User talk:2602:306:B8BA:9890:2048:68F6:C6C:4769

January 2018
Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Obituary. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, please use the sandbox instead, where you are given a certain degree of freedom in what you write. Nick Moyes (talk) 00:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Joe Walz edits
Hello. Having seen your recent edit on Dieter F. Uchtdof, which referenced Joe Walz with content that was highly slanderous and libelous, not to mention most offensive and very vandalistic, there is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that you are the same editor to whom I extended a customary courtesy of a warning before filing a report of your conduct on the administrator's notice board here. Now there has been another issue of the same kind from a different address. So I will not be polite this time. Having been informed on that other account by an admin that you would be blocked if such issues continued, I am now going to personally let that admin know that you are at it again. And for the sake of all of us who bend over backwards to make positive contributions here, I hope that every one of the addresses from which such vanadalism has been perpetuated are and will continue to be blocked indefinitely. If you have any intention whatsoever of making positive contributions to this encyclopedia, please do so. Otherwise, whenever I see such edits in the future, I will continue to report those to the same admin that warned you on the other address from which you edited, until any address you could possibly perpetuate such things from is blocked indefinitely. I have been an editor on Wikipedia for 10 years now, and I pride myself on getting along with other editors. But you have gone too far, and, having been warned, have not modified your conduct. Enough is enough. This is your last warning from me on the subject.--Jgstokes (talk) 09:21, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I never vandalized Wikipedia. What are you talking about? Regarding Dieter F. Uchtdof, there is no such page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)

You are right there is no such page. A typo on my part. But you (or someone else editing from this same location) did vandalize Dieter F. Uchtdorf, by inserting content about Joe Walz, and by making libelous and slanderous edits referencing Uchtdorf's apparent discontent with not being retained in the First Presidency. If that was not your doing personally, I apologize. But the way to ensure that the two of you are not confused would be for you (if you want to contribute to Wikipedia constructively and not have your efforts construed or seen as vandalism) would be to create an official account. In the meantime, if you happen to know who might be behind the vandalism on the Uchtdorf article, please let me know, so I can let the admins know that we have uncovered the real culprit's identity. In the meantime, in the future, to reply to a comment on this page (until you determine whether or not to create an account), you don't need to start a new thread for it. You just need to use the colon symbol (or more than one of them) to separate your comments from others). If you have any further questions in this regard, please feel free to ask on my talk page or here. Thanks. --Jgstokes (talk) 03:15, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * What happens to the culprit if I divulge her identity? I have a considerable interest in her welfare. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:b8ba:9890:2048:68f6:c6c:4769 (talk • contribs)

You are free to divulge or not divulge that identity as you choose, but here is the problem: Wikipedia has a reputation for allowing anyone to contribute, but with that opportunity comes the responsibility to take action that would ensure Wikipedia is not legally responsible or culpable for edits that vandalize pages as has occurred in this case with the Dieter F. Uchtdorf article. It is unlikely to happen, but if the subjects of the pages in which the Joe Walz vandalism keeps being perpetuated were of a mind to do so, there is a possibility that legal action could be pursued against Wikipedia as an entity for any libel and slander that is allowed to be maintained. Because those of us who try to contribute positively need to cut the likelihood of things like that happening, efforts to vandalize pages, as have occurred in these cases where content is inserted about Joe Walz in a libelous and slanderous way, then the admins might need to block anonymous edits from any IP address at your present location. So for those in that location that have an interest in making positive contributions (including yourself or others), an invitation would be issued to create an account. In the meantime, steps would need to be taken to ensure that Wikipedia isn't legally culpable, so if you know the person responsible, it might be wise for you to talk to her about the problems she is creating with her vandalistic edits here. In the meantime, I will alert the Wikipedia admins of your concerns for the individual that has been doing these edits, and we can take things from there based on what they say. Let me know if you (or anyone at your present location) has any other concerns. But it would be more convenient if subsequent comments were posted under this single thread rather than starting an entirely new one. You can add such questions by indenting your subsequent comments with the colon symbol, as I have done for your previous comments above. Additionally, for any further comments you or anyone else posting on this page from your present location are wanting to make on this issue, it would help us out a lot to have a recorded trail of the times any additional comments are posted. So please remember to sign your post in one of three ways: the signature button found above this area where comments are typed (it's the one that looks like a pencil writing in cursive), by clicking the box that follows the text in bold below this area (where it says "Sign your posts on talk pages) or manually by entering four tildes (which can be done on most key board by hitting the shift key+the key above the tab key. Hope this helps address the issues. Thanks for your concern for the individual involved. We appreciate your cooperation on this issue. --Jgstokes (talk) 01:48, 19 January 2018 (UTC) Thank you, Drmies, for that correction and clarification. --Jgstokes (talk) 02:17, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If I may: if their identity is divulged, really nothing will happen--except that you will be violating WP:OUTING. You may not identify, one way or another, an editor with their real-life identity. The vandal in question doesn't need to be identified here; they just need to stop. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 02:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Use of multiple IP accounts
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia. Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who use multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. While there are some valid reasons for maintaining multiple accounts on the project, using multiple accounts for deceptive or disruptive reasons is not allowed. Please be aware using more than one account can be quite problematic. Wikipedia editors are generally expected to edit using at most one account. Using a single account maintains editing continuity, improves accountability, and increases community trust, which helps to build long-term stability for the encyclopedia. Please familiarize yourself with relevant policy on the matter (you'll find it here), and limit yourself to one account for most purposes. If you intend to continue using multiple accounts for one of the valid reasons, please clearly disclose the connection between your accounts and your reason for using more than one. Thank you. Rosalina2427  (talk to me)  03:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

We want Walz! We want Walz! We Want Walz!