User talk:Yamla/Archive 33

Block on Wiktionary
Wikitionary is a different project. If you are blocked there, you need to contest your block there. Yamla (talk) 15:37, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yamla, on wiktionary the administrator SemperBlotto blocked me & my ability to make edits, even to my discussion page. His reason block me was "vandalism." He gave 3 days of a block. He did not communicate with me at all, nor did he add verify sense the the definitions I added, which were for Sabir, Lingua Franca. I am a prolific contributor on wiktionary, and I don't vandalize; I don't know any other recourse than to come to another project and seek help. I can't contact administrators on Wiktionary, nor can I appeal it there on my own talk page. Aearthrise (talk) 15:46, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I'm not sure what you are expecting here. I have nothing to do with Wiktionary. It's a different project. I literally can't do anything for you. They may have something similar to WP:UTRS but you'd have to check. --Yamla (talk) 15:52, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion Yamla. Aearthrise (talk) 16:11, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ajpolino • LuK3
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Jackmcbarn
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ad Orientem • Harej • Lid • Lomn • Mentoz86 • Oliver Pereira • XJaM
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.

Technical news
 * The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (T261630).

Arbitration
 * The 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
 * Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.

Miscellaneous
 * The Universal Code of Conduct draft is open for community review and comment until October 6th, 2020.
 * Office actions may now be appealed to the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee.

Discuss this newsletter

Subscribe

Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:44, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Regarding your message on my talk
I never used the VPN to edit wikipedia. I used it for another site. To my knowledge I never even visited wikipedia while the VPN was on, as I normally only enable it when using the e-learning website. I'm completely stumped as to why wikipedia is seeing me in an IP address block that I'm not in.--125.129.16.99 (talk) 02:37, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You must have visited Wikipedia while the VPN was on. That's how Wikipedia determined it. It would be technically impossible for Wikipedia to know otherwise. --Yamla (talk) 10:42, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, the weird thing is that it was letting me edit my talk page under the correct IP address, so it was seeing me both in and out of the range. it seemed to be a cookie or something, after clearing them repeatedly, I was able to edit normally again. Thanks!--125.129.16.99 (talk) 02:49, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

GoogleMeNowPlease
is requesting unblock at. Given block record, I can't see it. Any feedback appreciated. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 01:30, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll comment in UTRS. --Yamla (talk) 09:30, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

I Need Your Assistance With The Changes That I Wanted Done
Help me please. How can I properly effect the needed changes to be done to have the two articles be less deceptive? Oldspammer (talk) 02:20, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Rather than using talk pages as a chat forum or rather than just dumping a video on a talk page, discuss what specific changes you wish to make to the article. --Yamla (talk) 10:18, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Are you an admin?
Hello there. Can you please tell me how to create articles on Wikipedia? I tried it but it is rather difficult how I can create articles in an easy way. Mag. Wilhelm Görg (talk) 22:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * See WP:YFA which goes into far, far more details than I can provide. Note that you should not create an article in an area for which you have a conflict of interest; see WP:COI. --Yamla (talk) 22:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * What do you mean with conflict or interest? Mag. Wilhelm Görg (talk) 22:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * See WP:COI. --Yamla (talk) 22:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello again. First of all, thanks for your Welcome. Can you please tell me how I can add reliable sources if I edit articles on the Wikipedia? Mag. Wilhelm Görg (talk) 22:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:CITE explains how to do this. Please take the time to read all of our policies and guidelines before editing further. Note that celebheights, for example, would categorically not be a suitable source; see WP:RS. --Yamla (talk) 22:19, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You know what? You can block my account forever. I don't like the Wikipedia anymore and it's really a waste of time. Mag. Wilhelm Görg (talk) 09:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. --Yamla (talk) 10:34, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

2600:387:0:80F:0:0:0:76
You declined this user's unblock request, and then they faked your response to make it look like you accepted the request. Might want to remove talk page access (likely via page protection as its part of a wide range block)? 192.196.218.202 (talk) 23:12, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing. Done, via page protection. --Yamla (talk) 00:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

I have a question
Seeing Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2020 CUOS appointments and 14 October has passed, saying that the appointmets are on this day. Why hasn't anyone got the checkuser tool yet? --94.73.37.114 (talk) 20:38, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ArbCom is a little delayed, as I understand it. The process will complete in the next few days. --Yamla (talk) 21:06, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

How long should this at least be? --94.73.37.114 (talk) 21:16, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The process should complete in the next few days. I'm not on the ArbCom list so I have no more details. --Yamla (talk) 21:21, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Congrats!
Congrats on +CU! If there's anything I can help with, please feel free to reach out. SQL Query me! 03:28, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following users to the functionary team:


 * is appointed as an Oversighter.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.

The Committee thanks the community and all of the candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 03:15, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: 
 * Congrats Yamla! I'm looking forward to working with you. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 18:05, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Looking forward to learning about the tools. :) --Yamla (talk) 19:09, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

SOP & MY
XC40 SOP was in 2017 with production of first customer bound models starting in November 2017. The following source was provided: Relevant quote, dated 22 November 2017: "A new era starts for the Volvo Cars plant in Ghent, Belgium today as the first customer-bound XC40 small SUV is set to roll off the production line."

XC40 MY starts with MY18 as is normal with second half of year dates for VCC. Relevant source here: This does not take into account US specific dates or MYs. See quote from the prijslijst, dated 13 November 2017: "PRIJSLIJST Modeljaar 2018. [Price list model year 2018]"

Are these sources sufficient or is there any reason for them to be unsuitable? First source was already given in the revert but ignored - why?

2A04:4540:902:100:2893:BD8:60BA:447A (talk) 14:44, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Mind if we move this to Talk:Volvo XC40? I'm happy to move your comments to that talk page and respond there. --Yamla (talk) 14:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Site ban tag for UnderArmourKid
Please put a sock tag on UnderArmourKid's user page as they have been socking and evading their block numerous times. They already should be banned from editing this project. They also have an LTA case page about themselves--31.221.214.55 (talk) 15:40, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * There's already a tag indicating they are a sockpuppeteer. Honestly, I'm not sure it's worth the effort to note they are banned, given that the long-term abuse link appears. --Yamla (talk) 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg John M Wolfson
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bduke • Nilfanion • Philosopher • Rspeer • Yunshui

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ragesoss
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TonyBallioni

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg EdJohnston • Oshwah • Yamla
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Yunshui

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Anarchyte
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Yunshui

Guideline and policy news
 * Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.

Technical news
 * Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
 * Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
 * Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser.

Arbitration
 * The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
 * The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.

Miscellaneous
 * A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case).

Discuss this newsletter

Subscribe

Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:53, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh dear, I should have noticed the numbers in the name, not just the vandalism. Absentminded of me. Thanks for blocking them properly. Bishonen &#124; tålk 22:37, 1 November 2020 (UTC).
 * No problem. Hard to pay attention to all the dog whistles. This one tipped their hand pretty loudly in the end, though. --Yamla (talk) 01:21, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

213.105.34.10
Can user:213.105.34.10 please be blocked asap. See contribs and filter. CLCStudent (talk) 14:23, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeap, done! --Yamla (talk) 14:26, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

User talk:2600:6C40:5400:1D2B:583D:FE16:938A:32FC
See this page's last revision and revoke talk page access, please! --46.6.231.202 (talk) 11:03, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, done. --Yamla (talk) 11:49, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello
Can you please protect this page Nitish Kumar as the subject of this page has just won the Assembly elections and is regularly vandalised. Thankyou Zoglophie (talk) 15:25, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * At the moment, it looks to be under control. Nothing hugely significant and pretty easy for the regulars to keep contained. If it becomes a problem, I'll reevaluate. --Yamla (talk) 16:40, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

User:Miggy72
This user has only been blocked for 1 week, why should this user already be banned after only 2 sockpuppet accounts? --94.73.38.128 (talk) 17:02, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:3X. Note that they are blocked indefinitely and set up the two block-evading sockpuppets after the indefinte block. --Yamla (talk) 17:03, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

You are very patient
You've been more patient than many editors would be with this editor.

I don't follow the administrative fora related to blocking and banning very much, but is there any general consensus that editors with "copyright competency" issues such as these can be topic-banned from File: namespace (enforced by a partial block) and set by an edit filter to "never autoconfirm"? Granted, that wouldn't completely help with the copyvio-text issues but it would allow editors whose only problems are in "File:" space to still contribute elsewhere in the project. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  18:20, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's true that editors can be partially banned, as you describe. In this case, it's not going to help. Almost everything they did was in violation of WP:COPYRIGHT and unfortunately, that included the articles, too. Topic bans can also be applied but again, that's not going to be useful here unfortunately. :( --Yamla (talk) 19:34, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, sad, but as I said on the editor's talk page, I have hope for the future. Not this year though. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  19:57, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:SO, combined with evidence of appropriate contributions elsewhere, would be a really good sign. I, too, am hopeful for the future. --Yamla (talk) 19:59, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Samlaptop85213
I know you get annoyed that he keeps bothering you but it’s probably for the best if you tag his IP socks so this can be tracked, or leave a note on the talk page about current block evasion. He’s also banned per 3X. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 20:30, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Any chance his IP range would need a global block? I believe someone who always or often/usually writes that they love vandalism is Samlaptop85213. --37.29.168.61 (talk) 11:24, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It is. What I am saying is, though, is that we need to track it. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 15:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with the tracking. 37.29.188.55 (talk) 14:19, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Samlaptop85213 is already tracked sufficiently. We don't need to indulge this troll further. As to blocking IP address ranges, show me a blockable IP address range and I'll happily block. --Yamla (talk) 14:44, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocking his IP ranges will probably not help after the blocks expire. Also you may wish to always use your checkuser tool to see if the IP ranges/addresses he uses are confirmed to him. 37.29.188.55 (talk) 14:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed. And he cycles through so many. We need to implement page protection. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 15:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

SPI
Hi Yamla - hope you're well. When you have a moment, please can you look at this SPI case in relation to a block you made recently. On a related note, I think this user is a possible meat-puppet, and at best, WP:NOTHERE based on this, this and (the clincher) this. Thanks for all your help with this matter. If you need anything from me, just ping or drop me an email. Thanks again.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 12:25, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I'll take a look. --Yamla (talk) 12:30, 14 November 2020 (UTC)


 * No problem - and thanks for sorting. Much appreciated.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 13:22, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey there
I praise your service, you deserve more awards! However, I was looking at Sandbox history, and 101Enigma may need to be blocked, as looking at their edits, they may just be an account for promotion. You might not block them, but it's ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.211.241.5 (talk) 22:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Apology
I just wanted to tell you how immensely, profoundly sorry I am about what I edited on Alex Hirsch. The last thing I wanted was to break the rules and I sincerely thought that what I was writing was constructive and important, especially since I had collected a couple of good sources on it (I was not aware that kiwifarms was not an applicable source, but during my block I found a Boundingintocomics page saying exactly the same thing. I am presuming that that source is an okay one). I am curious how Wikipedia would handle similar cases of people doing similar questionable things (like maybe Bill Cosby). You have no idea how much I regretted my actions and how crappy I felt during the block, knowing that I unknowingly broke the rules. Trust me when I say that I will never do it again and I will not even bother trying to put that info back on the site. I know I am on thin ice as it is, but believe me that this block has changed me and I will try to follow the rules to the best of my ability in the future. Again, I am sorry and I will try my very best not to do it again. Tyler Michael Mannix (talk) 02:44, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

SRG
Hi Yamla. Like for, if you notice an account is confirmed to a globally locked user, you can report it to SRG. I did so for you. . This also applies to Samlatop's IP socks. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 13:59, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

A UTRS complaint
Hey Yamla. Thanks for your assistance the other day with a guy regarding Spanish colonization of North America. But just now I looked at this UTRS and noticed you were handling it. I have only one bit of information to add: The IP remains covered by a colocation-webhost rangeblock, and I don't see any reason to lift that. He complains about a certain IP of his being covered by that block, but the edits of that IP seem to be mostly vandalism. He also says he has a registered account which is being inconvenienced. (I think I can't say the name). If you look at the registered account, it is currently (on 27th November) making reasonable-looking edits to business-related articles. So he must have a way of reaching the internet that gets around the rangeblock. So I would be looking at how to decline his appeal — unless there is more to the story. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 01:34, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Oooh, excellent point. Thanks. I should have followed up with that UTRS request some time ago now, it's slipped to the bottom of my todo list. But as you point out, an unblock is not actually necessary. I'll follow up tomorrow (it's late here now). Thanks for the additional really useful information! --Yamla (talk) 01:53, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrwsc • Anetode • GoldenRing • JzG • LinguistAtLarge • Nehrams2020

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Izno

Guideline and policy news
 * There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

Technical news
 * Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Discuss this newsletter

Subscribe

Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Could you tag and raise the block from 31 hours to indef (since you've tagged other socks) and they are clearly a duck, just compare Special:Diff/991433063 with Special:Diff/991044249. Thanks. Dylsss(talk contribs) 00:29, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks. --Yamla (talk) 12:38, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I got a drawer full of socks already. I don't need anymore. ( in my Chico Marx voice. ) -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 13:05, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

National animals
1. The name of the country is North Macedonia, it must be placed in alphabetical order. 2. There is no "Macedonian heraldy", as there are different variations according to country, it must be changed to "North Macedonian heraldy", or to its wikipedia page "Emblem of the Republic of North Macedonia" 3. The "history of Macedonia" blog, which is used in both the national animals of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, is infamous for its historical distortions and fake news. It does not credit Wikipedia to use such a blog as a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avalantis (talk • contribs) 14:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I have no attachment to that particular source; I didn't add that source myself. However, you can't replace it with another blog. You need a reliable source; see WP:RS. That, and only that, was the problem with your edit. --Yamla (talk) 14:53, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

90.253.120.225
user:90.253.120.225 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 13:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeap, fixed. This is a big range block (see Special:Contributions/90.253.64.0/18), so they may come back on another IP address. If so, we have a few options for more assertively dealing with this vandal. :) --Yamla (talk) 13:50, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe including a smaller(/24) rangeblock w/o TPA. --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 21:25, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you
thank you for your comment ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ  ( ꯆꯥ ) 22:01, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

banned
I feel like I just shot someone's puppy. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 22:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeap. What's particularly frustrating there is the multiple years that have passed. Plenty sufficient time for that puppy to grow up. :( --Yamla (talk) 22:58, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * That's ruff -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 23:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Name space block indefinitly
I thought if I don't make any other future copyright infringement problem in wikipedia after the warning in October,I will be ok.I never expected this(indefinite block) for something which I do not repeat(repeated copyright violation).The blocked time is indefinite which make my heart heavy,it feel too unfair to me.I tried to check status of my user contribution review by admin,some were marked with N some were put red cross.What does those thing mean?Can you please help me know?I accept the punishment but the reason seem a bit unclear(as I am not continuing copyright violation).I never planned to continue copyright violation after I was warned by Dianna(an admin)..Thank you sincerely ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ  ( ꯆꯥ ) 11:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I am not the blocking admin. Please contact the blocking admin. --Yamla (talk) 11:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

You declined this IP's request of unblocking
so could you maybe take a look at their recent funfunfun edits to their talk page, see here? Seems pretty much vandalism-only etc. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 19:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Youch. I've added that page to my watchlist and dealt with the issue by temporarily protecting it. Thanks for noticing and rolling back the nazi imagery. :( --Yamla (talk) 20:04, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yw. Glad you were able to get on it so quickly. I couldn't quite figure out what could be done with an IP abusing their user talk page like what had been going on recently, what a precisely targeted solution. Shearonink (talk) 20:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Blink
We need to restore the "blink" function to get the attention of the incorrigibly bull-headed IDNHTers. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:48, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I love the story of the history of the Blink element. I also used to rather enjoy Lynx (web browser). :) --Yamla (talk) 22:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If you blink, you die. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs) 🎄  01:35, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Doctor Who, my favourite show. I've watched all the episodes! Yes, even the ancient episodes missing video. :) --Yamla (talk) 11:37, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Angelgreat.on UTRS
has requested unblocking at. They've answered the questions about copyright you asked so long ago, if you'd like to have a look. Thanks. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 19:31, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Left a comment there. --Yamla (talk) 12:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

IP block affecting me
Hi - I had a similar problem on Commons recently - editing on mobile while signed in, but using data instead of wifi. It doesn't let me edit - tells me I am blocked (because the IP is blocked). Can you add an exemption? The IP is 2600:387:0:80f::/64 -- ɱ (talk) 15:14, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Granted for one year (as is standard in these cases). Happy editing! --Yamla (talk) 18:26, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Season's Greetings


Hello there! Shearonink (talk) wishes you & yours the very best of the season!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia, here's to: hoping your holiday time is wonderful and - especially -

that the New Year 2021 will be an improvement upon the old of 2020. CHEERS!

Share these holiday wishes by adding   to your friends' talk pages.

(Sent: 04:09, 18 December 2020 (UTC))

COI
Despite their claims, I don't think there is a real coi here based on the oversighted material on their userpage(s). Either way we're being trolled. GRINCHIDICAE🎄 16:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Why did you remove "minor" protests?
I felt like the phrase "sparking protests across the province" under Jason Kenney was a bit dramatic. So I changed it to minor. Why do you oppose this? SweetMilkTea13 (talk) 19:32, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Because of MOS:WEASEL. Though, frankly, if you removed the whole bit about sparking protests, I'd be okay with that. I'm pretty sure the citation didn't even support that much. :) --Yamla (talk) 20:55, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Recent Block
Hello! You're obviously under no obligation to explain your administrative decisions to me, but I'm a little perplexed about a recent block you decided not to overturn for (for the record, I have absolutely no connection to this user).

It seems as though the user added sourced content about a recent event into a BLP:. Another user deleted the content, and said material would probably be more appropriate in the personal life section:. I took a quick glance at the material and I agreed, so I moved the deleted content into the personal life section:. Then, a different user said the material may have been misinterpreted and deleted the content entirely:. It was at this point where decided to revert that change:. Muboshgu, the blocking admin, reverted the user and told them not to reinsert controversial content about a BLP without getting consensus first:. Then, only a few minutes later, Muboshgu issued a 60 hour block for edit-warring to the user. According to the user, it seems like he was in the process of explaining his edits on the TP, when the block was issued. I really didn't see evidence that user intended on reverting Muboshgu's revert.

In summary, the user issued one revert to the page. To my knowledge, Raphael Warnock is not under any 1RR or 0RR restrictions. And, in the last 13 years, Mrbill66 has never once been blocked for edit-warring. I'm not necessarily asking you to overturn the block, but I do find this situation a little strange. Thank you for your time. Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 22:16, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Had they made that claim, I'd have investigated further. However, they were blocked for violating WP:EW and made no claim they weren't violating that policy. Instead, I see at least two reverts by them on Raphael Warnock. To be clear, maybe they should have the block lifted! But they need to justify that, they need to explain why they weren't violating WP:EW. You are welcome (indeed, I encourage you to do this) to copy this content to User talk:Mrbill66 or to add a note there pointing here, noting that you have concerns about the block. I certainly harbour no ill will toward Mrbill66. --Yamla (talk) 22:47, 26 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I really appreciate your open-mindedness. I left a message to the user on their talk, and I hope they will again attempt to appeal the block with the advice I gave them. On a further note, do you think it was appropriate for an WP:INVOLVED admin to impose sanctions on this user in the first place? Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 02:35, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Marquinhos Wikipediano is trolling as WikipedianManiac
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soviet_war_crimes&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?target=WikipedianManiac&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=&end=&limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions He is trolling the Sockpuppet_investigations page to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Jack90s15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.36.156.37 (talk) 06:26, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * A checkuser has already investigated this user. --Yamla (talk) 12:09, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Range block 2a02:587::/33
Please take a look, someone block almost the whole of Athens urban area. I think needs a more precise range.--79.129.236.201 (talk) 05:51, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Please take this up with the blocking admin. --Yamla (talk) 11:45, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

User:Drmies is the admin but his talk page is locked for ip's--85.74.46.70 (talk) 21:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello IP user. There is a 3-month block of Special:Contributions/2a02:587::/33 that was placed by User:Drmies. Your unblock request was already declined at User talk:2A02:587:4650:D722:716D:7E59:6D69:B017. On 29th December, User:331dot advised that you should create an account via WP:ACC so as to distinguish yourself from others that are causing trouble on that range. Let us know if there is some reason why you can't create an account. EdJohnston (talk) 22:03, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

I didn't create a unblock request and i do not know how to create an unblock request--85.74.46.70 (talk) 22:13, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

85.74.46.70 (talk) 22:15, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello 85.74.46.70. When you opened this thread, you used the header "Range block 2a02:587::/33", i.e. you were objecting to the block of Special:Contributions/2a02:587::/33. If that is not actually the block that concerns you, please be more specific. EdJohnston (talk) 22:25, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes i'm in the range of block, the block affect almost the entire Athens, millions of people. I think is a mistake of range, more specific range is needed. I saw the unblock request by one or more other users but is not mine.--85.74.46.70 (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

The funny thing about that range, which has caused great disruption, is that the longterm disruptor is very active in complaining about the block. Drmies (talk) 23:13, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

I don't know if the disruptor is complaining about the block, but you are block 4 millions people in the capital city of Greece to block 1 disruptor???--85.74.46.70 (talk) 23:49, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Failure?
Greetings!

It has come to my attention that you referred to me as a failure in a private conversation with an online user. To that end, I must ask what knowledge do you have of me that deems me to be a failure? Quite the contrary sir, I am quite successful in life, despite your definition of success, whatever that may be. I have achieved a lot in 42 years on Earth, and have literally been around the world and back. It's pretty classless to speak ill of someone you know absolutely nothing about, wouldn't you say?

Blessings, R.J. Atkins — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.124.190.54 (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I have had zero private conversations about you and not once referred to you as a failure. You may be referring to the conversation over at User_talk:McCoolRedd where I note that the article about you fails WP:NOTE, which is not remotely the same as indicating you yourself are a failure. --Yamla (talk) 11:42, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

I stand corrected and I am so sorry for this grave misunderstanding. I was sent a message via my website from an "RMC Media" that specified your username and that they were banned from Wikipedia by you and another member of administration for defending my honor after you called me a failure.

After reading your note, I see where this person twisted your words to suit their own agenda. I was truly wondering if I had an enemy working at Wikipedia, LOL. Once again, I am so sorry for this confusion.

Blessings, R.J. Atkins — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.124.190.54 (talk) 14:03, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. I sincerely wish you luck, happiness, and success! --Yamla (talk) 14:38, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

User talk:M903380
Hello,

You left the standard boilerplate response form template when declining this user's unblock request... but it appears that the user isn't even blocked. 2601:187:4581:7F50:18D4:EF01:FCCE:A840 (talk) 01:33, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

You have mail
BlackcurrantTea (talk) 03:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Followed up on user's talk page. --Yamla (talk) 17:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hammersoft
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Joe Roe

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.

Technical news
 * You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration
 * By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
 * Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , ,.

Discuss this newsletter

Subscribe

ArchiveSent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Strange insult
You got to this one before I did. I was still working out what a leftist Nazi was, and whether it was an insult or just a description of someone with middle-of-the-road politics. I've heard worse! — O Still Small Voice of Clam 19:07, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Well... National Socialists and all that. ;) --Yamla (talk) 19:25, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

marquinhos Spi page
marquinhos is trolling the Wikipedia sockpuppet investigation page again. If you look at the history its the same sporadic writing style and admits to being in Brazil to. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Jack90s15&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MarquinhosWikipediano212.88.245.189 (talk) 23:57, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

odd
I didn't get any kind of edit conflict. I guess that doesn't happen with blocks? --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope, no conflicts on blocks. The latest block is the one that sticks. Good call there, revoking TPA. :) --Yamla (talk) 11:16, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Concerning Vista Valkyrie
I express concern that they are a sock of ZestyLemonz. Shinyedit (talk) 12:36, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe. They are confirmed as the sock of someone, it's not all that massively relevant who, as they are already checkuser-blocked by another admin. --Yamla (talk) 12:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Please take action against this user
I would like it if you took action against this user,because none of there edits look productive.

User talk:2409:4054:2019:1469:0:0:10DE:70AC 20th anniversary (talk) 22:45, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No need, their edits stopped days ago, after they were warned. --Yamla (talk) 23:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok, Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20th anniversary (talk • contribs) 23:10, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Returning IP
Hi,

A while back you blocked an aggressive anti-vegan user who was attacking everyone on Wikipedia as a vegan. This user confessed to using this IP back in November. The same user has been using IPs to attack me and other editors. I have seen this user pop up now and again. He's now doing it on the Atkins diet talk-page calling me and another editor a vegan activist which is not true. . It's the same banned user because the IP traces to the same place. Is it possible to block this IP because he's been indefinitely blocked on his account JustANameInUse. Psychologist Guy (talk) 15:17, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

152.26.0.0/16
Hello,

This is the IP range of the district in which I go to school in. When you blocked this IP, you blocked almost all students in the district (Yes, I was actually responsible for the November UTRS appeal). The main issue is: I cannot log in, even though anon only is on. Is there a way to get IP block exemption flag? Shinyedit (talk) 15:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

unblock request
i just noticed your procedural decline of User_talk:Frutti_xperiment. I've been here for some 15 years and at this point even I wouldn't know what to do if I were that editor, whose explanation for their "sockpuppertry" seems credible. What is this editor supposed to do? Vexations (talk) 16:44, 31 January 2021 (UTC)