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== Congrats == == Trinetix draft ==


Thank you for reviewing our draft. Could you please clarify which sections or elements need improvement to align with Misplaced Pages’s guidelines? We’re committed to ensuring the content is neutral, verifiable, and meets Misplaced Pages’s standards.
Thanks for finally blocking that vandal ClapBoy380, he was really becoming a nuiseance. Have a cookie!<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">]


Your guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ] (]) 13:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Rusted AutoParts has given you a ]! Cookies promote ] and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can Spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. <br />


:{{tpw}} {{yo| LemmaMe}} I'm afraid accounts are not to be shared. Please see ]. Thanks, ] (]) 14:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{tls|Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{tls|munch}}!
::I'm guessing "we" is their company, they declared a COI(though not PAID as they probably need to). ] (]) 14:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
:::Thanks for noticing. It's my own account and I revealed a conflict of interests in my account, it's a routine habit to use "we" at work, so sorry for the typo. ] (]) 20:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
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: {{ping|LemmaMe}} It's not a question of some "sections or elements", it's a question of the whole tone and character of the draft, from start to finish. In this situation I used to try to pick out a few examples of promotional phrasing, to illustrate the point, but I found that never worked, as the person in question always took the examples I quoted as being the bits which needed changing, not as illustrative examples of the general character of the writing. Eventually, following discussions with some relevant people, I came to realise that people who work in marketing/advertising/PR get so used to reading and writing promotional material day after day, year after year, that they become desensitised to it, and honestly cannot see the promotional tone in writing which looks promotional to other people. I suggest that you reread what you wrote, looking for anything in the wording which might look like marketing language. If you can see it, great, but if you can't, then I honestly don't think that I can convey it to you. ] (]) 20:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
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::Hi! Thank you for the reply. I understand you and will prepare a new draft in a neutral tone. Appreciate your help. ] (]) 20:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – January 2025 ==
You haven't protected the article the expirary time is set for the time you made the protection. ]] 19:52, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:I see the protection log entry as saying "expires 15:11, 22 December 2010", and the time I protected it as "15:11, 22 November 2010", so it seems you must have misread it. ] (]) 20:03, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:: Your correct maybe it's time I went to ]. :) ]] 08:39, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


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== Sambhar ==


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Thanks for your message. I'm glad you agree with me but am puzzled that you conclude the user should not be blocked. Another admin decided to assume good faith, but subsequent to that I proved with the page source analysis that all six sites promoted by this user are indeed from the same person and this puts beyond doubt that this is a spam only account. This came *after* the original admin's decision yet the user is allowed to continue. Why? Surely it merits a permanent block. Stopping spammers is more important than upsetting the feelings of an admin who is obviously logged off now (as no further edits have been made since warning Sambhar). --] (]) 20:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
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:The conversation (as well as my response to a similar question) at ] might clear some things up. Furthermore, I'm not logged off, I'm just not actively editing at the moment. I am, however, watching my talk page and keeping an eye on Sambhar's edits. <span style="font-family: Verdana">— ] <sup>]</sup></span> 21:47, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


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Hi James, I see you deleted Hollybrook. Is there material there that could be contributed to ]? I thought there might have been, but I don't really remember. --] (]) 22:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
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Sir , My page got deleted titled "Chaudhari Technical Institute". I am ready with the new content in neutral way. Should i create the new page / or i can get my old page back.
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Hi James! I was just checking on the Dublin Dragons American Football wiki page which I created. It says that it was deleted by yourself and I'm no sure why. I noticed another post on your talk that said someone else's page was vandalized and I'm quite sure this is what happened with my page. We are one of the Football Teams in the Irish American Football League (IAFL) and are non profit, nothing to sell etc.. Hope you can help to get our page back up and running. Look forward to hearing from you! ] (]) 21:14, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
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:The article was nominated for deletion by ] because he thought it seemed to be purely promotional. Reading it I agreed. Here are a few quotes from the article: (1) "The Dragons are proud to be one of the founding members of the current ]." (2) "We attract an array of talented players from all countries including the USA, while at the same time producing some of our best home-grown talent here in Ireland..." (3) "We are proud of the fact that we have one of the best coaching setups in the country." I have rarely if ever seen any article with more unambiguously promotional prose as that. The fact that the club is not for profit is irrelevant, as Misplaced Pages's policy is not to accept promotion for anything, commercial or otherwise.
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:Even if the article were written in non-promotional terms I am not sure that it would satisfy Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines. Both the ] and ] are certainly relevant, and ] may be worth a look too. ] (]) 08:47, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi James, That's sounds ok. A lot of the text was taken from the Club website and it would be more promotional stuff on there. I am happy to change the article, can I get access or a copy to change the article text please. Regards ] (]) 16:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

:I have userfied the article at ]. ] (]) 08:11, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

That's great James! I have Up-dated the text in the article and I hope it's ok now. Regards, ] (]) 06:38, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

{{Talkback|Trasz}} Seen. ] (]) 08:11, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

== User:Ignasipuig ==

I see that you have now twice nominated ] for deletion under ], i.e. as a userpage of a non-existent user. However, the user account does exist, as can be seen at ]. ] (]) 11:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

:Hi James. Yes, but that's not quite how things were supposed to happen. Yesterday I re-nominated that page , but that didn't seem to put a tag on the page or even seem to notify anyone of what I was doing or why. So, I followed this up today, trying to use something other than Miscellany, but nothing else seemed correct, so ended up using the speedy deletion option again - which of course didn't give me the chance to explain my re-nomination.

:Anyway, irrelevant of my poor use of wiki-tools, and from , it seems to me that this is not a 'real user' in the true spirit of the word. However, I rest my case. You decide. Rgds, ] (]) 11:34, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

== Homospaciens ==

Dear JamesBWatson, I have added three online external references (see links below) from reliable sources (articles from the Washington Post, from the European Space Agency, and from John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences) that prove that, Homo Spaciens, is a term commonly used in the field of space exploration to explain our future evolution. Then, this is not an original thought, nor a review, or an invention, and it's been there since many years. Therefore, I encourage you to re-consider your position before recommend its deletion. Thank you. ] (]) 19:40, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

:I don't deny at all that the expression exists, but the article is an essay which makes an original assemblage of assorted ideas into a new synthesis, and I don't see any evidence that there is significant coverage that justifies that synthesis. ] (]) 08:29, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

== edit warring on Show Biz Bugs ==

I've got an IP that is edit warring on ], and may also be using another address as a sockpuppet. If he continues this edit war, give him a warning or have him blocked.
] (]) 21:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:I don't see anything particularly wrong with his edit; if anything, he's actually tidying it up a bit. And I will remind you that it takes two to edit war... ]] 21:51, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
::I agree that 81's version is a clearer explanation, and I have restored his edit. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:59, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:I see three copies of the same edit by 98.254.83.35 and two reversions by 81.135.x.x, so who is edit-warring? ] (]) 08:27, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

== Intervention against vandalism ==

Thank you for you reply. I've pointed out ]'s edits because practically all of them have only one thing in common: a nationalistic point of view which distorts the information already present on WP; needless to say that these edits are never sourced. In order to impose his/her particular point of view, ] uses several strategies:
* he/she falsifies pieces of information which are possibly harmful for the image of his/her ethnic groupe (see his/her editing the numbers of the Jewish victims of ] and ]; see also ]) or which could possibly offer his/her ethnic groupe reasons to be proud (see: ], ], ]...)
* he/she tries to impose Romanian names to places / rivers / people which don't have Romanian names and/or he/she unnecessarily hightens the Romanian variants of these names (there are too many examples of this kind of edits: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and so on)
* he/she inserts redundant or irrelevant information (or, on the contrary, deleats pieces of information) only in order to emphasize the ''Romanianness'' of the ''thing'' especially when the article is related in some sort to ] or to the history / geography of present day Romania (see: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]...)

As at least 95% of his/her edits are of this particular kind, I can hardly see how these contributions could be taken for innocent cases of content dispute. ] (]) 17:06, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

== James, can you help me please? ==

I created a page for a MMA fighter from Romania, Bogdan Cristea. what did i do wrong? can you please tell and to make it permanent?

i know all the details of him from Sherdog, but you cant find his age and his birth on the internet.

HELP ME PLEASE, PAL! <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 11:45, 26 November 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:As recorded in the deletion log, and also on your talk page, the article does not indicate that the subject is notable. Apart from the general notability guideline, which is linked from your talk page, you should look at the guideline on ]. Those two pages will show you what kind of evidence is required to justify keeping the article. Finding personal details like his age on the internet are not enough, as all sorts of people have that kind of information recorded, and that does not establish notability. You should also look at the guideline on ]. ] (]) 12:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

== Mini WP:RFC ==

Hi JBW,<br />
About ]. I wrote
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Your conduct has been reported at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism, for the reasons already pointed out on your talk page. You may wish to discuss this on the WP:AIV page; please also feel free to contact me if you think I have made a mistake.--Shirt58 (talk) 09:57, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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I think I made two mistakes. The first was to ask the editor to reply at WP:AIV, the second was to ask the editor to reply to ]. Though I would like to think that I have adequate cluefullness, I must admit I am concerned about these two mistakes. Your thoughts?<br />--] (]) 12:14, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

:What you did was exactly the sort of thing which is considered desirable or even essential in the case of a report to admin noticeboards, but not for AIV. Generally speaking AIV is for quick action when the user has already been given several warnings and therefore has had plenty of chances to reply, but is making destructive edits which need to be stopped quickly. It is not principally used as a forum for a discussion, though it is by no means uncommon for editors to express opinions there, and although it is rare for this to include the accused person, there is nothing to stop them from making a comment. On the other hand, if an admin does block the user very quickly, the user may find that they are simply unable to take up the invitation to comment, so for that reason I suppose it probably was a mistake, but not a drastic one. As for inviting the user to comment on your talk page, you are of course perfectly free to do so, but the same applies about not being able to do so if they are blocked quickly. Finally, a comment that you did not request. It is not usual to inform a user that they have been reported to AIV, and I thought, when I saw you had done so, that it was a good step. The only reason I can think of against doing so is that sometimes users remove reports on themselves if they know about them. ] (]) 12:29, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
::Thank you for your response - most appreciated! Things I have learned:
::* I should not suggest that AIV be used as a ]
::* I should not invite users that I have possibly suggested to be blocked to comment anywhere else but their own talkpage
::* Other than that, I appear to be doing a fairly good job here! ☺
::Thanks again! --] (]) 10:53, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, I agree: a pretty good job. ] (]) 16:40, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

== deleted page ==

Is it possible to get the page back (hamilton lane) and put it under a work in progress tag so I do not have to start all over?

<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:56, 26 November 2010 (UTC)</span></small>

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:I would gladly oblige if it weren't for the fact that it appeared to be a copyright infringement. Unfortunately I can't legitimately make a copy of it available for that reason. ] (]) 19:16, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean the picture or the text content is a copyright infringement? I pulled the information from the company website and public sources which I did not purposely plagiarize. Thank you for clarifying, I may just need to reword.

:It was the text, which is very nearly verbatim the same as that at http://www.linkedin.com/companies/hamilton-lane, as stated in the speedy deletion tag placed in the article by ]. I actually remember checking this article, and finding that the wording was, as I said, very nearly the same as that at that URL, but even more exactly the same as that at http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Hamilton_Lane, so I gave that URL in the deletion log. However, that URL no linger contains anything remotely resembling the text of the Misplaced Pages article. Yes, it is basically a question of rewording.
:*''If you are quick, before Google's cache is renewed, you can still see the article at'' http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lYT2Jytp7icJ:en.wikipedia.org/Hamilton_Lane+%22Hamilton+Lane%22+Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 19:54, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

I am the original author. If I can get the linkedin page changed, can you put the page back up or is it already deleted forever?

<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:15, 26 November 2010</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:Yes, I can put it back up. However, as far as copyright is concerned, Misplaced Pages requires verification that you are the copyright owner. (Since anyone can create an account and claim to be anyone.) Instructions on how to donate copyright material are given in a page to which there is a link in the copyright notice on your talkpage. However, the text would still need substantial rewriting to avoid being deleted as promotion, and you might find it easier just to rewrite it from scratch. Finally, you should be aware of Misplaced Pages's ] guideline, which discourages editing on a subject to which you have a close connection. ] (]) 21:32, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

I would prefer if you could put it back up and I could edit it from there. That was my first page so it took me a really long time. Also, the piece on Linkedin has already been changed. I am not directly associated with this company. Thanks for your help. I will be able to remove any promotional language tonight.
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:While I fully sympathise with you, I'm afraid I must stick to what I have already said: I cannot legitimately make available a copy of what appears to be a copyright infringement. (Incidentally, the idea of a "talkback" tag is that you put it here to tell me there is a message for me ''on your talk page''. It is not needed if your message is ''here''. On the other hand the best way to sign a message is to put 4 tildes (i.e. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) at the end. That is automatically converted to a signature, complete with a link to your talk page.) ] (]) 22:02, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

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* A ] is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
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* The Nuke feature also now ] to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.


] '''Arbitration'''
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* Following the ], the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|CaptainEek}}, {{noping|Daniel}}, {{noping|Elli}}, {{noping|KrakatoaKatie}}, {{noping|Liz}}, {{noping|Primefac}}, {{noping|ScottishFinnishRadish}}, {{noping|Theleekycauldron}}, {{noping|Worm That Turned}}.


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* A ] is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the ]. ]


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== Likely back again ==
I want to write an article about pua training that is informative rather than advertising. I saw your deleted the previous page. What do I have to do for it to be accepted?


] is acting like ] ] (]) 08:07, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Yours faithfully,


:Have not notified as some of recent edits outside regional context and perhaps in area of another terminology disagreement that I am certainly not going to be involved in but rest of pattern similar. ] (]) 09:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Darcy Plant <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 15:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:: {{ping|ChaseKiwi}} Thanks for drawing my attention to this. See my comment at ]. As for notifying the editor, I think it's likely to be better not to. ] (]) 15:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::Ta, but why once confirmed did you not totally revert on principle the edits to ]. As said, not an area I will get involved in, due to minor PoV, but the truly constructive editing was in my view, which I do not wish to impose on others, limited. ] (]) 01:16, 10 January 2025 (UTC)


== Another helpful block evader? ==
== scalado ==


&ndash; is there a 1.0 somewhere? &nbsp; &ndash;] (]) 19:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
hi i would like to provide information about scalado's technology and their background. Is this possible? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 21:44, 28 November 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


: {{ping|Skywatcher68}} As you can see and , there are many accounts with names beginning with "Grahamcracker" or variations on it. Most of them are old accounts created years ago which have never edited, and as far as I saw was the only edit more recent than 2018, until Grahamcrackers 2.0 came along. I don't see any reason to connect any of them to the new account. ] (]) 19:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
==User:MickMacNee==


: ...and are a couple more. ] (]) 19:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, would you please convey to ] that are not welcome on my talk page? He is not to post comments under any ceircumstances except those notices required by WP, such ANIs. I consider this baiting, as he knows the restictions I'm under since my block was removed. This appears to be a stalking of either me or MJroots. Thanks. I'd also ask that me not respond in any way to my comments in AFDs, no matter what, but I uderstand if you can;t relay that request. Thanks. - ] (]) 00:56, 29 November 2010 (UTC)


== Partial block request ==
== Nomination of ] for deletion ==


JB, please block from editing ]. &nbsp; &ndash;] (]) 14:09, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">]</div>A discussion has begun about whether the article ], which you created or to which you contributed, should be ]. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the ].
:{{ping|Skywatcher68}} {{Done}}. Looking at the other edits from that IP address, I'm not sure a total block wouldn't be better, but obviously the lion's share of the problematic editing is on that article, so we may as well just block that one article and warn about a possible block on others if necessary. Let's hope that's enough to get the message across. ] (]) 15:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)


== Another partial block request ==
The article will be discussed at ] until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.


Please block from editing ] and ]. &nbsp; &ndash;] (]) 21:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. ''']''' '']'' 02:11, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
: {{ping|Skywatcher68}} {{Not done}}. Absolutely out of the question. The editing history of the IP range makes it abundantly clear that, although that school article is the main target, there's plenty of vandalism on other pages too, so a total block is needed. I also see that the range has previously been blocked several times for short periods, without any impact, so I've gone for two years. ] (]) 21:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
::Had a feeling you would need to do that instead. &nbsp; &ndash;] (]) 21:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you for reviewing our draft. Could you please clarify which sections or elements need improvement to align with Misplaced Pages’s guidelines? We’re committed to ensuring the content is neutral, verifiable, and meets Misplaced Pages’s standards.

Your guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. LemmaMe (talk) 13:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @LemmaMe: I'm afraid accounts are not to be shared. Please see WP:NOSHARE. Thanks, -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
I'm guessing "we" is their company, they declared a COI(though not PAID as they probably need to). 331dot (talk) 14:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing. It's my own account and I revealed a conflict of interests in my account, it's a routine habit to use "we" at work, so sorry for the typo. LemmaMe (talk) 20:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
@LemmaMe: It's not a question of some "sections or elements", it's a question of the whole tone and character of the draft, from start to finish. In this situation I used to try to pick out a few examples of promotional phrasing, to illustrate the point, but I found that never worked, as the person in question always took the examples I quoted as being the bits which needed changing, not as illustrative examples of the general character of the writing. Eventually, following discussions with some relevant people, I came to realise that people who work in marketing/advertising/PR get so used to reading and writing promotional material day after day, year after year, that they become desensitised to it, and honestly cannot see the promotional tone in writing which looks promotional to other people. I suggest that you reread what you wrote, looking for anything in the wording which might look like marketing language. If you can see it, great, but if you can't, then I honestly don't think that I can convey it to you. JBW (talk) 20:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for the reply. I understand you and will prepare a new draft in a neutral tone. Appreciate your help. LemmaMe (talk) 20:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Likely back again

user:Dudsboer is acting like User:Prince Of Roblox ChaseKiwi (talk) 08:07, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Have not notified as some of recent edits outside regional context and perhaps in area of another terminology disagreement that I am certainly not going to be involved in but rest of pattern similar. ChaseKiwi (talk) 09:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
@ChaseKiwi: Thanks for drawing my attention to this. See my comment at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Prince Of Roblox. As for notifying the editor, I think it's likely to be better not to. JBW (talk) 15:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Ta, but why once confirmed did you not totally revert on principle the edits to Scotch-Irish Americans. As said, not an area I will get involved in, due to minor PoV, but the truly constructive editing was in my view, which I do not wish to impose on others, limited. ChaseKiwi (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Another helpful block evader?

Grahamcrackers 2.0 – is there a 1.0 somewhere?   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@Skywatcher68: As you can see here and here, there are many accounts with names beginning with "Grahamcracker" or variations on it. Most of them are old accounts created years ago which have never edited, and as far as I saw this was the only edit more recent than 2018, until Grahamcrackers 2.0 came along. I don't see any reason to connect any of them to the new account. JBW (talk) 19:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
...and here are a couple more. JBW (talk) 19:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Partial block request

JB, please block 45.183.73.43 from editing 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Skywatcher68:  Done. Looking at the other edits from that IP address, I'm not sure a total block wouldn't be better, but obviously the lion's share of the problematic editing is on that article, so we may as well just block that one article and warn about a possible block on others if necessary. Let's hope that's enough to get the message across. JBW (talk) 15:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Another partial block request

Please block 2A02:C7C:D941:5A00:0:0:0:0/64 from editing Studio West (school) and Kenton School.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 21:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Skywatcher68:  Not done. Absolutely out of the question. The editing history of the IP range makes it abundantly clear that, although that school article is the main target, there's plenty of vandalism on other pages too, so a total block is needed. I also see that the range has previously been blocked several times for short periods, without any impact, so I've gone for two years. JBW (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Had a feeling you would need to do that instead.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 21:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)