User talk:RegentsPark/Archive 42

Extreme incivility from user you warned before
Hi RegentsPark, I thought this ANI thread might be of interest to you since you warned this user in the past for such behaviour-. It's clear that this user paid no heed to that warning since his edit history is dominated with gross attacks and condescending remarks. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 12:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

anniversary templates
only reason i reverted the template is because he has posted a number of duplicates, but i suppose that's fine. it just read as test edits to me. also a little unusual for a very new account, but then maybe I'm biting the newcomer... -- Aunva6talk - contribs 21:10, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries. Some newcomers hang around posting templates or making minor, often pointless, edits while they get used to Wikipedia. RegentsPark (comment) 21:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Regarding your edit in List of battles involving the Maratha Confederacy:
Hi,

A consensus is indeed necessitated when there exists a contention regarding the outcome of a battle, war, or siege. However, in this instance, all the wars have unequivocal results, corroborated by numerous credible sources. By perusing the links that annotate the battles, one can readily ascertain the results. The issue at hand pertains to the table of results, where victories of the Marathas were erroneously represented as defeats. I rectified this discrepancy and had also cited an incomplete list prior to the table. I implore you to abstain from such edits, as they consume my time and effort in adding or correcting information. It would be more prudent to question the editor who initially created the article, given the numerous instances of incorrect results. I trust my perspective is now lucid to you. Mohammad Umar Ali (talk) 07:39, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong. If you're making a major change to an article, you should seek consensus. At the minimum, you should add a note on the talk page explaining why you're making the change. Since you've reverted me, I suggest you add that explanation to the talk page. RegentsPark (comment) 13:17, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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Karinvanderlaag
Thanks for blocking. I was just in the middle of opening an ANI case on them, but luckily saw that you had meanwhile blocked already. Saves me having to work up a case, and one less drama for the drama boards! :) Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:17, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

HaughtonBrit
Hey RegentsPark. Firstly, I want to thank you again for helping me out a few days back with the personal attacks. I was hoping if you could take a look at the evidence I presented for RangersRus here and provide any sort of comment. I know this isn't ideal way to do things, but you have to understand that his disruption has gotten so bad now that it will be quite difficult for admins who haven't dealt with HB to deal with it. The guy is openly using, at the very least, 2 or 3 different accounts and voting in his own AFDs; it's completely appalling, he's openly mocking everyone and having a grand old time doing so. I'm fairly confident that if you read the evidence, you will also come to the conclusion that there's blatant sock puppetry going on. Please, please take a look. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 14:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Also when these accounts get nailed, it'll be quite easy and straight forward to deal with any other sock accounts who attempt to disrupt AFDs. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 14:37, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look. Give me a day or two (RL busy!). RegentsPark (comment) 20:29, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It's kinda long but I think the evidence is pretty ironclad. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 20:32, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * . The bogus SPI is a repeat of previous SPI against me that two admins found unrelated. Pinging and  if they would to say something. I have replied on this SPI case. RangersRus (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * HaughtonBrit has created such a convoluted, extensive web of lies that his sockpuppetry cases have acquired an esoteric nature; it's just a fact that a lot the content and MO nuances are gonna go over a non-SA admin's head. I also admit that my previous SPI was not well written and I definitely jumped the gun with the report, which I explained to Abecedare as well. Since March, a lot of new evidence has come forth. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 21:31, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but this is going to take longer than I thought. I did take a quick look at the case and it is very strong but I don't have the time right now (I just returned from a long trip and RL work is taking precedence) to take a full look. Perhaps can help since Abecedare and spiff are not editing right now.RegentsPark (comment) 18:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries, take your time. I understand you got back from a trip and I'm really sorry for laying this on you, but that was only because you and Abecedare are the only 2 admins who are familiar with HB and the content nuances. I don't want your RL stuff to suffer because of a ridiculous sock master- there's really no rush. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 19:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not see what you see as strong case. Did you see my comment in "comment by other users"? and  been through this case before and did not find it a strong case. This editor likes to create deceptive narratives and this is all that was in SPI case before and now. RangersRus (talk) 20:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If memory serves HB socks edit some of the same topics I do, so I'm afraid I'm not well-placed to take any action here. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @RegentsPark, if it's not too much to ask, could you take a look at the RangersRus SPI - it's just really appalling that this sock master, despite all his deception and lies, gets to be rewarded by all his sockpuppetry, while everyone else plays by the rules in AFDs, he not only illegitimately casts votes despite being an obvious sock, but uses multiple accounts to vote, as he did before-. Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 10:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't think I can help. HB was a familiar name but, when I looked at the case, I realized I haven't actually followed their "career". Doing a behavioral investigation from scratch is just not practical. Perhaps ask Abecedare, I notice they've started lightly editing again? RegentsPark (comment) 19:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I remember taking a looking at this a month or so back and finding the commonalities pretty suspicious but, especially in light of inconclusive/exculpatory CU findings, insufficient to issue a sock-block. So, barring the emergence of some new smoking gun, IMO the best course forward may be to set aside the socking issue with respect to the accounts listed at the latest HB SPI and just focus on whether their activities are in compliance with wikipedia policies or disruptive in any way. That would be much easier to address (at ANI, ARE etc) than to re-wade through the editing history of the current accounts and all the known HB socks. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 20:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Abecedare, could you look at the Festivalfalcon873 case, it's pretty straightforward even for a layman, and you dealt with that account before, and given the overlap between both accounts in AFD votes, it undeniably proves both accounts are his and being employed to twist AFDs in their favour, and it's certainly enough for DUCK blocks for both accounts. Also HB has a track record of evading CU checks and obviously has an extremely large amount of IPs and proxies at his disposal (Yamla finding no evidence of CU block evasion for MehmoodS, Finmas & Dazzem being deemed "Unrelated" and "Inconclusive" by CUs, Ponyo stating that Finmas and Dekhoaayadon were using exclusively VPNs, him employing dozens of proxies to hound me during the fall of 2023 up until I reported RangersRus; Abecedare, everytime you blocked his IP for block evasion, he would just come back with another one as if nothing happened) + to suggest that HaughtonBrit is watching all of this unfold and not saying and doing anything is pretty unbelievable.
 * I'm primarily concerned with him disrupting AFDs and making multiple votes there, that's extremely unfair for the rest of us and it's disturbing that his extreme use of sock puppetry gets to avail him. I'm genuinely baffled that admins are being so lenient with him. How am I even supposed to deal with vote stacking in AFDs? Southasianhistorian8 (talk) 21:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

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Ralston College
Can you please provide more details about why the Ralston College page is "protected" for a year? Russfern (talk) 23:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Because there was disruptive editing going on, and that disruptive editing spanned several months. Note that, though the article is protected, you can propose changes on the talk page.RegentsPark (comment) 14:26, 7 June 2024 (UTC)