him your thought process. Shalom ( Hello • Peace) 14:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you cast your eye over the discussion on this edit conflict issue, and see if you can't help resolve. Otherwise I'm going to have to open an RfC (again) and I'd rather avoid the waste of everyone's time. Guliolopez ( talk) 16:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Ho...hum.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 07:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
"Impartial" being just as important a qualification as "admin", I should hope.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 07:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to reserve judgment on the first part of that. I would have agreed with the second part but for the last word.
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 08:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I do?
Lapsed Pacifist ( talk) 09:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
One checks out, see if any others are beating the sheets. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 16:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Found a couple made on the same days as the latest confirmed socks but didn't block (didn't have a clear enough link)...I think they're still worth checking however. Take a look at this, this, this, this, this, this. This one I blocked because of the username but check if it needs a hardblock. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 23:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
←Guys - I have a theory on this, too. I'd say hold off blocking until something bad happens. Don't want to talk about it on here for reasons obvious but yeah, hold off. PPG - your first set of accounts checks out okay, so don't block! - Alison ❤ 01:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I really don't mean to be a pest, I'm just trying to let the other well meaning souls get on with their work without this guy's disruption. Thank you very much! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
We're starting; would you like to join us? :) Anthøny 21:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Alison. You may remember that I once asked you to oversight my userpage. The reason for it was because the page history contained my IP address. I am now at RfA, and the deletion of the userpage's history is being used as a reason to oppose at my RfA. "People should also be wondering why his userpage was deleted. I believe I remember the reason, but can't prove it without seeing the deleted revisions." I was wondering if there's anything you could do to help? Thank you, Enigma message 22:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
←Enigmaman - I have the original email from May 1 right here and it clearly states that you needed your userpage deleted/oversighted due to genuine and serious concerns regarding your privacy. I evaluated this, saw a genuine, valid concern and acted accordingly - Alison ❤ 00:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
But you baleeted it! Viridae Talk 11:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alison. I see that User:Anna polly made a checkuser request to you above and actually helped find quite a few socks at RCU. However, I suspect that Anna polly herself (or himself) might be a sock of User:Polscience. Could you check that for me? Regards, Hús ö nd 17:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
← I also got that email and am working through it at the moment. I'll followup with the checkuser who ran the original case in a while here. Busy ... :) - Alison ❤ 18:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)