User talk:AmandaNP/Archives/2011/September

Re:OTRS
Thanks- I've replied. Hopefully we'll be able to determine whether or not the image is public domain... J Milburn (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
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Daccono
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hello DeltaQuad,

I would like to commit myself on the case of Daccono. In my opinion, Iaaasi and Daccono are two different people ,however, they are in cahoots with each other. If you take a glance at Daccono's edit history, you will see that he edited Wikipedia 16 times this year and he did not edit Wikipedia at all between 4 January, 2011 and 1 June 2011. On 11 May, 2011, one of the confirmed sockpuppets of Iaaasi had made a demand to see Stubes99 to be community banned (i.e. It is very curious how this guy who is socking on a daily basis and has insulted editors (incluiding personal attacks against the admins Tiptoey and Diannaa) is still unbanned) and then his desire was fulfilled at Daccono's request on 17 June, 2011.

Recently, Daccono attempted at having me blocked twice, even though he edited Wikipedia 16 times this year as I mentioned above. With his reqests, he turned to that administrator, who blocked me last time, hoping that this administrator has the propensity to block me. But when I click onto his diffs ,which he intended to corroborate his attempts at block shopping with, I always stumble upon Iaaasi's edits:

In his first attempt at having me blocked ,Nmate.27s_block, the third and fourth diffs are quotes for a discussion at WP ANI ,which was initiated by Iaaasi, the fifth and sixth ones are quotes for the talk page of Iaaasi, and the seventh one is that when I deleted Iaaasi's comment on an another user's talk page.

In his second attempt at having me blocked ,User Nmate being uncivil again, the forth diff is a quote for a discussion at WP Realible Sources noticeboard, which was initiated by Iaaasi. Withal, these diffs are from his peramanently inactive period ,which was between 4 January, 2011 and 1 June 2011 when he did not edit Wikipedia at all. And in addition, I have encountered Daccono on Wikipedia three times herehere and here. So it is quite suspicious that he is eager to have me blocked after such meagre antecedent of my common past with him and that his diffs about my alleged incivility come from my common past with Iaaasi.--Nmate (talk) 17:47, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking into hopefully sometime soon. (maybe as late as this weekend) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  22:14, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ and found nothing specific to issue a block on and it's some interesting facts, but not enough to solidly connect as a meat puppet. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  03:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks.--Nmate (talk) 06:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Poop patrol
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, I'm ready for another bot run if you are around this weekend. thanks  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  19:24, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- DQ  (t)   (e)  02:34, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

OTRS:2011090610000228
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, you left me a msg that there is a reply for me in ticket 2011090610000228 ; however I can't access it. Since you seem to have access to it, would you mind moving it to info-en or (preferably) to info-no? Cheers! Asav | Talk (Member of the OTRS Volunteer Response Team) 00:33, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It was in info-en tech issues, moved to courtesy for you. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  01:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That was weird. I have access to that queue, yet I can't access the ticket through the direct link you posted, but I could open it by merely using the search function. Prolly a bug. Anyways, there's not a whole lot I more can do about that ticket… But thanks for your assistance! Asav | Talk (Member of the OTRS Volunteer Response Team) 01:33, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

FYI
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone As a heads up, I've just mentioned you in a new thread on ANI. I hasten to add that it's a favorable mention! Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:56, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! This will really help me out. :) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  07:04, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Bana cathedral
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hello DeltaQuad. You protected this article and I've nothing against with this action but please revert unexplained POV change by User:2492BC who is a sock puppet of Aram-van, a blocked user for violation of editing restrictions. Cheers! –BruTe Talk 15:35, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ahh socks, that changes my whole reasoning for the protection. Marked down semi. Let me know if they come back, file a SPI and just note it here, and I will nuke them and get them out of your way. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  18:49, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Kingdom of Fez
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone There appear to be numerous anon IPs reverting edits on this article. You may consider protecting this article. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:08, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting support.svg Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  23:55, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Unblock requests
Hi DQ. Please see User talk:46.4.113.148 and User talk:R.Schuster. Without looking too closely at those individual requests, I will observe from experience: ThePlanet, Leaseweb, Hetzner - always tricky ranges to block. -- zzuuzz (talk) 13:51, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't get what he's trying to say...I see a webhost, and on that specific IP I see that they are running an OpenSSH, Domain service on 53, thttpd on 80, and a squid web proxy on 3128 and that's without looking at the results of the one I blocked...Any idea how this is not a web host? -- DQ  (t)   (e)  02:34, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I think his point was that it's not an open proxy, and I haven't looked closely but that seems to be the case. But I'm not getting involved. I tend to think admins should be made aware of collateral (as well as non-collateral) in their blocks, and that's the main reason I stopped by. -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:21, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone At the Edit Filter talk page. Regards. Wifione  Message 03:10, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

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Poop patrol
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, if you are online this weekend, I'm ready for another bot run. Thanks  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  13:56, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- DQ  (t)   (e)  02:28, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Bokpasa's persistent socking
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, Following this, I made a list here of some articles to protect as Bokpasa keeps coming back to them. I'll try to complete the list as it covers only his recent edits. Thank you for your help. Best regards --Tachfin (talk) 23:24, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You mean semi-protect? —  Kudu ~I/O~ 23:28, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes please. Tachfin (talk) 23:29, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * by the time the first comment came in. Wrong section. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  23:52, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, that's a load, one that I can go through, but I need you to create separate sections for ones that are new and stale, I can only protect new ones per policy (actually a whole different page would be easier, for TW's sake). -- DQ  (t)   (e)  00:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting support.svg Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. That's for all the pages as of last night. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  10:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Input required
silent Hi there. Please see the request at User talk:46.4.240.197 and explain as to why you blocked this range (the block reason is not really informative). Regards  So Why  13:59, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok...done. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  22:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * Congrats from me too, DQ! You deserved it! —  Kudu ~I/O~ 20:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Sue! and TY Kudu :) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  22:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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SPI
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hey DQ, do you have any more SPI training stuff so we can go on to Assignments 2 and 3? Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  ♠ 18:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, will do so now. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  20:01, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sorry for all this delay, I remember checking up on you a few times, but I didn't see much. Anyway, thanks for also being the first tester of my training program. Good luck. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:53, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Poop patrol
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, when you are ready, I could handle another run  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  14:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

ANI
silent There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents]. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 16:43, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

How to create accounts for people affected by anon-only IP blocks or rangeblocks
Hello DQ. I see your name very frequently at unblock-en-l and I notice that you offer to create accounts sometimes. This is something I've never done (create an account for someone else), but I observe that admins can click on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&uselang=en-acc. Is this something that should be available to me, or do I need to ask for approval somewhere. Would using this interface place the new account in my own creation log? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey Ed, approval not needed at all, and you have the right link. It will show up in your user creation log like it does in mine. Like here, but note i have so many because I do WP:ACC also. :) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:06, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I tried to log in to the Account Creation tool with the account I used to have, but it has been disabled for inactivity. Do you know who needs to approve reactivating it? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:03, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I have had it reactivated for you, remember you don't need to have that to create an account, and when dealing with unblock-en-l you should use the link directly above. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:42, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was able to log in. Courcelles has indicated that if a user at unblock-en-l is affected by a checkuser block they should be sent over to WP:ACC for a decision. It would be useful to follow up to see if the person gets their request into the ACC system. The interface for account creators to handle requests there appears quite elegant; I wonder if unblock-en-l could use an interface like that? EdJohnston (talk) 17:23, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * In Request an account/Guide there is a bunch of info displayed about each requester in green print. I don't see any green-printed information when I zoom in on a user in the actual ACC. Is it supposed to be only for checkusers? Unclear how to tell if somebody is coming in to ACC from a blocked range unless the reviewers can see this. EdJohnston (talk) 18:01, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * If you click reserve this request it will show you the those links + the IP address of the requester (user-agent available to CUs only). I'm working on having stwalkerster (although it's probably not going to happen that soon) about a separate link, so it's reserved for us to confer back to unblock-en-l for, but nothing is in place for that right now. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that did it. I have to reserve the request to see the green links, and then I can unreserve it if I don't want to handle it. There is currently a five-day backlog on ACC requests that require a checkuser review. EdJohnston (talk) 22:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, and that`s normal, hopefully with the new CU appointments that goes down. Only 1 or 2 active CUs have access. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:07, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, a separate link for what? —  Kudu ~I/O~ 22:54, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I think DQ was proposing a button to click in the ACC interface that would give a link to the protected data. Such a link could then be posted as part of a discussion at unblock-en-l and the editors subscribed to that list could see it. The question (in my mind) is how to tell whether the request to ACC is coming from a blocked address. If it's from a person using an IP blocked by a checkuser then you mustn't create an account for them without asking. The info in question is shown at File:ACCZoom.PNG. EdJohnston (talk) 04:39, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The IP that the user is on when they submit the request is given to you, and the link i'm talking about a separate link so we know they are differed from unblock-en-l. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:07, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't understand that. EdJohnston (talk) 20:01, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It's like two paths leading to the same road. We defer to unblock-en-l with a special URL (instead of the normal one) and that way it is separated and held for an unblock-en-l member to review at ACC. That part is not active, and hasn't been coded yet. Now to see the IP address normally as we do for all requests you must reserve the request. Those then have links to block logs, etc. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  20:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

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Page-Protection denied
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hi, I appreciate your answering to my petition, but since it was a negative, what's your advice in dealing with this guy? I know my request was extreme, but it'a lot of work to knock off this kind of vandalism... Ipsumesse (talk) 06:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Till the morning when I can take another good look. Note: . -- DQ  (t)   (e)  06:18, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Primarily this needs to be reported when it happens, I can't action on a month old stuff. And which particular IPs are you having issues with? -- DQ  (t)   (e)  23:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know, but I didn't report it 'cause I underestimated the problem. Now this guy is editing from moving-IP's, and he's quite a recurring character. I did a little tracking of his edits in the last weeks, with a detail of the exact changes, where and when. I can send it to your mail if you'd like to check it out and get a better idea of the problem. Of course, you can then double-check whatever info you want by your own. Just let me know. Ipsumesse (talk) 05:35, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure my info is above or on the (e) of the signature. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  05:36, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I already sent it to you. And by the way, there's been new edits from this guy in the 2007 tournament, which I've reverted. Ipsumesse (talk) 21:06, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, did you receive the file? What do you think of the case? Ipsumesse (talk) 05:41, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, and did look over it, sorry forgot to reply. As sad as it is to say, without him focusing on one article (aka maybe three reverted edits, with no other IPs) we can't protect it, and there is no way to block his dynamic IP...so it's just reverting them at this time is the best we can do, sorry to disappoint. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  05:53, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, don't worry. You aren't the one causing the problem here. Hopefully, the one who is will just surrender someday... Thanks anyway, and if you think of anything else that might be helpful, please let me know in my user's page. Regards. Ipsumesse (talk) 12:47, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone

Alpha Quadrant   talk    17:39, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Deletion
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Hello, I was wondering what the content of User talk:63.133.161.178/Editnotice was, as you deleted it. I am asking because a user has been tagging IPs sub pages that are test pages for deletion, and I want to know the content of this page is to see if it is like the other pages they tagged for deletion. Thank you.  Puffin  Let's talk! 19:24, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not understanding how these were all tests, but the content could have been deleted under CSDG1 aka no meaningful content. Was a mess of scratched out charts that weren't even set up properly. Let me know if you have further questions. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  04:58, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Disruptive/Trollish IP
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone
 * Hello DQ, could I trouble you to take a look at Talk:City Harvest Church? An anon IP keeps removing comments, saying that he is allowed to do so but not according to WP:REDACT, I have helped him struck out his complaint but he's still not happy to the extent of causing further disruptions on the discussion page. Thoughts? -- Dave  ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 17:50, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Warned, poke me back if he's still an issue, and i'll deal with it. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  18:11, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I guess when he found out that he couldn't convince me he switched to trying to confuse me... ... -- Dave  ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 18:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * See below, he's back at it again at the talk page. -- Dave  ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:24, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Disregard that last message, another admin just nailed him. -- Dave  ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * All good :) -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:13, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

City Harvest Church
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone Please tell me what a string of numbers (my signature) has to do with the discussion, when I removed the entirety of my comments before any additional comments were made. Explain how it is vandalism to not have words put in my mouth by forcing a signature on the comments. How does that string of number improve the quality of the discussion when they make it appear that I have left on the talk page comments that I almost immediately removed after making them. Let me present a hypothetical to you. Suppose someone hacked into your computer, made racial slurs on a talk page and left your signature, and then there were subsequent comments made to your comments. Would you allow your signature to remain after the racial slurs, as if you endorsed them? Same principle, just a different set of circumstances. You are being entirely unreasonable. 174.99.127.49 (talk) 20:18, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I know your blocked, thought I would respond. If you don't want 'your ip' with other peoples comments, then create an account when your unblocked. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:12, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Pages On Nair / List of Nairs
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone A user by name Sitush is systematically vandalising these pages - by removing entries and adding entries on the verge of defamation, by quoting from funny sources. He is motivated and is gold-plating his community of toddy-tappers..

He should be blocked from editing these pages immediately to maintian credibility of wikipedia.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unnithan1956 (talk • contribs)
 * Umm...vandalism is the wrong word, he is actually just following our Reliable sources policy and he doesn't need to be blocked. He is actually only removing and it's edit warring that you got blocked for. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:42, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

I apparently like making templates too much...
silent ...because I just created this awesome template. I think I have way too much free time on my hands. XD LikeLakers2 (talk &#124; Sign my guestbook!) 15:05, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

WP:CUOS/2011
User:DeltaQuad/talkdone
 * Thank you for participating in the appointment round by submitting additional questions to candidates. Given that the candidates have spent time fielding your questions, it would be appreciated if you would comment on their handling of your questions publicly or privately. – xeno talk  12:30, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep I've hoped to comment publically and privately, and thanks for the reminder, i'll get that done ASAP. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:17, 3 October 2011 (UTC)