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Hi again GN - it did it again. Possibly relevant - this only seems to be happening if I override an existing block with a CU block. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Grrr...okay, I'll look into this, that data point is helpful. I recently added some logic to grab data on existing blocks and pre-fill the forms, I wonder if something's getting messed up in there. GeneralNotability ( talk) 17:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Hey - just a heads up, it's still happening. It was a re-block again. In case it helps, in this case I'm pretty confident that I unchecked the 'Add talk page notice when (re)blocking the sockmaster' box, but it added the notice anyway. Cheers Girth Summit _(blether) 10:57, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Girth Summit, I've pushed a new version that I think will fix it - let me know. GeneralNotability ( talk) 20:09, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Just got the same thing at [1] [2]. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 15:55, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Blablubbs, I don't think User:GeneralNotability/spihelper.js has had the update yet. The dev version seems to have had the update to fix the issue. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:03, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

That darn "git push" button is so hard to find. I've cut a new release. GeneralNotability ( talk) 00:47, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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		1 September 2021 — 31 October 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 12
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
Featured Content! The NASA Astronaut Group 2 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Hawkeye7. The Apollo 16 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Wehwalt. The Apollo 4 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Wehwalt. The 1951 in spaceflight list was promoted to Featured List status on 23 October 2021. After being nominated by Neopeius. The image: " Mars Pathfinder Presidential Panorama.jpg" was promoted to Featured Media status on 19 October 2021. After being nominated by Artem.G.
Members New Members: No new members. Kilawyn Punx (Joined on the 5th September) CactiStaccingCrane (Joined on the 6th September) Rainclaw7 (Joined on the 15th September) KarenWrite (Joined on the 16th September) ColtHood08 (Joined on the 20th September) Number of active members: 127. Total number of members: 340. October Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Soyuz-2.1a – Soyuz MS-19 (5th at 08:55:02) Success Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb (14th at 09:40:10) Success Long March 2D – Solar Explorer (14th at 10:51) Success Long March 2F – Shenzhou 13 (15th at 16:23:56) Success Atlas V – Lucy (16th at 09:34:00) Success Nuri – Dummy payload (21st at 08:00) Failure Long March 3B/E – Shijian-21 (24th at 01:27:03) Success Ariane 5 – SES-17 (24th at 02:10) Success H-IIA – QZS-1R (26th at 02:19:37) Success Kuaizhou – Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F (27th at 06:19) Success Soyuz-2.1a – MS-18 (28th at 00:00:32) Success November Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 – SpaceX Crew-3 Long March 2C – Yaogan 32-02A Rocket 3 – STP-27AD2 Epsilon – RAISE-2 Electron – BlackSky 10 Vega – CERES × 3 Falcon 9 – CSG-2 Atlas V – STPSat-6 Falcon 9 – DART Soyuz-2.1b – Prichal ( Progress M-UM) Electron – BlackSky 12 Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 2-2 Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 2-3 RS1 – Orbital Test Range × 2 Soyuz-2.1a – Neitron №1	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 October 2021. Spaceflight articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 21 6 7 41 FL 2 4 4 10 FM 103 103 GA 11 27 36 54 128 B 4 47 40 56 147 C 58 159 560 587 1,364 Start 33 160 1,108 2,331 334 3,966 Stub 11 243 2,186 217 2,657 List 15 126 85 230 1 457 Category 1 1,042 1,043 Disambig 51 51 File 212 212 Portal 55 55 Project 59 59 Redirect 1 1,147 1,148 Template 505 505 Other 23 23 Assessed 128 553 2,082 5,457 3,197 552 11,969 Total 128 553 2,082 5,457 3,197 552 11,969 Monthly Changes Since August: 75 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 3 more FA class articles, 1 more FL class page and 1 more FM class file. There are 6 less files. There are 6 more GA class articles and 1 more B-class article, 71 more C-class, 33 more start-class and 28 less stub-class articles.
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For an edit summary that made me smile. bonadea contributions talk 08:52, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, you blocked a year ago IP 213.149.159.237 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) for being a sockpuppet of Angel Angel 2 ( talk · contribs). This user is still active, so could you block it again? The sockpuppet investigation already determined they are the same person. Super Ψ Dro 08:57, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Super Dromaeosaurus, sure, done. GeneralNotability ( talk) 00:59, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! Super Ψ Dro 14:10, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hello GeneralNotablity, Walkerdude's sock has returned, this page may need to be protected [9] [10] Magherbin ( talk) 20:18, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Magherbin, that's them all right. ECP'd the page, blocked the user. GeneralNotability ( talk) 00:42, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello GeneralNotability, Could you please take a look at this SPI I launched a couple of days ago? It's the same one Magherbin has been dealing with. [11] Ayaltimo ( talk) 03:24, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if you remember this guy or not from March and then back in November last year, but they are back attempting to push their longest novel again with a couple accounts. Since you have dealt with this guy prior I thought you may want to take a look Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marcelrayduriez. Their efforts this time include

• User:Hotmail1234/sandbox
• User:Joeblow8567/sandbox

I did not request a CU as most of his socks go right into trying to promote his books and not hide their effort. McMatter ^{( talk)}/_{( contrib)} 05:09, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Handled. GeneralNotability ( talk) 13:59, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Just going through stale filters. Is 1068 still needed? Seems the content has been added to the article in question anyway. ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 11:42, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

ProcrastinatingReader, nope, I've disabled it. GeneralNotability ( talk) 13:51, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

I really have no idea what this guy is doing. - AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 07:06, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

AssumeGoodWraith, I've got no idea either. I'll keep an eye on 'em. GeneralNotability ( talk) 01:06, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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