User talk:Alexf/Archive 67

IP Block question
On March 23rd 2021 you imposed a 6-month ban on user IP 192.16.96.3 for persistent vandalism, well the ban is expired, and it seems like the user is back to vandalising, I will watch the user in the near future if he/she commits more vandalism, however I am not sure on what to do if he/she does, and if I should do anything at all because of your 6-month block. Thanks - 22:11, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * when and if they vandalize again, the usual warnings are in order, up to at least Level 3, then a report at AIV should be done so any admin on duty can take action. -- Alexf(talk) 23:05, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! - RandomEditorAAA (talk) 02:54, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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Request for PC Reviwers Rights
Hi, Alefx I have Currently Rollbacker I 'm Request for PC Reviwers Rights. Please Check My Contribution and gave me this Specific Userrights. I help to Check edits of New and Old User and I'm Currently Use SWViewers,Twinkle, Redwarn ko reverts edits and I 'm currently memmber of CUVA.Best Regards Maniik 🇮🇳Any Help🇮🇳? Contact Me. 03:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry but I do not do rights-granting. It is time consuming to study each case, and I have a Wikipedia plate full of things to do. Try asking at Administrators' noticeboard. -- Alexf(talk) 10:43, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

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Deleted redirect
Hi Alexf! Could you restore 1950s American car culture? I'm slightly curious what happened to it, as 1950s American automobile culture never seems to have been deleted. Are there other possible missing redirects to that article? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 02:37, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. It was deleted in 2012 as it had a typo and redirected nowhere at the time. -- Alexf(talk) 13:41, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

TPA
Hi Alexf. Could you please revoke talk page access for ? They've continued to add garbage non-talk content to it after being blocked. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:48, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Alexf(talk) 23:10, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Recent block
Regarding your block of, do you think it could be a sock of ? Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:26, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Don't know. A CheckUser would have to investigate. -- Alexf(talk) 01:28, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll file an SPI. I can make a convincing case. There might be more. Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:29, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Deleted external link on 'Ibn Fadlan' page
Hi.

Today I added an external link at “Ибн Фадлан” page. But you considered it inappropriate and deleted it.

My link goes to the newest scientific study from 2021. The work is devoted to resolving the contradictions associated with the trip of Ibn Fadlan to Ancient Russia. This is directly related to the content of the Wikipedia page. This work was published in the scientific-peer-reviewed publication and confirmed by the expert opinion of the Doctor of Historical Sciences of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.

I would like to ask you to leave this link on the page.

IChubrik (talk) 19:35, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It is rather simple. Adding links to your own website is spamming. Also note that your own website is not a reliable source. Please read the linked pages to understand. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf(talk) 19:49, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- Alexf(talk) 02:12, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Adonis article
Can you please explain how I have a close connection to the band Adonis and where is the promotional or advertising material I wrote in that article? -- Happiness Is Everywhere (talk) 09:36, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Wasn't your username the name of the band, before it was changed this week? -- Alexf(talk) 11:26, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No, my name was "Teka$hi 69" which has nothing to with the band. -- Happiness Is Everywhere (talk) 13:24, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Then apologies. Seems to be a case of mistaken identity. -- Alexf(talk) 13:45, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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Please revoke TPA from this LTA.
– AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs)  09:59, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Alexf(talk) 10:09, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Query about a block you placed on an IP user
Hello Alexf,

I would like to draw to your attention a block you placed on an IP (User talk:106.69.59.162) which I feel was completely unjustified. You blocked them for vandalism, when in fact, it was actually me, before I had an account, and I was actually on RC patrol. I tripped a whole bunch of filters, including one where I tried to revert userpage vandalism, which I then reported as false positive, however, if you analyse those edits, you will see that they were at the very least good faith edits, if not actually constructive. I have only recently realised that I was blocked for those edits, as the IP must've been reassigned soon afterwards, before I next tried to contribute, so I never saw the block notice at the time.

Please, remember, to assume good faith, that IPs are people too, and that it is possible for an IP to go on RC patrol.

If, after looking closely at the edits that IP / I made you still believe that block was justified, please let me know why. Thanks. &#32;Mako001 (talk) 01:32, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. Did look wrong at time (and triggered many bot warnings). In any case, it is a moot point, as this was a 31-hour short block back in October, so the account is now free and clear. An IP is not associated to you so your user account has no issues. . -- Alexf(talk) 01:40, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I just thought I should bring it to your attention anyway, since it seemed to have been an erroneous block. I guess it is a good example if a case where, even though an editor is tripping filters with every edit, it may not actually be vandalism. No hard feelings. 🙂 &#32;Mako001 (talk) 01:49, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Disclosure of employer
Hello, I just edited the International School of Monaco's page on Wikipedia today for the first time, to update the school's information about students, programmes available, diplomas offered, etc. I work in the school's marketing department and am paid to update their online information. I do not see where to disclose this, so I just wanted to make sure that this is ok? I've renamed my account Salmi22 now, and would like to be able to make any edits in the future. Is this ok? Thanks! Salmi22 (talk) 10:39, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Please read Paid-contribution disclosure. -- Alexf(talk) 10:59, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

New Wikipedia article for Jonathan Cott
I just created a new Wikipedia article for Jonathan Cott, and saw that you had done so in the past. Please check it out, and make any additions or changes that you see fit.Jhlechner (talk) 15:54, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope, never did. Might have been I deleted per request, or removed vandalism. No idea at the moment, and I don't know the gentleman. -- Alexf(talk) 16:15, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, December 2021
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Thanks
Not sure how I managed to fail to block that account - must have failed to check the box to override the existing block or something. Girth Summit  (blether) 13:27, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ - No problem -- Alexf(talk) 13:30, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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How we will see unregistered users
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Briard
Given this edit history, any objections if I convert this to a 1-year partial-block on Briard? Or we could just see what happens at the end of 31 hours. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:30, 12 January 2022
 * No problem. Go ahead. -- Alexf(talk) 15:59, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Jumping straight to uw-3 at a newbie's page
Hi Alexf, I really appreciate your work in combatting disruption and vandalism. Without editors like you tirelessly watching out and taking action, articles would quickly degrade and the project would suffer. I really appreciate what you do here.

That said, please draw a distinction between user-warning levels when placing an initial warning at a user talk page. You recently placed this level 3 refspam warning at User talk:RadicalCopyeditor. While a warning citing WP:SELFCITE is appropriate there, this user has a total mainspace edit count of 39 at this writing. Additionally, there are discussions at their Talk page showing them coming on board with various other guidelines based on the types of mistakes new editors always make.

While placing a refspam warning is appropriate for this editor, in my opinion, placing a level 3 refspam warning as the very first warning about this topic is rarely valid for any editor, and especially not for a brand new editor. An amendment at the user's talk page would be a nice gesture. Once again, thanks for all you do here. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 19:50, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I was on vacation so I didn't see this message until now. You may be right. I didn't check the total number of messages. We get hundreds of people spamming their own websites every day, so sometimes things get out of hand. As I see, the user was instructed on what they did wrong and how they should proceed. Thank you. -- Alexf(talk) 02:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Completely understandable. Thanks for the follow-up, and hope the vacation was fun! Mathglot (talk) 02:57, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

 * Thanks! -- Alexf(talk) 23:55, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Do you know a place on Wikipedia I could get this source translated for a page draft I'm working on?
The source would be this here, and it is in Norwegian https://forum.arkivverket.no/topic/212052-arne-pettersen-siste-innvandrer-som-forlot-ellis-island-1954/

I'm still kind of new to the project, and since computer translators are giving me "bad results", do you know a place I can get help for this in-house. Thebrakeman2 (talk) 23:47, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Not really. I would start by looking at the users in Category:User no-4 and asking some of them (look at who is active). Remember to always sign your comments in talk pages by adding four tildes at the end. -- Alexf(talk) 23:54, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the tip! Would you be willing to help work on the page (it's about 45% complete) or are you busy with other matters, IRL or Wikipedia related? Thebrakeman2 (talk) 01:32, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not speak Norwegian so I can't. Besides I have a long list of translations of articles I have to port from Spanish and Portuguese Wikipedia. Good luck. -- Alexf(talk) 03:04, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think you misunderstood, it's an English Wiki page about a Norwegian man. Thebrakeman2 (talk) 15:43, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Could you fix an error on a page?
The “SS Dolly Madison” mentioned in the Oct. 8 section is not the same as the one for which has it’s page hyperlinked (the linked ship having been build 20 years after the other one sank). Could you fix it? Link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1924#October 108.45.170.249 (talk) 05:40, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Alexf(talk) 09:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Book reference deleted
Hi there I put a couple of references to a new book Titan Blue by mbfox. I understand why it was deleted as I linked to my Web page but the book is available on Amazon. The book is therefore genuine. Is it possible for this to be included please? Many thanks Mbfoxauthor (talk) 20:41, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * "Genuine" does not mean notable. More importantly Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Self promotioon especially is strongly discouraged. -- Alexf(talk) 21:02, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi Alex OK many thanks for the explanation and assistance. Mbfoxauthor (talk) 21:10, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi nice to meet you Alexf I am Chhota Bheem Fan
I am completely new to Wikipedia please tell me the rules and regulations of Wikipedia and what I should do, Thanks Chhota Bheem Fan (talk) 05:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can start by looking at the help pages. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, you can ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf(talk) 01:49, 12 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks Chhota Bheem Fan (talk) 04:05, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Notice of external links noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at External links/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jarble (talk) 15:45, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. That note dates from 2016. Looking back at it I see your point. It has been now removed. -- Alexf(talk) 15:59, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Unconstructive Edits done by unknown users
Hi Admin, I was scrolling through Wikipedia articles of my interest. I found that some of the users have done unconstructive edits to some of the pages like Parinamika & Arbit Choudhury. I request you to kindly block their IP address forever as they have been removing old Wikipedia pages. Thank You 2409:4053:200B:CD48:7D82:2BB9:E7C8:8C3 (talk) 17:59, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


 * FYI: Removing sourced content on . A09090091 (talk) 18:06, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That is not the way it works. You should warn them upon revert, and if serious enough (and warned sufficiently), you should re port them at AIV. Also, IP Addresses are not blocked forever, as they are usually transitory, and shared by different people. If you have any questions about how Wikipedia works, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf(talk) 18:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Revision delete
Hello, Alexf,

I'm not sure why you are using revision delete on edits like this one or this one which aren't offensive edits at all. They are just trollish behavior or standard vandalism. I don't think they qualify under the Criteria for redaction unless I'm missing something here. Did they somehow violate copyright rules? I can't see it. Also, you can do all the revision deletes you need to do on a page's edits at the same time, you don't have to do them one at a time.

Any how, thanks for the truly offensive edits that you remove from public view like the ones on the Hitler family (ugh!). Liz Read! Talk! 22:28, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. You may have a point but they are disruptive. No complaints. Less work for me. -- Alexf(talk) 22:47, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppet bloqued
Hello, i see that you bloqued the user for promotion, but seeing this page and WP:DUCK these user is a global lock evasion of, i reported these account to meta.wikimedia, I tell you so that you take it into account when blocking a puppet of him again Emolga826 (talk) 23:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Did not know this one. -- Alexf(talk) 00:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Chika Stacy Oriuwa
Hi, thank you for hiding so much purely disruptive material and edit summaries for this article. I found two more that appear to need similar treatment:,. Thanks again, Beccaynr (talk) 02:27, 7 March 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 03:24, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! -- Beccaynr (talk) 03:32, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Air Ghana page
Hello. I Saw you reverted the changes I made in Air Ghana page. I just wanted to know if I had made something wrong. Thank you. Best wishes. 84.78.242.253 (talk) 09:54, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No. That was a mistake. Fixed. Are you User:Torpegun? If so please use your account to post instead of an anonymous IP, so you can see your post history. -- Alexf(talk) 11:42, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Helpful template
You may be aware of it already, but Template:Uw-efblock exists and would save you the extra step of noting the abuse filter in your block messages.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 00:19, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Well thank you! One I did not know. Noted. -- Alexf(talk) 00:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Block justification
I am curious as to your block of QuietDaParrot who made only 2 edits, and was given one warning following which they did not make any further edits. This was in the mid of February, so why did you apply the block today? Jay (talk) 16:58, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Filter log shows filters stopped him 15 times in a row in a span of 3 minutes today, typing "Your mom". -- Alexf(talk) 18:42, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks. I did not check the filter logs. Jay (talk) 19:58, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Deleting edits
I wanted to ask if you can hide (delete if possible) my edits on the napalm and F.R.A.S. (weapon) page, in the view history. The information of the consulted articles. I ended up copying entire texts from articles that i found to be copyrighted and reclaimed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.R.A.S._(weapon) Basquyati (talk) 18:34, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You would have to identify which ones (suppliying the preper Diffs) as you did several changes to those pages. (see Help:Diff if unsure on how). -- Alexf(talk) 19:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The comparative edition of napalm, is this, in total:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Napalm&type=revision&diff=1075828827&oldid=1032104969
 * In the F.R.A.S., it is this:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Napalm&type=revision&diff=1075828827&oldid=1032104969
 * I want you to delete all edits made by me. This is likely to cause the second page to be deleted, but I think it's remediable. Basquyati (talk) 19:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Both links are the same. -- Alexf(talk) 15:04, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Blocking the /64
Can you please read User:TonyBallioni/Just block the /64 and start to block /64s more? Blocking /64s generally won't cause WP:COLLATERAL. Not just blocking one IPv6 address isn't going to cut it in the case of LTAs... thanks. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  00:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I am begging you to please, please block the /64! I really don't wish to get mad, but I am getting genuinely annoyed by your adamant refusal to do so. You should have blocked instead of . You should know as an admin that blocking /64s DO NOT normally cause collateral, yet you continue to block individual IPv6 addresses. That person has completely moved on from that individual IPv6 and is now using .   wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  23:50, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * A person using a /64 is not block evasion as well. For example, you blocked and then blocked, who is on the SAME /64, as block evasion.  should not have to clean up that mess and finally get to blocking the /64.  wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  23:56, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I seldom if ever do rangeblocks as I am uncomfortable with doing it and blocking the wrong range. I understand your request and looked into it now, but it seems that Widr has already blocked the 64 you requested. -- Alexf(talk) 00:18, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Another Inumwa sock
See here. Best, GPL93 (talk) 01:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Aaand another one. Best, GPL93 (talk) 01:04, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

The Adam Project
You RD5'd a spam link! I should do that more often. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 06:19, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

thanks
I could not keep up with the vandalism. Sadbunny3 (talk) 15:59, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Amen. Thank you for blocking Tmode or whatever his name was. He was being a horrible person. Eg224 (talk) 05:05, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

IP rangeblock request
Alexf, you just blocked an IP I reported at AIV (2A00:23C6:D511:DA01:35EB:D9:A31F:E4C9). Unfortunately, after I made the report I found that the vandal had already moved to another IP within the same /64 range. Could you extend this block to ? Disruption from this range dates back to October 2021. --Sable232 (talk) 15:01, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Juan Feliciano
It might be worth your keeping the occasional eye on Juan Feliciano. The IP and the named vandal both reappeared on 5 March 2022, 10 days after your WP:PP expired; but haven't been seen since, presumably satisfied with their handiwork. Narky Blert (talk) 14:32, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Watchlisted. -- Alexf(talk) 14:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

John Tyler
Hi, thanks for your help at John Tyler. However, I noticed that the protection you put in is shorter than the previous protection which expired only a short time ago. The page has been an LTA target for awhile and a protection of at least several months is probably best. Would you please take a look at the page's protection history and consider making the semi-protection longer? Thanks. Kristoffersonian (talk) 23:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You are incorrect. The previous semi-protection had expired today. I extended it to 31 March. Page watchlisted. Semi-protection will be extended if needed.Please report users to AIV if needed too. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 23:07, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * How am I incorrect? I said the previous protection expired a short time ago and that the protection you put in is shorter than the previous which is true. Please make the semi-protection longer. This page has been consistently vandalized despite multiple protections for long time. This has been going on for months. Look at the protection history. Kristoffersonian (talk) 23:12, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh I see what you mean now. We try to keep pages open as much as possible, per Wikipedia's policies. Page has been watchlisted. Should they continue, then it will be extended for longer periods of time. Per your request, it has been extended to 7 April 2022. -- Alexf(talk) 23:16, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I still think two weeks is too short. The past few protections for this page have been too short. One of the previous protections was one month in length and that didn't do the trick. Each time the vandalism returns. Look closer. Kristoffersonian (talk) 23:21, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That is as far as I am prepared to go today. As I said, I am watching the page, and I am sure you are too. Whenever something like this arises, you can request protection at RFPP, so anyone on duty will respond. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 23:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

FYI, this "helpful" user is a WP:HAND sock of WP:Sockpuppet investigations/CalebHughes, whose other socks necessitated the protection. Favonian (talk) 06:43, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh? Interesting. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 09:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Happy first edit day!
&#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 23:15, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Time flies! -- Alexf(talk) 23:19, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022
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Your block of 136.235.28.68
The entire range (136.235.0.0/16) should get a schoolblock. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

AIV reports
PLEASE do not be giving them warnings! This is an LTA, Sockpuppet investigations/Dusty8686, who is engaging in rapid disruption; their most recently blocked sock today had a username that threatened an admin. RBI is the best approach here, not just letting them off with warnings. -_- wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  00:04, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

NChaosInquisitor
This editor, who you had hardblocked for their username, has had it changed to this more acceptable variant, and seems to me to have no other issues. Can we unblock? Daniel Case (talk) 06:28, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No problems with it now. Go ahead. -- Alexf(talk) 07:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
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Page and article deletion....
Why is everyone deleting my stuff on Wikipedia? I have been making an artist profile but still to no avail Spalowise (talk) 05:08, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That question was answered already in your User Talk page. This is an encyclopedia, not social media. . To paraphrase: Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:NOTABOUTYOU. -- Alexf(talk) 08:10, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Apology
Hey! I just wanted to apologize to you for giving you a hard time and continuously acting like an ass on here last year. I was wrong and I’m sorry that I ever thought I was being funny or entertaining. I hope to show that my edits and contributions on here will continue to be strictly positive and non-disruptive. Littlejonahhill (talk) 17:56, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I hear you. Answer: apologies don't matter, actions do. It is nice to see you acknowledge errors. Let's see if you can help the project from now on. -- Alexf(talk) 14:03, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:33, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm scratching my head
Hi - so, I just reverted an IP address spamming Indian passport. Twinkle took me to their talk page to issue a warning, and I noticed that you had already warned them on 4 May about doing presumably similar stuff at Passport - so far, so mundane. Here's the bit that's confusing me: Passport wasn't edited at all on 4 May, and the edit that I reverted today appears to be the only one that the IP in question has ever made. What's going on? Girth Summit  (blether) 10:51, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. As was indicated in my user page, I was out of the country with no connectivity for two weeks. I don't remember this one. I suspect it was triggered by Filter 793, for spamming telephone numbers. -- Alexf(talk) 14:00, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks - it had me scratching my head, but I didn't check the filter log - that makes sense. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:51, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022
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50.74.56.130
Hi Alexf, I think 50.74.56.130's removals were made in good faith; I just had to revdel others' reinstatement of the content as violations of the copyright policy. If it was a justified block, I'd probably re-block for sockpuppetry or block evasion, but I think a proper measure would be removing the IP block instead. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Alexf(talk) 22:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:51, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

don’t delete my putin (input)?
Why are you keep deleting my input? 107.116.93.8 (talk) 02:08, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about your entry in Christopher? There is an explanation in the removal notice. There is also a very clear and prominent banner in the edit page for that article page, explaining that the list cannot accept entries without an article. Every entry must have an article in the English language Wikipedia. The article of course must assert notability. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf(talk) 09:22, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022
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indef
You might wanna up this block given that they are still trying to spam themselves through their block. PRAXIDICAE🌈 19:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * . Block was extended and a noite left. Thanks for the info. BTW, I like your user page. -- Alexf(talk) 20:07, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Threats of ISP Communication on My Talk Page
I have reverted what is difficult not to describe as a veiled threat on my talk page from your account.

Simply calling edits you disagree with "vandalism" and leaving up a well formatted statement that you'll "contact my ISP" if I post information about an issue your colleagues are actively trying to suppress is ridiculous, aggressive, and ineffective. I am not intimidated by your threat, and I'm confused what you thought the end result could have possibly been by doing that?

You should stop that kind of behaviour immediately. 71.65.65.144 (talk) 21:40, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * It seems you misunderstood. It is not a veiled threat. It is a standard identifier for an ISP account. It is not your Talk Page. You do not have an account. You can easily create one and avoid the problem you seem to think you are having. See Why create an account?. The reason that particular IP Address got that message is because it has been repeatedly used for vandalism in the past. This is not saying the current user of that IP (you), had anything to do with it. IP Address assignments change. You may get another one next time. Avoid the issue and create an account. -- Alexf(talk) 01:31, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I misunderstood nothing. Threatening to contact users' ISP for making edits you have material disagreement with is juvenile and inappropriate for this forum.  I am not interested in the deflections but merely communicating to you how it comes across.
 * Looking at the notes on the talk page for this IP, I see that these are in fact not vandalisms but a user trying to integrate cited material about a scandal involving someone with a declared conflict of interest with the wikipedia editor groups. I can't determine if you did not research before doing this or if you were already in awareness and simply didn't care, but perhaps you're using a non-conventional definition of "vandalism" in either case.
 * Words mean things, and the words you're using don't mean the things you're expecting them to. I don't care if you've been here for 15 minutes or 15 years, I just simply want adult correspondence on the topic.  The 'good ole boy' treatment over this issue is transparent to literally anyone reading. 71.65.65.144 (talk) 01:47, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

FYI
Re your despamming of and warning to, see. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 05:47, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! -- Alexf(talk) 02:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Merit talks, bullshit walks
Hi there. Did you block this account with the above username for suspicion of being a sockpuppet, as I suspect? Best, Castncoot (talk) 07:00, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * No. Name is not acceptable. Cussing, swearing in usernames is not a good idea in a serious project. -- Alexf(talk) 12:15, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Dr. Kevin Keenedy
Please remove All information referencing Dr. Kevin Kennedy. Not interested in continuing with Wikipedia or with Wikicommons. (talk). 13:02, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Glenn L. Sweigart (talk). 13:21, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

My edit was reverted
I had added a statement in the crying article, clarifying that "feminine countries" are those whose governments prioritise gender issues over others, and I added a citation to support it. Unfortunately, you have reverted this, can you please explain why? Sincerely, 49.192.44.178 (talk) 23:56, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. Maybe overreach but there is no such thing as "feminine countries". -- Alexf(talk) 09:36, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * How come there is a statement about feminine countries in the article, I'll consider removing it, thank you.
 * Sincerely, 49.192.44.178 (talk) 11:54, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Editnotices/Page/List of web directories
Template:Editnotices/Page/List of web directories has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Huggums537 (talk) 18:00, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Disagree. Said so in the page. -- Alexf(talk) 12:07, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Olivia Newton John "vandal"
It turns out that had duplicated content, likely inadvertently. aka was removing the duplicated content. To me, it appeared that the bottom half the article including content, sources, and categories were being deleted. As the latter anons never ever left an edit summary as to why nor left anything on their talk page, I concluded it was vandalism. What should I do to make amends? My apology. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 03:16, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologize to them. -- Alexf(talk) 12:07, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Any suggestions on which IP talk page to leave an apology? The range? Should they be unblocked? Thanks Adakiko (talk) 12:10, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Revdel
I think you are being overly liberal with your use of revdel, recent examples that I just reverted:, , , ,. Not every piece of unhelpful nonsense is "purely disruptive material", as you labelled these. They need to be reverted but are certainly not what revdel is meant for. Widr (talk) 21:37, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. Will pay more attention then.-- Alexf(talk) 22:56, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

A report
Hello. User:Stuntneare delets texts of encyclopedia and refrences.پخش مطلب (talk) 17:22, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but the proper way is to report to AIV after having sufficiently warned the user. I do not see many issues and do not see proper warnings. -- Alexf(talk) 17:29, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you.I will report there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by پخش مطلب (talk • contribs)

Regarding your block of Special:Contributions/2A00:23C4:709B:2501:0:0:0:0/64
Thank you for your quick block of this IP. Would it be possible to extend this block and remove TPA? I am asking because:
 * The last block of this IP range was for 6 months, without TPA
 * Per these edits, it seems clear that this IP intends to continue their disruption after the expiration of their block.

Thank you very much for your consideration. Aoi (青い) (talk) 21:17, 10 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Was just coming here to say the same thing (both thanks and request for a longer block). Also possibly to include .  --JBL (talk) 21:37, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Block extended for a bit - TPA added. It is a public address. Can't block for 6 months. -- Alexf(talk) 22:11, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I'm not sure what you mean by your last two sentences, since the /64 range has been repeatedly blocked for longer periods of time in the past  (most recently by  and ). JBL (talk) 23:51, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I also don't see how the "public address" bit applies. This is a static, single-allocation IPv6 range that has been repeatedly used for disruption and block evasion for the past 9 months. I've reblocked for 6 months, the same as 's March block that had since expired.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:47, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. As it is owned by British Telecom, I thought it was public. Maybe I am wrong. -- Alexf(talk) 19:04, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Sofia Banzhaf
Hello Alexf. Another admin has posted at RFPP requesting a much longer semiprotection for this page. You might want to take a look. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:14, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

 * Thanks! Falafel is always good. Pickles work for me. -- Alexf(talk) 05:21, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, September 2022
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:30, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Disable TPA
Hey you might wanna revoke the TPA of 118.149.72.172. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 13:40, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Alexf(talk) 13:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Greg P Russell
My name is Greg P Russell and you have blocked me from my own page which I don’t appreciate what so ever. I made adjustments in the bio because it doesn’t reflect the things that I would like to see and there are inaccuracies as to what was originally on my Wikipedia page. I would appreciate you unblocking me so I can edit my own page please. 2600:6C50:157F:E3F9:9D78:DD69:6B9:9F05 (talk) 17:05, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * As you do not link to the page in question, I have no idea what you are talking about. All I see is a message from an IP Address that has not edited in Wikipedia before. You have to be more specific so I can take a look, and respond properly. There must be a reason if you were blocked. The reason should be explained in the blocking message, along with the proper way to request an unblock. Any admin then would be able to respond, and if there was an error, correct it. -- Alexf(talk) 18:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)