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Try to use a templated block reason for range blocks such as {{ anonblock}}, as it provides more information to the blocked users. Prodego ^talk 00:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi J. Would you please determine for me if User:WikiLawyerWasTaken is yet another sock of User:FLPTrainor? The new account’s so-far first edit suggests someone who is not a new Wikipedia editor and it is to an article edited previously by User:FLPTrainor and his sock puppets. I must admit, however, that the edit itself is not consistent with his previous sock puppet edits in substance and form. Rather, it is the edit summary that makes me suspicious. Thanks! — Spike Toronto 22:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I think it would probably be best to wait for further developments, but you are welcome to get another opinion if you want. (I'm not really familiar with FLPTrainor). J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh. The reason that I came to you for a CheckUser was that you ran it for this FLPTrainor enquiry here, which resulted in the blocking of two of his sockpuppets: User:Minsteire and User:Triadam. Then, you ran it again for this FLPTrainor enquiry here, which resulted in the blocking of yet another of his sockpuppets: User:Rachel-K-T.

I also know little of User:FLPTrainor other than what I have learned by reporting those three sock puppets to you. I just thought that this fresh new account, User:WikiLawyerWasTaken, might also be one and that CheckUser could confirm one way or another. Thanks! — Spike Toronto 23:38, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Having some trouble with User:Mistaknleytaken, User:ImaSteveWillfan, User:Havingfuneveryday and User:Anotherdaygoneby vandalizing page (and their AfDs) they created. Seems all are new accounts and both are making the same general edits. My Duck-o-Meter is off the charts with this one. Could you do a CU and see if they are related? I will keep an eye on them. Thanks :) - NeutralHomer • Talk • 22:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

User:Havingfuneveryday‎ has been blocked by Floquenbeam‎ for Abusing multiple accounts: on SMP Studios Entertainment. Other three obvious socks remain unblocked. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 22:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks like Luna Santin already got these. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:41, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Was just about to post that :) Thanks for looking into them :) - NeutralHomer • Talk • 02:48, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Always the same guy, see you! -- Vituzzu ( talk) 00:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Blocked, and took out a few sleepers as well. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:40, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

That's why I asked you to block him :D See you! -- Vituzzu ( talk) 16:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Pretty damn quick. I appreciate it. Tide rolls 01:32, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Not a problem :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

I was referred to you by The Thing That Should Not Be for help. He recently intervened in the near-daily ritual of reverting the vandalisms of the ever-changing sockpuppets of permanently banned User:Tfoxworth. The latter's persistence over several years is flagrant and worse -- an invitation to others to mimic his evasions. A helpful admin recently said we're pretty much out-maneuvered. But I believe he can be stopped with help, as suggested here. Thanks for any consideration. FactStraight ( talk) 03:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, if his internet connection is too dynamic, there isn't much we can do other than whack-a-mole. If he's creating a lot of accounts, you can give me the names and I can see if any rangeblocks are possible. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

As can be seen in this diff his revenge in the face of page protection is now to revert my past edits. Is it possible that when his vandalizing IPs are blocked, his edits can be auto-reverted? 16:33, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I recently initiated a discussion on WP:ANI about a long term banned IP vandal who is IP hopping with AOL, continuing vandalism, and what to do about it. I'd appreciate your input, if you have time. Thanks. Connormah ( talk | contribs) 23:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

For reverting the vandalism on my talk page :) -- 5 albert square ( talk) 22:03, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to draw your attention to a strange set of edits on this page. You reverted some vandalism in this diff [1] but inadvertently restored some previous vandalism. That same vandalizing editor seems to have corrected that vandalism afterward with this diff: [2] which seems kind of odd to me. Since I'm not familiar with that page, I thought I would draw your attention to it to make sure everything is the way it should be from your perspective. ConcernedVancouverite ( talk) 23:03, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi. You made no comment on the SPI [3] who is once again editing one of Reargun's favorite articles. The other link between the IP and Reargun is the interest in Israeli subjects (the IP's only other edits). Before the SPI I tried to persuade Reargun into acknowledging his sock, after the SPI I blocked the sock and left Reargun unblocked explicitly offering him good faith. Is there any way at all to deal with the IP? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 17:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Just because I refused to say whether an IP was related to a user does not mean that you are forbidden to take action if you think it is necessary. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:31, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I am still finding my way around SPI issues. Dougweller ( talk) 18:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I was wandering if you could help me... I have reported two people to EricOrbit but I don't think he's been on. User::24.208.254.246 is Rude and is taking ownership of pages reverting my edits because they don't like them and adding things without a source, can you please block him or semi-protect the page because he's an IP?

Also User:Itsbydesign is rude and makes changes to only one page "Nothing But Love World Tour" he makes unconstructive edits and I was wandering if you could issue a permanent block because he rarely edits. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Jayy008 ( talk) 22:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Quick question, I noticed you've worked on the Obama Probation page. When an editor violates the probation, where's the best place to report it? I posted about JB50000 ( talk · contribs) on the "Requests for enforcement" page more than a week ago [4], and it doesn't look like that report was ever seen. The editor's been better about using the talk page since then, but tonight again made the same edit three times within 90 minutes on the Obama page. If it continues, should I take it to ANI? Thanks in advance for the help. Dayewalker ( talk) 05:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, ANI would probably be best. I don't think too many people watch the probation page. (I know I don't. I only watch Obama's page in case there is simple vandalism). J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Man, that was a fast reply. Thanks! Dayewalker ( talk) 05:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

He threatens to revert my every edit indefinitely. He cannot be stopped by range blocks, and admin MuZemike found that he had to resort to article protection, because Tfoxworth generates new IPs and re-vandalizes as soon as one is blocked. Now that his copy-cat IP, User:Factsstraight, has been banned he's reverting me as 212.78.230.242. Please help. FactStraight ( talk) 13:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey J.delanoy. Glad to see you've done so much good work that you've really gotten the vandals angry. Based on the recent attacks, I've gone ahead and WP:BOLDly created a filter for you, filter 293. Sorry for not contacting you sooner, but I considered this more of an urgent matter so I took the "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. If you don't want it enabled (though I see no reason to allow it), feel free to let me know and I'll go ahead and turn it off (or of course, you can do that yourself). You can also go ahead and take a look at it and see if you think it covers everything (I'm not sure how well you know the edit filter system, feel free to ask me questions on my talk page or by emailing me). If you think I missed something, feel free to shoot me an email with some sample names I can test against; I was only able to construct the filter based on what I knew of the situation. Keep up the great work! -- Shirik  ♥♥ 06:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:58, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

(On spanish), como puedo ser ckeckuser we x eb 17:39, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Si usted est pidiéndome a usar checkuser en Wikipedia español, no puedo. No tengo permiso checkuser allí. Lo siento... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Hablar español?-- Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 04:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

También. Pero siempre puedes usar una de esas cosas traductor.-- Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 04:12, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I can read Spanish pretty well, and I am okay at interpreting verbal Spanish if the speaker is willing to talk rather slowly. But generating words to write or speak takes me quite a while. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Same here. I can read a bit but not much and Im not that good with verbs, ar, er, ir, ect. And I can understand enough in a conversation to get the basics but not much more than that. I'm probably at level 1 :P-- Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 04:17, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

No, J.delanoy, quiero saber como puedo ser checkuser aqui we x eb 20:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

<-- Ah. Pues, usted tiene que esperer a que ArbCom para realizar una elección. Ver aquí para más información. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Transcendental Meditation movement and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration;
• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

Thanks, – MuZemike 19:35, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental Meditation movement/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental Meditation movement/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Dougweller ( talk) 11:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

An email, you have. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 05:24, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

See edits by 195.242.152.14. FactStraight ( talk) 06:48, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I had put in a request at WP:RFPP but was wondering if I should just get an admin directly. :) - Warthog Demon 20:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

:-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:55, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

You may want to revoke their talk page access while they're blocked... [5] Cheers, XXX antiuser ^eh? 02:34, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Could you do a checkuser on following IPs and see who pops up on them? A vandal using these IPs (which I have dubbed the "Thank You Bye" vandal, for their use of "thank you bye" in their edit summaries) uses these IPs and has committed ALOT of blanking vandalism, mostly to Washington DC area radio and TV stations (mostly WTOP-FM) and a certain North Carolina television station, WCTI-TV. I would hope a range block could be issued, but I fear it would cause alot of collateral damage in its wake.

• 98.80.180.239 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 98.80.160.111 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 98.80.146.39 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 98.67.61.88 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 98.80.177.53 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 68.220.100.105 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 68.220.108.94 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 68.220.118.106 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 68.154.22.18 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 68.220.107.11 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

The 98. are licensed to BellSouth in Atlanta, Macon and Warner Robbins, all in Georgia. The 68. are licensed also to BellSouth in Centreville, Jackson, and Macon, all in Georgia. Probably one is a cell and another is a PC with the different ranges, but I could be wrong.

Some have active blocks, but others don't. Is there anything that can be done with rangeblocks, long term blocks, or are we stuck with this guy? Thanks... NeutralHomer • Talk • 00:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Just lighting up your message bar, since you are back and have gotten other posts. Don't want this one to slip through. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 20:56, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Those ranges are too broad to rangeblock. With regard to checkuser, do you know of any diffs where registered accounts are making similar edits to the IPs? Otherwise, I think it's just fishing. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Not that I can find, it is mostly just those two ranges (broad as they are). Would a long term (like 6 months to a year) block on all (and any that pop up) be possible? That way we don't have to worry about him coming back for awhile and anything that pops up is instantly blocked. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 15:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

First off, sorry to pile two things at once on top of you, but alot happened on my end at once. This one might be a little less broad. All are coming from DAKTEL.COM or Dakota Central Telecommunications in Carrington, North Dakota. Some of the edits are redirect vandalism, some moving vandalism, some downright pure vandalism as you will see in the links below. All have a pretty small range, so I am hoping this one will work.

• 69.178.195.231 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.194.242 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.193.154 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.192.140 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.193.150 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.194.55 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.192.207 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 69.178.195.228 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Two of these have active blocks (of one week) applied yesterday. Since they are all on the 69.178. range these should be easier to rope in than the "thank you bye" vandal....I hope. Again, sorry for throwing so much at you at once. Thanks for your help on both threads. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 15:16, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi! A persistant vandal, using a static IP, with multiple blocks has reactivated( 84.12.13.11). Is it possible to place an indefinate block on the IP to save another round of pointless editing? Richard Harvey ( talk) 13:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Please read and help Free Wikipedia articles are on sale as printed books for 50 dollars each in Amazon.com with no prior warning Kasaalan ( talk) 14:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

The IP's only edits are to it's talk page so far please have a look at this revision. Might be a cross-wiki vandal? Jeffrey Mall ( talk • contribs) - 15:38, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

You may also be interested in this revision. Jeffrey Mall ( talk • contribs) - 15:40, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I blocked a couple of sleepers. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:58, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

This ip is asking for unblock, and although the block log suggests an expired block by User:Luk is somehow still in place, he suggested that actually it's a rangeblock you made. So I guess I have two questions: Why does the expired block still show up? Would it be a big mistake to grant the unblock request? Beeblebrox ( talk) 18:48, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

The expired block shows up because 170.213.0.0/16 is blocked, and the block message system is still a bit buggy. I don't believe that granting the unblock request is even possible without unblocking the entire range. As for whether or not blocking the range is a good idea, that's something that J.delanoy would have to answer. NW ( Talk) 20:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Would you mind if I added your userpage image to Wikipedia:Facebook? Thanks for your input, and I hope you are having a good day today! Schfifty 3 23:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Whatever. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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