User talk:Mfield/Archive 11

Vince Vaughn

Hi, thanks for your help on Vince Vaughn. However, I noticed that the protection you put in is significantly shorter than the previous protection which expired only a short time ago. The page has been consistently vandalized for a long time despite multiple protections. The vandal also targeted Zachary Taylor and that page, which has seen the exact same vandalism, has been semi-protected indefinitely. Would you please take a closer look at the page's protection history and consider making it longer? Thanks. Buckinghamian (talk) 23:39, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Sure, done, i was blocking multiple IPs at the same time, and didn't notice the previous PP being so lengthy. Mfield (Oi!) 23:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, but are you sure doing another 6 months is the best thing to do? 6 months clearly didn't work before, and the other page was protected indefinitely and keep in mind that this page is a blp. Buckinghamian (talk) 23:45, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Upon taking a closer look at how quickly this resumed, I concur, I have made it indef, and hidden the latest revisions. Mfield (Oi!) 23:55, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For clearing WP:AIV so fast that I did not get a chance to do any I give you the admin's barnstar. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 03:21, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, and thank you

Apolo,gies for the accidental revert, I was browing on my mobile device, and accidentally fat-fingered the "undo", evidently. I selected "cancel" and went on my merry way, not realizing it reverted your edit anyway. My sincere apologies, and thank you for following up on that. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:01, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

No worries, I assumed it was something like that. Mfield (Oi!) 18:05, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

185.32.176.86

I was surprised to see you'd blocked 185.32.176.86 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), as I'd been meaning to thank them for catching a POV edit that slipped through the cracks at African American–Jewish relations. Can I ask which part of their contribs/filter log was vandalism? It seems like they were removing a lot of POV/unsourced/poorly-sourced content, but maybe I'm overlooking something. -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 04:17, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Let me take a look back at that Mfield (Oi!) 04:25, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Ah it was a AIV report that only flagged their filter logs, they had tripped a ton of filters that appeared on the surface to be disruptive editing. Looking at it though and taking into account their prior contributions, I am not why why those tripped. I have unlocked etc accordingly Mfield (Oi!) 04:38, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll grant you, it's one of the most superficially suspicious string of edits I've ever seen turn out to be good-faith. Thanks for looking into it. -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 04:44, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Page protection

Hi Mfield - page protection is needed on Ethan Horvath. Thanks.-KH-1 (talk) 04:40, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Boris Stoyanov

I'm guessing from your name that you may have a clue about M-theory. How do you think we should deal with the eulogy at Boris Stoyanov? I tried some minor wikification but was reverted. I see that you have blocked the author, but another new editor has now taken over the article's expansion. Certes (talk) 11:14, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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Returning Vandal NicCraft33

Hi,

I noticed you previously blocked this individual in June 2021. He/She returned to his/her old ways pretty soon after the block cleared, and continues to vandalize Malaysian political biographies and political parties in the vast majority of "contributions". I'd appreciate if you'd consider blocking or banning the account.

Thanks and regards, Samhu (talk) 16:09, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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