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IP socking
If you remember, you blocked awhile ago. Since then, they've continued to sock as IPs. However, it seems the IP changes very regularly, so it's not easy to track all their edits. I certainly cant. The history of the Malaysia Agreement article for example, has different IPs to the one which recently edited The List of sovereign states. Somehow they're coming from two different ranges as well, a 36 etc one and a 180.253 etc one. Would a rangeblock be effective in this situation? Semi-protecting the pages would work for the individual pages, but would address symptoms not causes. Regards, CMD (talk) 13:12, 5 January 2014 (UTC)(Ms;;BlAcKhEaRt);)

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Deletion review for QMobile
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YOLO swag filter
Are you sure this filter was properly implemented? This edit got through, and I tested a similar edit against my sandbox while logged out, and it also worked. Thanks &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 17:42, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Undoing one of your blocks
Well, sort of... see User talk:Route20 and User talk:Nhwxtracker (and User talk:Writ Keeper for a related conversation). I figured from your comment on Route20's talkpage, and from the fact that you left Nhwxtracker unblocked, that you'd be cool with what I'm doing; if not, let me know. Cheers, Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  22:16, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

UrbanNerd
New IP activity from this sockmaster: 70.53.104.222. This IP did an UrbanNerd connected personal attack on an admin at Commons. INeverCry  02:30, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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Duck attack
Move Like This by 28bytes

I translated, duck attack on the German Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter
The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer, whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * and were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
 * scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
 * scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Featured topics/She Wolf.
 * scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
 * has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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Disabling filters
When you disable a filter, that act doesn't show in the hit log. That means that I am left seeing that all is well when in fact, all that has happened is that you disabled the filter without bothering to tell me. If you feel that you have to disable a filter I created, please mention it to me.&mdash;Kww(talk) 14:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay. Please don't create so many filters too, though. We don't need a bazillion edit filters for every sockpuppet master. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:47, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Self-requested blocks
Hello, Reaper. For some time I have been considering possibly adding myself to Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks. Before doing so, I thought it might help to see what a few of those already in the category think about a few matters. I should be grateful if you would give me an idea, via either talk page or email, of your ideas on the following questions.
 * 1) Why do you impose a list of requirements, rather than just saying "I will block you if you ask me to"? (I am not disagreeing with you, just wanting to know your thoughts on the matter.)
 * 2) In your experience, how often, if at all, do you get such requests?
 * 3) Do such blocks ever cause problems of any sort, and if so, how? JamesBWatson (talk) 15:27, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * I don't want people gaming the system. Additionally, it's not part of the blocking policy, but WP:IAR and all that. I also want to warn people that it will reflect badly on them for having to be blocked to leave Wikipedia.
 * I can't remember getting a request.
 * I vaguely remember some admins and editors getting in trouble over some apparently self-requested blocks via email. I can't remember any more, unfortunately.
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Hi there, just saw your notice that you'll be away more due to your impending release from prison, I mean, graduation. That's way more important than Wikipedia! I do hope we'll see you back after graduation, though! Your contributions here are valuable! Heimstern Läufer (talk) 02:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Request for rangeblock
I am writing to you for two reasons. 1. You list yourself as willing to perform rangeblocks and 2. your� involvement, about six months ago, in a sockpuppet investigation into. (See Sockpuppet investigations/089baby/Archive), as I feel a rangeblock is necessary for containing his sockpuppetry. Recently he has taken to IP hopping, using registered accounts only for creating articles. All the IP's he's used are in the 36.27.0.0/16 range, with the third number ranging from 192 to 203.

As evidence, I point to the timeline of account usage. From 6 November to 4 January, 9 different accounts of his blocked were blocked in as many weeks, and then he stopped all of a sudden. Assuming I haven't missed any, the next sock wasn't registered until a month later. From 10 January onward, there was dramatic increase in edits to articles frequently edited by 089baby from IP's in the range in question, there having been only around 20 edits to article on Cambodian football (his subject of interest) in all of 2013. Add to that the fact that the only edits made by the two most recent socks and  were to create the same five articles, with all other edits to these article, except some routine maintenance, coming from IP's in the range.

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
 * , a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
 * , another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:


 * , who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
 * , who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
 * , who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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You have been selected to receive a merchandise giveaway. We last contacted you on 2/19/2014. Please send us a message if you would like to claim your shirt. --JMatthews (WMF) (talk) 06:43, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
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Filter question
I posted this at ANI a few days ago: We have had problems in the past with editors promoting concepts and terms from Europa Universalis - creating categories, renaming articles, changes of government types within articles, etc. Several socks were blocked last September over this and copyvio issues- see Sockpuppet investigations/Turgeis/Archive. Yesterday I discovered some page moves relating to this and today I have found a number of IPs doing similar edits, all geo-locating to Rio de Janeiro. Two IPs in the same range were involved last year. Recently - that is from January until yesterday, other IPs have been making the same type of edits. Most recent ones are, and. Others include,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , and. I'm still searching for recent additions of "Noble republic", Administrative republic, Republican Dictatorship, Revolutionary empire, Administrative monarchy, all of which can be found at the game's wiki and were part of a now deleted template here which Admins can view.. Part of the tactic is to add sourced text to force the phrase into an article, eg. Note this is copyvio from. Some edits have misrepresented sources, eg. These are all throwaway IP addresses.

I spent some lovely hours (and ended up buying Charles Esdaile's Peninsular War, Kindle edition, when I found more copy from the same 187.15 and 187.14 ranges - the same problems we faced before with and his socks. See my edits at . I've ended up giving these long term semi-protection, but that won't work with the Europa Universalis vandals.

A range block would have to much collateral damage, so I'm wondering if filters would be the solution. One would look for the addition of the words Esdaile and "Peninsular War", another (if one would be enough) would look at the addtion of various phrases to articles. I'm not clear how filters work for an editor who isn't actually watching all the articles - ie how I would find out if someone tripped a filter. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 14:10, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. , who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

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Congrats!
Congrats on your graduation! Heimstern Läufer (talk) 04:56, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! That's what I've been doing for the last several months! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's, whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included, who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and , who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from, tiger from and The Lion King from. We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to and  for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's, whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

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<b style="color:#FC89AC;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">♥ Solarra ♥</b> <sup style="color:green">♪ 話 ♪  ߷  <sub style="color:#006400">♀ 投稿 ♀  07:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi, you volunteered to help, so I was wondering: I tried to fix a dead link on 2013 IRS controversy but the citation page is hidden. It's #12, today, and in pgraph 1. It's an AP story the Globe no longer hosts but there are 3 other sources hosting it. I put replacements in the talk section ("targeted, etc." bottom of talk page)I am not skilled at the HTML and didn't know the citations edit page could be hidden anyway!Mydogtrouble (talk) 15:59, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

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Mail call for 8 July 2014
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FiendOfLight
Do you remember me? moluɐɯ 22:44, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:43, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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Mr Wiki Pro
I just blocked, and  as sockpuppets for making three edits to Articles for deletion/Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band. Now I get this claiming that all three are Mr Wiki Pro. I'll leave it to you to decide if you should apply the magic pixie dust. Cheers. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 14:36, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I checked and blocked the IPs. Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:43, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 14:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

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Just blocked IP 212.253.186.156
Hello. The just blocked, who vandalized articles relating to the Israeli military, and pr WP:DUCK is a sock of blocked user , is now back as. Thomas.W talk 16:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sigh. I've protected the page now. Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:24, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Allenroyboy
Created by Binksternet, I've added the contents of my email to you. Dougweller (talk) 21:03, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
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