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This user and I gave warning but they keep reverting . This user is [[[User:Mymis]] Valleryking ( talk) 17:30, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
User:Mymis Valleryking ( talk) 17:31, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Warnings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserProfile/Mymis Valleryking ( talk) 17:33, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Real Housewives of Atlanta vanderalism Valleryking ( talk) 17:34, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Yeah I stop reverting n making changes on the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Because I know n idk bout Claudia n yeah sore n god blessed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valleryking ( talk • contribs) 15:59, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello everyone!
Almost a year ago LGBT rights in Croatia article was a victim of homophobic campaign, and I am sad to see it happening again. Almost a year ago, a particular user got banned as he was making numerous changes not just to this article, but to many other articles concerning LGBT rights. Few days ago I have noticed identical problems happening again, but with a different user called user:sdino, who funilly enough has received warnings for the same things as the user in the past. It might be a coincidence, but it is interesting how both users are from Poland, and declare themselves to be anti gay marriage, very religious, and obviously homophobic. Now, I am not interested in their personal views, but Wikipedia is not a place for this sort of political campaign. This user has made numerous changes to this article in the past days, had removed big portions of it, and has inserted a pie chart, translating Croatian into English wrongly, just to make a point. He claims 45% of people in Croatia are "extremely" against same-sex marriage, but this survey states they are "strongly" against it. This is exactly how the problem started the last time. I argued that we don't need a pie chart for this as there are numerous surveys, and will be in the future so I cannot see the point of having just one pie chart for one survey, and ignore all the others, Which brings us to my argument that we shouldn't really have pie charts for surveys anyway, as it would just create a mess. This might not seem like a big problem, but few days from now we will see this user changing terms, using different words, trying to present LGBT movement as "promotion of homosexuality" etc.
He will make more changes just to create an illusion how people in Croatia hate LGBT individuals, and I would appreciate some help so we can stop this right now. Many people contribute to LGBT right in Croatia article, and have done a fantastic job, so why let anybody spoil it for their homophobia? Thank you very much for reading this. 11raccoon1 ( talk) 11:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)11raccoon1 11raccoon1 ( talk) 11:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
1) Below link shows clearly - no further citation needed for the sentence - M. S. Viswanathan also scored music for many non-film albums and for political campaigns.cn|date=July 2015 as in my version - .ref name="Hindu article in MSV" is mentioned!! 2) What makes you remove the line? - Cho Ramaswamy made a political satire film named Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Vishwanathan sang the song Allah Allah Nee Illadha Idame Illai. 3) Whats the issue with the line - He had played the child's character named Kovalan in the film Kannagi produced by Jupiter Pictures - when reference is already present? 4) Music directors like V. Kumar, Sankar Ganesh, Ilaiyaraaja, Gangai Amaran, Deva, Bharathwaj, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja and others considered Vishwanathan as their inspiration. http://www.sify.com/movies/veteran-music-composer-ms-viswanathan-is-no-more-news-tamil-phok7Feachaac.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=M._S._Viswanathan&type=revision&diff=672135088&oldid=672134891
Just because in earlier versions there were copyright issues does not mean , present version , despite being free of any copyright violations, gets reverted! Also while the previous versions - straight lines were lifted from sites - as facts were being removed. I had promotly informed you, that you are free to re-write sentences , after I had put up all the facts with references in the main article page. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=M._S._Viswanathan&type=revision&diff=672135088&oldid=672134891 - read it and observe by yourself that there is no copyright violation. Jancater ( talk) 14:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
There doesnt seem to be a backlog for this page so I went to remove it and it says not to. What will happen if I remove it? Should it be removed? Thanks Tortle ( talk) 08:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
He keeps deleting what is added,along with citations.He sayz it is not neutral .But i argued ,giving more facts is not changing the neutrality of wikipedia.he harasses me saying i will be blocked ,by showing TW batch.i dont know how to use talk feature.Even if i did, i dont think i can convince him because he doesnot agree with facts .the harassing user me I m a newbie to all these high profile editing .Does it mean that i cant put valid points sir ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserProfile/IgnorantArmies
Ranjan s nayak ( talk) 16:35, 17 November 2015 (UTC) Ranjan s nayak ( talk) 16:35, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Over the past 5 so weeks, there has been an incredibly persistent vandal targeting tropical cyclone articles. The user is always under the base IP of "187.198" and purposefully adds false information despite countless warnings...generally in the form of changing wind speeds. I'm wondering if a range block is possible for this person since they seem quite intent on adding false info. WP:Range was vague on what would prompt a range block so I figured asking couldn't hurt.
List of IPs (that I'm aware of) and the dates they were used:
Thanks in advance for your help. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 00:11, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
I seem to have a similar problem. I don't think I caught all of this person's edits either. 2602:306:CD51:9170:8419:466:565C:544C
2602:306:CD8F:9060:54B3:E942:F8E6:9AF0
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2602:306:cdc2:3930:51c4:5933:e564:919a This person seems to have a particular pleasure in changing the release date for the episodes of webseries a few months different here and there. The vandalism is small enough some of these changes have taken years, if ever to fix all of the damage. Yes, as seen in my recent edits of List of The Guild episodes and List of Mortal Kombat: Legacy episodes, the vandal didn't even take the time to change the List of seasons dates. Most of the edits seem to be coming from Raleigh, North Carolina. I don't know if we can shut this person down. This person seems patient enough to wait editors out on these backwater pages. In the end, I know there used to be some sort of verify edit type of system that used to be on wikipedia. Maybe pages like these need to be under that banner. Oldag07 ( talk) 06:25, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that some report of vandalism-only and spam-only accounts are being rejected with the message "No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings". Since when do we warn vandalism-only and spam-only accounts instead of blocking them on sight? -- Guy Macon ( talk) 19:50, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm trying it here because I hope to get more support since the German moderators are highly autocratic to the level of nonsense. It kills the entire idea of free information of Wikipedia.
Subject: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalismusmeldung#Benutzer:Kpisimon_.28erl..29 Users: Kpisimon, Marcus Cyron Reden, He3nry
There is a German political article about the former Turkish president. Due to the recent incident where the Russian military plane was shot down I wanted to add a quote from Abulla Gül: 2012 - After a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria due to violations of borders: ,,... It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will be done ... It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over (national) borders ... when you consider their speed over the sea ... These are not ill-intentioned things but happen beyond control due to the jets' speed.
This quote was accepted as every other useful information in the English Wikipedia Article: /info/en/?search=Abdullah_G%C3%BCl#Quotes
As usual the German admins vandalize the articles. First some user reverted the article, then I called the admins and they also locked. It does not come to me as a surprise. The German Wikipedia constantly loses it's authors [1] because the mod act autocratic like a firewall.
Please help and support free speech by punishing such moderator behavior.
Also note that I'm a user with spare time who adds occasionally something if it's relevant. I don't have the time and interest to have an account. At the moment I'm also writing from my university so the IP is also okay.
Thank you.-- 134.93.69.232 ( talk) 15:07, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just blind right now or keep looking in the wrong places/overlooking the right places, but I can't shake the impression that this page has a rather bad visibility probably making it almost impossible to be found by unexperienced/occasional/new users. I'm editing on en.wp for 8 years now and the few occasions I intended to report a vandalism were always a "pain" of sorts and I always ended up running a general search over all projects pages to get here. This page may need a better visibility/exposure in the community portal, help desk, editor primers and other standard project pages, a new or unexperienced user would consult to figure out how to report a vandalism.-- Kmhkmh ( talk) 00:56, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
To fulfill the duration of their 2-year block. They were unblocked on September 20 for a "library editathon" and I think the intention was to reblock once that was complete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawnseeker2000 ( talk • contribs) 20:56, 12 December 2015
With regards to reports like [2], how "recent" should a warning be to warrant a blocking versus a re-warning? Basically, how long is it until warnings become stale? It's been several months since I've been active with the admin tools, but I seem to recall there was a time where a "recent" warning was considered to be one within the previous 48 hours or so, so it's been a little surprising to see blocks being handed out based on warnings that are more than a week old. Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 18:10, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Go to the state terrorism page, nude pictures come up and you cannot read the page, or do anything on the page at all. This is really terrible, you cannot even go to the talk page! The guy claiming responsibility is some guy called @Meepsheepy, on his twitter page you can see examples of his work, all nude picture blocks on wikipedia. Mangokeylime ( talk) 04:33, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Its gone now, I have no idea what happened.... Mangokeylime ( talk) 02:23, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
El Clásico - Repeating vandalism and conflicts on this page ! Check the history ... all the time this happening - I propuse to be permanent blocked and only to be edited by registred users ! It is not possible to have so many vandalism attacks on one single article ! - instead of create more and edit more on Wikipedia (I lose time reverting vandalism)-- Alexiulian25 ( talk) 16:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
clear-cut case ? Please go on the article and check the history and see how many times people reverted edits there! and convince yourself AND DO SOMETHING - I do not have time for discussion - I have to improve Wikipedia. I am not a specialist in solving this kind of problems ! I am here to improve football articles - not to discuss with people or to revert pages - someone should help with this.-- Alexiulian25 ( talk) 22:54, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
Do administrators frequently check the history of this talk page's noticeboard (that is, WP:AIV)? A little while ago we had a pattern where a persistent vandal kept removing the reports of their own vandalism. They have now been blocked, but do admins check for this sort of behavior by vandals, that is, vandalizing the noticeboard? (By the way, I would suggest extending the block and revoking the talk page.) Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:20, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
Seeing a recent increase in subtle vandalism where a number (usually a date) is +/- slightly. Examples: [3] [4] -- there is some plausible deniability but I don't think so because in these examples the sources state clearly the correct dates. My experience is purely anecdotal. This type of vandalism is not new, just seeing more of it in my limited subset of watched articles (10+k). Which may be a statistical fluke, but wanted to report in case others have noticed. -- Green C 05:13, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Not a huge deal, but why is the removal bot saying I blocked someone for a fortnight? I blocked someone for two weeks, not a fortnight. Is there a good reason for the bot to use "fortnight" instead of "two weeks"? -- Bongwarrior ( talk) 19:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
MaterialScientist I am guessing that was a mistake however I will not revert you. Could you explain it here? Dat Guy Talk Contribs 10:07, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Since I cannot submit an account more than once, I am placing the info here for User:Alphacuremome: On Middle Passage: vandalism after final warning. This user continues to vandalize the article even after final warning, and as I said before, using another account ( user:Cs viper sc).
Keep in mind, that with a puppet (or ally), the incidents of vandalism in this page have reached 8, in a single day. Would appreciate your help or advice Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 22:01, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Their's were methodical insertions that were not easy to clean out. Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 22:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Done Indeffed by an admin (ronhjones).
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First of all, I searched a lot but unable to find where to ask this question so posting here. A user ( User:Ankit Sihag) has cloned my entire user page along with the user right templates so what to do? Thank you GSS ( talk) 15:18, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
I should have put incorrectly warned, not insufficient warnings [5]. My mistake. Boomer Vial Holla 13:57, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
G'day all, when we don't block, but put one of the other canned responses up, why doesn't the page archive them soon after? Is it just done daily? Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:17, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
If a user is already blocked, how do I request that he be blocked from his user talk page? I used Twinkle to post a block request, specifying in the comments section that he has been using his user talk page as a web host. The bot removed my entry here about a minute after I submitted it, on the grounds that he's already blocked. So, no action was taken. —Largo Plazo ( talk) 15:25, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
For the past year I have noticed a number of different I.P. addresses making the same style of edits (which is mostly large content removal and 95% of the time not giving a justification for these edits, and rarely when "justified" these include one-word terms like "irrelevant", "redundant", "concise", and "updation"), I've seen this editor edit mostly Nokia-related and India-related pages (as the editor themself is Indian), and a few of their I.P. addresses have already been blocked due to disruptive editing, while others have received warnings (mostly they blank their pages immediately after receiving warnings) and when asked why this person does what (s)he does or ask them on the talk page they rarely reply and if so often delete other people's posts on the talk page, anyhow this is concerning the character of the edits but what I want to know is how one can report a rotating I.P. address as this user can be 177.-something today and 233.-something tomorrow (using random numbers here).
Sincerely, -- 86.81.201.94 ( talk) 21:15, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
The page Mohammed Matter is being vandalized by pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians alike, spreading biased opinions. I tried to balance it out but someone named Rafiq reverted it. I'd hope you either delete the article or lock it and rewrite it in a professional way. Elam Ron Elias ( talk) 05:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Kmoksy and Esc2003 have been long in a huge edit war instead of being kind and collaborative. Could you warn them? Thanks Manaviko ( talk) 20:20, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
This clearly doesn't mean the same to some people as it does to me.
Neither does The user must have been given enough warnings to stop their disruptive behavior.
If we're going to indefinitely block users with one edit and zero talk page warnings, maybe we should change the guidelines on this page? Cheers, Gricehead ( talk) 19:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
There appears to be a second "User-reported" header within AIV, which is protected. Can an admin please fix this? 172.58.40.242 ( talk) 04:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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The vandal IP deleted my comments.
And I can't add them back. 208.44.84.138 ( talk) 21:55, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
The vandal sock puppet 2602:306:3357:BA0:D04E:A07C:AE65:ED36 ( talk · contribs) did it again: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&oldid=727275650 208.44.84.138 ( talk) 21:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
If an IP is reported here (whether IPv4 or IPv6) and I block a range containing it, will the bot get that and remove the report? Bishonen | talk 09:08, 20 June 2016 (UTC).
Hi all, noticed this edit by Oshwah (nice work!) which "endorsed" administrator action. I think the limited use of this could be really useful in times of backlog - I propose adding this to the {{ AIV}} template, any comments? -- samtar talk or stalk 11:07, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Very true
Fortuna, I guess that scuppers this idea!
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I regret coming late to the debate, but I oppose the idea. My aim is to keep WP:AIV as an efficient forum for admins to acknowledge obvious cases of vandalism. If an admin can't review contribs and talk and come to a quick decision, the issue probably has no business being posted at WP:AIV. I’ve made non-admin comments at WP:AIV, with the aim of expediting an admin’s decision process, but I would not want my comments sanctioned with a formal addition to the template.
To do so would create another layer of decision makers. Admins should regard our extraneous non-admin comments with the grains of salt appropriate to their recollection, if any, of our reputations in offering useful pointers. Us non-admins should add comments sparingly, as we do now, without any formal encouragement, and with the understanding that we are being bold in commenting beyond the intended use of WP:AIV. My two cents. Willondon ( talk) 17:55, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
You want a casual user, who noticed (and corrected) vandalism, to read through all your Wikilawyering to learn what to do? That's nuts. Wikipedia has become way too bureaucratic. There should be a simple tool where users can alert admins about vandals! Or else obvious nonsense will go on uncorrected for a whole year or so, like in this case: /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/2600:1017:B023:29B5:9F5:E253:2531:1BAB Damn, this excess of rules really turns people off. Wikipedia is on the totally wrong track. Gray62 ( talk) 00:30, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi all, I've noticed an increase in non-admin declines here - as many admins have stated before, non-admin clerking at AIV is not helpful (which I agree with). Could I just confirm this is still the case? -- samtar talk or stalk 10:27, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
I added "really cool" to describe something on an article and got reported. Can this be undone? JohnSmith678 ( talk) 09:20, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
And again, someone else was reported for no reason. JohnSmith678 ( talk) 09:22, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
This topic has come up several times in the recent past, but I'd like to put my own opinion out there, and hopefully encourage some discussion on the way things stand.
Let's summarize the situation first. When I first started doing heavy anti-vandalism work in 2011, reports rarely seemed to go any longer than 10 to 15 minutes before an admin dealt with them. Now, at least 30 minutes seems closer to the norm, with many reports going an hour or more before being handled - far too long to be useful. Even as I type this there is a report that has been sitting for several hours, unhandled by anyone. We have fewer admins to do more work, it seems, and RfA's general requirement of significant content contributions excludes gnomes like myself from simply going and obtaining a mop to clean up the mess ourselves.
Now, let me put my opinion out there. Speaking as a non-admin myself who does a lot of anti-vandalism work, I believe some form of sanctioned clerking would be a beneficial contribution to AIV in cases of obviously bad reports. What out there says revenge reporting, false positives, invalid/misplaced reports and the like must be looked over by an admin? There are many experienced non-admin vandalism fighters who could do the job too, while saving time for the admins to handle the valid reports - and with the so-called "degradation" in the quality of reports that has been mentioned by several others here, I think it's more important than ever that admins not be forced to waste their time filtering through junk reports at the expense of those for actual, active vandals, who create enough of a headache as it is for the people who have to hit the revert button.
Simply put, AIV is becoming bogged down and broken. Let's reconsider our attitudes on clerking. It doesn't have to be fancy - even a system like XFD non-admin closures would greatly increase the speed and efficiency of the system as it stands. WikiPuppies bark dig 22:37, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
A prolific sock puppeteer is currently using my signature to leave false warning templates on the Talk Pages of various users ( [7]). I suspect that the same user may have been behind this impersonation account. If you receive any reports from someone appearing to be me, I would suggest making sure it actually is before taking it seriously. Dark Knight 2149 15:44, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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block log) Vandalism, block evasion. Article may need protection.
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A new bot request has been approved for trial reporting. Please see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 3 for details. Please contact the bot operator directly if you see excessive false positives. — xaosflux Talk 18:12, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
For any admins that process speedy blocks, please note the new feed at User:AnomieBOT III/Trial block log - these entries may actually need to be actioned - and any feedback is welcome at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT III 3. — xaosflux Talk 15:46, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
This IP address 82.132.1.7 has made one vandalism to Wikipedia. I warned the user and looked up the IP under whois and found that it is a shared IP possibly, from a company. I would like to request an indefinite or substantial time period block be placed on this IP. If they want to edit they should have to make an account. TheUSConservative ( talk) 15:59, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello, we are having problem with User:Ebonelm who is deleting our maps that was specially created for Wikipedia. Here is a Ticket#2016111010015085 that proves our ownership. We also plan to make maps for main part of cities of Wikipedia.
And here are the sources of all maps we have uploaded: http://vectormap.info/free_vector_maps_downloads/davie-florida-us-free-vector-map-adobe-illustrator/
And others...
Pelase, block this user, and thanks a lot!
And here is another vandal deleting our maps.
This user (Jc86035) deletes our printable maps of
Guangzhou, China.
Source (on our website, please also see Ticket#2016111010015085): http://vectormap.info/free_vector_maps_downloads/guangzhou-china-free-printable-svg-map-in-english/ And thanx a lot)
What shall we do? We are going to make maps for just all cities Wikipedia has, but if anybody can delete it whenever he wants... it would be impossible. Hope ypu understand it. Att. Ilya Shrayber, VectorMap.Info Team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilya Shrayber ( talk • contribs) 16:21, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
Ok, understood now, and thanx a lot. So, if we don`t put any links (no problem with that), how can we obtain something like a green light for imrpoving the articles with our maps? — Preceding
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~~~~
. This is a very standard Wiki custom you should follow after being told to do so. It seems that your maps have other copyright issues as mentioned by
user:Jc86035 that they are actually exported directly from
Openstreetmap and your affiliated website is selling them without adhering to the requirements of Openstreetmap's either
Open Database License or
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license. In such case, the usage of your maps in any article, even they're currently licensed under the seemingly compatible CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, is dubious. --
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Hello, "seems" and "is" - are different things, that`s what Mr Jc86035 doesn`t understand. We also talked to OpenStreetMap, and there are no problem, so yes, we will change the license and post it again. Thank you very much for your advices.
Att. Ilya Shrayber.
Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 00:31, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
We just puted CC 4.0 License sign on a page and also deleted "All rights forever" from the footer. And the maps we will upload to Wikipedia, will have no logo on it, no problem. http://vectormap.info/free-vector-map-all-cities/ Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 13:37, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Our requested attribution is "© OpenStreetMap contributors".
You must also make it clear that the data is available under the Open Database Licence. This can be achieved by providing a "License" or "Terms" link which links to www.openstreetmap.org/copyright or www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl.
— Legal FAQ on the OpenStreetMap Wiki
Hey there! :) No, we will not post links to our website, no problem. And yes, we will try to draw more detailed maps, thanx a lot! :) Att. Ilya Shrayber. Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 14:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello If admins are seeing this I would like to report in that I have seen swearing in Transformers Soundwave section,in discussion Hated.In my own opinion I do not think it's acceptable to let it pass.Thank you for your attention Wikipedia ultimate weapon ( talk) 16:25, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
I do not know if this was reported, but User:Trajan33 vandalised Boleyn's user page by writing things, like "We hate you" and vandalising the source code. He is not banned, so I thought that no one reported him. P. S. I want to fight vandalism, but I do not know where the "Hot spots" are. Any ideas? - FriyMan ( talk) 09:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
IP user 98.178.131.104 is vandalizing the page List of DuckTales characters with false actors who either never voiced on the show or never voiced any of the main characters when it's officially credited in many media and DuckTales it's self who the actors in the episodes are. I corrected a whole list recently only for this person to vandalize the whole thing again. Can someone please deal with this troublemaker? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GamerSpax ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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86.22.208.94 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) BLP violations after final warning. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 01:08, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
An IP-hopping spammer has been adding "Contact 09035865525" to Nigerian university articles for some time, e.g. [8], [9]. Is there any way to blacklist a string, in the way that we can blacklist a URL? Thanks, Wikishovel ( talk) 06:15, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
12 Dec. Politically motivated vandalism by anonymous user
User also vandalises page of Singapore celebrity chef in same way Justin Quek — Preceding undated comment added 12 December 2014
lipsum.com has repeatedly link-spammed Lorem ipsum, there's a warning against adding generator sites at its "External links" section now, cf the comment.
lipsum.com is linked 49 times by wiki user pages, sometimes from funny accounts like this one.
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I have created a new header, that can be seen at User:TheMagikCow/aiv_instructions. It contains more information regarding how to make a report. Obviously, there can be stylistic changes, but this RfC should establish is there consensus for that text, specifically more information on how to file an AIV report on the page header?. The text of the original header is preserved, the only changed is the addition of wikicode used to report a vandal. TheMagikCow ( talk) 12:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
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please remove my up from this list 83.31.59.25 ( talk) 22:06, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
I was trying to add "* 204.122.255.214 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Vandalized past final warning. JackOfPanTrades |Converse intellectually| 16:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)" but accidentally screwed up the template. Someone help? JackOfPanTrades |Converse intellectually| 16:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi all admins. I am a viwiki's admin. I want to hide (change visibility) all of a vandal's edits. Is there a way to do that systematically, all at once? Thanks for your advice and support. Tuanminh01 ( talk) 04:10, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Got it. Thank you all. Tuanminh01 ( talk) 06:30, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
There's a banned user who everyday has been spamming this page with multiple often inappropriate reports. See recent examples here and here. I would suggest to admins not to waste your time on this person. In fact, you could probably remove the reports without giving it a second thought. Sro23 ( talk) 02:10, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
The IP 172.58.40.192 ( talk · contribs) has been making reports here for several days now. From what I can tell many (most of them?) are stale or for one or two violations. I am wondering if there is any point in trying to explain the problematic nature of their reports. Speaking as someone who knows the ups and downs and ins and outs of editcountitis this might not be a problem but I thought I would mention it so that the admins who take care of things here can come to a decision about this. MarnetteD| Talk 22:32, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
There are reports peding since more than almost two hours. Seems like all admins went offline at the same time. —usernamekiran (talk) 18:55, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Reminder: Changing anything in the header, including changing the backlog tag in any way, will usually prevent the bot from working. Likewise, if the bot isn't working and reports have to be removed manually, then use diffs to check for any changes in the header (this also applies to UAA). -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:35, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
In the last few days, through the AIV listings, I have caught two different editors whose vandalism also involved Commons uploads. The issues have been taken care of. I'm wondering if there is a tool or script available that would allow an admin to check if vandals such as these might also be vandalizing the other wikis, short of checking the other wikis one by one. It would be a handy tool to have. — Maile ( talk) 14:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
I'd like to have someone please look at this IPs talk page. It's being used rudely and inappropriately. This is a blocked user that appears to have something going on right now in their life and appears to be using it as stress reliever. This is UsefulWikipedia ( talk · contribs), who was indefinitely blocked three years ago for disruptive editing. A habit included redirecting the sandbox and just about anything else they could get their hands on. I've been observing this editor for almost five years or so (since we crossed paths on 2008 Chino Hills earthquake) and the same odd redirect habit has been used by the IP. Dawnseeker2000 03:47, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
I came across a strange (at least to me) hack/spam on Palawan. Somehow a transparent image is being inserted into the "website" portion of the infobox. This image is enlarged to occupy most of the screen and links to the GNAA website. I know this isn't exactly the right place to report this problem, but I don't know how to resolve it and don't know the right place to discuss it. Thanks for any help/insight. Tote hughes ( talk) 21:46, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Can someone pls enlighten what does this message means? Am I being accused of being a vandal? Jjaey ( talk) 03:12, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
Message appeared in
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism
Dervinlwj (talk • contribs • logs • filter log • block log) – vandalism ([9]). Suspected sockpuppet of Jjaey (talk · contribs). 2002:6F43:C4F1:0:0:0:6F43:C4F1 (talk)
When something is obvious, how long do we wait before it becomes vandal and sockpuppet whack-a-mole?
Pyxis Solitary talk 13:55, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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Hey I want to report the user ( ZxxZxxZ ).
I saw some of his contributions and found some suspicious things.. it's obvious not suspicious though..
He removes things that offend his country ( iran ) and add lines that offend a country that is an enemy of his. From a qatari-owned news channel ( Knowing that qatar is an enemy of Saudi Arabia which means most likely it's fake news with the aim of offending Saudi Arabia) as his sources. For example
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202 Technical Peace ( talk) 11:02, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
I've told him to not get politics into Wikipedia and so far, i did not receive a response . Technical Peace ( talk) 11:04, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202
Read it please. Technical Peace ( talk) 21:05, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Listing removed by a user: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=801680318&oldid=801680219 Do not want to be involved in an edit war on the AIV page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RamazanKhan1991 ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
It seems to me that there's been an increase of edits (usually by IPs) adding a space to non-consequential places (such as after an item in a box, list, etc., in any event so you won't see it by eye in the article). Is this a thing? Is this worth reverting? (If this is a FAQ, just accept my apologies and point me to the right place, thank you). --- Sluzzelin talk 00:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
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User 'Rowan N. Martin' is a malicious editor. i know the person personally, away from wikipedia. I was friends with him for several years and so i know what hes up too as in the past he told me of his attempts to alter wikipages and of his agenda.
I'll explain: You'll see from their contributions that they are only interested in adding content to wikipages about a particular person, about a particular twitter account, notably one that doesn't even exist. The person Rowan N. Martin keeps writing about is his friend. His friend is is a fake anonymous member that for many years has been attempting to cash in on the anonymous movement by posing as an anonymous member on social media sites and falsely linking themselves to the founding of anonymous group & the 4chan website so as to get a rep and fans which are then steered towards the persons website which is intended to make them money.
User 'Rowan N. Martin' as i say is friends with the person hes trying to promote and he is also publicly closely linked to the person hes trying to promote.
Rowan N. Martin is himself trying to get a rep and fame and he is attempting to do so by spreading false information on social media sites and wikipedia about his friend to help make his friend famous as in doing so will intern get himself a rep/fame as he is publicly closely linked to the person he is promoting.
As i say i know Rowan N. Martin personally away from wikipedia as well as his friend hes promoting. As i say in the past Rowan N. Martin told me of his attempts to alter wiki pages in line with his agenda.
The user needs to be blocked/banned but obliviously you cant do that just because i make allegations against him but is there maybe something else that could be done about this malicious user, maybe flag them as suspicious, put a watch on their account. HardeeHar ( talk) 17:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
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User https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anmolbhat
Has been repeatedly adding biased and unconfirmed info the the career se ction of KSHMR, changing descriptions to discredit some of kshmrs collaborators as having no involvement in their songs. Please investigate immediately. This vandalism is not only based off of mere rumours byt could also be damaging to the reputation of DVBBS, and other collaborating artists discredited in the edits. Thank you for your time. Amy wamey ( talk) 20:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
How, exactly, would one go about warning a misbehaving user who doesn't have an account here and doesn't read the Talk pages? Honest question, so I can get on with doing so before I request the block (I will have to request it, because that misbehavior is not going to change). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whcernan ( talk • contribs)
I see I just screwed up the formatting of my report--apologies, and didn't want to go back and add signature in case it would further screw up formatting. Thank you Helperbot for sorting out my report. Innisfree987 ( talk) 23:43, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
There is since months a mobile IP from Norway vandalising wrestler biographies, deleting things, spreading false informations (for example putting wrestlers in the Impact promotion that aren't) and so on. Currently Special:Contributions/176.11.20.198, former IPs were for example Special:Contributions/185.176.244.76 Special:Contributions/185.176.244.73. The vandalism is clearly on purpose and he is very active since months. While his vandalism gets at least in some bigger articles (example [10]) usually quickly reversed, he can with his continuing activity easily vandalise the articles that aren't watched. Unfortunately my reports are ignored since it seemingly seen as a minor problem, but it is draining to follow him to the articles over months. What shall I do? -- 78.51.177.67 ( talk) 20:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone else think it would make everyone's lives easier to add spaces (ie. a single space gap) between each individual report? ceran thor 16:07, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Since more reports of AIV backlogs are making their way to WP:AN, I thought it worth bringing up here the suggestion that we get the bot to clear stale reports that have not been actioned. I'd suggest 4 or 5 hours on the off chance, which will give time for multiple admins to review in case a stale vandal starts up again. This of course would not prevent administrators from clearing declined reports manually at their discretion. TonyBallioni ( talk) 16:12, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion here on how to set up a bot for this task. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tazerdadog ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Per the above, I wanted to float the idea of such a bot maintaining some semblance of an archive (sort of like is seen as WP:PERM or WP:RFPP) to add a note at least about recently reported/declined requests. I noticed recently that a number of reports were declined, then manually wiped, then re-reported and acted upon later, despite no additional edits. That sort of thing would ideally be avoided. An archive need not be lengthy to be useful, perhaps no more than a week. I imagine there'd also be some interest in noting users that recently came off a block or on reports on users with only one or two edits/warnings to their talkpage. ~ Amory ( u • t • c) 20:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/SQLBot_6 is up, I've got the bot ready to work. SQL Query me! 01:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
We're halfway thru the trial. Any concerns or complaints? SQL Query me! 04:04, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
I reported a spammer here: [11]
...and my report was removed without comment here: [12]
Even if my report was completely wrong, shouldn't I get a reason why it was removed? -- Guy Macon ( talk) 02:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
It seems that the user Cck1988 has a history of making unconstructive edits over the long term. The user's talk page is littered with warnings, but since Cck1988 doesn't seem to ever stick around for long, they eventually get out of date. This user had been on Wikipedia since 2008. That all said, since not all of the edits fit the bill of "obvious vandalism," I would be interested in having an administrator take a look as well and decide whether this person should be blocked. Thanks. Master of Time (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
I'm working with Fairfax County Public Schools Network Security to try and help them identify users who have been vandalizing Wikipedia pages to varying degrees of severity. I figure that if they can identify the specific culprits it might be possible to engage them in constructive dialog with a view to at least reducing some of the more egregious behavior.
I'm told that FCPS use NAT and so although Wikipedia reports anonymous edits from IP addresses in the block 151.188.105.0 - 151.188.105.255, those addresses do not track back to individual users, only to NAT devices, behind which there may be dozens or even hundreds of users. However, if I can provide FCPS Security with date/time stamp *and* port information from individual acts of vandalism they might be able to identify the logged user responsible.
The date/time stamp info is readily accessible from Wikipedia reports but I cannot determine whether port information is collected and available to someone like me (occasional editor trying to do his bit to help keep Wikipedia free of vandalism).
Grateful for any thoughts/pointers from anyone, Peter aka AncientBrit ( talk) 18:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
I was going to report persistent vandalism of a couple of pages, but the instructions and examples provided here are so unclear to me that I am afraid I would end up reporting myself as a vandal by mistake.
Mark W. Miller ( talk) 20:57, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Mark W. Miller ( talk) 22:46, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
There is a long-term vandal who edits using a series of IP's within a range. I reported it here, but the report was automatically removed after six hours of inaction. Is there a better venue for reporting, such as ANI? -- Hobbes Goodyear ( talk) 23:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
So, I think the current AIV header is kind of messy and disorganized. I've been playing around with it in my userspace, and here are some of my thoughts on what I think an improved version could look like. The main feature is providing a more explanatory list of the most common reasons for why AIV reports are declined. The result is a slightly longer header, but I think it's worth it to convey clearer instructions and expectations. Mz7 ( talk) 09:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I don't know where to ask for help but I'm here to tell you that a page has been edited probably due to jealousy. In the 'List of fastest-selling product' in Wikipedia someone edited out Exo's achivements of being the fastest selling concert ticket artist worldwide. This is how it was before it was deleted: 2017 Concert (Korea)- EXO planet #4 - The ElyXiOn at the Gocheok Sky Dome sold out (42, 348 tickets) in 0.2 seconds.
2015 Concert (Korea) - EXO Planet #2 - The Exo'luxion Concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena sold out ( 67,040 tickets) in 0.4 seconds.
2014 Concert (Korea) - EXO Planet #1 - The Lost Planet Concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena sold out (42, 000 tickets) in 1.47 seconds.
I hope you can help to restore it and protect it better.
LEGENDexo (
talk)
16:10, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Could this please {{ ping}} the alleged abuser so he/she knows the alarm has been tripped? If you don't want to warn intentional vandals, then maybe just ping registered editors or admin editors?— GoldRingChip 13:24, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
Bullet point 2 currently reads: "The user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior." I think we should include a note that WP:VOAs are an exception to that. Maybe "The user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior, or is a vandalism-only account"? Enterprisey ( talk!) 04:21, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
{{
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("no edits since being warned"), and I've also declined as "no edits since being warned" in cases where it would have been within discretion to block citing
WP:VOA. Maybe it should be something like, Except for egregious cases, the user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior.Mz7 ( talk) 02:04, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
The user BukhariSaeed is arbitrarily deleting mass amounts of content on the page of Naya Pakistan for no discernible reason, while malevolently stating 'vandalism' under his own own notes for the arbitrary wiping of the page. LissanX ( talk) 22:34, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Based on feedback on my talkpage, I have changed the duration for SQLBot to remove stale reports. An explanation can be found here: User:SQL/AIVStale. Basically, as active admins approach 40, the time will stretch to 8 hours. As active admins approach 80, the time will shrink to 4 hours. SQLBot will link to that explanation in each edit summary, and will say in the edit summary what the present time limit in hours is. SQL Query me! 11:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
T30 needs an expert. It also may need a secutrity check for vandilisam from an admin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.60.116.143 ( talk) 13:47, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm testing a new/faster AIV analysis tool - toolforge:aivanalysis. There are some known issues. Feedback is always welcome! SQL Query me! 20:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I may have brought this up before, but I still think it's worth discussing. Is there any way we can change the formatting of automated reports to place more space in between listings for readability? It seems like such a minor detail, but it can get irritating to try and differentiate between listings when there are multiple responses per report. It's obviously not a huge difference, but if it's not too technically demanding, I would be curious if other people find this worth developing. ceran thor 17:26, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
The template {{IPvandal|IP address}} needs to be fixed, it currently redirects to wiki/User:*IPAddress* and not wiki/Special:Contributions/*IPAddress*
Example: {{IPvandal|217.23.230.72}} links to User:217.23.230.72 instead of Special:Contributions/217.23.230.72
-- 2A01:CB19:8667:5200:69C1:8C2F:7BFA:4CAC ( talk) 20:57, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
What's the point of taking the time to report people if the report is simply removed because it's "stale"? After only 4 hours. Where is the discussion on the use of such a bot? Thanks.— Cpt.a.haddock ( talk) (please ping when replying) 11:10, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
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This user and I gave warning but they keep reverting . This user is [[[User:Mymis]] Valleryking ( talk) 17:30, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
User:Mymis Valleryking ( talk) 17:31, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Warnings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserProfile/Mymis Valleryking ( talk) 17:33, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Real Housewives of Atlanta vanderalism Valleryking ( talk) 17:34, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Yeah I stop reverting n making changes on the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Because I know n idk bout Claudia n yeah sore n god blessed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valleryking ( talk • contribs) 15:59, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello everyone!
Almost a year ago LGBT rights in Croatia article was a victim of homophobic campaign, and I am sad to see it happening again. Almost a year ago, a particular user got banned as he was making numerous changes not just to this article, but to many other articles concerning LGBT rights. Few days ago I have noticed identical problems happening again, but with a different user called user:sdino, who funilly enough has received warnings for the same things as the user in the past. It might be a coincidence, but it is interesting how both users are from Poland, and declare themselves to be anti gay marriage, very religious, and obviously homophobic. Now, I am not interested in their personal views, but Wikipedia is not a place for this sort of political campaign. This user has made numerous changes to this article in the past days, had removed big portions of it, and has inserted a pie chart, translating Croatian into English wrongly, just to make a point. He claims 45% of people in Croatia are "extremely" against same-sex marriage, but this survey states they are "strongly" against it. This is exactly how the problem started the last time. I argued that we don't need a pie chart for this as there are numerous surveys, and will be in the future so I cannot see the point of having just one pie chart for one survey, and ignore all the others, Which brings us to my argument that we shouldn't really have pie charts for surveys anyway, as it would just create a mess. This might not seem like a big problem, but few days from now we will see this user changing terms, using different words, trying to present LGBT movement as "promotion of homosexuality" etc.
He will make more changes just to create an illusion how people in Croatia hate LGBT individuals, and I would appreciate some help so we can stop this right now. Many people contribute to LGBT right in Croatia article, and have done a fantastic job, so why let anybody spoil it for their homophobia? Thank you very much for reading this. 11raccoon1 ( talk) 11:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)11raccoon1 11raccoon1 ( talk) 11:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
1) Below link shows clearly - no further citation needed for the sentence - M. S. Viswanathan also scored music for many non-film albums and for political campaigns.cn|date=July 2015 as in my version - .ref name="Hindu article in MSV" is mentioned!! 2) What makes you remove the line? - Cho Ramaswamy made a political satire film named Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Vishwanathan sang the song Allah Allah Nee Illadha Idame Illai. 3) Whats the issue with the line - He had played the child's character named Kovalan in the film Kannagi produced by Jupiter Pictures - when reference is already present? 4) Music directors like V. Kumar, Sankar Ganesh, Ilaiyaraaja, Gangai Amaran, Deva, Bharathwaj, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja and others considered Vishwanathan as their inspiration. http://www.sify.com/movies/veteran-music-composer-ms-viswanathan-is-no-more-news-tamil-phok7Feachaac.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=M._S._Viswanathan&type=revision&diff=672135088&oldid=672134891
Just because in earlier versions there were copyright issues does not mean , present version , despite being free of any copyright violations, gets reverted! Also while the previous versions - straight lines were lifted from sites - as facts were being removed. I had promotly informed you, that you are free to re-write sentences , after I had put up all the facts with references in the main article page. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=M._S._Viswanathan&type=revision&diff=672135088&oldid=672134891 - read it and observe by yourself that there is no copyright violation. Jancater ( talk) 14:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
There doesnt seem to be a backlog for this page so I went to remove it and it says not to. What will happen if I remove it? Should it be removed? Thanks Tortle ( talk) 08:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
He keeps deleting what is added,along with citations.He sayz it is not neutral .But i argued ,giving more facts is not changing the neutrality of wikipedia.he harasses me saying i will be blocked ,by showing TW batch.i dont know how to use talk feature.Even if i did, i dont think i can convince him because he doesnot agree with facts .the harassing user me I m a newbie to all these high profile editing .Does it mean that i cant put valid points sir ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserProfile/IgnorantArmies
Ranjan s nayak ( talk) 16:35, 17 November 2015 (UTC) Ranjan s nayak ( talk) 16:35, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Over the past 5 so weeks, there has been an incredibly persistent vandal targeting tropical cyclone articles. The user is always under the base IP of "187.198" and purposefully adds false information despite countless warnings...generally in the form of changing wind speeds. I'm wondering if a range block is possible for this person since they seem quite intent on adding false info. WP:Range was vague on what would prompt a range block so I figured asking couldn't hurt.
List of IPs (that I'm aware of) and the dates they were used:
Thanks in advance for your help. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 00:11, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
I seem to have a similar problem. I don't think I caught all of this person's edits either. 2602:306:CD51:9170:8419:466:565C:544C
2602:306:CD8F:9060:54B3:E942:F8E6:9AF0
2602:306:cd51:ab70:e944:9afb:5cb9:4142
2602:306:CD8F:8C70:14BE:366D:EA26:EA36
2602:306:cd51:8c10:3581:95e1:da38:5b65
2602:306:cdc2:3930:51c4:5933:e564:919a This person seems to have a particular pleasure in changing the release date for the episodes of webseries a few months different here and there. The vandalism is small enough some of these changes have taken years, if ever to fix all of the damage. Yes, as seen in my recent edits of List of The Guild episodes and List of Mortal Kombat: Legacy episodes, the vandal didn't even take the time to change the List of seasons dates. Most of the edits seem to be coming from Raleigh, North Carolina. I don't know if we can shut this person down. This person seems patient enough to wait editors out on these backwater pages. In the end, I know there used to be some sort of verify edit type of system that used to be on wikipedia. Maybe pages like these need to be under that banner. Oldag07 ( talk) 06:25, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that some report of vandalism-only and spam-only accounts are being rejected with the message "No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings". Since when do we warn vandalism-only and spam-only accounts instead of blocking them on sight? -- Guy Macon ( talk) 19:50, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm trying it here because I hope to get more support since the German moderators are highly autocratic to the level of nonsense. It kills the entire idea of free information of Wikipedia.
Subject: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalismusmeldung#Benutzer:Kpisimon_.28erl..29 Users: Kpisimon, Marcus Cyron Reden, He3nry
There is a German political article about the former Turkish president. Due to the recent incident where the Russian military plane was shot down I wanted to add a quote from Abulla Gül: 2012 - After a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria due to violations of borders: ,,... It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will be done ... It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over (national) borders ... when you consider their speed over the sea ... These are not ill-intentioned things but happen beyond control due to the jets' speed.
This quote was accepted as every other useful information in the English Wikipedia Article: /info/en/?search=Abdullah_G%C3%BCl#Quotes
As usual the German admins vandalize the articles. First some user reverted the article, then I called the admins and they also locked. It does not come to me as a surprise. The German Wikipedia constantly loses it's authors [1] because the mod act autocratic like a firewall.
Please help and support free speech by punishing such moderator behavior.
Also note that I'm a user with spare time who adds occasionally something if it's relevant. I don't have the time and interest to have an account. At the moment I'm also writing from my university so the IP is also okay.
Thank you.-- 134.93.69.232 ( talk) 15:07, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just blind right now or keep looking in the wrong places/overlooking the right places, but I can't shake the impression that this page has a rather bad visibility probably making it almost impossible to be found by unexperienced/occasional/new users. I'm editing on en.wp for 8 years now and the few occasions I intended to report a vandalism were always a "pain" of sorts and I always ended up running a general search over all projects pages to get here. This page may need a better visibility/exposure in the community portal, help desk, editor primers and other standard project pages, a new or unexperienced user would consult to figure out how to report a vandalism.-- Kmhkmh ( talk) 00:56, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
To fulfill the duration of their 2-year block. They were unblocked on September 20 for a "library editathon" and I think the intention was to reblock once that was complete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawnseeker2000 ( talk • contribs) 20:56, 12 December 2015
With regards to reports like [2], how "recent" should a warning be to warrant a blocking versus a re-warning? Basically, how long is it until warnings become stale? It's been several months since I've been active with the admin tools, but I seem to recall there was a time where a "recent" warning was considered to be one within the previous 48 hours or so, so it's been a little surprising to see blocks being handed out based on warnings that are more than a week old. Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 18:10, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Go to the state terrorism page, nude pictures come up and you cannot read the page, or do anything on the page at all. This is really terrible, you cannot even go to the talk page! The guy claiming responsibility is some guy called @Meepsheepy, on his twitter page you can see examples of his work, all nude picture blocks on wikipedia. Mangokeylime ( talk) 04:33, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Its gone now, I have no idea what happened.... Mangokeylime ( talk) 02:23, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
El Clásico - Repeating vandalism and conflicts on this page ! Check the history ... all the time this happening - I propuse to be permanent blocked and only to be edited by registred users ! It is not possible to have so many vandalism attacks on one single article ! - instead of create more and edit more on Wikipedia (I lose time reverting vandalism)-- Alexiulian25 ( talk) 16:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
clear-cut case ? Please go on the article and check the history and see how many times people reverted edits there! and convince yourself AND DO SOMETHING - I do not have time for discussion - I have to improve Wikipedia. I am not a specialist in solving this kind of problems ! I am here to improve football articles - not to discuss with people or to revert pages - someone should help with this.-- Alexiulian25 ( talk) 22:54, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
Do administrators frequently check the history of this talk page's noticeboard (that is, WP:AIV)? A little while ago we had a pattern where a persistent vandal kept removing the reports of their own vandalism. They have now been blocked, but do admins check for this sort of behavior by vandals, that is, vandalizing the noticeboard? (By the way, I would suggest extending the block and revoking the talk page.) Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:20, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
Seeing a recent increase in subtle vandalism where a number (usually a date) is +/- slightly. Examples: [3] [4] -- there is some plausible deniability but I don't think so because in these examples the sources state clearly the correct dates. My experience is purely anecdotal. This type of vandalism is not new, just seeing more of it in my limited subset of watched articles (10+k). Which may be a statistical fluke, but wanted to report in case others have noticed. -- Green C 05:13, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Not a huge deal, but why is the removal bot saying I blocked someone for a fortnight? I blocked someone for two weeks, not a fortnight. Is there a good reason for the bot to use "fortnight" instead of "two weeks"? -- Bongwarrior ( talk) 19:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
MaterialScientist I am guessing that was a mistake however I will not revert you. Could you explain it here? Dat Guy Talk Contribs 10:07, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Since I cannot submit an account more than once, I am placing the info here for User:Alphacuremome: On Middle Passage: vandalism after final warning. This user continues to vandalize the article even after final warning, and as I said before, using another account ( user:Cs viper sc).
Keep in mind, that with a puppet (or ally), the incidents of vandalism in this page have reached 8, in a single day. Would appreciate your help or advice Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 22:01, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Their's were methodical insertions that were not easy to clean out. Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 22:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Done Indeffed by an admin (ronhjones).
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First of all, I searched a lot but unable to find where to ask this question so posting here. A user ( User:Ankit Sihag) has cloned my entire user page along with the user right templates so what to do? Thank you GSS ( talk) 15:18, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
I should have put incorrectly warned, not insufficient warnings [5]. My mistake. Boomer Vial Holla 13:57, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
G'day all, when we don't block, but put one of the other canned responses up, why doesn't the page archive them soon after? Is it just done daily? Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:17, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
If a user is already blocked, how do I request that he be blocked from his user talk page? I used Twinkle to post a block request, specifying in the comments section that he has been using his user talk page as a web host. The bot removed my entry here about a minute after I submitted it, on the grounds that he's already blocked. So, no action was taken. —Largo Plazo ( talk) 15:25, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
For the past year I have noticed a number of different I.P. addresses making the same style of edits (which is mostly large content removal and 95% of the time not giving a justification for these edits, and rarely when "justified" these include one-word terms like "irrelevant", "redundant", "concise", and "updation"), I've seen this editor edit mostly Nokia-related and India-related pages (as the editor themself is Indian), and a few of their I.P. addresses have already been blocked due to disruptive editing, while others have received warnings (mostly they blank their pages immediately after receiving warnings) and when asked why this person does what (s)he does or ask them on the talk page they rarely reply and if so often delete other people's posts on the talk page, anyhow this is concerning the character of the edits but what I want to know is how one can report a rotating I.P. address as this user can be 177.-something today and 233.-something tomorrow (using random numbers here).
Sincerely, -- 86.81.201.94 ( talk) 21:15, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
The page Mohammed Matter is being vandalized by pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians alike, spreading biased opinions. I tried to balance it out but someone named Rafiq reverted it. I'd hope you either delete the article or lock it and rewrite it in a professional way. Elam Ron Elias ( talk) 05:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Kmoksy and Esc2003 have been long in a huge edit war instead of being kind and collaborative. Could you warn them? Thanks Manaviko ( talk) 20:20, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
This clearly doesn't mean the same to some people as it does to me.
Neither does The user must have been given enough warnings to stop their disruptive behavior.
If we're going to indefinitely block users with one edit and zero talk page warnings, maybe we should change the guidelines on this page? Cheers, Gricehead ( talk) 19:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
There appears to be a second "User-reported" header within AIV, which is protected. Can an admin please fix this? 172.58.40.242 ( talk) 04:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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The vandal IP deleted my comments.
And I can't add them back. 208.44.84.138 ( talk) 21:55, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
The vandal sock puppet 2602:306:3357:BA0:D04E:A07C:AE65:ED36 ( talk · contribs) did it again: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&oldid=727275650 208.44.84.138 ( talk) 21:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
If an IP is reported here (whether IPv4 or IPv6) and I block a range containing it, will the bot get that and remove the report? Bishonen | talk 09:08, 20 June 2016 (UTC).
Hi all, noticed this edit by Oshwah (nice work!) which "endorsed" administrator action. I think the limited use of this could be really useful in times of backlog - I propose adding this to the {{ AIV}} template, any comments? -- samtar talk or stalk 11:07, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Very true
Fortuna, I guess that scuppers this idea!
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I regret coming late to the debate, but I oppose the idea. My aim is to keep WP:AIV as an efficient forum for admins to acknowledge obvious cases of vandalism. If an admin can't review contribs and talk and come to a quick decision, the issue probably has no business being posted at WP:AIV. I’ve made non-admin comments at WP:AIV, with the aim of expediting an admin’s decision process, but I would not want my comments sanctioned with a formal addition to the template.
To do so would create another layer of decision makers. Admins should regard our extraneous non-admin comments with the grains of salt appropriate to their recollection, if any, of our reputations in offering useful pointers. Us non-admins should add comments sparingly, as we do now, without any formal encouragement, and with the understanding that we are being bold in commenting beyond the intended use of WP:AIV. My two cents. Willondon ( talk) 17:55, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
You want a casual user, who noticed (and corrected) vandalism, to read through all your Wikilawyering to learn what to do? That's nuts. Wikipedia has become way too bureaucratic. There should be a simple tool where users can alert admins about vandals! Or else obvious nonsense will go on uncorrected for a whole year or so, like in this case: /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/2600:1017:B023:29B5:9F5:E253:2531:1BAB Damn, this excess of rules really turns people off. Wikipedia is on the totally wrong track. Gray62 ( talk) 00:30, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi all, I've noticed an increase in non-admin declines here - as many admins have stated before, non-admin clerking at AIV is not helpful (which I agree with). Could I just confirm this is still the case? -- samtar talk or stalk 10:27, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
I added "really cool" to describe something on an article and got reported. Can this be undone? JohnSmith678 ( talk) 09:20, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
And again, someone else was reported for no reason. JohnSmith678 ( talk) 09:22, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
This topic has come up several times in the recent past, but I'd like to put my own opinion out there, and hopefully encourage some discussion on the way things stand.
Let's summarize the situation first. When I first started doing heavy anti-vandalism work in 2011, reports rarely seemed to go any longer than 10 to 15 minutes before an admin dealt with them. Now, at least 30 minutes seems closer to the norm, with many reports going an hour or more before being handled - far too long to be useful. Even as I type this there is a report that has been sitting for several hours, unhandled by anyone. We have fewer admins to do more work, it seems, and RfA's general requirement of significant content contributions excludes gnomes like myself from simply going and obtaining a mop to clean up the mess ourselves.
Now, let me put my opinion out there. Speaking as a non-admin myself who does a lot of anti-vandalism work, I believe some form of sanctioned clerking would be a beneficial contribution to AIV in cases of obviously bad reports. What out there says revenge reporting, false positives, invalid/misplaced reports and the like must be looked over by an admin? There are many experienced non-admin vandalism fighters who could do the job too, while saving time for the admins to handle the valid reports - and with the so-called "degradation" in the quality of reports that has been mentioned by several others here, I think it's more important than ever that admins not be forced to waste their time filtering through junk reports at the expense of those for actual, active vandals, who create enough of a headache as it is for the people who have to hit the revert button.
Simply put, AIV is becoming bogged down and broken. Let's reconsider our attitudes on clerking. It doesn't have to be fancy - even a system like XFD non-admin closures would greatly increase the speed and efficiency of the system as it stands. WikiPuppies bark dig 22:37, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
A prolific sock puppeteer is currently using my signature to leave false warning templates on the Talk Pages of various users ( [7]). I suspect that the same user may have been behind this impersonation account. If you receive any reports from someone appearing to be me, I would suggest making sure it actually is before taking it seriously. Dark Knight 2149 15:44, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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SunnyPatel69 (
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A new bot request has been approved for trial reporting. Please see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 3 for details. Please contact the bot operator directly if you see excessive false positives. — xaosflux Talk 18:12, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
For any admins that process speedy blocks, please note the new feed at User:AnomieBOT III/Trial block log - these entries may actually need to be actioned - and any feedback is welcome at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT III 3. — xaosflux Talk 15:46, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
This IP address 82.132.1.7 has made one vandalism to Wikipedia. I warned the user and looked up the IP under whois and found that it is a shared IP possibly, from a company. I would like to request an indefinite or substantial time period block be placed on this IP. If they want to edit they should have to make an account. TheUSConservative ( talk) 15:59, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello, we are having problem with User:Ebonelm who is deleting our maps that was specially created for Wikipedia. Here is a Ticket#2016111010015085 that proves our ownership. We also plan to make maps for main part of cities of Wikipedia.
And here are the sources of all maps we have uploaded: http://vectormap.info/free_vector_maps_downloads/davie-florida-us-free-vector-map-adobe-illustrator/
And others...
Pelase, block this user, and thanks a lot!
And here is another vandal deleting our maps.
This user (Jc86035) deletes our printable maps of
Guangzhou, China.
Source (on our website, please also see Ticket#2016111010015085): http://vectormap.info/free_vector_maps_downloads/guangzhou-china-free-printable-svg-map-in-english/ And thanx a lot)
What shall we do? We are going to make maps for just all cities Wikipedia has, but if anybody can delete it whenever he wants... it would be impossible. Hope ypu understand it. Att. Ilya Shrayber, VectorMap.Info Team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilya Shrayber ( talk • contribs) 16:21, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
Ok, understood now, and thanx a lot. So, if we don`t put any links (no problem with that), how can we obtain something like a green light for imrpoving the articles with our maps? — Preceding
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. This is a very standard Wiki custom you should follow after being told to do so. It seems that your maps have other copyright issues as mentioned by
user:Jc86035 that they are actually exported directly from
Openstreetmap and your affiliated website is selling them without adhering to the requirements of Openstreetmap's either
Open Database License or
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license. In such case, the usage of your maps in any article, even they're currently licensed under the seemingly compatible CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, is dubious. --
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Hello, "seems" and "is" - are different things, that`s what Mr Jc86035 doesn`t understand. We also talked to OpenStreetMap, and there are no problem, so yes, we will change the license and post it again. Thank you very much for your advices.
Att. Ilya Shrayber.
Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 00:31, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
We just puted CC 4.0 License sign on a page and also deleted "All rights forever" from the footer. And the maps we will upload to Wikipedia, will have no logo on it, no problem. http://vectormap.info/free-vector-map-all-cities/ Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 13:37, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Our requested attribution is "© OpenStreetMap contributors".
You must also make it clear that the data is available under the Open Database Licence. This can be achieved by providing a "License" or "Terms" link which links to www.openstreetmap.org/copyright or www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl.
— Legal FAQ on the OpenStreetMap Wiki
Hey there! :) No, we will not post links to our website, no problem. And yes, we will try to draw more detailed maps, thanx a lot! :) Att. Ilya Shrayber. Ilya Shrayber ( talk) 14:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello If admins are seeing this I would like to report in that I have seen swearing in Transformers Soundwave section,in discussion Hated.In my own opinion I do not think it's acceptable to let it pass.Thank you for your attention Wikipedia ultimate weapon ( talk) 16:25, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
I do not know if this was reported, but User:Trajan33 vandalised Boleyn's user page by writing things, like "We hate you" and vandalising the source code. He is not banned, so I thought that no one reported him. P. S. I want to fight vandalism, but I do not know where the "Hot spots" are. Any ideas? - FriyMan ( talk) 09:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
IP user 98.178.131.104 is vandalizing the page List of DuckTales characters with false actors who either never voiced on the show or never voiced any of the main characters when it's officially credited in many media and DuckTales it's self who the actors in the episodes are. I corrected a whole list recently only for this person to vandalize the whole thing again. Can someone please deal with this troublemaker? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GamerSpax ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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86.22.208.94 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) BLP violations after final warning. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 01:08, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
An IP-hopping spammer has been adding "Contact 09035865525" to Nigerian university articles for some time, e.g. [8], [9]. Is there any way to blacklist a string, in the way that we can blacklist a URL? Thanks, Wikishovel ( talk) 06:15, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
12 Dec. Politically motivated vandalism by anonymous user
User also vandalises page of Singapore celebrity chef in same way Justin Quek — Preceding undated comment added 12 December 2014
lipsum.com has repeatedly link-spammed Lorem ipsum, there's a warning against adding generator sites at its "External links" section now, cf the comment.
lipsum.com is linked 49 times by wiki user pages, sometimes from funny accounts like this one.
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I have created a new header, that can be seen at User:TheMagikCow/aiv_instructions. It contains more information regarding how to make a report. Obviously, there can be stylistic changes, but this RfC should establish is there consensus for that text, specifically more information on how to file an AIV report on the page header?. The text of the original header is preserved, the only changed is the addition of wikicode used to report a vandal. TheMagikCow ( talk) 12:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
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please remove my up from this list 83.31.59.25 ( talk) 22:06, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
I was trying to add "* 204.122.255.214 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Vandalized past final warning. JackOfPanTrades |Converse intellectually| 16:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)" but accidentally screwed up the template. Someone help? JackOfPanTrades |Converse intellectually| 16:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi all admins. I am a viwiki's admin. I want to hide (change visibility) all of a vandal's edits. Is there a way to do that systematically, all at once? Thanks for your advice and support. Tuanminh01 ( talk) 04:10, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Got it. Thank you all. Tuanminh01 ( talk) 06:30, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
There's a banned user who everyday has been spamming this page with multiple often inappropriate reports. See recent examples here and here. I would suggest to admins not to waste your time on this person. In fact, you could probably remove the reports without giving it a second thought. Sro23 ( talk) 02:10, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
The IP 172.58.40.192 ( talk · contribs) has been making reports here for several days now. From what I can tell many (most of them?) are stale or for one or two violations. I am wondering if there is any point in trying to explain the problematic nature of their reports. Speaking as someone who knows the ups and downs and ins and outs of editcountitis this might not be a problem but I thought I would mention it so that the admins who take care of things here can come to a decision about this. MarnetteD| Talk 22:32, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
There are reports peding since more than almost two hours. Seems like all admins went offline at the same time. —usernamekiran (talk) 18:55, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Reminder: Changing anything in the header, including changing the backlog tag in any way, will usually prevent the bot from working. Likewise, if the bot isn't working and reports have to be removed manually, then use diffs to check for any changes in the header (this also applies to UAA). -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:35, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
In the last few days, through the AIV listings, I have caught two different editors whose vandalism also involved Commons uploads. The issues have been taken care of. I'm wondering if there is a tool or script available that would allow an admin to check if vandals such as these might also be vandalizing the other wikis, short of checking the other wikis one by one. It would be a handy tool to have. — Maile ( talk) 14:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
I'd like to have someone please look at this IPs talk page. It's being used rudely and inappropriately. This is a blocked user that appears to have something going on right now in their life and appears to be using it as stress reliever. This is UsefulWikipedia ( talk · contribs), who was indefinitely blocked three years ago for disruptive editing. A habit included redirecting the sandbox and just about anything else they could get their hands on. I've been observing this editor for almost five years or so (since we crossed paths on 2008 Chino Hills earthquake) and the same odd redirect habit has been used by the IP. Dawnseeker2000 03:47, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
I came across a strange (at least to me) hack/spam on Palawan. Somehow a transparent image is being inserted into the "website" portion of the infobox. This image is enlarged to occupy most of the screen and links to the GNAA website. I know this isn't exactly the right place to report this problem, but I don't know how to resolve it and don't know the right place to discuss it. Thanks for any help/insight. Tote hughes ( talk) 21:46, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Can someone pls enlighten what does this message means? Am I being accused of being a vandal? Jjaey ( talk) 03:12, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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Dervinlwj (talk • contribs • logs • filter log • block log) – vandalism ([9]). Suspected sockpuppet of Jjaey (talk · contribs). 2002:6F43:C4F1:0:0:0:6F43:C4F1 (talk)
When something is obvious, how long do we wait before it becomes vandal and sockpuppet whack-a-mole?
Pyxis Solitary talk 13:55, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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Hey I want to report the user ( ZxxZxxZ ).
I saw some of his contributions and found some suspicious things.. it's obvious not suspicious though..
He removes things that offend his country ( iran ) and add lines that offend a country that is an enemy of his. From a qatari-owned news channel ( Knowing that qatar is an enemy of Saudi Arabia which means most likely it's fake news with the aim of offending Saudi Arabia) as his sources. For example
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202 Technical Peace ( talk) 11:02, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
I've told him to not get politics into Wikipedia and so far, i did not receive a response . Technical Peace ( talk) 11:04, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/794850202
Read it please. Technical Peace ( talk) 21:05, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Listing removed by a user: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=801680318&oldid=801680219 Do not want to be involved in an edit war on the AIV page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RamazanKhan1991 ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
It seems to me that there's been an increase of edits (usually by IPs) adding a space to non-consequential places (such as after an item in a box, list, etc., in any event so you won't see it by eye in the article). Is this a thing? Is this worth reverting? (If this is a FAQ, just accept my apologies and point me to the right place, thank you). --- Sluzzelin talk 00:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
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User 'Rowan N. Martin' is a malicious editor. i know the person personally, away from wikipedia. I was friends with him for several years and so i know what hes up too as in the past he told me of his attempts to alter wikipages and of his agenda.
I'll explain: You'll see from their contributions that they are only interested in adding content to wikipages about a particular person, about a particular twitter account, notably one that doesn't even exist. The person Rowan N. Martin keeps writing about is his friend. His friend is is a fake anonymous member that for many years has been attempting to cash in on the anonymous movement by posing as an anonymous member on social media sites and falsely linking themselves to the founding of anonymous group & the 4chan website so as to get a rep and fans which are then steered towards the persons website which is intended to make them money.
User 'Rowan N. Martin' as i say is friends with the person hes trying to promote and he is also publicly closely linked to the person hes trying to promote.
Rowan N. Martin is himself trying to get a rep and fame and he is attempting to do so by spreading false information on social media sites and wikipedia about his friend to help make his friend famous as in doing so will intern get himself a rep/fame as he is publicly closely linked to the person he is promoting.
As i say i know Rowan N. Martin personally away from wikipedia as well as his friend hes promoting. As i say in the past Rowan N. Martin told me of his attempts to alter wiki pages in line with his agenda.
The user needs to be blocked/banned but obliviously you cant do that just because i make allegations against him but is there maybe something else that could be done about this malicious user, maybe flag them as suspicious, put a watch on their account. HardeeHar ( talk) 17:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
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User https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anmolbhat
Has been repeatedly adding biased and unconfirmed info the the career se ction of KSHMR, changing descriptions to discredit some of kshmrs collaborators as having no involvement in their songs. Please investigate immediately. This vandalism is not only based off of mere rumours byt could also be damaging to the reputation of DVBBS, and other collaborating artists discredited in the edits. Thank you for your time. Amy wamey ( talk) 20:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
How, exactly, would one go about warning a misbehaving user who doesn't have an account here and doesn't read the Talk pages? Honest question, so I can get on with doing so before I request the block (I will have to request it, because that misbehavior is not going to change). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whcernan ( talk • contribs)
I see I just screwed up the formatting of my report--apologies, and didn't want to go back and add signature in case it would further screw up formatting. Thank you Helperbot for sorting out my report. Innisfree987 ( talk) 23:43, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
There is since months a mobile IP from Norway vandalising wrestler biographies, deleting things, spreading false informations (for example putting wrestlers in the Impact promotion that aren't) and so on. Currently Special:Contributions/176.11.20.198, former IPs were for example Special:Contributions/185.176.244.76 Special:Contributions/185.176.244.73. The vandalism is clearly on purpose and he is very active since months. While his vandalism gets at least in some bigger articles (example [10]) usually quickly reversed, he can with his continuing activity easily vandalise the articles that aren't watched. Unfortunately my reports are ignored since it seemingly seen as a minor problem, but it is draining to follow him to the articles over months. What shall I do? -- 78.51.177.67 ( talk) 20:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone else think it would make everyone's lives easier to add spaces (ie. a single space gap) between each individual report? ceran thor 16:07, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Since more reports of AIV backlogs are making their way to WP:AN, I thought it worth bringing up here the suggestion that we get the bot to clear stale reports that have not been actioned. I'd suggest 4 or 5 hours on the off chance, which will give time for multiple admins to review in case a stale vandal starts up again. This of course would not prevent administrators from clearing declined reports manually at their discretion. TonyBallioni ( talk) 16:12, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion here on how to set up a bot for this task. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tazerdadog ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Per the above, I wanted to float the idea of such a bot maintaining some semblance of an archive (sort of like is seen as WP:PERM or WP:RFPP) to add a note at least about recently reported/declined requests. I noticed recently that a number of reports were declined, then manually wiped, then re-reported and acted upon later, despite no additional edits. That sort of thing would ideally be avoided. An archive need not be lengthy to be useful, perhaps no more than a week. I imagine there'd also be some interest in noting users that recently came off a block or on reports on users with only one or two edits/warnings to their talkpage. ~ Amory ( u • t • c) 20:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/SQLBot_6 is up, I've got the bot ready to work. SQL Query me! 01:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
We're halfway thru the trial. Any concerns or complaints? SQL Query me! 04:04, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
I reported a spammer here: [11]
...and my report was removed without comment here: [12]
Even if my report was completely wrong, shouldn't I get a reason why it was removed? -- Guy Macon ( talk) 02:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
It seems that the user Cck1988 has a history of making unconstructive edits over the long term. The user's talk page is littered with warnings, but since Cck1988 doesn't seem to ever stick around for long, they eventually get out of date. This user had been on Wikipedia since 2008. That all said, since not all of the edits fit the bill of "obvious vandalism," I would be interested in having an administrator take a look as well and decide whether this person should be blocked. Thanks. Master of Time (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
I'm working with Fairfax County Public Schools Network Security to try and help them identify users who have been vandalizing Wikipedia pages to varying degrees of severity. I figure that if they can identify the specific culprits it might be possible to engage them in constructive dialog with a view to at least reducing some of the more egregious behavior.
I'm told that FCPS use NAT and so although Wikipedia reports anonymous edits from IP addresses in the block 151.188.105.0 - 151.188.105.255, those addresses do not track back to individual users, only to NAT devices, behind which there may be dozens or even hundreds of users. However, if I can provide FCPS Security with date/time stamp *and* port information from individual acts of vandalism they might be able to identify the logged user responsible.
The date/time stamp info is readily accessible from Wikipedia reports but I cannot determine whether port information is collected and available to someone like me (occasional editor trying to do his bit to help keep Wikipedia free of vandalism).
Grateful for any thoughts/pointers from anyone, Peter aka AncientBrit ( talk) 18:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
I was going to report persistent vandalism of a couple of pages, but the instructions and examples provided here are so unclear to me that I am afraid I would end up reporting myself as a vandal by mistake.
Mark W. Miller ( talk) 20:57, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Mark W. Miller ( talk) 22:46, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
There is a long-term vandal who edits using a series of IP's within a range. I reported it here, but the report was automatically removed after six hours of inaction. Is there a better venue for reporting, such as ANI? -- Hobbes Goodyear ( talk) 23:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
So, I think the current AIV header is kind of messy and disorganized. I've been playing around with it in my userspace, and here are some of my thoughts on what I think an improved version could look like. The main feature is providing a more explanatory list of the most common reasons for why AIV reports are declined. The result is a slightly longer header, but I think it's worth it to convey clearer instructions and expectations. Mz7 ( talk) 09:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I don't know where to ask for help but I'm here to tell you that a page has been edited probably due to jealousy. In the 'List of fastest-selling product' in Wikipedia someone edited out Exo's achivements of being the fastest selling concert ticket artist worldwide. This is how it was before it was deleted: 2017 Concert (Korea)- EXO planet #4 - The ElyXiOn at the Gocheok Sky Dome sold out (42, 348 tickets) in 0.2 seconds.
2015 Concert (Korea) - EXO Planet #2 - The Exo'luxion Concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena sold out ( 67,040 tickets) in 0.4 seconds.
2014 Concert (Korea) - EXO Planet #1 - The Lost Planet Concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena sold out (42, 000 tickets) in 1.47 seconds.
I hope you can help to restore it and protect it better.
LEGENDexo (
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16:10, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Could this please {{ ping}} the alleged abuser so he/she knows the alarm has been tripped? If you don't want to warn intentional vandals, then maybe just ping registered editors or admin editors?— GoldRingChip 13:24, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
Bullet point 2 currently reads: "The user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior." I think we should include a note that WP:VOAs are an exception to that. Maybe "The user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior, or is a vandalism-only account"? Enterprisey ( talk!) 04:21, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
{{
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("no edits since being warned"), and I've also declined as "no edits since being warned" in cases where it would have been within discretion to block citing
WP:VOA. Maybe it should be something like, Except for egregious cases, the user must have been given enough warning(s) to stop their disruptive behavior.Mz7 ( talk) 02:04, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
The user BukhariSaeed is arbitrarily deleting mass amounts of content on the page of Naya Pakistan for no discernible reason, while malevolently stating 'vandalism' under his own own notes for the arbitrary wiping of the page. LissanX ( talk) 22:34, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Based on feedback on my talkpage, I have changed the duration for SQLBot to remove stale reports. An explanation can be found here: User:SQL/AIVStale. Basically, as active admins approach 40, the time will stretch to 8 hours. As active admins approach 80, the time will shrink to 4 hours. SQLBot will link to that explanation in each edit summary, and will say in the edit summary what the present time limit in hours is. SQL Query me! 11:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
T30 needs an expert. It also may need a secutrity check for vandilisam from an admin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.60.116.143 ( talk) 13:47, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm testing a new/faster AIV analysis tool - toolforge:aivanalysis. There are some known issues. Feedback is always welcome! SQL Query me! 20:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I may have brought this up before, but I still think it's worth discussing. Is there any way we can change the formatting of automated reports to place more space in between listings for readability? It seems like such a minor detail, but it can get irritating to try and differentiate between listings when there are multiple responses per report. It's obviously not a huge difference, but if it's not too technically demanding, I would be curious if other people find this worth developing. ceran thor 17:26, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
The template {{IPvandal|IP address}} needs to be fixed, it currently redirects to wiki/User:*IPAddress* and not wiki/Special:Contributions/*IPAddress*
Example: {{IPvandal|217.23.230.72}} links to User:217.23.230.72 instead of Special:Contributions/217.23.230.72
-- 2A01:CB19:8667:5200:69C1:8C2F:7BFA:4CAC ( talk) 20:57, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
What's the point of taking the time to report people if the report is simply removed because it's "stale"? After only 4 hours. Where is the discussion on the use of such a bot? Thanks.— Cpt.a.haddock ( talk) (please ping when replying) 11:10, 15 November 2018 (UTC)