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User talk:107.1.99.186 has discussion archives

I have discussion archives and I can't write in the discussions in the div and can't type sigma and Cobi hasn't been editing in 30 days. You need to operate WidrBot so it can archive my discussions. --107.1.99.186 13:24, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Recent block

Hi, thanks for blocking this IP. However, you forgot to notify them about the block. I've done so for you, but just wanted to drop you a note. Cheers. 24.91.249.202 (talk) 00:23, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Notifying blocked user

@Widr: Please see Notifying the blocked user. I've noticed here and there that you are not leaving a notice on the blocked user's talk page about the block. The template serves as a notification of the block, instructions on how they can appeal the block, and for any additional action by a subsequent admin. You blocked User talk:73.96.83.16 on August 22, but did not leave a block notice on their talk page. As a consequence, they just continued to edit, but did it on their talk page, which was reported at RFPP. I sort of jiggled a template a little to give you credit for the block, but also notifying them that their talk page privileges were revoked. — Maile (talk) 20:43, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Reverted back to the anonblock template (also tp access revoked now). Widr (talk) 21:12, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

OK. The anonblock template wasn't there when I saw it on RFPP. I guess it got lost in all the reverting and re-reverting by whoever. Thanks for taking care of it so quickly. — Maile (talk) 21:23, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

A Favor

Would it be at all possible if you could hide the edits made at Evolution of cetaceans from 13 August 2017 to 28 August 2017? On the 13th, an IP-hopping, longterm vandal who's been putting in "derpwhale" vandalisms put in a fake reference that has a link to a malware site, and today, I undid that, but then it was brought to my attention that readers looking through the edit history can still access said malware site.--Mr Fink (talk) 00:21, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Silvertears123

Hi Widr, Could I ask that Silvertears123 be's unblocked please ?- Only simple reason is that having searched "Melissa Bell" online she has actually died - The edit could've been done better but unfortunately it wasn't vandalism, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:58, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for kindly unblocking and again my apologies (although easy mistake to make), Anyway thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 17:40, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Just wanted to say thanks for your fast reponses at AIV with the proxies. Home Lander (talk) 20:50, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

IP 2600:387:2:803:0:0:0:B0

Hi Widr. The block you placed on 2600:387:2:803:0:0:0:B0 has run out, but it appears they are back and doing what they did before. Blocking this person does not seem to be having any effect, so perhaps WP:PP will be a better way to prevent any further disruption. Perhaps all of RickinBaltimore's archive could be protected since they seem to be the pages targeted by this person. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:40, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Somcable Telecommunications

Hello, I see you dealt with User:Somcable Telecommunications a few months ago. We have a new contributor User:Somcable Provider Telecommunications with a similar editing pattern. I've reverted the edits but I'm not really sure how best to go about investigating or reporting this sort of activity, so any advice or help would be welcome. Thanks, Certes (talk) 23:49, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Blocked by another admin a few minutes after I wrote that. Sorry for troubling you. Certes (talk) 17:29, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Sock

This is a WP:DUCK sock of this account. SwisterTwister talk 19:22, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for all the anti-vandal blocking that you do. 24.91.248.60 (talk) 21:22, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks also

For mopping out that JasonKingSmith character and their general dumbassery, whatever his name was. They are persistent I'll give em that. Take care! — fortunavelut luna 11:40, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Smile!

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Look What You Made Me Do

Just letting you know, I already updated the Finnish download peak to the main chart on Look What You Made Me Do here, but it was changed again. The commented-out message underneath was not in relation to the Finnish chart, it was in relation to another user removing the French chart beneath it. Ss 112 19:48, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

A "barnstar" for you!

	BotWidr
	You often beat me to the punch on AIV, but here's a thank you for all the hard work you put into taking out the trash -- There'sNoTime ^{(to explain)} 10:58, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Mate he's blocking 'em before they even have a chance to hit refresh :D — fortunavelut luna 11:01, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

@There'sNoTime: Aww, thanks! That's the cutest barnstar ever :) Widr (talk) 11:41, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/195.29.86.210 ...

... is with all probability Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Benniejets, and since it geolocates to Croatia (and not Italy, as one would expect) it is also probably an open proxy (the edits from 30 August, 06:01-06:33UTC on 31 August and all edits made 3-5 September are Bennie, but the other edits don't look at all like Bennie). So I've had them on my watchlist for a couple of days, to see if they would do something that would really give them away. Just FYI... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 17:34, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

I modified the block a bit. Widr (talk) 17:38, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Blocked user

I wanted to bring this user to your attention in case you hadn't seen it. 2600:387:2:813:0:0:0:64 (talk) 02:26, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Edit request on Air India

Hello, Widr! I want to request you to revert YSSYguy's edit on Air India to last good version by Freightcar2. I cannot edit that protected page and I please with love want you to do it. I warned YSSYguy on talk page just now. Please revert his edit tomorrow. With so much love, Freightcar2 (talk) 22:26, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Reply in both boxes

Fix Air India:

Block 82.32.116.24 Freightcar2 (talk) 22:29, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

For hitting the banhammer expeditiously. Thanks for mopping up... NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:09, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

AIV

Please see my report about the IP on AIV. Personal attacks/vandalism. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:04, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Please consider REVDELing the edits too as attempted outing. EvergreenFir (talk) 06:09, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

They IP-hopped to Special:Contributions/107.77.223.217 — might need a temporary rangeblock. on the 223.* range. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:13, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Block user 82.32.116.24

Hello Widr! I request you to block Special Cobtributions/82.32.116.24 for CheckUser and anonblock. He keeps reverting my true edits and I am not lying. With love, Freightcar2 (talk) 22:28, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Seems like Freightcar2 tried to block the IP themself, by adding a block notice on their talk page, and a CU-tag on their user page. Which together with their behaviour in general here hints at a lack of competence... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:59, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
- I've got my eyes on this one, the more I look, the more it appears that there is a sockfarm of a globally locked sockmaster. Will probably raise a SPI over the weekend. Thanks for ignoring the request, Widr. I've suggested a remedy at talk:Air India, which will be put into action Monday morning should Freightcar2 fail to respond to the request for sources to back their edits up. Mjroots (talk) 09:25, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Kiitos/tack, for all your contributions. Shellwood (talk) 21:40, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you as well, for keeping me busy. Widr (talk) 21:53, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

IP vandal at it again

Here's one that needs a block: User_talk:165.139.46.17 - you've warned them as have others but this month they've ramped up their activity a bit. It's rather obvious they're not here to build an encyclopedia. ^{Atsme📞📧} 16:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

RevDel request

Could you please delete this grossly offensive revision by a user you just blocked. Thanks. Bennv3771 (talk) 18:34, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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Blocks

Do you even do your own check before acting on an AIV report? Why on earth are you blocking accounts such as Special:Contributions/67.43.19.24, which has made one edit and no filter logs in five months and was last given anything higher than a level one warning in 2015, or Special:Contributions/169.227.254.9, which has made only one edit (and two filter logs on the same edit) in four months, with no warnings higher than a level one since then? You really ought to know better than that, and I recommend that you go back through all the blocks you made based on that IP's AIV reports and give a good hard think at which ones are actually justified, then unblock the ones that aren't. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply. 19:34, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for asking, and yes, I check them. Those are school blocks or anon blocks. Most have gone straight from one block to another with escalating lengths. When we have months/years worth of clear evidence that there's nothing constructive coming, the bar for (re)blocking should be lower. At least by common sense, which is what I use. Widr (talk) 19:50, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I feel like it's a philosophical difference between us. I'll rarely block for an unconstructive edit every few months, even with a couple past blocks, while your threshold seems to be much lower. To me, reverts are cheap, while blocks potentially block good faith contributors as well, so for infrequent vandlism I'll just revert and warn instead of issuing a block, which I save for spurts of vandalism. I think for me it goes back to if every admin issued school and anon blocks left and right like they're a dime a dozen I wouldn't be here; I got started on Wikipedia making anonymous contributions from school, and a school block of my school would likely have never had me get my start editing. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply. 20:02, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Sure we all could just warn the vandals up to level 4 once a week and let them always get away with it without ever getting blocked. I don't see how that would benefit the Wikipedia and its reputation, though. It would be waste of time for everyone, especially for those of us who try to keep the site clean of vandals. Innocent school kids can always create accounts at home and then log in. These blocks only prevent anonymous vandalism. Widr (talk) 20:18, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

ANI

At ANI there is a report of what looks like a hacked page, and I don't just mean vandalized. The thread is "something strange". Tornado chaser (talk) 17:31, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

No idea what that's about. Widr (talk) 17:37, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Whatever it was has been fixed, but there is nothing in the edit history to suggest there was anything wrong. Tornado chaser (talk) 17:43, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

The problem apperes to have been a vandalized template. Tornado chaser (talk) 17:58, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Yeah, that was my thought too when I started reading your posts. Does the template need to be protected? - BilCat (talk) 18:45, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

It's been protected by now (see the ANI thread). Widr (talk) 18:47, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Outing issue

There is an ANI thread here [1] that involves outing issues, I have contacted you as you are the most recently active admin. Tornado chaser (talk) 18:49, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

86.163.56.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Please block this user from editing their talk page as this IP is playing with it and blanking all the previous warnings that were given. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:30, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I see you reverting vandalism. Thanks! The worm which turned (talk) 02:46, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

AIV

Please to your attention. Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism#User Report2 Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RamazanKhan1991 (talk • contribs) 04:49, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Non contrivirsial move

What made you think that moving Bosnian Genocide to Bosnian genocide was non-controversial? [2]

Also why did you not move the 9 archives when you moved the talk page Talk:Bosnian Genocide/Archive 9?

-- PBS (talk) 16:23, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Probably because of the rationale linked in the diff. As for the archives, no idea. It's hard to remember why I didn't do something 17 months ago. Widr (talk) 16:48, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Please move the archives across (per the guidance in Wikipedia:Moving a page#Talk subpages).

Just because someone asks for a non-controversial move does not mean that it is non-controversial. The question is whether the subject is a proper noun or a description. That is a very big change and for subjects like genocide and they are always controversial, so it needs a RM to decide if a move one way or the other is justified. -- PBS (talk) 07:30, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Requested Intervention on Westerhout 5

Widr, There is a new editor who has just reverted the article for a second time on Westerhout 5. I have explained why thus was reverted twice, stating the name given is not common nor cited. I'm sure this added name is fictional, and a simple Goggle reach finds nothing. I'm unsure how to act here without a 3RR violation myself. The edits are here.[3] Could you intercede here please. Thanks. Arianewiki1 (talk) 08:31, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

You should discuss this with the editor. Their talk page is red. Widr (talk) 11:48, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Quick Block

Special:Contributions/Crawford9999 Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Ananny

Probably stale, but eh, a socks a sock. Stikkyy t/c 04:56, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Help

Help! This is User:Terahfrancisco has been Vandalism and Removal Content, but User:Terahfrancisco has been personal attacks But will be blocked for User:Terahfrancisco has been vandalism. read this, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Terahfrancisco and got these another User:Terahfrancisco is Sockpuppet, Please help. LG-Gunther : Talk 07:25, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

@Widr: Thanks Widr. We Save for life again, Do You have this delete this Contributions and Summaries like personal attacks of User:Terahfrancisco. please, will be delete this contributions. Thanks. LG-Gunther : Talk 07:48, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome. I didn't notice any personal attacks that should be deleted or hidden, though. Widr (talk) 07:55, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

[4] kind of indicates more action would be appropriate. Toddst1 (talk) 16:45, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

never saw it done that way before

with an expiration time of 4 years, 365 days, 43 minutes and 12 seconds? Perfect.Dlohcierekim (talk) 14:44, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Well, that is 5 years, but it always shows it like that. Widr (talk) 14:46, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Page protection

Hi Widr, can you protect the Neyland Stadium page? Thanks. -KH-1 (talk) 00:00, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Admin needed

This page was made by a vandal. It will be self explanatory once you click on it:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Propane_and_Propane_Accessories&redirect=no →Pocketthis (talk) 16:11, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) As an admin, I can say that is definitely not made by a vandal. If you feel that the redirect is not needed, you're welcome to open discussion with the user who made it. only (talk) 16:16, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I'd agree it's a valid redirect - but it is a bit obscure, and relies on prior knowledge of the show in order to understand. Blimey - a lot of stalkers around today, eh? Chaheel Riens (talk) 17:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

As a registered member for 7 years, I can tell you that this is a "Hank Hill" commercial. We don't sell Propane accessories on this site last time I checked. Users and vandals have been messing with the "Propane article" for years promoting that show. Time to end this nonsense. That edit to make the Hank Hill link, created that "Propane accessories Page". Pocketthis (talk) 17:56, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
- again, you're welcome to raise those thoughts with the user who created it, on the talk page for the redirect, or in an WP:RFD. This is not vandalism though and no admin action is needed at this time. only (talk) 19:23, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for all the tireless work you do at AIV. –72 _(talk) 16:45, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you as well for all your reports! Widr (talk) 16:49, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Not sure what's going on with all these proxies suddenly coming up today, but thanks very much for blocking them in no time! -★- PlyrStar93. _{→Message me. ←} 01:15, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, seems like we had a mass attack or something, proxies popped up everywhere on Saturday. Jdcomix (talk) 18:12, 2 October 2017 (UTC)