User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 130

Marcelus provided numbers (evaluation required)
Hello, I created new discussion in your talk page because I need your evaluation of Marcelus recent actions as well. Yes we had disagreements with him in the past, but I was not involved in any of the three sanctions of Marcelus in the last ~6 months, so I don't know all the details. Thanks for clarifying why he was sanctioned the most recently. Since all three Marcelus' sanctions were in Lithuania / Poland topics it risen a concern to me because I am a long-term editor of Lithuanian topic and I am recognized as one of only two precious editors in "Lithuania" topic, so I seek for high quality content in "Lithuania" topic. Firstly, it was strange that after little more than 3 hours Marcelus appeared in this nomination in which I requested to rename article name of Paweł Holszański from Polish language to Lithuanian language, despite the fact that Marcelus never before edited this article which was created in 2006 (check edit history of this article). Secondly, I would like to point out to the way how he presented numbers of allegedly the most common name of Lithuanian noble Paweł Holszański / Povilas Alšėniškis (in my nomination and then in this discussion) by purposefully selecting "Search pages in English only" in the Google search and this way excluding many Lithuanian sources which use name Povilas Alšėniškis (e.g. article of the Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia). Paweł Holszański is Polish language variant of his name and Povilas Alšėniškis is Lithuanian language variant of his name. By providing such numbers and Google search links in the nomination and discussion Marcelus presented Polish language variant as more common than Lithuanian language variant (455 versus 104). However, by performing neutral Google search with content of all languages we find out that the Lithuanian language variant is much, much more common (19,000 versus 11,400). This is clearly important for WP:COMMONNAME and most likely will result in a decision if Polonized name of a Lithuanian noble from the Lithuanian noble family Alšėniškiai will be kept. What do you think about such presentation of numbers by Marcelus? Is it according to Assume good faith, WP:NPOV and other Policies and guidelines? I think it could purposefully mislead other contributors about the most common name of this Lithuanian noble. For example, if we select Italian-only text in the Google search we might also get favorable results for Italian language in the cases of French nobles names, etc. I believe you see Marcelus' IP address somewhere, so by geolocating his IP address you will find out if he is from Poland or not (I think there is 99% chance that he is from Poland and 1% that he is from a nearby country like Belarus with large Polish minority). This could be useful for identifying why he present such numbers favorable for Polish language and very unfavorable for Lithuanian language. If such Marcelus' activity do not comply with Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, I think it is an important example of his editing in topics he was recently sanctioned already. Due to the imposed zero-revert limitation he clearly do not perform edit warring anymore, but does such presentation of numbers comply with Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines or is a different type disruptive activity in the same Poland/Lithuania topics? Sorry for my long comment, but I am concerned. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 22:20, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * There are lots of reasons he could have found that discussion that are perfectly innocent. This looks like a content dispute. Editors will inevitably disagree with each other sometimes. It doesn't matter what Marcelus's nationality is or where he edits from. You should focus on discussing the content, not other editors. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 22:39, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * But is such presentation of numbers by purposefully excluding Lithuanian sources in a Polish-Lithuanian dispute is Assume good faith (fundamental principle on Wikipedia)? He acted in this way after less than a week following your sanctioning, so I think it is important. This could clearly affect voting process and decision making in the nomination. In your sanctioning you stated to Marcelus that "This restriction is indefinite, but I will be willing to reconsider after three months with no violations and no edit warring in other topic areas." So I think he should strictly comply with the Policies and guidelines, especially its fundamental principles. However, I think such presentation (manipulation?) of statistics could mean violation of Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, so that's why I requested your evaluation if such content-related activity is disruptive or not.
 * You are right that all currently recorded sanctions for Marcelus are for revert warring. However, recently there also was a report (two months ago) because he described Zigmas Zinkevičius (famous Lithuanian scientist, author about Lithuanian history and minister) as chauvinistic pig (1, 2) and according to users Cukrakalnis and Turaids (see: archived discussion here) he violated WP:NOTHERE, WP:ICANTHEARYOU, WP:GRUDGE, WP:POVPUSH, WP:SYNTH, WP:OR by trying to insert "anti-Polish" text about Mr. Zinkevičius (for quick understanding of the situation take a glance at Cukrakalnis' initial statement and initially uninvolved editor Turaids' 15:49, 24 January 2023 statement). In this report he was actively defended by (another?) Polish user Piotrus with who he recently exchanged e-mails through Polish Wikipedia to communicate privately (evidence). The report was flooded with text and eventually archived without a clear decision if he violated the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, despite multiple users saying that he did and the fact that it seemed like this way he caused WP:BATTLEGROUND (I did not participate myself, only saw later what happened).
 * Afterwards Marcelus and Piotrus began removing content in a contentious topic (see edits of Marcelus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and Piotrus: 1) which Marcelus initially described as "Plus some additional badmouthing of Poland (...) It's completely off-topic. Basically, the whole Belarusian part should be rewritten" (edit) and "the article is suppose to be about history of coat of arms, not an excuse to spread anti-Polish propaganda" (edit).
 * So content-wise his editing is worth taking examination as well. By the way, Marcelus today inserted another claim to the same discussion that Paweł Holszański was a Polish-speaking Lithuanian noble (Marcelus' edit), but did not provide any WP:VERIFIABLE WP:RS to support this claim. Can you please ensure that he provide such source having explicitly such quote about Povilas Alšėniškis? Otherwise, I think this could be a violation of WP:OR (7 days after your sanctioning). By the way, one of the provided examples of Nationalist editing is "Famous person is or is not a member of group". -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 19:28, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Your two posts between them are over a thousand words. If you want me to take any action, please make your point concisely. Preferably a tenth of that length. Otherwise you can file at WP:AE but note that walls of text are not accepted there either. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 21:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, I was quite busy for the past few days and Marcelus continued behaving in the same way, so today I filed a complaint at WP:AE as you suggested (see: Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement). Since you very recently sanctioned him, please provide your evaluation. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 00:56, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Soulhunterusa1
You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:11, 20 March 2023 (UTC)


 * thank you. Done. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 09:12, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

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RE: Shrekishitsugardaddy
What exactly do you mean by "hate speech"? Seems entirely subjective- what is constructive to one person is "hate speech" to another. "Hate" is in the ear of the listener. It depends much more on the sensitivity of the listener than the intention of the speaker. Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 03:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC)


 * our article gives some good definitions of hate speech. In the context of deciding whether to block someone for their first and only edit, I would usually be looking for something like religious/ethnic/anti-LGBT slurs or "I hate ". Nine times out of ten (essentially any use that isn't self-deprecating), the N word is hate speech. Professing one's love for a fictional swamp-dwelling ogre is not. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 14:38, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Rollback
Hello,

It has been approximately three weeks since you granted me a rollback rights trial and I am wondering if you will consider granting it permanently. I am familiar with when you are supposed to use the rollback feature. I have used the rollback feature on vandalism and my own edits. There have been some accidental misclicks but I fixed it and reverted it back. DDMS123 (talk) 17:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC)


 * According to the software, you've only used it about half a dozen times and two of those were tests. I'd be happier if you had a bit more of a track record. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 17:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll try to establish a more better track record. DDMS123 (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

91.73.33.144's unsourced edits
Thanks for the block on 91.73.33.144. I think that that IP4 is the same editor as the IPv6 I reported here and that geolocates to the same country.

Just today, 2A00:F29:280:BD93:F4AD:1707:38D:33A9 made this edit at Kaathal: The Core: and after I reverted it and left a warning on their talk page, 91.73.33.144 made a nearly identical edit:

I think 2A00:F29:280:BD93:F4AD:1707:38D:33A9/64 (or even 2a00:f29:280::/42) could use a 72-hour block and then we'll see if they resume after that block expires. &mdash; Archer1234  (t·c) 14:36, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the /42 for a fortnight to match the IPv4. Let me know if they're if they're still causing problems after that and I'll make the block longer. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:41, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Brianna Wu


So let's get this straight. Two editors both make 500 edits in one day (today) to become extended confirmed and then kick off a massive edit war with each other over trivial grammar edits on a page historically targeted by trolls. Right.

Once upon a time, I'd have indeffed them both but I no longer have objective judgment in this topic area. CIreland (talk) 21:29, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I saw that they were both new. I hadn't realised how new they were until after I'd partially blocked them both. I'll keep an eye on things and see what happens. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 21:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I’m going to do it. NOTHERE. Courcelles (talk) 21:33, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Meh. Probably no great loss. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 21:34, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Wu has been on my watchlist for years. This kind of game-playing isn’t something we need to put up with, shouldn’t let trolls waste one more second of the valuable time of good contributors. Courcelles (talk) 21:37, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocks endorsed. This was blatant trolling and point-making. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:47, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * She's been on mine for about as long as she's had a standalone article. I somehow ended up being the admin on the spot when Gamergate kicked off. Not an experience I'd care to repeat. Though it's not the obvious trolls who waste small amounts of time that worry me, they'll be shown the door soon enough, it's the ones who waste hundreds of hours of the community's time. I wonder what The Devil's Advocate's latest account is, or Tarc's... <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 21:54, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

How to file complaint?
@HJ Mitchell For a better Wikipedia, I strongly feel that I should file complaints against several people. How do I do that? I believe there is a page particularly for that purpose. I would appreciate your guidance. Thanks.70.164.212.36 (talk) 18:48, 21 March 2023 (UTC)


 * It depends on what you want to complain about, but the incidents noticeboard is probably the best place. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 19:07, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. You probably saw my cut-and-paste of the under 3-minutes flat deletion of my first edit (I had promised not to write, not to cut-and-paste :) .  That was simply the beginning of a frustrating episode.  Also, the person hurling insults, then another someone who apparently suddenly became an expert on a subject after talking about rock music for years, stalkers of my Talk page who keep asking that I be blocked (like the undertaker in Lucky Luke who keeps saying "let's hang him"), not to mention an admin who insulted and threatened me with his great powers (not you).  No shortage of candidates, unfortunately.70.164.212.36 (talk) 19:35, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Make sure to read WP:BOOMERANG. You'll be asked to provide evidence for the offenses you allege above in the form of diffs. And your own actions and comments will be under scrutiny. You edited with an ethnic POV in a contentious area under DS, you attempted to apply a religious/ethnic POV to volunteers attempting to help you at DRN, you've accused everyone who has disagreed with you of being "paid propagandists", and since returning from your block nearly a month ago you have evinced some serious WP:BATTLE and WP:IDHT mentality. You could attempt to return to some constructive editing, preferably in an area not under DS, or you could go the route mentioned above. The end results will depend on your decision.  He  iro  21:18, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If pointing out what is against Wikipedia rules, giving proper references and direct quotes, noticing propaganda and trying to clean it up is editing with an ethnic POV, then I must admit you are correct in stating that. As for what I asked of the arbiter for the dispute that I filed, I simply asked because I did not know of any rules prohibiting that. There is an ethnic question as to why my edits were deleted, not why I made the edits (you can be green as far as I care. I only know to protect facts), so I had to make sure that whoever was going to be the arbiter did not have biases (note that I added Turkish as well). In my opinion, he overreacted and was influenced by one of the parties to the dispute. Finally, I did not accuse everyone who disagreed with me as being "paid propagandists", but I simply drew attention to the existence of such, which I have no doubt of. I am more than willing to do constructive editing, and that is what I thought I was doing with the Burning of Smyrna article, adding references and smoothing out outright propaganda ("only a few Turkish and pro-Turkish", indeed!).  However, I am afraid of running into similar hostility, unless I resolve the existing issues first. Hopefully, some of you who mean well will try to see my side of the debate.  In any case, I do not wish to fill up @HJ Mitchell's Talk page, so I will stop here.70.164.212.36 (talk) 04:07, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * , several threads at your talk were mentioned here, see Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Also, you were the blocking admin from last month.  He  iro  01:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Just an information
I want to inform you that the two users भोजपुरी and लोहरान that you blocked in this wiki recently were continuing similar vandalism in Wikimedia Commons. Their actions have beet reported to an admin. Btw, please keep an eye on them whenever you are free. Thanks. Haoreima (talk) 16:09, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Idk if sock puppet investigation will be helpful or not. To me, their behaviours are almost all similar - replacing Devanagari script (Hindi script) by Kaithi script (Bhojpuri script) without any discussions or explanations. Haoreima (talk) 16:11, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any need for an SPI here as they're already blocked. If there are issues on Commons I'd suggest going to c:COM:ANU or c:COM:AN/B. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:16, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Sir! One more account User:लोहार is doing all the similar vandalism activities like those blocked users did. Please take action. Haoreima (talk) 18:27, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've blocked that one as well. I suspect there will be more. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 18:28, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I suspect sock farming here in both en wiki as well as Commons. I have reported them in Commons here as per your suggestions. Haoreima (talk) 18:30, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Protection required
Hello Dear HJ Mitchell; today My Userpage was have been Vandalized by an Ip editor, Currently he is  blocked, So Can you tempraory semi- protect my talkpage for few weeks from Vandalism. Kind regards 😊 Avi ram7 <sup style="color: #2D68C4F">(talk)  15:47, 25 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Erm, your userpage is transcluded from Meta and you asked to protect the enwiki title, so it can't be edited here. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  15:56, 25 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I means to say My usertalkpage. Kind regards 😊 Avi ram7 <sup style="color: #2D68C4F">(talk)  15:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well in that case the answer is no. The IP is blocked so there's no need for protection, and we only protect talk pages when it's really necessary and (if possible) only for a short duration. For an example, look at the logs for this page. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:04, 25 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Well and Thanks for Answering. Kind regards.😊 Avi ram7 <sup style="color: #2D68C4F">(talk)  16:08, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Refactoring
I noticed your comment here. Where did I refactor after someone had commented? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 23:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Am I going to get a response here? If I did make a change to something someone had responded to, I certainly didn't intend to do so. That can happen inadvertently during an edit conflict. I'd just like to know where I did it so I won't make that mistake again. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:09, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You may not have edited your comment after somebody replied. I didn't look at the timestamps. My point was to ask you to please post your statement in one edit and not go back and add to it or change it later. If that means taking longer to post a reply because you have put more thought into what you want to say, that is preferably to commenting in a rush and having to go back and change it. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 17:16, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 18:30, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

User:87.107.220.3 Edits
Hey HJ,

You blocked 87.107.220.3, but I think their edit summary’s need to be revdel or oversighted. Can you do this? - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 14:41, 26 March 2023 (UTC)


 * They're rude, but they're not "grossly offensive, insulting, or degrading" or libellous. In my opinion, it's more important that anyone can see why that IP is blocked than that we hide rude words. Nonetheless, RevDel is massively over-used in my opinion, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone's already done it while I was typing. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:45, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I see. Users should know why the IP is blocked, because of their edit summary’s. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 14:49, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It's long been a principle that everything on Wikipedia should be public unless there are good reasons to hide it, including block logs and the reasons for them. That's why RevDel is (supposed to be) limited to copyvios, grossly offensive material, serious BLP issues, and other kinds of serious disruption, rather than just rude words, and oversight is even more limited to essentially personal information and libel. But my impression is a lot of admins will revdel just about any instance of the word "fuck". <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah. It just depends on what the different admins deem as grossly offensive. Some people have thicker skin than others. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 15:14, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

2001:4450:8116:300:c5a7:815:bf95:8b19
Please block the /64. Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 15:01, 26 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Done. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:03, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 15:07, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * And they've evaded that, so I've put a short block on the /32 as all edits from there today have been this person. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:09, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, though I think that they won't have much trouble getting around that either. They were on an entirely different range a day or two ago. Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 15:13, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 15:25, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

FYI
This page is not yours and not wanted I'm assuming: User_talk:HJ_Mitchell/FA... The IP 118.99.107.214 you blocked for 31 hours the other day just returned on a little rampage and created that crapshow in your userspace. Also been using 180.242.70.227 it seems (same topical focus). I've reported both at AVI, just giving you a little heads up that they'd returned. Zinnober9 (talk) 00:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Of all the strange places to insert spam... a talk page of a different user's user subpage is a new one for me. Well, if every day was the same it would get boring.  Courcelles (talk) 13:40, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've seen people create spammy articles in all sorts of strange places, and I've had my userspace vandalised many, many, times, but that's a new one on me too. Thanks for spotting it, . <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:26, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Thoughts on rewriting
Hi Harry, hope all is well. I've been trying to shape Walt Whitman's lectures on Abraham Lincoln up for FAC and I just ... can't. Every time I read through, I'm left quite unhappy with the prose/structure, yet I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. I was hoping you might be able to quickly take a look and offer any thoughts on how I might fix it. No worries if not. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 00:29, 28 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I've got a four-hour train journey ahead of me today so I'll have a look while I'm on the train and put any thoughts here or on the talk page later on or tomorrow. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 06:49, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Do you mind reading my ANI close re:User:Freoh?
I'm not a frequent ANI closer and while I certainly have gone long, I would love any feedback you'd care to offer on my close. I've been reading the discussion all morning and I'm not asking you to do that, just help me understand how I could have been more direct and less wishy-washy. BusterD (talk) 18:50, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


 * It seems a reasonable closure to me. I try to avoid spending too much time at ANI, but if your close is an accurate summary of the discussion, I'm left scratching my head as to why they weren't indef'd. But, a closer is supposed to sum up the consensus as they see it and in 11 days no admin saw fit to swing the hammer unilaterally. If I were closing it, I might have put the result (the bold bit) at the top and the summing up below and I might have made the summary a little shorter, but that's me. Well done for taking it on and writing up a proper summary of the discussion instead of leaving it to fall into the archive unresolved. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 19:14, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Harry. I was trying to summarize the discussion itself, but made the comment about more direct consequences being likely. In this case I'd rather err on the side of warning rather than acting, since I didn't see consensus for that. On the other hand, it could be argued I've merely kicked the can. Thanks again. BusterD (talk) 19:33, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * At least you've kicked it in the right direction. If we end up having the same conversation again it's likely to be shorter, and they can't argue that the concerns weren't made clear. I often think that closures at ANI (and in general) are unnecessary but this one shows the benefit that can come from a well-considered close. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 19:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Just read this and realized Buster might not be the very experienced ANI admin I initially assumed them to be. Can I suggest that it might be a good idea to monitor Buster's discussion with Freoh ([])? Specifically, I personally suspect it is a manifestation of Freoh's inability to take advice and let it go, and if so, Buster's good faith will not be rewarded. Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 06:51, 28 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your concern. I'll concede my good faith often goes unrewarded; fortunately I don't assume good faith in search for any compensation or return. If anybody sees me in distress I'd appreciate the ping. BusterD (talk) 09:47, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

March 2023
Recently, I've noticed your interest in editing some British military related articles and I thought to ask if you might have any interest in doing a co-nomination for James Madison who was US President when the 1812 War with Britain was taking place, for a FAC renomination. I've already done the successful GAN nomination. One benefit is that you get to put a gold star on the top of your Talk page if it goes successfully. Any thoughts? ErnestKrause (talk) 00:20, 29 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry, between real-life and my exisiting commitments on-wiki I don't have time for a project of that scale. I might skim over the prose over the next few days when I get quiet moments. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 09:42, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire - a favour
Hi Harry, from your comment above, the answer may well be no, which is fine of course, but if you had a bit of time to spare, I'd very much appreciate a Source review on Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire which I have up for FLC here. I don't think it would be too arduous - there are a dozen books, a few online sources, and about 100 Cadw/Coflein citations, all of which lend themselves to online spot-checks. As I say, if you've not got the time right now, no problem, but if you had, I'd be very grateful. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 13:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @KJP1 I could never say no to you but source reviewing is not really my area of expertise. I'm away from home at the minute but if you still need someone next week (when I can get to a proper computer), let me know. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Harry - thanks, that’s fine and understood. I’ve put a request up for a source review, and hopefully someone will pick it up. KJP1 (talk) 16:39, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

AE alteration needed
Hi Harry. On the now-closed AE for me, you made a comment "...Please refrain from making substantive edits to your comments once posted, and especially once replied to...." You have explained that you were irritated that I had not made a comment all at once, but had added and revised it in several edits, without any intervening comments by anyone. Right now your comment stands as an accusation that readers will forever assume is a true accusation. (I have never seen such an accusation made at a drama board without it being because someone violated talk page protocol by editing a comment that had been replied to. Otherwise, adding to or tweaking a comment is not forbidden.) I'd really appreciate it if you would remove that comment. -- Valjean (talk) ( PING me ) 19:43, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

 * Thanks! It had passed me by with RL busyness. Here's to the next 14 years! <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 21:41, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh hey, our birthdays are only two days apart (give or take two years)! -- Ponyo bons mots 21:51, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Does tgat mean we share a wiki star sign or something? ;) <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 22:10, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

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User:Malarchut
Please could you take a look at the activities of User:Malarchut. You blocked him/her for 72 hours on 26 March 2023, but he/she has resumed repeatedly making disruptive edits since his/her block ended. -- Toddy1 (talk) 07:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Toddy1 I'm not sure what the issue is there. I could be CIR, it could be a language barrier, but whatever it is they're causing problems and not improving the encyclopaedia so I've indef'd. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:19, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Rollback Feedback/Grant Indefinitely
Hello HJ,

A few weeks back you granted me rollback for a 1 month trial. It is about half over and I wanted to ask you for ways I can improve using it or grant it indefinitely. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 17:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi! I'm away from home at the minute. I'll have a look early next week when I can get to a proper computer but from what I've seen I'd imagine the answer will be positive. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 17:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Illusion Flame ✅. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:35, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion with User:Troywan
Hi HJ, I'm a bit uncertain just now as to if I've done the right thing. After they attempted to replace the article Frank van Diggelen with a declined AfC draft, User:Troywan accused me of copying content (?) on their talk page. As they did not ping me, I'm only seeing this now. As this is my first time having a content dispute, I am a little distraught, and thought you could help. Have I done anything wrong? I don't think I've done so. This is all rather saddening; it's kind of ruined the excitement of getting a Good Article promoted today. Any of your help would be appreciated, as always. <span style="font-family: Opensans, sans-serif;">Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Schminnte Sorry for the belated response. I don't think you did anything wrong there. They shouldn't have overwritten the article, especially as their draft was inferior to the existing version. Don't let it get to you. Some people focus only on one article, usually one that means something to them; we have to worry about the encyclopaedia as a whole and all six and a half million articles. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:05, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the advice, I'll keep this in mind. <span style="font-family: Opensans, sans-serif;">Schminnte (talk • contribs) 15:09, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Rollback
Hello HJ Mitchell Although I have been removing vandalism in the English Wikipedia for several days. And I remove vandalism from Hindi Wikipedia. Will you give me rollback rights? So that I can use gadgets like SWViewer and AntiVandal. - MP1999  talk  16:17, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * No. Your repeated requests in quick succession come across as hat collecting. I suggest you leave it at least a month before requesting any more rights. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok sir as you say. - MP1999  talk  15:15, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

AE request regarding Marcelus
I noticed that in the AE request during Marcelus, I started talking about Marcelus' behavior towards Cukrakalnis (and vice versa). Since I don't want that clogging up the main AE request, should I make a separate thread at WP:ANI? Just wanted to ask. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  03:50, 1 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Shadow of the Starlit Sky If it's relevant to the AE request and you can summarise it concisely, add it there. If it's outside the scope of the Eastern Europe contentious topic or it can't be summarised concisely, you would be better taking it to ANI. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:31, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm… looks like I gotta take it to ANI, then. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  15:57, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The thing is it is somewhat related to Eastern Europe but it’s more about editor conduct/civility than that topic itself. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  16:04, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Shadow of the Starlit Sky AE can only apply restrictions in relation to contentious topics so if you're seeking action with a wider scope, you're better off at ANI. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:13, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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Rollback - DDMS123
Hello, my trial period for rollbacker rights ended on April 2, and I am wondering if you have considered whether to grant rollback permissions to my account permanently. I have established a track record per your request nearly two weeks ago. DDMS123 (talk) 04:27, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @DDMS123 ✅. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:07, 4 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you DDMS123 (talk) 18:09, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:30, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Deletion
Hey can you delete this page. It is not linked anywhere and is currently of no use. No article is made. So, can you please delete that page. In the future, when someone tries to create a draft, it might be a problem. 2402:3A80:1E05:655B:56C6:F72:9BE1:7241 (talk) 06:23, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I can't see any valid reason to delete it. If it becomes a problem in the future, we can look at it then. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:10, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * IP - I agree with HJ. As a frequent page mover at WP:RM/TR, it's not uncommon for us to be asked to move a draft to where a redirect is currently blocking the process. We can handle it at that point and isn't hurting anything in the mean time. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:35, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Block of
Thank you. However, when you put the block notice on their talk page, why did you otherwise blank the talk? - UtherSRG (talk) 19:10, 5 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @UtherSRG Apologies, it's a Twinkle preference. It's useful for removing junk and categories when blocking vandals/spammers and username violations but not when indef'ing for other reasons. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:08, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah! Got it. I can see how that would be useful at least for some indefs. In this case, it wasn't, but I put no foul on you for that. This user failed WP:CIR. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:43, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Bennerley Viaduct scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 25 May 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/May 25, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:50, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Gog the Mild erm, Today's featured article/May 25, 2023 is about Airport Central railway station... <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * You're too fast Harry. Actually, I probably did those edits in the wrong order. Try now. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

AWB/JWB List
Hello HJ,

If you get a chance, can you add me to the AWB List so I can user Java Wiki Browser to fix some typos. I believe I meet all of the qualifications.

Thanks,

- 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 14:04, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Illusion Flame Sorry but AWB is on my list of things I don't get involved in. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks anyways! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 15:16, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspecting edit war
Hey, I have reviewed Sayyid: Revision history - Wikipedia and it seems that there is an ongoing dispute between two users, furthermore they are possibly engaged in an edit war, so I came here to ask for your opinion as I am very unfamiliar with Wikipedia policies. If you have time, it would be appreciated if you step in. Regards, SeanTVT (talk) 15:56, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Miner Editor user problem
User Miner Editor, to whom you granted rollback privileges, made what seems an automatic rollback on the Doomsday argument page at 7:25am on April 9, 2023. This was a rollback of a good faith edit that in fact provides the only correct solution to the issue discussed on that page. Miner Editor did not seem to read or understand the problem or the edit. Their privileges should be hence revoked and the rollback removed.
 * Everyone makes mistakes. Me included. One misjudged rollback is not grounds for revocation. I would suggest talking to them and explaining why they were wrong and hopefully they'll see it as a learning experience. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 09:35, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This is the edit in question. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doomsday_argument&diff=1148952082&oldid=1148952002&diffmode=source Miner Editor (talk) 13:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Your block of 160.176.78.186
Hey, just letting you know that they've been adding the same nonsense from various addresses since February.  –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:17, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I've blocked the that /21. I've seen the same sort of edits from a lot of IPs recently but they seem to move from one to the next quickly so long-term blocks on individual IPs wouldn't do any good. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:19, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

FYI
I hidelock'ed that account in case you were going to refer it up, already done. — xaosflux  Talk 14:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Xaosflux Thanks. I did send an email to the stewards' queue but it took me a minute to find the address. Feel free to just close the ticket. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:24, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

TPA for talk page spam
Hello there. I noticed that you immediately revoked talk page access for a couple of recent spamublocks who had spammed on their talk pages. Is that a standard practice? If not, I think it should be! I've lost track of how many WP:CORPNAME accounts keep spamming their talk pages after being blocked. Many thanks for your work here all these years. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:00, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Drm310 If the spam is on their talk page, I usually revoke TPA, yes. I don't know about other admins. I have some sympathy for people who mistake Wikipedia for some kind of hosting site but none whatsoever for spammers who would have no intention of following the rules if they'd bothered to read them. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:20, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023
Hey, are there any rules agianst a Ip user editing someone else's sandbox? I am mostly asking this because User:Therefore0623/sandbox keeps popping up on antivandal and its a Ip editing the sandox.Idontknowwhattouseasmyusername300 (talk) 14:53, 13 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Idontknowwhattouseasmyusername300 Not strictly. If the IP looks like they might be the account owner or editing with their permission, I'd leave it alone. If it looks like they're being disruptive, then revert as normal. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:57, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Southend
I've added my photos of the war memorial to Commons:Category:Southend-on-Sea war memorial, hopefully some are useful to you. Thryduulf (talk) 17:35, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Lots of IPv6
Hi, Harry. You blocked 2402:3a80::/32 from the user talk namespace pursuant to persistent harassment from it per this discussion. Now I see another IPv6, 2405:205:1287:1ced::619:f8ac, from the same geographical location, harassing 331.dot again, in the same manner. Is there anything to be done, or do you think it's time to just wait for them to get bored? The pages in question are well-watched, after all. Bishonen &#124; tålk 21:18, 16 April 2023 (UTC).
 * PS, and another at User talk:Cullen328: 2401:4900:1C1B:959C:6092:9CD3:B88F:EFFF. I guess they have access to lots of ranges. Bishonen &#124; tålk 21:29, 16 April 2023 (UTC).
 * @Bishonen Hey Bish, looks like they're mobile IPs which are notorious for broad and dynamic ranges. You could play whack a mole with short range blocks. There's no point blocking them for any length of time because they'll be on another range before the block expires. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 21:50, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we can't block all of India, I guess. And, as Beebs said, admins typically don't really care about that kind of IP harassment. On my page, certainly, that crap gets reverted so fast by the trusty talkpage stalkers that lightning stands still. Bishonen &#124; tålk 22:12, 16 April 2023 (UTC).
 * Indeed. It's par for the course. If the trolls are upset with us we've obviously done something right. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 22:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Rollpack perm. request
Hello -

I requested rollback permission just under two days ago, and unfortunately I received no response.

Whether you decide to grant or disregard it is your choice, but make sure to update the rollback request page.

Thanks,

BillClinternet (talk) 21:29, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Typo in block log?
Hi Harry; thanks for your work. This block log entry seems at first blush like it may have been the result of a misclick? The discussion at AE reads as if centered around the blocked user's persistent misgendering mixed with some general rudeness, and nothing to do with gun control. The user is asking on his talk page for the block to be refiled under a different CTOP / Arbcase. I'm here as a neutral party asking whether that might be possible, or alternatively if you could explain to him why the gun control topic was chosen to appear in the log. Thanks in advance for any response. Folly Mox (talk) 08:04, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Folly Mox apologies for the delay. The conduct in question was at the intersection of three designated contentious topics. Since I was imposing a site ban rather than a topic ban or any more nuanced sanction, I just picked one of the three. I wasn't aware that anyone would take offence to the topic it was logged under but if anything I'd have thought gun control would be less offensive than gender and sexuality. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 18:55, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

IP User harassment
Hi,

You may remember blocking this IP user, but he is continually harassing me in his talk page.

Please assess the situation furthermore.

Thanks,

BillClinternet (talk) 13:19, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Bbb23 seems to have handled the situation. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 18:56, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

rollback
Hi there. I was going to do some huggle and discovered I was no longer a rollbacker. My rollbacker trial ended on the 13th and thought maybe that was it but saw I was using it after that. Logs https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Kiwiz1338&target=Kiwiz1338&offset=&limit=500 Thanks for your help. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 13:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Kiwiz1338 ✅. I gave you reviewer while I was it, too. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 18:59, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you :) Kiwiz1338 (talk) 01:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Meetup/Portsmouth/3
I think today has to be decision day if we go for this or reschedule.©Geni (talk) 05:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Geni I'm happy to come to Portsmouth for a pint with you and Pete if you gents are happy to go ahead. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 07:01, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Geni @HJ Mitchell Well I'm planning to be there whether or not anyone else shows up :) But it would be great to see you both if you can make it. the wub "?!"  08:07, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll be there. Hoping to arrive just after 2. If the weather is reasonable I'd be up for a walk. I like Portsmouth. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 08:16, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've never been to Portsmouth before, so thought I'd have a long weekend here anyway. Just arrived and had a bit of a wander round, it seems nice! I did pass the war memorial, that's quite impressive, and noticed there are a load of smaller ones in Victoria Park. Planning to knock out a bunch of the naval sights tomorrow, then see you in the pub on Sunday. Would also be up for a walk. the wub "?!"  15:11, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will be there. Be warned that the dockyard is a full day if you skip the submarine museum otherwise 2. Unfortunately its a bit early in the season for the rose garden at Lumps Fort.©Geni (talk) 19:45, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

See you at 14:00.©Geni (talk) 07:54, 23 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hopefully the weather improves by then! <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 08:03, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

2600:387 rangeblock
Hi HJ, while I was logged out, I noticed you blocked all IP addresses in the range of "2600:387::/40" Pardon me for asking but isn't that a particularly huge range? That covers just about all of AT&T across the entire United States, doesn't it? I'm not telling you off at all, I am just curious as to whether this is a typical thing that has to be done to combat IP vandalism. I can imagine it's pretty easy to edit from a mobile phone. ⛵ <span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; background: linear-gradient(white, blue, navy, black)">WaltClipper - (talk)  18:19, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I haven't been at a proper keyboard for a week. You're correct, it is a large range, but it's one that gives us a lot of problems as you can see from it's block log (and if I remember, the block logs of some of the /64s within it). I've softened the block so anyone who wants to can create an account but the unhelpful anonymous edits outweigh the helpful ones. Unfortunately mobile IP ranges tend to be large and dynamic, which makes combatting vandalism difficult. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 19:11, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining, and I apologize for deleting my question. I was worried that my inquiry sounded a bit too much like pointing fingers.
 * That's an awful dilemma. On one hand, the vandalism surely has to be stifled. On the other, it seems we're trending very heavily in the direction that static IPs (usually home addresses) are really the only available way for people to contribute anonymously, and I know that generates complaints of its own too. It's a difficult position to be in! Glad you're out there fighting the vandals, though. --⛵ <span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; background: linear-gradient(white, blue, navy, black)">WaltClipper - (talk)  14:28, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * You're right. It's a new take on the age-old Wikipedia dilemma. We want to encourage anonymous editing, but that also leaves us wide open to abuse and the only tools we have to respond to that are blunt instruments. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:21, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

User:Wacto talk page use
Hi HJ Mitchell,

This user that you blocked a few weeks ago – – is using their talk page access to further promote their business (diff) instead of placing an unblock and name change request.

So you might want to remove the talk page access.

Regards, — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25  (talk)  08:11, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @AP 499D25 ✅, thanks. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 11:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Marcelus/Pofka AE request
I recently found out that User:GizzyCatBella, who majorly affected this |this AE request's result (in fact, it was their proposed decision for a 1-way IBAN and a logged warning that ended up being enforced), was indeffed and ArbCom blocked as a suspected sock of User:Jacurek. Should we review this AE request or something due to GCB being a sockpuppet? Just wanted to ask you as you were the admin who closed the aforementioned AE request. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  13:20, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Shadow of the Starlit Sky Speaking for myself, I'm satisfied with that outcome regardless of GCB's contribution. Regardless of their influence, the result would likely have been similar. Again speaking only for myself, I didn't feel it was necessary to re-impose a full topic ban and the IBAN and final warning, in my opinion, strikes the appropriate balance and lays a clear pathway for any potential future disruption. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 13:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @HJ Mitchell Yeah, I kinda agree with you. I think the result is OK as of now. I just wanted to know if I needed to do anything to clean up what was left behind from GCB's socking. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  14:31, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Autopatroled
Hello again HJ. I was wondering about requesting autopatroled privileges at PERM. Do you think I would be approved? I've created 37 articles according to XTools, including 2 GAs. I draft all of my ideas now, after an unfortunate circumstance with getting an early creation deleted. Thanks for consideration, <span style="font-family: Opensans, sans-serif;">Schminnte (talk • contribs) 15:25, 24 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Schminnte ✅. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 14:55, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! <span style="font-family: Opensans, sans-serif;">Schminnte (talk • contribs) 14:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism on "Memory Safety" page
User talk:46.140.113.98 has been repeatedly vandalizing the Memory safety page (see Talk:Memory safety for discussion). It looks like they were banned from editing the page for a few days, and then immediately performed the same change again, once the ban was lifted. I'm new to editing Wikipedia, so I don't know what the right course of action is, but I wanted to bring it to your attention. Thanks so much!! KramerCosmonaut (talk) 04:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC).

KramerCosmonaut has repeatedly censored a highly-relevant ResearchGate publication while claiming that this entry is "vandalism". As our attempts to start a conversation were not honored on Wikipedia (see the "Memory safety" discussion) we have sent this email - in the hope that the real vandal (the author of science censorship) will give an explanation to his obvious conflicts of interests and unfair use of Wikipedia editing powers:

Subject: Your Censorship of SLIMalloc on Wikipedia

Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:29:15 +0200

From: P. Gauthier <xxxxx[at]xxxxx.com>

To: xxxxx[at]xxxxx.net

Dear Mr. William Woodruff,

Since you are "Engineering Director, R&D practice" at TrailOfBits.com "Responsible for directing the Ecosystem Security group",

and "Program manager and technical lead for program analysis research across DARPA programs" for Cyber-Security,

and have yourself given "course on ethical hacking" and contributed to "security tooling",

it is surprising to see you repeatedly censoring SLIMalloc on Wikipedia under the fallacious accusation of "Vandalism",

especially since all the other commercial products listed on this Wikipedia page are immensely inferior to SLIMalloc - both on capacity and performance.

We would be delighted to publish SLIMalloc as "Open Source" software - if only we were sponsored or funded - either by private investors or by the taxpayer.

In the absence of funding, we have to keep trade secrets private so that we can sell our works and make a living.

I am open to any discussion or suggestion you might have.

Sincerely,

Pierre Gauthier

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IP evading block
Good day, I'm reporting a vandal who evaded a previous block by changing his IP code which was 151.48.146.82 and was blocked by you, currently it's 151.48.150.174 and is being used for the same kind of vandalisms, I think that you may be able to do something about it.151.82.129.28 (talk) 15:10, 26 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I've blocked 151.48.144.0/21. Let me know if there are any more problems. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:15, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Removing rollback right
Hello, I'm requesting my rollback rights to be removed, as I do not have a need for them anymore. Since you were the one who enabled them on my account originally, I thought I should contact you about it. Thanks. – Material  Works  19:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Re: User:216.213.209.201
I am curious as to the reason for a December 2021 block being put on User:216.213.209.201, an IP that hadn't edited for over three years. BD2412 T 01:42, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Misban of IP range 175.2.0.0/16
Hi, I noticed you blocked this range in 2015, but the range belongs to residential network, not proxy. Please unblock them asap. Shinohara Chihiro (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Portsmouth war memorial photos
It was great to see you in Portsmouth the other weekend! And better late than never:

I did a bit of perspective correction on the reliefs, but getting them properly square was impossible without causing too much distortion. Hope they're useful all the same. the wub "?!"  00:08, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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ZORKO BRAND
Seems like it's not their first rodeo with spamming Zorko, with accounts such as:


 * A handful of IPs
 * and now
 * A handful of IPs
 * and now

all propagating that nonsense over the last half a decade. I don't see what more to do with that, but since you blocked that last one, I thought I'd let you know. Liliana UwU (talk / contributions) 10:54, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @LilianaUwU Thanks. They're persistent, though not very prolific. I've blocked the other account and the IPs are caught in a range block that appears incidental. I'm in two minds whether to protect Zorko or leave it open as a honey trap. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 11:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

You've got mail!
-- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  17:19, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Germany-Azerbaijani
Did you intend to blank the user's Talk page when you added the block notice?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:11, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Bbb23 Twinkle does it when blocking indefinitely. Feel free to restore it if there's anything useful there. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 17:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Huh, I'm pretty sure it doesn't do that when I block indefinitely. I don't know about "useful", but there's no basis for removing it, so I've restored it.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:52, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It's a Twinkle user preference. You can set it in the config userpage. Courcelles (talk) 17:55, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Where is it? I don't see it.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * , "Blank the talk page when indefinitely blocking users" Courcelles (talk) 18:04, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 18:23, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

is requesting unblock. I've no idea beyond the article blanking what is going on. They promise to never do it again. Can you help me? Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:41, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Deepfriedokra there's been a sockmaster targeting that article for a while. I suppose it's possible that someone unrelated made 29 trivial edits then made two edits that look exactly like an LTA but that doesn't bode well for their future editing career... <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 08:46, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Figured it was something like that. Offer them a topic ban and restore TPA? Or just "I can't unblock you right now." -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The latter is my chouice.

2018 (film)
Hai. A user of the name User:Naduz is repeatedly vandalising this article's lead section. When other users edit the article and improve the grammar and content, this user removes it and rewrite them using poor grammar. He is edit warring. He is editing it so as to match his way on how it should look like. Can you warn him? 2402:3A80:4448:DE50:78C0:387D:F540:8B69 (talk) 14:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)


 * WP:WAR Naduz (talk) 16:04, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This User Makes WP:WAR Naduz (talk) 16:29, 15 May 2023 (UTC)