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Page protection
Hey there, all well? Really hope so!

Do you think it's possible to "award" Carlos Xavier the same page protection you "bestowed upon" Pedro Martins a month ago or so? I'll be quick to admit that maybe one of my edit summaries may have escalated the situation, but now the IP(s, similarly endless), that only seem to care about this article in life (!!), continue reverting to a poorer version, with overlinking/overmention/poor English.

Ah, and even though i might have been hysteric in that 6 May summary, i never insulted anyone, and in turn was insulted ("wannabe smartass").

Attentively, continue to be well in and out WP! And sorry for any inconvenience again (i know that aggressive edit summaries are not welcome here, but if i was not able to stop in 18 years, maybe i never will, at least completely). RevampedEditor (talk) 15:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha, long time no see. I think "wannabe smartass" isn't a great insult--you can take it in stride. If you failed at being a smartass, perhaps you succeeded at being correct? I'll have a look. Did you see Ronaldo cry? Drmies (talk) 16:16, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, i suppose so, not the biggest in the name-calling department, and i have called others - vandals only, albeit - worse; 2 - yes, i am (and the other users in this article) always correct in reverting. Oh, and i earlier failed to mention this IP also REMOVES REFS!! 3 - Nope, could not be bothered to watch the game. Jorge Jesus (manager of the winning side) also has the biggest of egos, but it's very cool to see this narcissist ending his career like this, to the greatest chagrin of the millions who ass-kiss him, including hundreds of GROWN-UPS (we still have UEFA Euro 2024, hopefully it'll go well for me)! Keep it up --RevampedEditor (talk) 17:21, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Haha VASCO, don't hold back! Take care old friend. Drmies (talk) 17:24, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Continued changing of ref style across many articles, many years
Drmies, I just discovered that the article Mating of yeast had its long-established reference style changed by Boghog on 9 May from Last, First (Doe, John S.) to Vancouver (Doe JS), contrary to policy. He used to do this often on Evolutionary Biology articles some years ago, but when reverted and warned he stopped, ... I thought. It seems he's just moved on to other areas where I'm not active, and he is still doing it on one article after another. He uses the edit comment "consistent citation formatting" when he does this; a quick search for that in his last 500 edits reveals dozens and dozens of such edits – of course, many of them may be entirely correct and justifiable if Vancouver citations are already the established majority on those articles (as is likely in Medicine and Molecular Biology, for instance); but articles like 'Mating of yeast', Forensic entomology (25 April), and Sexual script theory (24 April), do not really fall into those categories. I suppose if one applies quick edits to a lot of medical articles it would be easy to overgeneralise and do the same on Biology articles too, regardless of established reference styles there. I've posted on the Talk:Mating of yeast page but it seems to me that something should be done. What would you advise? Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Bakelmuhammad0
Would you mind casting your eyes over this LOUTSOCK. It's starting to be disruptive. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Crikey! It's likely part of a much larger sock farm. The requested semi-protection will handle the current crop, and there is the no rush. I must be tired 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

This
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Vlaardingerbroek&diff=prev&oldid=1227311849 My real namm  (💬pros · ✏️cons) 00:12, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh what, there's another one? Just as verbose? Drmies (talk) 00:13, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

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Challenging reverted re-directs
It's my understanding that if I boldly re-direct something and the re-direct is challenged, AfD is a reasonable next step. Am I doing this right? Introduction to Leadership Skills (Boy Scouts of America) Graywalls (talk) 02:55, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Before elevating to AfD, I would have suggested starting a discussion on the talk page, Talk:Introduction to Leadership Skills (Boy Scouts of America). --evrik (talk) 03:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:evrik, sure, but there's nothing wrong with the course of action Graywalls took. Community discussion etc. is great, but "Restoring deleted content" is totally not helpful. What you could have done is add the necessary secondary sourcing that proves notability before hitting revert--but the thing is, there likely is no secondary sourcing that proves notability for this by our standards, because it's such a programmatic, "internal" topic, appropriate for the organization's website but not for an encyclopedia. Drmies (talk) 15:42, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Going to the talk page would have shown good faith. --evrik (talk) 15:46, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That works both ways. BTW should I declare my COI here, ? Both my daughters went through this and subsequent trainings. ;) Drmies (talk) 16:02, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Carptrash
Could you take a look at what might be going on with 's home IP, per his message on my talkpage? He says his home IP is blocked, but his account is not.  Acroterion   (talk)   12:02, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Doug Weller and Spicy are asking around already.  Acroterion   (talk)   13:18, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OK--thanks. I'm grading the first set of submissions for my summer class. It's very exciting. Drmies (talk) 15:05, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If you need a change of pace, I have a contractor's 222-page door, frame and hardware submittal to review. Or the concrete product data, it's only 54 pages.  Acroterion   (talk)   15:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Wut--that sounds even more boring. Can't you have AI do that for you? Drmies (talk) 16:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm just got my first AI-submission for the day, putting my total at 3 for this week, out of some 20 submissions. I guess that's not bad! Drmies (talk) 16:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, AI has not yet learned to coordinate lockset functions, kick plates, mop plates, wall thickness, access control, ballistic protection, sustainability codes, the International Building Code, and the Life Safety Code, not to mention the client's verbally-expressed wishes for particular details. Therefore, I have a job for the foreseeable future. But I can only imagine the despair of receiving AI-generated assignments. What do you do with them? Print them, set them on fire, and mail the student the ashes?  Acroterion   (talk)   18:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked by Drmies, which is why we're here.  And why I'm editing at a friend's home. Carptrash (talk) 23:40, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No I just give em a zero on the assignment and tell em not to do it again. Second infraction is an F for the clash. I'm still at only 3, and I have 17 more to go, so that's not bad. Ballistic protection??? What business are you in? Drmies (talk) 02:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * We do general architecture in civic, school, college/university, health care, and senior living markets. This one's a new police facility. But we're doing ballistic protection for a county treasurer's office too. People don't like to pay their taxes and sometime act up. The last courthouse we did had ballistic panels in the judges' benches. And it's a scary world when you have to think about somebody shooting up a school full of 5-10-year-olds.  Acroterion   (talk)   02:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Just got number 4! Oh dear, yes. Metal detectors at my kid's middle school, I'm used to it by now, but I shouldn't be. Hey, let's have a beer. It's Friday, isn't it? Drmies (talk) 02:58, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Sigh...
User:UltimateMikeSawyers has pledged to evade their block using other accounts and VPNs on their unblock request (as well as call the administrators bitches, unreasonable, and foolish). I'm not sure if you can do anything about it, but it makes me shake my head when I'm wondering. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * On a related note: I'm disappointed you didn't reply to "stop fucking trolling or I will report you to the wikipedia admins" with "I am the wikipedia admins", Doc.  Liliana UwU  (talk / contributions) 06:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:LilianaUwU, sorry, I missed this? And I missed an opportunity for a witty reply? Dang. Drmies (talk) 14:04, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey, I mean at least you denied recognition so that this guy wouldn't try to constantly annoy or threaten you. That's something on the plus side. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Another Koningsberger
If you have a moment, could you take a look at Google's translation of "Mijn geweten gebiedt mij hier met diepe smart en teleurstelling te gedenken de ontheffing uit de uitoefening van hun ambt van een aantal Nederlandse collega's, uitsluitend om reden van afkomst of geloof." at Victor Jacob Koningsberger to see if it jives? I cleaned it up, but it was suspiciously coherent for GT. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry Chris Woodrich, I lost track of this. Yes, that's a fine translation. Interesting article. Drmies (talk) 16:38, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've gotten myself down a flippin' rabbit hole with these Koningsbergers. Went from Christiaan to Victor to Hermanus Johannes Lovink to the H. J. Lovink Pumping Station, and now I have three drafts about an art colony at Oost Castle in Eijsden. :/ — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:49, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * And now I feel dirty. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I laughed madly!
Come @Drmies, you have instructed me to take Draft:Aroz Rai to FA. How do I start this one even. You are more than funny. Ah! Ok, there is no problem with that. What if I tell you about this: I have not wanted to tell Josh so that he won't join. I want to take one page to FA ASAP. Do you know the page I mean? this one. What do you think? Is it going to pass? Haha! 🤣🤣🤣. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 21:00, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought I'd give you all a real challenge! Kylie turned that down. No, this page is not going to pass: too much unencyclopedic chatter! Srsly someone, I think someone there, maybe User:Novem Linguae, says it wasn't the hardest thing in the world, and I'm thinking I might want to try that with the thing I'm working on right now. But good luck with that influencer! ;) Drmies (talk) 21:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That draft has every single reference red in my cite highlighter script. lol. I think picking the article is a pretty hard part of GA that I forgot to mention. Once you've found that perfect article that isn't wp:owned by anyone and that has plenty of books that aren't yet in the article, then you're in pretty good shape. – Novem Linguae (talk) 03:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I just got one from AFC and will be working on it. Novem chill, seems Drmies wants to drag you to court. Why not prove him wrong even by beginning with that draft or let me find you related that you can take up to GA. I trust you will do good with them. 😂 Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 03:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I plead the fifth ;-) – Novem Linguae (talk) 03:47, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Novem Linguae, I hadn't looked carefully enough at that draft and decided to delete it. Drmies (talk) 15:28, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OH! Novem Linguae brought that upon himself. Maybe I will join you in tasking him. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 03:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Why did you block me?
You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia. This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages. Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong. The IP address or range has been blocked by ‪Drmies‬ for the following reason(s): longterm vandalism This block will expire on 00:28, 6 June 2025. Your current IP address is. Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors. For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful. Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked Carptrash (talk) 01:05, 9 June 2024 (UTC)


 * It's a rangeblock, and the range in question has a good bit of vandalism coming from it. We can see if we can craft a couple of narrower ranges or figure out why you can't just log in and edit through the IP{ block - it's not you that's the problem. I'm removing your IP information for privacy, admins can still find it if needed.  Acroterion   (talk)   01:18, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks A. This coming after I lose the ability to sign on at home plus personal stuff like chemo have not put me in a very good space. Carptrash (talk) 22:23, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm still hoping to get unblocked by you. Carptrash (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:EdJohnston, User:Spicy, you all had a look--do you know what's going on? Drmies (talk) 15:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * A lot of CUs have looked. There is a wide and very appropriate range block involved. It's an anon-only block though and should not impact Carptrash. -- ferret (talk) 15:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ferret. I also believe that whatever is happening is not our doing, but I really wanted that to be made clear by (yet) another admin. Carptrash, I did not block you--no one did. Drmies (talk) 15:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am sorry if I have been accusing you unfairly, but your name comes up as the one who blocked me. Carptrash (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey User:Carptrash. Based on the IP you previously listed on this page (which has since been revdelled) you were running into an anon-only block. Such a block should not stop you from editing if you were just using your account, and not attempting to edit anonymously. If you have more questions you might send me Wikipedia email. EdJohnston (talk) 17:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I am unable to sign on to my wikipedia account at home. I just et messages that are not helpful. Carptrash (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Request
Hi Drmies, I would appreciate it if you would not follow me around tracking my edits. In the past week, you have followed me to two pages on which you have never made an edit. Thank you in advance. – notwally (talk) 22:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * , can I stalk you instead? I'm bored stalking Drmies.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:12, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Honestly, you or Drmies are free to stalk me, just maybe more subtly? I'm glad to see you are not retired anymore and are still out there fighting socks. – notwally (talk) 22:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Seriously, what makes you think that Drmies's editing two of the same pages you've edited (don't know which pages you're referring to) is "tracking" your edits? Drmies is an eclectic editor - he edits many pages, many topics. Maybe he reverted you? Is that's what upset you? Without knowing more, I just think your "request" is odd. But I'll bow out and let Drmies respond if he wishes to.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The most recent page was Carbon, but I assume Drmies started following me after a dispute on the talk page of user Microplastic Consumer about edits made to Sam Sloan, which I think Drmies needlessly escalated. That interaction seems to have gotten to him, because after I edited the carbon page today, he immediately "thanked" my edit, despite never having edited that page in the past. I don't think Drmies has ever reverted one of my edits. This is simply a case of one editor following another, and a request to have it stop. – notwally (talk) 22:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Whoa, I just looked at the discussion on MC's Talk page. "needlessly excalated"? The only editor I see escalating anything is you. You're lucky to have escaped without sanctions.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sanctions for a single sockpuppet warning? Come on. I'll be the one to bow out from this conversation with you now. Clearly admins here need to find more useful work to do. Feel free to look into the sockpuppetry on that page. Drmies can respond if he wants, but it is entirely not necessary. – notwally (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the entertainment. I love useless work.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * notwally: dude. I watch Recent changes, all the time. I saw you make an edit, "rm excessive wikilinking" or something like that. I thanked you for it--I think you made two edits in the same article. You removed links around basic words, and that is what I also do, all the time, so I appreciate it. That's not stalking. But don't worry: I won't thank you anymore for good things you do and, honestly, when I clicked "thank" I had to remind myself who you were, because I'm so forgetful that I can barely hold a grudge. If you want to call my thanking you "following", well, I suppose you can interpret it that way. Drmies (talk) 16:24, 13 June 2024 (UTC) Ha, to prove my point, that wasn't even you, so I don't know what you mean off the top of my head, unless I go through your contributions--but that would be stalking, even though they are public, no? Drmies (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It looks to me like you did thank Wally for their edits to Carbon. Their second edit was at 21:57, and you thanked them at 21:58.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:46, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sheesh I'm getting fucking old. Thanks. Hey, I just went through the FAFSA/MPN process for federal loans for my kid. If you can send me $7000 a semester I won't have to do the PLUS loans, which I didn't even know existed. My brain is empty. So I thanked them huh? Nice of me! Drmies (talk) 18:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * We just wrote a check to the U.S. State Department. I'm sure that will help. I've never thanked anyone - frankly, I think it's silly. But if we're going to have a thanks thing, we should also have a "you're welcome" thing and then a "not at all" thing and then a "don't even mention it" thing. All this civility on a platform where we can say fuck as much as we please. Maybe we should have a "fuck off" thing; as long as it's in a log, it doesn't count as a personal attack. There, now I'm in your boat: writing this has emptied my brain. I'll refill it later with the usual sawdust.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:30, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Drmies, if we don't have an issue, then that is great to hear. If I ever win the lottery, maybe I can help with the college bills. I guess until then you will have to rely on Bbb23. – notwally (talk) 18:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * notwally, I don't have an issue with you. I appreciate the financial support. Unfortunately Bbb can be relied on for lots of things, but money is not one of them--but watch them hit me up when I buy my house in France. Drmies (talk) 20:55, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I assumed all the admins here already had houses in France. Where else do you all plot what you are going to do to the rest of us? – notwally (talk) 21:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No, that's just the admins on Commons, who get a percentage from Porntube from those auto-fellatio videos. The rest of us just eat our crickets and manifest thankfulness. Drmies (talk) 21:37, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll start spending more time on Commons then. – notwally (talk) 01:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Cripes, I wish I'd kept my villa in Nice when I gave up my mop. Woulda been nice to have something aside from a huge ... book collection. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * My very own castle. I particularly like the view from the tower, although the stairs are a killer. I'm running a special Spring sale if you're interested. I'm getting a bit tired of castle-hopping.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Why not try taking the stairs two at a time? I always do that when I see some steps (although it is a little hard). NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:50, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * First, these are stone stairs, so if you fall, it's not pretty. Second, it really is a tower, so the stairwell is circular, I suppose a gymnast might be able to do it, but... --Bbb23 (talk) 13:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh... I assumed it was regular stairs. :( NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, nvm. You're right about the spiral. I don't take the stairs two at a time on those. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Huh, my second choice was a bit more modern. Stone gets awfully cold, and those stairs look painful. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Crisco that is SPECTACULAR. I'd never heard of it. I assume you wrote that up? Drmies (talk) 16:37, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it grew out of the Lovink article chain. Saw some pictures under the Roosenburgs, and I swear that must have been some castle. Countryside looks beautiful too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Answer
Not going to go into any detail... Google has the answers.  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  10:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ew. Drmies (talk) 16:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah.  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  20:54, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

The usual at K-pop
Hi doc. We have a situation at NU'EST. Thanks. Dr.  K.  11:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article
I have reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article. I kept your deletion of the new "editorial" section, and the "issues" templates that you inserted, but restored all the other sections that you removed: Your edits were too extensive, too rash, too impulsive. You completely removed parts of the article that needed to stay, at least in part.

I think that you are correct in describing the article as too long and too detailed. My own opinion is that the article needs to be split up into multiple smaller articles on individual antenna tuner types, and reduced to just a review article covering antenna impedance matching rather than tuners: For example, stub-matching and baluns / transformers are not really "antenna tuners", although they are often used along with them.

Please refrain from any further edits to the antenna tuner article. Your grammar change ("don't") was entirely fine, but you appear to have an established pattern of creating editing controversy by jumping into articles where you may have limited expertise. You current batch of rash changes suggest that you aren't quite ready to make the careful edits needed to retain the good parts of the article.Astro-Tom-ical (talk) 20:35, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * First, don't go around telling other (more experienced) editors not to edit articles. See WP:OWN. Second, you are editing without logging in more frequently than you are logged in. That is not a good idea and may be seen as you trying to avoid scrutiny. It's also not a good idea to reveal your IP. I have blocked the IP range you've been using for three months, so hopefully you'll learn to log in all the time when you edit Wikipedia.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you . Astro-Tom-ical, I have some expertise editing Wikipedia. If you have been editing under a variety of IPs, then I guess you have too, but I haven't seen you produce content that conforms to our editorial policies and guidelines. The article in its current state is terrifying, and I'd love to take those tags off, but not until the article has been improved. Drmies (talk) 21:55, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Bbb, I [redacted] Have you ever gotten into radio? Drmies (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't even listen to the radio in the car. I took a quick glance at Antenna tuner. That is one long fucking article. Also, looking at the history I can see that there a LOT of other IP ranges used by the OP.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:18, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

England football/soccer team: Possible edit war
Hello Drmies, there is this user AnimeBatman who keeps reverting my edits to the "England national football team" article. Most people should think my edit to the right looks better than AnimeBatman's version to the left. I feel like an edit war is going to happen soon, and I want this page to look as good as possible for the Euros. Could you please block this user? Thanks, Nearly but not perfect (talk) 15:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * User:I&, you're not going to like this, but that edit war is really already there, and if anyone was going to be blocked it would be you. If we're going to look at an edit war, we admins, we don't really look to see who's right and we certainly don't look to see what looks better--we look to see if there is consensus for this or that edit (and I don't see consensus for this on the talk page, so "most people should think" is not a thing that really means anything. Another thing we look for is an explanation: User:AnimeBatman wrote edit summaries for most of their edits--you didn't do that for a single one. So no, I can not block this user, because I don't have a good reason to do so. I could warn you for edit warring, but I hope I made my point. You want to get the admin cabal on your side? Explain what you do in edit summaries, and open up talk page posts, if necessary, to find consensus. Good luck in the Euros, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Nearly but not perfect, one more thing: you used Twinkle and rollback to revert your opponent's edits. Please look at WP:ROLLBACKUSE, and tell me which of those rationales for using rollback (and by extension Twinkle) applies. It can only be the first, "To revert obvious vandalism and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear"--but it can't. This was NOT obvious vandalism, and the reason for reverting was not clear at all. Drmies (talk) 21:14, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * On the Euro 2024 page, someone reverted my edit changing "returning" to "returned": "The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic." I'm sure it's "returned". I have warned TheWhiterCloud already. If this turns to an edit war am I right here? Nearly but not perfect (talk) 01:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In terms of grammar, of course you are right. Why, after I spent so much time explaining this to you, you couldn't put that in an edit summary, I don't understand. Also, as far as I can tell, made that edit one single time, and you are going to cite them for edit warring? Drmies (talk) 13:15, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Regular irritant
Hi Drmies, would you mind having a look at, who is making their habitual edits in the usual playgrounds?

alerted me about this likely being a familiar sock repeating the same edits on Capital punishment for homosexuality. sorted the last (known) episode in March involving LGBT rights in the UAE. As you have often managed also, they were so fast they got rid of them before I'd even seen the disruption. Thought we'd lost them, but no such luck.

Anyway, looks very like the same old-same old, to me. AukusRuckus (talk) 08:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * AukusRuckus, I will, but next time please mention the sockmaster's name or link the SPI--you have no idea how forgetful I am, even though I know I blocked at least a dozen of this person's accounts. Drmies (talk) 16:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * What a dope I am; sorry about that. I knew I needed to include that, yet somehow missed actually, you know, . So that's an example of my own high level of memory impairment (with less excuse, not having to field checkuser requests, etc., all the time). Anyway, thanks for your help – and patience. AukusRuckus (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem, my friend--we're here to serve, but I'd serve better if I didn't forget these names so easily. And this one, of course, I spent plenty of time on. BTW I get the feeling he's expanding technically, so the alertness of people like you is getting more important. Drmies (talk) 13:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm, more adept at technical aspects ... with this level of unshakeable (and pathological) determination? Blech. Sigh. It looks as if they're not favouring us with even a brief respite this time round. IP 118.107.220.59, looks like Jacobkennedy – just restored the same edit as Pieinthesky1 last made to Legal system of the United Arab Emirates. May I call on your good offices once again to have a look? AukusRuckus (talk) 10:39, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes you may! ;) Listen, just run for admin and do it yourself next time. Drmies (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Haven't got around to running yet  so wonder whether you'd look at this one-edit user: C alamy, who reverted my cleanup of Jk's sock edits on Template:LGBT rights table Asia. Was in two minds if they should be left alone ftm to waste their time cautiously accumulating ten edits – so they could get onto their target protected pages. Then I thought: I know an admin who knows what they're doing! AukusRuckus (talk) 13:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You'll be pleased to know that I already did my morning exercises AND walked the dogs. Also, pugs? Pugs?? Also, yes, some technical skill was used, but what's most obvious about them is that they just want to be found, it's all about attention. Drmies (talk) 16:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Restarted discussion
If you're going to restart a discussion and put it under a new heading while copy/pasting my signature in what you're quoting on WP:AN, I would expect a heads up as you're directly referencing me and what I said. Buffs (talk) 17:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Election Pages
Quick question, do you think it would be appropriate to lock the election pages of those that have been reverted? I saw you lock the 2018 and the 2022 Italian election pages, and wondered if it would be best to lock such other pages too. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 09:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There's a huge section on ANI and I don't think they need me to intervene. Drmies (talk) 16:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright ;) ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 10:11, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

MidAtlanticBaby
I had really tried to deal with User:MidAtlanticBaby in good faith, but it was becoming clearer and clearer that the editor was a problem, perhaps one with a past. Thank you for digging deeper. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Drmies, the user you blocked is actually doing cross-wiki harassment by going on your Wikimedia Commons talk page and adding spam attacks. You might want to contact a steward. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 05:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alansohn, I saw that and I appreciate it. Unfortunately your good efforts were wasted; it's frustrating when that happens but I thank you for trying. NoobThreePointOh, I saw what you did on Commons, and thank you, but if you don't mind, a word to the wise: just don't revert. There's no benefit in it; it just takes time and effort and the block will come. That infantile stuff on my talk page is not a big deal to me. And when this happens in article space, you can revert all you want but all you're doing is pleasuring the other party and it fills up the history in an unappealing manner. Just let it stand and alert an admin. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I appreciate the encouragement. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I can’t claim to be a prolific vandal-fighter, but in such situations (where the vandal has already been reported) my goal is to waste more of their time than they do of mine. Once they’ve restored their reverted edit, go do something useful for a few minutes and then come back to re-revert; with any luck you’ve tied them up in the meantime, continually refreshing the page, its history or their watchlist for a chance to continue the edit-war. (‘Serious’ stuff like outing, or particularly nasty attacks on a LP in mainspace, may call for a different approach.)—Odysseus 1 4 7  9  20:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, User:Odysseus1479, but I don't see any benefit in filling up the history of an article with vandal edits and reverts. It looks terrible, esp. in article space. Drmies (talk) 23:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * They generally get blocked after only a round or two. I was just suggesting it as a middle course between immediate reversion and doing nothing. (I should clarify that by “a different approach” I meant escalating efforts to involve admins or oversighters, not accelerated reverting.)—Odysseus 1 4 7  9  02:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Chalinkinkoc
This either a sock or WP:MEAT/UPE. Compare the blocked socks version, title Kodezi Inc. to Chalinkinkoc's version Kodezi Inc (no period after Inc). They are word-for-word the same. S0091 (talk) 15:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The technical evidence doesn't support the first, but the second is pretty clear--thanks. Drmies (talk) 15:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that left no doubt. Ya'll staying cool? S0091 (talk) 16:12, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha, we're the lucky ones. It's much hotter in the midwest and northwest, so for now yes--but I am not looking forward to the power bill this month. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Eh, a lot of those areas do not have humidity so their heat doesn't count ha! S0091 (talk) 16:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Are you serious? I'm sitting in sweltering heat so much that I'm forced to drink more water than I can consume. This is typical Chennai weather. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The AC's always running. Here I'm just finishing up the remainder of Stranger Things so that I can prepare for the last season, which I assume comes out around 2025. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:28, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

REQUEST
Thank you so much for your guidance. Please you removed the picture of the Chief of Kwadwo Addaikrom. Please this link verifies the Chief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WJraUxHtKE&si=FaVPVzkiwrDEIp-O Thanks for your time. Boadu Emma (talk) 17:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi. Please add a secondary, reliable source if you wish to reinstate the image. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 18:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright sir. I am most grateful. Here is the online publication of the TV news I ealier sent to you. https://www.adomonline.com/kwadwo-addaikrom-chps-compound-hit-with-basic-amenities-shortage/ Boadu Emma (talk) 20:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, good luck with it--but don't put that picture in the infobox please. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Most grateful for your time sir.
 * Will do as you have advised. Boadu Emma (talk) 20:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism at Binibining Pilipinas 2024
Hello @Drmies, would you mind having a look at @Editscontent2.9? This editor has been vandalizing the article Binibining Pilipinas 2024 by adding fake results and at Miss Universe 2024 by adding Miss Floptropica. This behavior has been going on since 2022 I believe. Allyriana000 (talk) 02:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure but I need some specifics--diffs, reverts with solid explanations, talk page warnings. In this edit, you didn't give a reason. Not only is that not OK (you NEED to give a reason), but you also didn't warn the IP. Same here. Anyway, without those explanations and the attendant warnings, I have to figure out for myself what the problem is, and I am no expert in those articles. User:Ave maria 101, are you saying that they inserted a list of winners long before the contest was actually held? Drmies (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Apologies for not giving a reason to one edit. The revert was due to the unnecessary changing of names into the shorter names. Allyriana000 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Drmies, I have mentioned you in the talk page of @Editscontent2.9. Hope you could read the message, thank you. Allyriana000 (talk) 18:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Yuna Kim A-class assessment
Hi Drmies, so WikiProject Figure Skating/Assessment/Yuna Kim has been languishing for way too long. We desperately need a third reviewer. Would you consider being a mensch and reviewing it for us? If so, much appreciated. Thanks, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation
Hi Drmies :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 21:50, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Just checking back
Hey! Just letting you know there were some on the list that still need to be removed with the Nazi puppet states. I was the one I admit that added some but most were not added by me. Croatia, General government of Poland, Serbia under military occupation and Ukraine under Nazi occupation still need to go. I'm not sure if the Japanese puppet states need to go too but just letting you know that. Also, someone added El Salvador under Bukele which I felt may not qualify so just letting you know on that. I also added some sources for the African regimes I felt could be added. I got them from university studies and some from jstor as well. One thing I will say, I have found plenty of sources that bring up how they were anti-communist or that they were conservative but I don't see a lot of sources that outright say they're Right-Wing so I just wanted to make sure if I do if that's still fine since they have systems that are very much Right-Wing. Thank you, get back to me when you can please. TYMR (talk) 02:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm going to have another look, later--I appreciate your note. You saw that I'm going slowly because I want to get it right. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey there, just wanted to get back and ask if they were able to look back at the sources I wanted to add. If these ones are okay, I will look for ones on the others too and get back for verification if they're fine to be added. I also wanted to add Uganda under Idi Amin and was able to find on jstor a writing that described his regime inspired by fascism. Get back to me when you can please. Thanks! 15:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)TYMR

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks--it's all in a day's work. Drmies (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:BLPN related request
Greetings. I'm reaching out about an IP leaving TLDR pap at BLPN that has resulted in dueling/reciprocal Sockpuppet investigations/Nemov and Sockpuppet investigations/Xam2580. An IP (logged-out editor) is apparently involved. I don't mean to skip the queue at SPI, but this has quickly become a big conspiratorial snot smear stain at BLPN. I don't even mind if you cast the CU net over me, but a quick look at everyone might save everyone else at BLPN a lot of time. Thanks as always for any feedback you can give. JFHJr (㊟) 04:32, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, thanks--there really isn't anything to those SPIs, is there. I kind of wish Nemov had left well enough alone. Thing is, I do think that some of that content should probably be in that article--but properly done and well written. The article right now is mostly a list of films surrounded by some words and years, followed by another list of films. Drmies (talk) 11:51, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you again. Sorry a tad belated. Farming is a lot harder in June at F104°/C40° and I've literally lacked the sweat and piss it takes me to Wiki. Till next time! JFHJr (㊟) 00:17, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem. Respect for the farming bit; I'm having a hard time with this heat. Drmies (talk) 01:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Block evasion
An IP you blocked for block evasion is back and continues to engage in vandalism. ภץאคгöร 18:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Drmies (talk) 21:36, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

All in a day's work
https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=gridiron%20australia - the critical barometer of a subject in OZ is trove, let alone whether an OZ editor takes a liking to a subject or not, it is clear that the presence of Americans in larger numbers in the 1940s in OZ stirred some journos to tap the keys about the subject - as to understanding whether participating teams and organisations are even at a standard of being notable, hmm therein lies a problem. Melbourne is AFL. All else is mere fragments of the imagination by comparison. But that shouldnt deny presence of footballs that they (Melburnians) might not understand. Epistemologies of things that are different can be delegated to the outer suburbs in Melbourne. And such things might seem inconsequential. JarrahTree 01:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I have a Facebook friend who talks like that. ;) Drmies (talk) 01:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Put another way your query is very justifiable due to the topic and the wiki inactivity around the subject and the way the articles show in their history. And even the web doesnt help. And then Trove only just squeeks through. I refuse to engage in bookface (sic) even to research whether they exist in substance there. However, I am at a loss as to whether the mentions in wikipedia constitute something worth improving or exterminating. Melbourne is a different - state of mind, country, language - from where I live. I am Sydney oriented myself, between the two. But that is another story. JarrahTree 02:01, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh I wish I could come by an see it for myself. Drmies (talk) 02:03, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd actually love to visit either Sydney or Melbourne. One of my aunts lives in Melbourne, but I feel a bit down because I haven't been to Australia. :( NoobThreePointOh (talk) 03:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Circassian stuff
With User:Tluadg in mind, could you have a look at Sockpuppet investigations/Great Circassian and Sockpuppet investigations/Sadifan? Many thanks. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked already and found nothing; it's best if you ask someone who's worked on that case before. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 12:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries, thanks for looking. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

June music
Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh wow. Drmies (talk) 22:22, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's story is about an extraordinary biography, Peter Demetz. - I uploaded a few more pics but leave the link, because there's a new one of Graham and his mother who liked it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's story is about a tune used by Bach and Mozart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:55, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * A review was started, and no other articles became ready for a nom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Comment on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Just regarding your edit summary on the article, "As of these Games, the Philippines has yet to earn an Olympic medal"? strange. they won a gold medal for weightlifting in 2020; they won three medals in 1932", the statement was referring to the edition of the Games itself rather than the future editions^^ Arconning (talk) 12:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * That's not what the grammar meant. You mean "they didn't win a medal", basically? "Has yet to earn" means they still don't have one, but "as of" typically goes with a more recent indicator of time. Drmies (talk) 12:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. Arconning (talk) 12:35, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Won't be tough for you! Check possible sock
Hi Drmies, can you check this? I have a feeling of those new editors who are adding same likely things are WP:NOTHERE or possible socks. Grazie! Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 14:39, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm maybe but I gotta take care of some business first. Need to see a couple of goals. Apparently Romania won at singing the anthem already. Drmies (talk) 16:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I can't confirm that they are socking. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 19:21, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 19:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Revdel request at WP:BLPN
This. Thank you as always. JFHJr (㊟) 02:53, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I can't tell who fixed this. But thank you, whoever did. Cheers. JFHJr (㊟) 03:18, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reporting it. Drmies (talk) 03:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024
There is currently a discussion at Move review/Log/2024 July regarding a requested move in which you have expressed interest. The thread is ABC News (United States). Thank you. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 00:54, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Down-ball at DRV
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Down-ball. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Just the messenger here Star   Mississippi  03:13, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Haha, I know. Thanks--from an admin NOT in good standing. Drmies (talk) 15:42, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Samurai30001
Hi, I was wondering if you could check and see if this account is another sock puppet account of Dpugh500/Dpugh520? The account was created a little over a month ago and they've tried replacing legit sources regarding voice actresses' DOB or age with poor sources in edits such as these..

He even once removed a YOB stating in the edit summary that there wasn't any reason for it to mentioned. Which makes no sense and not unlike the reasonings Dpugh500 gave for removing someone's age or YOB a few months back. Kcj5062 (talk) 21:21, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Strange, huh. Yes, you were correct. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 21:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I also have a question. When an editor gets blocked, does only their current IP address keep them from making another account? Because as far as I know, this is that person's third account. And it seems like unless there's an IP range block for wherever he's at, he's just gonna continue to keep making new accounts in the future. Kcj5062 (talk) 21:43, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the technicalities are at Autoblock, and an admin can place a block on the range, including a block that prevents the making of new accounts. What kind of block is placed, and for how long, that depends on circumstances, including the behavior of the abuser and the kind of range we're dealing with. Obviously I can't say anything about particulars but we do what we can. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:48, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Article created maybe not notable?
Hello there. In my random trawling's I came across this article. Reading through it I couldn't figure out anything actually notable enough for this subject to have a Wikipedia article, so I was going to at least PROD it or nominate it for AfD for being non-notable. However then I noticed that you created it and thought that was strange, you're not known for creating non-notable articles and I always trust all of your edits. So I thought I'd reach out to see if you recall creating it and if you today still think there's a reason the article is notable. The subject just seems to be a Confederate soldier, like many hundreds of thousands of others, who just happened to have some minor mentions in a couple of documents. Canterbury Tail talk 14:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm thanks for the reminder. I don't typically write "notable for" when I write something up. It wouldn't be the first one of mine that got deleted though I think my track record is pretty decent. I think Bossier is more than just a regular guy (at least he got a poem written for him) and I'll try to prove it. Drmies (talk) 15:59, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll walk away from it then and leave it in your hands to do with as you see fit. Have a good one. Canterbury Tail talk 16:01, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha, maybe he'll scrape by. Thanks for the kind words, BTW. Drmies (talk) 16:06, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Canterbury Tail, I think I scraped that barrel and got to the bottom. I can't really find fault with your reasoning. I think his importance--as I tried to indicate--lies in his somewhat exemplary role as the figure of a planter's son. The difference between him and countless others (well, thousands of em) is in the fact that he's written up, but I can't dispute that some of these sources are ancillary, except for the Eaton one--for which, unfortunately, I can't peruse the sources, so I can't see what else might be there. A (notable) guy wrote a poem about him. Now, he has a family too, and he is likely the scion of a notable family, the Bossiers, and he had a father or an uncle who was a legislator (I can find that maybe in genealogy sites but I wouldn't want to cite them), and he may have been a legislator himself (I wish Eaton had made that clear)--and that latter point would be enough, I suppose.But that's about all I can argue right now, and if you want to put him up at AfD, I'm fine with that: we do have standards to uphold! Thanks again, and take care, Drmies (talk) 21:57, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Newbie sock?
Hey, reminds me of another suspicious user I reported to,. I don't think that Norman and Harpick are the same user, but the fact that they both immediately jumped into certain things triggers the same suspicion. Here's a list: It was the last one that drew my attention because one of the two closures was inaccurate (not vandalism or anything). That closure, which I reverted, triggered this discussion.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Account created on June 16 (coincidentally the same creation date as Harpick)
 * Creation of userpage and user Talk page almost immediately
 * Citing wikified guidelines and policies in edit summaries
 * Nominating articles for deletion.
 * Voting at AfDs
 * Non-admin closures at ANI
 * took care of it.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:56, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It's my version of Fourth of July fireworks for the two of you.-- Ponyo bons mots 22:58, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry I was baking birthday pizzas. DYK that George Washington favored prosciutto, honey, and caramelized onions? Drmies (talk) 15:43, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * -- Ponyo bons mots 15:48, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Busy day! I'm willing to do a little OR on the GW recipe. It's a good concept. Amazing what one can do with a pizza stone in a small convection oven these days. BusterD (talk) 22:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Right--so my friend brought over their Ninja pizza oven, and his wife brought enough dough for 18 pizzas. It was crazy. Of course I had pizza for lunch--but mine had pesto and ham and tomatoes. Mrs. Drmies had the GW pizza and she liked it. Happy 5th! Your country is a day old! Drmies (talk) 22:54, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Vietnam-based IP
The anonymous editor that you just reverted appears to have been spamming multiple pages over the past year; see my post on the military history project discussion page. Huntthetroll (talk) 01:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm I don't know if "spamming" is the word, but they won't be doing it from that range for a while. Drmies (talk) 02:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Quick sock inquiry
User:Fugabus was recently sock blocked on behavioral grounds. Fugabus went inactive for about a month before the block. User:War_Term has displayed the same subject matter POV re Simon Ekpa and Biafra related articles. F and WT both seek attention to no end, to the point of tailing editors who they seek attention from, and even adding a bounce animation on WT's user page, which I previously disused on my own. I know I'm not the only user WT and F have both tailed this way, but I've assured confidentiality to the similarly situated editor to email me about things like this. With CU specs, do you think this is the same socker, or do you reckon it's better at SPI with diffs for a behavioral check? I'd like to save everyone time at SPI by not requesting CU there if nothing is there. The behavior-only route would take time collecting diffs. So thank you if you're inclined and able at all to shove me in the right direction. JFHJr (㊟) 02:26, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

thank you note
You replied to a disruptive editor on the Odin talk page:

"Play nice and be respectful and you won't see me again"

I found this wonderfully amusing as only seconds before I'd thought, "hey! there's Drmies  again!"

I see you again and again and again, and everywhere. Your contribution is remarkable!

Thank you! Pimprncess (talk) 06:57, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha, sure thing! Thank you for the note, and happy editing. Drmies (talk) 14:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Hmm yes
Thank you for this. It turned out to be a royal PITA. I was ashamed of myself for getting cross with them, which I shouldn't have, but, sheesh, the edits, the edits (takes paracetamol before continuing). They seem to be using some kind of AI or Grammarly or something to suggest edits which they uncritically accept even if they make no sense, or actually reverse the meaning, or whatever. And then they righteously defend them with just a touch of hurt over being so misunderstood. I went back (after their departure) and sorted out more of their horrible mess but I really hope we never see them again. Thanks for the intervention. Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)


 * oh god, they're back? ltb d l (talk) 11:40, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Well the block was by User:Ponyo, who deserves a medal every day. Drmies (talk) 14:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I found one more, an as-yet unused account. Yes, those are just very poor edits, but some people can't be told they're wrong. Goes for me too of course. Drmies (talk) 14:18, 6 July 2024 (UTC)