User talk:Pageantscambuster

August 2015
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Miss Iraq. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:12, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry
I see that you have been accusing User:Nimrod1980 of being a sockpuppet in edit summaries such as this one. If you think the user is a sockpuppet of someone, you need to file a case at WP:SPI. If you are correct then they will be blocked, but please be advised that we don't usually block people as sockpuppets if no evidence has been presented. Also, you should be aware that calling people a sockpuppet can count as a personal attack. And you need to stop calling people "fraudsters", etc., as that kind of language could easily get you blocked for making personal attacks, or for violating the biographies of living people policy. It is much better to base arguments on Wikipedia policy and to try to come to a consensus through discussion on the talk page. Finally, you need to be aware of our policies on edit warring - I've left you a templated message about that above. Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:18, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Nimrod1980 - Abusing Miss Iraq page
The user "nimrod1980" who created this page has previously been banned on Wikipedia for sock puppet accounts "Nimrod1976" and "Mriraq". I have edited the page with accurate information and sources.

Please refer to the history of this person's account: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mister_Iraq

He is now trying to sabotage the new organizers of Miss Iraq by posting false information again.

Also, I will file for sockpuppet as requested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pageantscambuster (talk • contribs) 14:26, 23 August 2015‎ (UTC)


 * Hi again. Yes, I think that starting a sockpuppet investgation would be a good idea. Also, please remember that accusing other users of sockpuppetry elsewhere on Wikipedia counts as a personal attack and could get you blocked. And you need to be very careful about accusing other users of being fraudsters/scamsters, as that is also likely to be against Wikipedia policy unless you have very good evidence (and may be against the outing policy even if you do have good evidence). Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:33, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

How to prevent future abuse?
Mr. Stradivarius, I see you have blocked Nimrod1980.

How is it that we can prevent future abuse of the Miss Iraq page? Given the user's history, we have a feeling that the abuse will continue since its not the first time the person has done this.

Also, we know this person and he is not reasonable as alluded in my previous comments. Hence, using "talk page" to communicate will be futile. Kindly, advise us on this if he gets unblocked or creates another user to continue with the same activities.
 * I've semi-protected the article for a week, so the problems should stop for the meantime, at least. If any editors appear and start blanking or vandalising the article, you can report them at WP:AIV or request further page protection at WP:RFPP. You can also use WP:AIV for very obvious sockpuppetry reports, but anything not immediately obvious should go at WP:SPI. And if you start getting a load of different problems, you can post at WP:ANI to ask for general administrator assistance. It's better to ask for administrator assistance rather than keep reverting, as that could get you blocked. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:07, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Talk pages
Hi again. I see that you blanked the page Talk:Miss Iraq. However, you are not allowed to do this on talk pages that aren't your own, per the talk page guidelines. On talk pages other than your own, you can't generally edit other people's posts, and you shouldn't edit your own posts significantly, especially after someone else has replied to them. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 16:42, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

August 2015

 * You're right in that User:Fanofmissworld was blocked only today. However, I don't agree with your claim that "Miss Iraq" and "Miss Iraq" are separate topics. Regarding project space, "Editing project space: Undisclosed alternative accounts are not to be used in discussions internal to the project. That would include all pages with the "Wikipedia:" prefix, including deletion discussions. And no, "We created this account..." does not count as disclosure that it's an alternate account of User:Fanofmissworld. Huon (talk) 00:07, 24 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I've revoked your Talk page access because of your abuse of the process. Use WP:UTRS if you wish to appeal.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:53, 25 August 2015 (UTC)