Hi. I don't know what to make of this and wonder if you are interested in looking further into it. On the page Carbon tax, a whole series of new editors whose names all begin with 'UW' have arrived and are making significant changes. Most of these editors seem to have edited no other pages.
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Best wishes. --Nigelj (talk) 09:27, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Can you please look at my report on that user? Thanks, CTJF83 chat 22:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike, I'm hoping to be able to talk about what happened with the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_For_Us . I was working with Cirt (talk) and improving the article during the past week. I guess someone that wasn't supposed to edit things moved it around. I don't know that person. Is there anything else that you think needs to be improved on the page before it is restored? I'm relatively novice at this and need some direction if you think something should change. Thanks. Ageller (talk) 01:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, I write you this because you were the admin who blocked and tagged all the suspected sockpuppets of User:Andreas Balart in the past.
Well, he/she is back as User:Dexxterious. He began contributing with this nick on August 2, 2010.
His/her contributions at Catalonia are pretty much the same (Removing the Coat of Arms from the article) that other confirmed sockpuppets like User:Peter Punkie([1]) , User:Chemitaxx ([2]) and of course, User:Andreas Balart([3])
Could you please block him/her?
Thanks, cheers. --MauritiusXXVII (Aut Disce, Aut Doce, Aut Discede!). 10:25, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Hey MuZemike-- I was not fast enough to intercede in the deletion of my edits on the Mark M. Lowenthal page. It is true that I started with a "cut-and-paste" from a bio I found, but I made numerous edits on the page that are my own. Can I get the mark-up and I'll rollback the copyrighted material appropriately? You can just post it to my talk page or do whatever is easiest. Thanks. --Thedrake000 (talk) 17:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
[4] this user pops up on the Genesis creation narrative talk page and brings up the Old Argument that over the Creation Myth stuff. I look over his user contributions and red flags are apparent. Highly familiar with policy and using edit summary in first edit (unusual but not unheard of). Restarting old battles here and here Creates a redirect here This smells Socky to me do you think there is enough here to warrant a SPI case? Weaponbb7 (talk) 17:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Please,go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Tinpa/Archive#Comments_by_other_users
and read our pledge.Thank you.Dab thinks that leaving pending changes my be violation of living people biographies when vandalism, telling only not properly documented (serious accusations made up by newspapers) or part of history or not finishing what was starteg knowing that the stated in page is libellous and was declared false. I would ask you could provide some suggestions.Thank you This is the case of attack by Dumu Eduba on Antonio Arnaiz-Villena biography (started June 9th 2010)Symbio04 (talk) 22:37, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for acting on my SPI report yesterday. However, the IP's still a problem and the sockmaster has a habit of removing the ID tag, like I said in the report. I bet that after I restored the tag, socker would remove it within a couple of hours. That's how desperate he is at avoiding accountability. I recommend that the IP be blocked indefinitely if it can be done. Thanks. --Eaglestorm (talk) 06:56, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
I renew my previously expressed interest in finding out what you have in mind for the lightning talk at the NYC meetup on 28 Aug 2010. If you prefer not to comment on my talk page please comment here. If we don't prepare, we can still speak on the subject independently, but it would be wise to coordinate a bit, if only to lower my stress. Econterms (talk) 17:37, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
See this. FYI. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:58, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike - My page was deleted and I'm not sure why. I am not affiliated with the company, and I modeled the page after ADT & Diebold since they offer a similar service. Can you please tell me what is different about my page that it has been taken down, and what I need to do to fix it? Thanks.Amiepeterson (talk) 03:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
yes, thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qualities108 (talk • contribs) 14:07, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
I've undone your protection of WOSlinker's RFA, because RFAs are open to all users, even if they are brand new. It's therefore to the detriment of the RFA process to protect it, even if there was vandalism. Esteffect (talk) 19:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike. As the GA reviewer, your opinion about my change to the headings of the article here would be appreciated. I think think the word "conception" is not a good representation of the actual content, and incorrectly implies that the section is about how the album was conceived. Another editor has requested some sort of consensus regarding the issues and your opinion would help to clarify things. Thanks, Corn.u.co.pia • Disc.us.sion 14:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
As you commented in the pending closure discussion I am notifying you that the Wikipedia:Pending changes/Vote comment is now open and will be for two weeks, discussion as required can continue on the talkpage. Thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 01:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Once upon a time I asked that if User:YouAndMeBabyAintNothingButCamels were to protest the block that I hoped for very strong consideration: User_talk:MuZemike/Archive_20#User:YouAndMeBabyAintNothingButCamels. It seems the user has protested the block (rather vigorously). Given the extensive experience I've had in dealing with Karmaisking, I believe YouAndMe is innocent, but if for no other reason than WP:ROPE, I ask for an unblock for the editor. BigK HeX (talk) 05:30, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hey,
You recently evaluated an SPI I filed: [5]. May I ask you to clarify whether you believe the IP in question to be Schwyz or not? Also, I don't agree with your assessment that the socking is not abusive, since if Schwyz had not announced their retirement and had continued to edit logged-in instead of using the IP, the RfC/U [6], which itself was the consequence of multiple AN/I threads, would not have been abandoned, and that's where "avoiding scrutinity" of WP:SOCK comes in. Also, the comments the IP left in the RM Schwyz started are not in any way linked to Schwyz now and suggest an independent input where there is none ("Editing logged out in order to mislead" per WP:SOCK). That's why I want at least a clarification that the IP is Schwyz, I think sanctions are moot at this point because the IP is quiet now. Thank you Skäpperöd (talk) 09:30, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
I like your war room, by the way.
The Transhumanist 23:10, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Can you please inform/infringe/block him(whatever suits better)? He is continuously adding fake and non constructive (vandalism) info in the articles (to be more specific, it's Pokémon: Best Wishes! article) causing us (users) to undo his edits which is kind of starting an edit war. There isn't any citation or proof related to the info this ip provides (even though I know it's completely fan-made a.k.a fake). Kindly deal with him/her, I'm asking from you because I think you're an admin and you can handle it better, thank you. ♫♪Adyniz♪♫ 23:55, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for AfD/Prem Chand Pandey. "No consensus" will of course make nobody happy but I can't think of a fairer alternative. I appreciate your explanation, especially these days when other AfD closers don't condescend to do more than the bare minimum, thereby wasting more time. -- Hoary (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
...think alike, sometimes at the exact same time! Drmies (talk) 02:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your considered support of my RfA, which has closed as successful. I appreciate your taking the time to evaluate my candidacy. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your assistance. I've been at the library all afternoon fighting this, and almost as soon as I posted the link on my talk page, you unblocked me and i could get to work. Quick response. Ragityman (talk) 00:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
wonder what's going on with the template include on WP:SPI... --jpgordon::==( o ) 17:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
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Anyway, I'm looking forward to SPI being usable again. --jpgordon::==( o )
Thanks for your assistance. I've been at the library all afternoon fighting this, and almost as soon as I posted the link on my talk page, you unblocked me and i could get to work. Quick response. Ragityman (talk) 00:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
There is some quacking going on, so the SPI should be restarted or the sock just blocked. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 07:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Gleaned from the revision history of Murray Rothbard.
Gleaned from the revision history of Malinvestment
I would add them to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Karmaisking but that page is semi-protected. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 11:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, you blocked sockpuppet User:Jehonathan here. He is still editing his talk page here and here. How does that work? BlackCab (talk) 19:46, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
are the "contributions"/actions of
WP:DUCK enough recreations of
that you would block them here or do I need to file sock puppet request? Active Banana ( bananaphone 02:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your input in that discussion on the wikipedia talk page detailing sockpuppetry. I have several more questions about similar subject matter, this time about actually reporting a multiple anonymous IP user. Is there a specifically designed page for such reporting? Also, what administrator(s) can I go to in order to report this information if there isn't a designated page for rerporting that activity? Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds. 02:58, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike - My page was deleted and I'm not sure why. I am not affiliated with the company, and I modeled the page after ADT & Diebold since they offer a similar service. Can you please tell me what is different about my page that it has been taken down, and what I need to do to fix it? ThanksAmiepeterson (talk) 04:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
With this edit, you actually tripped the "Possible self promotion in userspace" filter. :) I didn't know admins could trip those. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
User:Pwnage134 was blocked due to his username (?), and created Gigogag's most recent sock, User:VaderZeus (see here). Can you disable Pwnage134's account creation rights so he doesn't create another sock? Eagles 24/7 (C) 03:49, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
On the article Kelley Washington, there is a really really bad picture of the player. I looked on the Philadelphia Eagles website and found this great photo. I am going to assume it was taken by someone at the Eagles, which would make it an NFL photo....could we use it? - Neutralhomer • Talk • 08:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for closing the AfD on jasmere.com without deleting the article. I would like to ask one question about the discussion. Why didn’t you feel it was worthy of a Keep decision? There were several arguments on both sides, but the ones in favor of Keep had better rationale and substantiation. The Delete comments (other than one) were either no longer applicable or incorrect. Three tags were placed on the article and all were removed during this process. Also, the admin who started the AfD in the first place ended the discussion by agreeing that it was both notable and not overly promotional. He also wrote here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Toddst1#Jasmere.com_AfD) that it was “worthy of a keep”. Could I ask you to take another look at the discussion and see if it should be a Keep? Jbernfeld (talk) 18:13, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm in agreement that the sockpuppet is RE based on behaviour alone, and thanks for blocking. However, my greater concern was any unnoticed socks he created in the meantime that engaged in his usual patter of edits on other pages. CheckUser in the past has turned up other socks I hadn't managed to find through watchlisting and other means, and I was mostly interested in that.
So...I guess my question is, is there any way to get that information other than checkuser, or can a checkuser be run for that reason instead? Thanks, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 19:31, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
This thread relates to a recent block that you were involved in. It relates to IRC, and some incident or other. Can you possibly comment as to what's going on here. I'm really not happy with the circumstances here and the way it's shaping up right now. Thanks - Alison ❤ 20:45, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, could you protect or semi-protect Al Akhbar (Lebanon). It is being regularily invaded by POV warriors and vandals. Thanks Tec15 (talk) 07:29, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Do I have to open a new SPI? [7] --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 09:36, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
I have updated content for my page with secondary sources. How should I proceed with re-posting the article? Amiepeterson (talk) 21:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
The draft has been posted to the userspace. Please let me know which sections (if any) are still promotional. Amiepeterson (talk) 20:15, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Good call on this. CU confirms your conclusion was correct. Can you or another clerk merge Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Flowerman75 into the Jehonathan case. They are the same individual. Thanks! KnightLago (talk) 02:39, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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Again, congratulations. Kylu (talk) 03:47, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
I edit-conflicted with you trying to do that exact thing! TNXMan 14:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
This was my first "official" check - would you mind reviewing it for me? Thanks! TNXMan 14:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. May I suggest semiprotection of Playback singer? It appears the sockpuppet has been blocked, and autoconfirm will prevent new sockpuppet accounts from being an issue. Thanks. --Bsherr (talk) 23:51, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
An SPI where you previously commented has been reopened. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nableezy. Sincerely, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 02:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Mike, I sent you some email about a current SPI case. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:11, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
This page had a semi-protection set for a few months. You changed the level to full protection, but now as it expired it's not at all protected. Could you please reprotect it in semi mode? Shahid • Talk2me 07:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Mike, looks like there are two new User:Xgmx socks: User:Neptune92 and User:SaturnElite. I'm travelling abroad at the moment and am only on WP for very short periods of time, not enough to look into it more closely or request a SPI, but at first glance the identity looks very obvious to me. Just thought I'd drop you a note, given that you have some experience in identifying xgmx socks. Sorry for any trouble. --bonadea contributions talk 12:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike - could you assist me at WP:AIV - there seems to be some reports regarding sockpuppetry, in which I have virtually no experience in, so I'm a bit unsure as to what to do. Anything you can do would be appreciated. Connormah (talk) 18:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Since you participated in The MfD, you might be interested in participating in the Deletion Review, as well.
LiteralKa (talk) 04:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm fairly new to editing WP pages, and I was wondering if you could help me understand a WP policy. The AFD tag was recently removed from the "Stephen Prosapio" page. Why? This appears to be nothing but a self-promotion page created by an un-noteworthy individual attempting to market a self-published e-book. Can any person who has ever been featured in a minor news article create a vanity page now? Can I create a page to discuss my own career as an engineer and my handful of grad-school publications? Where exactly is the "noteworthy" line drawn? And how long is an article supposed to stay up for deletion before the tag is removed? I tried to find this info on my own, but ended up link-clicking in circles. Thanks! ReasonsAdvocate (talk) 05:33, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello MuZemike. Megaidler (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Are you sure she didnt get caught up by mistake? Weaponbb7 (talk) 02:09, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
You missed a domain:
See [30]. Additional IPs:
They have the same Adsense ID. MER-C 06:30, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Can you please take a look at the article posted to my userpage and let me know if it's now suitable? Thanks. Amiepeterson (talk) 13:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Do you have any problem if the page John Paul Jones, a page you protected years ago is unprotected? The page were under WP:PC and the vandalism seemed to be reduced. I taked it to WP:RFUP, but I were requested to take it with the protecting admin. Thank you. TbhotchTalk C. 22:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with the SPI case Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/190fordhouse. If you would, take a quick look at 208.54.83.0/24 and see if you think a rangeblock on it's appropriate as well. That range has had the following (at least) over the last month: Special:Contributions/208.54.83.71, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.68, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.55, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.52, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.77, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.73, and others...
The collateral damage would be on these IPs Special:Contributions/208.54.83.59, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.58, Special:Contributions/208.54.83.56 who have edited this September (some of those edits have issues of their own, but I don't think it's the same sock). The problem is it's a T-Mobile range and this is what the sock is using for hopping, which I'd only expect to get worse now that the other couple of IPs are blocked. Oddly I don't think this sock has managed to get outside of this /24 block on T-mobile. I haven't noticed anything outside of that. I'll keep an eye on these myself, but it might be useful to take a look. Thanks for your help. Shadowjams (talk) 03:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. RashersTierney (talk) 11:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Looks like the Sockmaster has created another account this time the persona isn't screaming racism and seems calmer so far. The account name is User:JaneDanielsPR- Mcmatter (talk|contrib) 03:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
muzemike, we've been having a discussion about this on AN/I and at least a couple of people are in agreement that Odokee needs a much longer block for multiple issues, and that was before he was caught evading his block on one of those issues. Edit warring is one thing, but the constant bad faith editing, refusing to engage in proper communication and now block evasion spells someone who isn't really fitting into the community. I don't know if even another 24 hours is enough for him to get it and the disruption to stop. (discussion is still there if you want to give it a read)--Crossmr (talk) 23:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Based on Alaaan's legal threat here I think User:Afflete's foot may be the same user based on the name of the law firm here. Since you're a checkuser, I thought you might want to look into it. Cheers Tommy! 01:04, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Can I ask your advice on this AFD? The two Keep !votes look suspicious to me and I suspect they may be from the same person abusing multiple accounts - their edit histories look all too similar. The creator of the article in question also appears to be possibly the same person. I'm reluctant to start a sockpuppet case without some better evidence, particularly since one of the accounts has been around for a while, but I think I hear quacking. Thanks.--Michig (talk) 06:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC) Another keep !vote has weighed in which also looks suspicious. It appears that there are several accounts that exist largely to add content relating to the film Sparrow (film) and the associated actors and crew, most of which do not appear to be notable, and at least one of which worked with the subject of this AFD on a film. --Michig (talk) 11:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
... for deleting my userpage :) たかはりいTalk! 03:29, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
So you want him to put down the plowshare, does that mean you want him to pick up the sword? ;-) ---Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 18:07, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't see this as a wheel-warring situation: I didn't override the unblock when it was done, or even raise any objections. When checkuser fingered him as socking again, I signalled my intention to reblock 24 hours in advance and received support from Hersfold and objections from no one. If consensus says my action was improper, I'll unblock, but let's see what happens.—Kww(talk) 18:31, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm really sorry about that. I was looking through pages on my watchlist and instead of clicking on the report (i wanted to see what was said as I've had dealings with the user in question) I accidently clicked rollback.... *my bad!*-- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 13:49, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Re: this comment. Now there's a sock for you to block here. :-) Nymf hideliho! 13:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, since you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Get a live as an IAR speedy delete, I thought I'd bring Naw, word to your attention as I think the same action would be appropriate here; I've prodded it as it doesn't actually meet any of the CSD , but I don't think it's worth waiting 7 days for this article to be deleted. I'll leave it to you to decide if speedy deletion is appropriate here or if the PROD should be used. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
I agree with semi-protecting, but would you mind modifying the reason listed? Currently, every time anyone goes to edit it, they see the edit reason "The hell with PC; Grawp is going to keep raping the goddamn article!" --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:18, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Also, Barek: if you block a Grawp sock, please immediately yank talk page and email. –MuZemike 05:29, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey MuZemike, how are you? months ago you banned this account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/ChristiaandeWet for (Abusing multiple accounts: Continued block evasion and edit warring)
Well, I suspect he is back with a new sock and well faked account, reverting changes without consensus and vandalizing wikipedia's content at will, I suspect that he may have a seemed ip to the banned one ChristiaandeWet new account : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bruichladdich1 I suspect that he may have a seemed ip to the banned one Pietje96 (talk) 16:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I suspect we have another sock of User:BerylTurns50 - User:SheepGoBaaa. Edits began while the former was still blocked.--Michig (talk) 15:03, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Categories listed at WP:CFDS need to remain there for a minimum of 48 hours before being speedily renamed, as noted on the instruction page there. Thanks. Good Ol’factory (talk) 12:25, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZ, you've worked on several requests for checkuser that I have submitted so I'm hoping you can help me out with a particular situation. I have suspicions that a new user [32] is a sockpuppet... however this user could potentially be one of TWO (currently blocked) sockpuppeteers whose styles and interests are very similar. [33] [34] Note that the two puppeteers are not related to each other. I need advice on the best way to submit a request. Would checkuser clerks accept a request for "if it's not this person, can you also check this person?" or is it best to submit two separate requests, both showing the new user as the sock? - eo (talk) 15:33, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
On the Charlie Anders edit log page, you asked for people who wanted to talk about the page's edits to email you. I can't find your email address - how can I email you? 76.169.139.54 (talk) 20:16, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Is there anyway to do a rangeblock on the range the user is using to keep them from popping up on any IPs or any other accounts? - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:39, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Would you be able to pare back the recent edits to filter 341 a little? The potential for false positives is large.~ I won't do it because I haven't seen the edits for which it was designed. I made one change, but it might ruin the purpose, so if that's true please revert it but if possible see if you can come up with a solution that won't create many false positives. —Soap— 10:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello MuZemike. Juancarlos131291 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. My inclination is to give the user a second chance, but to watch his edits carefully. However, I thought I would give you the chance to comment if you want to before taking action. Regards, JamesBWatson (talk) 17:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that you blocked Communityorganizerclown for repeatedly adding a WP:LGBT template to Talk:Eddie Long. I'm a little confused as to the policy surrounding WikiProject templates.
A few months ago I was admonished by a third opinion (also supported by two admins) for removing a WikiProject Scientology template from Talk:Sharron Angle. At the time, the Sharron Angle article was being severely vandalized by anon IPs who were falsely changing Angle's religion to Scientology. I felt that the addition of the template to the talk page was just another attempt to circumvent WP:BLP and insinuate that Angle was somehow a closet Scientologist. A couple of admins disagreed and the template stands to this day.
Of course, it can be argued that the Angle article is a legitimate subject of interest for WikiProject Scientology since Scientology has become a minor issue in the Angle campaign, and I think the article treats the subject with the appropriate weight. However, I think it could be argued that the Eddie Long article is just as relevant to WP:LGBT given that Long has been labeled "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement," certainly a man who has some relevance to LGBT studies.
Anyway, I don't want to create any additional controversy. Just looking for clarification. Is User:Amatulic correct that "Any WikiProject can bring any article it wants under its wing" or can concerns be raised when it appears that WikiProject templates are being used to violate WP:BLP (such as my hypothetical example of adding WP:ISLAM to Talk:Barack Obama)? Is it just an administrative judgment call? Thanks (and keep up the good work at WP:SPI)! Uncle Dick (talk) 06:20, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you are listed, at the WP:VG Reference Library, as having access to most issues of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment. As such, I was wondering if you'd be able to find a few reviews for me.
Specifically, I'm looking for reviews for the Looking Glass Studios games Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, System Shock, and Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri. Since, for the most part, issue content is not detailed on your list, all I can give you is the release date for each game. The review should be in one of the issues around the month of the game's release.
The first two are featured articles that I'm looking to improve, and the last is an article I'm currently spiffing up. It'd be a great help to have scans of these reviews. If it's not possible/you're too busy, sorry to bother you. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:25, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
I tried to leave this on User talk:Count Iblis and Edit Filter 341 kicked in and rejected it...
Obviously the filter's doing something really wrong - I don't know why it picked up the edit, but I suspect it's the hotel IP range I'm in at the moment plus some of the comment content. Seems a little easily triggered if that's it. Might want to tune it down a bit...
Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 07:18, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Gigogag wants your attention at User talk:VaderZeus. I think Gigogag will not sock anymore, as stated on that talk page in August, and think he can be a net positive for the community. It's up to you, of course, to decide what to do about him. Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:31, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
You may be interested in this. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:54, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, new accounts of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ChristiaandeWet (IP's)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/90.213.156.251 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/94.116.245.30
Pietje96 (talk) 01:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, there is a questioning of efficacy of Check User wrt SPI in which you were involved. Best. RashersTierney (talk) 14:35, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
HI Mike Apologies for bothering you, but could you look at The Maiden City CU again[35]. User:Factocop is challenging the CU result. What you said last time looks pretty incontravetible to me but let me know--Cailil talk 16:41, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
...for semi-protecting list of industrial music bands. —Torchiest talk/edits 17:53, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I've only rarely (once that I remember) ventured into SPI so I'm in search of guidance/assistance/advice. A matter with which you've had some acquaintance led me to this edit. I've messaged the user inquiring as to motive, but their actions seem ducky to me and I suspect I won't get a reply for 48 hours. Would there be any benefit in bringing this to SPI? Thanks for any input. Tiderolls 06:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I know you're busy, but if you could, would you do a quick review of #2 and #3 at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Assessment/Requests? I'm trying to get my current projects all to B-Class. Thanks! --Teancum (talk) 17:33, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Please come and read my answer to the accusation. I strongly protest the accusation. [[36]]Seleukosa (talk) 11:01, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your block on this user. I wanted to let you know that the user has elected to "vanish" your block template on their page. I am uncertain if they are allowed to do this during their block period. Hasteur (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm User:Addihockey10, you may have heard of me, if you haven't - well here I am :). I was wondering, I was looking for someone to coach me and help me understand policies to an administrator caliber. I have put a request at WP:Admin coaching but it looks pretty inactive at the moment. I was wondering if you (or someone you know) would be willing to be my admin coach. Thank you for your consideration. Happy editing! --Addihockey10 17:15, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Just wondering, what exactly did you do here? Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:12, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
How do you know User:Scaredy_Bat is a sock puppet of User:Kagome_85?
And did User:Scaredy_Bat make any posts at all?
>.> sorry User:Kagome_85 forced me to quit here because of consent harassment and cyber stalking I use to be. User:Moukity
User:Kagome_85 actually has other accounts other then whats listed here
142.163.135.140 (talk) 22:37, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
142.163.135.140 (talk) 23:36, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
He's apparently planning a mass addition of "scruffy" to tons of talk pages tomorrow. He's also using multiple IP addresses. Could you please rangeblock him? ~NerdyScienceDude 22:20, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just curious if you'd be willing to run a CU on Zarapastroso (talk · contribs), Isvie Mandalov (talk · contribs), and all IPs used to check for unblocked socks (if you haven't already). Thanks in advance, Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:41, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Peter I of Russia (talk · contribs) is an obvious Yongle sock, but also taking an AfD template from an AfD I started and adding it to other articles. I thought that the IP range block would stop this. Any suggestions? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 06:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:46, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Earlier today (in my timezone at least), What is to be said? (talk · contribs) was blocked as a sock of Zarapastroso (talk · contribs), a.k.a. Scruffy. Now I've noticed Desalinado (talk · contribs) whose activities so far exactly mirror those of the sock's initial career, issuing welcome messages to new users, possibly in order to gain auto-confirmed status. The evidence isn't incriminating enough for a block, but I wonder if an SPI is called for. The first sock let two weeks pass between the initial stage and the actual vandalism, which makes me wonder how many other sleepers are around. Favonian (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Dear MuZemike,
Thanks for defending me on WP:AN. I wanted to ask a quick question: Do you think the person will stop now? I think the threat of sanctions with his school/IP will suffice. I think this person was having fun, but I seriously doubt they want real trouble. This contradicts what I said moments ago on Access Denied's talk page, but after noticing your report I decided to interject.
Secondly, I.recommend trying to reconcile with the person. He or she seems to be upset with the project and knowledgeable og certain functions (ex.basic HTML). This person was probably a long time vandal at one point before and simply changed his/her tactics, or (what I personally think) an editor who was disaffected by certain members of the community. Adversaries should be spoken to and reasoned with. They are also a good thing because they make you stronger. So why not ask "Why? What are your motives?". Revert, block, ignore may help for most but maybe not for this person.
Thirdly, I recommend waiting after speaking with the person to see if they'll vandalize again. If they don't, squash it. If they do, send him or her to hell.
Thanks for your time and reflection.68.171.231.16 (talk) 18:31, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Fgy85hd (talk · contribs) and Cheesemaster100 (talk · contribs), both of them. Someone needs to get this idiot's head straight. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 23:44, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike. I was wondering if you could restore Minardi PS05 (which you deleted under G5) in my userspace, so I can see whether it's worth resurrecting. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 12:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
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With the last little spree, where we've had a whole succession of single-purpose accounts posting in succession with a roughly 7-minute interval between accounts/posts all echoing one another, I'm finding it difficult to suspend my disbelief any more. Could we get a quick checkuser, please? I've not listed the accounts that have been confined to article space, although a link to Jennifer Chang (talk · contribs) or 제니퍼 장 (talk · contribs) would indicate that Chaser (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) may need to look at the OTRS requests in a new light. Uncle G (talk) 18:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
I responded to your question in the Wonder Boy PR page. --Teancum (talk) 18:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking unblock as they are fully admitting to socking and it has been several months, checking with you first as blocking admin. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:21, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
This user's contribs have any meaning to you? Like this one. Since he seems to be fond of you I thought I'd let you know in case it is useful to you. Cheers,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 18:35, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Of Scruffy. One random vandal edit is hardly excessive... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:51, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
FYI. --Kudpung (talk) 22:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Looks like you have a stalker User:MuZomike, I've reported him. NtheP (talk) 17:03, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
User:Wolfnix/toolbox/reflink2
Good Afternoon,
I have a request for an account at WP:ACC, and there [((fullurl:Special:BlockList|ip=71.178.102.21} ip range] (71.178.0.0/16) has a block from you. They have not registered with a ISP based email address, and Deskana said they didn't know about the block, so they deferred it back to us peons. Your opinion in the matter would be appreciated. If you need more information, feel free to contact me, via IRC (Loki), or e-mail (see my user page for information). I would normally give you the WP:ACC link, but I see you do not have an account there (Check Users are welcome, and encouraged to register for an account, for privacy reason)
--Wolfnix • Talk • 19:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC) User:Wolfnix/toolbox/tb
I'd appreciate t if you'd email me the contents of abuse filter 361. Zarapastroso has chaged approach a little bit and if I saw the code I could probably suggest a few changes. Regards, Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:57, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hello muzeika!
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Curvesall
1) Ever since Stonemason89 has acted to delete [[38]] and suspiciously 'got' around 10-12 helpers in the short duration of mere 12 hrs... (sockpuppeting?) His activities have drawn attention, which brought me to the page Noleander posted. 2) Outside wikipedia contact & communcation is NOT against wikipedia rule.
If Noleabder and Stoneman89 are SP? that's another subject (How else did Stonemason89 got there?), but clearly the salad of names is by (noleander) a user who has dedicated his time and energy on wikipedia against [any] Jews, stoneman89 (who follows/harasses user salamaat some time) who also has an "issue" with anti-Semitism according to his contrbution on Racism in the United States) uses now the blanket pseudo-term: "zionists," [had it been about "zionism," all those users-mentioned-by-Noleander would have been active on Israel all the time, but checking them, they have not] when the subjects are clearly NOT about "zionism" but about defaming Judaism and Jews as a whole, such as the contributions material by Noleander in his rewriting-history pseudo-page 1) "Jews and slavery," defamation push on his 2) "Judaism and violence," contributed immensely to 3) Criticism of the Talmud, when he enlarged the page he's been relentlessly working for months in: 4) "Racism and ethnic discrimination in Israel" (including pushing unrelated material and edit warring about it) he tried to tag it into category: "Judaism related controversies" - because that's his PROJECT! Now he's "busy" claiming that Jews [are so bad that they simply] want "war of annihilation" on his "Judaism and violence" expanded project...
If I were Jewish I'd be very alarmed at this ugly pattern but it should cause concern to anyone as it is a violation of defamation.Historianism (talk) 08:46, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know that there is now an official Sockpuppetry nomination on Trendsies, which you already indicated was a sock but did not block. I figure this as a formality, so it's on the record, seeing as you already did the checking. Sven Manguard Talk 23:01, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Since you are a U of W-Madison fan, you know there is a userbox for that. Just add ((User:Tom Danson/Userboxes/NCAA-Wisconsin)) and you are set. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for that. I was actually just about to suggest blocking the IP and not the range. After looking into it some the 98.198 IPs don't seem to change as much, as the others (obviously the t-mobile one changes quite a bit). In fact, it looks like the last time it changed was in May, so if IPs are static for at least five months at a time then we're in good shape. Thanks again. Shadowjams (talk) 19:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 05:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Read the edit summaries. I am very thorough about making them. The article read like a student essay. The intro contained material left from the original stub, which was just plain erroneous. Anyone who knew the poem well (as well as reading what some distinguished authors had to say) would not have left such silly errors in the intro.
Numerous poetic devices had been given brief and bald mention, (out of some textbook) without being related to the text in any way. Many ideas drawn from different sources had been lumped together. Sure, they are referenced, but they need to be ordered and stated clearly (rather than misinterpreted) by an editor with a solid understanding of what the literary devices actually mean and what is implied in saying that they are employed in the poem. You don't expect your avaerage reader to understand what is meant by "Augustan inversion" or a "spondee". Yes, they can page hop and find out. But on the other hand, this editor knows precisely what the terms mean, as as well as the average person knows the difference between a noun and a verb, or a vowel and a consonant. I have introduced hardly any new material. I have merely reorganised what was there. I am now looking for References to those sections which were lacking references. The mention of John Constable was my own, in response to the already quoted words of Keats "like a painting". Constable now has a reference, but I will undoubtedly be able to find a better one than that.
I also suggest you read the sections I have chnged, before and after the changes, and you will know why they were made.
Amandajm (talk) 15:17, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Are you Korean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.164.11.248 (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Could you please take a second look at the Zend Certified Engineer deletion discussion?
IMHO there was no consensus to merge, nor valid arguments to do so. The arguments for merging are extraneous and/or are in conflict with the guidelines for merging, "Merging should not be considered if" :
Some users have argued that the topic is "not particularly notable", in spite of the fact that reliable sources that discuss 'Zend Certified Engineer' are cited.
The claim that the book "PHP: The Good Parts" cannot be "checked" or that it only mentions ZCE in one sentence is completely false. The book is easily "checked" by anyone who bothers to actually read it. I made a reference to the page of the first mention, which is located at the beginning of the book in the introduction summary chapter and is one sentence long. However, ZCE is discussed throughout the book in many chapters as well as in other reliable sources.
Thanks,
Ofus (talk) 10:14, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Hiya, I sent you an email the other day; can you just let me know if you got it or not...possibly it got lost in the ether. Cheers, Chzz ► 23:41, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
As you noted Ottava couldn't comment directly, I am reffering this to you: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Ottava_Rima/To_Autumn_FAR.
Ottava asked on IRC if I could make a comment, However as English Literature isn't my field of expertise, I felt the points raised would be better examined by someone actually part of the FAR, than a bystander. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey, since you identify as one who has an interest in Zelda titles, I was wondering - could you help me in fixing up the reception to maybe follow, say, Limbo? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:49, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
I have started an RfC on inappropriate userboxes, i.e. those that don't follow the introductory paragraph at WP:UBX:
"A userbox (commonly abbreviated as UBX) is a small colored box ... designed to appear only on a Wikipedian's user page as a communicative notice about the user, in order to directly (or even indirectly) help Wikipedians collaborate more effectively on articles."
How does a userbox about a user's own preferences in regards to what topics on Wikipedia they hate and what type of sexually explicit material they like and actively view help Wikipedians collaborate with one another? Which is the question I am raising.
This introductory paragraph over at WP:UBX contradicts WP:NOTCENSORED so I'd like you to weigh in at WT:UBX, it'll only take 5 minutes of your time. I've sent this message because the topic has not had much community input
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Fridae'sDoom (talk) at 20:53, 15 October 2010 (UTC).
What does block hardened mean? Jayy008 (talk) 11:23, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I remember one time that I got over a page called "Colorful sheep" via Special:RecentChanges. I was the first to pick it up it, before any otherscame & deleted it. nI agree in your deletion, but I want that you shall show me the page, Colorful sheep, here. --Æ e kul æ (talk) 17:24, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
I love you!
Congrats on your Badgers beating Ohio State. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:17, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I have noticed that you dealed with SchoolcraftT's SPI case 6 months ago. He is up again as User:4.248.56.96, and User:72.251.24.26 . Could you deal with this case, as there is no admin currently on patrol at the case. Please see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SchoolcraftT. Hole in my sockjibber jabber 07:57, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello Muzemike, I would like to bring to your attention about personal attacks made on an individual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_titles_of_nobility your profile shows that you have honour and fairness when dealing with cases, please can you look in to the lack of neutral statement in this artical and the promotion of websites by editors, I do not ask for special sanction just a fair and balanced point of view within the pillars of wikipedia, thank you Johnkennedy58 (talk) 00:32, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Please note that I added two more socks in an edit conflict.—Kww(talk) 03:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Immediately after you blocked 62.30.168.154 for six hours, 80.195.252.144 began making the same vandalism edits to 7's talk page. Looks too big for a rangeblock, but consider hitting both IP's with hard time. I'll let you know if I see any more IP's attack 7. Sven Manguard Talk 04:38, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
If you would be so kind, would you add the review of Friday the 13th for the NES from EGM #2 here? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:11, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike I have replied on my talk page but thought I would further expand on my reasoning here. A quick look at the articles shows that the two articles were on 17yr footballers, that raised alarm bells straight away as not many players of that age are notable enough to require an article here. I could have placed a speedy tag on both of them as what was in the article at the time I placed the prods was enough to show that they didn't meet notability requirements as both of them said that they hadn't made apperances for the clubs that they are now signed to. By placing the blpprod IMO it give the creator the spur to look for sources to back up the article. It states in the notification that the creator gets If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article so I dont see that as biting or scaring away the newbies. And a very quick look shows that they are in fact academy players and as such non notable. So I will AfD them now.Mo ainm~Talk 18:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps you can help on this. User:VegaDark deleted Category:Wikipedian WikiElves per G4 as "recreation of previously deleted content" (see here), even though it currently has 78 persons listed in the category. The conversation has turned into a pissing match with VegaDark saying in not so many words "you're wrong, I'm right" and "I have been here longer". I have, I will admit, called him a "WP:DICK" and "cocky" and his behavior "egotistic". I really don't appreciate his attitude and his way of discussing things like I am a completely idiot who doesn't know what I am talking about. Could you have a look at the discussion and step in and cool things down? Thanks...Neutralhomer • Talk • 03:30, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, MuZemike;
You're too fast – I'd barely gotten that report submitted when you blocked him! Thank you! J. Spencer (talk) 03:52, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Helpme. I'm now a rollbacker, I have downloaded huggle, but it comes up saying:
Huggle is not yet enabled for your account, check user configuration page.
I can't see anything about huggle on my preferences, so can you help? Special Cases Spit out your confessions,vandal 17:43, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
enable:true
then save it. That will enable it for your account. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:45, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Could you close the above AfD as a SNOW keep and withdraw, please? Thanks...Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike, can you close the above articles both as snow keep / withdrawn if you get the chance? Thanks! -Addionne (talk) 16:16, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
This was a lousy block. As far as I know, the guy only edited the Yom Kippur War and related topics. Did you even do a CU?--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 23:33, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Megaidler is alleged to be a sock of Golan heights is our, who is alleged to be a sock Dajudem, who is alleged to be a sock of stellarkid. Dajudem and stellarkid’s writing styles differ markedly from Megaidler. It is evident that Megaidler is not a native English speaker whereas Dajudem and stellarkid write quite well. That aside, Megaidler’s last substantive edit occurred on 6 August 2010. Since that period, Megaidler’s account has since been inactive with no contributions. Socks are created to circumvent a block, ban, 1R or 3R restriction. Even if Megaidler created another account, (which I don’t believe he has) how has he violated any Wikipedia rule? To my knowledge, Wikipedia does not disallow creation of a second account provided that that second account does not have a nefarious purpose. In what malevolent way has Megaidler abused multiple accounts? In what way has Megaidler used or abused a second account to circumvent a ban, block, 1R or 3R restriction? I urge you to consider these arguments and to reconsider or at least review your block.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 02:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Eagles247, I did not block User:Golan heights is our, or am I now responsible for that account now as indicated? It is unreasonable to demand that an admin double-check every previous sock and make sure they are before blocking a new sock. By the way, thanks for letting me know now about this, just as the User:Golan heights is our account became completely stale so that CUs cannot possibly make any new comparisons.
Jiujitsuguy, I still disagree as they do share similar choppy writing styles. Again, please request a review of my block at the administrators' noticeboard if you wish; I am not going to unblock at this point. Regards, –MuZemike 02:30, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
If Megaidler is not a sock of banned user Dajudem, then by MuZemike's own reasoning, there is no reason to permanently block him. See [52]. MuZemike said he blocked Megaider because he thought he was Dajudem but that reasoning no longer holds true based on what Malik said. I think that based on that comment, Megaidar's block should be lifted forthwith.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 03:38, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
This is what Malik had to say about his block of User:Golan heights is our As I've explained at User talk:MuZemike, I blocked Golan heights is our as a sock of a blocked IP. Supreme Deliciousness added the banner that says Golan is a sock of Dajudem. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[57] That statement speaks for itself. Regardless, I agree that a CU should be performed on Megaidler and while that is pending, his block should be temporarily lifted. There is no harm in doing so and no one is prejudiced by such action.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 04:30, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
The reason why I thought Megaidler was Golan heights is our is because the Megaidler account said that IP comments were from him:[59], these IP posts were identical to the posts of Golan heights is our, Golan heights is not occupied and Improvisealot123. Posts from the Megaidler account are also similar to Golan heights is our:[60][[61]] There has already been a CU for Megaidler:[62] "Same geographic area, different network fingerprints.". The other accounts are confirmed or likely: [63]"Confirmed Improvisealot123 = FLWalker = user:Stellarkid (note: tagged as related to user:Dajudem & user:Tundrabuggy but I'm not familiar with that), and Likely that user:Golan heights is our = user:Golan heights is not occupied and that they are the same as Stellarkid, but I've run out of pixie dust." So Stellarkid = Golan heights is our = Golan heights is not occupied = Likely, and Megaidler = Golan heights is our = "Same geographic area, different network fingerprints.", and this is only the CU, not considering the behavior. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 09:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm still looking at this, but I need to remind everyone that all previous accounts are now Stale, which I mentioned yesterday; CU will not be able to go back that far and determine via technical evidence that socking has occurred. –MuZemike 22:29, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
OK, I went ahead and unblocked, given the recommendations and views of several others. It doesn't look like we were very sure about the block even back then. –MuZemike 01:21, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
As per your comments on Bsadowski1's talk page:
Since Bsadowski seems uninterested in helping me understand, maybe you could. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 13:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
You forgot to check the redirects when you moved National Public Radio to NPR. I just now fixed one for you. Would you please check for more problems? Tks • Ling.Nut 02:19, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Hardblocked sounds as if it might be something that works. If so, many thanks, pardon my earlier scepticism and - can you direct me to info about what a hardblock means? Thanks McZeus (talk) 06:01, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
I think it's prejudicial to the discussion to have the subpage called "TreasuryTag", when as much, or more, of the discussion deals with my actions as it does with his. Might I suggest moving it to "TreasuryTag and SarekOfVulcan", or "TreasuryTag civility block"?--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:26, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hello MuZemike--do you mind explaining the long block for 66.56.82.93, or the special circumstances for it? I remember what they wrote; no need to repeat that. ;) Drmies (talk) 07:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind checkusering the user who posted this suicide threat? Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 23:44, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. As far as I know we have never interacted in any significant manner. You are the last admin edit that I currently see on my watchlist.
User:Xanderliptak has made a blatant personal attack here. I have asked him twice to redact it, he has not. Lest this be seen as favouritism in any way, please note I have also asked Fry1989 to redact the personal attacks he made against Xanderliptak.
Please intervene. Thanks. → ROUX ₪ 00:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi again! I don't know how long it takes hardblocks to work but judging by this, Rbj was editing as recently as 25Oct 17.43. McZeus (talk) 23:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike, can you please review this (and the related block) [[66]]. If discussion about your review is not appropriate here, please feel free to email me. Thanks, Rob ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 20:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Are you interested in joining the club? I think we could use you, and considering how much effort you have already put in, and your readily apparent high level of Clue, this invite seems like a no brainer to me. Sven Manguard Talk 06:16, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
That seemed like an obvious duck of OneInAMillion96, unless it's that false flag vandal... Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 06:45, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
This AfD seems to have been closed (by you)[67] and relisted (by Cirt)[68] more or less simultaneously. The result is that there are now contradictory instructions on the page that may dissuade further input--assuming such is appropriate. I wanted to call this to your attention for whatever remedial action you think appropriate. Best,--Arxiloxos (talk) 06:57, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there; this user appears to be autoblocked as a reult of a block of yours, and claims collateral damage. He has been a good editor for over four years, and I suspect his claim is reasonable; would you take a look, please? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 21:10, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Mein gott, that was quick. Had someone else also said they thought he was Todd's sock? --Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:23, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Time to reactivate filter 361... Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 05:30, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike. I've hardblocked 96.5.63.20 (talk · contribs · block log). It's looks like a fairly busy caching proxy to me, with the possibility of constructive users on it, so I wondered if a checkuser could have a look around and dole out any necessary IPBE. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 11:32, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Someone, probably you, requested access to the account creation tool. For security purposes could you please confirm that it was you who made the request so we can approve you, thanks. -- DQ (t) (e) 14:23, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Could you actually restore it so I could get the information?
--S.S. Miami (talk) 18:37, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Just curious, what is/are this user's sock(s), or who was his sockmaster? I notice that you've not made any other blocks today related to Starzynka. Nyttend (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I see you put the Starzynka discussion into a collapse box. Nyttend has been editing the discussion. Is that allowed? — Fly by Night (talk) 20:16, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Аватарфильм (talk · contribs), who presumably was previously 109.91.187.162 (talk · contribs) and 99.251.211.225 (talk · contribs) is edit warring at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science to keep a troll question on the page. See also Джеймс Кэмерон (talk · contribs), Зои Салдана (talk · contribs), Аватара (talk · contribs), and Остановить (talk · contribs). Need a rangeblock to stop this nonsense, if you would be so kind. Ta. → ROUX ₪ 20:32, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello MuZemike. 208.76.104.144 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, jpgordon::==( o ) 05:06, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Since you are involved in the recent abuse of Tor, you may be interested in this ongoing bot approval request. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
And now here McZeus (talk) 01:46, 1 November 2010 (UTC) And here McZeus (talk) 01:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Please review User talk:Leodj1992. Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) 02:53, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi. I would just like to thank you most warmly for the part you played in resolving the Kudpung99/ShyGuy fiasco. I had been aware of part of the problem for quite a while but don't have the tools to take any serious action, and I wasn't sure if the name similarity, although it was deliberate, would have been enough to start the ball rolling. The real Kudpung (talk) 04:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Can you please explain the reason for this action? I see nothing wrong wit this deletion log entry - it's made up of an IP address and automatic system messages of Wikipedia. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Per WP:CRD [69] — goethean ॐ 15:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
As you can imagine, there are lots of stubs created by User:Starzynka that will get noticed by other editors in due course—I've just come from an AfD for one of them. Would you consider putting some sort of sockpuppet message on Starzynka's user and talk pages and then fully protecting them? It would probably help avoid confusion and reduce frustration in the long term. Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 18:39, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, MuZemike. I saw you blocked IP User_talk:71.168.230.63 ten days ago for vandalism. Would you please re-block, for this new vandalism that user Muboshgu warned about on the IP's talk? I agree with the sentiment, btw, but I detest the vandalism of any article, particularly a candidate's article on the eve of an election. Thanks, and my very cordial thanks, more generally, for your ongoing and extraordinary contributions to the encyclopedia. Best regards, – OhioStandard (talk) 05:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
You should consider becoming a coordinator for the elections (unless you have an intention of running for the elections.) You seem to be doing a lot of good work at the RfC anyways. The link is Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Coordination. Sven Manguard Talk 23:53, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
This long-serving editor appears to be caught in an autoblock, applied to an IP which is registered to Seattle Public Library. I am quite certain he is not a vandal; are you happy for me to unblock him? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:09, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Though I might be jumping at shadows, I noticed that after this matter, I started getting anons placing 'welcome' templates on my Usertalk (1, 2) having no obvious geographic similarity. It's not really a bother or anything; just odd - I didn't even get a welcome template when I started my account, and here I am, 1600 edits in and I'm getting two of them. It might be a warm-up to something else.
From anons.
Could I ask you to semi-protect my pages for a few days or so? If I am to understand correctly, it means that newer users won't be able to post, but I'm kinda hoping that whoever's pranking me gets bored and finds something shiny to play with. :) - Jack Sebastian (talk) 02:26, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Okay, done. I guess I was right about the anons.Do you think its a single person spoofing other sites?
Thanks for unblocking my account, to be honest I felt kind of angry when I saw that my range was blocked, as you might guess I have a dynamic IP and it's so annoying that I can't do anything about it... Well now I'm free again to edit and contribute to Wikipedia so thanks a lot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leodj1992 (talk • contribs) 05:33, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick CU return. Sorry about the page misnaming. I swear when I went to create InkHeart it told me I was editing a protected page, so I changed it to Inkheart. Oh well. Syrthiss (talk) 17:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Dear Sir:
I am not creating a sockpuppet. I was on wikipedia last year but after a prolonged absence where I was living in Bolivia I didn't use Wikipedia. I couldn't remember my original account when I got back to the US and A so I created a new one, Bunkerdiver. Then I remembered my password oringally and logged onto that. Why are you prying into my privaxy and IPs anyway? Who are you and what gives you that right? Carolyn Baker III (talk) 01:27, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, Freakee73) appears to be back to his old antics again. (Or, at least, trying to be. He's only made one edit so far.) Let me know if I should relist him again. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 04:17, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
(Hello, MuZemike! Just to let you know that page you deleted was nominated again after merger we done. just to let you know. --WhiteWriter speaks 10:01, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
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You're hard work in the first months of your "CheckUsership" is proof of your hard work and dedication to making Wikipedia better for the rest of us :) —Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм • Champagne? • 9:34pm • 10:34, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, MIKE, VASCO from Portugal here,
i sent this message to former administrator NuclearWarfare, and he kindly redirected me here. Can you, upon reading the message, do something about the two queries i bring forth (please see original message here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:NuclearWarfare#Assistance_needed)?
I will now elaborate on what needs to be elaborated, so you have a better glimpse on why i ask you what i do. Item #2 is pretty much self-explanatory (asking for page protection because the vandals are "afoot"), but here's some stuff about the "user" discussed in item #1: this chap has more than 50 socks (yes 50! please see here for more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pararubbas/Archive), plus a seemingly never-ending supply of anon addresses. Also he writes no summaries and, even though he edits from England, his English is appalling, at best.
The only time i saw him interact with anyone was in this message to former admin/user - has retired from both - Satori Son, when he had the nerve to ask why was his "work" being deleted (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Satori_Son#Deleted_pages). As you can see there, after i tipped off Nuclear Warfare, he dropped a note there, asking for this user not to create any more accounts. Obviously, he did not follow that suggestion, AT ALL, and continues.
Attentively, thank you very much in advance - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 22:11, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
User:Lkjuiop890 is Confirmed by CheckUser and has been indefinitely blocked. Sorry I didn't get back earlier on that request. –MuZemike 04:20, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike. Thanks for taking the time to do the GA review of Atari 2600 homebrew. I'm disappointed in the result, of course, but I appreciate your detailed feedback and will tackle the issues you brought up. No hard feelings on the Juno image deletion; I understand the rationale there. Thanks, 28bytes (talk) 03:49, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
I listed two IPs at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cmmmm. Those were edits from recently = October 2010. Those edits as compared to the sock, should not be stale, yes? -- Cirt (talk) 12:39, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
The article Nyleptha Roberts has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Greetings. Quiddity sent me a link to an article in the New York Times regarding Wikipedia, as well as some discussion threads from the Wikimedia mailing list regarding the NYT article. I'm the editor mentioned there, and I feel like she is being sincere in her interest. I can send you copies of her message to me, as well as my responses to her. I know it sounds kinda weird to go about discussing WP:OWN because someone claimed to write a passage that was quoted, but in case you didn't see the previous article that started all this, here it is. --McDoobAU93 06:36, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Well now that I'm back, I'll ask next time before I make any edits on the talk pages Robert Moore 18:37, 8 November 2010
Oooh, you are in so much trouble... HalfShadow
A vandal, I think he wants you... Sven Manguard Talk 23:41, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land is now in review at Talk:Wonder Boy in Monster Land/GA1. Just letting you know. --Teancum (talk) 13:04, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
Why did you disable the Zsfgseg filters? --Access Denied – talk to me 02:41, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to object to the deletion of User:Barts1a/discussion1. I don't believe U1 applies here, it specifically excludes user talk pages. See Wikipedia:User_page#Deleting_your_user_talk_pages. That discussion contained "other significant contributors" such as myself, and I do not give my permission for my comments made there to be deleted. Deleting my comments violates the deletion policy, and the copyrights under which they were released. PS. It is Bart's right to unlink that archive from his talk page, or archive the discussion (as he did). What I believe he has no right to is to request that this deletion be blanked by an admin, without getting permission from all other participants. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:11, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Zsfgseg: Narrow range blocks seem to be possible. Thank you. Access Denied – talk to me 05:12, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Can you take a look at this unblock request. Looks like they got autoblocked as part of a socker's range. Thanks, 7 07:05, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
One editor not noticed for Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Maiden City/Archive was BritishWatcher (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who at least appears to be connected with Blue is better (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as per this suspicious link:[70]. This is under discussion at WP:ANI. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:31, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Interesting development that nullifies the need for a CU. Acather96 (talk) 19:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there MIKE, VASCO here,
as requested in my original message, could you please protect Mágico González's page? The vandalism continues! Thank you in advance, keep up the good work - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 02:07, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the recent edits, particularly the hockey ones from tonight, by Mynamismik? I pushed this to AIV, but Elen of the Roads claimed it wasn't vandalism. I feel it is and since she is new, she might not be seeing it. I feel the user is troll and nothing more. He is here for "fun" and not here to be constructive and some of the hockey edits tonight show that. Could you take a look? - Neutralhomer • Talk • 03:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I've opened up another SPI on Freakee73 sockpuppets, including the one I mentioned to you a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, they are all IP addresses, originating in different countries, so it's gonna be hard to track them down and block them. But all three have made essentially the same reversion of my fully-sourced improvement to Video blogging. At this point, I have reached my 3-revert limit. I would have to ask that the article be protected again. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 22:08, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've emailed you. Tony (talk) 11:54, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Or are they all different? HalfShadow 00:29, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please see WP:AN#Unblocking talk page creations. Thanks. Anomie⚔ 16:50, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
I think I know the answer to this one, but want to make sure. I couldn't use the File:Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.png logo in a userbox, could I? If not, could I use the File:Lutherrose.svg image since it is released CC/ASA 3.0 for the same reason? - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:38, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
These are all socks of banned user User:Wiki brah AKA user:JeanLatore AKA etc. Pretty obvious if you are familiar with their style. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 00:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Good call. --John (talk) 02:27, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there MIKE, VASCO here,
could you please do something about Geraldo Alves' page? I keep getting stuff reverted by an anon user (yes it takes to to edit war i know). It's getting serious because in my last edits i fixed redirects which appear(ed) in storyline, the other user reverts it back, thus re-creating them.
Attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 17:02, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the semi on ANI. Can we manually archive the target thread to prevent further disruption once the semi expires? Obviously the archive page would have to be semi'd to prevent vandalism there. N419BH 08:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
So could you revdel the last few revsiions here? thanks Access Denied – talk to me 08:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Mike, this is seriously getting out of hand (and i see i got no reply about the Vítor Baía "incident", sorry for bothering you);
in Geraldo Alves, the edit warring goes on, and the threatening messages have begun, first with the Romanian user ordering, not asking, ORDERING i stop editing the page, no "please" no nothing (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:VascoAmaral#Geraldo), then insulting me (here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:VascoAmaral#YOU_ARE_STUPID.3F.3F.3F.3F). Please take the necessary measures. Attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 17:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the marks of a Duncantash sock are, but if Aislinggibson (talk · contribs) is one, then edits like this suggest that Sofine69 (talk · contribs) may well be another. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike, I have been advised by User:Floquenbeam to see what you think on a particular anon user. An anon using the IP 78.83.249.8 keeps removing sourced infromation on Turks living in Bulgaria and the FYR Macedonia (see Turkish people, Turkish population, Turks in Europe and Turkish minorities). They insist on only using data from the census'. The articles currently use both the census' as well as recent academic sources. There has been a minor edit war (whereby the anon removes the academic sources which are recent estimates, probably because they do not like the idea that the Turkish population could be higher than a 10 year old census claims); but looking at their historic contributions they seem to remove a lot of information which is sourced. In my opinion, it is clear vandalism.Justinz84 (talk) 14:52, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Could you do a CU for the people mentioned on this EAR thread, please? Something doesn't seem right that this person with 30 edits finds three pages that aren't exactly on the "new member" list: ANI, a thread about a blocked user on an admin's talkpage, and EAR. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 09:09, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Confirmed:
Mynameismik is Unrelated. –MuZemike 15:36, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your work on cleaning up User:Susanne2009NYC's contributions. Truthkeeper88 and I are working on cleaning up The Story of Miss Moppet and I wanted to make sure that it was OK to upload new versions of the images that you deleted under WP:BAN before I went to the work of uploading them again. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:58, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Apologies if this is a dumb question but how do I get to look at the pre-deletion content of children's author Judy Taylor, which you have deleted as part of the User:Susanne2009NYC CCI. I'd like to see whether it's fixable.--Plad2 (talk) 21:55, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there MIKE, VASCO here,
remember this (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pararubbas/Archive)? This guy is relentless, going for 100 accounts, no doubt about that, not talking to a "living soul" - i remind you again he edits from ENGLAND (!), so he has to have a minimal grasp of the language to understand the 1,000000000 messages he has received, from various users.
New account called Nimop890 ("contributions" here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nimop890) - please note the similarity in account names (the 8, the 9, the 0, the letters), what can be done about this person, this is getting out of hand - God knows how many more he has out there, he has opened simultaneous accounts in the past - he shows no respect, why should he get any in my opinion? Thanks a million in advance. - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 01:45, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted all her Beatrix Potter uploads. Now, I did some consider work with the licensing on those (hence my watchlist currently reads a junkload of "MuZemike (talk | contribs | block) deleted "File:X" (G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban)", and it appeared to be legitimate, and quite useful on top of that. Do you think it would be OK if you could consider undeletion? I don't know the history of the socking or any other content, mind you, and I'm quite aware that G5 is an excellent deterrent against socking. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:34, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Aw. Magog the Ogre (talk) 00:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
I haven't touched the articles, so I don't know if they're worth recreation. But in any event, I am an admin so I can see them and recreate them if necessary, although it would be a heavy amount of work! Magog the Ogre (talk) 00:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Hmm. That would be impossible for the self-scanned or self-cropped images, which is most of them. Although they're all marked ((PD-US-1923-abroad)), I'm not sure we can assume the derivative crop doesn't need attribution. Shoot. Magog the Ogre (talk) 00:48, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
NH: you can find most of them still in Google cache, e.g., [71]. You'll want to hurry though naturally! I'd say save the page on your hard drive if you're low on time. Magog the Ogre (talk) 01:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Do you mean ILT not ILW? If so, we're discussing the uploads by ILT. Magog the Ogre (talk) 01:26, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Butting in here, but I'm failing to see what good this has done. It's making a whole lot of pointless extra work for no tangible reason; essentially you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Deleting the images won't stop the user from coming back if they chose to, so what purpose does it serve, other than to remove completely useful images that will all need reuploading? AD 00:31, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
The images I was specifically referring to when I first left this section are PD in the US but not in the UK, which is their country of origin; they will not be until 2014. Magog the Ogre (talk) 01:24, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
See User talk:FarmBoySoldier. I have placed the unblock request on hold pending your response. Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 05:40, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Could you have a wannabe? BOVINEBOY2008 14:31, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Magog the Ogre (talk) 00:35, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
I am too tired that he has not been blocked yet. When will this be fixed, he should not be talking the way he does to other editors. I will need you to help me on this. Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:27, 20 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by DavellB5 (talk • contribs)
It's an imposter account, MZ. GoodDay (talk) 19:38, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi MuZemike, you were instrumental is sorting out this little sock factory recently and were able to uncover these sock accounts. This IP editor has just shown up, editing the exact same articles, with the same edits, here, here. Though they are currently blocked at the minute, could you possibly put this IP on your watch list? It will save a whole load of bother later. Thanks, --Domer48'fenian' 21:12, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
You just blocked Forever forever.
Damn that's apt. HalfShadow 01:10, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar | |
Thank you for blocking all of those sockpuppets created to vandalize my talk pages. Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:19, 21 November 2010 (UTC) |