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Genre warring block

Hi, I oppose this block: I do not see any basis in policy to block for "genre warring" unless an actual edit war has occurred, which isn't the case here. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:55, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

The block reason was not genre warring but disruptive editing. They were replacing references with original research after warnings (and doing that using multiple IPs). Widr (talk) 20:29, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! - FlightTime (open channel) 20:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

That’s not a valid reason to block: this is a content dispute, and taking administrative action encourages the false idea that registered editors don’t have to talk to IPs. Regardless, it sure isn’t vandalism and taking action at AIV only encourages bad reports. This is a very bad block. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:10, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

I don't agree with any of that. Intentional disruption is not a content dispute, and, as any regular AIV admin knows, such reports are routinely handled there. Widr (talk) 10:09, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

I disagree 100% and I do not consider it to be intentional disruption: I see a good faith editor trying to make changes that anyone but the WP:OWNers of the articles in question would have no problem with, and actions that on any other class of article would never lead to administrative action. The disruption from the block itself and the bad reports is far greater than the disruption the IP was causing because it undermines how Wikipedia is supposed to work. Please unblock this IP or at the very least let me unblock it. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:03, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

You can unblock at your own discretion. I don't support it, recommend it or agree with majority of what you are writing above, but do as you wish. Widr (talk) 19:54, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and unblocked. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:03, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

The same editing pattern

Hello W. It turns out that this IP 95.93.160.191 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) last April has returned to adding language categories to silent films. This is the same editing that lead to the previous blocks. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 03:12, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Blocked again. Widr (talk) 09:56, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. MarnetteD|Talk 18:33, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

User talk:97.101.210.125

Hello. You recently blocked this IP user for 3 years, but he continues to post destructive comments on his talk page. Perhaps you should revoke his talk page privileges. - Areaseven (talk) 06:34, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For a multitude of beneficial edits. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:00, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Widr (talk) 16:02, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Morgan Spurlock articles

Thank you for the block [1]. Since the user has evaded previous blocks, perhaps all related articles need protection. Cheers, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:48, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I protected them all for a month. Widr (talk) 15:58, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I checked into the IP information for each user who made the exact same vandalism to Morgan Spurlock and they all come from Charter Communications IP ranges registered to Greenwood Village, Colorado. It was going to continue to be a game of "whack-a-mole"; protection was definitely the needed solution here ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:09, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Yes. Even if a rangeblock were possible, the advent of a registered account seems to have iced the move for protection. So posits the anti-techie. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive/profane edit summaries on an IP's talk page history

Hi, I know you already blocked this IP, would you mind deleting the edit summaries of these two revisions on their talk page (not the revisions themselves, just the edit summaries) under RD2/RD3? Thanks! ToThAc (talk) 16:39, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Long-term block evasion from IP ranges in Indonesia mainly those of [36, 110, 125 and 180]

Hi Widr, can you make a block on IP range in this category just like how you make on this since there seems not even a single sign of stop from this Indonesian user who continue making the same disruptive editing again and again to neighbouring country articles. Molecule Extraction (talk) 09:05, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

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User talk:2A00:23C0:3201:7001:891F:3E2B:7E03:34FE

Please revoke TPA. I didn't know that swine is a LTA. Sorry. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 13:49, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Question

What's the story behind this block? Asking because this just started popping up. GMG ^talk 15:43, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

See here. Widr (talk) 15:50, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks, and courtesy ping for User:Green Giant, who it looks like passed out the glock of the master. GMG ^talk 15:59, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

@GreenMeansGo: yesm, thank you for the ping...errmmm...glock? I feel as though I may have shot someone. 👀 —Green Giant (talk) 16:23, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

@Green Giant: Global lock? Or is my degenerate IRC slang showing? GMG ^talk 16:32, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

No, it’s me showing my age, not keeping up with the latest trendz. —Green Giant (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Page move Made for Now

Hello, could you assist with a page move? Based on naming conventions I believe the article for the single Made for Now should be Made For Now with the F capitalized. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 17:51, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

MOS:CT suggests that we shouldn't do that (compare this to All for You, and many other similar titles). Widr (talk) 18:11, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Ah I see. I knew I had seen a exact guide somewhere but I could't find the page. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 18:20, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Lelitsa

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 09:26, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For doing such a great job blocking all the vandals that are constantly getting reported at WP:AIV. Keep up the good work! SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 17:55, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Widr (talk) 18:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Cheers, —Paleo Neonate – 00:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you...

... but I have to ask, out of sheer curiosity. User;97.68.139.165. Why "1 year, 63 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes and 48 seconds"? Kleuske (talk) 16:59, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

For experimental purposes, let's say. It was actually 1 year, 2 months and 3 days, but just shows like that. Widr (talk) 17:53, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Page protection for Hurricane Lane (2018)

Can you please semi-protect Hurricane Lane (2018) for about 1 week? The article is becoming much more frequently viewed, given the potential impacts in Hawaii, and it's currently a popular target for vandals and other new/unregistered users pushing a Cat 5 hype. Thanks. LightandDark2000 (talk) 02:20, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

222.153.141.239

Just to let you know, I have hardblocked the IP, it's obviously the same person than this logged in user. -- Luk ^talk 12:09, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Your block of 173.56.93.5

Please block access to their talk page as well. Might want to extend that block while you're at it. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:07, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Question

I noticed this block. I saw the report on AIV, and also saw the user only had one edit and ClueBot's warning - nothing after that. I thought we weren't supposed to block unless they continued vandalism, am I incorrect? I've been super hesitant to use the block button at all - most of what I've done since becoming an admin is edit protected pages and a few speedy deletions. Can you help me understand why that block was appropriate so I can be more useful in that area? Thanks. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

If you look at that one edit and the edits caught by the edit filter, you will not see anything but vandalism, thus it's a vandalism-only account. Warnings are not required before blocking accounts that obviously exist only to waste everyone's time. Whether to block or not is always up to the admin discretion, but using common sense is often a good thing too. Widr (talk) 20:25, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:06, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Demolytionman420

69.14.55.135 is quacking loudly. John from Idegon (talk) 23:12, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

IP editing after expired anonblock

Just wanted to ping you about 37.110.218.43, whom I see you blocked for a year in June 2017. Since the block expired, editing from the address has been prolific and the talkpage has already picked up a few warnings. It's clear that there are different editors, at least one of whom seems to be fairly competent and constructive ([2] vs. [3]), editing more or less simultaneously. I couldn't find a specific instance that prompted that previous block, nor do I see overwhelmingly negative editing from that IP now, but since you might know more about why it was blocked last year, and since there has been some general disruption in the two months since editing resumed, I wanted to bring it to your attention. Grandpallama (talk) 15:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Possible new sockpuppet

I believe Eimukas22 has a new sockpuppet account – Radom1967. This user edits the same pages as the banned user, but the editing became more clever as edit summaries are used. – Sabbatino (talk) 06:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Spam

If you take a look at my CSD log, there is a spammer/spammers using a range of IPs for the same spam I reported (and you blocked).--Cahk (talk) 18:46, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Block evasion

The proxy you blocked talked about "VALIDALT"[4] and has now created an account to continue his socking,[5] named "VALIDALTguy". Disruption is high. GenuineArt (talk) 06:07, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Warning template problem

I was affected by this problem. Were there any other consequences? Immediately after discovering this problem, I noticed that my regular connections on the Google opening page had all disappeared. Is it possible that there was some hacking? Thanks Denisarona (talk) 11:43, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

I have no idea. Widr (talk) 12:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/98.152.105.130 and Special:Contributions/Rydekodakone

Hello. Thanks for blocking the IP. I thought I'd post some info here about the case, just so that you know what this is about if you see it again. Rydekodakone stands for Ryde Holding, Inc plus KodakOne, with Ryde Holding being the company that owns KodakOne, which in turn is the technological platform that KODAKCoin, a cryptocurrency created for payment of intellectual property rights, runs on. And the properly sourced (BBC) material they're repeatedly removing is a mention of BBC News Tech Tent having declared KODAKCoin and KodakOne (and the unrelated Kodak Cashminer) "the worst idea of 2018" at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 in Las Vegas. Making the repeated removal of content, with a false claim in the edit summaries, a very COI attempt to whitewash the article. Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 19:12, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the background info. Widr (talk) 19:28, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Billybadassjr

Hi. Might it be a good idea to lock this userpage and erase the non-constructive non-block related commentary? --Ebyabe (talk) 18:32, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

User talk:AR TutorPoint

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 19:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi, thanks for the block. Would you mind undoing the IP's edit [6], and revision-deleting the slur? The IP removed a post that was intended for another editor. I would appreciate it. --K.e.coffman (talk) 07:40, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the rev-del. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:54, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

IP-hopping disruptive editor

Thank you for your recent blocks on IPs Special:Contributions/50.78.35.86 and Special:Contributions/76.30.25.202. These appear to be just a few of the IP addresses this editor has used since at least early August to make persistent, unconstructive and unsourced edits with false edit summaries that I've seen pop up on articles on my watchlist. If you look at the revision history for just Huey Lewis and the News, it's fairly easy to spot the same editing pattern from these additional IP addresses:

There are likely more, alas. Is this something that you can help with? If not, please let me know the right way to get this issue addressed, if possible. I'm relatively new to this sort of thing, so I'm not sure what is the right procedure to try to fix this problem. On multiple reverts of this pattern of editing, other editors have claimed this as block evasion. Thank you. NOLA1982 (talk) 21:40, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

The listed IPs haven't edited recently, so blocking them now would serve no purpose. When you spot new ones, It's best to report them to WP:AIV while they are active. Widr (talk) 21:53, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

OK, thanks.NOLA1982 (talk) 22:00, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

thanks for viewing my report and blocking 185.175.114.106. B. N .D | ✉ 14:23, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Block of 73.34.162.145

I think 73.34.162.145 is actually an open proxy. Appears at WP:OPD anyway. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:22, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Rishav Kumar

Hi Widr, you deleted Draft:Rishav Kumar and blocked its creator Wikiwriterpro last month. A few days later it was recreated by a new editor Danielroggers, who is almost certainly a sockpuppet. I just renominated the draft for speedy. Regards, -Zanhe (talk) 20:05, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh never mind. Ponyo just deleted the draft and blocked the sock while I was writing the message. -Zanhe (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Another IP

Thank you for finally blocking 109.245.227.175 – rarely have I seen so much damage from a single IP not get stopped immediately.

109.92.24.218 is almost certainly a sock... Modernponderer (talk) 12:08, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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John from Idegon (talk) 20:32, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Amitkumar47

Is moving pages and needs to be blocked. Amitkumar47 Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 10:09, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Amitkumar47 (talk · contribs) moved SshibumXZ (talk · contribs)'s page. Thanks Jim1138 (talk) 10:13, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

SshibumXZ moved it back. Jim1138 (talk) 10:14, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Jim1138, yep, thanks for mentioning this! I tried to undo that with my page mover flag, but, the swap script is not working. So, Widr, I would be highly obliged if you could just move back my userpage. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 10:15, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh, no, it apparently worked. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 10:16, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

No action needed here, thanks for the help, though. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 10:17, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Suppression of juvenile information

While NPPing I came across Aelahmann3333360s user page (whom you blocked), claiming he is a juvenile and contains a few personal details. Because of this could you blank or delete it? Thanks, ^Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 16:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Pstjobplacement

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:35, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

There's no "thank" button for log actions, but I appreciate your un-Revive-al. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:05, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Cchen49

Hi Widr. I question this block. The following IP was just going around undoing John's edits, no? CU data is entirely inconsistent with other recent IPs. But of course you might know something I don't. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 23:38, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that, I obviously misread what was happening. Widr (talk) 00:05, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

They're coming from so many directions it's easy enough to do. I'd leave a note for the editor blocked in error, but that would likely draw the problem to him. John from Idegon (talk) 00:09, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. A similar thing happened here, if anyone's interested. LightandDark2000 can also have a ping - no comment here necessary. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 00:11, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Plea for Crierdaddy

I'm not sure what to do about Crierdaddy (talk · contribs). It appears that Crierdaddy was making good edits to Mesozoic (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). They were unsourced or the sources not clear. Advice was given on Crierdaddy's talk page, but no replies. I'd like to have Crierdaddy editing, but don't know how to get the edits and communication up to snuff. I don't think an indef would be beneficial to Wikipedia. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 10:33, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

I wouldn't be too optimistic based on their recent edits, but they can request an unblock, and another admin will review it. Widr (talk) 10:46, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

RFPP

Could you semi (and restore) Eagles (band) for a week or so, hopping IP is genre warring. Thanx, - FlightTime (open channel) 23:41, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Well, it seems they're done for the day, I'll stop by if they start up again. Have a great eve :) - FlightTime (open channel) 03:15, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Block extension

I'd like to change this from 31 hrs to 6 mths. Objections? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:20, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Go ahead if you think it's needed. Widr (talk) 19:24, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, my friend. He's static and been vandalizing since summer. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:31, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

A small question

For IP vandals, is there something special about a block duration of 31 hours? Just curious. Hdjensofjfnen (If you want to trout me, go ahead!) 19:03, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

The logic may have something to do with school kids. If they get blocked for 24 hours, they are likely to return to vandalize the following day at the very same time. When it's an uneven amount of hours, it might not fit their schedule that easily. Widr (talk) 19:44, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Your username

Hey I noticed there was a radio station called WIDR, does your username have any relation to this radio station? 2601:C0:C:FDC6:3C7F:2DF0:40A3:62A4 (talk) 19:46, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Nope. Widr (talk) 19:47, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

User:Daciproteasaa is

Sock of User:Daciproteasa. Govvy (talk) 09:57, 22 October 2018 (UTC) Hmm, Guess User:Daciproteasa09 was the original acc. Govvy (talk) 10:00, 22 October 2018 (UTC)