User talk:Iggy the Swan/Archive/2023

Jordi Amat[edit]

Even if we choose to "revert, ignore, block", this is getting beyond ridiculous (the height problems), i don't know whether to laugh or cry!

Keep up the great work, happy 2023! RevampedEditor (talk) 19:54, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know, it is getting tiresome everytime something like this gets seen on registered user's watchlists or those who watch articles via means of related changes in categories (example [1] where he is included.

Hope for a good 2023 to the best I can hope for. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 22:26, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have no idea if it's the same vandal or not, but if it's the latter case it would seem that now we have a battle of "height-vandals", one changing it to 1,83, the other to 1,85! What the hey?!

Have a pleasant (new) week --RevampedEditor (talk) 12:34, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In case you haven't noticed this, I classed this as "tedious". Looks like from Geolocate the IP addresses point to Indonesia so probably no coincidence. I always inclined to go with what the Premier League website says. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:29, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@ToBeFree and Davey2010: - thanks, hope for an enjoyable new year to both of you as well. I'll pray we'll avoid any days when the thermometers reach 40 degrees as what happened last July. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 09:11, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Jordi Amat[edit]

LOL, i stand corrected, height continues to be vandalised at will! Also, we seem to have another disruptive editor in the article (i saw him even revert user/admin Mattythewhite several times!); i improved the wording and the display of lastly-added refs, they reverted me today, reinstating nonsense like "his goal in the draw saved his team from losing" or something to that effect; i also feel that stuff in red in personal life does not belong in article (maybe in the Indonesian one, do not know for sure), but i still left it just adjusting the size of the dashes and was also reverted there. Source int'l goals (not the same as int'l caps), was also reverted by this chap!

The nerve of some people (and i'm almost sure i'll be reverted again)...Enjoy that weekend, continue the great work here! RevampedEditor (talk) 09:35, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi yes, I know who you are talking about here.

Your version should be the better one, especially as trans-title is needed.

That user has disrupted Mattythewhite a while ago, and I also agree this article may be affected of occasional reverting as with height before. Who knows... Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:55, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jordi "Swan" Amat - Reply[edit]

I see, thanks for the tip! Indeed, this article about a relatively obscure (by all standards) player has proven to be a handful (the height issue, anyone?), i'll continue to keep a close eye there for my part, not to worry.

Keep up the good work, cheers RevampedEditor (talk) 14:35, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:HazemGM - Reply[edit]

Yes, i noticed a long time ago that they do not stop! I have stopped bothering with reporting, i'll revert them as i see them...

Thanks anyway for the input, cheers RevampedEditor (talk) 16:40, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe my eyes are deceiving me (50 years old, pushing 51), but i think i've seen, just THIS WEEK, more than 30 new IPs. All that just to add a dash in the full name in box and in external links? What a waste of time and resources!

Cheers --RevampedEditor (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, waste of time @RevampedEditor. I already have enough problems on Wikipedia with other vandal editors (sometimes cross-wiki) in the past, names of those vandals I won't mention. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(By the way: it would appear this has been judged to be a sock account as well. Surely they have better things to do than disrupt other people's watchlists on Wikipedia.) Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 20:58, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jordi Amat[edit]

LOL, this (height) is so out of hand now i got completely mixed and actually reverted the IP who reverted the nuisance! Luckily, a fellow user reverted me as well.

Happy weekend, continue the good work. RevampedEditor (talk) 11:28, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I just don't see that type of change stopping anytime soon. As soon as I saw the page history I realised that you made the error, which is usually accidental in established users. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:09, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

At with a vengeance, and i unfortunately lost it in the edit summary while reverting now... --RevampedEditor (talk) 12:17, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've put the correct height on Talk:Jordi Amat along with the Premier League ref so I know for definite which fact on the height we should use. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 13:46, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bamford[edit]

It's silly stuff; I have asked for increased protection. The account is editing against consensus and is combative at their talk page. Eagleash (talk) 19:05, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As well as some IP addresses which I think belongs to Lewis but for me that's gut instinct. I am aware of everything that's happened before this section started.

Everyone is welcome to contribute to edit Wikipedia but anyone who does edit warring will simply not getting away with it, they will be found out and admin action should be taken against it.

If we look at the pageviews analysis, for May 2023, the page has been edited 90+ times this month[2], a rare number of edits for an article not making headline news for typical reasons. I am also aware about the rangeblock after the second protection request as I was thinking there would be a duplicate entry for the article at WP:RFP (and that request you made has gone to Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Archive/2023/05#26_May_2023 which I am now aware also). I pray that editing will stop soon. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:22, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh great... I knew the requested level was wrong but still didn't change it! I have tried again and if it fails again I give up; (I really am not able to do this any more!). Eagleash (talk) 22:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

At least I am delighted to see that Lewis has been blocked. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 07:41, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well it's something, but only 24 hours; it might be interesting to see how they react to the block; my guess would be negatively and then just carry on; no indication that they understand about EW or consensus at all. Eagleash (talk) 07:49, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that will be used wisely but we'll see how Sunday turns out, both on Wikipedia and to see if Leeds go down as in the past some other people change the divisions too early after seasons finish. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 07:57, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Straight back after block expiry. RV'd and pinged the admin involved, and also left further message (as if that would help!). 13:14, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

I'd guessed correctly that could start happening again, hose 24 hours definitely not spent wisely. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 14:22, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Russo[edit]

you ready to alter the Alessia Russo page today? If as expected she is confirmed as an Arsenal signing? OJDriscoll (talk) 08:39, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Already done by two other users who can edit that page. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:08, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:HazemGM[edit]

Afternoon!

Of course it's them! I have seen hundreds of IPs by this person starting with these numbers (154, ALL from Egypt), and M.O. fits like a glove.

Attentively RevampedEditor (talk) 15:44, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits with IPs beginning with 154 on articles in the football scope, yes. However, not all IP addresses beginning with 154 comes from Egypt, but HazemGM appears to be from that place. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:51, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@RevampedEditor [3] seems to be another block-evading IP address. How many more of this are we going to see? Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:58, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hundreds, if not thousands more! A shame... RevampedEditor (talk) 16:08, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which includes this one. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:47, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Or this!! --RevampedEditor (talk) 18:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, so that's two IP addresses used today. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 19:53, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Duff RfD listing[edit]

Hi. I've closed Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 2#Talk:Mike Duff as speedy retarget to match the current target of the parent redirect, Mike Duff. See the closure statement for details. If you have any questions or if this is an issue please let me know. A7V2 (talk) 02:29, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that closure, much appreciated. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:02, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for fixing my error on my addition to the USS Mitscher page. I couldn’t work out where I was going wrong. I’m from the U.K. and in dates we use 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th, you get the picture so I’d say “on the 9th August” not “9 August”

Sorry if I’ve done something wrong in trying to say thank you I don’t know if there is a message space or anything I’m not an avid wiki user so thank you :) Rob213A (talk) 20:28, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hold on for a minute, I can see an IP address who made the edit before I made some correction to the article. Anyway, everyone should follow MOS:DATES to write dates without st, nd, rd or th after every numbers. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 20:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah that was me I used the Google app instead of safari so I wasn’t logged in. Made some changes on a few other pages so I hope they are okay. And I’ll give it a read. Thanks once again. Rob213A (talk) 20:49, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jordi Amat[edit]

@RevampedEditor: - you may or may not notice this, I have noted about the height of Amat on Talk:Jordi Amat (footballer)#Height... about the correct value but still people keep on changing that figure by one centimeter. I have put that note there so I can read which version of this height should be correct. Otherwise this results in a 4th protection. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 10:55, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notes or no notes, do you think that will stop the height from being vandalised? We will be here to stop them in their tracks!

Attentively RevampedEditor (talk) 17:52, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Very unlikely that will be stopped. I think all three protections are related to the height disruption. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas[edit]

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and many thanks for yours. After yesterday's performance, two focused defenders would be nice, four would just be greedy... Have fun over Christmas, and all the best for the new year. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's always useful to have every player focused. It took me a while to think up of that custom festive greeting. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 13:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was seriously impressive, thank you for even thinking of doing that. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 14:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Iggy the Swan: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:59, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @CAPTAIN RAJU:, you too. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 23:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Iggy the Swan![edit]

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Happy New Year, Iggy the Swan![edit]

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