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EFM

Hi Elockid - thought I'd ask what my chances are of getting them EFM right? I've been active over at the false positives page and do look over the requested filters every now and then, and have a pretty decent understanding of regex. Any thoughts? Thanks -- samtar 15:27, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Looking back at your request from September, I'd say that there's been improvement and that you're well on your way. Probably though to ensure that no one else opposes your request, I'd follow MusikAnimal's advice and also work on WP:EF/R. For more advanced permissions, not having a need would be seen as hat collecting. So be sure to also put the areas you'd be willing to work on like handling new filter requests, improving current filters, etc. Elockid 18:18, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice Elockid, I'll see if my regex-fu is up to scratch with the current requests Happy New Years! -- samtar 19:43, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Years to you too! Elockid 21:28, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Elockid: Sorry to bother you again. I've had a look, and drafted up some regex for one, but it seems regex doesn't play as big a part as it seems? Could you point me in the best direction to learn about the rest of the edit filter coding? Thanks again -- samtar 19:23, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) mw:Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules_format is the place to go for all the info on available conditions. Regex does play a fairly big part though, many filters are simply 'we know a vandal writes this phrase every edit' and writing some regex to catch that text. Sam Walton (talk) 19:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Pretty much what Sam said. The link that Sam gave is very useful. Elockid 23:34, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Elockid

Pratyya — is wishing you a Happy New Year! Welcome the 2016. Wishing you a happy and fruitful 2016 with good health and your wishes come true! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! May the 2016 go well for you.

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:User:Pratyya Ghosh/Happy New Year}} to their talk page with a Happy New Year message.

Thanks! Elockid 13:51, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Edit filter notice

Hi Elockid. Per a recent guideline RfC, if a filter is switched to disallow a notice should now be posted to WP:EFN (preferably beforehand). I've done that for 743; the RfC didn't get huge input so no worries about not noticing/remembering! Sam Walton (talk) 17:47, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Haven't seen that RfC yet. Thanks for the heads up. Elockid 17:50, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Laurent Tillie

Hi, you protected Laurent Tillie from creation. Can you please move Laurent Tillie (volleyball) to Laurent Tillie. Thank you! Sander.v.Ginkel 22:29, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Elockid 23:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi again :), Thanks for previous time. I have the same question again, can you please move Draft:Evgeny Sivozhelez to Evgeny Sivozhelez. Thank you Sander.v.Ginkel 18:34, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

It's me again, please move also Draft:Artem Volvich, to Artem Volvich Sander.v.Ginkel 16:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done and  Done. Elockid  20:07, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

question

How do you archive pages? because I want to clean up my talk page but I am not sure if its something only admins can do or? Saturn star (talk) 06:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Archiving is something that everyone can do. It's really simple. There are two ways archive, you can either do it manually or automatically.

To do it manually, you do following:

1) Highlight the sections that you want to archive.

2) Right click or press Ctrl+X (Windows) or Command+X (Mac)

3) If you haven't created an archive page, you can create one and call it something like Archive 1. Paste the sections on the archive page.

4) At the very top, place {{archive}}

5) On your talk page, create a link to your archives. You can use a template like Template:Archive banner.

If you want to do it automatically, you can have a bot do it. There's several to choose from here. For example, if you want to use ClueBot III, just follow the instructions at User:ClueBot III#How to archive your page. That's pretty much it. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. Elockid  14:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

On the occasion of the troll's Hitler section...

Hi Elockid, a general question based on your deletion (and priors) of this section: Does WP:Deny command deletion of such sections in their entirety, even including constructive contributions of users without any cause for a complaint? So is it wrong to try an adjusted version without the troll's content like this and if so, why? --KnightMove (talk) 19:53, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Even though there are constructive comments there, the responses acknowledges them. This in turn would defeat the purpose of denying them recognition since acknowledgement is still a form of encouragement. I wouldn't say that it's necessarily wrong to do an adjusted version per se, but when dealing with trolls, it's generally best practice to remove anything that indicate that we want them here. Elockid  20:07, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Well... if this is consensus here, ok. --KnightMove (talk) 20:17, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Rv

Hi, why gave no summary? Is he blocked? Thx. Edit: Ah ok i see he got blocked today. prokaryotes (talk) 16:28, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

That's a banned troll who has been disrupting this encyclopedia for some time now. Elockid  16:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Possible block target

I'm not sure if this is the one you were targeting, but based on their talk page request you might want to extend the scope of the block. Tiggerjay (talk) 04:26, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks and range widened. Elockid  04:40, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

More trouble from probable sockpuppets of a blocked IP

Elockid, I see that you blocked a series of IP addresses including 178.73.210.88 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 178.73.210.76 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), and 178.73.210.113 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) in December. Presumably the same person has carrying on the disruptive discussion at Talk:Earthquake prediction as 77.238.217.1 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 77.238.218.228 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and 77.238.213.29 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). RockMagnetist(talk) 21:55, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

I blocked the 178 IP since it was a webhost. In general, webhosts host proxies or other anonymizing services. A blocked user was abusing that range which is why I blocked it. It doesn't appear that the blocked user is the same person as the 178 or 77 IP. I can't find any evidence right now that suggests the 77 IP is hosting any proxy services. Elockid  13:05, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I don't know about the proxy service, but I don't see how they could be different users. Their only contributions are to continue the discussion from the same viewpoint on the same talk page. If you could tell me the userid of the blocked user, I could test this on the sockpuppet site. RockMagnetist(talk) 20:50, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Apologies for the late response. What I meant was that there was a blocked user who created accounts using the the 178 IP. The blocked user who was creating the accounts has no relation to the person editing Earthquake prediction. They only created accounts and used those accounts to disrupt the project. The person editing Earthquake prediction did not prompt the block and is likely just unfortunate collateral. Elockid  21:16, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

O.k., thanks. RockMagnetist(talk) 21:18, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Bean

Vandalism still occurs. Extend PC? --George Ho (talk) 08:21, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Apologies for the late response. Elockid  21:17, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Endorsement of SPI

I need you to do an immediate checkuser check on this case https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/Anhinhhhd&action=edit&section=1. The users are getting out of control. CLCStudent (talk) 17:44, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we can't do much in the way of blocks or preventing more accounts. I thought there was an edit filter to prevent these edits. I'll try to find it. Elockid  17:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Req Semi-Protect

Hi, Elockid.

Thanks for the reversions on my talk page. Would you consider semi-protecting it for a few days or a week? I find the messages less annoying than the notifications and the time wasted. BTW, in general, I prefer such comments just be left, not reverted, but I certainly didn't mind it in this case.

Thanks,

μηδείς (talk) 20:36, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Alrighty, noted for the future. I'll semi your talk page as soon as I get on my main account. ElofoSho (talk) 01:13, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, ElofoSho, I appreciate it, and would love to know what in the world your username derives from. I am guessing Hebrew, although I have only studied isiZulu and various Indo-European languages. μηδείς (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Ok, Ilokano and Tagalog? Nevertheless, ElofoSho and Elockid still strike me as Hebraic, for some odd reason. μηδείς (talk) 03:06, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

It's Philippine based. I never would have thought that my username would sound Hebraic. Ironically, my best friends are Jewish and probably being friends for so long, I might have unconsciously made my names as they are now. Elockid  04:19, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Talk page revocation

You should revoke talk page access for user:2601:803:c402:95f0:dd8e:bb07:dc49:f585. 2602:306:3357:BA0:5DD5:8A07:3172:13EB (talk) 14:28, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm given them a note. If though they have repeated this behavior, I can revoke it for you. Elockid  14:35, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

195.177.126.149

Who is the primary account for 195.177.126.149? You blocked him/her for a year but they have no talkpage. Curro2 (talk) 00:46, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I didn't look to see if there was an account editing on the IP. I just noticed the IP was an open proxy and blocked it per WP:No open proxies. At this point, without having done any further investigation, I don't know who's using that address. Elockid  01:37, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

see the talk for 166.170.31.143

I am using a public WiFi because of an AT&T IP range block. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.172.185 (talk • contribs)

This range has had a long history of abuse from more than one user. Several long-term disruptive users have been using the range along with other vandals/disruptive users. This is clearly evident by the block log of the range. I am getting the impression that you think the range blocks all ATT customers. That is not the case here. The block would have been much wider and encompassed a number of other ranges if it did. Actually, a smaller percentage of ATT's overall customers use that range. Yes it may be an inconvenience, but again due to the long-term disruption from this range, a block is necessary. Elockid  16:38, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

ACC

Your presence is requested at acc:#164218! :) -- Cheers, Riley 04:12, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

• Follow up ping. :) -- Cheers, Riley 17:25, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

• This is a request only you can handle, as blocking admin. -- Cheers, Riley 02:04, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

deletion and lock of michael felgate

why was this article deleted and locked please can you sort out this article its much needed thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/Michael_Felgate

I have restored the article after a request at REFUND. It was previously deleted at AfD because the Cypriot First Division was not considered fully professional, but it is now accepted in the list at WP:FPL, so the player meets WP:NFOOTBALL. JohnCD (talk)

Feeding the Trolls

Hello Elockid, I was wondering if Feeding the Trolls is an acceptable practice for Misplaced Pages users to use against vandals? This tactic for confronting suspected vandals (including sockputtets) has been frequently exhibited by User:Darkknight2149, which has only stirred the pot and have lead to an increase of serious attacks on his talk page. A clear example of a post by his can be seen by his recent post at the bottom of his talkpage User talk:Darkknight2149. Furthermore, he has specifically threatened users by use of personal messages (even though some changes made by some IPs are constructive) and can't be reasoned with easily. Is his method of dealing with users appropriate for the wikipedia community?

PS: From the edit history of his talkpage, can you cross out those disruptive edits made by some angry users/sockpuppets (like those made by https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/24.114.92.231 and other related users) as they are very inappropriate. Thanks! 63.92.232.41 (talk) 22:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Good evening, @User:63.92.232.41. I wanted to clarify that warning users of the potential consequences of their actions is not "feeding the trolls". I have mostly been unresponsive to the personal attacks. It was only when they kept going that I warned the user that, if it happened again, I would begin a sock investigation. The user did it again, so I'm currently preparing for that Sock investigation.

The whole situation began when I warned the IP-hopping user to stop edit warring on The Empire Strikes Back. The user (who has been blocked for personal attacks in the past) decided to leave me a message saying something along the lines of "Don't mess with my changes, fucker". I reported it, that particular account was blocked for a week, and now the user is using their resources to send non-stop personal attacks.

An example of "feeding the trolls" would be if someone vandalised a page by saying something like "Boba Fett is gay!", and I responded with something like "well, so are you!" when reverting it. I hope this clarified a few things. DarkKnight2149 22:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Suspicious activity

@User:63.92.232.41 After doing some checking, I find it curious that your only contribution to this site (at least with this IP) is this message. I also find it curious that you "coincidentally" left a message about feeding the trolls, something that was mentioned in many of the personal attacks. I have to ask, are you that user? DarkKnight2149 23:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

IP 72.64.6.79 and Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Bigshowandkane64/Archive

Hi Elockid, I'm not sure if this is of any interest to you, but here goes: I was at Simple Misplaced Pages when I noticed IP 72.64.6.79 (New Hampshire; ISP: Fairpoint) had left a pissy note on my talk page, seemingly grousing about something that happened at the English Misplaced Pages. I checked him out at English, and it looks like the IP is part of a range that you've blocked multiple times.

When I investigated what his beef was with me, I found this note at Simple where he complains to another disruptive user that he didn't like the way I changed "actress" to gender neutral "actor" at April Winchell and that I allegedly threatened to "smack head in the 21st century".

This led me to this reversion of someone who turned out to be a CU confirmed sock of Bigshowandkane64, which will be of some interest to me going forward. (I know that privacy issues don't allow you to confirm any CU link). Anyhow, the same edits were made here from another New Hampshire IP (ISP: Comcast). So I'm bringing it to your attention in case you think another range block is warranted. If not, no biggie. Thanks, take care, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:06, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

ACC CU Backlog

Howdy, ACC has as a CU backlog of 23+ requests as of 20:28, 10 March 2016 (UTC). Any help would be appreciated! -- Cheers, Riley 20:28, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

unblock ip range request

Hello,

the IPv6 range 2001:41D0:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 is blocked according to the page https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:BlockList.

Can you please whitelist those ipv6 ranges that are specific to OVH ISP activities (http://www.ovhtelecom.fr) :

- 2001:41d0:70::/44 - 2001:41d0:fc00::/38

Regards, Florent

YGM

YGM. -- zzuuzz 19:46, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

ISP 74.102.30.143

Hello, this ISP editor is currently not only vandalizing (occasionally) but actively removing maintenance tags from articles (often 3 to 5 a day). I would have simply reported this to Vandalism but I noticed that ISP 24.102.72.189 created 74.102.30.143's talk page shortly before that ISP was blocked. It seems to me that there's some sockpuppetry going on here especially when that ISP is also linked with Pokestarfan. You might have some clue...this is the first time I've tried to deal with someone like this. I wasn't sure if there's enough for the sockpuppet report. Thanks. Pjefts (talk) 23:08, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Unblock request on hold

I have noticed that there is an unblock request on hold at User talk:The Newspaper, where the admin placing it on hold tried to ping you, several weeks ago. Evidently he didn't know that pings placed inside unblock requests in that way don't work. Would you like to look at the request? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

An IP range block that affects my editing

Hi Elockid, probably due to someone vandalizing from an anonymous IP, you and or User:Vituzzu have disabled me from contributing to Misplaced Pages from my laptop. Can you look into this problem and override me by a specific IP (hoping that it is consistently assigned by the provider - I do not know that!) or, better, by allowing me to edit through my account anywhere while in this IP range. I appreciate the fact that you are fighting vandalism on Misplaced Pages! I will add the details right below. gidonb (talk) 10:59, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis. The block was made by Vituzzu (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is leaky colo + open proxy at 188.166.232.125. Start of block: 16:14, 14 January 2016. Expiration of block: 16:14, 14 January 2021.

You can contact Vituzzu to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 188.166.90.42, and the blocked range is 188.166.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

You are currently unable to edit Misplaced Pages.You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them. Editing from 188.166.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by Elockid for the following reason(s):

Hi Gidonb. That IP range is allocated to Digital Ocean which is a known webhost. Webhosts are blocked because the tend to be hosts for open proxies or other anonymizing services. They've also been a major source of disruption across multiple projects, which is why the IP range is globally blocked. It looks like you may be editing through an anonymizing service. Is it possible to disable that or is it absolutely necessary? Elockid  11:07, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

OK, I had disabled an app on my laptop and could edit again. Thank you for making sense out of the process! gidonb (talk) 15:43, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Longtime anon, created an account just to welcome you back! You've done a lot of good work here and I was half-afraid you were gone for good! We don't have enough good admins here, so it's good to see one of them return. RCBK5 (talk) 17:35, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much. Don't worry, if I ever decide to leave permanently, I'll make an announcement. Elockid  22:26, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For you great work, for years...thanks!! Huldra (talk)

No problem. Always glad to help! Elockid  02:03, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

A matter you were well acquianted with

Hello Elockid. I did some digging, and I noticed you were well acquianted with the Georgian sockmaster ~"Satt2". Well, he once again returned spamming the same frantic edits like he always used to. I know this has been some time ago for you, but could you perhaps take a look at the new SPI case I made for his newest sock and state your opinion? Perhaps taking a look at your own comments of back in the day will refresh a thing or two, might you have forgotten some matters. Bests and thanks - LouisAragon (talk) 02:15, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

I'll take a good look at tomorrow/Sunday. Good thing I still have all their technical evidence. Elockid  02:18, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Great. Thanks a lot. I don't think this matter will take much time. Btw, was User:Olivia Winfield CU blocked or blocked based on behavioral evidence? Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 13:07, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

That's based on behavioral evidence (non-CU block). The account you reported is a  Confirmed sock. Elockid  22:24, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Matt Edmondson

We need immediate protection of Matt Edmondson due to heavy IP vandalism that is nonstop. CLCStudent (talk) 15:00, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Looks like Widr (talk · contribs) beat me too it. Elockid  15:01, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Dewan357

I think Tcnj.best.college is a reincarnation of Dewan357. It's a really old account that has been dormant for four years now and missed in earlier checks. The intersection between this college in NJ and the theory related to India is a standard tell tale. I think Kww and I missed this account in our blocks of that time because he hadn't edited in the India space then. Alerting you as he often has a mass account creation strategy and you may want to keep an eye on this. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:43, 20 June 2016 (UTC)