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Request for advice

Hi there, I'm not terribly familar with the CheckUser facility or how it works, but I have an issue which a CheckUser expert like you might be able to advise me on. Recently, there has been a considerable amount of racist IP editing on various articles against racing driver Lewis Hamilton. Mostly they consist of this kind of thing, this, the hoax "death" of another racing driver Felipe Massa here, user talk page vandalism here etc etc. IP addresses are many (I count 12 so far), and three have been subject to blocks - , and - the last two are still blocked. All the addresses emanate from Malaysia.

Today I noticed this edit from User:Gokul009, a Malaysian editor who edits motor racing articles. He quickly undid his edit with an excuse, but I am wondering if this is the same user, who made his vandal edit without realising he was logged in. I am wary because I don't want to accuse someone of racism where it is unfounded, but I thought the matter serious enough that someone like you might want to check it out. Is there a way of finding out whether all these IP addresses and Gokul009 are the same person? Thanks for reading and I look forward to your reply. Cheers, Bretonbanquet (talk) 12:23, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I've now filed an SPI. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:58, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

That's probably the best way forward. I'm sorry not to have replied earlier but I've only just seen this. I'm having terrible connectivity problems and get only get on when the line permits. Hopefully, it'll be fixed soon.  Roger Davies 06:17, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I certainly know what connectivity problems are like. Hope it gets sorted out soon, and thanks for replying. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

What internet provider do you use? It isn't BT is it? I've heard nothing but bad things about BT...Cam 05:32, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it is BT. This has been going on since mid-March and is characterised by the line freezing after a few minutes online for hours on end and not unfreezing with reboots. After: four line engineer and six network engineer visits; literally days spent on to the phone to help-lines and various diagnostics; replacement of the line socket at the exchange, associated surge protection fuses at the exchange, cable from the street to the master socket within my house, router, network cards, and internal cabling; plus updating drivers/versions of every bit of comms software, resetting the internal TCP/IP stack; etc etc, the line is improved but not perfect. It's been quite entertaining. I've had to finish a couple of jobs using medieval methods (print it out, post - yes, post - the job to the client, take corrections by phone, repeat) as my fax machine decided to barf at sending more than four consecutive pages. Unsurprisingly, I'm looking at moving ISPs :)  Roger Davies 03:50, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Big surprise. Given your experience, you'll get a kick out of this. Cam 05:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Brilliant! The problems have returned (though on a smaller scale). I'm looking to move now, just as soon as I've got compensation sorted out.  Roger Davies 08:02, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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You'd be interested in this: Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Transcendental_Meditation_movement/Workshop#Proposals_by_User:Rlevse — Rlevse • Talk • 21:39, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Very interesting indeed.  Roger Davies 03:51, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Australian English?

Hey there RD.. Long time no talk. I hope all is well. I've been asked to have a look at Gough Whitlam, and since it's about an Australian person, it makes sense to use whatever Australian variants are appropriate. I found American and British English differences, which I believe you worked on? Do you know of resources for Australian-specific differences? (I'm immediately thrown by "grew to maturity" in the lead, since my gut says "grew up". Maybe it's a national variant, maybe it's wordiness.)

Thanks in advance for your help! Scartol • Tok 19:15, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Scartol, these two phrases have a slightly different meaning (and "grew to maturity" is rather elaborate in any variety). I don't think it's an engvar issue. The article should be written in standard English. There are so few differences between BrEng and AusEng (programme/program) that they are overridden by individual differences in style. Tony (talk) 01:46, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Scartol and thanks Tony!  Roger Davies 08:01, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah. So then I'm left with my inadequate deficiency with BrEng. =D Can I take "rather elaborate" to mean "generally not preferred"? Sorry to hijack your talk page, Roger! Scartol • Tok 18:37, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

can you help me?

hi.this american man(Chris (クリス • フィッチュ))　added ({3RR}) on my page(http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Iceiscoldnothot). i asked him to delete, but he always ignore, and deleted my message(http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Kintetsubuffalo)... He has no sense of responsibility whatsoever, so i what should i do? could you please help me? we had a problem here(http://en.wikipedia.org/Kurara_Chibana).　 if this guy wrote me beforo about " Also read Eye color, there is no black.", then it wouldn't be such a problem... thank you. --Iceiscoldnothot (talk) 06:04, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Ping

Roger Davies -- I have posted something new at Response to Roger Davies:

I wonder what distinguishes the Tang Dynasty "clarification" thread from "Strategic default"? If this is not "Strategic default", please explain it to those who have volunteered to explain such things to me.

Ping.

Roger Davies -- Now what? Cui bono?

• This whatever-it-is is indistinguishable from punishment; and I'm left wondering what precisely am I being punished for?
• What recidivism is thus prevented?

How are the volunteer mentors and others in the community expected to construe this thread? What are you going to do? --Tenmei (talk) 17:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I look forward to your further comments; and I continue to hope for action. --Tenmei (talk) 20:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)