User talk:Phaedriel/Admin intervention

 If you wish to ask me for admin-related help or intervention, please post your message below. This is temporary until I clear the current backlog at my Talk page. Thank you! Phaedriel 02:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry
Hi Phaedriel! This isnt too important, and as you're very busy feel free to direct me to another admin or a well known user, but I seem to have a minor issue with a sockpuppet vandal. See for the diffs of their single edit, which was clearly vandalism (reverted by Firsfron a couple of hours later). I strongly suspect that this user is a sockpuppet of User:Nkayesmith, as this user is the only one who: a) knows that my ISP is internode;

b) knows that I answer questions on allexperts.com (an about.com site);

c) knows that I edit at chefmoz.org; and

e) knows both my real name and my alias (Draicone)

However, I have no hard evidence against him except this one edit, and an IP that I am fairly sure he contributes from as the IP has made a relatively normal edit to his user page, he has not proved me otherwise when I contact him as to whether the IP mentioned is his, and I have previously had problems where being auto-logged out causes my IP to be recorded for edits instead of my username. I have been through sockpuppet policy, checkuser policy and more, however it seems that without significant proof I can't start a discussion on the suspected sockpuppets page, and I certainly can't have a checkuser on him (as his username, Nkayesmith). Is it possible that I can have a checkuser run on this vandal account and the IP editing  to see if My Little Pwny is that IP, and if so a checkuser to see if User:Nkayesmith is from this IP as well, or if he matches My Little Pwny's IP. If checkuser is often denied to protect the anonymity of users, it is easier to plead a case for checkuser between a vandal only account and an IP. I would appreciate any help or advice you can give me on the matter, even pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. --Draicone (talk) 22:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Phaedriel, me again. Don't worry about the above investigation, it was in fact and, odd as it may seem, I'm requesting that you don't block him :) Feel free to block  though, label it as a sockpuppet (although there's not much proof) etc, but  seems to have just been in it for a laugh, since I don't have any anonymity issues with this anymore there's no need to pursue it beyond the usual vandalism, and its important to note that the vandal didn't just blank the page and fill it with profanity, but instead wrote a decent (if unreferenced, with POV issues) paragraph, included a relevant image and left the vandalism userbox alone while adding 1 to the count on it :) --Draicone (talk) 06:37, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Few pointers

 * When in doubt, don't delete &mdash; if you are unsure about an article, don't go ahead and delete to be "decisive" &mdash; retail associates sure as heck don't get anywhere when they try to make bold moves, nor do admins.
 * CAT:CSD is a neat shortcut to the articles tagged for speedy deletion. We often have a backlog there, so it's great if you can get around to deleting 10-20 of them per day :-)
 * The administrator's noticeboard is nice, but don't get too involved in the issues there, as it will really harden you and divert you from the true goals of a combined administrator-editor.

&mdash; Deckill e r 03:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Amen to the last point. --kingboyk 11:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Unprotect
Hi Phaedriel! I semi-protected a page, Battle of Bint Jbeil, due to anon vandalism, planning to unprotect it in four days. However, I am frequently away from Wikipedia at unpredictable times, and forgetful to boot. Could you unprotect the page on 12 August if I forget to do it? Thanks, RyanG e rbil10 (The people rejoice!) 04:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Rogue user
. Please check this guy out will you? --kingboyk 11:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the rouge is actually ++Lar: t/c 17:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Possible speedy deletion candidate
LEGO. Notability? --kingboyk 11:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC) :P

Speedy deletion
(Not a joke this time).

I don't think Dharma Raja was a valid speedy deletion under the criterion "no context":

"Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma was a king of Travancore"

There's plenty of context there. We have his name, he was a king, and he was a king of a bluelinked place called Travancore. It might have been better to stub and categorise it, and possibly prod.

A no-context article would be something like: "He was born in 1747" or "It's blue".

Hope that helps. --kingboyk 11:58, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Need Intervention
Quick, lend me 100 votes! :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 16:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * you said you didn't want any opposes? now you want 100??? ++Lar: t/c 18:40, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Move this page to get (+)
I think that if this were at User talk:Phaedriel/Admin intervention you'd get the "new section" button. - brenneman  color="black" title="Admin actions">{L} 18:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * nod, I think it's the talk in the namespace that gives you that... ++Lar: t/c 18:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

help!
Since I'm kinda new, kinda. Do you know how to block an IP address? --Yancyfry jr 03:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Deletion
Why did you delete JunJiDo? --Frodoat 12:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Report a Vandal
I need to report a vandal who is constantly and repeatedly vandalizing the D-Generation X page. His username is User:RAMistheMAN. He has been warned a number of times by different users, mainly me and CmdrClow. He keeps deleting everything for no reason. He also keeps changing things after being told not to by various users. So, if you could get him blocked Indef. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

--Mikedk9109 00:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

neophyte
Hi Phaedriel. I have no idea why I'm posting here. User:Dlohcierekim said, "User:Phaedriel is a wonderful admin. She might be able to help you." But I don't know what it is you're supposed to help me with. Do I need help? I created an entry for a band called "Super Genius" and got a message from Dlohcierekim saying ''"Hi, the article looks good. One thing I would do would be to add a link to the Globe article and any other review in the links or reference section. Hope that helps. Cheers."  And I thought, ok, I don't know who this is, but he's nice to help, though the Globe archives and charges for old articles, so I sent him an email saying, basically, "thanks, but the Globe charges for old articles so I can't link to it" and he said, "The Boston Globe charging is sad-- they should stop doing that"'' which is true, but there's nothing I can do about that, really, short of buying the Globe, which I can't afford because the NY Times owns it and would probably want a lot of money for it. He also said, "User:Phaedriel is a wonderful admin. She might be able to help you" and that's why I'm here, wondering, "Help me with what?"

Although I notice that the entry I wrote on the band Super Genius hasn't appeared, so maybe that's why I need your help. I went to your page and saw that you are to be congratulated for something, though I don't know what, so a hearty congratulations to you, but meanwhile, can you tell me what it is you're supposed to help me with?

Thanks.

Wally600 01:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats
Page protection sucks. I can't put this on your talk page. :P My keyboard's not woking, so I'm typing this with the on-screen keyboatd and have to keep it short. Anyway, great job. I knew you'd get it. :)

69.145.123.171

Reporting a rude editor
Hey there Phaedriel, I need an admin's help on something. Under the Category:Mosques there is a page for vandalism "fun" by a user that I cannot post here (the user's text does not copy and paste). I feel this is in violation of Wiki policy. Could you warn the user to stop this activity? I don't feel I have the experience to resolve this without getting into a war. here is a link to see the page direct (hope it works) Thanks. JungleCat   talk / contrib  14:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Problem resolved! The user (or someone) deleted it. BTW, I hope you are feeling better. JungleCat    talk / contrib  16:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)