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== Block evasion by IP ==


Hi, it is regarding blocked IP. They have resumed with their caste-POV changes to the ] using . Similar diff examples - and . Have a look. Thanks. - ] (]) 18:32, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
⚫ == JzG ==


⚫ :@] I've blocked the new IP fir a fortnight. ] &#124; ] 18:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
You've previously warned JzG not to invoke his administrator status during a dispute. What am I to make of statement?


::Thank you. - ] (]) 18:15, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
-] 15:48, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
:I don't see a problem with him bringing it up in terms of his experience rather than as an authority figure. ] &#124; ] 20:32, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
::Then you probably need to look at it again. -] 00:36, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:::There's a big difference between "I've been an admin for a long time" (which is what we have here) and "you can't give me notices because I'm an admin" (which is what prompted the warning). ] &#124; ] 00:44, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


== AE pings not working == == Sorry but ==


I've no objection to your change of vote. I maintain great respect for you. But you, like most, have no idea how shocked I was to be called a touter of antisemitic jokes and for that to form one of the last entries on the log's characterization of my behaviour here, on the very eve of Arbpia5. That automatically meant that anything I might have said in that case would have carried no weight. I had no option to but to retire, which meant (a) no longer contributing to any articles on any topic and (b) not engaging in any further[REDACTED] activities.
FYI, re , neither ping worked because neither was a correctly formatted ping added in the same edit as a signature. In such situations the solution is an edit adding another ping with another signature. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 16:03, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
:Yeah, I guessed it would be something like that. Just seemed odd that two different admins would do it wrong in the same thread. ] &#124; ] 20:32, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


It was not 'blogging' to preface the final and predictable notification that page will wear as it is closed down, with ''my'' take on what happened. At Tyburn all those hung (even if from the hangman's perspective they are effectively hoisted with their own petard) are entitled to a final word, and do not 'blog'. Best regards, and absolutely no rancour. And please, no reply. ] (]) 15:06, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
== Suggested Tweak to GG 1RR Notification ==


==IP:] ==
Would you be amenable to having the 1RR warning on ] updated to include "{{tq|Violations of 1RR maybe reported to ]}}"? {{u|ForbiddenRocky}} was looking for where to report a potential violation and felt that taking it directly to ] was be too harsh given the circumstances. — ] (]) 19:16, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
:To be honest AE is probably the best place as admins there are familiar with the issues (for our sins) and you're likely to get a quicker response. I don't think you'd get any more or less leniency at the edit warring board, but there's a god chance of getting an admin who isn't familiar with GG or discretionary sanctions. ] &#124; ] 20:39, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


Hello Harry, belated Happy New Year and trust you are well? Sorry to report that the above IP, which you blocked last year on the ] is again making disruptive edits on this page - adding extra genres when the text further in the intro para decribes the film accurately. This IP seems to delight in distruptive editing on Misplaced Pages. Can I leave this with you please? ] (]) 16:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
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⚫ :@] I've blocked them for a month. Best, ] &#124; ] 18:22, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
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Harry, Many thanks for your help. Regards, David, ] (]) 19:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
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* Thank you out of the blue, --] (]) 20:52, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


== You've got email ==
== Questionable edits from Caerphilly, UK ISP: BT ==


Hi HJ, hope you're well. I dropped you an email the other day – I'm mentioning it here since you probably get a lot of those. Best wishes, ] <small>]]</small> 08:36, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi HJ, hate to bug ya, but I'm going to! You recently blocked {{ipvandal|86.160.229.244}}. They recently reverted me without explanation, however they content I removed contained a lot of grammar errors, including what looks to me like pure gibberish. ''Amelia "Amy" Jones (])- the smart girl city of frank elementary school and Ozzy and Leah's 10 year old daughter, greatly her ingénues brainstorming ideas lead her into and out of trouble but in the end Amy is forgiven by both her mom and her dad and always gets what she asks for nicely.'' I also don't see Ariel Winter included at , which I would never use as a source, only as a BS detector. I also don't see the character Amelia, so I'm thinking possible vandalism. Thoughts? ] (]) 21:43, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
⚫ :No idea, but given the IP's history, I'd say it's more likely vandalism than not. ] &#124; ] 22:24, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


:@] you did. I'm sorry. I read it, got busy with something else, then it got buried. I'll dig it out and reply now. ] &#124; ] 11:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
== How to get a picture that is copyright-free ==


⚫ == Ban ==
Hey, I was just wondering how I can add a photo to a wikipage that is marked as copyrighted. For example, I have been trying to add a photo of Michiel Huisman to his wikipage but I can't seem to find any copyright-free images on the internet. I have searched on google pictures with the searched options set to "licenced for free use or share" but there are no photos of him that are licenced with that. What do I have to do to add one? Do I have to buy a picture? Can I take a screenshot and claim it mine? Can I ask for example michiel-huisman.com (which is a fansite) for permission to use one of the photos in their gallery? What do I have to do? It would be nice if you explained it to me like I am an idiot (cuz I kinda am :P). If you can't help please tell me who can, so I can ask them istead.
] (]) 00:26, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:{{ping|Sebahed}} There's fair use, but Misplaced Pages policy is quite restrictive on that and non-free photos of living people are almost never allowed. The best thing to do is to ask somebody who owns a photo whether they'd be willing to release it. In simple terms, they'd have to be happy for anyone to use it as long as they give credit and don't try to pass it off as their own. Then they'd probably need to fill in ] and fire it off to us in an email. Let me know if you get anyone to agree to all of that and I'll do what I can to help. ] &#124; ] 00:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


Hi @] I'm here to talk about my banning that recently happened a day or two ago. Anyways, i just want to talk about why you banned me from editing? I didn't vandalize any articles, didn't mess anything up, and sometimes i put information in tropical cyclone seasons with no citations (i get the in info from the infobox and just make a sentence off of it) etc. I don't use any VPN, and i don't even know how to use a VPN. So if you're kind enough, can my banning be resolved? Please? ] (]) 11:28, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
=== How to get a picture that is copyright-free nr. 2 ===


:The mere fact that you posted here means you are not affected by a block. ] (]) 16:39, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
I sent a request to this website http://www.picpicx.com/michiel-huisman/ to be able to use one of their pictures at the bottom of the page in the "leave a reply" section. I this a legit website? If so, do they own the copyright to all of the Michiel pictures? If not, how to know who owns each of the pictures. ] (]) 01:12, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
::The OP didn't mention a block, but a ban. ]. --] &#x1f339; (]) 00:04, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
:{{ping|Sebahed}} My guess would be probably not, but wait and see if you get a response—they might be able to point you in the right direction. ] &#124; ] 01:16, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:::{{u|331dot}} {{u|Redrose64}} the user is probably referring to their IP address (see their talk page) which is currently under a year block by HJ. ] (]) 00:09, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
::::They made an edit, and posted here, subsequent to their unblock request, so they aren't currently affected by a block, thoigh its possible they were when they made the request. Many people use block and ban interchangeably even though they are different. ] (]) 01:17, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
:Also if i did any bad stuff to any articles please tell me please, i seriously want to know so i can avoid it next time (don't even know if my ban gets resolved) Anyways, i hope you read this in the future! ] (]) 04:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
::@] the block was not aimed at you. And it appears you're correct that the specific IP address you were using is not a proxy. You've done nothing wrong but there are a lot of proxies on that range (group of IP addresses) that have been used to spread spam links, including from logged-in accounts. If it happens again, the important piece of information is your IP address. Make sure you include that if you ask about a block. ] &#124; ] 10:13, 18 January 2025 (UTC)


== A barnstar for you! == == Pat Crerand ==


Hi, may I ask for your advice with anotherwise straightforward page move I cannot make due to an existing redirect? In summary, the redirect needs to come from "Pat Crerand" to "Paddy Crerand" and not the other way round: https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Pat_Crerand refers. Can you do the swap or tell me how to? Thank you ] (]) 19:34, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
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⚫ :Thanks. ] &#124; ] 14:05, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


:@] the redirect has a non-trivial history, so it would need to be deleted to make way for the move. This can be done by any admin but as you've opened an RM it's probably best to let that conclude. ] &#124; ] 20:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
== Dominion: Tank Police ==
::Much obliged. The redirect was leading to a rename/move request "renaming" the page to itself! Regards ] (]) 21:40, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi {{u|HJ_Mitchell|HJ}}, Apologies for the interruption. I just wanted to bring this edit to your attention. It's functionally the same as an edit previously reverted by you here, and there seems to be some discussion of a banned user in some of the edit summaries on the page. I don't know enough about the subject material to really comment; but it seems like a change of this magnitude, removing a lot of (what seems like) non-controversial content should probably involve some Talk page consensus first. - ] <sup>]</sup> 03:16, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:Honestly, I have no idea. I think I just reverted the edits of a sockpuppet ''en masse''. I guess the best thing to do is to decide whether the edit has merit and revert or not accordingly. ] &#124; ] 14:07, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

== ] and ] ==

Hi HJ Mitchell. I have witnessed a short revert engagement between ] and the user at ] on ].

Upon checking his talk page, I have noticed that a recent Abitration Enforcement listing he or she was involved in, and was blocked and unblocked by you after an appeal. I understand that the article in question here has nothing to do with the discussion and action taken on him or her, but because of this knowledge I am presenting you with this incident to request for the appropriate action to be taken on this matter.

I have already messaged both users reminding them not to engage in disruptive edit behaviours. Thank you for your help. ]] 15:15, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:They've only made two reverts and the block was for BLP issues, not edit-warring, so I don't think any admin action is necessary. ] &#124; ] 15:20, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you for your attention. It seems that other users are still taking issues with the users' edits, but I understand that nothing for immediate attention is on hand. Once again, thank you for your help. ]] 15:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
:::I'm sure Cwobeel will have the good sense to take it to the talk page or ask for outside eyes on the issue before it gets out of hand. ] &#124; ] 15:41, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

== support ==

I support you for CU. However, there is one person that seems like a bully (based on their edits) and is running for CU. If I mention it, I will be attacked, for sure. Therefore, I will not. Good luck. ] (]) 18:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Just so you know I am not some quack, I just posted about false information that was inserted in 2007 by a user named Corvus cornix, a user with 30,000 edits. It was about the British bombardment of Porto Novo. It was in 1861, not 1863. ] (]) 18:25, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

== Suspected sockpuppetry by ] et. al. ==

Hi again. You just permanently blocked ] for vandalism. The article the user vandalised, ] has been recently attacked repeatedly by multiple SPAs, where all of the edits look very similar. I don't normally do this, but this repeated disruption is not something I'd let pass. I've already started a SPI at ], and I hope you can take a look at it. In addition, others have already requested the page to be semi-protected, and I hope that can also be seen to. Thank you, ]] 21:23, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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Block evasion by IP

Hi, it is regarding this blocked IP. They have resumed with their caste-POV changes to the WP:COMMONNAME using this news IP. Similar diff examples - and . Have a look. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:32, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Fylindfotberserk I've blocked the new IP fir a fortnight. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Thank you. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:15, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry but

I've no objection to your change of vote. I maintain great respect for you. But you, like most, have no idea how shocked I was to be called a touter of antisemitic jokes and for that to form one of the last entries on the log's characterization of my behaviour here, on the very eve of Arbpia5. That automatically meant that anything I might have said in that case would have carried no weight. I had no option to but to retire, which meant (a) no longer contributing to any articles on any topic and (b) not engaging in any further[REDACTED] activities.

It was not 'blogging' to preface the final and predictable notification that page will wear as it is closed down, with my take on what happened. At Tyburn all those hung (even if from the hangman's perspective they are effectively hoisted with their own petard) are entitled to a final word, and do not 'blog'. Best regards, and absolutely no rancour. And please, no reply. Nishidani (talk) 15:06, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

IP:109.255.141.53

Hello Harry, belated Happy New Year and trust you are well? Sorry to report that the above IP, which you blocked last year on the United 93 (film) is again making disruptive edits on this page - adding extra genres when the text further in the intro para decribes the film accurately. This IP seems to delight in distruptive editing on Misplaced Pages. Can I leave this with you please? David J Johnson (talk) 16:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

@David J Johnson I've blocked them for a month. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Harry, Many thanks for your help. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

You've got email

Hi HJ, hope you're well. I dropped you an email the other day – I'm mentioning it here since you probably get a lot of those. Best wishes, Andreas JN466 08:36, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jayen466 you did. I'm sorry. I read it, got busy with something else, then it got buried. I'll dig it out and reply now. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Ban

Hi @HJ Mitchell I'm here to talk about my banning that recently happened a day or two ago. Anyways, i just want to talk about why you banned me from editing? I didn't vandalize any articles, didn't mess anything up, and sometimes i put information in tropical cyclone seasons with no citations (i get the in info from the infobox and just make a sentence off of it) etc. I don't use any VPN, and i don't even know how to use a VPN. So if you're kind enough, can my banning be resolved? Please? Trixlll (talk) 11:28, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

The mere fact that you posted here means you are not affected by a block. 331dot (talk) 16:39, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
The OP didn't mention a block, but a ban. They're different. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:04, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
331dot Redrose64 the user is probably referring to their IP address (see their talk page) which is currently under a year block by HJ. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 00:09, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
They made an edit, and posted here, subsequent to their unblock request, so they aren't currently affected by a block, thoigh its possible they were when they made the request. Many people use block and ban interchangeably even though they are different. 331dot (talk) 01:17, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
Also if i did any bad stuff to any articles please tell me please, i seriously want to know so i can avoid it next time (don't even know if my ban gets resolved) Anyways, i hope you read this in the future! Trixlll (talk) 04:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
@Trixlll the block was not aimed at you. And it appears you're correct that the specific IP address you were using is not a proxy. You've done nothing wrong but there are a lot of proxies on that range (group of IP addresses) that have been used to spread spam links, including from logged-in accounts. If it happens again, the important piece of information is your IP address. Make sure you include that if you ask about a block. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:13, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Pat Crerand

Hi, may I ask for your advice with anotherwise straightforward page move I cannot make due to an existing redirect? In summary, the redirect needs to come from "Pat Crerand" to "Paddy Crerand" and not the other way round: https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Pat_Crerand refers. Can you do the swap or tell me how to? Thank you Billsmith60 (talk) 19:34, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

@Billsmith60 the redirect has a non-trivial history, so it would need to be deleted to make way for the move. This can be done by any admin but as you've opened an RM it's probably best to let that conclude. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Much obliged. The redirect was leading to a rename/move request "renaming" the page to itself! Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 21:40, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
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