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Duck? – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Hey, are Actual123 and/or Lhelfer related to Createitnow114?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:35, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
Ppt91 talk 20:03, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
I'd be happy to have some help getting this entry to mainspace. Details on the school colors and mascots would be great.
Also:
FloridaArmy ( talk) 23:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Per this, User:Spinningspark has left us, the project and the world. He was still editing right up until a few days before his passing on 17 February. Thought you'd like to know, remembering working with him during the multi-year Bacon Challenges of yore, when we were younger and people were posting images of Maatjesharing eating on your Talk page. Geoff | Who, me? 14:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies! Just a note to say thank you and that I replied last night, in case it got lost along the way. And, in any case, much appreciate your taking the time to help. Ppt91 talk 17:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, regarding this block. An ever-changing IP from the Dallas area has been trying to add information for years, both to John C. Hull (politician) and Boston. Usually the same edit. As I recall, they once identified themself as a descendant of Hull. Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:03, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 16:01, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
No words... If you have the time, can you have a read-through for errors which I have no doubt made. I need to take a mental break, but still have some expansion work to do later (book sources to incorporate). Eddie891 Talk Work 22:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
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my daily stories |
Late happy new year - I was away for most of January. Now I write my own stories, today about a Ukrainian actress born OTD and a cantata that was performed 300 years ago (three days ago). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
... and today a book, Alte Liebe, for Valentine -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
... and today the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:24, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
I don’t know the technical how and why of how the IP editor thing works. But when logging out one time I found myself under an IP who was blocked by you…just feel like telling too out of caution that was not me. The IP number is xxx. Thank you! Jhenderson 777 16:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, see the comments that I have added at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Prince Of Roblox. AP 499D25 ( talk) 10:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
I probably would not have remove that OK content. -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 21:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
ta (dank u) JarrahTree 02:49, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I've been trying to clean up the article John Hull (merchant) for the past few days. The article has long-standing issues with inappropriate sourcing, a reliance on primary sources and OR interpretations, and factual innaccuraries. Last night, a roving IP popped up that started reverting my edits. I've tried to engage with them on their talk pages here and here, but they have just continued to revert me. I then tried adding inline notes on problematic claims, but they reverted me again 1 2 3 and accused me of knowing/being "Richard 666" in a couple of edit summaries.
Looking through the page history, I found that you reverted an IP in 2021 for socking, (possibly because the IPs are the person who formerly edited as User:Theonomad). The IPs seem to have a history with the page; they repeatedly say that the unsourced claims I've removed have stood for over two years. I was wondering if you can provide any context or guidance on what I can do. Thank you! CoatGuy2 ( talk) 14:44, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Excuse me? Show me the vandalism, because whatever I did must surely have been an editing error, and I cannot find it anyhow. -- Coldtrack ( talk) 19:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Greetings. Saw you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emilio Ferro as a sockfarm. Just recreated by another new editor. Thought you might look at it, since I'm not sure what other socks are involved. Onel5969 TT me 11:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
I need help in regards to List of The Boys characters. User:Michel Laurin wants to add how the TV series version of the Deep is biologically inaccurate. They have good sourcing, but I've undone their edits twice on the grounds that it doesn't belong in the main character page because it has nothing to do with the Deep and that it should go into a dedicated character page for him if he ever gets one. However, Michel has consistently counter-undone my edits three times and I fear that they are willing to start an edit war over this. I'm not sure on how to proceed, so I could use some help in resolving this situation as soon as possible please. I have already asked User:Materialscientist, but I thought it best to ask another admin just in case. Blazewing16 ( talk) 12:48, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
Although the username does not follow the pattern, about half of MorningDawning's 101 edits intersect with the master, and they are using the same platform. What do you think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
Drmies, I noted your edits to Save the Children were made in the spirit of conciseness and I agree that there was extensive fluff in the major section deleted and in the remainder of the article. Still, I would encourage you to direct your deletion efforts more surgically. In this case you had nuked BBC references which is at odds with your edit summary about lacking secondary sources. Thank you! Keitsist ( talk) 18:05, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
It looks like the bilateral relations troll has been very busy (see 151.135.87.132/16 and 5.46.247.39). M.Bitton ( talk) 17:28, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies,
I saw you welcomed Christopheronthemove. I'm surprised that an account that has only been active for 14 hours has jumped into multiple AFD discussions and is referring to WP:NFILM. But if your suspicions aren't raised, maybe I just have "new accounts voting in AFDs" paranoia. I asked them if they had a previous account they edited with but, to be honest, actual sockpuppets don't tend to be forthcoming when I ask that question.
Any way, have a great weekend. Liz Read! Talk! 04:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Gotta love what's happening on enwiki tonight. And by love, I don't mean love. LilianaUwU ( talk / contributions) 00:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello
Drmies, re your: here is four minutes and 34 seconds of Jarrett-bliss
at
[1], and very sorry to butt in as I know you weren't speaking to me there, but just noting that given there was a lot of the "sounds of silence" in that Jarrett piece, I noticed from your quoting of the timecode duration that coincidentally it's just exactly one second longer than John Cage's famous 4'33" of total silence! (Just intended as a good faith and light sharing, FWIW).
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04:15, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello Drmies,
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary. Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.
Details about the summary page, the two phases of evidence, a timeline and other answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the case's FAQ page.
For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (
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00:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team -- 12:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
I have started a discussion at Talk:Salmon_chaos#Taiwan/name_change_removals about recent edits to the page. CohenTheBohemian ( talk) 15:47, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
In this case [2] [3] with the comment [4] A much more verbose talk page message has been removed to help avoiding trout or salmon in anyway. Your thought on the matter gratefully received... JarrahTree 14:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you look at the edit history at Scarsdale, New York? Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 15:28, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Scarsdale school district is consistently ranked the 1st wealthiest school district in America. First, the source for that claim is dodgy; even if that source was 100% reliable, it says that Scarsdale's district is tied with two others for the richest in New York. The rest of the section has a couple of Business Insider sources, which are only marginally reliable, as well as a WP:CITEBOMB of Bloomberg sources. I would check that the claims being made in the section aren't being exaggerated, as is the case with the info about the school district.Similarly, the ZIP Code may be notable, given that we regularly include ZIP Codes in infoboxes, and since infoboxes are supposed to summarize information that's cited in the text. However, I'm also not sure that we should be making claims like
The areas below, while not part of Scarsdale, are also covered by 10583, for a total population coverage of over twice the village itself. There was actually a long discussion about the ZIP Codes on the talk page, but that discussion was almost 20 years ago, so it's worth starting a new discussion about the ZIP Codes. Just my two cents. – Epicgenius ( talk) 16:30, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I was wondering if you or someone else could take a look at this sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry case when you have some time? I noticed it has been opened for a while with no response. Thank you in advance. -- Griboski ( talk) 19:34, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Pls see
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/User:Igsiters <
Moxy-
22:31, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
One day after his last block they returned and is overlapping with this blocked SP https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=TheTurtleHistorian&users=Dmhw&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki. they both editing with mobile and changing mostly names and editing Chinese history. It looks like me a sock but I am not sure which master. Shadow4dark ( talk) 12:59, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.
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Drmies ( talk) 23:01, 25 March 2023 (UTC)I need some advice on how to handle the problems with this article. The article subject has been editing her article since 2019. She received a COI warning back then, but it didn't deter her from adding unsourced, self-serving material. She seemingly edits in spurts, so after a few edits in 2019, she made another bunch of edits in March 2022, and then edited much more in the last few months.
I stumbled across the article recently and gutted it. It has two refs and then a very long list of external links, most of which are interviews and YouTubes, and some of which don't work, and, as I recall, one of which is also one of the two refs. Her image in the infobox appears to be a copyright violation; she says it's her own work (they always do), but it also says that the copyright holder is someone else.
Anyway, the subject has restored everything back to the way it was a couple of times, and my warnings on her Talk page have only served to finally get her to at least say something (rather than just edit her article).
I'm not willing to edit-war with her, although I've thus far only edited the article twice. I also don't want to invest a lot of time in this. These kinds of issues are generally frustrating, and there are so many articles like this on Wikipedia, it's not worth it. You may feel the same way and not want to get involved in it, but sometimes these kinds of things grab you, so I thought I'd try.
I hope you haven't been affected much by the storms in the south.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:53, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
I thought I'd bring this to your attention. I'm not sure exactly why, but the pageant articles are really hard to keep up to standard. Over the weekend, I made similar cleanouts of unreferenced tables in a few other pageant articles. ☆ Bri ( talk) 15:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Puff piece is not far off from how I see it. I don’t like it. It’s better after you’ve edited it. I have worked on this daily tweaking it. I just want to get it out of stub and make it a proper biography. what else would you do if you don’t mind. I don’t even really like the headers but it’s already done. I just want to make it better. Anything constructive would be great thanks. Kkenya ( talk) 07:50, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
I've quoted you in my recent evidence statement at ArbCom here. Due to word limitations, I only quoted a part of your statement. I hope it is ok with you. If you think I am misquoting you or that I misunderstood your point, please let me know and I'll refactor what I wrote or strike the quote out. As someone subject to being misquoted, I certainly don't want to do it myself to anyone. (To be clear, you are not a party and you are in no danger of being sanctioned for anything). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
On 30 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynching of Allen Brooks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the site of the 1910 lynching of Allen Brooks was unmarked for 111 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynching of Allen Brooks. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Lynching of Allen Brooks), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Aoidh ( talk) 00:03, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
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my story today |
thank you! - sharing impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 25 March with ups and downs and two cats -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:19, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you salted Draft:Raditya Adi and blocked the the most recent user who created it. It has been re-created by a new account and I'm wondering if you could take a look. Thanks! Uhai ( talk) 04:09, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
You range previously tagged on a six-month block extension to range 2402:8100:2000::/35, a range that was the source of harassment against me. I looked back to see what was going on now that this extension has lifted and it's almost exclusively vandalism/incompetence. I don't expect a ton of great edits from any given IP range, but this one seems especially bad. I'm requesting you to consider an extension. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 17:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
It appears FreedomBoy77 made good on his promise to evade their block. There's some interesting info on CU wiki if you're interested (last link on my user page there). -- Ponyo bons mots 19:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, another one of my unfortunate "finds" by patrolling Recent changes. A new SPA editor, KellyJeanLynch, who claims to be a PhD student researching Hemenway, has been stubbornly adding/keeping material in the article that is either WP:UNDUE, promotional, or both. I tried discussing the problems with the student on her Talk page, but she clearly "knew better" about what was appropriate to be in the article and what was not, so I just gave up a few minutes ago. BTW, my strong guess is that Special:contributions/76.64.77.74, who edited just before her, is also her, not that I'm accusing her of socking, but that's where the addition of a great deal of material started. At this point, my main objections to the article are stated on the student's Talk page.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:30, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
...even though IP 86.28.234.94 removed it. At the time I made my initial comments I had a chat with a related admin and realize there's a lot more going on there than I initially thought. I had seen a few erroneous rollbacks at the time so I was on guard for that sort of thing. But for whatever it's worth, I'm not actually familiar with that editor prior to this. They must have gotten up to their initial round of shenanigans while I was on one of my long wikibreaks. Regardless I didn't want you to think I'd missed your message. Millahnna ( talk) 14:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
An article that been involved with ( h3h3Productions) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article ( Ethan Klein). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. Thats Just Great ( talk) 19:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I hate to bother you with something like this, but I'm at a bit of a loss. User Eni.Sukthi.Durres has made more than few edits, mainly to footballers' pages, that are not grammatically correct—often containing outright broken English, misused words, major typos, too much news-style detail (like subjective interpretations of how a player played in a match), and/or inconsistent chronologies. In two cases, Enea Mihaj and Jasir Asani, I have gone through the articles and fixed the grammatical issues, typos, and copyedited for spelling, grammar, and appropriate information. This user, however, has reverted my corrections and copyediting, all while aggressively claiming that they will "report me" if I don't stop "deleting useful contents." The problem is that I am fixing major grammatical problems and broken English—basic copyediting work that brings the article up to Wikipedia standards of clarity. I'm not sure why this user is so protective of their poorly written work, but I don't want to get into an edit-war with someone who insists on maintaining a poorly written, substandard article. Would you mind giving this a look and, if anything, intervening as an admin to help me establish my edits as improvements rather than assaults on this user's pride? Anwegmann ( talk) 20:31, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I have recently found $tar Anonymou$, a rollbacker, on English Wikipedia. What is a bit concerning is that their username is quite similar to User:$tar Anonymous, a currently blocked sockpuppet of User:Inoxent AR. I would like to say that according to this old SPI I found ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Inoxent_AR/Archive), Inoxent AR used his $tar Anonymous account for GHBH socking. Furthermore, this user page history of $tar Anonymous- https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:$tar_Anonymous&oldid=1106412240 - shows some similarities with $tar Anonymou$'s current userpage.
Could this potentially be even more GHBH socking from User:Inoxent AR? -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 01:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
I want you to know that I have chosen to regard your comment on my talk page as "pestering" me. Silly, I know, but what constitutes pestering is a purely subjective judgment, right? Anyway, I'd ask you not to do it again. Thank you kindly. OckRaz talk 03:54, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey! Can you use your magic powers on 117.237.192.0/18. You're the last CU in the block log. I've just put a long-term block on the range but I've made it a hard block because there are logged-in accounts that are clearly the same person. Can you check it's not going to cause too much collateral damage and act accordingly if it is? Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:27, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
May I know why would you revert my edit in T. Raja Singh. Quabizabdul ( talk) 00:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
First, De La Soul!!! That is a fantastic photo and it put a smile on my face. The reason I was stopping by is because you might be interested in this draft (or not). There is more about him than I was able to access but above being an Alabama legislator for a bit, he was a historian who wrote Alabama History, a textbook used in schools for decades among other possibly interesting stuff. S0091 ( talk) 19:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope you have been well. Since you have been involved in that SPI case [6], I wanted to discuss this with you. One editor there, Gugrak has accused several editors of being the same person (in the first report they were found to be unrelated, the second report is still open). Just an hour ago Gugrak added another editor immediately after a content dispute. From my experience, editors who are so keen on accusing their opponents of socking, often are socking themselves. Gugrak within 2 months has made more than 750 edits, and in the first week on Wikipedia was able to use Twinkle for many things like an experienced editor. Idk if the CU policy allows for a check on the Gugrak account in these circumtances. Hence I thought asking you instead of going to the SPI page. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 21:01, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
This is the page which you recently made an edit-warring block; RFPP had it semi'd, but full might be in order, as the content in question is continuing against consensus (shitposting). Iseult Δx parlez moi 01:31, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I was going to put the name origin story back into Hump Back (Japanese band) somewhere below the lead, but first I checked the reference. (1) I can't read Japanese; (2) even if I could use Google Translate to identify the text supporting the story, it's just a bunch of social media. So, even though it was a cute story, I can't properly reference it, so I'll let it go. Cheers! — Anomalocaris ( talk) 01:31, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
But you ran across one of the editors here last year. [8]. They’re right about the conspiracy theorist though, don’t know about the rest, just the way they are going about it. Doug Weller talk 10:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello, you're helping Bulgarian far-right nationalists to manipulate and vandalize the initially Bulgar, later Bulgarian state Bulgar Khanate. I'm not sure you do it on purpose, intentionally or not but you firstly need to make a research on Bulgars (not to be confused with Bulgarians) and Volga Bulgaria and other Oguric peoples such as Onogurs, Utigurs, Kutrigurs. I assume you did not do that on purpose. Have a good day. 𐰴𐰺𐰀:𐰆𐰍𐰺 · Karakylchyg 19:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
I simply sometimes 'have a day'. Apologies for getting my knickers in a twist over that stuff. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 23:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for noticing. - I loved to see Marian Anderson and her story of protest against discrimination by singing on Easter Sunday 9 April 1939 on the Main page yesterday. Impressions of Easter here and music here. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:52, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
My story today, Messiah (Handel), was my first dip into the FA ocean, thanks to great colleagues. - a few pics added, one day missing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:58, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
I added that day, and actually all up to yesterday. Huub Oosterhuis died, may refs are in Dutch, some facts need a ref. I'll go out now, and dream of someone having filled the blanks when I return ;) - I'll nominate now, or it may be too late. "with empty hands" -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
He's on the Main page, with many red links. - Today's stories are about Johanna Geisler and Huub Oosterhuis, a singer and a songwriter. More here if you have time. - Instead of filling red links, I went for a concert. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:35, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
I filled one of the red links, but now Irma Blank died, and had no article. - Brighter: today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, I noticed you partially blocked the IP range 2600:1700:C000:0:0:0:0:0/36 from several pages a few months ago, citing long-term abuse. I thought you may want to know that I came across this IP range continuously adding unsourced lists of character appearances to the Universal Studios Japan article without providing a single source. The user has been adding this particular section on and off for the past several months, and several users have reverted the addition of this section each time. Although someone started a talk page thread about these lists six months ago, the IP range in question has never touched the talk page.
Since you were the admin who p-blocked this IP range, I wanted to bring this to your attention. I was wondering if you were willing to either protect the Universal Studios Japan page or extend the page block. Thanks. – Epicgenius ( talk) 19:23, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the editing by NmWTfs85lXusaybq on this article. There is discussion on the talk page, but no consensus (1-1), and the editor keeps reverting to their preferred version. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:21, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
NmWTfs85lXusaybq has been warned by an admin. No need to keep this open.
Beyond My Ken (
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06:38, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Additionally, in the words of a wise admin, "This is not a debating club".
Drmies (
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20:53, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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WikihoundingPlease note that the editor has started to follow me to articles that I've edited recently (and frequently), and which they've never edited before: Flatiron Building, Enemy of the people, The Palisades (Hudson River), Nazi Party. Martin Bormann. I warned them on their talk page [9], which they deleted, as is their right. Please consider warning them about their behavior. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:11, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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Drmies, Hello, I'm here to request for indefinite semi protection need to my usertalkpage from personal attack by ip editors when we revert their edits on pages, i hope you understand my probelm and help to resolve my problems at this time. in past my usertalk page also was vandalized by many ip editors. Kind regards 🥇
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Thank you for your helpful contributions, especially reverting that troll on my talk page! User3749 ( talk) 16:24, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
Why do they discover only after being blocked that using one's real name is a poor choice? -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 17:13, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
122.106.1.123 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
They are disrupting Barry Humphries, who just died. We need to keep the article clean (I think it's even going to ITN), but technically this incompetent IP (copyvio + broken links + broken English + random unnecessary trivia, even after several TP warnings) isn't vandalizing so I'm not going to AIV. Any help appreciated. Softlavender ( talk) 08:50, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
RahulRajputWiki ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
I just discovered this guy and left him a usertalk warning. Could people keep an eye on him and block if necessary? He is clearly WP:NOTHERE. Thanks. Softlavender ( talk) 08:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
CU-confirmed with the above, blocked for a combination of CU, behavioral and username hints, and material deleted: User:Himanshu132001, Draft:10News.Live; User:LyricsLatest23; User:Mountainpackers (already blocked by Materialscientist, user page deleted); User:Fitness Flake; User:Rahul Choudhary 27; User:Infocontribution; User:Digirushsolutions (already blocked by 331dot); User:Dontgivedamn; User:UTKARSH THAKUR3090, Draft:NorthYatra; User:All Arabic Perfumes; User:Helenachris, Draft:Dushyant Savadia and User:Helenachris/sandbox; User:Graficoodesign (blocked in 2021!). Drmies ( talk) 15:35, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks all, I appreciate the time and effort. What a freaking nightmare. Softlavender ( talk) 18:59, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
User:Missy elliott2, who you previously blocked, has created a large number of frivolous unblock requests. TPA revocation may be appropriate. Partofthemachine ( talk) 04:48, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
User:ABHammad has brought to my attention that COI edits from an IP and a new user are back at MeliBio. It brings to mind the problem written about in a recent Signpost article, if I remember it correctly. (See brief new user page User:Foodieee.) I forwarded this problem from the User talk:MB page and you looked at this two months ago. It seems it needs another look by an administrator. Thanks. Donner60 ( talk) 09:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I stumbled across what appears to me to be a problematic user, and I was wondering if you and/or your stalkers could have a look. On the surface, they appear to be a constructive user, but looking at their mainspace edits, I see that none of the online references they add exist (or if a "source" exists, it's completely irrelevant). They enclose all of the URLs in <nowiki>s, which appears to be an attempt to obscure the fact that they're not valid sources. (Here are just a few examples. In Maria de Knuijt: [10] [11], in Constance Mayer: [12] redirects to irrelevant page [13], in Florian Süssmayr: [14] [15] exists, but is irrelevant) And it's not just the "online" refs. They also supply offline refs, such as for an obviously false statement, which an actually constructive user deletes in this edit. (The year of death in that paragraph is also incorrect.) I am inclined to distrust everything they've done, and it may be a case where all of their edits should be reverted. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:22, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
I suspect they're using ChatGPT to generate references and article content. The seemingly plausible but made-up references, and the rapid pace of editing, would fit with that explanation. The only reason why I thought that it might not be intentionally malicious is that some people seem to believe that these AIs are magic oracles that speak the truth instead of basically a fancy version of a Markov chain. There was someone else at ANI a few weeks ago who seemed genuinely confused to learn that if you ask ChatGPT to write you a Wikipedia article, it won't analyze the sources and understand them, it'll just make up some random shit that sounds vaguely related to the title. This perception is probably not helped by the fact that these things are now being grafted onto search engines, making them even more useless than they already were. Anyway, the user's responses aren't encouraging and I don't think they should be unblocked. Spicy ( talk) 22:03, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies!
Although User:Kaldari has retired from Wikipedia is User:Omphalographer here on Wikipedia a likely sock puppet for Kaldari or are Kaldari's edits here too old? The IP's may not match perfectly as Omphalographer is using a single purpose account. -- Marshallsumter ( talk) 23:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello Drmies. I was patrolling new userpages when I noticed OliverDidThat, a new user. They are fraudulently claiming that they are extended confirmed, a reviewer and rollbacker, although their account was created yesterday. They list seven barnstars, although they are all copied from other talk pages ( User_talk:JeffSpaceman#A_barnstar_for_you! I'm assuming the others are too as they only have 1 mainspace edit when I checked). To top it all off, they even contradict their own userpage (how can they have been a "17-year-old junior in high school" when they are apparently born in 2010??) and link to their non-existent talk page. It all just seems very fishy. Would you mind taking a look? Schminnte ( talk • contribs) 16:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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I don't really know what to do about this, so I'm taking it here for viewpoints. Should it be tagged for lack of independent citations? AFDed? Sent to COIN? (Massively) trimmed? I don't know. Please, folks, do with it what you will and I will put it on my watchlist. Softlavender ( talk) 01:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
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Hi there. Thank you so much for unblocking me and seeing reason. I truly appreciate it!
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Thank you for reverting the sock edits on Christina Aguilera article, i think you forgot to block Maxwell King123321 for being a sockpuppet though, as his account is still active. Aaron106 ( talk) 22:25, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello again. After you blocked the IPs on this range for talk page disruption, they keep adding the same nonsense to their own user talk pages, like this. Should their TPA be revoked or should they be left alone? Thank you in advance for your input. Zoe Trent Fan 🎤 💍 18:11, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Kkenya ( talk) 17:14, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
...this time appearing as Hamburgermeats. I may be wrong, but the edits to LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates are strongly reminiscent of recent and past incarnations of the sock master: They are bound and determined to have all of their long laundry list of supposed penalties under that parameter in the infobox.
What is the best thing to do here? Should I make a report at SPI? AukusRuckus ( talk) 14:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
[25] I've just added [26] after RP's full protection expired. Doug Weller talk 12:19, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Is Niuma123 the same person as Zuzanna Jablonska?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:53, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
What I need help is finding examples of a primary or independent, reliable, secondary source of information. The user Drimes really didnt go in depth on what an example of those sources are, he just shot down my draft. I dont mind that, but could that person please go further in depth on the problems with my website, considering that there's literal proof that DC Comics announced that this is a crossover event? Or at least show me examples of correct independent primary reliable source of information?
Badabingbadaboong ( talk) 01:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
OH MY GOD, I cannot believe the state of that article. I'm going to have to steel myself for that one... Bgsu98 (Talk) 02:59, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the article and the RfC on the Talk page? I've gotten to the point where I can't discuss anything with the passive-aggressive-not-a-new-user Imagritte. Anyway, the article is out of control because of the user's insistence that everything in the French article must be in the English version. One of the things I used to admire about the French was their love of argument. After all, I'm a rather argumentative fellow, so it felt comfortable, like I was more French than American. No matter how much my French friends and I argued, unlike many Americans, it never got personal. It was partly liking argument purely for argument's sake and partly fleshing things out where you might change the other person's mind, at least a little. This user isn't at all like my friends, although who knows how much Wikipedia and written interaction affect the dynamics. If you're willing to look into it, bon courage! -- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:18, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies. I have noticed that Dionis08 makes innapropriate comments towards other editors in edit summaries. They have several warnings about disruptive editing on their tp, but it seems that their edit summaries are even worse than the edits themselves. Comments of the kind of "Stop editing this page to compensate for your small wee wee", "???????? Stop editing the page", "You may chomp down on my balls my good sir, stop editing the page ffs", "keep it like this ffs you guys are making me get a brain tumor", "Silly bot reverted my edit" ("silly bot" is a long-term editor). Given the large-scale disruptive editing and the edit summaries, I wonder whether the editor is ready to give a positive contribution to those articles or not. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 20:57, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Howdy, I just wanted to stop by and say I appreciate your work.
I stumbled across a revision you made on David Petraeus and thought you deserved to hear this!
That's all, 'till next time. R. J. Dockery ( talk) 19:59, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Just so you know, it appears as though the editor Tonitorrent is a sockpuppet of Iliochori2. The account was setup just a few days ago, and it has only made edits to pages very actively edited by Iliochori2, using almost identical language, updates, and techniques. I just wanted to make you aware of this, as Iliochori2 is current banned from editing in the mainspace. Anwegmann ( talk) 22:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Mind taking a look at this draft about a Dutch TV series? I don't have access to some of the sources and the ones I can review are somewhat standard coverage but seems like there should be better sources out there. S0091 ( talk) 16:50, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
While it is entirely your prerogative, I do not see how parachuting into a contentious topic and accusing an editor (me) of edit warring to introduce a category and threatening them (me) with sanctions is helpful. For starters, the "charge" was false - the category was there for months and we were discussing whether it should or not be removed. Most importantly, however, it's a blatant violation of AGF, particularly so given that two users were having a discussion in civil terms (especially for EE standards!).
I apologise for my part in accidentally undoing your edits, but I think you can easily check my version against the last edit by MVBW to see that the only change is or should be me recovering the bits removed due to sources being highlighted as broken by MVBW (except for a single sentence that I did not re-add by mistake, and which at this point I cannot re-add without being accused of edit warring). I resent that you jumped to the conclusion of malice, although I assume it's understandable. The fact that you were editing in between is simply unlucky, but fundamentally it needn't be an issue, since I completely agree with the changes you attempted to introduce. I might add a bit or two from the article by Subtelny that you removed from external links, but if I do I will do so in the text.
Now, I do not expect (much less demand) anything, but an apology would be nice, and the restoration of the archived links would be even better (with or without an apology!). I will hold no grudges either way. Alternatively, I will restore the broken links tomorrow so as to no incur a penalty for edit warring. Cheers. Ostalgia ( talk) 18:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
was declared a traitor by some entity--or by a historiographic tradition. The category makes him a traitor in Wikipedia's voice. If that
cannot be, then what is the purpose of the category? We're literally doing that for every member of the category. For the record, I do not oppose removing the category altogether. Cheers. Ostalgia ( talk) 20:13, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
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Hello Drmies, responding to a copypatrol report I noticed the EW report and interactions between those two users; I noticed they had a massive edit war earlier today at List of women monarchs-- just an FYI. Moneytrees🏝️ (Talk) 18:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
New IP: 2601:188:C500:49E0:2151:63E6:278A:8BBE. I'm on mobile, so it's harder to reach out the right venue for this. Thank you again for your help on my user page (: – Callme mirela 🍁 17:44, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello. Just wondered whether you recall the reason for your CU block of Khadim e Khass ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? The article they created was updated by a user I've linked to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/BrookeCook and if Khadim e Khass is also linked then G5 applies. SmartSE ( talk) 11:37, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, the pesky IP-hopping BE sock seems to be concentrating on 2023, their activities having been clocked and noted at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/92.14.216.40. As I've confirmed there, it's clearly them. Would you be happy to take action? Mutt Lunker ( talk) 20:57, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
Based on various warnings and seeing that a completely new editor went straight to NHL player pages, I have a feeling that User:Gymrat16 is another sockpuppet of User:Moka Mo (link to WP:SPI), but I cannot verify it at the moment, because Editor Interaction Analyser does not work for me. – sbaio 14:27, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
They've went full mask off (pun intended). Do you think it's time for a WP:NOTHERE block? LilianaUwU ( talk / contribs) 04:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
On 15 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maria de Knuijt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maria de Knuijt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Maria de Knuijt), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for your share of the article! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Hope it's okay to pester you with this again, Drmies: A user, Felixsto, undid your reversion of the last JacobKennedy sock's work at LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates. They then went on to make further "improvement": [32]. It seems a straightforward case of quacking to me: What's your view? With thanks, AukusRuckus ( talk) 12:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for handling Marcela Ocaño at WP:ANI, tea on me! Din oz1 (chat?) (he/him) 16:15, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I have opened an SPI where you were involved. Feel free to comment if required. – Callme mirela 🍁 22:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, User:AppalachianCentrist seems to have taken it upon himself to classify and label every song, every album and every artist as some genre or other, whether that's the general consensus of music writers and fans or not. Unlike most genre warriors he does cite sources, but he uses them inappropriately, taking one review and labelling the song/album/artist on the basis of one descriptive phrase. For example with REM's New Adventures in Hi-Fi he took one review which said the album rocked "long and hard" as justification for labelling the album "hard rock". I pointed out WP:EXPLICITGENRES to him but that only has essay status. If it was up to me I'd just call REM a "rock" band and leave it at that, but some want to call it "alternative rock" or "college rock", whatever those terms mean. I guess there are a decent number of sources for those terms at least. Anyway his drive by genre-izing is rather exasperating. The Billy Joel album "Glass Houses" is not "punk", the Ramones are not "power pop" etc. One review which is merely trying to describe the music and suggest possible influences is not a basis for labeling something with a genre. This is WP:SYNTH. I've tried explaining this but he won't stop. MaxBrowne2 ( talk) 02:20, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies, I am an Account Creator on this wiki but I just got a message that my IP has been blocked for account creation when I tried creating an account. This is the IP 2401:4900:0:0:0:0:0:0/32. Hope to get help for the same. Thank you. Satdeep Gill ( talk • contribs 12:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, Tigers5347 kept changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Šar Mountains and for that got blocked for a month. That happened in 2019. Now the editor has returned to editing and all they are doing is changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Kosovo Serbs. All their edits in their editing history are the same kind of disruption. Can you take a look as this looks to me as a clear WP:NOTHERE case? Ktrimi991 ( talk) 01:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
On 8 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar James Campbell Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar James Campbell Jr., an American scholar of Shakespeare, complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read "masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar James Campbell, Jr.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Oscar James Campbell Jr.), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Helli, this user is making all Inappropriate edits in many articles and uploading copyright pictures as own. Unaware of Wikipedia guidelines and not referring to talk. Kindly temporary block this user. BrightsForever ( talk) 11:08, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi, you blocked this IP range about a year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A2603%3A7080%3A5000%3A1F%3A0%3A0%3A0%3A0%2F64 . this person is now using that range to avoid a longterm block of this IP /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/24.59.36.170 could you maybe block the range again? -- FMSky ( talk) 13:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello, On 30th November 2022, post review your have deleted grossly exaggerated unrelated information. User Keneris is attempting to add the same back BrightsForever ( talk) 11:05, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Sir, noted many artist articles used Quote & celebrity ranking under Listicles which is apart from Performance awards. How it is unacceptable please let me know? I referred article: Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, which has clean article writting history BrightsForever ( talk) 21:26, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I understand Bright for only as an actor, however he indeed is popular in Thailand industry for hosting as he started his career from many variety shows. He is popular for his photography and his pictures were part of galleries and in recognized magazines. He is renowned singer and received few awards and multiple nominations. He initiate, involve,promote and publicize charity and is recognised by Thai based organisations.
I understand that there was too much information, I'm learning from your inputs and try to have concise representation in any upcoming edits BrightsForever ( talk) 23:35, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey there,
You recently blocked an IP user (following an ANI post by @ StarScream1007:). They appear to have returned with a different IP and the same behavior. I noticed familiar behavior by @ 68.55.207.1: at Steven Stamkos (diff: [33]). I'm pretty new to this (Wikipedia editing, and dealing with such a persistent yet uncommunicative editor), and would appreciate any help or guidance. Thanks! Wracking 💬 02:29, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
FYI, they are back again. Making similar edits, again (but no longer using the Gymrat16 account). Maybe they're losing steam. Special:Contributions/2600:1007:b0ab:51d8::/64 Wracking talk! 01:00, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
I got your point, but how it's ok in Metawin Opas-iamkajorn edits, as both artist worked together and some source I picked it from there.
Here problem is there are more writter who adds all articles under Citations, as merged reliable sources into non reliable. It becomes difficult to manage hence 200k file size. I will try to decrease it with whatever I learnt. BrightsForever ( talk) 10:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Sir, yesterday you have detailed many reliable sources too like Harper's Bazaar, Elle Magazine and many Thailand based reports & news. He was part UNICEF initiative, you have deleted those too. Hence confused. Understood on the primary sources, but how it is acceptable for other artists who were part of it too, but same source is unreliable here. BrightsForever ( talk) 08:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Over-enthusiastic newbie SacredLotus7 ( talk · contribs) has just uploaded a whole bunch of non-free images and added them to Stanley Dorfman. I can't really assess their allowability. Also, the editor has puffed that article up text-wise to where it's possibly a bit de trop. Softlavender ( talk) 03:23, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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Duck? – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 16:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Hey, are Actual123 and/or Lhelfer related to Createitnow114?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:35, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
Ppt91 talk 20:03, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
I'd be happy to have some help getting this entry to mainspace. Details on the school colors and mascots would be great.
Also:
FloridaArmy ( talk) 23:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Per this, User:Spinningspark has left us, the project and the world. He was still editing right up until a few days before his passing on 17 February. Thought you'd like to know, remembering working with him during the multi-year Bacon Challenges of yore, when we were younger and people were posting images of Maatjesharing eating on your Talk page. Geoff | Who, me? 14:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies! Just a note to say thank you and that I replied last night, in case it got lost along the way. And, in any case, much appreciate your taking the time to help. Ppt91 talk 17:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, regarding this block. An ever-changing IP from the Dallas area has been trying to add information for years, both to John C. Hull (politician) and Boston. Usually the same edit. As I recall, they once identified themself as a descendant of Hull. Cheers. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:03, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 16:01, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
No words... If you have the time, can you have a read-through for errors which I have no doubt made. I need to take a mental break, but still have some expansion work to do later (book sources to incorporate). Eddie891 Talk Work 22:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
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Late happy new year - I was away for most of January. Now I write my own stories, today about a Ukrainian actress born OTD and a cantata that was performed 300 years ago (three days ago). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
... and today a book, Alte Liebe, for Valentine -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
... and today the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:24, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
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[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
I don’t know the technical how and why of how the IP editor thing works. But when logging out one time I found myself under an IP who was blocked by you…just feel like telling too out of caution that was not me. The IP number is xxx. Thank you! Jhenderson 777 16:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, see the comments that I have added at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Prince Of Roblox. AP 499D25 ( talk) 10:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
I probably would not have remove that OK content. -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 21:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
ta (dank u) JarrahTree 02:49, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I've been trying to clean up the article John Hull (merchant) for the past few days. The article has long-standing issues with inappropriate sourcing, a reliance on primary sources and OR interpretations, and factual innaccuraries. Last night, a roving IP popped up that started reverting my edits. I've tried to engage with them on their talk pages here and here, but they have just continued to revert me. I then tried adding inline notes on problematic claims, but they reverted me again 1 2 3 and accused me of knowing/being "Richard 666" in a couple of edit summaries.
Looking through the page history, I found that you reverted an IP in 2021 for socking, (possibly because the IPs are the person who formerly edited as User:Theonomad). The IPs seem to have a history with the page; they repeatedly say that the unsourced claims I've removed have stood for over two years. I was wondering if you can provide any context or guidance on what I can do. Thank you! CoatGuy2 ( talk) 14:44, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Excuse me? Show me the vandalism, because whatever I did must surely have been an editing error, and I cannot find it anyhow. -- Coldtrack ( talk) 19:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Greetings. Saw you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emilio Ferro as a sockfarm. Just recreated by another new editor. Thought you might look at it, since I'm not sure what other socks are involved. Onel5969 TT me 11:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
I need help in regards to List of The Boys characters. User:Michel Laurin wants to add how the TV series version of the Deep is biologically inaccurate. They have good sourcing, but I've undone their edits twice on the grounds that it doesn't belong in the main character page because it has nothing to do with the Deep and that it should go into a dedicated character page for him if he ever gets one. However, Michel has consistently counter-undone my edits three times and I fear that they are willing to start an edit war over this. I'm not sure on how to proceed, so I could use some help in resolving this situation as soon as possible please. I have already asked User:Materialscientist, but I thought it best to ask another admin just in case. Blazewing16 ( talk) 12:48, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
Although the username does not follow the pattern, about half of MorningDawning's 101 edits intersect with the master, and they are using the same platform. What do you think?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
Drmies, I noted your edits to Save the Children were made in the spirit of conciseness and I agree that there was extensive fluff in the major section deleted and in the remainder of the article. Still, I would encourage you to direct your deletion efforts more surgically. In this case you had nuked BBC references which is at odds with your edit summary about lacking secondary sources. Thank you! Keitsist ( talk) 18:05, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
It looks like the bilateral relations troll has been very busy (see 151.135.87.132/16 and 5.46.247.39). M.Bitton ( talk) 17:28, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Drmies,
I saw you welcomed Christopheronthemove. I'm surprised that an account that has only been active for 14 hours has jumped into multiple AFD discussions and is referring to WP:NFILM. But if your suspicions aren't raised, maybe I just have "new accounts voting in AFDs" paranoia. I asked them if they had a previous account they edited with but, to be honest, actual sockpuppets don't tend to be forthcoming when I ask that question.
Any way, have a great weekend. Liz Read! Talk! 04:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Gotta love what's happening on enwiki tonight. And by love, I don't mean love. LilianaUwU ( talk / contributions) 00:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello
Drmies, re your: here is four minutes and 34 seconds of Jarrett-bliss
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[1], and very sorry to butt in as I know you weren't speaking to me there, but just noting that given there was a lot of the "sounds of silence" in that Jarrett piece, I noticed from your quoting of the timecode duration that coincidentally it's just exactly one second longer than John Cage's famous 4'33" of total silence! (Just intended as a good faith and light sharing, FWIW).
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Hello Drmies,
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary. Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.
Details about the summary page, the two phases of evidence, a timeline and other answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the case's FAQ page.
For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (
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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023
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I have started a discussion at Talk:Salmon_chaos#Taiwan/name_change_removals about recent edits to the page. CohenTheBohemian ( talk) 15:47, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
In this case [2] [3] with the comment [4] A much more verbose talk page message has been removed to help avoiding trout or salmon in anyway. Your thought on the matter gratefully received... JarrahTree 14:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you look at the edit history at Scarsdale, New York? Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 15:28, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Scarsdale school district is consistently ranked the 1st wealthiest school district in America. First, the source for that claim is dodgy; even if that source was 100% reliable, it says that Scarsdale's district is tied with two others for the richest in New York. The rest of the section has a couple of Business Insider sources, which are only marginally reliable, as well as a WP:CITEBOMB of Bloomberg sources. I would check that the claims being made in the section aren't being exaggerated, as is the case with the info about the school district.Similarly, the ZIP Code may be notable, given that we regularly include ZIP Codes in infoboxes, and since infoboxes are supposed to summarize information that's cited in the text. However, I'm also not sure that we should be making claims like
The areas below, while not part of Scarsdale, are also covered by 10583, for a total population coverage of over twice the village itself. There was actually a long discussion about the ZIP Codes on the talk page, but that discussion was almost 20 years ago, so it's worth starting a new discussion about the ZIP Codes. Just my two cents. – Epicgenius ( talk) 16:30, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello Drmies, I was wondering if you or someone else could take a look at this sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry case when you have some time? I noticed it has been opened for a while with no response. Thank you in advance. -- Griboski ( talk) 19:34, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Pls see
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/User:Igsiters <
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22:31, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
One day after his last block they returned and is overlapping with this blocked SP https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=TheTurtleHistorian&users=Dmhw&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki. they both editing with mobile and changing mostly names and editing Chinese history. It looks like me a sock but I am not sure which master. Shadow4dark ( talk) 12:59, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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Drmies ( talk) 23:01, 25 March 2023 (UTC)I need some advice on how to handle the problems with this article. The article subject has been editing her article since 2019. She received a COI warning back then, but it didn't deter her from adding unsourced, self-serving material. She seemingly edits in spurts, so after a few edits in 2019, she made another bunch of edits in March 2022, and then edited much more in the last few months.
I stumbled across the article recently and gutted it. It has two refs and then a very long list of external links, most of which are interviews and YouTubes, and some of which don't work, and, as I recall, one of which is also one of the two refs. Her image in the infobox appears to be a copyright violation; she says it's her own work (they always do), but it also says that the copyright holder is someone else.
Anyway, the subject has restored everything back to the way it was a couple of times, and my warnings on her Talk page have only served to finally get her to at least say something (rather than just edit her article).
I'm not willing to edit-war with her, although I've thus far only edited the article twice. I also don't want to invest a lot of time in this. These kinds of issues are generally frustrating, and there are so many articles like this on Wikipedia, it's not worth it. You may feel the same way and not want to get involved in it, but sometimes these kinds of things grab you, so I thought I'd try.
I hope you haven't been affected much by the storms in the south.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:53, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
I thought I'd bring this to your attention. I'm not sure exactly why, but the pageant articles are really hard to keep up to standard. Over the weekend, I made similar cleanouts of unreferenced tables in a few other pageant articles. ☆ Bri ( talk) 15:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Puff piece is not far off from how I see it. I don’t like it. It’s better after you’ve edited it. I have worked on this daily tweaking it. I just want to get it out of stub and make it a proper biography. what else would you do if you don’t mind. I don’t even really like the headers but it’s already done. I just want to make it better. Anything constructive would be great thanks. Kkenya ( talk) 07:50, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
I've quoted you in my recent evidence statement at ArbCom here. Due to word limitations, I only quoted a part of your statement. I hope it is ok with you. If you think I am misquoting you or that I misunderstood your point, please let me know and I'll refactor what I wrote or strike the quote out. As someone subject to being misquoted, I certainly don't want to do it myself to anyone. (To be clear, you are not a party and you are in no danger of being sanctioned for anything). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
On 30 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynching of Allen Brooks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the site of the 1910 lynching of Allen Brooks was unmarked for 111 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynching of Allen Brooks. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Lynching of Allen Brooks), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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thank you! - sharing impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 25 March with ups and downs and two cats -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:19, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you salted Draft:Raditya Adi and blocked the the most recent user who created it. It has been re-created by a new account and I'm wondering if you could take a look. Thanks! Uhai ( talk) 04:09, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
You range previously tagged on a six-month block extension to range 2402:8100:2000::/35, a range that was the source of harassment against me. I looked back to see what was going on now that this extension has lifted and it's almost exclusively vandalism/incompetence. I don't expect a ton of great edits from any given IP range, but this one seems especially bad. I'm requesting you to consider an extension. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 17:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
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It appears FreedomBoy77 made good on his promise to evade their block. There's some interesting info on CU wiki if you're interested (last link on my user page there). -- Ponyo bons mots 19:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, another one of my unfortunate "finds" by patrolling Recent changes. A new SPA editor, KellyJeanLynch, who claims to be a PhD student researching Hemenway, has been stubbornly adding/keeping material in the article that is either WP:UNDUE, promotional, or both. I tried discussing the problems with the student on her Talk page, but she clearly "knew better" about what was appropriate to be in the article and what was not, so I just gave up a few minutes ago. BTW, my strong guess is that Special:contributions/76.64.77.74, who edited just before her, is also her, not that I'm accusing her of socking, but that's where the addition of a great deal of material started. At this point, my main objections to the article are stated on the student's Talk page.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:30, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
...even though IP 86.28.234.94 removed it. At the time I made my initial comments I had a chat with a related admin and realize there's a lot more going on there than I initially thought. I had seen a few erroneous rollbacks at the time so I was on guard for that sort of thing. But for whatever it's worth, I'm not actually familiar with that editor prior to this. They must have gotten up to their initial round of shenanigans while I was on one of my long wikibreaks. Regardless I didn't want you to think I'd missed your message. Millahnna ( talk) 14:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
An article that been involved with ( h3h3Productions) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article ( Ethan Klein). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. Thats Just Great ( talk) 19:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I hate to bother you with something like this, but I'm at a bit of a loss. User Eni.Sukthi.Durres has made more than few edits, mainly to footballers' pages, that are not grammatically correct—often containing outright broken English, misused words, major typos, too much news-style detail (like subjective interpretations of how a player played in a match), and/or inconsistent chronologies. In two cases, Enea Mihaj and Jasir Asani, I have gone through the articles and fixed the grammatical issues, typos, and copyedited for spelling, grammar, and appropriate information. This user, however, has reverted my corrections and copyediting, all while aggressively claiming that they will "report me" if I don't stop "deleting useful contents." The problem is that I am fixing major grammatical problems and broken English—basic copyediting work that brings the article up to Wikipedia standards of clarity. I'm not sure why this user is so protective of their poorly written work, but I don't want to get into an edit-war with someone who insists on maintaining a poorly written, substandard article. Would you mind giving this a look and, if anything, intervening as an admin to help me establish my edits as improvements rather than assaults on this user's pride? Anwegmann ( talk) 20:31, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I have recently found $tar Anonymou$, a rollbacker, on English Wikipedia. What is a bit concerning is that their username is quite similar to User:$tar Anonymous, a currently blocked sockpuppet of User:Inoxent AR. I would like to say that according to this old SPI I found ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Inoxent_AR/Archive), Inoxent AR used his $tar Anonymous account for GHBH socking. Furthermore, this user page history of $tar Anonymous- https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:$tar_Anonymous&oldid=1106412240 - shows some similarities with $tar Anonymou$'s current userpage.
Could this potentially be even more GHBH socking from User:Inoxent AR? -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 01:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
I want you to know that I have chosen to regard your comment on my talk page as "pestering" me. Silly, I know, but what constitutes pestering is a purely subjective judgment, right? Anyway, I'd ask you not to do it again. Thank you kindly. OckRaz talk 03:54, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey! Can you use your magic powers on 117.237.192.0/18. You're the last CU in the block log. I've just put a long-term block on the range but I've made it a hard block because there are logged-in accounts that are clearly the same person. Can you check it's not going to cause too much collateral damage and act accordingly if it is? Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:27, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
May I know why would you revert my edit in T. Raja Singh. Quabizabdul ( talk) 00:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
First, De La Soul!!! That is a fantastic photo and it put a smile on my face. The reason I was stopping by is because you might be interested in this draft (or not). There is more about him than I was able to access but above being an Alabama legislator for a bit, he was a historian who wrote Alabama History, a textbook used in schools for decades among other possibly interesting stuff. S0091 ( talk) 19:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, hope you have been well. Since you have been involved in that SPI case [6], I wanted to discuss this with you. One editor there, Gugrak has accused several editors of being the same person (in the first report they were found to be unrelated, the second report is still open). Just an hour ago Gugrak added another editor immediately after a content dispute. From my experience, editors who are so keen on accusing their opponents of socking, often are socking themselves. Gugrak within 2 months has made more than 750 edits, and in the first week on Wikipedia was able to use Twinkle for many things like an experienced editor. Idk if the CU policy allows for a check on the Gugrak account in these circumtances. Hence I thought asking you instead of going to the SPI page. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 21:01, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
This is the page which you recently made an edit-warring block; RFPP had it semi'd, but full might be in order, as the content in question is continuing against consensus (shitposting). Iseult Δx parlez moi 01:31, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I was going to put the name origin story back into Hump Back (Japanese band) somewhere below the lead, but first I checked the reference. (1) I can't read Japanese; (2) even if I could use Google Translate to identify the text supporting the story, it's just a bunch of social media. So, even though it was a cute story, I can't properly reference it, so I'll let it go. Cheers! — Anomalocaris ( talk) 01:31, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
But you ran across one of the editors here last year. [8]. They’re right about the conspiracy theorist though, don’t know about the rest, just the way they are going about it. Doug Weller talk 10:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello, you're helping Bulgarian far-right nationalists to manipulate and vandalize the initially Bulgar, later Bulgarian state Bulgar Khanate. I'm not sure you do it on purpose, intentionally or not but you firstly need to make a research on Bulgars (not to be confused with Bulgarians) and Volga Bulgaria and other Oguric peoples such as Onogurs, Utigurs, Kutrigurs. I assume you did not do that on purpose. Have a good day. 𐰴𐰺𐰀:𐰆𐰍𐰺 · Karakylchyg 19:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
I simply sometimes 'have a day'. Apologies for getting my knickers in a twist over that stuff. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 23:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for noticing. - I loved to see Marian Anderson and her story of protest against discrimination by singing on Easter Sunday 9 April 1939 on the Main page yesterday. Impressions of Easter here and music here. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 17:52, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
My story today, Messiah (Handel), was my first dip into the FA ocean, thanks to great colleagues. - a few pics added, one day missing -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:58, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
I added that day, and actually all up to yesterday. Huub Oosterhuis died, may refs are in Dutch, some facts need a ref. I'll go out now, and dream of someone having filled the blanks when I return ;) - I'll nominate now, or it may be too late. "with empty hands" -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
He's on the Main page, with many red links. - Today's stories are about Johanna Geisler and Huub Oosterhuis, a singer and a songwriter. More here if you have time. - Instead of filling red links, I went for a concert. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:35, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
I filled one of the red links, but now Irma Blank died, and had no article. - Brighter: today is the 80th birthday of John Eliot Gardiner. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, I noticed you partially blocked the IP range 2600:1700:C000:0:0:0:0:0/36 from several pages a few months ago, citing long-term abuse. I thought you may want to know that I came across this IP range continuously adding unsourced lists of character appearances to the Universal Studios Japan article without providing a single source. The user has been adding this particular section on and off for the past several months, and several users have reverted the addition of this section each time. Although someone started a talk page thread about these lists six months ago, the IP range in question has never touched the talk page.
Since you were the admin who p-blocked this IP range, I wanted to bring this to your attention. I was wondering if you were willing to either protect the Universal Studios Japan page or extend the page block. Thanks. – Epicgenius ( talk) 19:23, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the editing by NmWTfs85lXusaybq on this article. There is discussion on the talk page, but no consensus (1-1), and the editor keeps reverting to their preferred version. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:21, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
NmWTfs85lXusaybq has been warned by an admin. No need to keep this open.
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WikihoundingPlease note that the editor has started to follow me to articles that I've edited recently (and frequently), and which they've never edited before: Flatiron Building, Enemy of the people, The Palisades (Hudson River), Nazi Party. Martin Bormann. I warned them on their talk page [9], which they deleted, as is their right. Please consider warning them about their behavior. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:11, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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Drmies, Hello, I'm here to request for indefinite semi protection need to my usertalkpage from personal attack by ip editors when we revert their edits on pages, i hope you understand my probelm and help to resolve my problems at this time. in past my usertalk page also was vandalized by many ip editors. Kind regards 🥇
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Thank you for your helpful contributions, especially reverting that troll on my talk page! User3749 ( talk) 16:24, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
Why do they discover only after being blocked that using one's real name is a poor choice? -- Deepfriedokra ( talk) 17:13, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
122.106.1.123 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
They are disrupting Barry Humphries, who just died. We need to keep the article clean (I think it's even going to ITN), but technically this incompetent IP (copyvio + broken links + broken English + random unnecessary trivia, even after several TP warnings) isn't vandalizing so I'm not going to AIV. Any help appreciated. Softlavender ( talk) 08:50, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
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I just discovered this guy and left him a usertalk warning. Could people keep an eye on him and block if necessary? He is clearly WP:NOTHERE. Thanks. Softlavender ( talk) 08:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
CU-confirmed with the above, blocked for a combination of CU, behavioral and username hints, and material deleted: User:Himanshu132001, Draft:10News.Live; User:LyricsLatest23; User:Mountainpackers (already blocked by Materialscientist, user page deleted); User:Fitness Flake; User:Rahul Choudhary 27; User:Infocontribution; User:Digirushsolutions (already blocked by 331dot); User:Dontgivedamn; User:UTKARSH THAKUR3090, Draft:NorthYatra; User:All Arabic Perfumes; User:Helenachris, Draft:Dushyant Savadia and User:Helenachris/sandbox; User:Graficoodesign (blocked in 2021!). Drmies ( talk) 15:35, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks all, I appreciate the time and effort. What a freaking nightmare. Softlavender ( talk) 18:59, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
User:Missy elliott2, who you previously blocked, has created a large number of frivolous unblock requests. TPA revocation may be appropriate. Partofthemachine ( talk) 04:48, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
User:ABHammad has brought to my attention that COI edits from an IP and a new user are back at MeliBio. It brings to mind the problem written about in a recent Signpost article, if I remember it correctly. (See brief new user page User:Foodieee.) I forwarded this problem from the User talk:MB page and you looked at this two months ago. It seems it needs another look by an administrator. Thanks. Donner60 ( talk) 09:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. I stumbled across what appears to me to be a problematic user, and I was wondering if you and/or your stalkers could have a look. On the surface, they appear to be a constructive user, but looking at their mainspace edits, I see that none of the online references they add exist (or if a "source" exists, it's completely irrelevant). They enclose all of the URLs in <nowiki>s, which appears to be an attempt to obscure the fact that they're not valid sources. (Here are just a few examples. In Maria de Knuijt: [10] [11], in Constance Mayer: [12] redirects to irrelevant page [13], in Florian Süssmayr: [14] [15] exists, but is irrelevant) And it's not just the "online" refs. They also supply offline refs, such as for an obviously false statement, which an actually constructive user deletes in this edit. (The year of death in that paragraph is also incorrect.) I am inclined to distrust everything they've done, and it may be a case where all of their edits should be reverted. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:22, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
I suspect they're using ChatGPT to generate references and article content. The seemingly plausible but made-up references, and the rapid pace of editing, would fit with that explanation. The only reason why I thought that it might not be intentionally malicious is that some people seem to believe that these AIs are magic oracles that speak the truth instead of basically a fancy version of a Markov chain. There was someone else at ANI a few weeks ago who seemed genuinely confused to learn that if you ask ChatGPT to write you a Wikipedia article, it won't analyze the sources and understand them, it'll just make up some random shit that sounds vaguely related to the title. This perception is probably not helped by the fact that these things are now being grafted onto search engines, making them even more useless than they already were. Anyway, the user's responses aren't encouraging and I don't think they should be unblocked. Spicy ( talk) 22:03, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies!
Although User:Kaldari has retired from Wikipedia is User:Omphalographer here on Wikipedia a likely sock puppet for Kaldari or are Kaldari's edits here too old? The IP's may not match perfectly as Omphalographer is using a single purpose account. -- Marshallsumter ( talk) 23:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello Drmies. I was patrolling new userpages when I noticed OliverDidThat, a new user. They are fraudulently claiming that they are extended confirmed, a reviewer and rollbacker, although their account was created yesterday. They list seven barnstars, although they are all copied from other talk pages ( User_talk:JeffSpaceman#A_barnstar_for_you! I'm assuming the others are too as they only have 1 mainspace edit when I checked). To top it all off, they even contradict their own userpage (how can they have been a "17-year-old junior in high school" when they are apparently born in 2010??) and link to their non-existent talk page. It all just seems very fishy. Would you mind taking a look? Schminnte ( talk • contribs) 16:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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For taking care of the user who copied my user page noted above. Cheers! JeffSpaceman ( talk) 18:31, 1 May 2023 (UTC) |
I don't really know what to do about this, so I'm taking it here for viewpoints. Should it be tagged for lack of independent citations? AFDed? Sent to COIN? (Massively) trimmed? I don't know. Please, folks, do with it what you will and I will put it on my watchlist. Softlavender ( talk) 01:47, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
Hi there. Thank you so much for unblocking me and seeing reason. I truly appreciate it!
Maxwell King
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Thank you for reverting the sock edits on Christina Aguilera article, i think you forgot to block Maxwell King123321 for being a sockpuppet though, as his account is still active. Aaron106 ( talk) 22:25, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello again. After you blocked the IPs on this range for talk page disruption, they keep adding the same nonsense to their own user talk pages, like this. Should their TPA be revoked or should they be left alone? Thank you in advance for your input. Zoe Trent Fan 🎤 💍 18:11, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Kkenya ( talk) 17:14, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
...this time appearing as Hamburgermeats. I may be wrong, but the edits to LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates are strongly reminiscent of recent and past incarnations of the sock master: They are bound and determined to have all of their long laundry list of supposed penalties under that parameter in the infobox.
What is the best thing to do here? Should I make a report at SPI? AukusRuckus ( talk) 14:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
[25] I've just added [26] after RP's full protection expired. Doug Weller talk 12:19, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Is Niuma123 the same person as Zuzanna Jablonska?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:53, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
What I need help is finding examples of a primary or independent, reliable, secondary source of information. The user Drimes really didnt go in depth on what an example of those sources are, he just shot down my draft. I dont mind that, but could that person please go further in depth on the problems with my website, considering that there's literal proof that DC Comics announced that this is a crossover event? Or at least show me examples of correct independent primary reliable source of information?
Badabingbadaboong ( talk) 01:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
OH MY GOD, I cannot believe the state of that article. I'm going to have to steel myself for that one... Bgsu98 (Talk) 02:59, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the article and the RfC on the Talk page? I've gotten to the point where I can't discuss anything with the passive-aggressive-not-a-new-user Imagritte. Anyway, the article is out of control because of the user's insistence that everything in the French article must be in the English version. One of the things I used to admire about the French was their love of argument. After all, I'm a rather argumentative fellow, so it felt comfortable, like I was more French than American. No matter how much my French friends and I argued, unlike many Americans, it never got personal. It was partly liking argument purely for argument's sake and partly fleshing things out where you might change the other person's mind, at least a little. This user isn't at all like my friends, although who knows how much Wikipedia and written interaction affect the dynamics. If you're willing to look into it, bon courage! -- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:18, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies. I have noticed that Dionis08 makes innapropriate comments towards other editors in edit summaries. They have several warnings about disruptive editing on their tp, but it seems that their edit summaries are even worse than the edits themselves. Comments of the kind of "Stop editing this page to compensate for your small wee wee", "???????? Stop editing the page", "You may chomp down on my balls my good sir, stop editing the page ffs", "keep it like this ffs you guys are making me get a brain tumor", "Silly bot reverted my edit" ("silly bot" is a long-term editor). Given the large-scale disruptive editing and the edit summaries, I wonder whether the editor is ready to give a positive contribution to those articles or not. Ktrimi991 ( talk) 20:57, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Howdy, I just wanted to stop by and say I appreciate your work.
I stumbled across a revision you made on David Petraeus and thought you deserved to hear this!
That's all, 'till next time. R. J. Dockery ( talk) 19:59, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Just so you know, it appears as though the editor Tonitorrent is a sockpuppet of Iliochori2. The account was setup just a few days ago, and it has only made edits to pages very actively edited by Iliochori2, using almost identical language, updates, and techniques. I just wanted to make you aware of this, as Iliochori2 is current banned from editing in the mainspace. Anwegmann ( talk) 22:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Mind taking a look at this draft about a Dutch TV series? I don't have access to some of the sources and the ones I can review are somewhat standard coverage but seems like there should be better sources out there. S0091 ( talk) 16:50, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
While it is entirely your prerogative, I do not see how parachuting into a contentious topic and accusing an editor (me) of edit warring to introduce a category and threatening them (me) with sanctions is helpful. For starters, the "charge" was false - the category was there for months and we were discussing whether it should or not be removed. Most importantly, however, it's a blatant violation of AGF, particularly so given that two users were having a discussion in civil terms (especially for EE standards!).
I apologise for my part in accidentally undoing your edits, but I think you can easily check my version against the last edit by MVBW to see that the only change is or should be me recovering the bits removed due to sources being highlighted as broken by MVBW (except for a single sentence that I did not re-add by mistake, and which at this point I cannot re-add without being accused of edit warring). I resent that you jumped to the conclusion of malice, although I assume it's understandable. The fact that you were editing in between is simply unlucky, but fundamentally it needn't be an issue, since I completely agree with the changes you attempted to introduce. I might add a bit or two from the article by Subtelny that you removed from external links, but if I do I will do so in the text.
Now, I do not expect (much less demand) anything, but an apology would be nice, and the restoration of the archived links would be even better (with or without an apology!). I will hold no grudges either way. Alternatively, I will restore the broken links tomorrow so as to no incur a penalty for edit warring. Cheers. Ostalgia ( talk) 18:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
was declared a traitor by some entity--or by a historiographic tradition. The category makes him a traitor in Wikipedia's voice. If that
cannot be, then what is the purpose of the category? We're literally doing that for every member of the category. For the record, I do not oppose removing the category altogether. Cheers. Ostalgia ( talk) 20:13, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
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Hello Drmies, responding to a copypatrol report I noticed the EW report and interactions between those two users; I noticed they had a massive edit war earlier today at List of women monarchs-- just an FYI. Moneytrees🏝️ (Talk) 18:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
New IP: 2601:188:C500:49E0:2151:63E6:278A:8BBE. I'm on mobile, so it's harder to reach out the right venue for this. Thank you again for your help on my user page (: – Callme mirela 🍁 17:44, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello. Just wondered whether you recall the reason for your CU block of Khadim e Khass ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? The article they created was updated by a user I've linked to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/BrookeCook and if Khadim e Khass is also linked then G5 applies. SmartSE ( talk) 11:37, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, the pesky IP-hopping BE sock seems to be concentrating on 2023, their activities having been clocked and noted at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/92.14.216.40. As I've confirmed there, it's clearly them. Would you be happy to take action? Mutt Lunker ( talk) 20:57, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
Based on various warnings and seeing that a completely new editor went straight to NHL player pages, I have a feeling that User:Gymrat16 is another sockpuppet of User:Moka Mo (link to WP:SPI), but I cannot verify it at the moment, because Editor Interaction Analyser does not work for me. – sbaio 14:27, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
They've went full mask off (pun intended). Do you think it's time for a WP:NOTHERE block? LilianaUwU ( talk / contribs) 04:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
On 15 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maria de Knuijt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maria de Knuijt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Maria de Knuijt), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for your share of the article! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Hope it's okay to pester you with this again, Drmies: A user, Felixsto, undid your reversion of the last JacobKennedy sock's work at LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates. They then went on to make further "improvement": [32]. It seems a straightforward case of quacking to me: What's your view? With thanks, AukusRuckus ( talk) 12:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for handling Marcela Ocaño at WP:ANI, tea on me! Din oz1 (chat?) (he/him) 16:15, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I have opened an SPI where you were involved. Feel free to comment if required. – Callme mirela 🍁 22:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
Hi, User:AppalachianCentrist seems to have taken it upon himself to classify and label every song, every album and every artist as some genre or other, whether that's the general consensus of music writers and fans or not. Unlike most genre warriors he does cite sources, but he uses them inappropriately, taking one review and labelling the song/album/artist on the basis of one descriptive phrase. For example with REM's New Adventures in Hi-Fi he took one review which said the album rocked "long and hard" as justification for labelling the album "hard rock". I pointed out WP:EXPLICITGENRES to him but that only has essay status. If it was up to me I'd just call REM a "rock" band and leave it at that, but some want to call it "alternative rock" or "college rock", whatever those terms mean. I guess there are a decent number of sources for those terms at least. Anyway his drive by genre-izing is rather exasperating. The Billy Joel album "Glass Houses" is not "punk", the Ramones are not "power pop" etc. One review which is merely trying to describe the music and suggest possible influences is not a basis for labeling something with a genre. This is WP:SYNTH. I've tried explaining this but he won't stop. MaxBrowne2 ( talk) 02:20, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi @ Drmies, I am an Account Creator on this wiki but I just got a message that my IP has been blocked for account creation when I tried creating an account. This is the IP 2401:4900:0:0:0:0:0:0/32. Hope to get help for the same. Thank you. Satdeep Gill ( talk • contribs 12:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey Drmies, Tigers5347 kept changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Šar Mountains and for that got blocked for a month. That happened in 2019. Now the editor has returned to editing and all they are doing is changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Kosovo Serbs. All their edits in their editing history are the same kind of disruption. Can you take a look as this looks to me as a clear WP:NOTHERE case? Ktrimi991 ( talk) 01:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
On 8 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar James Campbell Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar James Campbell Jr., an American scholar of Shakespeare, complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read "masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar James Campbell, Jr.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Oscar James Campbell Jr.), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Helli, this user is making all Inappropriate edits in many articles and uploading copyright pictures as own. Unaware of Wikipedia guidelines and not referring to talk. Kindly temporary block this user. BrightsForever ( talk) 11:08, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi, you blocked this IP range about a year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A2603%3A7080%3A5000%3A1F%3A0%3A0%3A0%3A0%2F64 . this person is now using that range to avoid a longterm block of this IP /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/24.59.36.170 could you maybe block the range again? -- FMSky ( talk) 13:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello, On 30th November 2022, post review your have deleted grossly exaggerated unrelated information. User Keneris is attempting to add the same back BrightsForever ( talk) 11:05, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Sir, noted many artist articles used Quote & celebrity ranking under Listicles which is apart from Performance awards. How it is unacceptable please let me know? I referred article: Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, which has clean article writting history BrightsForever ( talk) 21:26, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I understand Bright for only as an actor, however he indeed is popular in Thailand industry for hosting as he started his career from many variety shows. He is popular for his photography and his pictures were part of galleries and in recognized magazines. He is renowned singer and received few awards and multiple nominations. He initiate, involve,promote and publicize charity and is recognised by Thai based organisations.
I understand that there was too much information, I'm learning from your inputs and try to have concise representation in any upcoming edits BrightsForever ( talk) 23:35, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey there,
You recently blocked an IP user (following an ANI post by @ StarScream1007:). They appear to have returned with a different IP and the same behavior. I noticed familiar behavior by @ 68.55.207.1: at Steven Stamkos (diff: [33]). I'm pretty new to this (Wikipedia editing, and dealing with such a persistent yet uncommunicative editor), and would appreciate any help or guidance. Thanks! Wracking 💬 02:29, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
FYI, they are back again. Making similar edits, again (but no longer using the Gymrat16 account). Maybe they're losing steam. Special:Contributions/2600:1007:b0ab:51d8::/64 Wracking talk! 01:00, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
I got your point, but how it's ok in Metawin Opas-iamkajorn edits, as both artist worked together and some source I picked it from there.
Here problem is there are more writter who adds all articles under Citations, as merged reliable sources into non reliable. It becomes difficult to manage hence 200k file size. I will try to decrease it with whatever I learnt. BrightsForever ( talk) 10:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Sir, yesterday you have detailed many reliable sources too like Harper's Bazaar, Elle Magazine and many Thailand based reports & news. He was part UNICEF initiative, you have deleted those too. Hence confused. Understood on the primary sources, but how it is acceptable for other artists who were part of it too, but same source is unreliable here. BrightsForever ( talk) 08:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Over-enthusiastic newbie SacredLotus7 ( talk · contribs) has just uploaded a whole bunch of non-free images and added them to Stanley Dorfman. I can't really assess their allowability. Also, the editor has puffed that article up text-wise to where it's possibly a bit de trop. Softlavender ( talk) 03:23, 15 June 2023 (UTC)