User talk:Widr/Archive 62

About 116.89.21.207
Sorry for reporting this IP who has not edited for several days. However, I believe that this IP should be blocked for some time. The reason is that it just did almost the same thing for what it was blocked previously. And, this IP seems to be quite persistent on this though not very active. I'm not familiar with AIV rules on enwiki and please tell me if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you! --Tiger (Talk) 13:01, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * AIV is designed for active vandalism. If there's evidence of a long-term pattern that warrants admin intervention, ANI might be a better option for you. Widr (talk) 13:27, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

User 78.104.37.50
Hi, you blocked this user twice in March for defiant vandalism. They appear to be back again with the same pattern of unconstructive edit. Sweetpool50 (talk) 09:38, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Apparently blocked by someone else already. Widr (talk) 09:59, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

ANI discussion
Hi, Widr, one of your recent blocks is being discussed at WP:ANI. It looks like you're still online, and may have not received the ping about the discussion. RecycledPixels (talk) 18:14, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

IP 112.199.129.242
Hi Widr. You’ve blocked per WP:EVADE. This IP had recently been making a fair amount of requests at WP:GL/I, some of which have yet to be answered. Should the answered requests be undone or at least the unanswered ones removed?Most of the requests were asking for non-free files to be converted to svg format, and I’m assuming that the IP intended to use the school versions to replace existing files used in various articles. This would mean the older replaced files would eventually end up being deleted per WP:F5. I’m not sure how far along the IP had gotten in doing this, but I tried to explain a couple of times to them that creating new svgs might not be allowed per WP:FREER.The IP had also been creating various user talk sandboxes where they were storing image files that they seem to have also intended to request be converted to school, not only at GL/I but perhaps also at c:COM:GL. Most of the sandboxes appear to have been deleted by. Would it be OK to tag any others that may still exist per WP:G5 if I come across any? —- Marchjuly (talk) 21:02, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, you can do that. Widr (talk) 05:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. What about the still unanswered unresponded requests at WP:GL/I? Should these be removed? -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:05, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You can remove those too, of course. Widr (talk) 09:14, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

User talk:VST Mobility Solutions
Shoot, I pressed the wrong button--thanks. I meant to revoke TPA of course. Drmies (talk) 05:40, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Can’t edit
Aiv won’t let me edit to add my report of vandals on cergy. 2600:1:9288:9827:3848:F1F1:F469:4F2A (talk) 16:01, 14 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello?

User talk:Nabekadi89
You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:46, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Your block of 2001:8003:5421:1400:4992:A469:346C:2737
Considering the recent edits to their talk page, 31 hours seems way too short. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:11, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

What's up with this IP?
Hey, Widr. This IP got caught up in a rangeblock; I have no way of knowing if they're responsible for the behavior of others in that range but they're certainly not happy. I did report 2001:4898:80E8:2:A99B:C7B2:F64D:FD19 because they seemed to be hounding other IPs suspected of being LTA perpetrators; now this other IP is blaming me for getting them blocked. I'm done with them. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Your block
Regarding your block of User talk:119.94.227.130, this is almost certainly the IP of this editor. I will report for repeated additions of unsourced content and see how that goes. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 09:12, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Suggestion regarding a block log rationale
Hi, Widr. I see at Special:Contributions/SummerPhDv10.0 you blocked an account, with account creation blocked. That is fine, and exactly what I would have done. However, I thought it might be helpful to you to point out that in the block log you gave uw-ublock-double, but that template says "You are welcome to create a new account with a username that is easily distinguishable", which is not a very appropriate message for an editor to see if account creation is disabled. I suggest that in this situation it is better either to use a different templated block reason or else to hand-write a brief reason. (Personally I rarely use any templated block reason except anonblock and school block.) JamesBWatson (talk) 10:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Kattyrose
You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 17:07, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Can we please protect this page?
I would really like it if we could protect this to stop future valdilizm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaper_fetishism Seanmiller222 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:10, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Revise protection of the Juerusalem Film festival
Hello I notticed that the English version of the Jerusalem film festival is not updated as the page in Hebrew. I would like to update it, but the update include 14,222 charachters, and it will be vcery hard to ask users to replace the text.

Moreover, The film festival itslef does not regard to the Israeli-Arab conflict.

Therefore I ask you to consider the desition to protect the page and lower the protection of this page.

Sincerily yours The contentor (talk) 14:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I removed the protection for now, so you should be able to update the article. Widr (talk) 18:02, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Much graditude! The contentor (talk) 11:03, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Block this user
Hello Widr, can you blocked this IP 42.190.163.165. He changed birth dates on biographical articles several articles here. I have reverted this IP edits but he still doing it. Thank you.–Fandi89 (talk) 08:43, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

206.78.
Hello. How did yo conclude that IPs in the problematical range are static? At least one particular which you blocked for five years. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 17:54, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Range block of 188.162.242.0/24
It looks like they've been doing this since January of this year. Can you increase the block time, please? Lupin VII (talk) 10:24, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Done by favonian. Widr (talk) 10:45, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

IP
Hi Widr, Hope all is well, is currently mucking around with their talkpage so wasn't sure if TPA should be revoked?, Thanks, – Dave | Davey 2010 Talk 15:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye on it. It's only mildly disruptive so far. Widr (talk) 15:43, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay many thanks, – Dave | Davey 2010 Talk 15:52, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Restoration of Mexican Social Security Institute
Thanks for restoring Mexican Social Security Institute to a readable state. I was having difficulty finding a revision that didn't look broken due to the large number of recent edits and reverts. Hintswen  Talk |  Contribs   19:14, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

An award for you!

 * Thanks! Widr (talk) 13:53, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * No problem, and thanks! Widr (talk) 12:54, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Could use your help with a disrupter
This user has recently caused a lot of disruption on US Navy SEALs, and especially, on MARCOS. I had notified the user on their talk page but they still went ahead with disrupting. I believe that the user will do it again. Can you please warn them off.- Vaibhavafro Talk  05:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

3 year block for an IP address?
Hi there. I notice you've just given a school block to User:168.69.254.247 who I had just been warning for four petty/damaging edits to articles. This seems inordinately extreme, especially as the school's IP contributions over the years haven't been too serious. Can I ask you what's your rationale for such a long block, please? Nick Moyes (talk) 18:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * "Haven't been too serious" usually means that those edits are just waste of time for those who have to clean it up and those who report it. Escalating lengths are common for school blocks, even really long ones, especially when there's been nothing but vandalism for years. These type of blocks only prevent anonymous editing. Widr (talk) 19:19, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Block on Expert Movers
Well done. Promotional certainly. WP:COI certainly. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 13:12, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Cheers. Widr (talk) 14:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Assistance
Hi Widr,

I see you're pretty active on AIV, and was wondering if you could assist me? if you look at my user talk page history you'll see in the past month I have had an anonymous user from Poland who keeps vandalising my talk page saying things like "fuck you and fuck off" and it's getting rather tedious. I count at least 4 IPs and they claim to be using "different dynamic IP addresses". Could you please block them or could we perhaps protect my talk page from IP editing for a month or so? (although I'd prefer not just in case that stops legitimate IP editors from discussing things with me). Your help would be much appreciated! kind regards, —MelbourneStar ☆ talk 11:27, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * There's no benefit in blocking those individual IPs, since the user would just move on to another one. I don't think protection is called for either at this point. Might be best to simply revert the edits on sight, just like any other run-of-the-mill vandalism. Widr (talk) 16:08, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Protect a page
Hi! Can you please protect Gullah Gullah Island? There's been a high level of IP vandalism here. Thank you! 2605:8D80:405:7FD:21C7:5E4A:8A12:5537 (talk) 20:18, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Widr (talk) 18:08, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Bel Air High School (Bel Air, Maryland)
Thank you. Maybe some rev/deletion, too? Cheers, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:41, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
 * And disable them from editing their talk page. And protect the article.... 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:42, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, someone else protected the article already. I might not have done that, since there were only two vandals and both were blocked. Widr (talk) 18:47, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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Matthewstolf28
You blocked User:Matthewstolf28 earlier for 72 hours. I just upped that to indefinite for creating a third copyright violation. If they come up with a reasonable unblock claim feel free to change it. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 10:50, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

IP account that you blocked for vandalism for two weeks is back, and worse than ever
You blocked this IP account for two weeks back on October 9, after persistent vandalism, and he came back on October 27 (a few days after his block expired) and has been worse than ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/75.82.196.137

In particular, check out what he's been doing to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area&action=history

I know that IP accounts can't be blocked permanently, but this non-constructive user appears to be the only person using the account, and he uses it only for vandalism, so I would think a longer-term ban should be in the cards.

Thank you, AuH2ORepublican (talk) 18:37, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a month this time. Widr (talk) 18:40, 29 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. AuH2ORepublican (talk) 04:38, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

71.82.73.37
Hey there, Widr. Figured I should let you know since you were the previous blocking admin. Check out the most recent contributions of User:71.82.73.37, as well as the very recent (and unoriginal) personal attack on my talk page. Clearly NOTHERE. Thanks. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 12:25, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked again for personal attacks. Widr (talk) 12:29, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

IloveCLCstudent
Could you hide the revisions done by user:IloveCLCstudent. CLCStudent (talk) 16:03, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- MelanieN (talk) 16:09, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

186.15.197.65
user:186.15.197.65 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 17:37, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Indefinite block
Block that IP for indefinite, please. 'Cheers! Central Time 301' 17:39, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Schoolblock?
Hello. Sorry to bother you but would you please consider reblocking this IP? The pattern is obvious and I think/hope the need is too, but they have somehow managed an annoying sequence of edits since their last return without triggering the banhammer or whatever. I have had a quick look at their contribs and I don't see anything useful yet, and conversely it is just annoying seeing them vandalize quite a lot of stuff. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 15:39, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks for "reporting". Widr (talk) 16:14, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you very much. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 16:36, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

142.105.209.171
user:142.105.209.171 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I noticed, access revoked. Widr (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Revoke talk page access
You might want to revoke talk page access for. They have spammed their talk page even after your block. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:42, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

SpamBOT 1711
user:SpamBOT 1711 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 19:36, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Will this block work
Hi Widr, you've just blocked this IP user, but the IP is part of a range used by one of the largest mobile networks in South Africa. Will that not cause problems for other editors who use that network (I often use it myself)? On the other hand it is just one IP in a large range so is it actually an effective block? I'm an admin but I have very little experience or knowledge about how IP blocks actually work. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:57, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It's anon only block, so it will not affect you if you are logged in. Widr (talk) 20:03, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks
Thank you for banning Eh0888. I put a lot of work into making Rudolf Berthold a Good Article. A vandal who so callously deletes the work of myself and other hardworking editors doesn't belong in WP.Georgejdorner (talk) 20:10, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Request to reinstate
Hello, you seem to have blocked one of my students, Allykosmala, for horsing around on Wikipedia. Ally apologizes profusely, she was just practicing. Is it possible to reinstate her, kindly? She is ready to add real source material to some essays. Thanks!Ssenier (talk) 20:03, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * , I have noticed many of the students listed on your talk page have been engaged in vandalism, particularly and most repeatedly at University of New Hampshire, which I have protected. I would advise you to tell them to quit wasting their time by doing so. -- Kinu t/c</i> 20:11, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I see the relevant discussion is on Allykosmala's talk page. Doesn't look promising so far, but that's the only way forward now. Widr (talk) 05:51, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

New user self block?
Did I just see a new user self report and get blocked? I saw the random edits that they tags you in but never have a saw a self report. Weird. — Mr Xaero   ☎️ 13:11, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * No, it's not a new user but LTA. Best not to give them any extra attention. Widr (talk) 13:21, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

103.209.81.150
user:103.209.81.150 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 19:42, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

Thank you!

--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:59, 23 November 2019 (UTC)