User talk:Tiptoety/Archive 37

You've got mail!
Kurtis (talk) 17:52, 6 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm assuming I've come to the wrong person? Kurtis (talk) 08:23, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No, I have seen the email but have not had time to look into it an reply. Tiptoety  talk 03:09, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

User recently blocked for sockpuppetry just created a sockpuppet and made the same edits
Looks like User:Wikiman 36 is a sockpuppet of banned user User:COD T 3. Same comments, same behavior:. And the account appeared right after User:COD T 3 was blocked. Faustian (talk) 18:08, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Tiptoety  talk 00:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks!Faustian (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

He's back! The latest sockpuppet is User:Wikirun 20. The history makes it obvious:. Faustian (talk) 22:43, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Rich Constable
Despite having tried to engage any of the anonymous IPs regarding their edits to the Rich Constable article, none have chosen to enter a discussion about how to proceed with writing it. I do not know if the anonymous IPs are one and the same person, though I'm inclined to think so. I do not wish to become involved in edit war, but am unsure as to how to proceed when dealing with a situation where there's no engagement, references are continually removed, original research is added, article structure is manipulated, and accusations of bad faith and vandalism are being made. The article was blocked the article based on edit warring, but without having not addressed the fact that IP users are not following any protocol. Therefore, with that in mind, and the fact the the block will expire shortly, I wonder what you would suggest as to how to proceed. Below is the list of IP editors thus far involved. ThanksDjflem (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * 2607:FB90:1506:76ED:2159:80B4:EA3D:F423
 * 208.54.87.141 (whose previous work this Fábio_Coentrão edit
 * User:Ibot6789
 * 2607:FB90:1506:76ED:2050:EA7C:52C7:299F
 * User:Jasonspivack
 * 2607:FB90:313:1054:CCA5:47C8:F69D:8CF9
 * 2607:FB90:A1C:17B5:4E1:263D:A6EF:67FB
 * [2607:FB90:2404:9C56:E0D2:2EEF:422E:EC5

Djflem (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * If they choose to repeatedly add contentious information/edit war and not discuss edits on the talk page, the article can be semi-protected to prevent disruption. Tiptoety  talk 02:37, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 13 August 2014
Hi, I notice that you claimed that this Century Plant Guy to be a sockpuppet of McAusten, User:McAusten, McAustin or whatever you call him. I can guarantee you that he is definitely NOT a sockpuppet of McAusten and therefore probably must be a sockpuppet of a different block user. I know that as a fact because you didn't revoke his talk page unlike a sockpuppet of McAusten's would have their talk page access revoked and also if you look at his contributions, there are no edits on the 2011 AFL season talk page or any edits on archived pages that mentioned McAusten with the edit summary: "McAusten, NOT User:McAusten!". So can you please delete or remove this from his user page: and look into this more further as I can 110% guarantee you that this user is most definitely NOT a sockpuppet of McAusten. Many Thanks for your time, 191.101.71.184 (talk) 15:15, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Can I remove the sock puppet sign from my user page?
Hi. Now have been unblocked, am I allowed to remove the notice on my User Page saying I am a sock puppet and change it to something that reflects the topics I edit? Can I also delete the block appeals from my talk page as I don't want other editors to think I am a disruptive editor. Englandcricketteam (talk) 16:46, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes. Tiptoety  talk 16:51, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I would still recommend that this user change their name, as suggested during the original unblock sequence. -- Kinu   t/c 16:37, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 6 September 2014
Hi, I notice that you claimed that this Century Plant Guy to be a sockpuppet of McAusten, User:McAusten, McAustin or whatever you call him. I can guarantee you that he is definitely NOT a sockpuppet of McAusten and therefore probably must be a sockpuppet of a different block user. I know that as a fact because you didn't revoke his talk page unlike a sockpuppet of McAusten's would have their talk page access revoked and also if you look at his contributions, there are no edits on the 2011 AFL season talk page or any edits on archived pages that mentioned McAusten with the edit summary: "McAusten, NOT User:McAusten!". So can you please delete or remove this from his user page: and look into this more further as I can 110% guarantee you that this user is most definitely NOT a sockpuppet of McAusten. Many Thanks for your time, 67.215.7.108 (talk) 07:05, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Noted. Tiptoety  talk 02:13, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

User:Dr. Pepper and Mr. Salt
It was probably a forlorn hope, but I was hoping that I would get an actual answer to the question I'd left on his talkpage.

More broadly, is there any real value to reverting his deletions of "User:"? The former editor's insistence on this change in forgotten archives seems either trollish or emotionally disturbed, but also harmless, and there must be more important things to worry about. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:37, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * As you can see from this, he has no interest in engaging in a rational conversation. It's been tried, and it's failed. I deleted the talk page because of the vandalism they called an unblock request. Tiptoety  talk 05:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. (I still think it might be worth letting the deletions of "User:" go, but meh.) Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 12:21, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Help
Hello,sir.I will not vandalize wikipedia but ask you for help.Will it be ok if I add a statement 'Shrestha is upper newari caste and belongs to old newari royal family.' in Shrestha article?please response soon.I am looking forward to your answer.Jojolpa (talk) 00:32, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

OTRS userright
Hi Tiptoety, concerning OTRS noticeboard. Could you please add me to the OTRS group. I do some OTRS work on en.wiki (not that active, but there to reply to any questions). All the best, Taketa (talk) 07:44, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Tiptoety  talk 02:08, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Other account
Hey Tiptoety, I forgot about this account, User:PrimitiveOne. Mirror  Freak  My Guestbook  19:01, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

another sockpuppet
I suspect that this user User:Nerdy Community Dude is another sock puppet of MirrorFreak with a very similar pattern of editing and use of language are you able to confirm?Theroadislong (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hm...the editing behavior is suspicious, but the technical data doesn't really support this being a sock. I say we watch it for a bit longer. Tiptoety  talk 02:18, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * What makes you think that Nerdy Community Dude is an account of mine? Mirror  Freak  My Guestbook  20:59, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Page protection
Could you please semi-protect GeForce 700 series and GeForce 500 series? This IP keeps coming back with new IPs, and I'm getting bored of reverting them (that, and I'm trying to play Age of Empires II...) Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 20:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Lukeno94. I blocked the previous IP for their abusive edit summaries. Looking over the reverts, I'm failing to see the vandalism. This appears to be more of a content dispute than blatant vandalism. Fill me in if I am wrong. Thanks, Tiptoety  talk 20:36, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * It's perhaps not blatant vandalism, but it IS inserting a factual error based on a misreading of the sources by the IP, and usage of unreliable sources as well. This has been pointed out to them many times, and yet they continue with the same edits - which is, essentially, vandalism, since they are constantly adding in factual errors. Block evasion is also a cause for page protection, when so many IPs are being used. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 20:38, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Also, they've come back with another IP, and this is getting ridiculous (it's a good job revert block-evading sockpuppets is 3RR exempt...) Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 20:43, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I've performed a rangeblock. If that doesn't work, I will look into page protection. Tiptoety  talk 20:45, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Won't work - the latest IP isn't on that range, and there's two on completely different ranges; and .  Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 20:48, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I see that. The article's are now protected. Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 20:51, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thanks :) Also, apologies for the IP then causing a little bit of a fracas here. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 21:02, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Flyer322
I see you just blocked Flyer322. It now seems they're back:. Stickee (talk) 22:18, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. It has been dealt with. Tiptoety  talk 22:28, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

GeForce 500 series
I need you to unprotect the GeForce 500 series page before I create me an account and block you!!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! please!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.145.89.170 (talk) 22:42, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Threatening to create an account and block me (though not possible), is not a way to ask for something and certainly demonstrates why the blocks and page protections are in place. Once your block expires, you are welcome to request the article be unprotected by filing a polite request here. Tiptoety  talk 22:51, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Following up on someone else's ping
is having a hard time with wiki-syntax and templates and has now got into difficulties with clearing the use of photographs she has uploaded of family members, taken in the 1920s to 1950s, mostly in Romania. I and others have been trying to guide her but at this point she doesn't understand the response she's received from ORTS. I wonder if you could possibly go by her talk page, where you have also been pinged by another person trying to help, and cast an eye over the lower sections with a view to helping her finish the process of establishing that she has the rights to some or all of these images and getting the file pages correctly templated? I'm not sure at this point what she has or has not e-mailed and what she has been told to do. If you can help, many thanks in advance. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Dropping a note to say I have seen this request but do not have time to respond. I'll reply to Erica within the next 24 hours. Best, Tiptoety  talk 03:24, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Relevant evidence
Relevant evidence at here that should probably be considered at Sockpuppet investigations/Miszatomic, specifically, one example: DIFF1. Oh, and also DIFF2. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:24, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

User:RightBKC
The page, you recently moved, is a redirect to itself. Please check. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 09:15, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. This is a database error with the global rename extension. A Phab has been created here. Tiptoety  talk 17:03, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Please adjust block
to prevent this Geraldo Perez (talk) 20:59, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Thank you, Tiptoety  talk 21:00, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

User:RJR3333 likely editing as User:ECayce187
Hello, Tiptoety. I suspect that and  are one and the same, and I've stated as much on ECayce187's talk page. As you can see, he has yet to respond to the matter, and has instead continued editing. In addition to what I stated there about their focus on age 16, they also favor the avert.org source; compare this to this edit. I'm not sure, however, that my evidence is enough to start a WP:Sockpuppet investigation; furthermore, the WP:CheckUser data is likely to come back stale. So since you, MuZemike and DeltaQuad were involved in the RJR3333 WP:Sockpuppet cases, I'm asking if one or all of you wouldn't mind looking into this latest case. I know that I mentioned the stale factor, but perhaps one of you have some saved data regarding the RJR3333 account? Or maybe Alison, who was the last person thus far to block the RJR3333 account, does? Flyer22 (talk) 14:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I noticed about a week ago and have already ran a check. Like you said, everything is stale and CheckUser was of little use. I'll look into this more. Thanks,  Tiptoety  talk 00:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Tiptoety. In my above reply, I thought about mentioning that you'd recently interacted with ECayce187. And before I read your reply, I was about to ask Dougweller if he wouldn't mind looking into this case (in addition to you or the others I pinged above). I had somehow overlooked or forgotten that he is also a WP:CheckUser. To my knowledge, he hasn't interacted with the RJR333 account, but perhaps he's interacted with one or more of RJR333's confirmed and/or suspected WP:Sockpuppets. Anyway, as you know, data is sometimes kept on prolific WP:Sockpuppets, which is what I imagine keeps getting User:Nathan Larson/User:Tisane/User:Leucosticte caught. For example, Alison (because of my suspicion and another person's help via email) recently caught him WP:Sockpuppeting as User:Yev Yev. And the User:Ferberson account was very recently globally blocked. The more ECayce187 edits and the more he ignores the comment I left on his talk about him being RJR333, as well as this discussion, the more convinced I am that he is RJR3333. I don't care if he has matured into a better editor; I notice the same type of sloppiness in his editing that I identified in RJR3333's editing, and RJR3333 was indefinitely blocked for valid reasons. If he has truly matured into a better editor, then he should appeal his block via the proper means. Either that, or edit in areas where he will not be recognized. Flyer22 (talk) 04:28, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Also, for what it's worth, ECayce187 signs his username just like RJR3333 does...with two dashes in the front. Flyer22 (talk) 04:32, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, the two dashes rings a slight bell but not enough. I don't have anything that would help. Dougweller (talk) 17:19, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Dougweller. A lot of Wikipedia editors use two dashes in front of their signatures, but, when it comes to WP:Sockpuppet investigations, signature similarities can be evidence. Flyer22 (talk) 17:22, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * After this edit to the 16 (number) article, nothing can convince me that ECayce187 is not RJR3333, and I've stated so on ECayce187's talk page. I pointed to the 16 (number) article above, and that article is indeed one of RJR3333's favorite articles. And, although I pointed to that article on ECayce18's talk page before he edited that article, I don't think that I'm the one who made him aware of that article. Even if he had only become aware of that article because of me, that still points to the fact that he ignored the WP:Sockpuppet query on his talk page, which is suspicious. I reiterate, however, that ECayce187 is RJR3333. It was previously the case that RJR3333 couldn't resist returning to the 16 (number) article. And that still holds true now. What other editor would focus so much time on that specific part of the article? Furthermore, RJR3333 repeatedly returned to edit the 15 (number) article. ECayce187 recently edited that article.


 * When I am dealing with RJR3333, I know it. Some of ECayce187's other interests resemble RJR3333's interests as well, including his interest in the Pedophilia article. He might have edited other articles that the RJR3333 account has edited, but the Editor Interaction Analyzer currently is not showing anything about that article overlap, even though they've both edited the Age of consent, Ages of consent in North America, 16 (number) and 15 (number) articles. Either way, I will now be reverting all of ECayce187's edits, per WP:Block evasion. Flyer22 (talk) 05:45, 27 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Update: He's now acting up by impersonating me. Flyer22 (talk) 06:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, the user account name is more so mocking me than impersonating me, but, yeah. Flyer22 (talk) 06:42, 27 January 2015 (UTC)


 * The following are ✅ socks of one another:, , and . I've blocked them all.  Tiptoety  talk 18:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot, Tiptoety. Not surprising that he had WP:Sleeper accounts; he always has them. Flyer22 (talk) 18:47, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

I think we have another one:. If RJR3333 keeps WP:Sockpuppeting at these articles often, should I make a WP:Sockpuppet investigation on this matter every time? Or get a WP:CheckUser to WP:Watchlist these articles? Flyer22 (talk) 05:50, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

It's definitely RJR3333 again. In addition to age of consent editing, the JRMillar account has edited the Crybaby Bridge article, and focuses on CNN matters/Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields matters, just like the ECayce187 account. His Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields edits have resulted in a copy and pasted move that needs a WP:Histmerge. The article should also be moved back. An article can only have one name; significant alternative names should be mentioned in the article, per WP:Alternative title. Flyer22 (talk) 08:28, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ = . Blocked. -- Euryalus (talk) 08:51, 31 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Euryalus. Did you check for any WP:Sleepers? And, as I pondered above, what should I do if RJR3333 keeps WP:Sockpuppeting at these articles often? Just keep reverting? Keep reporting via WP:Sockpuppet investigations? Both? Ask a WP:CheckUser to keep an eye on these articles? I wouldn't want to keep bothering Tiptoety, you, or any other WP:CheckUser about this matter by going to you guys' talk pages. Flyer22 (talk) 08:58, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Feel free to email me a list of the articles, I'll add them to my watchlist. Not bothered by talkpage messages either, whatever you prefer. -- Euryalus (talk) 09:06, 31 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks again, Euryalus. I'll either list them here or at your talk page. I don't think Tiptoety will mind if I list them here. Some are already noted above. I don't watch all of the articles that RJR3333 watches, so I'll mostly name the age of consent ones and ones that relate to that aspect. Flyer22 (talk) 09:51, 31 January 2015 (UTC)


 * By the way, he asked to be unblocked a few minutes ago. That obviously should be done at his RJR3333 account or via email if talk page access is not reinstated for him at his RJR3333 account; it currently isn't. Flyer22 (talk) 10:03, 31 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Regarding this and this decline to unblock, I'm pinging PhilKnight and Only to this talk page so that they have the full view of what is going on, in case they don't know already. Flyer22 (talk) 16:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)


 * You can continue posting here, though your quickest recourse will be to file a SPI. SPI gets a wider audience than my talk page and may get a quicker response. Tiptoety  talk 04:51, 1 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Just like coming to you or to Euryalus each time, it seems extremely repetitive and tiresome to start a WP:Sockpuppet investigation each time. And WP:Sockpuppet investigations often are not quick, especially when they want supposedly harder evidence instead of simply citing WP:Duck. Then again, reverting him each time is also repetitive and tiresome. Anyway, Euryalus and others, the main articles to watch on this matter are the aforementioned articles (above). He is currently editing as IP 108.192.73.8 and recently used to mock me. PhilKnight, RJR3333 will never accept the WP:Standard offer; he never has, no matter what he states on that. Flyer22 (talk) 21:06, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

IP block exemption
Hi. Recently I've been unable to edit on WP, due to a open proxy block (IP 185.58.82.6), on 3 February and 12 March. This happens when I'm logged in, using my WP account, using my work internet connection that I've been using since 2013, and this only happened now, in this short period. According to this I ask a IP block exemption in order to be able to continue editing/ not being afected by sistematic blocks. Best regards. Rpo.castro (talk) 20:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Rpo.castro, the proxy block was removed by another administrator, so you should be able to edit without issue. As such, I don't see a need for IP block exempt. Best, Tiptoety  talk 05:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * My request was in order to prevent being affected by this blocks, instead of waiting a few days for each block until its withdraw. When the rpoxy block is active, how can I request IP block exemption, since I would be unable to edit pages, except my own talk page? best regards,Rpo.castro (talk) 21:35, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * We generally do not grant the right preemptively and seeing as I believe it is unlikely that the block will be put back into affect anytime soon you should be able to edit without a problem. Additionally, it's my understanding that this is a work IP. As a matter of policy, we rarely grant users IPBE for the purpose of editing via an open proxy and given that you have other methods of editing (like from home), it's unlikely I would grant your request. Best, Tiptoety  talk 20:37, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Another RJR3333 sock
Hi, Tiptoety. Per the discussion at the top of this page, you and other admins blocked some socks of the highly disruptive editor in Jan — Feb. It looks like  is another. and edited the most recently of the known socks, 31 Jan and 1 Feb. Not sure you can check from that, but there seems little doubt per WP:DUCK, so I've blocked them. Please see especially User:Flyer22's posts in this thread. It might be a good idea to check for further sleepers. Bishonen &#124; talk 11:18, 17 April 2015 (UTC).
 * Hi Bishonen. is ✅ and I located a sleeper,  who is now blocked. Thanks for the report,  Tiptoety  talk 03:28, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Tiptoety and Bishonen, that's such an old account that it makes me wonder why it was never found before. Maybe the sporadic nature of the account caused it to read as stale? Furthermore, it's so old that it perhaps should be considered the master account. Flyer22 (talk) 03:33, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I won't go into why it flew under the radar for obvious reasons. That said, from a technical standpoint it could be considered the "master account" but from a practical standpoint, it would be silly to change everything over. Tiptoety  talk 03:55, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you Tiptoety, thank you very much Flyer22, good work. I see the user has promised repeatedly never to sock again. Flyer, you linked me to where he said on User talk:FDR, as late as March 2015, "I have matured as an editor", "I agree to stop using more than one account", "I'll accept the standard offer approach and work on the Irish and Scots wikipedias for 6 months before coming back." So I guess there'll be more socks. I've got some time later, I could write up an SPI, not to ask for anything, as all is clear and up to date, but to have a record and make it simpler to ask for future CUs. Should I treat RJR3333 as master? Bishonen &#124; talk 09:16, 18 April 2015 (UTC).


 * Thanks, Bishonen. Since the RJR3333 account has been treated as the master account all this time, it's probably best to continue to treat it as the master account. Flyer22 (talk) 09:37, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * In other words, it's the more famous username. Flyer22 (talk) 09:39, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * After all, the FDR account is significantly older than the RJR3333 account, but we've still treated the RJR3333 account as the master account. Flyer22 (talk) 09:43, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Well... I think what's more famous is essentially determined at the point the SPI is created. Tiptoety? Do you think I should create it as Sockpuppet investigations/FDR? Btw, for what it's worth, I've had an e-mail from PaulBustion stating that he's not user: Emyth. Maybe you have too. I dunno, but he'd have little enough reason to lie about it, as it can hardly make a difference to how hard-banned he is. Bishonen &#124; talk 11:47, 18 April 2015 (UTC).


 * I would continue to file under RJR3333. If a clerk wants to go through the leg work of re-tagging, moving SPI cases and archives around they can. For the most part a "master account" is just a name. So long as the master represents the user's behavior and can serve as a baseline for those who are unfamiliar with the user, then it doesn't matter as much if it is the oldest account or not. Also, I have not received an email from either account. There is little to no possibility PaulBustion isn't RJR3333, the technical evidence is very telling here. Best, Tiptoety  talk 15:10, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Time does fly, I think I'll have to do the SPI tomorrow or Monday. Not that it's a very big job, but still. I guess there's no great urgency now that Paul Bustion is busted. Bishonen &#124; talk 19:50, 18 April 2015 (UTC).


 * Given the articles that Emyth has focused on, and the way he signs his username, here, here, and here, maybe Emyth is not RJR3333. Emyth doesn't use the two dashes. And in my experience, it has proven difficult for RJR3333 not to use two dashes when he signs his username. That second diff-link I provided in this post shows Emyth signing his username with the statement "All the best," right before the signature, which is uncharacteristic of RJR3333. I've also known RJR3333 to be honest about his additional WP:Sockpuppets and to not deny one once it has been confirmed by a WP:CheckUser as being tied to him. Flyer22 (talk) 21:02, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Bishonen, I personally would continue to use the name RJR3333 as the master account name, given its recognizability/notoriety. Flyer22 (talk) 21:10, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

 * You're very welcome. Happy editing, Tiptoety  talk 02:37, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Request
Hi Tiptoety, this is a bit of an unconventional request. You recently patrolled a redirect I created, and although I definitely don't meet the normal requirement of 50 non-redirect articles created, I was wondering if you could grant me the autopatrolled right because it gets quite annoying having legitimate notifications drowned out in a sea of "redirect patrolled" notifications, as seen to the right. I've currently created 131 redirects:. Thanks, --L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 02:25, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I will have to decline the request as that really isn't what autopatrol is created for. That said, you can change your notification settings in you preferences. Just uncheck the boxes on things you don't wish to be notified about. Hope that resolves the problem. Happy redirect creating! Tiptoety  talk 04:01, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah right, forgot about the notification settings. Thanks! --L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 11:56, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Champions League
Its not vandalism its referred to as champions league like "oh wicked its Tuesday, that means there's Champions League tonight". No one in thier right minds would refer to it as "The Champions League" thats disgusting. Open it for editing and change it back to how it should be you friggin nerd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.182.34 (talk) 23:00, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Another stalker WP:SOCK --- User:Shuriken892
See. Really, because of this and this recent matter (I mean my interactions at that talk page), Shuriken892 could be Cali11298 or RJR3333; as you know, RJR3333 has shown up to similarly revert me. And given the way PaulBustion88 (RJR3333's other account) has been acting lately (including sending me two harassing emails), it is likely best to check that account and his FDR account for WP:Sleepers. On a side note: Editors instantly reverted the Shuriken892 account. And, as you might know, I sent you an email earlier. Flyer22 (talk) 00:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

And on another side note: While I have had various stalkers, and various disruptive ones, the only other stalker as bad as the two above is this one. And I doubt that she's over me, given what she's stated on her user talk page about me and that she was desperate for me to read her emails. Flyer22 (talk) 00:24, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Materialscientist, thanks for this. Did you look for any WP:Sleepers? He usually has them. Flyer22 (talk) 01:19, 10 May 2015 (UTC)


 * It looks like this has been resolved. Thanks Materialscientist. Best, Tiptoety  talk 02:11, 10 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I guess there were no sleepers this time? I find that hard to believe. But even if there were, it's not like the socking would have stopped if they were tagged and blocked. Flyer22 (talk) 02:16, 10 May 2015 (UTC)


 * is another one; see here and here. And here and here. I'm reporting him to you before he shows back up and starts reverting me because he hasn't been blocked yet. Maybe semi-protect the Lincoln Chafee article? It is one of his favorite articles. Flyer22 (talk) 01:08, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and article protected. Best, Tiptoety  talk 02:29, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

78.90.232.207
Yes, the warnings are stale but, They are all for unsourced genre changes without consensus, with the most recent edit today, what, you think I just stumbled across the warnings and decided to make a report ? Mlpearc ( open channel ) 21:02, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello Mlpearc. I don't really see this as a matter for AIV for starters, it is likely slow moving disruptive editing. With the IP being shared/dynamic I am not comfortable blocking based on only 1 edit today. Tiptoety  talk 21:06, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Acroterion‎
I think a semi-protection of his talk page is in order. I have seen probably 40+ RevDels or outright Oversights on his talk page. I know admins typically don't like their talk pages protected (easier for whack-a-mole), but enough is enough. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 21:31, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, ✅. Thanks, Tiptoety  talk 21:35, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * No, thank you. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 01:01, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Page deleted while I was blocked
Hi, Derick Spears' page was deleted while I was blocked, since the block has been reverted what would be the correct procedure to get this page restored? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cada mori (talk • contribs) 00:30, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You will need to file a deletion review. Was that an article you were paid to create/edit? Tiptoety  talk 02:58, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, however, his notability has been established. Cada mori (talk) 13:50, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Confused
Hi. I see you blocked User:Ye Olde Editor With Wings at 23:42, 21 April 2015. One of their disruptive edits, here, was today recreated then aggressively defended here. That editor is now being discussed here. Having been myself told off for "bad" behaviour I don't really want much more to do with this but I wondered if it looked possible to you that it is the same editor. If not, please don't worry and sorry for bothering you. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 12:49, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Yes, this is a ✅ sock of either or . Either way, the account is now blocked. Best,  Tiptoety  talk 20:16, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm trying to think what to say. See below. Cheers DBaK (talk) 22:52, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

More confusing socks
Hi, Tiptoety. I got an edit conflict with you when I went to clean up User talk:Phil Copperman, probably because I took a few seconds to remove tpa first. Anyway, isn't that David Beals? Is Evlekis the same thing? I see you mention them in the same breath above. Bishonen &#124; talk 20:41, 21 May 2015 (UTC).
 * Hello Bishonen. Yes, you are correct, that is David. He and Evlekis are not the same, but have very similar technical data so distinguishing between the two can sometimes be challenging. Tiptoety  talk 20:44, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I think they are the very same. Admission of identity on this edit (so no major attempt to conceal), and listed is Bucksham Corporatvie who is blocked with name of User:Evlekis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bucksham_Co-operative). Technical data being similar must surely mean they are the same. --Mario Payne (talk) 21:18, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * What, hang on ... you're telling me that Copperman also was the same?? I'm ... fargled. He was all involved and commenting and G*d knows what. I was a tiny bit suspicious of him but clearly nowhere near enough. Sheesh. And thanks. DBaK (talk) 22:55, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Ffffffffffffffffff.... --Neil N  talk to me 00:10, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your hard work on this one! bobrayner (talk) 15:45, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. Happy editing, Tiptoety  talk 18:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

ANI
Would appreciate your input at Administrators' noticeboard, if you have a moment. Yunshui 雲 水 11:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Re editing the rugby player's bio
Hello, I didn't edit that page as far as I'm aware. Emmetfahy (talk) 10:52, 29 May 2015 (UTC) Oh sorry, you were talking to someone else. Ignore the above so. Emmetfahy (talk) 10:54, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Ask further questions
Hello, you are removing my page and I am still working on it, but you have not tried to contact me to ask any questions. It is not a page about myself, it is a page about Matt Galati. My username was just easiest to create without forgetting it. It's quite rude what you are doing and a bit reckless. I would appreciate it if you would stop.

Thank you, GalatiSnipes — Preceding unsigned comment added by GalatiSnipes (talk • contribs) 08:21, 31 May 2015 (UTC)


 * What is quite rude is you creating an article saying that Matt Galati has "plowed 75 girls on campus". Statements such as this violate our policy on biographies of living people and will be immediately removed. I suggest you request the article be created instead of writing it yourself. Tiptoety  talk 18:02, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

It's been a while...
Good to see you're still on and somewhat active :) Hope you are well. Steven   Zhang  Help resolve disputes!  10:15, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey Steven. I'm well, thanks. How are things with you? Tiptoety  talk 18:04, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm good. Life on the board of a chapter has really sapped my time away from here, so I've not been around for ages, but looking to get back into the swing of things, starting out with DR, of course :) Steven   Zhang  Help resolve disputes!  21:42, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

RJR3333 or Cali11298
is either RJR3333 or Cali11298 pretending to be RJR3333. And if it is RJR3333, then this is the latest example of why the WP:Standard offer no longer applies to him. Flyer22 (talk) 03:26, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

is also worth checking. Flyer22 (talk) 03:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

And just in case the edit summary that gives him (Doolittle8910) away is scraped from the edit history (via WP:Revision deletion or WP:Oversight), I am documenting it here: "Undid unhelpful edit done by the kike (Flyer22)." Flyer22 (talk) 03:42, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * is ✅ as being Cali11298. As for, I am declining to run a check at this time as their is insufficient behavioral evidence to justify one. Tiptoety  talk 03:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)


 * [ WP:Edit conflict ]: I see that you indefinitely blocked Doolittle8910 as Cali11298. So he was impersonating RJR3333? If so, once again he has tried my intelligence and failed. Yes, Cali11298, I don't fall for things as easily as many others. Flyer22 (talk) 03:48, 12 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Tiptoety, regarding this, do you mind running an additional check to make sure no accounts were overlooked (at least as far as the WP:CheckUser tool can tell)? Yes, Cali11298 is a compulsive liar, but he stated, "As a fail-safe procedure, I created another account when I found out that you knew who I was, in case this one got blocked. I didn't edit from that one, until after this one got blocked." The account is clearly older than that and has been blocked since May 15, 2015. Flyer22 (talk) 16:24, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Flyer22. I see no reason for me to run another check on those accounts. I will almost certainly be running checks on the same set of IPs as Bbb23 did, which will yield the same results. Best, Tiptoety  talk 20:19, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I asked per what I stated above and because I have known WP:CheckUsers to come up with different results. The fact that WP:CheckUsers might come up with different results is why a WP:CheckUser will volunteer to run a check after a different WP:CheckUser has done so. But since you trust Bbb23's check, I will instead ask a different WP:CheckUser via email. Flyer22 (talk) 20:25, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Noting this here since I was in the process of noting it at the case page before Vanjagenije archived the matter: "Update is here; despite the WP:CheckUser results, I'm certain that he is currently editing under a different account. Blocking that account or any others he currently has wouldn't have helped much anyway. And as seen with this case, he can confuse the WP:CheckUser data." Flyer22 (talk) 20:47, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


 * See this latest matter if the WP:Ping for it didn't work. Flyer22 (talk) 15:43, 3 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I ran a check. The IPs involved are not really helpful in making a determination. Tiptoety  talk 19:20, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Deletion Gothenburg Coat of Arms talk
Hello Tiptoety, I was a bit dismayed to find that you deleted the talk page I created, labeling it "vandalism". Although the wording might have been a bit silly (which I figured was OK for a talk page), I think I posed a valid question that immediately springs to mind at a first glance at the Coat of Arms of Gothenburg.

58.132.170.77 (talk) 06:12, 12 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't see how such a topic has anything to add to an encyclopedia entry on the Coat of Arms. Talk pages are intended for collaboration related to the improvement of the article, not for general thoughts or "silly" comments. Thanks for understanding, Tiptoety  talk 07:54, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Re Tannis Vallely
Sorry for the less than stellar citation, and my addition deserved the reversion. But I humbly ask if this is enough? Either way, no great biggie. Sincere thanks!

https://www.facebook.com/jerry.beck/posts/10155697078510578?comment_id=10155697803735578

–TashTish (talk) 02:03, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi TashTish. Looking at that link, once again I see Facebook. Facebook is not considered a reliable source and cannot be used as a reference for content in a Wikipedia article. Instead, I took a look over the article linked to to on Facebook, Gothamist.com and see no mention of Tannis Vallely anywhere in the article. I'm afraid I don't see how the Gothamist article can be used as a source for your addition. If you can find an independent reliable source, I don't see any problem with your edit. Tiptoety  talk 02:08, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Totally fair enough. Apologies again. –TashTish (talk) 02:13, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * No need to apologize. Happy editing, Tiptoety  talk 02:14, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Page protection
Protect please pages Cyclotron and Talk:Cyclotron (much block evasion recently) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.193.140.164 (talk) 08:14, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I protected Cyclotron but not the talk page. We try to keep talk pages unprotected and currently I do not see enough disruption to justify protecting it. If there continues to be disruption, you can request the talk page be protected at WP:RFPP. Tiptoety  talk 08:16, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

It is an aggressive formerly banned user known for trolling in Wikipedia, who started edit wars, and deleted well referenced sources and important basic information. He changed his ISP (internet service provider) to avoid his original identity. HE will not dare to register a stable account in wikipedia, because his editorial history and troll behavior would become known. He often change his dynamic IP. Please restore the article, and leave it protected against this noxious Ip troll. Thank you.--Against formerly banned user (talk) 08:22, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Stubes, you aren't supposed to edit Wikipedia either. Please email me with the account that IP is related to. Tiptoety  talk 08:25, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
I must have pressed something too fast and modified back from indef for 31 hours. Thanks for fixing it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries. Tiptoety  talk 18:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Joe Toney year of birth category
Hello. It seems that you added Category:1942 births to Joe Toney but the first line says he was born in 1946. Should I change the category to say 1946? 12.180.133.18 (talk) 18:55, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, must have been a typo. Thanks, Tiptoety  talk 18:57, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Do you know what this is?
Greetings, Tiptoey. I'm not sure if we've interacted before, but a few minutes ago an IP posted this message on my talk, and pinged you in it. I was wondering if you knew what was going on (posting here because I'm unsure if you got the ping, they've been unreliable lately). Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 05:12, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello Vanamonde93, nice to meet you. Looking at the article history, I can't quite place it. That said, I work numerous sockpuppet investigations and have performed thousands of administrative actions, I can only assume I once dealt with a group of users targeting that specific article. I'm not sure why the IP left you a message, but either way you can probably just disregard it. Happy editing, Tiptoety  talk 09:48, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! The IP does not seem to be doing very much, anyway. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:45, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Recent Trews Edit
Sorry, the timeline actually hadn't showed due to errors in the template, and I find the sandbox more confusing that trying it on the actual page. . . Thus, they resulted in several edits that were "tedious" for lack of a better term. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.118.164.137 (talk) 04:29, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Concern about user McGeddon
A user named McGeddon has removed a Talk page post and a couple of edits I made without giving any reason. Can you please let me know what the reason is for the removing and how I can prevent them from being deleted in the future? Tampico1 (talk) 23:47, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

ILiriaALB
Hi Tiptoety. We have another sock. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 22:45, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Thanks, Dr.K.. Tiptoety  talk 09:53, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Tiptoety. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.5ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 15:55, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

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Commons ping
Had mentioned you with respect to the latest User:Mughal Lohar sock on commons. Just as fyi, in case you don't check your notifications there. Abecedare (talk) 03:32, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I check Commons, replied there. Tiptoety  talk 19:19, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

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Please Help. Cooper Union financial crisis and tuition protests
On November 17, 2013, User:Beyond My Ken first began editing this article. He arrives declaring "scandal" is too harsh a word for a Jamshed Bharucha administration riled in controversy. Not only does he change the title of the article, but after changing the article puts a npov tag on it claiming it only shows the POV of the protestors en route to 23 changes that day (with no effort to work to remove the tag himself). Meanwhile Robert Bernhard's story is effectively buried. As chairman / chairman "emeritus" since 1995, Bernhard was the primary person in charge of finance when the operating deficit (aka "financial crisis") first manifested in 1995 (per downloadable content presented by consultants to Chairman Richard Lincer).

After 11 more contentious edits by bmk, I first edited the page, adding sources on 3 April 2014, which prompted even bmk to admit that the article became more neutral. Following this, I added a section "CU Administration Views" with many quotes from high ranking admins. Even bmk agreed this was appropriate.

Despite 26 more edits from bmk, I'm the one who had to add (on July 24) to this section that 5 trustees, including former chairman epstein, vice chairman de menil & president bharucha, resigned.

When I next checked the article, bmk was engaged in an edit war with User:jm3. Since bmk insisted on citing "diverseeducation.com" and only "diverseeducation.com", I sided with jm3, who wanted a more complete picture of what was happening (though even jm3's version lacked several key provisions of the Attorney General settlement and still neglected to mention Robert Bernhard). I made a revert from bmk to jm3. When bmk reverted both myself and jm3, I warned him on his talk page that he was engaged in disruptive editing and an edit war. Then I was banned for .. making 2 appropriate changes to the main page of CUfcatp (that's the only main page I edited).

Obviously bmk is an admin sockpuppet given he has committed a litany of bannable offenses at this page and receives a free pass & protection when he does so. I'm perfectly willing to step away from the main article as long as "ignore all rules" bmk does the same.

Thanks

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Hey Tip
Hope all is well - surprised to see you request your removal of the bit <font color="#660000">Wisdom89  ( <font color="#17001E">T |undefined /  <font color="#17001E">C ) 01:29, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I was surprised too. Hope all goes well.  bibliomaniac 1  5  07:26, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * All is well (not planning on leaving forever, not disgruntled). I simply don't have the time I once did for Wikipedia and don't want my idle account to sit around with so many advanced permissions on so many projects. Thanks for the kind words, Tiptoety  talk 10:48, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Good to hear. I don't like having my wiki world up-ended all the time by solid reliable editors leaving. Perhaps a little selfish on my part, but I'm self-indulgent every once in a while. Best wishes.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:14, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Same here. Thanks for all your service. Drmies (talk) 04:26, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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A possibility of the return of Kim Cardassian
Hey Tiptoety. I seen that you participated in the SPI investigation involving the above mentioned blocked editor. I know it was a long time ago, but I was curious as to your opinion to if Power~enwiki is a sock of Cardassian. I don't want to ping them into this converstation, as they have a tendency to exhibit battleground behavior when confronted. I notice that "~enwiki" was a reoccuring theme in the aformentioned SPI case, and since Power~enwiki came about, I've seen a large uptake in accounts with this phrase. Thank you for taking the time to read my comments, and in advance for your response. Boomer VialHappy Holidays! • Contribs 03:45, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Since this editor has been inactive for two years (I really should've checked before leaving this), I'm bringing administrators that I know are active to the conversation. Boomer VialHappy Holidays! • Contribs 03:49, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well I'm not familiar with Kim Cardassian but that doesn't strike me as at all likely. Power~enwiki has been registered since 2003, which would be very long lived for a sockpuppet. The "~enwiki" thing was added as part of the introduction of SUL, if I remember correctly if users on two wikis had the same username then the most active one got to keep it and the other one had the wiki name (this one is enwiki) added to it to disambiguate. This means it isn't surprising to see old accounts with few edits with "~enwiki" after the username. And you don't seem to have any other evidence.  Hut 8.5  07:47, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I was pinged here from . I'm not familiar with this sock master, as they were last active before I started editing actively. However, I can confirm that the  is actually a result of WP:SUL finalization. When two accounts on different Wikimedia projects had the same username, they were unable to be unified globally, so what the WMF did was force those users to rename their accounts, and   happened to be the default template for English Wikipedia accounts. Due to this, I don't think the username can be used as a behavioral idiosyncrasy for the purposes of identifying sockpuppetry. You'll have to find more specific behavioral evidence. Mz7 (talk) 07:50, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * As well as moving articles without an explanation, they seem to focus on AfD, and their subsequent logs. Looking at the creation logs for the sockmaster, and the sockpuppet shows that a lot of the socks were created before the deemed sockmaster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boomer Vial (talk • contribs) 7:58, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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... and miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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hey ... per request -

 * Q: Knock, Knock
 * A: Who's there?


 * Q: Donja
 * A: Donja who?

— Ched (talk) 16:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Don ja miss us yet?

another knock knock joke
P1: "Knock knock!"

P2: "Who's there?"

P1: "Joe."

P2: "Joe who?"

P1: "Joe Doe. John Doe's brother."

I'm very original. –apap04talk&#124;contributions 22:04, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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Missing
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