User talk:J.delanoy/Archive 26

February 1, 2010 &mdash; February 28, 2010

Rangeblocks
Try to use a templated block reason for range blocks such as anonblock, as it provides more information to the blocked users. Prodego talk  00:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Possible sock puppet of User:FLPTrainor
Hi J. Would you please determine for me if User:WikiLawyerWasTaken is yet another sock of User:FLPTrainor? The new account’s so-far first edit suggests someone who is not a new Wikipedia editor and it is to an article edited previously by User:FLPTrainor and his sock puppets. I must admit, however, that the edit itself is not consistent with his previous sock puppet edits in substance and form. Rather, it is the edit summary that makes me suspicious. Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  22:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it would probably be best to wait for further developments, but you are welcome to get another opinion if you want. (I'm not really familiar with FLPTrainor). J.delanoy gabs adds  02:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh. The reason that I came to you for a CheckUser was that you ran it for this FLPTrainor enquiry here, which resulted in the blocking of two of his sockpuppets: User:Minsteire and User:Triadam. Then, you ran it again for this FLPTrainor enquiry here, which resulted in the blocking of yet another of his sockpuppets: User:Rachel-K-T. I also know little of User:FLPTrainor other than what I have learned by reporting those three sock puppets to you. I just thought that this fresh new account, User:WikiLawyerWasTaken, might also be one and that CheckUser could confirm one way or another. Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  23:38, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Sockfarm...DUCK alert
Having some trouble with User:Mistaknleytaken, User:ImaSteveWillfan, User:Havingfuneveryday and User:Anotherdaygoneby vandalizing page (and their AfDs) they created. Seems all are new accounts and both are making the same general edits. My Duck-o-Meter is off the charts with this one. Could you do a CU and see if they are related? I will keep an eye on them. Thanks :) -  NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 22:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User:Havingfuneveryday‎ has been blocked by Floquenbeam‎ for Abusing multiple accounts: on SMP Studios Entertainment. Other three obvious socks remain unblocked. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 22:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like Luna Santin already got these. J.delanoy gabs adds  02:41, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Was just about to post that :) Thanks for looking into them :) -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 02:48, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Filipponio
Always the same guy, see you! --Vituzzu (talk) 00:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked, and took out a few sleepers as well. J.delanoy gabs adds  02:40, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That's why I asked you to block him :D See you! --Vituzzu (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Pretty damn quick. I appreciate it.  Tide  rolls  01:32, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not a problem :-) J.delanoy gabs adds  01:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Help needed with reincarnations of Tfoxworth
I was referred to you by The Thing That Should Not Be for help. He recently intervened in the near-daily ritual of reverting the vandalisms of the ever-changing sockpuppets of permanently banned User:Tfoxworth. The latter's persistence over several years is flagrant and worse -- an invitation to others to mimic his evasions. A helpful admin recently said we're pretty much out-maneuvered. But I believe he can be stopped with help, as suggested here. Thanks for any consideration. FactStraight (talk) 03:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, if his internet connection is too dynamic, there isn't much we can do other than whack-a-mole. If he's creating a lot of accounts, you can give me the names and I can see if any rangeblocks are possible. J.delanoy gabs adds  02:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * As can be seen in this diff his revenge in the face of page protection is now to revert my past edits. Is it possible that when his vandalizing IPs are blocked, his edits can be auto-reverted? 16:33, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment requested
I recently initiated a discussion on WP:ANI about a long term banned IP vandal who is IP hopping with AOL, continuing vandalism, and what to do about it. I'd appreciate your input, if you have time. Thanks. Connormah (talk | contribs) 23:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
For reverting the vandalism on my talk page :) --5 albert square (talk) 22:03, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Ivan L. Moody
Just wanted to draw your attention to a strange set of edits on this page. You reverted some vandalism in this diff but inadvertently restored some previous vandalism. That same vandalizing editor seems to have corrected that vandalism afterward with this diff:  which seems kind of odd to me. Since I'm not familiar with that page, I thought I would draw your attention to it to make sure everything is the way it should be from your perspective. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 23:03, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Reargun SPI
Hi. You made no comment on the SPI who is once again editing one of Reargun's favorite articles. The other link between the IP and Reargun is the interest in Israeli subjects (the IP's only other edits). Before the SPI I tried to persuade Reargun into acknowledging his sock, after the SPI I blocked the sock and left Reargun unblocked explicitly offering him good faith. Is there any way at all to deal with the IP? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 17:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Just because I refused to say whether an IP was related to a user does not mean that you are forbidden to take action if you think it is necessary. J.delanoy gabs adds  18:31, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. I am still finding my way around SPI issues. Dougweller (talk) 18:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Help with Blocking
I was wandering if you could help me... I have reported two people to EricOrbit but I don't think he's been on. User::24.208.254.246 is Rude and is taking ownership of pages reverting my edits because they don't like them and adding things without a source, can you please block him or semi-protect the page because he's an IP?

Also User:Itsbydesign is rude and makes changes to only one page "Nothing But Love World Tour" he makes unconstructive edits and I was wandering if you could issue a permanent block because he rarely edits. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Jayy008 (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Obama Question
Quick question, I noticed you've worked on the Obama Probation page. When an editor violates the probation, where's the best place to report it? I posted about on the "Requests for enforcement" page more than a week ago, and it doesn't look like that report was ever seen. The editor's been better about using the talk page since then, but tonight again made the same edit three times within 90 minutes on the Obama page. If it continues, should I take it to ANI? Thanks in advance for the help. Dayewalker (talk) 05:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, ANI would probably be best. I don't think too many people watch the probation page. (I know I don't. I only watch Obama's page in case there is simple vandalism). J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  05:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Man, that was a fast reply. Thanks! Dayewalker (talk) 05:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Tfoxworth reincarnations
He threatens to revert my every edit indefinitely. He cannot be stopped by range blocks, and admin MuZemike found that he had to resort to article protection, because Tfoxworth generates new IPs and re-vandalizes as soon as one is blocked. Now that his copy-cat IP, User:Factsstraight, has been banned he's reverting me as 212.78.230.242. Please help. FactStraight (talk) 13:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Filter necessary?
Hey J.delanoy. Glad to see you've done so much good work that you've really gotten the vandals angry. Based on the recent attacks, I've gone ahead and WP:BOLDly created a filter for you, filter 293. Sorry for not contacting you sooner, but I considered this more of an urgent matter so I took the "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. If you don't want it enabled (though I see no reason to allow it), feel free to let me know and I'll go ahead and turn it off (or of course, you can do that yourself). You can also go ahead and take a look at it and see if you think it covers everything (I'm not sure how well you know the edit filter system, feel free to ask me questions on my talk page or by emailing me). If you think I missed something, feel free to shoot me an email with some sample names I can test against; I was only able to construct the filter based on what I knew of the situation. Keep up the great work! -- Shirik  ♥ ♥  06:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  03:58, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

CheckUser
(On spanish), como puedo ser ckeckuser  we x  eb  17:39, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Si usted est pidiéndome a usar checkuser en Wikipedia español, no puedo. No tengo permiso checkuser allí. Lo siento... J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  04:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Hablar español?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  04:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * También. Pero siempre puedes usar una de esas cosas traductor.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:12, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I can read Spanish pretty well, and I am okay at interpreting verbal Spanish if the speaker is willing to talk rather slowly. But generating words to write or speak takes me quite a while. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  04:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Same here. I can read a bit but not much and Im not that good with verbs, ar, er, ir, ect. And I can understand enough in a conversation to get the basics but not much more than that. I'm probably at level 1 :P-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:17, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, J.delanoy, quiero saber como puedo ser checkuser aqui  we x  eb  20:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

<-- Ah. Pues, usted tiene que esperer a que ArbCom para realizar una elección. Ver aquí para más información. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 20:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Arbitration notice
You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Arbitration/Requests and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
 * Arbitration/Requests;
 * Arbitration guide.

Thanks, –MuZemike 19:35, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental Meditation movement
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental Meditation movement/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental Meditation movement/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Dougweller (talk) 11:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Mail
An email, you have. The Thing //  Talk  //  Contribs  05:24, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Tfoxworth rampage
See edits by 195.242.152.14. FactStraight (talk) 06:48, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

So I Heard You Like Ninetales?
Thanks. I had put in a request at WP:RFPP but was wondering if I should just get an admin directly. :) - Warthog Demon  20:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * :-) J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  20:55, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Re. User:203.10.121.84
You may want to revoke their talk page access while they're blocked... Cheers, X X X antiuser eh? 02:34, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

The "Thank You Bye" Vandal
Could you do a checkuser on following IPs and see who pops up on them? A vandal using these IPs (which I have dubbed the "Thank You Bye" vandal, for their use of "thank you bye" in their edit summaries) uses these IPs and has committed ALOT of blanking vandalism, mostly to Washington DC area radio and TV stations (mostly WTOP-FM) and a certain North Carolina television station, WCTI-TV. I would hope a range block could be issued, but I fear it would cause alot of collateral damage in its wake.



The 98. are licensed to BellSouth in Atlanta, Macon and Warner Robbins, all in Georgia. The 68. are licensed also to BellSouth in Centreville, Jackson, and Macon, all in Georgia. Probably one is a cell and another is a PC with the different ranges, but I could be wrong.

Some have active blocks, but others don't. Is there anything that can be done with rangeblocks, long term blocks, or are we stuck with this guy? Thanks...<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 00:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Just lighting up your message bar, since you are back and have gotten other posts. Don't want this one to slip through. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 20:56, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Those ranges are too broad to rangeblock. With regard to checkuser, do you know of any diffs where registered accounts are making similar edits to the IPs? Otherwise, I think it's just fishing. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  21:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not that I can find, it is mostly just those two ranges (broad as they are). Would a long term (like 6 months to a year) block on all (and any that pop up) be possible?  That way we don't have to worry about him coming back for awhile and anything that pops up is instantly blocked. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 15:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Got another for a Range Block
First off, sorry to pile two things at once on top of you, but alot happened on my end at once. This one might be a little less broad. All are coming from DAKTEL.COM or Dakota Central Telecommunications in Carrington, North Dakota. Some of the edits are redirect vandalism, some moving vandalism, some downright pure vandalism as you will see in the links below. All have a pretty small range, so I am hoping this one will work.



Two of these have active blocks (of one week) applied yesterday. Since they are all on the 69.178. range these should be easier to rope in than the "thank you bye" vandal....I hope. Again, sorry for throwing so much at you at once. Thanks for your help on both threads. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 15:16, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Persistant vandal
Hi! A persistant vandal, using a static IP, with multiple blocks has reactivated(84.12.13.11). Is it possible to place an indefinate block on the IP to save another round of pointless editing? Richard Harvey (talk) 13:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Scam of readers via wikipedia content
Please read and help Free  Wikipedia articles are on sale as printed books for 50 dollars each in   Amazon.com with no prior warning  Kasaalan (talk) 14:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Unusual IP Activity
I am proud of being a vandal in all times. My other names include Aminullah, Al-Bargit, Nolik, MrHeadless, MrHedless, Iblis and Judyta. My religion is Islam and my idol is Shamil Basayev.

The IP's only edits are to it's talk page so far please have a look at this revision. Might be a cross-wiki vandal? Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 15:38, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You may also be interested in this revision. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 15:40, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I blocked a couple of sleepers. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  19:58, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

User talk:170.213.131.190
This ip is asking for unblock, and although the block log suggests an expired block by User:Luk is somehow still in place, he suggested that actually it's a rangeblock you made. So I guess I have two questions: Why does the expired block still show up? Would it be a big mistake to grant the unblock request? Beeblebrox (talk) 18:48, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The expired block shows up because 170.213.0.0/16 is blocked, and the block message system is still a bit buggy. I don't believe that granting the unblock request is even possible without unblocking the entire range. As for whether or not blocking the range is a good idea, that's something that J.delanoy would have to answer. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Facebook
Hello. Would you mind if I added your userpage image to Facebook? Thanks for your input, and I hope you are having a good day today! Schfifty 3  23:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Whatever. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  23:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)