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Is Chhengly a sock of 089baby? I am not sure but when I was checking All AFC leagues in 2018 and 2019, I saw the user created 2019 Cambodian League. Hhkohh ( talk) 13:39, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for looking into my SPI: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Cvbhnjmk,. Could you explain what does "Already blocked" mean in the admin comment? Thanks! NewlyHookedToWiki ( talk) 06:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sorry to bother you. If you remember this case, there's been a long history of sockpuppetry on Jodie Foster's page. Soon after you blocked the last sock, XYaz.1997 popped up to make similarly hagiographic edits at Foster's page. To be honest, this is getting a bit out of hand with new accounts popping up every time one is blocked. Is there any permanent solution to this? Krimuk2.0 ( talk) 14:15, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and happy new year! I was happy to see you have a successful RfA during 2018. I hope you will edit more happily in 2019 Hhkohh ( talk) 12:40, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
I do not think G4 applied to Sidd Chaudhuri (basketballer) which you deleted as a recreation of Sidd Chaudhuri (basketball). The pages were clearly "not substantially identical". Could you please undelete and reopen the AfD? 🎄BethNaught🎄 ( talk) 15:44, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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You speedied this at my request. Can you undo that, please? Thanks. Srnec ( talk) 02:37, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi there! I created the page of a Swiss-born Nigerian goalkeeper that plays for SC Kriens in the second division of Switzerland leagues, Sebastian Osigwe. The page has been deleted twice. I'd like to know the rationale behind this, since the information were thoroughly researched and genuine. And I'd also like to know if it would be re-uploaded very soon. It was last deleted in November, I'd waited till now but it has not been made live. Thanks for your help, Sir Sputnik.
Tollexrism ( talk) 10:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
I’m confused by your close here? It’s an obvious sock and also likely related to wizznaddy. Praxidicae ( talk) 21:10, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
It seems a little odd this one-month old account is making contributions in a manner similar to that of an experienced user. They have been putting out templates such as {{ uw-v4}} and using terms like "rvv" that, from my experience, wouldn't typically be used by new users. "Flap" in the username also reminds me of a LTA case, particularly this one. It'd be slightly premature to start an SPI lacking adequate evidence whilst the user has done nothing significant to warrant a check. However, I think there should be some behind-the-scenes effort to determine if this really is a good faith user or a chronic block evader who's masking as a newcomer similar to 1. What do you think? -- Flooded w/them 100s 06:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik. You indefinitely blocked this editor a few days ago per SOCK, but they might have come back as IPs 180.190.50.114, 180.190.35.217 and 180.190.39.105. It seems unlikely that three random IPs would just show up and start editing User:C0mradess/sandbox. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:18, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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My comments disappeared during your merge. Can you please restore them? -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 04:36, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi, as a result of Sockpuppet investigations/O oranus which I filed, you have blocked the three named accounts I reported there. I am a bit curious however, that sock users Mamanus & Maman2014352 got blocked indefinitely, while a sockmaster O_Oranus has been blocked for 3 days. That account made only four edits, and all of them on 15 January, so I doubt such short block will even get noticed, let alone make any trouble to the user.
Hence my question: is a 3–day length of block some mistake or did you choose it for a reason? -- CiaPan ( talk) 16:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
P.S. Please answer here, I'm watching. CiaPan ( talk)
Hi Sir Sputnik. The article Cristian Pușcaș was deleted in 2012 and was subsequently salted after recreation. There is now an article at Cristian Nicușor Pușcaș, does this now meet WP:NFOOTY? Thanks. Tassedethe ( talk) 21:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik! Hope all is well with you. We're taking on some new SPI clerks, and I was trying to find your training pages in your subpages? I planned to steal them from Katie, who in turn stole them from Bbb23. Thanks :) TonyBallioni ( talk) 06:53, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
@ Sir Sputnik and DoRD: Hello. I just wanted to let you know that Doingitwellordoingitwrong and those other accounts at that SPI are probably socks of an older LTA, Iniced (also see Iniced's SPI). The behavior and IP sock activity is almost identical to the kind of abuse seen from recent IP socks of Iniced over the past year. (Some of those IP socks also went cross-wiki, usually on Meta.) I didn't comment on the newer SPI because I already have enough LTAs targeting me. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 21:18, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik, I was wondering if you could provide some advice. I have today come across an AfD that seemed somewhat opinionated which triggered my curiosity. There seems to be a bit of a cross-language sockpuppetry going on - or at least a suspicion. Naj'entus was part of a sock investigation on ru.wikipedia which resulted in socks Openlydialectic and Niqabu being blocked over there. en.wikipedia had this sock investigation which resulted in Niqabu being blocked by Bbb23. Naj'entus is also blocked over here. Openlydialectic continues being an active user on en.wp, though blocked on ru.wp as part of their investigation. There seems some connection. ru.wp sock investigation Thanks. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 09:27, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
I don't exactly know enough about Wikipedia to know how to formally go about accusing someone of sockpuppetry, but this Reddit post seems to have some convincing evidence of a new case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/daverubin/comments/aw9yuv/dave_rubins_husbands_wikipedia_sockpuppets/
2607:FEA8:8400:1E9D:612E:B0C2:233D:D2D0 ( talk) 16:13, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Here Elvis Karić, not sure if this guy is more notable now or not. (If not then it should be salted with Elvis Karic, if he is, then that should be a redirect) Thanks. Wgolf ( talk) 01:31, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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The only page (other than the primary topic at the base name) being disambiguated is Magnus Lindberg (Swedish musician) since per WP:2DABS a DAB isn't needed. The previous version of the template was clearer in that if there is a primary topic and there are only a total of 2 topics (meaning only 1 needs disambiguation) the DAB is deleted as unnecessary. Crouch, Swale ( talk) 12:02, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Can you please help me understand why Kunal Kamra was deleted when there was only one SPA tagging it as G4. There are too many sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] establishing the notability. Should it be deleted because it was deleted once? Accesscrawl ( talk) 15:42, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm honestly really surprised that this was deleted at AfD last time it was in the new page queue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AKeeleduck
Sorry, pushed the wrong button and my post went before I'd finished writing. So...
GoughEngUK Special:CentralAuth/GoughEngUK was created 15 Aug 2016.
Keeleduck Special:CentralAuth/Keeleduck was created 15 Feb 2019 & blocked as a sock of GoughEngUK - https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AKeeleduck (even though the "UK" was missed off the username).
Why refile the case under Keeleduck?? Cabayi ( talk) 16:41, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Dear Sir Sputnik, I noticed your name was under the participants' list of WikiProject United Nations. I wanted to invite you to contribute to the advancement of this project. Here's how you can do so: 1. Select the latest CC BY SA publications for which no articles have been created yet available here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Nations/Open_Access_text/Education_publications 2. Follow the instructions available here: /info/en/?search=Help:Adding_open_license_text_to_Wikipedia 3. Add the text to Wikipedia (either by creating new articles or adding content to existing ones). Since these are available under CC BY SA, you can copy/paste content and/or edit if need be. 4. Attribute the text using the 'Free-content attribution' template in the 'Sources' section. 5. Add your contribution in the table here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Nations/Open_Access_text/Education_publications Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! Looking forward to working with you on enriching Wikipedia, one article at a time:)! C.recalde — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.recalde ( talk • contribs) 11:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
It's related to this SPI. -★- PlyrStar93 → Message me. ← 05:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for killing Neopeius/Awards -- I forgot to put User: in front of it. ;^^ -- Neopeius ( talk) 02:45, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
The edit history of Lakshmi shows Sarvesh09 editing on 8 Mar, shortly before Sarvesh130. Not sure whether you want to tie it to this case before archiving? Regards, Cabayi ( talk) 10:33, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi admin! Can you please check Special:Contributions/Asad_Most_Movie and Special:Contributions/Noor_most_Movie?
Also, there is a case you know Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shameel Done:
Thanks! M. Billoo 05:11, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
Noticed a familiar title in an AfD ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamad Tiregar), heard some quacking, and commented there, but thought I should also drop a note here since you've dealt with Zahra 1369 relatively recently ( Mohammad Tiregar (Actor), Draft:Mohammad Tiregar-(Actor)). Bakazaka ( talk) 08:24, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. Shame that nobody bothered to look into this at all and now we have an editor I am 99.9% sure is a sock happily editing away... Giant Snowman 14:38, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
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I was looking at archiving Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hurricanelover101 but remembered an overlapping case I archived yesterday at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fly High in the Sky/Archive which was closed without any action or CU as all the accounts were blocked already. Where to archive? Archive on FHITS, or add a cross-spi note and archive at H101? Cabayi ( talk) 09:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello, the user you tagged, User:さとみよ, was not at all a sockpuppet but a beginner Wikipedian participating in an editathon class in Japanese Wikipedia. I know you meant well, but I would like to notify you that the whole university was blocked and our editathon class was severely affected. The list of the participants was posted in my project page in Japanese Wikipedia. -- saebou ( talk) 05:18, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Sir Sputnik, I wanted to come back to this investigation, specifically the IP editors. Just after my conversation with the main editor yesterday and their admission to be connected to the subject, there has been another IP edit from the same ISP and general location. This may need to be looked at again. Of course I have also posted this on the COI noticeboard, but there's clear, though subtle, puppetry going here, too. Many thanks! pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 08:53, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for changing the protection level on this! Bondegezou ( talk) 17:05, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
@ Sir Sputnik: Hello there. I am just enquiring as to the reason you closed the sockpuppet investigation case into WritingPro1234. A new investigation case that I opened, into the user She-Hulka, was merged with the WritingPro1234 case because it is suspected that they are the same person. Although I believe the previous WritingPro1234 case had indeed been concluded, the new She-Hulka case had not yet been deliberated upon. It had only just been merged. Perhaps you closed the case in error? ChocolateTrain ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir Sputnik, I see you closed an investigation against Ozar77 and blocked him. I thank you for that. However, both users you blocked as per that investigation were a part of my own more detailed investigation. Since your investigation cites the exact same finding as one I had listed, I can not tell whether it was an independent investigation and no one has even seen mine yet, or my investigation is getting broken down into simpler parts because I made it too complicated and convoluted or made some other mistakes in the process. I have been active for only 2 months and know well only those parts of wikipedia that I've come across or gotten involved with before. So, any help/ guidance would be appreciated. Thanks! Usedtobecool TALK 03:10, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Can you please revert the edits of a sock of User:Unilexis on playback singer?
Hello, I've noticed that you regularly remove citations and references that are sourced from transfermarkt. Would it be possible for you to replace these citations with a citation needed so one can go through and find a new source for information. I now understand that transfermarkt isn't considered to be a reliable source, but I think it would be helpful for newer editors, such as myself, if the citations are replaced with a citation needed instead of being outright removed and the information being left un-sourced. Thank you, The Neon Narwhal ( talk) 03:49, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir, Sputnik. Please move the earlier page on Hisham Hendi to a draft and Ill'll add references from there, and ask for review, before moving it to main article. I believe the deletion was unfair on the basis that the update was inferior than the previous version and that can be fixed by adding different references and ask for review before moving it. Thank you. Kiambiroiro ( talk) 07:50, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
of Daniele Di Bari, I'd assumed they were the one added the one reference. But I now see that in this edit you swapped Transfermarkt—which is the one place I can find this player mentioned, and see my PROD statement regarding its looking there as if he never got beyond the youth team—for Soccerway, which is Daniela Di Bari , a female player whom I suspect is notable, only I'm not sure whether the women's leagues are treated with exact parity? (I'd create it but I'm not creating articles here these days in view of the Fram situation.) Different person (and different teams). Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:28, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Nikosathens31 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 04:33, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notice! I won't do it again
Steel Dogg ( talk) 23:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey! Why is Transfermarkt not reliable?
Also, the statistics are important to show to the audience, once agents and football club members can check his database in Wikipedia without having to search for it. Why remove it?
Thank you Isa Marcante ( talk) 01:02, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
The list of the clubs he’s playing for cannot be kept? Isa Marcante ( talk) 20:05, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying the Transfermarkt situation and the excessive details table! Isa Marcante ( talk) 20:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your explanation!
Just one question more: the list of clubs he’s been playfing for cannot be kept? Isa Marcante ( talk) 02:45, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! Isa Marcante ( talk) 17:38, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
i got the wrong order when lodigng the spi case - it should have been manda 1993 - the IP is one of million that the sock has been using... JarrahTree 13:51, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
This is in regards to the wikipedia page deleted. Mentioned below are the links proving him a notable person, a recognised politician.
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] NDTV - [13]
Dainik Jagran - [14]
India Today - [15]
India Today - [16]
Hindustan Times - [17]
Economic Times - [18]
My Nation - [19]
Economic Times - [20] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pareshjain09876 ( talk • contribs) 04:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hello @ Sir Sputnik:, the user you blocked with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ozar77/Archive is back. I had filed another report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dansong22/Archive but it was closed for lack of sufficient evidence.
Hi Sir Sputnik. I would like to ask if you could help with an issue we're facing now in the Iraqi Premier League topic.
Basically there are contradicting sources about the league winners in 2002/03 and 2013/14. The sources at the moment are very shaky to say the least and I think an admin should have a look at it.
The Wiki editor won't be convinced by what I say and won't change his opinion. Could you please help?
Steel Dogg ( talk) 10:31, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sputnik, thanks for answering! No, there are way more sources available to strenghten my argument. The link I sent was to clarify the situation here. I'll check out WT:FOOTY.
Steel Dogg ( talk) 13:35, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for clearing up Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Playballz. I've saved a link to the case in my Wikipedia bookmarks as your tagging was very instructive. -- kingboyk ( talk) 02:26, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik,
The
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Donegan says "The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it."
I have heedlessly gone ahead and modified it. I think that might be a good little application of WP:IAR. (I don't like "Ignore all rules". I think it should be "Ignore one rule")
Your thoughts about this?
Pete AU aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 11:15, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik
About the topics that I edited, namely Jihad Madlool, Ismail Hashim, Nawaf Sallal, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim, Hussam Malek and Ahmed Muhsin Ashour. They belong to sports figures, some of them former players and have become professional coaches in recognized leagues, and some of them have played for their national teams, and some have played in the AFC Champions League. I do not understand why are you trying to delete them after I made a great effort in editing them. I hope you step back from this step. ميناء ( talk) 22:10, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
You mean I intentionally write wrong information.No, I don't. What I mean is that you have written that Sallal has played for Iraq without any sources that say that he has. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 23:36, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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The footballer has played in a fully pro league, playing at Eliteserien for Vålerenga Fotball in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, as indicated by the player's page on this link [14]. So why you recommend deleting it. ميناء ( talk) 13:13, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
I see you blocked Dilshad002 for 3 weeks due to sockpuppetry. I upped it to a month for using another sockpuppet, KajalDubey, to create the identical article. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:41, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Worth looking into, I think. They're about 30 miles from the most recent suspected sock IP. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:00, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Article Danny El-Hage has been mistakenly moved back to draft. Kindly move article Danny El-Hage back to main space. Regards Amsport12345 ( talk) 14:27, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a bit confused by your CSD denial reason. Based on the SPI the 2 users are CU confirmed to each other and no issues have been raised? Based on the block logs as well they're blocked as CU-confirmed socks. Also, the 2 users that were confirmed were ABTHEBOSS and Sid505, the user raised in the comments has no bearing on the validity of the blocks as it's a matter of finding the master. Thanks, Kb03 ( talk) 19:58, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi there. I see you deleted AAFT University of Media and Arts, I presume this was because someone recreated it over the redirect. You did not recreate the original redirect though, so I went ahead and did that. Perhaps protection of the redirect so the article cannot be recreated is in place? Just an idea. -- Muhandes ( talk) 16:25, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir Sputnik, can you block this IP range, 210.187.0.0/16 indefinitely because this IP doing long-term abuse here by changing birth dates. I have reverted some of edits by this IP recently.–– Fandi89 ( talk) 03:02, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
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Having looked more into the deletion policies, I have only become more and more doubtful of your revert of the G3 speedy deletion template, that I put on the May 2016 Dürümlü bombing article. Every single word in the article, is based on biased unreliable sources. Aside from the bit that is completely contradicted by its source. (which is also biased, but in the other way) Every part of the article, without exception, is unverified and biased, and purely meant to libel. How does that not qualify as "blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant hoaxes"? (to quote WP:G3) Or maybe WP:G10?-- 85.228.52.251 ( talk) 08:33, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
Simmerdon3448 is apparently going through his usual routine of shifting the blame onto other users while refusing to acknowledge his own behavior while blocked. Do you think it would be wise to revoke his talk page access? The Grand Delusion( Send a message) 00:17, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
I was busy doing an edit on the page because we all know the show will return as a full series on HBO Max, but was interrupted by you protecting it. Can you please add the notice on the main page? We all know that the full series will be like this. BaldiBasicsFan ( talk)
Hi. You declined the speedy deletion for the page User:Dwlr/Dreamworld Resort but if you notice in the history, the page was created by one of the socks User:Marexe so it does qualify for WP:G5. Pkbwcgs ( talk) 16:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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I have seen that you have removed transfermarkt external links on many pages. Can you please elaborate the statement "transfermark is not reliable"?-- AirWolf talk 17:00, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Back on 25 October you blocked the IP Special:Contributions/85.228.51.229 citing block evasion, but I can't figure out which block was being evaded. I extended a block on that IP's CIDR range for 3 months not long after, and they've ended up on IP 213.113.121.42 complaining that they were blocked inappropriately. Do you have any more info you can share on your block of that IP? Feel free to email me if you prefer. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 04:41, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
I was looking though some archived SPI cases, and I found one where after a center point, the cu template stops working as of most of the other templates. Do you have any idea of what should be done about this? Page is This SPI, it breaks at around 22 March 2018. Thank you. LakesideMiners Come Talk To Me! 16:13, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir Sputnik,
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Ok. Go ahead. It's your call. Not too happy about it due to username and website, but if they stick to the rules it is ok. -- Alexf (talk) 00:01, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
But as StretfordEnd.co.uk is a privately owned website and currently up for sale, it is also user-edited. They may declare themselves as the "official statistics website" but they aren't actually officially endorsed in any capacity. I would argue transfermarkt is just as reliable (and clearly more so in this case as the statistics on StretfordEnd.co.uk are simply inaccurate). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Th998 ( talk • contribs) 00:22, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
That's very fair, I may indeed do that. Cheers.
Hi, Sir Sputnik! Are you sure about this? Did you read my note at Talk:Kamerfer Kadın, I wonder? My take is that the subsequent histmerge of an earlier version of the page does not disqualify it for G5 – this page was created ex novo by a sock. I'm interested to know how others see this. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 10:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
I'm interested to know how others see thisabove I shall post anyway - my non-definitive conclusion was that: the current article was created by Internetexpert41 on 14 October [15]; Internetexpert41 is a sock of Physo172; Physo172 was blocked on 30 September - ergo, it appears to me that the article was created by a blocked user. Dorsetonian ( talk) 14:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hey there, thanks for your recent pass through the new HFX Wanderers chronicle I put up. Would you have a recommendation for a Transfermarkt alternative to note total senior caps for players? I originally had in mind the FIFA match reports, but if one player gets a lot of caps, it'd make too many references and it would be untidy. Lucky Strike ( talk) 13:13, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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You have removed from the article the date of the player's death. It's quite possible you are formally right and the source does not meet WP standards of reliability. However, the fact is that Lotfi Baccouche is dead. You can also see it here, on FB page of the fans of his club Étoile du Sahel, which is formally not a reliable source for wiki as well but I would argue it's hardly believable that such a post of mourning is factually incorrect. Andrei Romanenko ( talk) 17:52, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you closed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bkay123 with the comment "Both have already been blocked." They've only been partially blocked, from mainspace only. Is there a change in policy I'm unaware of? Thanks, Cabayi ( talk) 07:23, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can you tell me more about transfermarkt.com being not reliable source, I'm not disagreeing, just I always considered it to be reliable and found it correct most of the times. What would you recommend as an alternative for values, and contract start / end dates? Wolfmartyn ( talk) 17:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir Sputnik,
You are stating that www.transfermarkt.com is not a reliable source, because it is user-edited. Can you please tell me which website you do consider reliable? In the world of football transfermarkt.com is considered one of the most reliable (free) websites. This of course does not mean that all data is correct, also in this case the height mentioned (183cm) at transfermarkt.com was (just like at all websites I know) incorrect. The problem is that all websites that I know and that you probably consider 'reliable' (for example FIFA.com) are providing this incorrect height of 183cm of this football player. I can only speculate why this is, it looks like many website are copying (in this case incorrect) data from other websites without investigating thoroughly themselves, or maybe they are still using the height of this football player when he as a teenager played at U17 and U20 World Cups. Either way I was not able to edit his height in Transfermarkt.com myself. Therefore I sent transfermarkt.com an email to investigate this and have it corrected. They told me their data-scout was going to contact his current football club to re-check the data. A few days later I saw his height was corrected to 187cm in Transfermarkt.com. So can you please advise me what to do so that Wikipedia does no longer show an incorrect height of this football player?
Thank you in advance for your help! Dgsm2013 ( talk) 00:49, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
Bobby Edwards (soccer) played 4 games for Portadown FC so therefore he has played games. Freefalling660 ( talk) 13:54, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello administrator! Please check the contributions of user:Murgh Krahi, without having any page remover he had converted so many pages with only have 200-300 edit showing from his edit. I had noticed that user for stop this activity without permission to changing the page names. tuxr 16:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuxr ( talk • contribs)
User:Siamfootball always vandalize Wikipedia on Transfermarkt is not considered a reliable source, and should not be cited in articles. 110.169.30.61 ( talk) 10:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
talk Check your grammar brother.
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Is Chhengly a sock of 089baby? I am not sure but when I was checking All AFC leagues in 2018 and 2019, I saw the user created 2019 Cambodian League. Hhkohh ( talk) 13:39, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for looking into my SPI: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Cvbhnjmk,. Could you explain what does "Already blocked" mean in the admin comment? Thanks! NewlyHookedToWiki ( talk) 06:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sorry to bother you. If you remember this case, there's been a long history of sockpuppetry on Jodie Foster's page. Soon after you blocked the last sock, XYaz.1997 popped up to make similarly hagiographic edits at Foster's page. To be honest, this is getting a bit out of hand with new accounts popping up every time one is blocked. Is there any permanent solution to this? Krimuk2.0 ( talk) 14:15, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and happy new year! I was happy to see you have a successful RfA during 2018. I hope you will edit more happily in 2019 Hhkohh ( talk) 12:40, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
I do not think G4 applied to Sidd Chaudhuri (basketballer) which you deleted as a recreation of Sidd Chaudhuri (basketball). The pages were clearly "not substantially identical". Could you please undelete and reopen the AfD? 🎄BethNaught🎄 ( talk) 15:44, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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You speedied this at my request. Can you undo that, please? Thanks. Srnec ( talk) 02:37, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi there! I created the page of a Swiss-born Nigerian goalkeeper that plays for SC Kriens in the second division of Switzerland leagues, Sebastian Osigwe. The page has been deleted twice. I'd like to know the rationale behind this, since the information were thoroughly researched and genuine. And I'd also like to know if it would be re-uploaded very soon. It was last deleted in November, I'd waited till now but it has not been made live. Thanks for your help, Sir Sputnik.
Tollexrism ( talk) 10:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
I’m confused by your close here? It’s an obvious sock and also likely related to wizznaddy. Praxidicae ( talk) 21:10, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
It seems a little odd this one-month old account is making contributions in a manner similar to that of an experienced user. They have been putting out templates such as {{ uw-v4}} and using terms like "rvv" that, from my experience, wouldn't typically be used by new users. "Flap" in the username also reminds me of a LTA case, particularly this one. It'd be slightly premature to start an SPI lacking adequate evidence whilst the user has done nothing significant to warrant a check. However, I think there should be some behind-the-scenes effort to determine if this really is a good faith user or a chronic block evader who's masking as a newcomer similar to 1. What do you think? -- Flooded w/them 100s 06:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik. You indefinitely blocked this editor a few days ago per SOCK, but they might have come back as IPs 180.190.50.114, 180.190.35.217 and 180.190.39.105. It seems unlikely that three random IPs would just show up and start editing User:C0mradess/sandbox. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:18, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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My comments disappeared during your merge. Can you please restore them? -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 04:36, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi, as a result of Sockpuppet investigations/O oranus which I filed, you have blocked the three named accounts I reported there. I am a bit curious however, that sock users Mamanus & Maman2014352 got blocked indefinitely, while a sockmaster O_Oranus has been blocked for 3 days. That account made only four edits, and all of them on 15 January, so I doubt such short block will even get noticed, let alone make any trouble to the user.
Hence my question: is a 3–day length of block some mistake or did you choose it for a reason? -- CiaPan ( talk) 16:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
P.S. Please answer here, I'm watching. CiaPan ( talk)
Hi Sir Sputnik. The article Cristian Pușcaș was deleted in 2012 and was subsequently salted after recreation. There is now an article at Cristian Nicușor Pușcaș, does this now meet WP:NFOOTY? Thanks. Tassedethe ( talk) 21:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik! Hope all is well with you. We're taking on some new SPI clerks, and I was trying to find your training pages in your subpages? I planned to steal them from Katie, who in turn stole them from Bbb23. Thanks :) TonyBallioni ( talk) 06:53, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
@ Sir Sputnik and DoRD: Hello. I just wanted to let you know that Doingitwellordoingitwrong and those other accounts at that SPI are probably socks of an older LTA, Iniced (also see Iniced's SPI). The behavior and IP sock activity is almost identical to the kind of abuse seen from recent IP socks of Iniced over the past year. (Some of those IP socks also went cross-wiki, usually on Meta.) I didn't comment on the newer SPI because I already have enough LTAs targeting me. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 21:18, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik, I was wondering if you could provide some advice. I have today come across an AfD that seemed somewhat opinionated which triggered my curiosity. There seems to be a bit of a cross-language sockpuppetry going on - or at least a suspicion. Naj'entus was part of a sock investigation on ru.wikipedia which resulted in socks Openlydialectic and Niqabu being blocked over there. en.wikipedia had this sock investigation which resulted in Niqabu being blocked by Bbb23. Naj'entus is also blocked over here. Openlydialectic continues being an active user on en.wp, though blocked on ru.wp as part of their investigation. There seems some connection. ru.wp sock investigation Thanks. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 09:27, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
I don't exactly know enough about Wikipedia to know how to formally go about accusing someone of sockpuppetry, but this Reddit post seems to have some convincing evidence of a new case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/daverubin/comments/aw9yuv/dave_rubins_husbands_wikipedia_sockpuppets/
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Here Elvis Karić, not sure if this guy is more notable now or not. (If not then it should be salted with Elvis Karic, if he is, then that should be a redirect) Thanks. Wgolf ( talk) 01:31, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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The only page (other than the primary topic at the base name) being disambiguated is Magnus Lindberg (Swedish musician) since per WP:2DABS a DAB isn't needed. The previous version of the template was clearer in that if there is a primary topic and there are only a total of 2 topics (meaning only 1 needs disambiguation) the DAB is deleted as unnecessary. Crouch, Swale ( talk) 12:02, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Can you please help me understand why Kunal Kamra was deleted when there was only one SPA tagging it as G4. There are too many sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] establishing the notability. Should it be deleted because it was deleted once? Accesscrawl ( talk) 15:42, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm honestly really surprised that this was deleted at AfD last time it was in the new page queue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AKeeleduck
Sorry, pushed the wrong button and my post went before I'd finished writing. So...
GoughEngUK Special:CentralAuth/GoughEngUK was created 15 Aug 2016.
Keeleduck Special:CentralAuth/Keeleduck was created 15 Feb 2019 & blocked as a sock of GoughEngUK - https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AKeeleduck (even though the "UK" was missed off the username).
Why refile the case under Keeleduck?? Cabayi ( talk) 16:41, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Dear Sir Sputnik, I noticed your name was under the participants' list of WikiProject United Nations. I wanted to invite you to contribute to the advancement of this project. Here's how you can do so: 1. Select the latest CC BY SA publications for which no articles have been created yet available here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Nations/Open_Access_text/Education_publications 2. Follow the instructions available here: /info/en/?search=Help:Adding_open_license_text_to_Wikipedia 3. Add the text to Wikipedia (either by creating new articles or adding content to existing ones). Since these are available under CC BY SA, you can copy/paste content and/or edit if need be. 4. Attribute the text using the 'Free-content attribution' template in the 'Sources' section. 5. Add your contribution in the table here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Nations/Open_Access_text/Education_publications Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! Looking forward to working with you on enriching Wikipedia, one article at a time:)! C.recalde — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.recalde ( talk • contribs) 11:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
It's related to this SPI. -★- PlyrStar93 → Message me. ← 05:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for killing Neopeius/Awards -- I forgot to put User: in front of it. ;^^ -- Neopeius ( talk) 02:45, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
The edit history of Lakshmi shows Sarvesh09 editing on 8 Mar, shortly before Sarvesh130. Not sure whether you want to tie it to this case before archiving? Regards, Cabayi ( talk) 10:33, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi admin! Can you please check Special:Contributions/Asad_Most_Movie and Special:Contributions/Noor_most_Movie?
Also, there is a case you know Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shameel Done:
Thanks! M. Billoo 05:11, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
Noticed a familiar title in an AfD ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamad Tiregar), heard some quacking, and commented there, but thought I should also drop a note here since you've dealt with Zahra 1369 relatively recently ( Mohammad Tiregar (Actor), Draft:Mohammad Tiregar-(Actor)). Bakazaka ( talk) 08:24, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. Shame that nobody bothered to look into this at all and now we have an editor I am 99.9% sure is a sock happily editing away... Giant Snowman 14:38, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
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I was looking at archiving Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hurricanelover101 but remembered an overlapping case I archived yesterday at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fly High in the Sky/Archive which was closed without any action or CU as all the accounts were blocked already. Where to archive? Archive on FHITS, or add a cross-spi note and archive at H101? Cabayi ( talk) 09:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello, the user you tagged, User:さとみよ, was not at all a sockpuppet but a beginner Wikipedian participating in an editathon class in Japanese Wikipedia. I know you meant well, but I would like to notify you that the whole university was blocked and our editathon class was severely affected. The list of the participants was posted in my project page in Japanese Wikipedia. -- saebou ( talk) 05:18, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Sir Sputnik, I wanted to come back to this investigation, specifically the IP editors. Just after my conversation with the main editor yesterday and their admission to be connected to the subject, there has been another IP edit from the same ISP and general location. This may need to be looked at again. Of course I have also posted this on the COI noticeboard, but there's clear, though subtle, puppetry going here, too. Many thanks! pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 08:53, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for changing the protection level on this! Bondegezou ( talk) 17:05, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
@ Sir Sputnik: Hello there. I am just enquiring as to the reason you closed the sockpuppet investigation case into WritingPro1234. A new investigation case that I opened, into the user She-Hulka, was merged with the WritingPro1234 case because it is suspected that they are the same person. Although I believe the previous WritingPro1234 case had indeed been concluded, the new She-Hulka case had not yet been deliberated upon. It had only just been merged. Perhaps you closed the case in error? ChocolateTrain ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir Sputnik, I see you closed an investigation against Ozar77 and blocked him. I thank you for that. However, both users you blocked as per that investigation were a part of my own more detailed investigation. Since your investigation cites the exact same finding as one I had listed, I can not tell whether it was an independent investigation and no one has even seen mine yet, or my investigation is getting broken down into simpler parts because I made it too complicated and convoluted or made some other mistakes in the process. I have been active for only 2 months and know well only those parts of wikipedia that I've come across or gotten involved with before. So, any help/ guidance would be appreciated. Thanks! Usedtobecool TALK 03:10, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Can you please revert the edits of a sock of User:Unilexis on playback singer?
Hello, I've noticed that you regularly remove citations and references that are sourced from transfermarkt. Would it be possible for you to replace these citations with a citation needed so one can go through and find a new source for information. I now understand that transfermarkt isn't considered to be a reliable source, but I think it would be helpful for newer editors, such as myself, if the citations are replaced with a citation needed instead of being outright removed and the information being left un-sourced. Thank you, The Neon Narwhal ( talk) 03:49, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir, Sputnik. Please move the earlier page on Hisham Hendi to a draft and Ill'll add references from there, and ask for review, before moving it to main article. I believe the deletion was unfair on the basis that the update was inferior than the previous version and that can be fixed by adding different references and ask for review before moving it. Thank you. Kiambiroiro ( talk) 07:50, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
of Daniele Di Bari, I'd assumed they were the one added the one reference. But I now see that in this edit you swapped Transfermarkt—which is the one place I can find this player mentioned, and see my PROD statement regarding its looking there as if he never got beyond the youth team—for Soccerway, which is Daniela Di Bari , a female player whom I suspect is notable, only I'm not sure whether the women's leagues are treated with exact parity? (I'd create it but I'm not creating articles here these days in view of the Fram situation.) Different person (and different teams). Yngvadottir ( talk) 19:28, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Nikosathens31 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 04:33, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notice! I won't do it again
Steel Dogg ( talk) 23:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey! Why is Transfermarkt not reliable?
Also, the statistics are important to show to the audience, once agents and football club members can check his database in Wikipedia without having to search for it. Why remove it?
Thank you Isa Marcante ( talk) 01:02, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
The list of the clubs he’s playing for cannot be kept? Isa Marcante ( talk) 20:05, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying the Transfermarkt situation and the excessive details table! Isa Marcante ( talk) 20:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your explanation!
Just one question more: the list of clubs he’s been playfing for cannot be kept? Isa Marcante ( talk) 02:45, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! Isa Marcante ( talk) 17:38, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
i got the wrong order when lodigng the spi case - it should have been manda 1993 - the IP is one of million that the sock has been using... JarrahTree 13:51, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
This is in regards to the wikipedia page deleted. Mentioned below are the links proving him a notable person, a recognised politician.
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] NDTV - [13]
Dainik Jagran - [14]
India Today - [15]
India Today - [16]
Hindustan Times - [17]
Economic Times - [18]
My Nation - [19]
Economic Times - [20] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pareshjain09876 ( talk • contribs) 04:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hello @ Sir Sputnik:, the user you blocked with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ozar77/Archive is back. I had filed another report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dansong22/Archive but it was closed for lack of sufficient evidence.
Hi Sir Sputnik. I would like to ask if you could help with an issue we're facing now in the Iraqi Premier League topic.
Basically there are contradicting sources about the league winners in 2002/03 and 2013/14. The sources at the moment are very shaky to say the least and I think an admin should have a look at it.
The Wiki editor won't be convinced by what I say and won't change his opinion. Could you please help?
Steel Dogg ( talk) 10:31, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sputnik, thanks for answering! No, there are way more sources available to strenghten my argument. The link I sent was to clarify the situation here. I'll check out WT:FOOTY.
Steel Dogg ( talk) 13:35, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for clearing up Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Playballz. I've saved a link to the case in my Wikipedia bookmarks as your tagging was very instructive. -- kingboyk ( talk) 02:26, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik,
The
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Donegan says "The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it."
I have heedlessly gone ahead and modified it. I think that might be a good little application of WP:IAR. (I don't like "Ignore all rules". I think it should be "Ignore one rule")
Your thoughts about this?
Pete AU aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 11:15, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sir Sputnik
About the topics that I edited, namely Jihad Madlool, Ismail Hashim, Nawaf Sallal, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim, Hussam Malek and Ahmed Muhsin Ashour. They belong to sports figures, some of them former players and have become professional coaches in recognized leagues, and some of them have played for their national teams, and some have played in the AFC Champions League. I do not understand why are you trying to delete them after I made a great effort in editing them. I hope you step back from this step. ميناء ( talk) 22:10, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
You mean I intentionally write wrong information.No, I don't. What I mean is that you have written that Sallal has played for Iraq without any sources that say that he has. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 23:36, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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The footballer has played in a fully pro league, playing at Eliteserien for Vålerenga Fotball in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, as indicated by the player's page on this link [14]. So why you recommend deleting it. ميناء ( talk) 13:13, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
I see you blocked Dilshad002 for 3 weeks due to sockpuppetry. I upped it to a month for using another sockpuppet, KajalDubey, to create the identical article. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:41, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Worth looking into, I think. They're about 30 miles from the most recent suspected sock IP. – Skywatcher68 ( talk) 19:00, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, Article Danny El-Hage has been mistakenly moved back to draft. Kindly move article Danny El-Hage back to main space. Regards Amsport12345 ( talk) 14:27, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a bit confused by your CSD denial reason. Based on the SPI the 2 users are CU confirmed to each other and no issues have been raised? Based on the block logs as well they're blocked as CU-confirmed socks. Also, the 2 users that were confirmed were ABTHEBOSS and Sid505, the user raised in the comments has no bearing on the validity of the blocks as it's a matter of finding the master. Thanks, Kb03 ( talk) 19:58, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi there. I see you deleted AAFT University of Media and Arts, I presume this was because someone recreated it over the redirect. You did not recreate the original redirect though, so I went ahead and did that. Perhaps protection of the redirect so the article cannot be recreated is in place? Just an idea. -- Muhandes ( talk) 16:25, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello Sir Sputnik, can you block this IP range, 210.187.0.0/16 indefinitely because this IP doing long-term abuse here by changing birth dates. I have reverted some of edits by this IP recently.–– Fandi89 ( talk) 03:02, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
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Having looked more into the deletion policies, I have only become more and more doubtful of your revert of the G3 speedy deletion template, that I put on the May 2016 Dürümlü bombing article. Every single word in the article, is based on biased unreliable sources. Aside from the bit that is completely contradicted by its source. (which is also biased, but in the other way) Every part of the article, without exception, is unverified and biased, and purely meant to libel. How does that not qualify as "blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant hoaxes"? (to quote WP:G3) Or maybe WP:G10?-- 85.228.52.251 ( talk) 08:33, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
Simmerdon3448 is apparently going through his usual routine of shifting the blame onto other users while refusing to acknowledge his own behavior while blocked. Do you think it would be wise to revoke his talk page access? The Grand Delusion( Send a message) 00:17, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
I was busy doing an edit on the page because we all know the show will return as a full series on HBO Max, but was interrupted by you protecting it. Can you please add the notice on the main page? We all know that the full series will be like this. BaldiBasicsFan ( talk)
Hi. You declined the speedy deletion for the page User:Dwlr/Dreamworld Resort but if you notice in the history, the page was created by one of the socks User:Marexe so it does qualify for WP:G5. Pkbwcgs ( talk) 16:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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I have seen that you have removed transfermarkt external links on many pages. Can you please elaborate the statement "transfermark is not reliable"?-- AirWolf talk 17:00, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Back on 25 October you blocked the IP Special:Contributions/85.228.51.229 citing block evasion, but I can't figure out which block was being evaded. I extended a block on that IP's CIDR range for 3 months not long after, and they've ended up on IP 213.113.121.42 complaining that they were blocked inappropriately. Do you have any more info you can share on your block of that IP? Feel free to email me if you prefer. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 04:41, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
I was looking though some archived SPI cases, and I found one where after a center point, the cu template stops working as of most of the other templates. Do you have any idea of what should be done about this? Page is This SPI, it breaks at around 22 March 2018. Thank you. LakesideMiners Come Talk To Me! 16:13, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
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Ok. Go ahead. It's your call. Not too happy about it due to username and website, but if they stick to the rules it is ok. -- Alexf (talk) 00:01, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
But as StretfordEnd.co.uk is a privately owned website and currently up for sale, it is also user-edited. They may declare themselves as the "official statistics website" but they aren't actually officially endorsed in any capacity. I would argue transfermarkt is just as reliable (and clearly more so in this case as the statistics on StretfordEnd.co.uk are simply inaccurate). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Th998 ( talk • contribs) 00:22, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
That's very fair, I may indeed do that. Cheers.
Hi, Sir Sputnik! Are you sure about this? Did you read my note at Talk:Kamerfer Kadın, I wonder? My take is that the subsequent histmerge of an earlier version of the page does not disqualify it for G5 – this page was created ex novo by a sock. I'm interested to know how others see this. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 10:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
I'm interested to know how others see thisabove I shall post anyway - my non-definitive conclusion was that: the current article was created by Internetexpert41 on 14 October [15]; Internetexpert41 is a sock of Physo172; Physo172 was blocked on 30 September - ergo, it appears to me that the article was created by a blocked user. Dorsetonian ( talk) 14:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hey there, thanks for your recent pass through the new HFX Wanderers chronicle I put up. Would you have a recommendation for a Transfermarkt alternative to note total senior caps for players? I originally had in mind the FIFA match reports, but if one player gets a lot of caps, it'd make too many references and it would be untidy. Lucky Strike ( talk) 13:13, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.
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You have removed from the article the date of the player's death. It's quite possible you are formally right and the source does not meet WP standards of reliability. However, the fact is that Lotfi Baccouche is dead. You can also see it here, on FB page of the fans of his club Étoile du Sahel, which is formally not a reliable source for wiki as well but I would argue it's hardly believable that such a post of mourning is factually incorrect. Andrei Romanenko ( talk) 17:52, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you closed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bkay123 with the comment "Both have already been blocked." They've only been partially blocked, from mainspace only. Is there a change in policy I'm unaware of? Thanks, Cabayi ( talk) 07:23, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can you tell me more about transfermarkt.com being not reliable source, I'm not disagreeing, just I always considered it to be reliable and found it correct most of the times. What would you recommend as an alternative for values, and contract start / end dates? Wolfmartyn ( talk) 17:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir Sputnik,
You are stating that www.transfermarkt.com is not a reliable source, because it is user-edited. Can you please tell me which website you do consider reliable? In the world of football transfermarkt.com is considered one of the most reliable (free) websites. This of course does not mean that all data is correct, also in this case the height mentioned (183cm) at transfermarkt.com was (just like at all websites I know) incorrect. The problem is that all websites that I know and that you probably consider 'reliable' (for example FIFA.com) are providing this incorrect height of 183cm of this football player. I can only speculate why this is, it looks like many website are copying (in this case incorrect) data from other websites without investigating thoroughly themselves, or maybe they are still using the height of this football player when he as a teenager played at U17 and U20 World Cups. Either way I was not able to edit his height in Transfermarkt.com myself. Therefore I sent transfermarkt.com an email to investigate this and have it corrected. They told me their data-scout was going to contact his current football club to re-check the data. A few days later I saw his height was corrected to 187cm in Transfermarkt.com. So can you please advise me what to do so that Wikipedia does no longer show an incorrect height of this football player?
Thank you in advance for your help! Dgsm2013 ( talk) 00:49, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
Bobby Edwards (soccer) played 4 games for Portadown FC so therefore he has played games. Freefalling660 ( talk) 13:54, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello administrator! Please check the contributions of user:Murgh Krahi, without having any page remover he had converted so many pages with only have 200-300 edit showing from his edit. I had noticed that user for stop this activity without permission to changing the page names. tuxr 16:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuxr ( talk • contribs)
User:Siamfootball always vandalize Wikipedia on Transfermarkt is not considered a reliable source, and should not be cited in articles. 110.169.30.61 ( talk) 10:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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