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This account was previously known as JamesBWatson, but was renamed to JBW on 19 September 2019. Neither James nor Watson is my real name. Please post new sections at the bottom of the page. If you don't, there is a risk that your message may never be noticed, if other edits follow it before I get here.


Is this your account?[edit]

Hi JBW, sorry to bother you but is JameslWatson your account? I noticed that their only edit so far is a barnstar on Helloidonthaveaname's talk page. Thanks. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:11, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CanonNi: No, it's nothing to do with me. Looks highly dubious. JBW (talk) 09:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CanonNi: [1] JBW (talk) 14:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They've confirmed that it is their account in this edit, before blanking most of their talk page. I feel like some action has to be taken. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 10:58, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind, reported at ANI and blocked. Sorry to bother you with all of this. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 12:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CanonNi: That's OK, no need to apologise. You are very welcome to let me know about things like this. I thought it would almost certainly be an indef block before long, and I was on the borderline between blocking right away and giving them one more chance. If I had seen that they had removed others' profiles from Adopt-a-user I certainly would have blocked them, without hesitation. JBW (talk) 15:11, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See, this is why I wouldn't make a good admin.[edit]

I feel like I'm being trolled by a couple of IPs. I already provided a link to the requested information in my first edit summary at Massey Ferguson but I'm being accused of spewing nonsense.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 04:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NB: This isn't any sort of request for action. I'm just venting.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 04:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skywatcher68: Well, you didn't make a "request for action", but I took the initiative and did an action anyway, by semi-protecting the article. It seems absolutely obvious that at least one of the IP addresses is Mr.right.247 avoiding his block, so maybe I should block the IP too. Thinking of that username reminds me that Bishonen once said something along the lines of "... like how we always block any account with "Truth" in its user page on sight. Well, actually we don't, but maybe we should." She was spot on, and the same probably applies to names with "Right" in them. JBW (talk) 10:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That "request for action" line was in case either IP followed me here, lest they start thinking I was deliberately trying to get you involved. :-)   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:11, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, I just did a DNS check on both IPs; both are likely Mr.right. https://search.dnslytics.com/ip/69.14.88.138 https://search.dnslytics.com/ip/24.214.25.143   –14:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC) Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Skywatcher68: That's what I guessed, but thanks for confirming it for me. I have blocked both IP addresses. That looks like a really useful IP check tool that you have linked to, but I didn't know of it. I will make a note of it for future use. JBW (talk) 15:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That site was better before they put the more useful parts behind a paywall. To an admin such as yourself, the subscription might be worth it.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 17:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:List of CSI: Vegas episodes[edit]

The episode summaries on this list are identical to the episode summaries given on this website. For example, episode 1 ("Legacy") – "An attack on Jim Brass brings Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle out of retirement, only for them to uncover a conspiracy that could jeopardize the Las Vegas crime lab and lead to the release of thousands of convicted killers." – is a word-for-word match to the summary here. Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: OK, thanks for clarifying that. However, it isn't realistic to just give a link to a page on a website and expect an administrator to search all over that website to find what you are referring to; if it isn't as simple as being able to just link to one or two pages containing the actual copied text then it's likely to be too complicated to be dealt with by speedy deletion. However, in this case there is a more important issue. The text you have quoted above was added to Wikipedia at 16:15, 20 October 2021, as you can see from the editing history of CSI: Vegas; it was added to csi.fandom.com at 22:54, 21 June 2022, so the copyright infringement is the other way round, with the Fandom page violating copyright of the Wikipedia article. JBW (talk) 20:53, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, I totally understand, that was my fault for not being more specific when I tagged the article. Thank you for the additional information! Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS Problem[edit]

Dear JBW, I am removed from UTRS for six months and i have no option to inform you about this problem as they said that i couldn't make a proper unblock request, so i couldn't use UTRS now. So, i am messaging you now as i have no choice to contact others for help and i want you all to help me in this problem as i have no one to help me fix this problem, so you should help me to fix this problem by resolving this dispute between me and the other editors for this block now as i have no other way of solving this dispute without you. 117.196.144.125 (talk) 06:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am Vishal Kandassamy who is asking for help to you, and my account is Vishal Kandassamy only. I want to take me to a dispute resolution process for this problem and unblock me also, so i want to do that. I want to discuss and cure this problem and unblock me, so i want to be unblock now, JBW. 117.196.145.52 (talk) 12:04, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it very unlikely that you will ever be unblocked, because you just don't seem to have any understanding whatsoever of the issues related to the block. However, if you continue to evade the block then it will not be just "very unlikely"; you will certainly not be unblocked. JBW (talk) 13:08, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block evasion[edit]

107.77.198.149 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

The above IP is being used as block evading other IPs that you currently have blocked for edits at Draft:Silent Hill: Townfall and Draft:Annapurna Animation. Could you block this IP address? Thanks. 73.67.145.30 (talk) 16:44, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed

Oversight changes

removed Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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User:Cwootten13[edit]

I don't appreciate you unblocking a user I blocked without consulting with me, especially with the rationale "clearly a mistake".--Bbb23 (talk) 22:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise, Bbb23. I usually don't unblock without consulting the blocking administrator, even if I do think it's a mistake, and it would have been better if I'd consulted you this time. It does seem to me to have been a mistake, as I can't see anything abusive about the use of two accounts, but I should have consulted you, in case you had seen something I hadn't. Obviously it's a bit late now, but do you see an abuse of multiple accounts which I have missed? JBW (talk) 22:42, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's too late for a discussion about the merits of the block.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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