User talk:PhilKnight/Archive94

An editor you recently dealt with has been reported at WP:AN3
Please check WP:AN3 and see what you think. Recently you [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Twobells allowed User:Twobells' unblock request]. Twobells seems to be in trouble again over the same issue. The previous AN3 was at [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RRArchive268#User:Drovethrughosts_reported_by_User:Twobells_.28Result:_Filer_blocked.29 here on 14 January]. The unblock thread (in which you asked for my opinion) can be seen [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Twobells&oldid=642474828 here]. The relevant exchange was Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 20:00, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello PhilKnight!
First off, I hope I am not spamming your Talk page or anything like that; I was a bit unsure of where I should leave you this request, but anyways... Secondly, I am User:Carbrera and feel free to check out my page if you would like. Third and lastly, I was wondering if you could look over the following pages that I have created for Gwen Stefani. I noticed that you deleted similar pages many, many years ago and I just wanted to see what you thought of them and if they were up to par on Wikipedia's expectations. The following pages I have created: "Bubble Pop Electric", "Danger Zone (Gwen Stefani song)", "Long Way to Go (Gwen Stefani song)", "My Heart Is Open", "Shine (Gwen Stefani song)", "Spark the Fire", & "Yummy (Gwen Stefani song)". I have also created the page, "Upcoming Gwen Stefani studio album". If you are able to leave any comments or suggestions, they are greatly appreciated and welcome. Thank you for your time and your dedication to Wikipedia. I really appreciate your contributions to this wonderful site! Carbrera (talk) 03:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate closed
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Just for future reference...
If you get an unblock request like mine, that includes words like "I am deeply confused", with a similar type of issue? You might mention something like "If you have a peer-to-peer blocker up, you might need to turn it off" or something. I honestly had no idea what the things you told me meant, it just managed to trigger in my brain the thought "Oh, wait. Zenmate.  That just got installed, maybe that's doing something to my IP address in some way, I don't know what it actually does, so maybe it does that". It could lead to a minimization of baffled and frustrated people... Tamtrible (talk) 08:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 13:48, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Unvalidated Accusations of Vandalism
So explain to me why I was blocked? Because I updated an article on good faith and when it was removed (for no reason) I tried to update this article, but the next time with greater accuracy and detail? Are we now punishing people for scholarly research? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.101.160.50 (talk) 12:56, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Juice0312
A look at the [//tools.wmflabs.org/guc/?user=Juice0312&blocks=true global contribs] of Juice0312 reveals that they've uploaded to Commons an image of Snow which they claim to be CC-BY-SA-4.0, however it appears to be an official photo which is probably copyrighted, although I'm not sure. And one other thing: should the image in the infobox be more neutral than the publicity-orientated photos of Juice0312? &mdash;George8211 / T 14:19, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 20:47, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Unblock thanks
Thanks for unblocking, I've completed a change username request. Jihad.is.evil (talk) 00:07, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Deleting an article
Hey, could you delete Deepesh Krishnan? It clearly meets CSD A7, but the author keeps removing the A7 tag. Since that would remove it from the CSD-tagged category, an admin might not find it. Thanks, Origamiteⓣⓒ 01:16, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Also contacting some other editors, since you don't appear to have been on for 2.5 hours. Origamiteⓣⓒ 01:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

More Advice
Last November (in your archive 92 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PhilKnight/Archive92#Advice ) you gave me some advice regarding user:john the admin. Are things now too stale? Any more advice for me, as he still hasn't stopped. Thanks. -Roxy the dog™ (resonate) 21:11, 3 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, I consider that things are too stale now. PhilKnight (talk) 12:00, 4 February 2015 (UTC)


 * OK, and thanks. -Roxy the dog™ (resonate) 12:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Perplexed
In upholding a block at User Talk:Dicklyon you wrote: "In essence, there is a difference between closing a discussion and editing an article, which means Dreadstar acted properly in warning you,..."

Can you explain that please? Dicklyon was trying to participate in a discussion, and was being prevented by 's inexplicable disruptive behavior (see User Talk:Born2cycle for the whole story). Dreadstar never gave a reason for archiving and re-archiving those sections. It's pretty clear he did not understand what was even occurring there. What policy basis was there for closing a discussion, requiring those who wanted to continue to start new sections? What is the point of that? Clearly it was against consensus - because consensus among all participants was to continue discussion! Isn't using admin tools to go against consensus still something admins aren't supposed to do, especially when they claim that they are acting with consensus. I think you owe Dicklyon a BIG apology, and in my opinion Dreadstar is a terrible admin. Actually, both of you acted without bothering to understand what was happening. Shameful. --В²C ☎ 23:20, 3 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Including myself, 4 uninvolved admins gave their opinion of the block, and all 4 endorsed it. In this context, I consider the matter closed. PhilKnight (talk) 11:55, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

User:Gloocall
Did you not notice that the unblock request was made by new account User:JadeBaldari, and User:Gloocall can not therefore be renamed to User:JadeBaldari? I commented here, but I expect it got edit-conflicted out. Squinge (talk) 12:16, 5 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Squinge, thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 12:18, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Request for undeletion of the article for which you closed AfD
Please consider undeletion of Lawyer jokes, the article which AfD you closed. Currently we have a well-referenced article Lawyer joke. I vaguely remember that the deleted article has solid references to scholar work, and the AfD discussion had more links. I believe its contents (and history) can be merged to the current article (Lawyer joke). -M.Altenmann >t 16:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I've restored the old article and merged the history into the new one. PhilKnight (talk) 17:42, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Can you restore Talk:Lawyer jokes as well? I believe it can contain useful discussions. -M.Altenmann >t 17:44, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅. PhilKnight (talk) 17:50, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Please review
A user you have dealt with before is vandalizing more pages and (as well as done what looks like conspiring on reddit to vandalize spam and delete a page) causing more problems. I also think he has a few sock puppets. 70.208.206.115 (talk) 21:20, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * also there is an article he contributed to which is nommed for deletion under WP:PROD when clearly the guy is a sitting judge and the spam of these users (Noah, Cogden, and FixingMisleadingInformation (confirmed a sock) on multiple articles and talk pages is becoming incessant. 70.208.206.115 (talk) 22:04, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * also this is the other article other than the villaged spam re: judge fabisch article I saw they are talking about. 70.208.206.115 (talk) 22:04, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Biruitorul block/unblock
As you may have seen, you declined this editor's unblock request at the same time I was granting it. (We didn't get an edit conflict because I put my edit in a new section.) I don't think our rationales directly conflict, because you were looking for an assurance from the editor that he wouldn't edit logged-out any more, and I believe he has already given that assurance. So I don't think there's a big issue here, but I did want to make you aware of the situation if you weren't already. Best regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:34, 20 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Brad, thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 20:39, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Gatehouse of Fleet.
Perhaps it was negative... but justifiably so... as it is the TRUTH.... whether you wish to hide the truth is of course your call as an admin... but that then throws into judgement ALL wiki posts... as they may be so bland and balanced that no one can form an objective judgement... but again that is your call.... if you had the experience of staying in Gatehouse... in a community that is so divided by the class system that now operates in this money orientated "town" ... also... the original wiki page is equally negative in that it creates an image of .....???????....... my post illustrated the true facts..... the class division where amateur artists are excluded from the "art" venue as they did not complete ANY course at any recognised art school... so therefore no one can display their work unless they belong to this select group in what is a publically funded org..... where the entrance to Garries park is pot holed and muddy... where wheelchair or disabled are basically excluded from this park... where there is the minimum of play equipment for children..... three swings... one slide... one roundabout... some logs...  whereas the great & the good feel it is more important to refurb a derelict prop..... in a very difficult for able bodied people ... part of the woods .... at a cost to the PUBLIC of £57,000.... BUT... whats the point.... you would rather that the great & the good carry on regardless... oblivious to how their middle class cultural  waspishness is offensive to what was once a vibrant community... Scot2go2 (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

thanks for the unblock
Really, I love Wikipedia and use it daily and only contribute occasionally so I was surprised to find out that my editing ability had been blocked. I do run an IP blocker as I think everyone should these days and I think that is the reason I was blocked, I will try to make sure it is off in the future if I need to do any editing. But is there a way to make sure that is what happened? I just don't want to be blocked again and/or break any Wikipedia rules. Cheers! Lumpytrout (talk) 21:16, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Vienna Conservatory
I confess that I am concerned about the lack of understanding of the user who doesn't understand "disambiguation", but "edit war" enough to run to ANEW and accuse us. I used but didn't have the feeling to be understood. Lack of English may play a role, - the last entry on my talk is in German. - Btw, the article he added (how many times) instead of the dab looks pretty not-notable to me, - I asked more than once to provide independent sources. Good luck! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * It's VERY seldom I link to this, but all things considered, not the least of which is mentioned by RexxS on the user's talk, I have to wonder if there may be a WP:CIR issue here. — Ched : ?  22:15, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

User Klbogart55
Hello. I saw you blocked Klbogart55. Could Klbogart35 be the same person? It looks like they are editing the same articles (Fox Sports related and other journalists) as 55 was. I'm not 100% sure they are the same person, but the names are the same except the number. I did warn 55 and 35 keeps adding unsourced content. Thanks,  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  17:38, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Corkythehornetfan, yes, I think you're correct about this. I've blocked the Klbogart35 account. PhilKnight (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks!  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  19:28, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I hate to bother you again, but... Klbogart29 has been created.  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  19:48, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I've now blocked Klbogart29. PhilKnight (talk) 20:15, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I hate to bother you yet again, but I'm not sure if there is another way (or better way) about dealing with this. And because you are the admin that has blocked his/her accounts, I figured letting you know would be betetr. It looks like Klbogart is back, this time under the username of Klbogart12.  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  20:29, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I've blocked Klbogart12. PhilKnight (talk) 20:40, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * And yet again, he/she seems to create another... this time Klbogart99.  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  17:37, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * And Klbogart100. Sorry to bother you yet again. Please tell me if you'd like me to do something different about this.  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  07:37, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 19:29, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sigh... Klbogart2009. This person isn't giving up! Is there a way you can block his/her IP or do they use a different one each time?  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  08:08, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately it's a different IP each time. PhilKnight (talk) 12:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Alrighty, thanks! Here is another one... Klbogart146...  Corkythehornetfan  |  Chat?  08:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account. PhilKnight (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Klbogart75 is now up. 😳
 * ... And Klbogart00.  Corky  |  Chat?  14:14, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 15:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Now it's Klbogart1.  Corky  |  Chat?  17:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Klbogart2 is up.  Corky  |  Chat?  19:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 10:19, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

About User Kristina451's unblock request
Hi Phil, thanks for looking into this case. I wanted to bring to your attention that his claim that he obtained this information from a WHOIS seems untruthful:


 * The WHOIS info that he is outing me with seems to be fabricated. If you visit the actual WHOIS link that he provides, the information that he posted is not there. The only hint of my employer is in the "IP location" field, which does not locate or name my employer correctly. (We are not in Somerville and there are multiple letter typos in the field.) The reason that he knows my employer's name was because he created his account name guessing from the above IP location field to resemble my boss's name and provoked me into telling him to stop harassing my employer.


 * Aside from the outing incident, there is other evidence of malicious intent from this person:
 * - While my account was inactive, he launched this SPI with accusations that turned out to be false. He accused me of being a "serial sockpuppeter" even before the CU had come to any conclusion.
 * - Right after his initial block for outing, he left the account as a sleeper for months and his first activity when he logged back in was to wrongfully report me for COI although the article's talk page clearly proved otherwise.   Unfortunately I was inactive at the time this happened.
 * - This person has long intended to divulge my personal information outside the scope of a WHOIS: "If desired, I will provide a short instruction how to find this video on the web and can do so without disclosing information that [Sophie.grothendieck] did not disclose himself already. So here we have this guy's firm/employer and they identified themselves... during a public presentation, ..." - Kristina451, 8 Sep 2014
 * - Here, he reverts an edit that cites an academic research paper from Columbia Business School and dismisses it as "propaganda" in his edit message just because a company that's similar to my employer had financially supported that research.

Seeing as he is willing to wait 9 months in this long-term quest to harm me personally and has tried repeatedly to manipulate admins into giving him a chance to out me, it will be really disastrous to let him off the hook again. Sophie.grothendieck (talk) 23:57, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Did you get my email?
Basically it said that DeltaQuad and I agree that LouisAragon is not Beh-nam and that there should be a separate SPI for him. He has edited with a sock account this year - Lil helpers. and via IP addresses, so he's still socking and is properly blocked. I hope to get the SPI issue sorted as he's been appealing on the grounds he isn't Beh-nam. He's also blocked at Nl.wiki where I've been in countact with the Admin who blocked him there. Any comments? Dougweller (talk) 11:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * No, I didn't get your email. Anyway, thanks for explaining about creating a separate SPI. PhilKnight (talk) 19:08, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Fine. It'll take a few days. Dougweller (talk) 20:16, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Mayors of Madrid
Hello, can you explain the reason you removed the time line of mayors of Madrid from 1979? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.25.238.87 (talk) 23:35, 18 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I've self-reverted. PhilKnight (talk) 23:38, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you. No problem! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.25.238.87 (talk) 23:40, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Socks
See history of List_of_Fox_NFL_commentators. Is User:Bogger1 a sock of User:Klbogart55?


 * I don't know. I suggest opening a page a sock puppet investigations. PhilKnight (talk) 20:20, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

why did you block my accoutn for 48 hours
i haven't even been on wikipedia in quite awhile and finally logged back into my account to see you had at some point decided to make up some vague inexplicable reason to block my account.. that i wasn't even using? What? What a joke you are. Whatzinaname (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Hagrid
I've granted IPBlock exempt until we can sort out that range block. I know that irks checkusers and cumulatively makes their/your job harder, but it seems like the values-based decision in the short term. I'm happy to analyze any IPs for proxies or proxy-like capabilities, but it's really hard to do that for a large range. :( Kuru   (talk)  13:39, 21 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for explaining. PhilKnight (talk) 20:44, 21 March 2015 (UTC)