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TPA
Hi RoySmith. Is it customary to revoke talk page access for IPs? The reason I ask concerns the IP, which you blocked as a sockpuppet. Since your block notice, they've twice replaced the talk page contents with random article-like text, which I've reverted both times. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


 * It's not common practice, but there's nothing that says it can't be done. And in this case, it seems appropriate, so I've done so.  Thanks for alerting me to the problem. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:56, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

ToDo
Hey! In the screenshot you posted to WP:VPT I noticed you had 2 button at the top that said "View ToDo" and "Add to ToDo". May I ask how you got these buttons and how I might get them for myself? If they're something only admins have then that's fine as my manual todo list on my userpage will work. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:25, 10 January 2022 (UTC)


 * It's User:Evad37/ToDoLister. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:25, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

SPI case for Shooting Spirit 007
Hi Roy - hope you are well and a belated Happy New Year. Just before Christmas you helped with this SPI case where the user was editing under their main account, and then logging out to edit as an IP. You gave them this warning not to continue doing this.

After some ongoing disruption, which I've asked them to stop doing this, they've gone back to logging out to make the same (disruptive) changes. Here's the logged-in edit, and here's the IP edit. Please can you block their main account? If you are able to rangeblock 60.254.xx.xxx that would be great too. Please let me know if you need anything else from me. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 12:59, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your note. Could I ask that you open a new SPI report; it's easier to process that way.  Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:49, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes, of course. Will do it in the next few minutes. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 19:07, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Are you kidding?
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt as you became an administrator in 2005 but protecting the mathematics reference desk for a year is too long (policy says protect sparingly and only for short periods). If you're serious, perhaps you could remove the empty date 16 January as I can't do it. 156.61.250.251 (talk) 12:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

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19:54, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Potential sock
Hi. You recently blocked this user. This IP is a potential sock as they are editing in a similar fashion and to similar articles. Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Per the sock archive, it appears a similar IP has been blocked before . DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:12, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Could I ask you to file an SPI report? It makes it easier to process.  Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:26, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Done . Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 09:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Soundtrack credits tampering
Dear admin, there is this person who is deliberately and persistently adding incorrect soundtrack credit in multiple Malayalam film articles to an unknown composer named Mohammed Shanooj. See IPs. This person even managed to obtain a circular reference that copied his own tampered version of this article this morning and cited it back into the same article. I don't know what is his agenda. Please range block IPs or do something to prevent this from happening. Thank you in advance.--2409:4073:2E95:82F6:88D9:CCA8:3EC7:AC3D (talk) 17:44, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Twinkle
Over at Sockpuppet investigations/Dreisar20 you suggested that all SPIs be submitted via Twinkle. I've submited a few SPIs. Is it really worth me installing Twinkle just to do this in future (I'm not disagreeing, I just need to understand the value in installing this)? Sciencefish (talk) 15:08, 24 January 2022 (UTC)


 * The problem with hand-editing SPIs is that there's lots of software which parses the files to perform all sorts of automation. When the pages are not properly formatted, that software breaks, and some poor clerk has to go fix the page up, and/or the people who maintain the scripts have to find workarounds.  Installing Twinkle is really easy.  Just tick the checkbox on your preferences page and it's installed. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:14, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * In addition,, twinkle automates lots more than SPI. Looking at your contributions, you'd find it useful in warning editors after you revert an edit and reporting editors to AIV. If you ever want to nominate an article for deletion or request protection for an article, twinkle is the way to go. It's an incredibly useful tool. Cheers! Schazjmd   (talk)  16:29, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks all, that's just the kind of pointers I was after. I'll give it a go. Sciencefish (talk) 20:16, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

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21:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

IP sock
I had discussed this here last month. They have returned, please check Sockpuppet investigations/Wikicircuit. IP is still active as we speak. I followed WP:EVADE reverting some, now it's kind of irritating.--The Doom Patrol (talk) 14:59, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Possible socking on page
Hey Roy! Could you take a look at some of the new users who edited the article Lucknow Super Giants to see if there might be any socks that edited the page? I would create an SPI however there are so many different users that I don't know who would be connected to who if anyone. ― Blaze WolfTalk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 17:46, 26 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid investigating a vague, "maybe some of these users are socks" kind of thing is beyond what I'm able to offer, sorry. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:21, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright sounds good. I might be creating an SPI later since someone on a related project talk page that I posted on to get assistance with the page said that one of the user's is most likely a sock. I've asked them to tell me which user since there are many users that edited the page. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 18:23, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The other thing to keep in mind is, if there is socking, but it's all short-term disruption about this sports team, and that page is now protected, is an SPI worth the resources it takes to investigate? See my essay User:Tamzin/SPI is expensive. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 18:28, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It appears someone already opened up an SPI for the user lol, so I don't have to do anything. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 18:31, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @Blaze Wolf could you put us out of our misery and tell us which SPI you're talking about? -- RoySmith (talk) 18:33, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Vallabharebel ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 18:34, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh geez, this sockmaster has been socking since 2018. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 18:32, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

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Protection of Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics
Can the semi-protection on Reference desk/Mathematics be removed? Persistent abuse is annoying, but the idea has always been that IPs can freely ask questions at our Reference desk. A year seems excessive. --Lambiam 11:32, 24 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Done. Hopefully the guy who was vandalizing it has grown bored and moved on by now. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:27, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * There is little chance of that, unfortunately, since it's this guy. (Not to say that I disagree with your action, just that further disruption is probably inevitable regardless.) --JBL (talk) 18:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

The topics proposed for revocation are:
 * Senkaku islands
 * Waldorf education
 * Ancient Egyptian race controversy
 * Scientology
 * Landmark worldwide

The topics proposed for a rewording of what is covered under DS are:
 * India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
 * Armenia/Azerbaijan

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Sockpuppet investigations/James5390/Archive
Hi Roy. Thanks for looking at this. SPI is operating so efficiently that I didn't have time to comment there, but I have a few comments/queries about not checking that account. Regarding the number of edits, I don't understand that justification - the fact that both accounts made multiple changes to the article in single edits is supportive of them being operated by the same person, as in my experience that occurs infrequently. I guess I should have spelled this out, but in terms of WP:ILLEGIT, my suspicion is that the sock account was created to avoid WP:PAID i.e. "Circumventing policies". I'm not sure if you checked the talk page/article history, but the suspected master completely whitewashed the article in favour of the subject. This pattern of warning a user about PAID and then a new user appearing making the same edits is seen frequently and Sockpuppet investigations/Darlingtontory123/Archive was a very similar case which was investigated. I'm not overly bothered about this, but just wanted to check that the context was understood as I admit I was in a bit of a rush when I posted. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 19:13, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your note. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'll tell you where my head is.  If they really are a brand new user, they deserve some AGF.  And if they really are some miscreant (which I admit is likely), there's not a whole lot of downside to giving them a pass.  If they never edit again, it's no different than if I blocked them.  If they continue to edit and be disruptive, we'll get them the next time when the pool of evidence is deeper and stronger. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:49, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok fair enough, it's just that if they wait another month to edit again then the master account will be stale. I agree that they haven't been terribly disruptive so far. Thanks again SmartSE (talk) 18:10, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know what you're saying. It's a fine line we tread.  Running CU is violating a user's privacy.  We can do that, but only when there's a good justification, which is a mix of reasonable suspicion and a need to prevent ongoing disruption.  Sometimes that means we let socks get away. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:16, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

123HelloBozo456 SPI
Hi RoySmith,

I appreciate your close at Sockpuppet_investigations/123HelloBozo456 and think that finding that pile of AGF was a good turn. However I wanted to make sure you were aware of this much more problematic edit which occurred before your block but after my report:. Looks to me like a clear and ham-handed attempt at creating an illusion of support. If you were already aware of this edit and chose to give HelloBozo only a 1 week block anyway then please feel free to disregard this message. I'm just posting to bring it to your attention in case you missed it. Thanks for the work you do, Generalrelative (talk) 07:49, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, and thanks for your note. I wasn't aware of that particular edit, but I think I'll just leave things as they are.  The worst that could happen is after their block expires, they go back to being disruptive.  If that happens, it should be obvious pretty quickly and we'll deal with it then, by which time the AGF reserves will have been fully depleted. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:11, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Understood, and much appreciated. Generalrelative (talk) 17:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. If they start acting up again, please file a new SPI report and feel free to ping me to it. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool, will do. Generalrelative (talk) 18:59, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Fanofblackened SPI additional accounts?
Thanks Roy and User:Tamzin for your swift review of this case. I'm curious if any additional accounts turned up beyond the ones listed in the SPI report? I only found the last account (Fanofblackened) by pure happenstance because of a mistake the sockmaster made after I had filed my initial report, which leads me to believe that these were but a portion of the full network. Either way, good work all around. Best, Axem Titanium (talk) 22:42, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I responded on the SPI. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:22, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Cheers, Axem Titanium (talk) 23:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Cypriot Chauvinist
Quick heads up just in case you missed the new case at Sockpuppet investigations/Cypriot Chauvinist due to me not asking for checkuser (since it's an IP). FDW777 (talk) 16:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I saw. I'm bored of them, I figured I'd give somebody else a chance :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 16:09, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem, added some actual evidence in that case. FDW777 (talk) 16:28, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Global Block Request
Please block this IP range https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:2402:3A80:1C46:D09C:3926:B13B:5ADE:6A75 117.226.238.142 (talk) 18:40, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Socks
Do you see any similarity between 1, 2, and 3? Shall I (tweak and) copy my response for the third time? Similarly, shall I go about discussing the same sources once more? There is neither any engagement at talk (to my queries) or support from others but we already have them edit-warring to insert junk, that nobody else has supported.

This was a textbook case to invoke the clause that provides for the consideration of several users with similar editing habits as socks. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Hellow RoySmith.I also have some points to say. I initiated a talk page discussion before my edits but in the end, our views didn't match.Trangabellam also mentioned he will not discuss further here so under WP:NPOV I added Rc Majumder's and sen's opinions with that. WP:NPOV is not negotiable and we can add them as the opinion of the author as I have done. But Trangabellam Removed my sourced content see. He even provided half information about Rajballab and his samaj but after my complaint, He changed that and added "OWN SAMAJ" see.Trangabellam also mentioned he will not discuss further here, Is it not spoiling? WP:CONSBUILD. Chandimangal is a literary work. and I mentioned about chandimangal in reply to this where trangabellam mentioned Ghosh 2011 as vernacular, so a person who has knowledge of chandimangal would reply the same.Now the earth is geoid shape its true Its normal that anyone would tell its geoid, thus they all socks?Nobita456 (talk) 12:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not following all of this, but if there's an issue of socking, you should open a SPI report. If it's just a content dispute, I really can't get in the middle of that. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:44, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Admins release notes
You might want to sign that. There’s Admin news of course. My concern about this sort of thing relates more to editing as guidelines get changed relatively often and there’s no way to know about changes unless you are carefully watching the guidelines. Doug Weller talk 19:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've gotten so used to the new reply tool (which auto-signs for you) that I often forget. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:37, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * There’s a limit of 5,000 subscriptions per account. I wonder who will get there first. Doug Weller  talk 19:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Global Block Request
Please block this IP range https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:2402:3A80:1A46:12E1:707B:A77A:7C8A:6B32

Hey, See this IP unknowingly removing cast from Article in the past https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:2402:3A80:1C46:7BFB:9503:1856:4375:C868

See this also IP unknowingly removed cast from this Article in the past https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1069844585 117.226.146.124 (talk) 19:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't apply blocks just because somebody asks me to. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:44, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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Inappropriate deletion
The events of the law of one ra channeling sessions occuring are not in debate and have many eyewitnesses. The law of one page should be brought back and the lead research scientist Don should have a page also. The Seth channeling sessions have a page. So the law of one event should also be significant also. Spacelord Knyte (talk) 12:32, 11 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, I'm not following. What page are we talking about? -- RoySmith (talk) 13:31, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

SPI check
Hello  I am asking you for help because you are well aware of this and you have run an SPI check previously.This editor who was until recently indefinitely blocked for using multiple accounts [] per spi check Crovata/MF, I am pretty sure that they used different IP addresses during their indefinite blocked phase, like this ip [] example [] which is correspondent with previous editing of the same editor [] which means while indefinite blocked they were editing Wikipedia, note that this editor has been already 2 times indefinite blocked per SPI check [] with resulting both Crovata/MF being indef blocked [] but for some reason on 31.01.2022 unblocked but still it means that they were editing during that time. Thank you.Theonewithreason (talk) 16:47, 13.February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your note. Could I ask that you file a new SPI report?  That'll make it easier to process, thanks.  -- RoySmith (talk) 16:58, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I have never done it but I will try. I assume I can go on the same page. []. Theonewithreason (talk) 17:01, 13.February 2022 (UTC)
 * You should file your report at Sockpuppet investigations/Crovata, not the archive page. The best way to do this is to enable Twinkle and use the Twinkle/doc function. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:09, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It is my first time but I did it somehow, it looks terible [] but I hope it will not be ignored.Maybe you could check it since you know them. Thank you. Theonewithreason (talk) 17:49, 13.February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you anyway for your trouble, have a good day. Theonewithreason (talk) 19:41, 13.February 2022 (UTC)

Closed SPI report
Hi! Sorry for the confusion with regards to this SPI report. As I do not usually edit on the weekends and I was browsing (reading, not editing) Wiki on some other stuff, I misread your reply there and in my haste to reply you, I thought you are asking for the IP editor instead of the account (which there is no new account created but only IP editing). Based on the initial (since corrected) closing reasons for the ANI etc, I used it as a reference for this particular SPI. My apologies for the confusion caused.

After Garfield_3185's ban (see User talk:Garfield 3185), he may have taken on a few accounts (suspected) or mostly via IP editing which was observed by Seloloving and me. This lead to Seloloving's ANI report and subsequently the SPI report I raised.

I understand that SPI will not tie IP address to account but in such cases where IP editor is strongly suspected to be a sock (or block evasion), do I raise a SPI or report to ANI? Thanks! --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


 * There's no problem with reporting IPs to SPI. It's just that a CU won't be able to investigate it.  It can still be looked at without CU help. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:33, 14 February 2022 (UTC)