User talk:Favonian/Archive 45

Vandalism at high-viewership articles
Hi there. Can you please semi-protect both 2017 Central Mexico earthquake and Hurricane Harvey for 3 months? Both articles have been vandalized very persistently for the last 3 months, and both articles have extremely high reader viewerships on this site. (Both articles also suffer from sockpuppet attacks.) Thank you. Light and Dark2000 (talk) 01:31, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Favonian: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — MRD2014 Merry Christmas! 01:55, 25 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Favonian and thanks for the help and friendly advice over the last year. JRPG (talk) 21:30, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * My pleasure, and the same to you! Favonian (talk) 21:37, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Glædelig Jul!
I hope you had a good Christmas and will have an enjoyable and relaxing time. I am celebrating Christmas Day with English food and Danish beer (Caribbean Rumstout, by Hornbeer) at an Irish pub :D --bonadea contributions talk 15:10, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and the same to you, . I was about to remark on the low activity rate of the sock-puppets (Christmas stockings?) but you proved me wrong. PS: French duck and Australian red wine in my case. :) Favonian (talk) 15:28, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ...anyone fancy a curry?! ;) -that's breakfast!  >SerialNumber  54129 ...speculates 22:19, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Kingshowman?
. Thanks, GABgab 03:38, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes,, that's him alright. Favonian (talk) 09:02, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks so much for your help with that IP issue (and so quickly, too)! Egsan Bacon (talk) 17:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Pretty disgusting troll, even by Wikipedia standards. Favonian (talk) 17:32, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Regarding 31.173.85.106
Might as well Revdel these, as well. Boomer VialHappy Holidays! • Contribs 04:34, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 10:41, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Favonian!


Happy New Year! Favonian, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Iggy (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Vote X
I removed this discussion [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities&diff=818046246&oldid=818037247]. Looking a bit more, it seems the editor who brought up NeilN's comment at ANI was Vote X, probably also the editor at Jimbo's talk page. There are a bunch of other comment left by the IP on the RD which I've let be since I don't know enough about Vote X other than that they normally geolocate to the UK to say this is them, but possibly you do. Nil Einne (talk) 06:06, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year, . Yes, that's definitely Vote X. Geo-location and certain stylistic "tells" all point at that venerable nuisance. Favonian (talk) 11:04, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Link
Not sure if this is a sock but seems suspicious, and I'm stuck on mobile. G M G talk   04:20, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Very "focused" for a new user, but I can't attach a name to the sock master, if any. Favonian (talk) 18:04, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Didn't we have a sock active on Sailor Moon? This has an IP underneath with edits to that and related articles. Drmies (talk) 19:49, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure. Whole lot of Indonesian IPs. Can find a name to pin them on, though. Favonian (talk) 19:54, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Protected
Hi, I've protected your talk for 4 hours. If you don't want this, feel free to unprotect. It's your talk page, of course.  Anarchyte ( work  &#124;  talk )  12:52, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Very much appreciated. I rather enjoy the peace and quiet. Favonian (talk) 17:58, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ...how many message alerts did you get?! -sorry about that.  >SerialNumber  54129 ...speculates 19:59, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, around 20. Don't worry about it; I appreciate the defensive action. Favonian (talk) 20:02, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Second Cameron Ministry
Greeting Favonian. I'm just back from the dentist minus upper right 4 -a medium sized tooth so I'm feeling and looking like Dracula. Could you have a look at a new honour/title that Cameron holds i.e. "Head of government's history"  It looks like something straight out of Orwell's 1984 but I believe was an accidental mistake inserted around 9th June 2017. I did look at fixing it but could see where to do it. Regards JRPG (talk) 12:54, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It is indeed a rather "portentous" term, but it seems to have been with Infobox government cabinet ever since that template's inception in 2011 and probably can't be fixed without an acrimonious RfC. To me, it's just one of the many things we, as comparative newcomers to the world of parliamentary democracy, don't understand. Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Favonian (talk) 18:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking at it. I'd no intention of embroiling you in any dispute as they always take far longer than writing a new article -it looked a technical rather than a content issue. FWIW I've been interested in politics for about 50 years now and as a pensions campaigner, met a number of ministers from both parties ..but have yet to vote for a winning parliamentary candidate :(  I've never heard of the Head of government's history" term before. I'll raise the question with the editor. Sorry if I wasted your time.  Regards JRPG (talk) 22:54, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Revdel
Hi, could you please delete this revision you reverted earlier? With well over three hundred kilobytes added (which would make it potentially browser-crashing) and nothing but disruption, I believe this qualifies under RD3. Cheers. ToThAc (talk) 19:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 19:43, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

... aquatic, flightless bird footwear?
this? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:34, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Now, it neither flies nor swims. Favonian (talk) 18:37, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Also
(pre-emptive?) --JBL (talk) 13:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You bet! Favonian (talk) 13:42, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

184.147.29.65
Please consider revoking TPA. Thanks.  General Ization Talk  22:06, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The next IPsock is here. .   General Ization  Talk  22:15, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Jeez! I feel a range-block coming down the track. Favonian (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year
I think this may be our F1 friend... see previous threads here, here and here. Thanks. Best regards, Eagleash (talk) 20:51, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * By a funny coincidence, the block on his IP range just expired. Not for long, I prophesize. Favonian (talk) 20:53, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, It's been in the back of my mind the last 2 days that he could be back anytime. I saw the Matra edits but it still took a while for the penny to drop. (The soap opera ones clinched it). Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 21:00, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You got the second one as well! He must have a revolving door. Eagleash (talk) 21:12, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's a bit more complicated than that. Favonian (talk) 21:14, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yep, Heementi was a sock from another drawer. Favonian (talk) 21:26, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Aha! Looked mighty duck-like at first sight though. Odd, but bye-bye anyway. Eagleash (talk) 21:31, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Probably not, but just in case...
Hi there.

Probably being paranoid by proxy, but this edit summary put me in mind of you. Have you had a run in with an editor lately who may want to express his maturity elsewhere?

Long shot I know, but if there was involvement, thought you'd want to know. Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:24, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh yes! It's WP:WIKINGER, a perennial pest in the Garden of Wikipedia. Favonian (talk) 13:26, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Jammu
Could you semi-protect this article, sock is too heavy now, thanks! Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 15:25, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's give it a minute. I just applied a range block as an obstacle for the block-evader. Favonian (talk) 15:31, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

odia people
Pls protect that page to ;-) Bongodia (talk) 06:46, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Boccia
Hi Favonian, Thanks very much for this. I'm a mostly-bystander, just watching the article because I am a competitor's Dad, but the to-and-froing (of whose background I know mercifully little) has been driving me nuts. It will be lovely to have a bit of stability there. Cheers DBaK (talk) 14:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We aim to please . :) This guy has the endurance, if not the focus, of an athlete. One can only hope that the strain on his fingers, caused by all that typing, will incapacitate him. Favonian (talk) 17:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ha, quite! Thanks again DBaK (talk) 17:42, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

PhDoctor
Hi Favonian. Wonder if you could look at the above obviously very highly qualified editor. Regards JRPG (talk) 16:25, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We can't possibly get enough editors with (academic) post-nominals, but even though I have some of my own, they do not vouch for any knowledge of British politics. What are we looking for? So far, the learned doctor has only received one reprimand for an apparently inept contribution to Chris Williamson (politician). Favonian (talk) 16:38, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Favonian. My concern was that he made a lot of changes to each article without explanation and several I looked at seemed wrong in the native UK context. At this point I'm afraid I doubted his credentials. I agree there's no such thing as too many academic editors and will have another look tomorrow.  I prefer not to make an explicit complaint as I don't want to cause bias.  Think I screwed up here -sorry.  JRPG (talk) 22:19, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I've added a welcome page & requested an edit summary plus -where appropriate -a citation.  Regards JRPG (talk) 21:43, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
 * And that's the right thing to do. I should probably do it more often instead of a peremptory "and don't come back!" Favonian (talk) 21:48, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Protection request for Kritika
Hi you recently protected Kritika Sharma as it was being vandalised by sockpuppets would it be possible to do the same thing on the above page for the same reasons? An IP user has replaced the redirect that has been in place for a while with an article about Sharma and has just reverted my revert. Thanks. --Domdeparis (talk) 08:03, 28 January 2018 (UTC) sorry to bother you I didn't realise RPP was so easy using twinkle. Request made. Cheers. Domdeparis (talk) 08:11, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

He's back
I think this is F1 boy. (Last thread User talk:Favonian/Archive 45). Geolocates to Newbury again. Eagleash (talk) 15:31, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's him alright. Before I swing the tools of my trade, I need to ask you if the absence of a revert constitutes an acknowledgement of his edits to the Ford P68 article. He tends to complain bitterly about being blocked, claiming superior edit quality. Favonian (talk) 15:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Does he? I must have missed that! Anyway what seems to have happened is that he's added a World Champs results table and deleted one that listed out all this car's infamous failures. One of my F1 project colleagues has already reinstated it so his deletion thereof should probably be viewed as dubious. Eagleash (talk) 15:54, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, here we go. The entire IP range is blocked for a year. Favonian (talk) 16:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your attention...again. Are there other range blocks in force for his other 'locations'(range 92.21.240.0/20 and range 88.106.224.0/20)? Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 16:35, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Not at present, in fact not since 2015, and there doesn't seem to be any recent "relevant" activity. Favonian (talk) 16:38, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. That probably makes sense. Despite moving locations, edits since the Feb 2017 block seem to be from the later range. Cheers; see you next year. Eagleash (talk) 17:05, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Another Dopepenguin sock
Hello F. This IP is making the same edits as the others. Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 16:06, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * This guy seriously needs to rethink his strategy. Favonian (talk) 16:16, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You got that right :-) Thanks for your time. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 16:26, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here is today's IP . Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 15:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here today, gone tomorrow – and another 30 days or so. Favonian (talk) 16:47, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi again. After a few days off this IP has resumed the same edits. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:57, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked and bulk-reverted. Favonian (talk) 09:24, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello again. Here is today's IP . I hope you are having a pleasant weekend. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 18:39, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You are mighty quick. Thanks. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 18:40, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! No better way to spend it than icing obnoxious penguins. Favonian (talk) 18:41, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Starting off the week as. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked with a vengeance by one of my colleagues. Favonian (talk) 16:38, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Your e-mail
No, I will NOT post anything to that talk page. You have read the online input and, unless you are yet another of the many "administrators" who are completely unqualified in matters of administration and management (real world calling), you should be able to understand WHY I will not post to the talk page. Deal with it by e-mail or not at all. If the latter, no skin off my nose and your loss, not mine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BajanBrent (talk • contribs) 23:42, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no idea who you are or what you are referring to, but based solely on the above message, I salute your decision to quit! Favonian (talk) 16:43, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

I received a non-reply e-mail, supposedly from "User:Favonian" of Wikipedia, telling me that I must do this, that and the other on a certain talk page. I presumed it was somehow connected with an information request I sent to the site a couple of weeks ago but, reading your above message, it seems that someone else is up to no good or perhaps it was wrong address. It certainly made no sense. I am sorry I've inconvenienced you personally as you were evidently not involved. I am, nevertheless, quitting the site anyway because there are too many things I don't like at all. There is far too much original research and I don't believe administrators are combating it because I have seen scores of pages with citation needed requests that have been there for years. Anything unverified is possibly nonsense and some of it potentially dangerous nonsense. The impression I have is that administrators in general are unqualified. You cannot administer a process unless you have skills in administration and management so that you can deal with people and processes. Spouting contradictory rules at all and sundry is not administration. I have been told that there is an administrator attached to one of the American sport projects who is still in high school! Again, apologies for sounding off at you but I'm logging off now and I will not be using this account again. BajanBrent (talk) 14:21, 31 January 2018 (UTC)


 * On the off chance that you read this anyway, or otherwise just for the record: it's regrettably likely that somebody was pretending to send a mail in my name. As part of this "job" one has to deal with a fair number of psychos. A bona fide Wikipedia mail will be sent from wiki@wikimedia.org with a footnote specifying the identity of the user who originated the message. Partly because of these inherent problems, I use Wikipedia email very sparingly.
 * I apologize for yelling at you and hope that you decide to come back eventually. Don't expect or demand too much of admins, though. Organizations get what they pay for – in this case nothing. Favonian (talk) 14:34, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Krajoyn
You,ve dealt with of the sock accounts of this user recently. There seems to be some obvious socks on Rafael Trujillo and Parsley massacre. One of his socks User:Lisetconv was blocked in October and now two seperate recent editors User:2coolBandit and User:Corteros have done very similar edits on these pages with no edit summary and have only edited with those accounts in stuff relating to the parsely massacre.ColdJack (talk) 11:52, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Sigh. Hi Favonian. If you accept this premise I fear there may be more to do.. see you soon. By the way, have you noticed there's an article on Dominican Civil War and one on Dominican Civil War of 1965? -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Sigh, indeed! Admittedly, I found his week-long+ absence too good to be true. Both socks blocked, and thanks to the freshly created account for reporting it. Now, regarding the two civil war articles (as if they didn't have enough already), it's obviously a POV fork and has to be dealt with, but it'll have to wait a day or so; my paid job is attention-mongering. Favonian (talk) 22:10, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, the new account is not Krajoyn, but I would advise them to stick to one account if editing in these areas. So my recent blocking log shows some recent relevant activity. I can also now report that this has seen a great deal of blocked sock activity, and that that POV fork is sock-created. Enjoy your break :) -- zzuuzz (talk) 07:50, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for shedding light on the mess. I've redirected the fork and reverted some of the other socking. Teaches me not to let my defenses down. Favonian (talk) 19:35, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of User:Corinne le bouch
Hi! Is there a way the administrators can change the User:455jiujo and User:Antoine Lemperrière sockpuppets accounts from my name to Corinne le bouch because on my talk page the admins were discussing if those two were mine or theirs? Thanks. Yay Dad (talk) 00:11, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 19:40, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

86.173.6.47
Hi, you forgot to include a reason when blocking that IP. While it’s obvious from the contribs, you still need to log “vandalism” or “harassment” as a block without a reason is invalid. Also it’s unclear why you revoked talk page access? 2600:387:5:803:0:0:0:BE (talk) 12:04, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It's a case of long-term abuse, and he knows all the rules, if only to break them. Who are you, by the way? Favonian (talk) 13:09, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Chanelle listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Chanelle. Since you had some involvement with the Chanelle redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 20:14, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Revdel request
 Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:19, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 20:24, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you!  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:27, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

George (given name)
You should not recover information you cannot verify. Over the course of October 2017 probable vandalism was erased from this article multiple times by various helpful IPs and you just brought it back every time. You even went as far as to lock the page from editing. If onomastics is not your expertise, don't interfere. -- Lestadii27 (talk) 13:02, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Response
Who are you to harass me? My edits are just as important as yours so deal with it and have a nice day! Lunar477 (talk) 18:31, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

109.180.194.79
I am expressing a concern that this IP address has been used by PenguinsElite. The IP address there closely resembles that of 109.180.194.83 which was identified as one no later than 4 August 2017. Also, a similar IP address 109.180.193.250 was blocked for block evasion.

The clue: A Rugby Union club article from Middlesbrough is mostly edited by PenguinsElite over the past few months which some have been reverted by yourself.

Iggy (Swan) 22:51, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * It's probably him, but one (innocuous) edit is not quite enough for me to swing the ban hammer. On the off chance that the club has more than one fan in Bradford, I'll pay out some WP:ROPE and see what happens. Favonian (talk) 11:14, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * A few more edits will be enough to justify my assumption - hangman picture on WP:ROPE says one more would be over. Iggy (Swan) 15:02, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

User talk:195.225.189.77
Care to take another look here? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:24, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Has been blocked. Eagleash (talk) 14:40, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I also saw, thanks. For 2 years, it seems. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:52, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * And well-deserved! Favonian (talk) 14:59, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Sanity check?


- surely I'm not wrong to say it's nsm? --bonadea contributions talk 17:34, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree... CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:36, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * That makes for three crazies and one more blocked sock. Favonian (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Company's always nice. --bonadea contributions talk 18:30, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

IP Block
Hello, Special:Contributions/204.10.221.236 is not an edu IP but infact a corp, just FYI. :) Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 18:40, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, but, these Ohio cooperative associations are put into this world in order to deliver IT services to the educational sector – and enable vandalism, of course. Favonian (talk) 18:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah apologizes --Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 18:45, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School
I apologize for the unsourced edits I made on P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School I was unaware that I had to cite a primary source. It won't happen again. --SauxyLady (talk) 21:47, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * And yet it did. Favonian (talk) 17:21, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

My User page
I believe there is a misunderstanding between us as you have deleted my user page multiple times. To my understanding I am allowed to do anything I want on my own user page regardless of what it is. If I am wrong about this please tell me I would just need a separate space to do all of my miscellaneous activity. --SauxyLady (talk) 22:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Obscenities?! You can find your "separate space" on some other website! Favonian (talk) 22:21, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Continuing this conversation you have't answered by question yet. What am I allowed to do on my user page? --SauxyLady (talk) 22:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:User pages. Favonian (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

I have skimmed through WP:User pages and I am afraid I still do not understand the problem. My understanding of english is only native but I believe that I am not violating any of the rules that were on WP:User pages. If you'd like to point the ones that I was violating out to me, i'd welcome and appreciate that. But until then I am going to leave my user page blank so that I do not get banned. --SauxyLady (talk) 22:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Protection removal request
May you please remove the protection on User talk:StanProg? 64.134.39.49 (talk) 03:08, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The geo-location of your IP indicates that you are the same person who's been trolling the talk page in question. In other words: forget about it! Favonian (talk) 11:57, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

WP:CBAN for Krajoyn
On Administrators' noticeboard, I have started a discussion of a potential CBBAN of Krajoyn.

The discussion is linked at WP:CBAN for Krajoyn. Iggy (Swan) 19:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane Irma vandals
Hello. Can you please Semi-Protect the Hurricane Irma article again for another month? Sockmasters have already returned to vandalize the article. Thanks. Light and Dark2000 (talk) 11:49, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Favonian (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Krajoyn


Because you use the word so often, colocation has only one l. The word collocation means something different. Just thought you'd like to know.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I definitely do, . It's my past catching up with me after all those years, specifically collocation methods. A very geeky sort of Freudian slip. Favonian (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * and here comes, right on cue. Favonian (talk) 16:43, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Favonian., a new account, has just made this 464-byte edit at Spanish Empire. Recently you blocked User:Matalear as a sock of User:Krajoyn after he made the same edit. This might indicate that Anicleni is also Krajoyn. Maybe a year or two of semiprotection for the article would be justified. The SPI at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Krajoyn/Archive goes back to August 2017. From this case I have learned that Favonian is a raging meanie, who prides himself on his virginity and his wikipedia prowess. Though once we start semiprotecting, there is a lot of ground to cover. EdJohnston (talk) 04:48, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Protected for three months. The general feeling, usually branding itself as "consensus", is to do protections incrementally – maintaining the sweet dream of "anyone can edit". Favonian (talk) 06:49, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

HC again
5.81.222.237, obviously Harvey Cater, is being troublesome on Operation Barbarossa. Would be be inclined to block? Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Deeply and irresistibly inclined, so much so that the next IP sock got blocked as well. Favonian (talk) 16:16, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

199.197.64.0/18
Thanks for beating me to the punch and for blocking the IP range :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * They had it coming! Favonian (talk) 17:03, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I'd thought Krajoyn has been banned from this Wikipedia
Having seen this, the WP:CBAN doesn't appear to work. Iggy (Swan) 21:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * A ban never stopped anyone, but it prevents other admins from unblocking this person just because it makes them feel good. Favonian (talk) 21:45, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for spotting him, again! Eastfarthingan (talk) 19:14, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Denmark
Hi, I've picked you from a list of participants of the Denmark Wikiproject, as it doesn't seem to be active. I'm a little concerned over some moves made by another editor, and wondered whether these are appropriate and whether there is consensus for these before maybe taking the matter further. Any thoughts? Thanks for your time. -- wooden superman  16:35, 15 March 2018 (UTC)


 * The person apparently prefers WP:Official names to WP:Common names, which is contrary Wikipedia's naming policies and guidelines. I recommend that you leave a message (no templates) on their talk page to see if they are willing to explain and discuss. So far, talk page discussion seems to be outside their comfort zone, but discussion is required of a Wikipedian. Favonian (talk) 18:48, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Banasura
Given his ability to rapidly create socks on various ranges, I'm wondering if Banasura himself is a sock. He's really hitting hard still at RSN and user talk pages. I'm playing whack-a-mole right now. Any ideas about where I could ask? SPI talk page? Doug Weller talk 12:40, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The SPI talk page seems like the most promising venue. With this kind of pest, I'd just semi-protect every page he touches – or block anonymous editing from the Indian subcontinent. Both approaches tend to attract criticism. Favonian (talk) 14:27, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Particularly the latter. RSN's been protected. I'll ask at the SPI talk page probably. Doug Weller  talk 14:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

JuanRiley
This IP you blocked is now-blocked user JuanRiley who is now back in IP form. He had the tendency to stalk my edits in the past and now seems to be on the same course by posting random comments/edits after making my edits in Bishonen's talk page posting on the same talk section I began. In the past JuanRiley was notorious for being highly conflict bound in edits and toxic on talk pages. Is there a way to make sure he/she doesn't come back? Also, the edits he/she made after mine in Bishonen's talk page are now censored, and I'm worried it might had posed some sort of threat for them to be censored given the history between me and JuanRiley, I'm afraid especially now since he/she now knows my IP address. (N0n3up (talk) 05:17, 21 March 2018 (UTC))
 * If he becomes directly threatening (as opposed to merely abusive), you should follow the advice at WP:VIOLENCE. He appears to have several, dynamic IP ranges at his disposal, making it difficult for administrators to implement a permanent solution. Per WP:CIVILITY, drones are not an option. Favonian (talk) 07:18, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Eh... What's up, doc?
That was quick. Three minutes from first edit to socking block! I was suspicious after the first edit (Bugs Bunny name and Crayola edit) but by the time I saw the give-away edit you had already blocked. Meters (talk) 21:30, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I have lost count of how many of his socks I've ironed. Kid really needs a life. Favonian (talk) 21:32, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Our mutual friend
I've only had one cup of coffee so far, and I honestly can't remember off the top of my head which sock drawer this belongs to, but it looks like it's laundry day if anyone wants to do the folding and sorting. G M G talk   12:24, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That's . When he's particularly frustrated, he chooses to give us some insight into the darker recesses of his mind. Favonian (talk) 16:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like he's here as well? Eastfarthingan (talk) 11:22, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Very much so. Thanks for manning the barricades! Favonian (talk) 15:52, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protection on Coordinated Universal Time will expire today
Favonian, NeilN's one-year [ semi-protection] of Coordinated Universal Time due to socking by will expire today, at 17:21 UTC (in less than 3 hours). I will be at the article when the protection expires, reverting the socks, until the article is protected. Be sure to protect if socks return! Pinged. Luis150902 ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 14:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll be there! Favonian (talk) 16:25, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Ballsed up redirect :)
unsurprisingly, sorry—Peter Matthews (artist), I just created from an existng redirect, but of course now the TP etc are still for the redirected page. Anychance you can sort it, please...? Cheers! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap shit room 13:48, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hope I interpreted your request correctly. At any rate, Talk:Peter Matthews (artist) is now freely available. Favonian (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so—for wikiproject stuff etc. The article is now credited to of course: so now I can accuse him of WP:OWN with wild abandon :) may thanks again! I'm not sure how I could've avoided it though—get the redirect deleted before starting, would you say?  —SerialNumber54129  paranoia / cheap shit room 14:10, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You couldn't delete it without admin assistance, but you could have overridden the redirect with the project info. Keeping DGG as the creator has the added advantage that he gets notified if some misguided editor nominates the new article for deletion. :) Favonian (talk) 14:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * A7 here we come then :p :D  Thanks again!  —SerialNumber54129  paranoia / cheap shit room 14:23, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Unjustified block
You've blocked me a week ago for 24 hours on foot of violation of 1RR, but I didn't revert the article Turkish military operation in Afrin more than once. And the one "revert" was more of a rewrite. See comparison. There I did address the objection 2 in the edit summary of the preceding revert (Furthermore, the claim he "somewhat undercut this message" is not supported by this source, this is WP:OR.) by changing the sentence. And in objection 1 he was wrong, because Hürriyet is (until now) a decent Turkish source (Why is hurriyetdailynews.com not trustable? In the future it "might" be compromised (because it was sold some days ago) but up to now it is one of the best Turkish sources.). I've pinged you from my talk page on that day but you didn't answer. Therefore I write it here. --Nov3rd17 (talk) 14:43, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hello, as you were the adm that protected pages like Battle of the Granicus and Battle of Gaugamela, and i'd suggest you expand this protectiong to other articles in the Category:Battles of Alexander the Great, such as Battle of Issus and Battle of the Hydaspes. These are controversial topics, and there is even a arbitration guideline for it (WP:BALKANS) but IPs are constantly making changes that were not discussed previously or are in conformity with any consensus agreed here on Wikipedia. A protection, against this vandalism, would be necessary to avoid future EW or troubling discussions, that has even sparked racial remarks (with no punishment of any sort, btw). That's my view, i hope you can act on it if you feel the same way about what's going on. Thanks, Coltsfan (talk) 02:17, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hydaspes was already protected, and I have taken care of Issus. Regarding the category, there has not yet been any notable disruption, so a protection would be met with much tut-tut'ing and recitals of WP:NO-PREEMPT. Let's await the inevitable and act upon it then. Favonian (talk) 10:08, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

3-revert rule
Hey! How does the three-revert rule work? This user is edit warring against me. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Looney_Tunes&oldid=prev&diff=835427029 Yay Dad (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The rule works – drastically. To avoid bloodshed, I have fully protected the article for a week and expect to see some talk page discussion to resolve the issue. Favonian (talk) 18:55, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Probably a sock. FYI, my academic career was teaching planning and social policy at the University of Birmingham, Zuk.. I was pretty involved in amateur archaeology as well, even rsn the local Young Archaeologists Club. Doug Weller talk 19:34, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Least I could do. That was pretty vicious, even by Wikipedia standards. Favonian (talk) 19:35, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

New Looney Tunes
Please unlock that page so it can be edited again.

I explained the reason I made my edits to Yay Dad but he kept causing the edit wars, not me. He was the instigator here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duke Remington (talk • contribs) 16:52, 9 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Absolutely not! You were both edit-warring and the protection was the alternative to a couple of blocks. You must now join the discussion at Talk:New Looney Tunes and resolve the issue there. Resuming the disruptive feuding after the protection expires will have dire consequences. Favonian (talk) 17:50, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

I was not edit-warring. He was! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duke Remington (talk • contribs) 23:51, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Eyes sought
at Draft:Classens Have, for an evaluation of notability, in light of WP:NGEO.Best, ~ Winged Blades Godric 06:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I believe the subject is sufficiently notable. Admittedly, most of the attention derives from the Danish sortie during the Battle of Copenhagen (1807), but WP:1E deals with biographies, not geographical locations. The draft is badly in need of copy editing, and the name should probably be "Classen's Garden". Favonian (talk) 16:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your assessment and reply.I will try to execute some copy-edits and ping you back:) ~ Winged Blades Godric 16:31, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

HarveyCarter

 * 2A00:23C4:6390:AE00:F4CD:644:A974:94C5
 * 2A00:23C4:6390:AE00:C12F:F01A:12C4:E082

I've reverted. It's up to you whether you want to block or not. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:11, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked by DoRD, thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:43, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, if his vandalism persists (after bit long hiatus, yeah), consider re-activating Special:Abusefilter/648. This filter will block most of their current attempts. &mdash; regards, Revi 10:47, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll probably do that at some point. I've never activated a filter before, but this !job is all about learning. Favonian (talk) 10:54, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * You can always ask me if you have any question :) I'm telling you since you're more likely to notice him faster than I can. (PS: You'll need to grant yourself 'Edit Filter Manager' before you'll be able to re-activate it. Then Uncheck Mark as deleted, check enable this filter, and set actions. (It's generally recommended that you don't enable warning or disallow for few more cases for detecting false positive.) PPS: LTA docs) &mdash; regards, Revi 11:04, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

About the article Mettaton
Hi I hate to bug you Favonian but the same user just reverted Mettaton again I just saw it in my watchlist and I don't want to do anything further to the article at this time. Is there a way to protect the article for a bit?  ♪♫Al ucard   16♫♪  11:01, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * It would probably be better to report the editor to WP:ANEW. If I were to block him, I could be labeled "involved admin" – a Very Bad Thing. Favonian (talk) 11:05, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I have now issued a final warning +1. Hope it works. Otherwise it's dramah time. Favonian (talk) 11:15, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help Favonian I was in the process of filling out a report but saw you beat me to it.  ♪♫Al ucard   16♫♪  11:35, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I almost wrote "My pleasure", but it's really kind of sad. Favonian (talk) 11:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Why do you delete my edit?

 * Problems with proper linking aside, the article is already amply endowed with pictures of cleavages. Furthermore, you linked to pictures at Commons that you yourself uploaded and which seem to have licensing "issues". Favonian (talk) 15:18, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

BattleshipMan
At what point do talk page posts like this become personal attacks? He does this sort of thing with some regularity and I'm frankly tired of it. --- The Old Jacobite </b><i style="font-family: Courier New;">The '45</i> 15:10, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Hardly a model of civility, but IMO it falls short of actual personal attacks. WP:CIVIL may be a policy, pillar and whatnot, but it's not being enforced. Favonian (talk) 15:15, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Why is it not being enforced? I ask knowing that, were it enforced, I would be on the receiving end of it as well.  But, this is not the first time he's made a talk page post like this – indeed, he does it any time he and I are having a disagreement, trying to draw other editors into an argument.  How am I supposed to respond?  I've restrained my gut instinct to tell him to shut up. ---<b style="font-family: Georgia;"> The Old Jacobite </b><i style="font-family: Courier New;">The '45</i> 15:27, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I haven't read through your interactions, in particular the extent to which you have been lacking in civility. Once upon a time, there was a noticeboard (I don't even recall its name anymore) where such issues could be brought up, but it was about as effective as the UN, so it perished. Clearly, I have no good advice to offer. Favonian (talk) 15:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks for your honesty. Frankly, as the article that is the current source of contention (Die Hard) is not of great interest to me, I am removing it from my watch list and am going to endeavor to avoid this editor.  I can't think of any other solution. ---<b style="font-family: Georgia;"> The Old Jacobite </b><i style="font-family: Courier New;">The '45</i> 15:38, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/92.22.145.65 ...
... is Sockpuppet investigations/Shingling334, so you might want to remove TPA (see their block log) or he might start posting rants and personal attacks, as he often does after getting blocked. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 17:59, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I did that, preemptively. ;) Favonian (talk) 18:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed that when looking at my watchlist a second time (= I need coffee). Last time this IP was blocked he showed up only minutes later with a named account (User:Dean2292), so he might show up again soon... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:09, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

82.132.237.29
Hi Favonian. Could you have a look at this I/P who has made 5 unconstructive edits today. Regards JRPG (talk) 13:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Already blocked by another admin. Favonian (talk) 15:23, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking anyway -I did check before posting so I don't know what happened. JRPG (talk) 08:22, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Neil's timely protection probably did more to stop the disruption. Favonian (talk) 16:31, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

User:9876喵喵0123
About this recent block, see also this user. (Though I'm not sure "vandalism" is exactly how I would characterize the problem.) --JBL (talk) 19:19, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I noticed the similarity but abstained from blocking because it may be a joe job. Opening an SPI with CU request might settle things. Favonian (talk) 19:22, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * "joe job"? I will look them over more carefully and consider an SPI. --JBL (talk) 19:25, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

The blocking stuff
Hey thanks for blocking bad people. It make Wikipedia safe and kid friendly. But I have a question. Why do you block people a lot? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.248.23 (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. In your case, I do it because you're obviously the same person from Massachusetts who disrupts several hurricane-related articles using, for instance, the range 2601:18A:8280:47C3:0:0:0:0/64. Favonian (talk) 18:34, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

0/1RR block?
You've blocked my account back in March for 24 hours because of violation of 1RR, but I didn't revert the article Turkish military operation in Afrin more than once. And the one "revert" was more of a rewrite. See comparison. There I did address the objection 2 in the edit summary of the preceding revert (Furthermore, the claim he "somewhat undercut this message" is not supported by this source, this is WP:OR.) by changing the sentence. And in objection 1 he was wrong, because Hürriyet is (until now) a decent Turkish source (Why is hurriyetdailynews.com not trustable? In the future it "might" be compromised (because it was sold some days ago) but up to now it is one of the best Turkish sources.). I've pinged you from my talk page on that day but you didn't answer. Therefore I write it here. As my first inquire was only moved to the archive, I'll give it a 2nd try. --Nov3rd17 (talk) 13:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Anniversary beer for you!

 * Thanks for making my day! Don't hear the "Y Word" very often. Favonian (talk) 18:31, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. (Yngling!) --bonadea contributions talk 11:49, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Cleopatra FAC
Hello! Judging by the talk page archives, I see that you have shown a strong interest for the article Cleopatra in the past. Would you be interested in reviewing it as a Featured Article Candidate? If so, please share your thoughts and critiques at Featured article candidates/Cleopatra/archive1. It would be most appreciated. Regards, Pericles of Athens  Talk 16:46, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Iniced sock IPs
Hi. I noticed that you recently blocked one of Iniced's sock IPs. Can you please extend the block to a 3–6 month rangeblock on (similar to the block on 86.178.37.0/24)? Iniced is known for IP hopping, and the current range in question already has at least 4 months of abuse Thanks. Light and Dark2000 (talk) 05:09, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * With serene pleasure! Favonian (talk) 09:30, 6 May 2018 (UTC)