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Take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oriental. Thanks Capitals00 (talk) 19:23, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dunno if blocking 92.62.71.236 indef was a mistake, but I just want to ask you because I saw the indef strikethrough and got confused. Toketaa^talk 14:57, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I have unblocked them. PhilKnight (talk) 16:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi PhilKnight. Can I ask why you protected this indefinitely? That doesn't seem in keeping with WP:PREEMPTIVE. (Please ignore my mistake in changing the settings, I reset it back to indefinite right away, but I still am wondering about it being indefinite.) Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 08:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Daniel, that was a misclick. I have changed the protection to 3 days. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 09:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the quick fix and response, PhilKnight. Much appreciated. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 09:21, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

My edit war with him was tough. There are some very hardcore trolls out there.. Alon Alush (talk) 18:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you please restore my nomination at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Aquaveo? I see no reason for censoring the information about COI allegations wrt a number of article contributors, especially given our policies on socking. You can leave out the Wikipediocracy link if you prefer. Cheers, — kashmīrī ^TALK 03:02, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The link to Wikipediocracy is outing, so there's no way I am restoring it. I have restored the text per your request. PhilKnight (talk) 03:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. — kashmīrī ^TALK 03:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]