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Long-term abuse
Hey there DeltaQuad, please see this notice that I sent to Mlpearc for a small discussion on this page. I wonder if it's relevant anymore though, especially Long-term abuse/Helpers, and it may need some sort of project restart, though I have my doubts what with the stewards at Meta sharing most of the workload already. TeleComNasSprVen (talk &bull; contribs) 06:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

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Sockpuppet investigations/Formal Appointee Number 6
Can we get blocks placed on the underlying IP addresses? Werieth (talk) 18:36, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't even remember I dealt with this guy back not too long ago. I'll take a look into it, but I suspect for some reason that when I checked before I found that underlying IP blocks won't be possible. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:53, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't have the details handy, but that is my recollection as well. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:27, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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User:Kimse unblock request
Hi DeltaQuad, the oldest account in Sockpuppet investigations/Kimse (formerly Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Stuckos) has just filed an unblock request. I was wondering if you or DoRD could take a look at it since the block was based on CU data. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've unblocked per a comment by DoRD. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:08, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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Username-ish issue
Hello, DeltaQuad. I hope you can help me, or direct me to where I should raise this issue. I am asking here because DeltaQuadBot appears to be used for monitoring inappropriate user names.

A user called Misses001 moved her/his user page from User talk:Misses001 to User talk:Gabriela N. There is no registered user called Gabriela N. There is, however, a content article about a singer called Gabriela N, which was created by Misses001. This seems to suggest that Misses001 is Gabriela N, which is either an autobiography / conflict of interest problem, or a false suggestion in contravention of username policy. I think. What's your take? Cnilep (talk) 02:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * While someone did move their page to that name, no user Gabriela N. exists, and therefore an admin has already restored the page to it's proper location. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

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Need new bot maintainers
Hello everyone,

It has become apparent that I am quite inactive these days. I simply don't have the time to keep up with Wikipedia as much as I would like. The every-so-few-weeks needing attention to keep my bot stuff up and live on WMF Labs is something I just can't work with anymore. I will help one or two experienced bot members reset up the code so that my bots can run again. I will absolutely maintain code as needed. Again I just need someone to run them. Thank you in advance. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:37, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

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Merger?
Hi, you archived Sockpuppet investigations/LudoVicar earlier today after additional socks were blocked to the ones identified in the original SPI in January. Given Atama's comment here and comment by Yunshui (the original blocking admin in January) here, is there any scope for bringing together the LudoVicar SPI with the earlier 2009 Sockpuppet investigations/jk1944 to which reference is made in the LudoVicar SPI? I think they are all the one sock farm. Is this something you would consider or would need further evidence? DeCausa (talk) 19:44, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Protection of Suicide_of_Amanda_Todd
You semi-protected the article while pending changes was still in place. Could you remove one of the protections? I agree that the page should be protected, as it's a highly visible and sensitive issue, but semi protecting it negates the need for pending changes, and vice versa. Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 00:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * While I see your point, the issue I have with doing it is that is we still saw a fair amount of vandalism with only the pending changes. So that is why it got protected. The reason why i'm leaving it in place is because of when the semi protection expires, that is still in place. Time and time again we've seen issues as soon as the article protection expires. While it does double up, I think it does the job better in the long run. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:54, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Alright, understood. Tutelary (talk) 01:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

ACC Interface - I'm back!
Trying to settle into a new routine where I am on Wiki on a reliable basis, at least one hour per day. Renewing my access would be much appreciated, and in a few weeks when I get my game back, maybe I can ditch the old timer training wheels and get back to Account Creation at the speed and thoroughness I used to.

It's good to be back. I'm sorry to see you might not be around as much! You will be missed dearly by many, including me.

Cheers! - TIM  (Contact)/(Contribs) 07:24, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey TIM, I'm no longer an ACC admin, so I can't help you out there. Sorry. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:47, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

SPI Archiving
Hey DQ,

I see that you archived this SPI, but it actually needs to be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Aldota/Archive as this is the master.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 15:51, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Checkuser
Hello, I came here while looking for checkuser assistance. Seeing you're no longer a checkuser, I've removed the checkuser topicon from your userpage; of course I don't like editing your userpage, but I don't want people to find you through Category:Wikipedia checkusers and end up confused. Nyttend (talk) 14:07, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

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Block stale?
Hi, you've closed the Jagged_85 sock puppet case without action because the IPs are "block stale". I've not come across that expression; what does it mean, please? --Merlinme (talk) 10:42, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Basically there would be no use blocking the IPs because he's already moved on to a new IP. A rangeblock would be required. It's not currently possible to do a rangeblock with the IPs you reported. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

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Sockpuppet investigations/HoshiNoKaabii2000
DQ, I was going to clerk this SPI but got hopelessly lost as to different masters. I understood your CU results but in looking at some of the tags already present on some accounts, as well as looking at the archives of this SPI, I ended up doing nothing. If you want to enlighten me, fine. If that's too much trouble, I understand, and we can always hope that another clerk is better able to sort it out. Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:23, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, no worries, it makes my head spin also. This is one of those cases in which sometimes you just need to let behaviour override the CU. I'll start with a few things to hopefully clear it up, and then you can ask questions from there.
 * All of Risker's results I would take over any I gave because of the nature of things.
 * Liamladd needs to be blocked, the account was missed by the original CU.
 * TDFan2007's CU result can be chucked out the window, it's most likely TDFan2006 by behaviour of name.
 * Thuckin Hell's connection to TDFan2006 is now a behavioural connection that will be needed.
 * Klubklassik I would call a sock of Thuckin Hell
 * Drakeforever if he has a connection to anything, it's going to need to be a behavioural one.
 * I saw Thuckin Hell's tag and went over to that SPI and ran a check:
 * to Thuckin Hell, it will have to be a behavioural connection if it's made. The above should give you a solid compare.
 * Hope this helps and feel free to ask any other questions. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  17:44, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've already started working on another SPI (much easier, although very few diffs). I'll try to get back to the other one later, but on just a few hours sleep I'm not sure if I have the energy today. One preliminary question, though, what does any of this have to do with HoshiNoKaabibii2000?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:58, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, take your time. Klubklassik & Drakeforever are blocked behaviourally under Hoshi through the archive. No technical connection can be provided to the previous socks before that, again, due to staleness. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  18:05, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, take your time. Klubklassik & Drakeforever are blocked behaviourally under Hoshi through the archive. No technical connection can be provided to the previous socks before that, again, due to staleness. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  18:05, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
 <font color="white" face="Herculanum">Arfæst Ealdwrítere  (talk)  02:38, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Temporary protection decline
I saw you denied my temporary protection request for those two articles on the basis that the IP vandal was blocked. I also noticed he was blocked and was thinking of withdrawing my request due to the possibility of him cooling of. However, this morning, the same user started reinserting unsourced info to the Ukraine conflict article again from a different IP address, which is similar to the already blocked one. I can only guess his IP address changes every day. EkoGraf (talk) 11:40, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Could you provide a frame of reference? I have a lot of tasks, protections, blocks, etc. that I do in a day. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:16, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Just some of his edits from today: . And people trying to revert him: . I'm guessing he will be on another IP tomorrow. EkoGraf (talk) 23:17, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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