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Unblocked

Hi, Todd, I hope you are enjoying your vacation, which means that you are not reading this until you get back. :-) Two admins (kww and TP) wanted a CU done before unblocking anyone. T. Canens did the CU and found the accounts most likely unrelated. Therefore, I unblocked Badanagram and the two IPs. I also removed the SP tags. You can see all this at ANI and on Badanagram's talk page, but I thought you deserved a personal heads up on your talk page.

I'm sorry for the unwarranted abuse that's been heaped on you in your absence, although many editors came to your defense. I guess it comes with the job, but the attacks are tremendously mean-spirited. Best regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:29, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice and for your cool head. I'm glad the IP block got worked out. The aggression against administrators has really gotten out of hand lately. Toddst1 (talk) 16:55, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

GabrielVelasquez

Your block of User:GabrielVelasquez says "prolific sockpuppetry" (besides personal attacks) but I'm not seeing any SPI on him. I'm asking because someone suggested that another editor is a sockpuppet of GabrielVelasquez, so it would help to know what other sockpuppets GabrielVelasquez had, if any. Someone not using his real name (talk) 21:37, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

See the ANI discussion that was specifically provided for this purpose. Toddst1 (talk) 00:54, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

L.A. Reid

Hi Toddst1, how ya been? Say, I notice you hit the L.A. Reid article with multiple tags. Though I have contributed to the article in the past, or more accurately often deleted unsourced or poorly sourced material, I have been away from the article for six months or so. Could you bring me up to speed on your thinking on the article re: the tags? Thanks and as always, hope you are doing well! Jusdafax 06:03, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi JFX. Yes, it's been a while.

Yeah, there are a few problems there. I think this paragraph, quoted in its entirety is a good example:

Reid flies home to Blue Ash, Ohio every year to take his mother Emma to dinner .

Most of the article is in pretty good shape though.

I followed a trail of abject garbage created by Republic Records Publicity ‎ (talk · contribs) and his/her many socks to L.A. Reid and that article which is in much better shape than the others. Toddst1 (talk) 12:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

With your approval then, I'll pull the personal section out that contains that paragraph/line about his mother. I have taken it out before since it is a magnet for attackers and adds little to, and detracts much from, this BLP. Someone has it in for this guy, and as the talk page shows I have been weeding out the obvious trash for years. On the other side, there appears to be an attempt by RRP (a paid editing service, I suppose, though I have not looked into it, and socking complicates the issue) to puff the article. I will come back in a few days and see if you think it has improved enough to pull the tags. Thanks! Jusdafax 06:15, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

You don't need my approval but you certainly have it. I left a note on the talk page as well. Cheers. Toddst1 (talk) 17:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Just spent a couple hours on it, mostly taking out junk. I daresay the article can use more work but see what you think. Jusdafax 11:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Big improvement Jusdafax. Nice work. Toddst1 (talk) 16:01, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

WP:BLP2E

I just ran into BLP2E - what an amazing outbreak of common sense on Misplaced Pages! I ran into a related problem earlier this year. A couple of editors told me that a series of 25 crimes occurring in several different US states and foreign countries over the course of a bit more than a year was a single event. I was just gobsmacked but it didn't much matter to me in the general course of the discussion, so I ignored it.

I'll likely add something to BLP2E, but feel free to revert. Short and sweet can be the best way to go. Sometimes writing down an additional argument explaining that 1 + 1 does not equal 2,345.75 simply confuses things.

All the best.

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:13, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Smallbones, Thanks for the kind words. It seems common sense is in increasingly short supply around here lately.

If you look at the talk page and especially the history, you'll find that the essay was not without controversy. Toddst1 (talk) 22:20, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

I think your concern is better addressed in Misplaced Pages:What is one event. Toddst1 (talk) 22:30, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I self-reverted and added a "See also" link to Misplaced Pages:What is one event? Thanks again - common sense interpreting Misplaced Pages policy - what a wonderful idea! Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

User talk:18.101.16.234

This IP is from the pool of MIT VPN addresses, so your earlier message probably won't get to the right person, FYI. There are at least 10,000 people with access to our VPN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.101.16.234 (talk) 22:35, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

But it appears only one edits wikipedia. Toddst1 (talk) 19:16, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey

Hey Toddst. I was reading my archives and I felt like passing by your talk page to wish you a good end of summer. Happy editing :) — ΛΧΣ 03:07, 7 August 2013 (UTC)