Hi Phil
'Thanks' for your post to my wall. Maybe you could supply the full answer to the question and statement there. Just parroting a 'computer says no' style statement is completely unhelpful. If autoblock is working as intended, it is not working correct to the true intention of it. AlexF has blocked the entire IP for the organisation, based presumably on the username and assumptions about its purpose, without bothering to examine the actual behaviour of the account blocked. Behaviour that has transgressed no rule or guideline, and has simply served to correct erroneous information about the work of the charity. As a result this perpetuated the placement of defamatory comments on the page for the charity. Is that the intended effect of autoblock? That we couldn't even remove the defamatory comment because you blocked the entire IP, without particularly strong justification? Without telling the account that they needed to change their name first (assuming that is the problem)?Guy.shrimpton (talk) 08:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi. What is your current feeling regarding Kristina451's indefinite block? After you declined to unblock her on March 10, she replied saying that she had indeed used information from WHOIS. No one has touched her unblock request since that time. Also, the Sophie.grothendieck SPI case was closed several days ago, with three socks indeffed. I'm currently leaning toward unblocking Kristina451 at this time, but I wanted to check with you first to see what you think now. FWIW, I've also asked the original blocking admin (JzG) for his thoughts. Thanks. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Can some experienced admins, with experience in the "high-frequency trading" topic area, please take a look at the recent (31 March 2015) editing history by IP's at Quote stuffing and try to figure out if anything needs to be done? Kristina451 pointed this out to me on her talk page, and it seems to me that something suspicious might be going on, but I do not have the necessary background in this topic area to be able to tell reliably whether these IP edits are constructive or not. I was considering going straight to WP:AN/I with this, but I'm asking here first just in case I can get someone involved who knows the subject. Thanks. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 20:19, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Strangely it has gone as quick as it arrived on my account. It had arrived on the upload page of commons from an administrator of the German Wikipedia. I am mystified by it! Thanks for your response though! Kolforn ♣ 08:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. He's now using Klbogart13. Corky | Chat? 20:33, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Phil, thank you for helping me sort out the username issue I had yesterday. Can I ask some advice regarding image posting? I've been asked to put an image on Fuzz_Townshend as his wiki page is plain at the moment. The first image is Fuzz handing over a sign to a garage that has joined a Classic Friendly scheme. I've uploaded the image but it seems that after a few days the image is deleted. If you look through his page you'll see quite a few images have been deleted (those ones were uploaded by his PR Agent at his request). The image I am looking at using is one that I took myself (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FuzzSignHandoverCF.jpg) - do I need to put a copyright tag with the image? Thanks for you help.MarkB1975 (talk) 08:53, 1 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding undated comment added 08:43, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Phil, you've got urgent Medcom email. You're the first admin I can find who's currently online. Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 15:43, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
I saw your error when you tried to leave me a message on my talk page. Don't worry. I'm not vandalizing, nor adding unsourced materials. Keep up the good work and happy contributing. JetsAndYankees4Life (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi PhilKnight, thank you for accepting the username change. I have asked for the request from the link you gave me and now just waiting for it to be processed. I'm looking forward to being able to contribution to Wikipedia in a positive way.
Regards ElissaK — Preceding unsigned comment added by LegendaryProductions (talk • contribs) 20:15, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
You just deleted this per WP:CSD#F5. Did you notice that the file is in use in Fera Science? --Stefan2 (talk) 15:12, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi dude. I know you deleted the Deadpool picture on my user page. Thanks for letting me know I can't use that one. Can I use the one I put up there now? If not, you can get rid of it and reply back here to tell me what pictures I can use to put on my user page. Thanks, Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 23:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Nooo! Oh well. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:15, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 11:04, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
... but while reading User talk:Dstoli1770 I get the Idea that you unblocked him at 20 January 2015 on the condition that he would not edit the article Alexis Railsback. In that case, the list of his edits is rather remarkable and in fact an unpolite hand gesture. The Banner talk 20:11, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
...but User:Urbantown looks like a sock of User:Sanjoy64. J04n(talk page) 13:46, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for reviewing TheGracefulSlick's unblock request so quickly. However, as I respectfully disagree with your decline, I've posted to ANI here. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 19:40, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
Can this be reverted as an abuse of talk page privileges? WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:41, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
This worries me, seeing that Door is currently blocked. I don't think he knows but you should give a heads up. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:10, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, You participated in the previous Persondata RfC. I just wanted to notify you that a new RfC regarding the methodical removal of Persondata is taking place at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Thanks, —Msmarmalade (talk) 08:15, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Phil, thank you for unblocking my account, lesson learned and I appreciate your speedy help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hannah Quarantine (talk • contribs) 13:39, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
TPO is not the supporting reversion in that case. The supporting policy would be 3RR exemptions under vandalism - suppoerted by the WP:vandalism policy which states under 'talk page vandalism' 'Illegitimately deleting or editing other users' comments. I would request you revisit the IP's block appeal Only in death does duty end (talk) 16:06, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi PhilKnight,
You might not remember, but a few months ago you looked into an IP Range Block that appeared to be affecting my account. I submitted an Unblock Request via my Talk Page to which you denied and responded that I should have been able to break through that block whilst logged in. I haven't tried editing from my phone for a while now, but I'll probably try again sometime.
Anyway, what are the rules on deleting old requests (whether approved or denied) from Talk Pages? While I could just delete it since the block wasn't directly aimed at me, I'd rather not throw myself into the frying pan by doing it without permission.
Basically: is it safe for me to erase the request from my Talk Page, given that it could probably still be viewed in historical data if anyone really wanted to review it (not that such an aspect would bother me), or is it better to just leave it alone? I don't mind whether any reply is on my page or yours, so feel free to reply whichever way works for you.
Thanks.
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You are the deleting administrator of record for File:Tombras-logo.png. If a new low-resolution vector image were substituted, similar to the images for Pepsico or NBA and listed as non-free and copyright with appropriate tags, and with inclusion of the fair use rationale "The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing Tombras Group, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey," would that suffice to have the namespace re-opened for the new image? Jpbrenna (talk) 04:26, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Please take a look at the edits I effected to the Intelligence quotient page. I added a crisp notation near the questioned text—something along the lines of {disputed; see Talk page}—and provided a detailed rationale, including references, on the corresponding Talk page. Was this correct? I am certain I used the Talk page properly, but I am not certain what protocol is employed on the canonical page, i.e., whether {dispute; ...} is appropriate or whether there's a specific macro or (())-artifact or what-have-you that I should have employed. Thank you for your input. 73.49.1.133 (talk) 22:02, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
I've tried to have my edits placed back on the Nova Albion and Francis Drake pages after discovering about 4 weeks ago that my limited edits were removed and placed on a "Fringe Theories" page. I have had numerous historians and professionals endorse my work that Francis Drake landed in Nehalem Bay in 1579 which he called Nova Albion. I had an article published in "Terrae Incognitae" the blind peer review journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries in April 2014. I'm sure you can find my comments with the Wiki Admin Horst59 along with his original discussions with the Drake Navigators Guild President Mike Von der Porten, who dominates those pages, to have me removed. I've been singled out because I'm self published and have a web site. All of the Drake Navigators Guild publications have been self published. I forwarded the Wiki page talk comments about my being removed during the late 2012 and early 2013 to C. Melvin Aikens, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Univ. of Oregon and former director of UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History and this is what he had to say and asked I place them on Wikipedia: "Garry-
I’m appalled by the venom exhibited by some parties to the Francis Drake discussion. I was quite taken by the possibilities that emerged for me from reading both Gitzen's and Bawlf’s books, and by the local archaeological survey data Gitzen brought to bear on his hypothesis of Drake’s seeking to plot Nehalem’s global position from astronomical observations. I don’t know enough about either the facts on the ground or matters of celestial navigation to be confident about the strength of his case, but it seemed to me that he brought concrete local field data to bear on a reasonable hypothesis, and I’m puzzled by the Wikipedia decision to suppress the proposed ideas rather than keeping them out there as fodder for further research and consideration."
I requested to Horst59 to have have my edits reinstated which he responded in the negative. Can you help me in this process. Thank you.Ggitzen (talk) 00:54, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
It is an edit war between multiple editors. 213.229.101.59 (talk) 18:39, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
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