User talk:Salvio giuliano/Archive 53

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my userpage
hello. i do not see why my userpage was locked, when an administrator has on his. it seems unfair, and removing my satanic userbox smacks of religious discrimination. i request that you unlock my page kthx. -badmachine 20:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but no. Your claims of religious discrimination are bogus and the community has already clearly dismissed them once: you were trolling and I acted to put a stop to it. The community endorsed my actions and, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to unprotect your userpage. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 20:12, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ;_; -badmachine 09:12, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * -badmachine 01:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi Salvio, I've unprotected that page, and with a little luck we can all move on to something more productive. Bm has promised to behave, which is a bonus already. Hope you don't mind. Rich Farmbrough, 03:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC).


 * Honestly, I do mind. And, to be gracious, I consider your actions shortsighted. But what's done is done. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 09:59, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 April 2012

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Thank you

 * You're most welcome. I was investigating that IP's edits and thought you'd appreciate not seeing his attacks. Happy editing.  Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:02, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Michelangelo Albertazzi
Finally he made his pro debut and pass WP:Footy criteria. I would create a version in my subpage User:matthew_hk/Michelangelo Albertazzi would you mind move it to main namespace as it was protected? Matthew_hk  t  c  19:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have just unsalted the page. You can move the article to mainspace whenever you want. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:41, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

"I must admit I have not investigated them yet"
Please review the diffs I provide directly above your comment, and then DJSasso's his repudiation of his promises, his explanation for what appears to be wikistalking, and then my refutation of that explanation. Hipocrite (talk) 20:51, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Vyasan
When you have a moment, could you please have another word with User:Vyasan. They are becoming increasingly heated at Talk:Nair and for that reason I have just deleted their most recent contribution to what is quite clearly becoming a pointless thread. Sure, the deleted item is not terrible on the PA scale but you have warned them previously and they have had the castewarning thing, so there really is no need for the personal comments etc. I'm off for the weekend - have a good one. - Sitush (talk) 18:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look as soon as I can. You have fun. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:06, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have imposed a temporary topic ban, which, considering their edits, is as good as a block... Let's see if, in three months, they are less battlegroundy. Not that I'm that optimistic about it, but you never know... Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:35, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. My suspicion is that this is someone who thinks that they know how to game the system but I cannot nail it & so have not taken the issue to SPI. Time will tell. And on an India-related note, geez, do you not sometimes get fed up of having to deal with the crap? Hope things are improving for you time-wise, although I think that it is probably early days. Your assistance is appreciated and, if it were possible, even more so when your time is limited. - Sitush (talk) 00:00, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

There have been multiple complaints about User:Sitush but nobody seems to care. He/she has some close friends on wikipedia admins. What chance does a n00b like me stand huh?

Sock investigation cross-wikipedia
Ciao Salvio, ho una domanda. I am very sure there is someone on the English wikipedia who used to edit under a specific name on the German wikipedia. This someone had very strong opinions on Afghanistan-related issues over there but claims to be only interested in technical issues here while still pursueing same methods as on the German wikipedia. Can the CU check across different language wikipedias? JCAla (talk) 09:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ehilà, JCala. An en.wiki checkuser cannot check an account editing on the de.wiki, unless he's also a checkuser there. We do have, however, a mailing list to which most (all?) checkusers are subscribed; it's quite useful to investigate cases of cross-wiki disruption. I'm not really sure what you're describing actually warrants a check, much less a cross-wiki one, but, if you wish, you can send me an e-mail and, if I believe a cross-wiki check is warranted, I'll forward it to the checkuser mailing list, if you authorise me. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:14, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Grazie! Ti scrivero una email con gli informazioni. JCAla (talk) 15:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Send. :) JCAla (talk) 20:35, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to admit I'm moderately curious about how many of my socks you found, Salvio. ;-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:18, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I won't comment on the contents of the e-mail I received, which means I can't confirm or deny you were mentioned therein; what I can say, however, is that I did not run a check on your account and did not ask anyone else to run one on my behalf either. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:22, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I commend you for your diplomacy in answering :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks and my most sincere apologies for not being able to be more forthcoming... Salvio  Let's talk about it! 16:09, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Sock investigation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ChronicalUsual

They have been very active again.

Sopher99 (talk) 23:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have just run a check and have listed their socks quite a lot of them, to be sure.  Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:38, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

page protection
We would like the the Syrian_uprising_(2011-present) page and its talk to be protected, as it is under constant attack by chronical and his socks, not to mention the occasional vandalism by ips.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Syrian_uprising_(2011–present)#RFP_.3F

23:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd rather let the admin who will close the SPI decide whether protection is warranted; you should ask for it on the investigation case page or over at WP:RFPP. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:39, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Protection of Serama again
A few months ago you protected Serama, as an IP continuously comes back adding unsourced information, promoting "Mr. Brian Sparks of Wisconsin". A couple of other IPs have edited too, I think from rival US serama groups or something, making edits like this. I think it's probably a good idea to indefinitely semi-protect it, as obviously the building limited semi's haven't worked. I'm surprised all this can occur because of a chook. CMD (talk) 14:21, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Another IP, clearly the same person. CMD (talk) 00:10, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Owing to a business trip, I have been away from Wikipedia until this Sunday and am now trying to catch up, so apologies for my delay in responding. I have reverted the promotional edits made by an IP, but I have not semied the article for the moment. Should he be back as I fear he'll be, I'll certainly do that.  Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:27, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, I appreciate the help. CMD (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * He's back (and he was rather fast); semied for three months. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 15:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Quite fast indeed. Somehow they're keeping a close watch. CMD (talk) 16:30, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Review of edit war on Nambudiri, please
Hi Salvio; I'm asking you and Boing! said Zebedee, as admins who sometimes handle India caste-related issues, to review an edit war at Nambudiri. Two users, one of whom I have a well known on-wiki relationship with, were edit warring. I fully protected the article for 24 hours to stop the edit warring, but it may be that blocks are appropriate (both editors crossed 3RR). While I felt that protecting the article was safe under WP:INVOLVED, I don't think I can make a fair blocking decision. Thanks for your assistance. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:54, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I have commented at Bping!'s talk page. Please note that a lot of my reverts were of copyvios and these are exempted from 3RR. It took me a long time to get a response to my various messages regarding this issue at User talk:Ashley thomas80, and both I and others have been having some difficulties with that user for a while now. - Sitush (talk) 16:46, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Owing to a business trip, I have been away from Wikipedia for a couple of days and did not see your request, Qwyrxian. I am sorry I could not be of help. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:28, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

I am going to guess that this is a pattern of attack on once so-called forward castes of Kerala. Good work User:Sitush, User:Qwyrxian and User:Boing Zebedee. You are a good team in slandering who communities.

Favor needed
Hi Sal, hows tricks? I created an essay a while ago and have just noticed that essays are meant to be uppercase only, but there is already a redirect with the same name Would it be possible to either delete the old redirect so my essay can be moved there, or merge my poor try at humor to the existing one? Darkness Shines (talk) 19:22, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I apologise for the delay in responding, but was away owing to a business trip. That said, to my knowledge, it's not necessary for essays to have titles written in capitals; it's shortcuts that are usually written like that (WP:AGF, WP:BRD, WP:OMGWTFBBQ etc.). So I don't think you need a mop: just retarget the redirect. Cheers.  Salvio  Let's talk about it! 14:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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SPI Request
As you closed the SPI before I had a chance to respond (Sleep and whatnot) I wanted to draw your attention to the comment I made after you closed the investigation as the filer of the SPI appeared to be making a WP:POINT violation in using the process. Hasteur (talk) 14:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Unless there is any indication that the filer was acting with the intention of being disruptive, I'd be inclined to assume good faith and believe that he just happened to find that message and acted in accordance with it... The investigation was closed rather quickly and nobody was checkusered, so I don't think a block is really necessary here. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 00:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)