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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).
After being blocked for 1 or 2 weeks, Strangeguy91 returned to genre warring and all the other edits he has made before being blocked. Now he is even using an IP to make these same edits. It's like he's using many accounts to make these edits. There might be a chance that he even is Mikeis1996. It seems like every time we warn him, he persists.
Other possible IPs of Strangeguy91:
Statik N ( talk) 17:45, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
Hey, it's Statik. I wanted to let you know that back in December, I nominated Spit (album) for a good article review and haven't gotten any response. The article was copy-edited but never got reviewed for a good article status. I've had other articles get nominated for good article status ( Results May Vary, Nu metal, My Own Worst Enemy (song)) and they all got reviewed (Results May Vary passed, the other 2 didn't). Spit (album) never got reviewed. It seems I was told by another Wikipedian that it took 6 months for one of the articles they edited to get reviewed. It's now been nine months since I nominated the Spit article for good article status. Do you know what I could do? Thanks. Statik N ( talk) 20:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
You've got books by no-name authors, Tommy Udo listed as an author on "Brave Nu World" is a character from a 1940s movie: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGGE___US617US761&q=Tommy+Udo+heavy+metal&oq=Tommy+Udo+heavy+metal&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160k1.1222.3806.0.4085.16.13.2.0.0.0.288.1113.5j2j2.9.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..5.7.791...0j33i21k1.RFRDA3532vY. The sources are BAD and you know it. Stop being ridiculous and remove nu-metal from the Mudvayne pages. -- 74.42.44.222 ( talk) 21:41, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
If you actually looked at the evidence and listened to all the people trying to correct your insane, nonsensical rampage, you would understand that Mudvayne is a progressive metal band. It would do you better to correct the genre instead of accusing everyone who tries to correct your stupidity of being "one guy" like an utter moron. Mudvayne is progressive metal. Listen to your peers. -- 74.42.44.222 ( talk) 21:31, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Serge's 18th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you see may need intervention. Ferret may also answer queries, as we're both generally pretty active and on the same page when it comes to policy. Sergecross73 msg me 15:47, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
( ←) Calculator for the two ranges indicates that soft rangeblocks might be reasonable: Sorted 17 IPv4 addresses:
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
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2048 | 2048 | 17 | 172.58.96.0/21 | contribs |
1536 | 512 | 6 | 172.58.98.0/23 | contribs |
1024 | 11 | 172.58.100.0/22 | contribs | |
1025 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
256 | 5 | 172.58.99.0/24 | contribs | |
256 | 6 | 172.58.100.0/24 | contribs | |
512 | 5 | 172.58.102.0/23 | contribs | |
481 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
128 | 3 | 172.58.99.0/25 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.99.160/28 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.100.64/26 | contribs | |
128 | 4 | 172.58.100.128/25 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.102.208/28 | contribs | |
128 | 3 | 172.58.103.0/25 | contribs | |
185 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.47 | contribs | |
32 | 2 | 172.58.99.96/27 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.166 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.168 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.83 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.115 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.100.128/26 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.100.208/28 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.208 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.221 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.103.0/26 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.79 | contribs | |
17 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.47 | contribs | |
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1 | 1 | 172.58.103.26 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.34 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.79 | contribs |
Sorted 3 IPv4 addresses (after omitting some duplicates):
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
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512 | 512 | 3 | 172.56.6.0/23 | contribs |
257 | 1 | 1 | 172.56.6.252 | contribs |
256 | 2 | 172.56.7.0/24 | contribs | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 172.56.6.252 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.56.7.77 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.56.7.162 | contribs |
-- Izno ( talk) 20:06, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to talk to you about the use of "Encyclopedia of Popular Music" on Mudvayne. I contacted the author of the book, Colin Larkin, asking for a retraction of the claim of Mudvayne being nu-metal. He responded that the book was authored by people other than him and that the research in the book was based on the Internet, which makes this source unusable for an encyclopedia as the book itself is unencyclopedic, despite the title. His email is documented here: http://mudvayneisaprogressivemetalband.blogspot.com/2017/09/mudvayne-is-not-and-has-never-been-nu.html
I do not intend on using Wikipedia and since I am writing you from a public computer station, I ask that you email me at isaacbaranoff@gmail.com if you wish to respond since I do not have an account here that you can respond to. All I have to say about the citations being used on the Mudvayne articles is that they are being used irresponsibly and incorrectly and the citations used to claim Mudvayne as a nu-metal band do not warrant any intellectual consideration, as the ultimate source of said information is, to be absolutely frank, Internet trolls. Mudvayne was always a progressive metal band and was never claimed as a nu-metal band by any credible authorities, and certainly not before 2014. -- Isaac Baranoff, noted progressive rock composer/recording artist since 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.13.114 ( talk) 00:03, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. Please can you check out the new article i'm making.... If there are mistakes please send them to my talk page. Do not put it up to deletion please. A kind request from Arepticous ( talk) 13:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)Arepticous
Please can you tell me what we are supposed to do when signing messages. I dont understand how to put Arepticous ( talk) 13:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC) when signing. Please send me how. Arepticous Arepticous ( talk) 13:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for replying on my message. I finished the article.But i have a few problems. Can you fix that. Arepticous ( talk) 16:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC) Arepticous
Good day. But the user Sitush on his user page has used some inappropriate language. Please consider checking it. Thank you. Arepticous ( talk) 17:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. Can you please tell me how to join a wikipedian project? I'll keep trying. Thanks. Arepticous ( talk) 01:46, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. But i don't understand what you mean. The typical typing means? Arepticous ( talk) 02:09, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
GOOD DAY, I need you to check on Pxbot II/Bad words. He made a list of bad words. Which i erased from his user page. Please check on him. He also didn't have permission to write anything yet. Thank you Arepticous ( talk) 05:36, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
how can we be a member of the counter vandalism unit? I would love to join it! how can we join the counter vandalism unit? Please reply. Arepticous ( talk) 06:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.
The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.
To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form.
We really appreciate your input!
Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.
For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative ( talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross. I tried to explain—with no condescension intended, but perhaps some frustration showed—why I redirected several of the user Sidewalkfins87's articles for failing WP:NALBUMS on their talk page. They responded with calling me a "fucking prick", then removing this and calling me an "entitled twat" in the next edit upon embellishing the message. I asked them not to personally attack editors and to remain calm, but it's quite honestly baffling to me how an editor thinks this is acceptable conduct. Do you think my warning is sufficient? Ss 112 19:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross: is this okay for a user to do? Daddy Issues (album) is an album by Brooke Candy that has been constantly hinted at as coming out since 2015. The article was redirected in August by Anonpediann; they had previously expressed to me that they were unsure it was ever going to be released. Then, on September 9, the user Love on the Brain copied the contents of the page into the draft space at Draft:Daddy Issues (album). Shouldn't the page have been moved into the draft space to maintain its history? The page has a significant page history, dating back to June 2016 when it was created by the user "Sweden Rocks hard". I'm just concerned that this user, if the album gets the official go-ahead, will develop the draft themselves then request that it be moved over the top of the article, erasing its history. Ss 112 13:58, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 50 | ← | Archive 55 | Archive 56 | Archive 57 | Archive 58 | Archive 59 | Archive 60 |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).
After being blocked for 1 or 2 weeks, Strangeguy91 returned to genre warring and all the other edits he has made before being blocked. Now he is even using an IP to make these same edits. It's like he's using many accounts to make these edits. There might be a chance that he even is Mikeis1996. It seems like every time we warn him, he persists.
Other possible IPs of Strangeguy91:
Statik N ( talk) 17:45, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
Hey, it's Statik. I wanted to let you know that back in December, I nominated Spit (album) for a good article review and haven't gotten any response. The article was copy-edited but never got reviewed for a good article status. I've had other articles get nominated for good article status ( Results May Vary, Nu metal, My Own Worst Enemy (song)) and they all got reviewed (Results May Vary passed, the other 2 didn't). Spit (album) never got reviewed. It seems I was told by another Wikipedian that it took 6 months for one of the articles they edited to get reviewed. It's now been nine months since I nominated the Spit article for good article status. Do you know what I could do? Thanks. Statik N ( talk) 20:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
You've got books by no-name authors, Tommy Udo listed as an author on "Brave Nu World" is a character from a 1940s movie: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGGE___US617US761&q=Tommy+Udo+heavy+metal&oq=Tommy+Udo+heavy+metal&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160k1.1222.3806.0.4085.16.13.2.0.0.0.288.1113.5j2j2.9.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..5.7.791...0j33i21k1.RFRDA3532vY. The sources are BAD and you know it. Stop being ridiculous and remove nu-metal from the Mudvayne pages. -- 74.42.44.222 ( talk) 21:41, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
If you actually looked at the evidence and listened to all the people trying to correct your insane, nonsensical rampage, you would understand that Mudvayne is a progressive metal band. It would do you better to correct the genre instead of accusing everyone who tries to correct your stupidity of being "one guy" like an utter moron. Mudvayne is progressive metal. Listen to your peers. -- 74.42.44.222 ( talk) 21:31, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Serge's 18th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you see may need intervention. Ferret may also answer queries, as we're both generally pretty active and on the same page when it comes to policy. Sergecross73 msg me 15:47, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
( ←) Calculator for the two ranges indicates that soft rangeblocks might be reasonable: Sorted 17 IPv4 addresses:
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
---|---|---|---|---|
2048 | 2048 | 17 | 172.58.96.0/21 | contribs |
1536 | 512 | 6 | 172.58.98.0/23 | contribs |
1024 | 11 | 172.58.100.0/22 | contribs | |
1025 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
256 | 5 | 172.58.99.0/24 | contribs | |
256 | 6 | 172.58.100.0/24 | contribs | |
512 | 5 | 172.58.102.0/23 | contribs | |
481 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
128 | 3 | 172.58.99.0/25 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.99.160/28 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.100.64/26 | contribs | |
128 | 4 | 172.58.100.128/25 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.102.208/28 | contribs | |
128 | 3 | 172.58.103.0/25 | contribs | |
185 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.47 | contribs | |
32 | 2 | 172.58.99.96/27 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.166 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.168 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.83 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.115 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.100.128/26 | contribs | |
16 | 2 | 172.58.100.208/28 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.208 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.221 | contribs | |
64 | 2 | 172.58.103.0/26 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.79 | contribs | |
17 | 1 | 1 | 172.58.98.134 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.47 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.101 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.113 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.166 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.99.168 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.83 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.115 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.145 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.187 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.212 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.100.216 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.208 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.102.221 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.26 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.34 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.58.103.79 | contribs |
Sorted 3 IPv4 addresses (after omitting some duplicates):
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
---|---|---|---|---|
512 | 512 | 3 | 172.56.6.0/23 | contribs |
257 | 1 | 1 | 172.56.6.252 | contribs |
256 | 2 | 172.56.7.0/24 | contribs | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 172.56.6.252 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 172.56.7.77 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 172.56.7.162 | contribs |
-- Izno ( talk) 20:06, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to talk to you about the use of "Encyclopedia of Popular Music" on Mudvayne. I contacted the author of the book, Colin Larkin, asking for a retraction of the claim of Mudvayne being nu-metal. He responded that the book was authored by people other than him and that the research in the book was based on the Internet, which makes this source unusable for an encyclopedia as the book itself is unencyclopedic, despite the title. His email is documented here: http://mudvayneisaprogressivemetalband.blogspot.com/2017/09/mudvayne-is-not-and-has-never-been-nu.html
I do not intend on using Wikipedia and since I am writing you from a public computer station, I ask that you email me at isaacbaranoff@gmail.com if you wish to respond since I do not have an account here that you can respond to. All I have to say about the citations being used on the Mudvayne articles is that they are being used irresponsibly and incorrectly and the citations used to claim Mudvayne as a nu-metal band do not warrant any intellectual consideration, as the ultimate source of said information is, to be absolutely frank, Internet trolls. Mudvayne was always a progressive metal band and was never claimed as a nu-metal band by any credible authorities, and certainly not before 2014. -- Isaac Baranoff, noted progressive rock composer/recording artist since 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.13.114 ( talk) 00:03, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. Please can you check out the new article i'm making.... If there are mistakes please send them to my talk page. Do not put it up to deletion please. A kind request from Arepticous ( talk) 13:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)Arepticous
Please can you tell me what we are supposed to do when signing messages. I dont understand how to put Arepticous ( talk) 13:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC) when signing. Please send me how. Arepticous Arepticous ( talk) 13:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for replying on my message. I finished the article.But i have a few problems. Can you fix that. Arepticous ( talk) 16:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC) Arepticous
Good day. But the user Sitush on his user page has used some inappropriate language. Please consider checking it. Thank you. Arepticous ( talk) 17:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. Can you please tell me how to join a wikipedian project? I'll keep trying. Thanks. Arepticous ( talk) 01:46, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Good day. But i don't understand what you mean. The typical typing means? Arepticous ( talk) 02:09, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
GOOD DAY, I need you to check on Pxbot II/Bad words. He made a list of bad words. Which i erased from his user page. Please check on him. He also didn't have permission to write anything yet. Thank you Arepticous ( talk) 05:36, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
how can we be a member of the counter vandalism unit? I would love to join it! how can we join the counter vandalism unit? Please reply. Arepticous ( talk) 06:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.
The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.
To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form.
We really appreciate your input!
Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.
For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative ( talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross. I tried to explain—with no condescension intended, but perhaps some frustration showed—why I redirected several of the user Sidewalkfins87's articles for failing WP:NALBUMS on their talk page. They responded with calling me a "fucking prick", then removing this and calling me an "entitled twat" in the next edit upon embellishing the message. I asked them not to personally attack editors and to remain calm, but it's quite honestly baffling to me how an editor thinks this is acceptable conduct. Do you think my warning is sufficient? Ss 112 19:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Sergecross: is this okay for a user to do? Daddy Issues (album) is an album by Brooke Candy that has been constantly hinted at as coming out since 2015. The article was redirected in August by Anonpediann; they had previously expressed to me that they were unsure it was ever going to be released. Then, on September 9, the user Love on the Brain copied the contents of the page into the draft space at Draft:Daddy Issues (album). Shouldn't the page have been moved into the draft space to maintain its history? The page has a significant page history, dating back to June 2016 when it was created by the user "Sweden Rocks hard". I'm just concerned that this user, if the album gets the official go-ahead, will develop the draft themselves then request that it be moved over the top of the article, erasing its history. Ss 112 13:58, 15 September 2017 (UTC)