User talk:Daniel C. Boyer

WikiProject Poetry Roll Call
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Capeside High School
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Worthington University
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www.national.archsrch.gov.za
Search links from www.national.archsrch.gov.za are temporary and thus useless. Try to get the address of the actual page found instead. This may involve removing a frame. &mdash;Tamfang (talk) 02:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hullo
Do you happen to know if the page 'Surrealists that consider themselves Wikipedians' or something similar was deleted? Shame if it was as I found it amusing.  SmokeyTheCat   •TALK•  13:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Request for an image
Hi Daniel,

I found you on the list of illustrators and wondered if you'd help us out with an image. I placed a request at the Graphics Lab some time ago, with no takers. It appears that real artists are thin on the ground on Wikipedia.

We'd like an artistic interpretation of the appearance of strings, see this copyright image on the web and here for examples. This is a very esoteric area of particle physics, so surrealism is strangely appropriate. The image would be used primarily in the String Theory article, but I left in the others for interest.

Articles: String Theory, Quark, Fermion*, Elementary particle*, Fundamental interaction*, Unified field theory*, Vacuum energy*, Quantum foam*, Grand Unified Theory

Please contact me if you need any other input. Dhatfield (talk) 23:39, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Copper Island
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Snowball in heraldry
Greetings! I have been working on Charge (heraldry), trying to write a manageable article based on the very lengthy list that preceded it. One passage, "The snowflake is only known in more recent times, though the snowball predates this by some centuries," stuck out as a dubious claim. I'm really not sure when the snowflake or "snow crystal" was first known in heraldry, but I cannot think of a single instance of a snowball in early armory, and I see no mention of it in any of my heraldry books (including Fox-Davies, Volborth, Neubecker, and The Oxford Guide to Heraldry), nor in Parker's Glossary. Looking for the claim's source in the article's history, I found it in this edit, so I issue you this friendly challenge. Please provide a verifiable source or the statement will be removed. Thank you. Wilhelm_meis (talk) 09:06, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Franklin Rosemont's Death
Daniel, I am sorry to inform you that Franklin died Sunday night at his home. I am a photographer not a wikipede so I decided not to alter your article, preferring to simply let you know what happened. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Tom Good, NYC Thomas Good (talk) 20:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

New image project
Hi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects WikiProject Free images, WikiProject Fair use, WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:53, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Please stop the vandalism
Please stop adding your name to the list.99.141.240.227 (talk) 15:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

What list? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 01:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

The list that you continue to repeatably vandalize using an IP address to add your own name to. Please restore the article and cease. 99.151.167.110 (talk) 15:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Please remove your name from the list or I'll ask AN/I to consider your actions there.99.141.249.226 (talk) 15:51, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I've removed your insertion of your name on the list still again, no doubt you'll add it back. I don't think you understand, your sock puppetry is painfully easy to show. Please stop.99.151.172.170 (talk) 20:52, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * What on earth are you talking about? What list?  What sockpuppetry?  And aren't you using an IP address rather than a username? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 15:50, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The list I'm referring to is "List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni". The vandalism I'm referring to is your repeated insertion of your name on the list. Please remove your latest self-aggrandizing edit there.99.144.252.54 (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Poetry collaboration
--Midnightdreary (talk) 14:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

J. Karl Bogartte
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AfD nomination of List of cats with fraudulent diplomas
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Daniel C. Boyer! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is an  Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

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You are now a Reviewer
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September 2010
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Proposed deletion of Fax art


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 * I have started to fix it. Can you help? Bearian (talk) 01:15, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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Notice of ANI thread
There is a discussion regarding your recent edits found here, you are strongly encouraged to participate. --  At am a  頭 20:29, 6 May 2011 (UTC) I don't know what this nonsense is about someone I've never heard of being my sockpuppet and don't know the evidence for the claim. I tried to resolve it but I think something went wrong with the edit. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything about my notability or lack thereof, although I don't really know what this has to do with anything. With what certain editors are like on here I'm sure something negative will be made of even the previous sentence, though. -Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 21:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Non-free rationale for File:Melee.jpg
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Nomination of What is wrong with this picture? for deletion
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WP Poetry and The Canterbury Tales task force
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Your user page
Hello, I found your user page while doing some wikiarchaeology. . I have restored all of its earliest surviving revisions from old copies of the Wikipedia database, so they are available to everyone now. Hope you don't mind. Graham 87 10:42, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've also done the same thing to . Graham 87 11:06, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society
Dear Daniel,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.

Best regards, —  Scott  •  talk  14:58, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Artist Chevalier Daniel C. Boyer.jpg
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Proposed deletion of North Waltham, Massachusetts


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Proposed deletion of North Waltham, Massachusetts


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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Proposed deletion of Studio art
Hello, Daniel C. Boyer. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Studio art, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:


 * 1) edit the page
 * 2) remove the text that looks like this:
 * 3) save the page

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 23:49, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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SoHo Square (Manhattan)
Please do not again attempt to add your painting to the article on SoHo Square (Manhattan), unless you can show by a citation from a reliable source that it is considered to be notable. Do not try this using this account, either of the two IP accounts you've utilized (172.58.217.103 and 172.58.171.64) or any other IP. Deliberately editing with an IP to avoid scrutiny of your edits is a violation of our policy on sockpuppets, as is creating a new account for that purpose. Such activities can get you blocked from editing for sockpuppetry. Continuing to add your own non-notable painting is a violation of WP:PROMO, and can get you blocked for being disruptive as well. Wikipedia is not a promotional or advertising medium. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:30, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what this is even about but it seems to be several nested levels of question-begging. And I have a question about notability: is there any indication that references that are not the subjects of their own articles need to be notable separate from their simple relevance as a reference to the subject in question? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 04:42, 3 January 2017 (UTC)


 * You just tried to re-insert your painting into the article (again without a citation indicating that it is notable) using the IP 172.58.224.105. In doing so, you labelled the edit as undoing vandalism, which is untrue, you removed sourced information, and you restored a typo.  Obviously, your only concern was to get your painting into the article.  That's just not going to happen unless you provide a citation from a WP:Reliable source which says that it is notable - otherwise any artist could insert mention of their paiting into the article about the painting's subject. Any attempt on your part to do so without a citation, no matter what IP you use, will be deleted.  I hope that's clear.  If you try again, I will report you to an administrator for the appropriate action. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:06, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Warnings
Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ambox warning pn.svg You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on 4th Street. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ambox warning pn.svg You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Avenue D. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.Note: This edit war is being carried on through proxy IPs. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ambox warning pn.svg You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on SoHo Square (Manhattan). Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.


 * Article talk pages exist for a reason, please use them, and do not edit war again. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)


 * If you read the standard, I believe it will say it takes at least two to make an edit war, and I believe you are one of the combatants. However, you do have some points. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 03:28, 5 January 2017 (UTC)


 * You mean like streets don't magically turn into different streets when they're renamed for a few blocks, or that you should not have added numerous unsourced references to your paintings in Wikipedia articles to promote your work? Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:47, 5 January 2017 (Ud)


 * No, they do magically turn into different streets. That is the magic of naming. And can you take a break from your weird vendetta, based on nothing, against me, to admit that you have also been engaging in an edit war? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 05:04, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Marquette, Michigan. John from Idegon (talk) 23:41, 9 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I have to disrupt it a first time to disrupt it again. The page is being edited by people only interested in pushing a certain (in my view trivially refutable) viewpoint. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 08:04, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've removed the edit in question twice and Nytend once. There is a discussion in progress and you are aware of it. Unambiguously you are edit warring, now on multiple articles, whether you were responsible for all the removed edits or not. If you replace that edit at Marquette again without concensus, I'll ask for you to be blocked. Is there anything about that you are not clear on? John from Idegon (talk) 08:34, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * If you read the relevant article you are at least also edit warring. That's also not how you spell consensus. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 15:01, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

WP:Sockpuppetry
Please note that using proxy servers such as 64.94.31.206 to make edits, as you did on Perspiration (followed shortly after by an edit under your own account to restore the proxy's deleted edit of non-notable material  is a violation of the "Avoiding scrutiny" concept of the sockpuppetry policy, and can lead to you being blocked from editing if you continue. Beyond My Ken (talk) 15:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * There are multiple potential problems with this statement. I am not familiar with 64.94.31.206, and I am thus not sure whether it is a proxy server.  I have several questions -- is it even possible to edit Wikipedia from a proxy server?  It is my impression that, at least by and large, proxy servers are blocked from editing because of the very problems to which you allude, though that might be wrong.  Further, I have several times tried to point out that you seem to have a misunderstanding of the application of notability.  If you will read the relevant guidelines, the notability standard seems to apply only to something warranting a standalone article, not each item or statement or piece of content in every article.  This to me seems to be a gross misunderstanding of what notability is all about.  --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 19:59, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I don't believe you. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:41, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * At least in general, unless you are unwilling to read the standards on notability, I'm not asserting anything that can be believed or disbelieved, so what you write makes no sense (perhaps I am misunderstanding and, if so, please forgive me). Let me boil it down to asking one question and making one point.  My question is, is it even possible to use a proxy server in this way, or am I misunderstanding?  My point is that I don't think the notability guidelines mean what you think they do.  Doesn't it say right in them that they are standards for the creation (or at least retention) of standalone articles, not every line or claim of content in an article.  I could be wrong, and, if so, please correct me.  Moreover, just saying "I don't believe you" is unhelpful.  What in what I wrote do you not believe?  I have also looked over your contributions and have noticed several problems with your approach in places, such as your using "unsourced" to mean "sourced".  --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 23:11, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I am unwilling to allow you to allow you to blatantly attempt to use Wikipedia to promote your artwork, when you are non-notable, and none of your artworks are notable, as evidenced by the fact that you never provide citations from reliable sources that say they are noteworthy. Over 15 years here, you've developed quite a degreee of proficiency at Wikilawyering, which had gotten you out of trouble numerous times. This time, it's not going to work. No non-notable artwork from a non-notable artist (you) is going to make it into the encyclopedia. Period. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:13, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Once again
Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:55, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Please stop using IPs to hide the fact that it is you who is adding material about your paintings to Wikipedia articles. This is a violation of WP:SOCKPUPPETRY.
 * 2) The material you are adding is not notable, and has been reverted by multiple editors on that basis. It does not become notable simply because you wait some time before attempting to reinsert it.
 * 3) Wikipedia is not a promotional or advertising medium, and your edits are in violation of WP:PROMO as well as WP:COI.
 * You seem to have an assumption that no one else would have an interest in my work. Please forgive me if this is not true but, otherwise, upon what is this based other than bias or wild guessing? Also, why do you seem to be applying notability standards relating to the creation of standalone articles to details or references within articles when this is a misapplication of the standard? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 03:02, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Further, are you aware that in the editing guideline it says that it does not apply to the content of articles but merely their subjects? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 01:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

AN/I
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:40, 12 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Your vendetta against me has assumed some bizarre proportions. The idea that practically every IP that has ever existed is one of my sockpuppets makes practically no sense, and I have no idea who Brian Mackelove is supposed to be. You essentially never explain the reasons for any of your assertions, so it is extremely difficult for anyone to properly analyse them, but as any attempt to defend oneself is somehow seen as a violation of the rules and guidelines you persist in deliberately and perversely misinterpreting, there's really no point in my saying anything. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 03:45, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

July 2017
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent disruptive editing as per the discussion at. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Black Kite (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * No one seems to have informed you that the indef block above is in furtherance of a community-imposed site ban. If, for some reason, you are un-site banned, you are still under a community-imposed topic ban, to wit: "Daniel C. Boyer is hereby topic banned from creating, editing, or attempting to delete articles about himself. Furthermore, he his banned from inserting his presence into other articles as well as banned from removing his presence from other articles. Any edit that appears to be WP:PROMOTIONAL about himself is to be considered a violation of this topic ban." Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

More socking, self-promotion etc.
Regarding this, a reminder that you are indefinitely blocked from editing Wikipedia, in furtherance of a community-imposed site ban, and that, further, you are "topic banned from creating, editing, or attempting to delete articles about [your]self. Furthermore, [you are] banned from inserting [your] presence into other articles as well as banned from removing [your] presence from other articles. Any edit that appears to be WP:PROMOTIONAL about [your]self is to be considered a violation of this topic ban." Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:06, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, this wannabe is still inserting his nonnatable "works of art" into articles, now as an IP?, can you make a list here of all the articles which in the past he's vandalized this way, so I and others can watchlist them?  E Eng  01:15, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure:


 * Body fluids in art
 * Carl Benjamin Boyer
 * Counter pen
 * Invisible ink
 * List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni
 * Mat (picture framing)
 * Nickname
 * Perspiration
 * Rhinorrhea
 * SoHo Square (Manhattan)
 * Surrealist techniques
 * Facebook directory
 * Picture frame (added to list later)
 * Medical uses of salicylic acid (added to list later)
 * Lint remover (added to list later)
 * Nickname (added to list later)
 * Precipitation (added to list later)
 * Fumage (added to list later)
 * Correction tape (added to list later)
 * Blackamoor (decorative arts) (via sockpuppet Special:Contributions/Samuel_O%27Malley)
 * Boyertown, Pennsylvania (showed up in edit filter log)
 * Heads in heraldry
 * Erasure (heraldry)
 * Moors
 * Marmalade (added to list later)
 * Drawing (added to list later)


 * I think that's about it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I missed Lint remover. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:17, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that two of his Commons images are in Surrealist techniques, one illustrating "Cubomania" and the other "Outagraph". I looked at them and them seemed to be legitimate illustrations of the technique involved, with no mention of the artist's name.  Of course, whether the technique is real or not I don't know, I'd have to do some research. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:30, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Cubomania has a (badly written) article, and Google hits. "Outagraph" has no article, but does have Ghits. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:35, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Well, congratulations. You and your sockpuppet User:Beyond My Ken have gotten what you wanted by lying, question-ducking, making personal attacks in violation of Wikipedia guidelines, knowingly distorting the notability guidelines to refer include the content of articles when you know it only refers to the subjects of articles, and pursuing the ridiculous theory that only I would ever include information about me in an article. Have I just about covered it? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 01:41, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * You can have whatever opinion you want, but what you can't do is edit Wikipedia with an IP, as you just did on Perspiration. Although you certainly don't deserve it, considering your years of promotional exploitation of Wikipedia, please consider this your final warning. If you edit with an IP again, I will seek out an administrator to shut down your talk page access. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * This essentially proves my point. One of your main assertions all along has been based on the assumption that the only person who would have an interest in adding material about me to articles is I myself.  But the only thing behind this is really your, and some others', negative view of me.  It is something that could be assumed of anyone, and certainly any Wikipedia editor, and maybe it would be true, and maybe not.  But given your (plural) propensity and facility for question-begging and avoiding legitimate questions and concerns I don't expect any response to any of this.
 * I have seen plenty wrong with how several subjects are dealt with on Wikipedia, with how legitimate evidence is brushed aside, how "unsourced" is used to mean "sourced", how gratuitous personal attacks are excused against certain people but prohibited against others, and how POV and other approaches contrary to consensus and policy are used when it is necessary to somewhat distort parts of the articles on some subjects, even when logic has to be stood on its head. While none of this is true of most of Wikipedia, there are some gaps or apertures where this sort of misconduct appears to be all but obligatory, and these questions are not to be brought up.  --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 02:05, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Either that, or your anemic contribution history was so completely focused on promoting yourself that you never learned what WP's policies and guidelines mean, how they interact, and how they're applied in practice. You keep blindly repeating this trope about WP:NNC, as if that's all there is.  E Eng  02:21, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * If you actually look at all of my contribution history, it is as close to objectively as it is possible to be not anemic, although I have edited less in the last few years. I have edited massively on the subject of heraldry, for example. And just out of curiosity, what do you think is wrong with the "trope"? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 11:00 pm, Today (UTC−4)
 * As already stated, it ignores what WP's policies and guidelines mean, how they interact, and how they're applied in practice.  E Eng  03:37, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * DCB, you're saying BMK and I are the same person? Honestly, I don't know which of us is more insulted! What do you think, BMK... which of us is more insulted?  E Eng  01:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm definitely your sockpuppet, I know that, are you not mine? What kind of 4th dimensional hell would that be, where I am you, but you are not me?  Ooooh, I feel like a sophomore in college again, smoking weed and pondering the mysteries of life! Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:58, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, it's complicated.  E Eng  02:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're clearly the same person. You do the same things and consistently use the same phrases word-for-word.  --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 01:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I see now why surrealism is your chosen genre. It's your natural state of being.  E Eng  01:51, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Surrealism is not a genre, and I'm not sure if you are still unfamiliar with the prohibition against personal attacks. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 02:05, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's right, it's a movement, like anyone gives a fuck. Why do you keep embarrassing yourself like this?  E Eng  02:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm hardly embarrassing myself by telling the truth about this, and even if I am, it's hardly the point. And you're really proving my point here -- there's a lot of stuff on Wikipedia that I don't care about, and I expect that many people don't care about the subjects of the articles I've edited. It's POV that articles should be changed in any way because anyone doesn't care about them, regardless of who that someone is. --,Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 03:00, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Unintelligible, but I've been asked to stop engaging you. If you don't understand after all these years, you never will.  E Eng  03:37, 20 July 2017 (UTC)


 * So here's the deal Daniel. You are currently blocked an your talk page should only be used to appeal said block when you feel you can contribute constructively.  Making baseless accusations and personal attacks will cost you your ability to edit said talk page.  Being blocked means no evading it by using a different account or IP addresses.  I'm not going to comment on whether or not you really are doing such, but the community has decided you should be blocked so it's on you whether you choose to be productive in the eyes of the community.   please stop goading this user.  You've said your part, and given him his final warning.— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 02:42, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Party pooper.  E Eng  02:46, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'm just mean like that. :p— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 02:49, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

His sockpuppets are back
He's been IP hopping, so I suggest watchlisting the articles listed above.  E Eng  02:09, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I can semi them if they're too much of a problem. I just need the list of current problematic articles.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 02:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll let you know if this outbreak continues.  E Eng  02:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The only one he's hitting multiple times currently is List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni. There was another one he re-inserted his name on as well, but someone else reverted it, so it doesn't appear on my contrib list, and I can't recall the article name.  In any case, I don't think that he tried it again to that article. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:54, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wasn't it an article about a NYC place name?  E Eng  02:59, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Could be, I'll take another stab at tracking it down. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:54, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * something to do with Thompson Street (Manhattan)? I think he did a painting of it or something. Anyway, we don't need to keep wasting our time on him, just keep an eye on your watchlist.  E Eng  05:38, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That would be SoHo Square (Manhattan), but I don't think he hit it recently. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:49, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I've semi'd the article above.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 03:01, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:54, 13 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Here's a new one: he added his name to List of Harvard University people. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:34, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You are aware that it is utter idiocy to assume that any information added about a person is added by that person, right? I think we'd have to say, unless there is the slightest reason behind this to think otherwise, that maybe it was and maybe it wasn't. Am I missing something? --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 01:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * When a sockpuppet denies he's you by arguing sarcastically Oh, and any edit regarding Kevin Spacey is done by Kevin Spacey, any edit about Tom Cruise by Tom Cruise and any edit about Donald Trump is made by Donald Trump, and then you come here under your own account to make the identical argument, well... duh... you don't have to be a Harvard man to figure that one out. Which is it: do you think we're that stupid, or is it just that you yourself are that stupid?


 * Treating your query, for a moment, as if it were sincere, here's the answer: Kevin Spacey, Tom Cruise, and Donald Trump are all important people who have done attention-worthy things that people care about. You, on the other hand, are a complete nobody whose primary claim to fame is that when one googles Daniel C. Boyer the very first result is (and I am not making this up) Wikipedia talk:Problem users/Daniel C. Boyer – a discussion from fourteen years ago (you read that right: FOURTEEN) about your relentless insistence on inserting your nonnotable self into articles all over the project, and the first of several such discussions culminating in your being booted out on your talentless self-promoting ass to the immense relief of productive editors everywhere. No one but you even knows you exist, or if they do they certainly don't care.


 * BTW, I read your dad's book in high school – really good; I guess it's true what they say about skipping generations. Any passing admin want to shut off talk page access?  E Eng  02:31, 15 November 2017 (UTC) P.S. you look like a fool in that hat, "Chevalier".
 * Well, all this really proves is what a complete rock-headed moron you are. Let's leave aside the fact that I've never argued my notability, so none of this really counts for anything. So, whether I am "a complete nobody" or not doesn't really make a difference. (The first Google result on a subject might or might not be something weird, stupid, or tending to suggest the irrelevance of the subject; I'm not totally sure of the relevance of this.) I have been extremely productive as an editor, and my contributions to heraldry-related subjects alone will demonstrate this, although with respect to some much of what I wrote has been subsequently edited. As for my being reinstated, this very screed makes my argument. That I am considered by you to be in some way a failure, that you don't like me, or that my fashion sense is somehow inadequate are all beside the point, not that we should really pay much attention to the opinions of a man who is such a moron that he thinks there is a generation between father and son. The argument is apparently that only the subjects of articles, or people who are involved with them in some way, contribute to them. It might occur to more than one person that this is a ridiculous theory, and indeed it would be the theory that ate Wikipedia. This is backed up by the subjective "proof" that some people don't like me. Obviously I should be unbanned, as it seems this is all there is to it, but several people on Wikipedia haven't gotten a fair shake. Am I "talentless"? Plenty of talentless people edit Wikipedia, and plenty are even the subjects of articles. It is crystal clear that much of what is behind my banning is blatant violation of Wikipedia policy; I've tried to argue this but there is no reason to believe that anything will change now. It's o.k. to have all this animus against me, I just don't know what it's supposed to have to do with the subject. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 02:59, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Talent "skipping generations" means that talented fathers have talentless sons; "between" don't come into it. Maybe there's some Harvard Summer School course you can take to learn about sayings and maxims and stuff like that. On the evidence, your father must have been talented indeed.  E Eng  03:29, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this is fair enough, but it begs several questions, as, when did I ever claim to be talented, and what does my talent or lack thereof have to do with anything? Again, it is virtually certain that talentless people edit Wikipedia along with the talented, and talentless people as well as the talented are covered in Wikipedia, but none of this has anything to do with Wikipedia policies. The reasons relating to my blocking seem to boil down to people not liking me, thinking I haven't accomplished enough, or that I lack talent. Whatever the evidence about any of these things, it has nothing to do with editing Wikipedia. I won't be able to get any questions answered about any of this supposed case. (By the way, what is the book my father wrote?) --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 03:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You better look up beg the question, because you don't seem to know what it means. Not sure from where, but I somehow had the idea your dad was the author of, though I now see that's unlikely; maybe it was your grandfather, and if so that blows the generation-skipping theory all to hell. People don't like you because you've wasted their time with your relentless self-promotion, not to mention the wikilawyering on display right here and now. Ridiculing you turns out to be unchallenging – you practically do the work for me – and has lost its charm after these several rounds, so I won't be responding further. But please, stop trying to pass yourself off as a Harvard alumnus – Harvard has enough to be embarrassed about with its actual alumni.  E  Eng  06:12, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, Carl B. Boyer was his grandfather, which DCB made clear when he first created the article about him. . That the article is now in decent shape is largly due to my editing of it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Boyer's inserted his name into List of Harvard University people using IPs three times now (his usual MO), so you might want to consider semi-protecting that article. Also, since Boyer is using this talk page for a purpose other than requesting an unblock, you could also consider taking away his talk page access. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:58, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I’ve semi’d the page but the user is IP hopping too much. Not even a range block will be sufficient to cover them all.  At least working out what ranges to block isn’t happening on my phone.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 03:35, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Log of Daniel C. Boyer's post-ban socking
For future reference, in case DCB requests his ban to be lifted, there's been some IP socking, again to insert his name into articles:


 * Rhinorrhea, Feb 2-5, 2018: 172.58.233.113, 172.58.201.106, 172.58.216.90 Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:38, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , . EEng 19:16, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * , . Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:48, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

, can we have, at long last, indefinite semiprotection for List_of_Harvard_University_non-graduate_alumni? This has been going on for literally 11 or more years. A rangeblock may seem attractive but history shows that sooner or later he'll move somewhere else and start all over. EEng 01:04, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Only for $10. ;-)— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 01:06, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Same numbered account? E<b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 01:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC) P.S. Just to prepare you, history also suggests he'll start the rounds again of the other articles listed a bit higher on this page, so likely I'll be back asking for more. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 01:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yep. Same number always.  Please wire me the amount of $10 per article you would like to have indefinitely protected.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 01:41, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Can I get the same deal? Right now I'm paying $12.50/article. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:15, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure. Today there is a 50% off sale going on today. :p— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 22:52, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


 * , please semi Picture frame. I guess we'll just take these one at a time. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 04:17, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It would seem beat me to it.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 13:03, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Honestly, 3 months of PC isn't much help. We still have to revert him, and experience shows he comes back months and years later. Indef semi is justified. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 13:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I concur. Rememeber, the behavior he was eventually indeffed for took place over the course of 13 years. Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * , I hope you don't mind, but per above, I upgraded your protection to indef semi-protection.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 16:29, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Not at all. I felt 3 month PC1 was a good starting point via RFPP as there were no prior protections on that article. If there's a well known history beyond that, certainly go further. -- ferret (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

<b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 02:30, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * For future ref as this slow-motion idiocy continues: Problem_users/Daniel_C._Boyer – from FIFTEEN years ago. That's 15.
 * A few other gems for historical perspective:


 * , next up on our list for indef semi is Perspiration. BTW it looks like you inadvertently applied full protection instead of semi to Picture frame. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 02:55, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * , today's winners are Rhinorrhea and Mat (picture framing). This dumbass probably thinks he's cleverly vexing us with his slow-motion tour of all his worthless creations, but I'm enjoying it, really. About the time the novelty wears off all the articles will be protected and we'll done with him. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 03:35, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * , looks like you may have missed mat (picture framing). <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 05:15, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually I've been trying to create an edit filter, my very first one, to disallow additions of Daniel C. Boyer for non-extendedconfirmed users. So far, it's not working. :/— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 18:13, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I posted a request for a filter on WP:Edit filter/Requested a couple of hours ago. Great minds, etc. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:38, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * With the filter now up, I think it's safe to unprotected these pages now?— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 19:48, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I would think so. If something goes awry they can always be semi'd again. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Running the abuse filter on the last IP's past edits shows the edit filter kicking in on every addition.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 19:52, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Suspicious activity at pen. Just plain Bill (talk) 20:24, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * That's him, thanks for catching and reverting. I've added the article to my list.  The filter didn't catch it because he never mentioned his name.  Can you expand the filter to catch "Boyer, Daniel C." and other variations on that? Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:41, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe with a Boolean, if the filter allows that. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:44, 8 May 2018 (UTC)


 * another one, added refspam to pen (reverted along with the bit just above.) For context: I thought I remembered this character from a 2011 edit to the drawing article, something about drawing on a steamy mirror. Curiosity led to some digging, which led me here. Thanks, all! (Not you, Daniel. Please stop.) Just plain Bill (talk) 21:32, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I've upped the aggressiveness of the filter.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 03:35, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I suppose Federation regulations frown on setting phasers to Kill right away? 'Cause this dumbass surely deserves it. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 04:16, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * DCB continues to evade his ban using the IP sock 172.56.36.217. Can we get a block, please? Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:35, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Widr did the honors. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:53, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes because I didn't correctly read the syntax documentation when I fashioned the abuse filter. I have fixed the bug.  The abuse filter should be able to catch everything.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 21:18, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Good news! Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:17, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Special:AbuseLog/21120415— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 17:59, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Great! Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:54, 10 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Based on this, the filter is doing its job.  Any issues lately?— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 20:34, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's a lot! No, no problems that I've seen lately, thanks to the filter. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:40, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Examining some of the blocked edits, it looks as if the filter may need some tweaking. I'm not sure why the edits of DrLuthersAssistant, such as this one were blocked. Or this one where the name "Dan Bunting" seems to have triggered it. I'm not sure what triggered this one.  Which is not to say that the filter isn't doing its job - it blocked quite a few actual attempts to add DCB's name, but I wonder if there's any way to reduce the number of false positives? Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:18, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh that was when I cocked up the filter. It was promptly fixed and tested before being allowed to block edits again. :-). Needless to say the filter has functioned perfectly since it was fixed.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 22:02, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, very good, thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:30, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Looking at log since the current version went in (May 9) there seem to be no false hits, and no successful edit has shown up on my watchlist, so good. But this fool is very determined, so I suggest that (a) the filter be made private and (b) since he's no doubt watching this page, further discussion of the filter should occur off-wiki (feel free to email me). Also, given that this is a 15+-year campaign by the fool, with very long periods of inactivity, the comments should note that the filter should remain in place indefinitely. (Maybe one of us could set up a Google Alert looking for the fool's obituary, at which time the filter could be disabled after a reasonable waiting period -- say 5 additional years, since I wouldn't put it past the fool to fake his own death or leave something in his will to underwrite continued spamming of Wikipedia to promote his nonnotable sad sorry poseur self.)

The filter has revealed that the fool has been trying to spam himself to Boyertown, Pennsylvania and in a moment I'll add that to our master list above; everyone should make sure the entire set is on our watchlists. (They're all low-traffic.) <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 22:51, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I've made the filter private, and I've no plans on taking it down. As far as I'm concerned this filter will remain on forever.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 02:49, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

There's something wrong. But let's not discuss this in the open; email this user me. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 00:22, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, looks like the filter's OK, though, I do suggest you consider the change I suggested via email. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 18:09, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Oct 2018 socking

 * IP contributions: (the photograph added by  is DCB "work" -- poor guy still can't get any recognition outside Wikipedia, apparently)
 * , can you generalize the filter so that it will catch this ?
 * <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 02:36, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Filter has been generalized and optimized. Nothing should get through now.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 20:00, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Good. Given the history it's worth it to risk some false positives in order to maximize effective blockage -- the filter can always be adjusted if those begin to happen. Remember, the difference between a criminal who attacks your system and a fool is that the fool attacks unpredictably and on a wider front. And this guy's quite a fool, despite having attended Harvard Summer School. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 21:23, 14 October 2018 (UTC)


 * looks like this whole range is him socking. He added a link that mentioned him which is only reason I caught it. The name meant nothing to me but a quick search turned him up. Doug Weller  talk 11:54, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
 * You said "this range" -- what range? Can we block it? In any event, while we don't block IPs indefinitely, I think it's time to start using multiyear blocks.
 * For the record, we now know from the link Doug Weller removed in the diff above that this dumbass' full name is Daniel Christopher Boyer, in case that matters in the future; presumably, registering his "coat of arms" in South Africa (!) is part of his childhood fantasy that he's a "chevalier". Oh look! He's had a piece of cardboard exhibited at The Squirrel Museum!  And he uses the spelling colour because he's cosmopolitan! <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 15:42, 28 October 2018 (UTC)


 * the range in my edit after the word "socking". I've blocked for 2 weeks as that's how long there have been edits from the range. It looks pointless to block any longer as he hops around. I do much longer blocks when they look as though they will make a difference. Doug Weller  talk 16:15, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops, got it. Didn't look closely enough. I've added three articles to the list near the beginning of this thread, and I suggest these be added to watchlists. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 16:44, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Doug & EEng. I've added those articles to my watchlist for the future. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:28, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Jan 2019 socking
For the record, he was back today trying to add that "Outagraphy" thing to Surrealist techniques again - see. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:26, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * He's also using the IP 2604:2000:e84a:4100:99a6:a623:ef28:8c87 Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:38, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar enough with those edits to see the connection without a bit more investigation, but until I have time to do that I've imposed an edit warring block. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 06:03, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty certain that the vagina staff was added to the article by DCB in the past, but even without researching that, the content is squarely in his territory. Thanks for the block. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:05, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, the IP address makes it clear. It's in the same /64 range as the Outagraphy edits, meaning it's the same individual connection. As it's static, I've blocked the /64 range for a year. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 06:09, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll stop searching through Drawing for "vagina", which was boring because there's a lot of edits to that article, so WikiBlame only cover 2 years at a time. I just found one of his sock adding it in June 2010. . Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:14, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, and the drawing the IP added is one of Daniel C Boyer's! Bit of a giveaway, that. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 06:16, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Did he do it with his vagina? This guy is so gross. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 06:34, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Being gross would be fine if he were notable. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:34, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

July 2019 socking

 * User:2604:2000:14C3:6229:2958:9A19:6481:288E and User:2604:2000:14C3:406D:2958:9A19:6481:288E, edits to Perspiration and Drawing. The Perspiration edits is virtually identical to an earlier edit under Boyer's name, except that it omits his name from the information (to get it by the block filter).  The Drawing edit is a re-inclusion of a woman drawing with her vagina, which Boyer added earlier, but using one of his IP socks. An SPI has been filed here, and both user pages tagged with "IPsock". Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:40, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * , IP range /50 blocked. — CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 23:42, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Danke! Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:48, 5 July 2019 (UTC)


 * He seems to have a new account on Commons:, with which he's uploading his nonnotable scribbling. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 03:32, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I've nominated it for deletion, as it was deleted previously. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:57, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * He's actually re-uploading images that were previously deleted. An admin there told him not to do that and deleted it again, and he just went ahead and re-uploaded another one.  The admin had threatened a block last time, so perhaps he'll be blocked on Commons as well as site-banned here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:08, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * , despite current situation with the WMF, it might be time for the WMF to globally ban this user for cross site disruption. — CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 12:54, 6 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks to a helpful admin on Commons, I believe all of DCB's uploads there have now been deleted as "out of project scope". Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:34, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

September 2109 socking
DCB is using 2604:2000:14C3:43AD:D977:FC7E:3D39:E42A -- see the edit to Drawing, absolutely standard DCB material. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:32, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked by Ponyo. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:13, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

November 2019 more of the same
Same trivia added to drawing by 2604:2000:14C6:88A3:6B:DB74:4383:BF24 Just plain Bill (talk) 22:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Paging . <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 22:26, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * , I threw a potato at the IP. — CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 23:33, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Bad idea. He'll glue to to a canvas and call it art. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 02:21, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Feb 2020
I thought we had an edit filter. <b style="color: red;">E</b><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b> 20:23, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

May 2020

 * On Picture frame, using IP 2604:2000:14c6:8085:105d:62af:64ad:fe5. . is the edit filter still in place? Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Another one on Picture frame using 2604:2000:14c6:8085:9d3c:9f6f:9fd5:a9ff. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:14, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * And again . Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

July 2021

 * From 2603:7000:3800:C6CD:7D04:6C39:2F86:A8AF at Surrealist techniques Just plain Bill (talk) 18:25, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, reverted and reported at ANI. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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Nomination of List of Surrealist poets for deletion
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