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User talk:Xsyner
Hi. I see you have been involved in matters concerning the block of the ip 24.175.183.44 and the talk page of the same person, Xsyner. I am having trouble with him as he repeatedly removes block warnings and notices from his talk page. I gave him several warnings and eventually reported him at WP:AIAV. Nothing was done about this, and I am now beginning to wonder whether it is actually against policy to do what he has been doing. Several editor have told me it was against policy, and that's what I have been telling Xsyner, although he ignores my warnings. I'd appreciate it if you could help my answer these questions as soon as possible. Thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(/contribs) 03:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I found that it's not against policy to remove warnings. It would have been nice though if the admin who removed the block request on AIAV would have told me why it wasn't fulfilled. This has nothing to do with Xsyner, but how did you get the header for your talk page and can I use it/find/make one of my own? Thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(/contribs) 04:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- It used to be that removing warnings was against policy, then it entered a sort of grey area, and in current times it's explicitly not against policy but some people still labor under the impression it is -- so it's all a bit confusing, really. =\ If you still need help with this user, beyond that answer, let me know. As for the talk page header, you can see it at User talk:Luna Santin/Header; I pieced it together, over time, based in part on a number of others I'd seen. You're free to use it if you like (might need to be tinkered with a bit). You can also use other variants like {{talkpageheader}} or other such ones. There's quite a few options available for that sort of thing. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(/contribs) 18:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- It used to be that removing warnings was against policy, then it entered a sort of grey area, and in current times it's explicitly not against policy but some people still labor under the impression it is -- so it's all a bit confusing, really. =\ If you still need help with this user, beyond that answer, let me know. As for the talk page header, you can see it at User talk:Luna Santin/Header; I pieced it together, over time, based in part on a number of others I'd seen. You're free to use it if you like (might need to be tinkered with a bit). You can also use other variants like {{talkpageheader}} or other such ones. There's quite a few options available for that sort of thing. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
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You reverted faster than me Randomtime (talk) 11:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- :'( I get beaten by ClueBot a lot, these days. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
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Arnold Murray Article
You protected the wrong version. The version you protected is the gutted version an anon user has been doing since 10 December 2007. That is fine though, I pretty much washed my hands of it. This is why wikipedia has trouble raising money, too many personal agendas.66.57.36.56 (talk) 02:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Might want to see m:The Wrong Version. Not to say I can't sympathize, but generally the only way to stop an edit war is by stopping people from editing, which involves either (a) page protection, or (b) blocking people. If you'd prefer I take the other route, I can; for the time being, though, having an opinion on this content dispute would mean I'm not neutral, which in turn would mean I shouldn't be acting as an administrator. Since I am acting as an administrator, I need to remain neutral, and avoid stating a preference for either of the two desired versions. Hope that makes sense. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Replied about goings on
Replied on my talk, and on AIV. This does seem to be confusing, including for me, but I am following suit of another, so... Gscshoyru (talk) 03:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the protections and everything... I haven't been around much lately, and I'm coming back, and I seem to have stepped on a landmine for my first reverts... ugh. I'll be back doing regular vandal-fighting rounds soon enough. Gscshoyru (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Heh, yeah. ;) I haven't seen one that big in some time. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Nice
It's great that you are so "neutral." How do you keep from getting nose-bleeds so high up on your pedestal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dar8888 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Magic! More importantly, I have no idea what you're talking about. Please be more specific, if you have an actual legitimate complaint to air. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
why don't you respond
Why don't wikipedia rspond to this ????????????!!!!!!!! Remove the image from wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Basem3wad (talk • contribs) 16:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages doesn't respond because it's not illegal and on the English Misplaced Pages, Islamic laws and customs don't apply, no matter what article it is. It's an illustration and if you don't like the picture being on Misplaced Pages, don't use it! ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(/contribs) 17:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
User:Cyberhawk241 still lingers...
Remember this user? He is still getting on here very few days and adding nonsense images.... as an administrator, do you want to block him? Because clearly, he still hasn't learned his lesson. Please post your response on my talk page, and happy holidays. Tech43 (talk) 05:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Are you...
...a hot chick? --194.251.240.114 (talk) 11:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- No, he's a sexxi boi! And he's mine! It's the rum I force feed him.... KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Mine! :( -- lucasbfr 11:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Nooooooo. You are lying! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Mine! :( -- lucasbfr 11:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
User talk:Insidertracker
Thanks for the help there Luna. In the end I had to 24 hour block. 3RR violation and POV pushing, plus repeated insertion of discussion into the article mainspace seems to me to be a good enough reason (one hopes!) Pedro : Chat 23:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, probably too little too late, though; I'm reminded of that old story about how it's easier to change a meteor's course if you don't wait til the last minute. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sadly so. All is watchlisted, so if I need any further input or help I'll come begging, if that's okay!! Thanks Luna. Pedro : Chat 23:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sure. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:33, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sadly so. All is watchlisted, so if I need any further input or help I'll come begging, if that's okay!! Thanks Luna. Pedro : Chat 23:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
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your protection of the liancourt article did not work, I think...o.d.s.t. : feet first into hell (talk) 07:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm... looks like those currently doing the bulk of the reverting have been blocked; I'll check in tomorrow, probably. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
possible vandal
172.212.125.33 and 172.207.208.120 (probably same author) appear to be vandalizing indian and chinese pages. Their changes appear to be very subtle but sometimes very disruptive. can you please do something about it. see
http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=176793086 http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Economic_history_of_India&diff=prev&oldid=176998365 http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Economic_history_of_India&diff=prev&oldid=176792565 http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=178497448 http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=178497448Preetikapoor0 (talk) 22:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Seems like a concern, but at this point those edits are nearly two weeks old; is this still a problem? – Luna Santin (talk) 09:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, his edits seem to favor a particular group. This issue is more like a concern. see http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/172.212.125.33 http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/172.207.208.120 Do we need to tell him about NPOV??Preetikapoor0 (talk) 18:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- It'll be tricky, unfortunately: as you've probably noticed, they're switching IPs very frequently, and about the only thing subsequent addresses are sure to have in common is that 172 in the first octet. If they repeatedly edit the same articles, or if somebody spots them while they're active, it may be possible to get their attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, his edits seem to favor a particular group. This issue is more like a concern. see http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/172.212.125.33 http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/172.207.208.120 Do we need to tell him about NPOV??Preetikapoor0 (talk) 18:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
LaruaWA11
S/he removed a section I added called "Indef" where I said "Can we just indef, this clearly isn't going anywhere". The fact that s/he knows what "indef" is, and that it's bad, probably means this is not a new user, and perhaps a sock of a previously banned user. Equazcion •✗/C • 13:05, 1 Jan 2008 (UTC)
- Was wondering about that possibility, yeah. I'll check in tomorrow, at some point, see what they're up to by then. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- i had a feeling that this guy would try this
- I kept deleting him because he has no right to malisciously attack me, and then follow me into my own talk page, and do the same thing again
- and as for knowing what "indef" means, i would have thought the meaning is very obvious, and i have been editing this site from my isp for quite some time, so don't just call me a new user just because i don't agree with you, Equazcion LaruaWA11 (talk) 02:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- No one's asking why you deleted edits, and no one knows what you're even talking about. Instead of saying things like "this guy" and "him", try using names so we can follow what you're saying. I'm not calling you a new user, I'm calling you an old user. If you're experienced enough to know what "indef" means then you should also know that we have ways of checking whether or not you actually are a new user. It's also strange how little else you seem to "know" about how Misplaced Pages works besides that one detail, which by the way I don't think is all that obvious when used alone, as I used it. I used it purposely that way to see what your reaction would be, and that reaction was certainly telling. Equazcion •✗/C • 04:19, 2 Jan 2008 (UTC)
user:71.149.161.91 ban
Yes can you help me here please Luna. I got a threating message from user "wknight94" saying he was going to report this the authorities. I told him it was my idoitic friend that mess with my computer. I told him that. Luna, I have to him and Bugs I didnt do the "death threat". I am talking on my eldorado name. Because this is my user name okay. Can you reply back Luna . ASAP , this is urgent. !Eldorado91 (talk) 14:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- The only "threat" in the mix was issued to me by the given IP address, "I'm going kill u" or some such, the same broken English that the above user is writing or effecting. I reported this to another admin, but no action has been taken that I know of. As for this item my connection to my previous user ID is no secret. Meanwhile, I've heard the "someone stole my ID" story before, so the apology rings hollow especially as the above user seemed to be ordering me not to report it ("Okay dude, your not going to 'report' that dude"). Baseball Bugs 15:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- That's enough. Eldorado91 has been blocked indefinitely. In addition to probably being a sock of an IP that made a death threat, he also has a talk page full of vandalism warnings and warnings about frivolous AFDs, etc. —Wknight94 (talk) 15:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
He took his "case" to the notice board, giving you all a couple more IP addresses suitable for blocking. I also notified Wknight94: Baseball Bugs 16:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm assuming all of this stems from this user with whom I and someone else (also vandalized) were having a problem, on some Bhutto pages. Baseball Bugs 16:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, seems odd; I'd originally been polite since the IP was blocked and it didn't seem to matter much whether they were/weren't the source of the threat -- arguing over it seemed to just give them a reason to stick around and cause a lot of awkwardness with no apparent gain. There's really no need for this sort of thing. We need to encourage them to disengage; if you have any more problems with them, feel free to let me know. Thanks for keeping me up to speed, so far. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have had an offline discussion with Wknight94 and will take appropriate action. Baseball Bugs 18:15, 2
- Yeah, seems odd; I'd originally been polite since the IP was blocked and it didn't seem to matter much whether they were/weren't the source of the threat -- arguing over it seemed to just give them a reason to stick around and cause a lot of awkwardness with no apparent gain. There's really no need for this sort of thing. We need to encourage them to disengage; if you have any more problems with them, feel free to let me know. Thanks for keeping me up to speed, so far. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
January 2008 (UTC)
- Excuse me to the user above. I belive this user that caused this "incident" should deserve a second chance. This might sound unorthodox to you Baseball Bugs; if this user that made the "threats" , if they were this "crazed out person" they would have just made sock puppets and "targeted" more people with "threats". I saw the history to your page, and I saw the "threat" this person left you. And also I notice they gave an "apology" on your talk page. Another question, I will ask you Baseball Bugs, if person said they were sorry do you think they can be forgiven. The person said they were sorry, and promised not to do it again. The person had a heart, and must have look at notice what they done , and ask forgivnes. You would not find that from a heartless person making "threats" left and right. So I ask you Baseball Bugs to forgive the person. I think that people deserve second chances. We as humans , we make mistake we should have a second chance. If the person said they were sorry, then they should be forgiven.Iron Valley (talk) 19:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Luna , I was refering to this "case" again because I was tired of reading the "bs" again on the ANI boards. And also I thought this person deserved a second chance on the account they said they were sorry for what they did. I just stated this above on the top if you havent herd of this or not. Iron Valley (talk) 14:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- As far as I can tell, this is about as resolved as it's going to get; is there some reason to believe differently? – Luna Santin (talk) 23:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was saying the in question here deserves a second chance, and not be in more "heat". The person said they were sorry, and promised not to do it again. Luna, do you believe a person deserves a second chance. If they didnt have a heart,or emotions they wouldnt have made a applogy.Also Luna the "threat" made didnt look like a "real" one; I saw the history on the user page it looks like vandialism rather a threat.Iron Valley (talk) 12:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Replied to your talk; worth noting that User:Iron Valley is currently blocked. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was saying the in question here deserves a second chance, and not be in more "heat". The person said they were sorry, and promised not to do it again. Luna, do you believe a person deserves a second chance. If they didnt have a heart,or emotions they wouldnt have made a applogy.Also Luna the "threat" made didnt look like a "real" one; I saw the history on the user page it looks like vandialism rather a threat.Iron Valley (talk) 12:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
About the autoblock
My IP address was recently used by "spartansuit" because my cousin used my computer to make that account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Talking Mac (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Blue0ctane
Just got really pissed off. Hopefully won't happen again. Will 02:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hopefully not! :) Found the particular edits that seem to have started all this, and they're blocked by now. Can sympathize with the frustration, even if I have to take a somewhat hardline approach to it. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
accidentally deleted that page
restoring that page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanessahexter (talk • contribs) 02:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/Shipyears-- what was that?
When I click on his dif's, I get the most amazing image instead. I guess he's done something to the software. Dlohcierekim 03:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Combination of some inline css with an HTML table using cells with strategically colored backgrounds; the end result is something like a bitmap image. I've seen most elements of that, before, though not this particular arrangement. Ah, the things we run into! – Luna Santin (talk) 03:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- I noticed he had made a bizarre seeming edit to a talkpage I'd watchlisted. You beat me to the block button. :) Cheers, Dlohcierekim 03:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for taking care of related vandalism on my user page. Do you know if there's a fix in the works to prevent abuses like that? - Chardish (talk) 04:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Glad to help, of course. Not personally aware of anything in the works, but I can poke a developer if things keep coming up. Some users apply the same tricks to good effect, so I'd feel a bit conflicted about disabling it altogether. Tough call, anyhow. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Makes you wonder
Do people really think vandalizing m user page affects me at all. By the way thanks. 04:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Ridernyc protected
Wow, three different IP's attacking one userpage! I semi-protected User:Ridernyc. Dlohcierekim 04:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- you know if the spent this much time and effort improving articles this wouldn't be an issue. Ridernyc (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed, all that effort. ;) On the bright side, they've given us a nice list of IPs to check for open proxies. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm wonder if he is using TOR. Ridernyc (talk) 04:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed, all that effort. ;) On the bright side, they've given us a nice list of IPs to check for open proxies. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I'm gonna watch David Letterman now, 'cause you're running circles around me. <<grin>> Sockwatch? Gotta learn that trick. Oh, BTW, in what way did you increase protection on Ridernyc? I don't think I ever protected a page before. Cheers, and goodnight. Dlohcierekim 04:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- To be fair, most of my information was coming from watching Special:Recentchanges with particular areas in mind, and from the filtered feed on IRC. The sockwatch thing is just a bunch of handy templates I threw together at some point, to help deal with situations like this. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
PS, What's a TOR? Can we get rid of the malicious code he added?? Dlohcierekim 04:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Tor (anonymity network). Ridernyc (talk) 04:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- That is one example of an open proxy network, although of the IPs I checked I don't believe any came up as Tor nodes. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi Luna,
- Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, i've placed a warning on the IP's talkpage. If it continues i'll request my userpage for protection. →Yun-Yuuzhan→ 11:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Of course! Feel free to let me know if you have any more problems. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, i've placed a warning on the IP's talkpage. If it continues i'll request my userpage for protection. →Yun-Yuuzhan→ 11:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
RickK barnstar
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, and protecting it. Harland1 (/c) 19:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC) |
- Glad to help. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
user: 58.x ban?
Luna, did you ban that user that had the ip 58.XXX.XX they kept spamming your user page. Iron Valley (talk) 19:36, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- I originally blocked them for one hour, and asked them to read up on the biographies of living persons policy before returning; on their return, they immediately reinserted the problematic material and reverted attempts to remove it, so I blocked them again for 24 hours. They are, of course, free to return after the block expires, or to appeal the block. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:16, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. :) --Gamer007 (talk) 00:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Of course. :) Since that wasn't the first of their problems, I've also blocked that particular user from editing for a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:14, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Rangeblock collateral damage
This is your range block from a few days ago. This is someone wanting to get out from under it. They seem OK. Your input appreciated. Daniel Case (talk) 05:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- (!) I can't believe I accidentally set that indefinite -- it was supposed to be more on the order of maybe 30 minutes. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
68.84.243.63
68.84.243.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Hi, could you block this editor again (you did a few days ago); see, for example, this. --Jack Merridew 10:27, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Also reported to WP:AIV so this may be history by the time you see this. Cheers, Jack Merridew 10:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, I see it's been blocked. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
How to get irrelevant article deleted and user investigated for POV agenda.
I'd like to know how to nominate an article for deletion please, and also how to have action taken against someone who clearly is only present on Wiki to promote a personal POV agenda. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.188.38.31 (talk) 07:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Replied to your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page... I didn't even notice it until now. :-) --Nlu (talk) 08:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh Noes
I'm having Luna withdrawal . :/ KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Then you'd better stop me from taking any more road trips! – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Did you kill a cheetah?!?! I hope you've seen Road Trip KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 22:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Courtesy note
FYI, a diff involving your name was mentioned in passing at an extension request that I filed at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration#Request for extension of restrictions at DreamGuy 2, specifically, my extended report at User:Elonka/DreamGuy report. No action is required on your part, I just wanted to let you know. --Elonka 03:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Your protecting Prussian Blue (duo) is appreciated. The req for semi-protection was refused yesterday citeing not enough vandalism ?!?!?! Im glad you can see the truth. Im no fan, but hated seeing it listing every 5th line on my watchlist. Exit2DOS2000 05:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Hey Luna santi how come the indians can write anything they wish on azas kashmir articles and when i try to balance the articles some moderators always protect can you please give me some guidance on how to get some non biased moderators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.208.195 (talk) 11:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- In particular, I see that you do a lot of reverting -- please make use of Misplaced Pages's dispute resolution process, instead. I'm protecting these pages to encourage you to make use of talk pages to resolve disputes by reaching consensus by discussion rather than brute force. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Jack Merr*... and Cyric*, too...
Hi. I've noticed that you've dealt with some of these impersonators/harassers and would like to ask your advice on how to deal with this situation. There are many, many socks out there and I've probably not seen them all. There are also endless anons reverting away. I've got a category going to help keep track. This may not be a good idea per WP:DENY…
Also, please see the talk on my talk page started by User:Blow of Light; I've created a 'doppelganger' account as suggested but don't see quite what it's for. BoL will probably get back to me, but another opinion would be welcome. Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Usually this is about the time I'd say we should go ask for checkuser aid, but one or more has already had a look, so we may need to tough it out. There's a few measures I'd rather not discuss on-wiki, but for now I plan on keeping a closer eye on DnD articles (they seem to keep hitting those) and anything else they regularly go after. Was planning to take a closer look, tomorrow, as to whether a particular category will do, or if I should create another "sockwatch" page (see other examples at User:Luna Santin/Sockwatch). If they keep up long enough, a massive semi-protection effort may limit disruption... but this doesn't seem to be the sort of situation with any ideal solution. I'll happily revert and block any socks on sight, once they're brought to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I was looking for a checkuser section about this and didn't find it; I'll look again. I've never worked through the process myself. This is mostly D&D related. I'd be willing to say more via email. There is also the likelihood that forums such as 4chan are involved. A lot of folks, admin and not, have been helpful, but this needs to move to a next step. --Jack Merridew 12:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Failing all else, I can check your contribs periodically and run behind you with a cluebat. Any articles which get hit consistently are definitely worth semiprot. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I was looking for a checkuser section about this and didn't find it; I'll look again. I've never worked through the process myself. This is mostly D&D related. I'd be willing to say more via email. There is also the likelihood that forums such as 4chan are involved. A lot of folks, admin and not, have been helpful, but this needs to move to a next step. --Jack Merridew 12:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, 46 of the most-hit articles are now under semi-protection; won't fix everything, but let's hope it discourages them a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I just looked at your log and saw many that have been problems (for me; the others presumably were someone else's problem). I undid a bit of template removing (by anon) on Faerûn. I expect to see all the D&D articles I worked at cleaning or tagging hit after I'm done for today.
- And, of course, anything I touched that you didn't hit. Thanks, again. Jack Merridew 13:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- You might smack User:124.181.103.131 right now. --Jack Merridew 13:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Done. Probably off to bed in the near future, but will try and keep an eye out on the pages you mentioned. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 13:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. --Jack Merridew 13:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- I just reverted User:217.166.50.139 who seems to be in Rotterdam. Many of these anons are single edits addresses and are from all corners. This is what leads me to believe that this is on some external forum such as 4chan (which has be pointed-out to me). At this point I'm wondering what it would take to semi the entire D&D universe (more than this, I know). Goodnight, Jack Merridew 13:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- and User:83.108.68.89 in Norway. --Jack Merridew
- these last two on Abeir-Toril. --Jack Merridew 13:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- and User:83.108.68.89 in Norway. --Jack Merridew