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User: 109.151.65.218

Hello Ponyo, You recently made a temp block on the above user, but they have re-surfaced again with the same unhealthy edits concerning rape - see their recent contributions. I really feel that it is time for this person to be permanently blocked together with their other IP addresses:-

IP: 86.145.115.96 IP: 81.155.101.252 IP: 86.128.136.63

All the addresses are in Northern Ireland, UK. In the past they have also left strange notes on the reverters Talk page, showing their unhealthy obsession.

Can I leave this with you please?

Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:42, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

I've reblocked that specific IP. I've already told the editor that they are de facto indef blocked, I just can't technically block the IP's indefinitely as they are dynamic. Please let me know if you see them pop up elsewhere.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. I'll continue to keep an eye on all the IP addresses they "edit" from. Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 21:15, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello again Ponyo, I'm afraid our "editor" with the unhealthy obsession with rape has surfaced yet again on various Talk pages, this time under 86.144.108.22 (talk · contribs) - again located in Northern Ireland, UK. They appear to be hopping from IP to IP, with their strange ideas. I'm seriously worried about this person. Can I leave with you for action please? Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:07, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

The IP is now blocked. At this point we're clearly in whack-a-mole territory. They make themselves terribly obvious, so we just need to block and revert the damage when it appears and hope they tire of their shenanigans.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:16, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Ponyo, Many thanks for all your help. I fear we have a seriously disturbed person here. By my records they have been using at least five different IP's, usually making the same alterations and asking the same comments, which has already been answered. All this has been going on for ages now. I just hope they eventually get the message. Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 16:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Sockpuppets

Hi, I've found potentially more sock puppets of User:Mujhideen101 for similar edits, I'm fairly confident both Loyafghan101 and Muhammadali1001 are sock puppets. I'm not so sure about Afghanfootballteam, but probably worth a look at. Thanks Flickerd (talk) 08:03, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

There were a few socks in the drawer, Loyafghan101, Afghanfootballteam, Muhammadali1001 and Defeatvictory, all of which are now blocked.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:22, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Question about CU

No, don't worry, I'm not going to bitch about it, or demand it be done, you've closed it, and as far as I'm concerned, it's closed. however, on this CU , you gave a reason for not doing it as "no overlap". Since both users only edited the same page and made exactly the same edit that would strike me as overlap. Is the official definition of overlap not the same ? KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 12:03, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

The editors had no overlap in account usage, that is they were not using more than one account contemporaneously in order to cause disruption. Given the first account only made a single edit months ago, it's just as likely that they forgot their password or abandoned their account. <shrug> I see no basis to use the checkuser tool in this situation, though you're free to approach another CU if you feel strongly about it.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:39, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

No, I won't ask for a CU (like I said, you closed it, therefore I consider it closed as well ). Thanks for the explanation, I understand now what you mean when you said "overlapping accounts ", and I agree with you. Thanks again. KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 20:17, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Happy to clarify.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

You have mail

Ponyo, Have sent a personal email. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 16:16, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Could you please block a blatant sock?

Valoo the Cuddly Dragon is a rather blatant sock of User:John Daker, what with removing a sockpuppet notice from the page of one of the socks and blanking the edit filter request pertaining to him, both within minutes of registering. Going here because acknowledging him would only encourage, I suspect, and you were the latest active admin in the block log. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 23:27, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Got it.--Jezebel's Ponyo 23:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! AddWittyNameHere (talk) 23:31, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

2014 Bird flu outbreak in Kerala

Hi Ponyo,

I'm currently working on an article for an ongoing H5N2 outbreak in the U.S. I couldn't help but notice that the article 2014 Bird flu outbreak in Kerala was a blue link from Template:Flu just several hours ago, and now the article has been G5 speedied by you.

I happened to have a glance at this article earlier (particularly for getting category ideas for my own article), and though I didn't read in-depth, I recall it being nothing out of the ordinary as far as an article should be. It seemed fairly complete and sourced, to the point that nothing stuck out at me at least. It possibly was even a valuable article.

It doesn't appear the article was ever deleted before. It was reviewed back in February, and that is the only other entry I see besides the speedy today. I hate to think the only reason this has been deleted is that the user who created it was previously banned (which the G5 seems to imply). I have no clue about the history of this user, nor any sort of situations that might be involved with the article beyond what I see in the log, so I'm certainly not trying to get into the middle of anything crazy here.

Since you speedied this article, I figured I'd ask you before checking elsewhere: I would like to request that you restore the article, with history, to my userspace. I'd like to have a look, see if I can make any improvements if needed, and re-launch it.

Thank you,

OrbitHawk (talk) 06:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

@OrbitHawk: the article was created by a blocked user who is socking extensively and they were the only substantial editor of the article, hence the deletion. If you would like I can email you a copy of the article so that you can review the material and make use of the sources if you would like to recreate it (in your own words). Given the blocked editor's history with copyright issues it would be helpful to have the article rewritten from scratch by a knowledeable and willing editor. Please let me know if you would like me to send you a copy. --Jezebel's Ponyo 15:35, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

If the article appears to be a copyvio, please do e-mail it. Otherwise I stand by my request to have it restored into my userspace. Either way, I'll do what I can with it before it goes live again. Thank you for your help! --OrbitHawk (talk) 16:31, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

@OrbitHawk: The article can now be found at User:OrbitHawk/2014 Bird flu outbreak in Kerala. Good luck! --Jezebel's Ponyo 17:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Problem at an article you edited once not too long ago

Since you're an admin, can you help make sense of something I explained at this article's talk page? It concerns genre warring you recognized as sock puppetry months ago. Should the page be protected again or is enough explained warranting blocking the possible socks? Dan56 (talk) 04:32, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

@Dan56: They're more MariaJaydHicky socks ( Confirmed against last blocked sock Rahmastrike). I've semi'ed the article but you may want to go through the contributions of the following accounts I just blocked to mitigate any damage:

• IPhoneKid
• In de Nile
• Makyala
• Irihana
• JoshPaulm

Let me know if any more pop up.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:24, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

LTA Troublemaker

The IP you recently blocked (36.231.118.169 (talk · contribs) is a long-term abuser troll named Sven70 (talk · contribs). He has already edited the talk page to attack you. I recommend adjust the block settings, pull talk page access, e-mail, etc. Cheers :> Doc talk 22:02, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Geez, if they're going to attack me they could do better than <waves hand in general direction of the IP talk page> whatever that was. Regardless, I've pulled talk page access as they're obviously just going to start throwing up bogus unblock requests.--Jezebel's Ponyo 22:09, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I believe he was trying to call you a "disabld8inashol!!", which would be a "disabled (person)-hating asshole!". It's his most common insult. I'm closer than ever to writing a LTA report on him because he is just really a disruptive troll. He loves to hit Jimbo Wales' page and the main page with his claims of persecution of the disabled. Very tiresome. Cheers :> Doc talk 22:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

How curious. Are they insinuating that I hate disabled people? Or I'm disabled and hate people? They should be more clear so I know how offended I should be. Sorry you have to deal with such folk.--Jezebel's Ponyo 22:26, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Likely?

Hey, I just blocked User:PifEnglish & HerculeGerman for vandalism since the account was a hoax only deal. Some of the hoaxes were animations like this one and this one. Since I'd brought that one BambiFan01 sock to SPI, I wondered if this was the same person trying out a new sock. There's nothing blatant here like there was with the other one- it's mostly just the propensity for creating hoaxes about animated shows that sort of set off tingling alarms. It's not enough that I'd open up a new SPI. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:50, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like Bbb23 tracked down the culprit whilst I enjoyed a lovely summer-like weekend.--Jezebel's Ponyo 19:52, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Possible (very!) sockpuppet

You recently (yesterday?) deleted several pages,"G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban)" that are back again!

• Dhruv Bhandari
• Asianet Television Awards ‎

Recreated by 'new' user Roshan025 (talk · contribs). That name strikes a chord with me, somewhere! Possibly Arshad Roshan.a.a (talk · contribs) aka Roshan014 (talk · contribs) ? - 220 of 13:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

@Psychonaut: Who may also be interested. 220 of 13:52, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. This is a very obvious sockpuppet. I reported this at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Arshad Roshan.a.a for record-keeping purposes and to request a CU check for sleepers. —Psychonaut (talk) 14:10, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Excellent. Yes rather obvious from the edit histories of various pages. The clever number change from '014' to '025' nearly fooled me though! - 220 of 15:10, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I particularly enjoyed this edit of his, which he made right after I pointed out in the SPI that his other accounts' user pages list him as living in Jeddah. —Psychonaut (talk) 15:16, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

And that sneaky Bbb23 strikes again! Roshan025's been blocked, and I just zapped the latest account The Indian 001.--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:00, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

David Easter

Hey Ponyo I personally knew David Easter so I dont need to cite a source when I was there! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgunnsm2 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Jgunnsm2: Actually you do still have to provide a source, especially if reverted or challenged about an edit (which has happened 3 times now), and especially if it is a biography of a living person (WP:BLP). 'Personal knowledge' is not a reliable source (WP:RS). If you have a source for him having lived in Claygate, fine, but being "a model neighbour knocking on doors to let them know they had left their car headlights on." is what we call unencyclopaedic information. 220 of 03:37, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

I couldn't have said it better myself, thanks 220 of Borg!--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:02, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup! 220 of 02:52, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

inre Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi

Per AFD, I'd like to bring back Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi. Thanks. Schmidt, 04:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

It's back now.--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:05, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks. Schmidt, 00:26, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Image Deletion

Why did you remove the image from the article Ivan Maryadaraman w/ no reason provided? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jksamnjason (talk • contribs) 23:56, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

I've never edited the Ivan Maryadaraman article; the image was removed by a bot.--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Ludovico De Luigi

Hello, first sorry for my english.

I edited the article regarding my father and my edit was rejected because of "conflict of interest". Off course I understand that would be difficult for me to be objective to write about a subject where, like in this case, I'm involved.

But in this case I'm not writing nothing like opinions or point of view. It is a fact that my father isn't still married with Janice Lefton since, at least, 30 years ago. Janice born on 1915, she died many years ago and my father, about 30 years ago, got married for a second time (and divorced 5 years ago). I would not write any of these information, just change the sentece "Ludovico De Luigi IS married to the American artist Janice Lefton" to "Ludovico De Luigi WAS married to the American artist Janice Lefton". In an objective point of view, you can't write that he is still married to Janice Lefton as you do not have any proofs about it and your sources (PeggyGuggnheim collection link) doesn't say he is still married as the text your are refferred to is related to an event that happen about 50 years ago (1967).

I do not want to do polemics, but, as I am son of Ludovico, I do not understand how you can take a link of a webpage and report the information in it and think it is more reliable then my word (as I am son of Ludovico).

The link you took is this: http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/inglese/collections/artisti/biografia.php?id_art=51

Other thing: my father (and my) surname is "De Luigi" and not "de Luigi". The title of the page is wrong and I do not know to correct. Last thing, my father real name is Lodovico but he choose to call himself Ludovico instead (kind of pseudonym). I do not know if it is important or not...

These last changes are not important and I will not "fight for my right", but the information that my father is still married with Janice Lefton is simply wrong and with no proofs.

About the information I can give about him, if you want I can give you documents to proove my truthfulness.

Best regards

Luca De Luigi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deluigiluca (talk • contribs) 15:52, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Any personal information that is added to or changed in Misplaced Pages biography articles must be supported by a reliable source to allow for verification of the information. Purporting to have information that is not verifiable is original research; reader's need to be able to verify that the content of the biographies are accurate and that can't be done if you are adding your own personal knowledge or experiences to the article. As the current state of the marriage is disputed I have removed it from the article altogether in order to be compliant with our policy regarding living persons.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:43, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Gohar Kheirandish

Hi,

Thanks you for reviewing my edits on Gohar Kheirandish page. Since you reverted my edits because of not citing the changes to a non-wiki source, I was wondering if it would be acceptable to cite websites in other languages such as Farsi or not?

Masoudnbox (talk) 19:27, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Masoudnbox: Sources do not need to be in English as long as they meet the reliable sourcing criteria.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:46, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

JetsAndYankees4Life

It appears JetsAndYankees4Life (talk · contribs) is now editing under LastResort4All (talk · contribs). User has done this numerous times now.--Yankees10 22:09, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've blocked the account and reported it to the Checkuser email list for a global lock.--Jezebel's Ponyo 22:20, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Ponyo (film)

Hi. I've seen you around WP, but now that I've seen Ponyo your username has taken on a new (and positive) meaning to me. It makes me wonder if there's any association. I see that you've been around since 2007, but the movie came out in 2008. Are you half goldfish, half small child? Do you like ham? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 19:23, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Alas, my username is unrelated to the great Hayao Miyazaki's work. I do like ham however.--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:09, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Rev-deletion needed

I do not feel that this info should remain public in edit summaries. . - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

It's public information easily available via the geolocation link on the IP's contributions page. There's nothing close to rev-deleteable in the link you provided.--Jezebel's Ponyo 22:28, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Revert at BBC Two

Hi,

I've just reverted your revert of an IP edit at BBC Two – you marked the revert as minor and didn't provide any explanation in the edit summary, which normally implies it's reverting obvious vandalism, but I don't think the edit you reverted is obvious vandalism at all.

Let me know if I've missed something?

—me_and 09:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

@Me and: The edit was made by an long-tern absusive sock who hops IPs daily to evade their blocks. Rollback automatically marks such edits as minor. The sockmaster is blatantly recognizable by their nonsensical edit summaries and their addition of unsourced dates and biographical data to (mainly) music articles. If you are able to verify that all of the material added by the sock account is correct you can of course restore their edit, but you are thereby taking full responsibility for that edit, including its accuracy and adherence to NPOV.--Jezebel's Ponyo 18:07, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Ah, I hadn't realised there was a sock ban involved here. It's a bit sad that the edit doesn't get a description to note that, but I guess that's just the limitation of the tool.

Thanks for the explanation. Given WP:BANREVERT I'm going to undo almost all of my revert, given I haven't personally verified the facts, except for the one bit that I am confident of.

—me_and 18:13, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

If there's anything salvageable then that's a positive. This sock's been active for years. If they'd just source the content they add and cut out the disruptive edit summaries we probably wouldn't even notice them, but I suppose that's part of the fun for them.--Jezebel's Ponyo 18:16, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, by "the one bit that I am confident of", I mean adding a wikilink to Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series) without actually changing any article text. I created that article, and it was the addition of the wikilink meaning I got a notification which started me looking at this in the first place. —me_and 18:19, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Maithali protection level

Hi Ponyo. On 21 May 2015 you template-protected Maithali (log). As template protection is only meant to be used for templates, or other highly transcluded pages, did you perhaps mean to select a different level? Thanks - Evad37  02:44, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

That indeed looks like a mistake on my part - clicked the wrong setting on the drop down menu when I restored the semi-protection. Thanks for letting me know!--Jezebel's Ponyo 03:10, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

One more: the redirect Maithils of Nepal was also template-protected. Thanks - Evad37  19:22, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Fixed as well.--Jezebel's Ponyo 19:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Found a couple more Ponyo: User talk:SlotWiki‎ and User talk:CountryBoy99‎ (both protected 2 June 2015). Thanks in advance, - Evad37  12:17, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Problem is back

Hello P. The problem IP from NI is back and editing from this IP 86.147.239.46 (talk · contribs). This one is only posting on talk pages so far. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk 21:16, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello Ponyo, As I have previously stated: whoever this person, IP 86.147.239.46 (talk · contribs) is, they are seriously disturbed. If these views start to reach articles again, can I suggest that the various articles are protected? Many thanks to MarnetteD for spotting this problem again. Regards to all, David, David J Johnson (talk) 21:28, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

You are welcome David J Johnson. One thing to be aware of is that talk pages for articles are rarely protected. It is possible that this may be the reason that this person has moved to posting on them and not in the article main space. While rev/del would get their stuff off WikiP a) I don't know if the edits even qualify for r/d and b) I don't know if it would slow them down. At least there are several editors who know about this and are there to delete the posts when they show up. MarnetteD|Talk 21:52, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I did not make myself clear. I was trying to suggest the various film articles, not the Talk pages. Think I'd better have a glass of wine!!! Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 21:59, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

...and now blocked. --Jezebel's Ponyo 17:45, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you P. MarnetteD|Talk 18:08, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Anytime.--Jezebel's Ponyo 18:15, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

They returned again as 86.145.115.93 (talk · contribs) P. Now I used the previous thread and it is now in the middle of your talk page so if you would like me to start a new thread at the bottom for each new appearance just let me know. MarnetteD|Talk 21:19, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

...aaaaaaand blocked. That was a quick catch!--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:27, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Sockpuppet of Alexyflemming

Since you're on SPI duty... Could you block this very obvious sock of Alexyflemming (Ayka3b) - or would I need to open an SPI? Alakzi (talk) 23:02, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm completely unfamiliar with this sockmaster, so I would need to do some digging/comparisons etc. before blocking. It may make more sense to start an SPI. Pinging any admins or Checkusers familiar with the master might speed up the process.--Jezebel's Ponyo 23:14, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks Ponyo. I'll get round to it eventually. Callanecc closed the last report - maybe they could take a look? Alakzi (talk) 23:41, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm not familiar enough with it either, so it's probably best to file and SPI with evidence. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:21, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

I've opened an SPI here. Thanks. Alakzi (talk) 14:02, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Craigmiller123

Hi Ponyo, hope all's well. I had a question about the CU stuff at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Craigmiller123. I recall that The Editor Formerly Known as Summer PhD filed an SPI on 17cmiller recently, and since we just identified a sockmaster Craigmiller123 whose name looks similar to 17cmiller, I thought I'd inquire if there was any possibility he was related. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:09, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Other than the slightly similar name, the behavioural overlap is lacking (cartoons, hoaxes etc vs. adult programming and networks). I did however block the newest sock you raised at the SPI. --Jezebel's Ponyo 17:08, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Okay, coolio. Much obliged per usual. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:16, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Gabucho181

Hey, just a piddling question. Did you confirm the last listed puppet when you ran your sleeper check. This is simply a record-keeping, tagging question (a non-clerk tagged the user page, which, of course, they shouldn't have done). Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:50, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

They were using a webhost, so I locked it down for a few months and just left the tag as "proven".--Jezebel's Ponyo 01:05, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Does this fall under any policy?

Hello again P. I can't remember if there is any policy about this where someone is creating talk pages for editors that do not exist. I mean other than WP:NOTHERE that is. If this is something to ignore that is fine. OTOH if there is a place to report it just let me know. Cheers and enjoy the week ahead. MarnetteD|Talk 20:11, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

This rings a bell, but I can't remember who it is. Looks like Dennis Brown put an end to the spree.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I try not to blind block very often, but this one was obvious enough. His talk page reply might give clues. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 21:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I notice that and thanks to DB. I wonder if the accounts created, by adding a talk page message, will be used in this threat. Should those messages be speedied? Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 21:31, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I tend to not delete them as they can be useful later, but will leave that decision to someone else. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 22:14, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts about this DB. I've been here over ten years now and there are still new things to learn! Thanks again. MarnetteD|Talk 22:16, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser for Socks?

I happened on the recently-blocked User:Jennapaige22, and wondered why you had been chosen for abuse here. Then I looked at Jennapaige22's contributions and I noticed an early vandalism from 2011 of Woody Paige. And I saw you had recently removed vandalism by User:Helperouter112782 from that same page. Looking at Helperouter112782's contributions, it quickly became clear they're both the same person. Helperouter112782 made 10 edits and then vandalized Lee Corso and Woody Paige, while Jennapaige22 vandalized Woody Paige in 2011 and then made nine more edits before vandalizing Lee Corso. Both have used similar deceptive edit summaries - "fixed a spelling error and 2 grammar errors" and "fixed up 2 grammar errors and 1 spelling mistake", and the kinds of vandalism they do are the same - compare this and this. The blocking reason for Helperouter112782 includes "+ likely block evasion", although their vandalism was from before Jennapaige22 was blocked, so there presumably was a suspected third account too. Both are indef blocked, but I see you have checkuser and I wonder if it's worth a sleeper check to look for more, as this does look like a person using throwaway accounts for vandalism. Mr Potto (talk) 04:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I think User:Edhor3332902309 is a good candidate for another sock. See contributions, which include similar vandalism to Lee Corso and a similar deceptive "fixed up a few spelling errors and 2 grammar mistakes" edit summary. Also similar punctuation style here as here. Edhor3332902309 is not currently blocked. Mr Potto (talk) 04:35, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

User:Goodgumd0990s too, also vandalizing the Lee Corso article, with "fixed 1 grammar error and 1 spelling error", and again a string of edits to get confirmed first. This one is blocked. Mr Potto (talk) 04:39, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

• Stop Press. I've worked out who it is, as Goodgumd0990s helpfully told us on their talk page and it checks out, so I'll file an SPI report. Mr Potto (talk) 04:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
• See Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Jaredgk2008 (and apologies/thanks for using your talk page for thinking out loud ;-). Mr Potto (talk) 05:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

There's been long term sock disruption at Lee Corso and Woody Paige (likely via the User:Jaredgk2008 sock master). At some point I'm pretty sure I ran a check on a couple of the recent accounts, but the IPs were too varied and dynamic for a range block, hence the lengthy semi-protection and WP:RBI response. It won't hurt to have another Checkuser take a look at the recent activity to see if they can come up with a workable rangeblock.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks. It'll be interesting to see what the SPI throws up. Mr Potto (talk) 22:20, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Untitled

What happened to the Andrew Levine article? Is it archived somewhere? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.120.84.62 (talk) 19:14, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The only Andrew Levine "article" on Misplaced Pages was deleted in 2011 as it consisted solely of an outpouring of complete gibberish. --Jezebel's Ponyo 21:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Possible return of Biar122

Hi.

An editor notified me with this edit about two accounts Credot (talk · contribs) and Tastegash (talk · contribs) that might be operated by the same person to get advantage in that discussion. When looking at the contributions the first editor recieved a strong warning for edit warring on 18 June and then made his last three edits on 20 June after that, while the second account started editing on 21 June. That is a bit suspicious.

Then I remember other issues in the past on that article with Betterday123098 (talk · contribs), a sock of Biar122 (talk · contribs), and I Category:Misplaced Pages sockpuppets of Biar122 is full of socks. Could this be two new accounts?

As I am not very familiar with sockpuppet process and dont want to accuse editors without strong reason I was wondering if you could take a look as you seems to be familiar with Biar122 when looking at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Biar122/Archive? Thanks in advance. Qed237 (talk) 14:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, they are definitely Biar122 socks. I've blocked them both, as well as the likely sleeper Acress123.--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Possible "joe job"

Hello. There's a problem on articles related to Pakistan where your help, as a checkuser, is needed. A single user, now editing as The last Watch but previously editing as 82.11.33.86 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), is being attacked by a whole group of pro-Pakistani editors who try to get him blocked. They've already made one attempt at setting him up (see this discussion) and I suspect they've made a new attempt today. The previous attempt didn't get the result they wanted, but they did find out that The last Watch's IP geolocates to Swindon, UK, so today's probable "joe job" attempt was made by an IP in Swindon. But it's not the same ISP as The last Watch uses, and I can't imagine that he's so stupid that he'd try to edit logged out when everyone is after him. As a checkuser you can also see technical similarities and dissimilarities, and judge if it's probable or not that it is the same user. Linking the 82.* IP to The last Watch is no problem since he's done it himself (see the discussion I linked to). If you find it a proper thing to do checking if 31.49.253.103 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and/or 82.132.245.128 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) matches a registered user account active on articles relating to Pakistan would also be helpful. Thomas.W 10:15, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

• See also this edit on my talk page. I don't know if it's credible or not, but it does include information that might be of interest. Thomas.W 12:21, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

This edit on my talk page by a throw-away IP (geolocating to the same town as another IP that was blocked yesterday) shows that The last Watch's opponents know that he geolocates to Swindon, which further increases my suspicion. Thomas.W 10:40, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Just for the record I am based in London not swindon I usually deal with IPs from India this is the first time a ip from UK edited on Indo-Pak pov articles hence the reason I am pretty sure its a sock of Last Watch man as I used to be the only ip based in London who edits on Indo-Pak issues....86.164.38.93 (talk) 10:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Your IP geolocates to Feltham in West London, just like 86.164.37.238 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) who was blocked for a week yesterday for POV and disruptive editing. Same ISP and same town as you, and a probable case of block evasion. Your claim that it's the first time an IP from the UK has edited Indo-Pak articles is patently false, BTW, I know of many such examples. Thomas.W 11:23, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

You obviously are unable to read I said this is the first time a Indian nationalist ip has edited from BRITAIN I thought I was the only one. By the way your friend Last Watch Man will be outed as a sock so enjoy your favouritism while it lasts and try and read comments properly. 86.164.38.93 (talk) 11:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Save you time, this my IP 82.11.33.86 (talk) 11:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

While Checkuser can be helpful in determining possible connections between accounts, its of little to no use in cases as you have outlined above. This is for several reasons. First, Checkusers will rarely link IPs to accounts. Second, Checkusers cannot check users at their behest to "prove" innocence. If you believe there are sockpuppets involved in this dispute then your best bet is to start an SPI where you can log the evidence which can be reviewed by admins and/or SPI Clerks. Finally, you should note that obtaining accurate geolocation is a crapshoot on British IPs and any info obtained with regard to location should be treated with a grain of salt.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Save your breath, Thomas.W. The IP was a sock anyway. His account is blocked and probably autoblock on the IP. The experienced editors stalking it were not doing it out of animosity rather its WP:DUCKiness. --lTopGunl (talk) 18:20, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I don't share your view, what I saw was POV-pushing from both sides, as I have clearly written a number of times. Thomas.W 18:47, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Please add the following or something similar to Long Eaton 82.153.198.194 (talk) 13:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi there I can not seem to find your message on my talk page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.198.194 (talk) 14:05, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

I have no intention of posting your promotional blurb anywhere on Misplaced Pages. You are blocked for ignoring warnings to stop adding the material to Long Eaton and are now evading that block by posting here under a different IP. You need to read the warnings left on both pages and stop posting the inappropriate content. --Jezebel's Ponyo 17:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Admirenepal is back

as User:Never gonna See me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ogress (talk • contribs)

Got it.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:54, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Sheesh. I sometimes wonder whether it is worth the hassle. I understand the massive potential collateral damage but in my dreams think of an edit notice that says something like "Hi, sorry but we've blocked this range for 24 hours due to abuse. If any user happens to know the operator behind the AdmireNepal account then feel free to chase them down the street". Only something a bit worse than "chase them down the street". What are they getting out of this? Presumably some of their edits are holding, which makes it worth their while. - Sitush (talk) 16:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I think they believe they're here to right great wrongs and spread the truth; such socks are often more entrenched as they see it as a mission to complete. A short term range block will do little to stop them, but on the other side of the coin they are easy to spot due to the SPA-type edits.--Jezebel's Ponyo 17:06, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

They seem to have fixated on me and keep editing my talk page. They use a spoofer for sure based on the IP range on my page. I don't know why they fixated on me because I didn't report them in the first place; they were discovered due to the fact that I reported them for a different reason. I forget, prolly 3rr or something. Two were by the most recent caught sock that I reported and the next one by IP to let me know they're still being the hat of a rear-end and IP socking. I got one before that as well that was extremely rude that might have been them or might not. Ogress _smash! 19:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Agrochola schreieri

Hi there. You deleted Agrochola schreieri under criterion WP:G5 however this appears to be a real species of moth: . Could you undelete and semiprotect if vandalism is a concern, or per WP:DENY perhaps cut and paste the content to a new page? Not sure what would be the best action here, but I think WP:BATHWATER applies. Curious to know your thoughts. Ivanvector (talk) 14:54, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

It could very well be a real species of moth, however the de-facto banned editor that continues to sock extensively used dubious sources, added invalid info in some instances and left all the clean up to others. The article consists of an infobox that may or may not be accurate and a single line of text. As recently as yesterday I had to report them to emergency@ for making death threats against another editor. You are welcome to recreate the article (I can email you the sparse content if you would like to vet the material) however this sockmaster's edits are not welcome on the project.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:51, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks for the background. Shame to lose what might be valid info, but given the user's history and pattern, I agree probably best to leave their contribs deleted. If you don't mind emailing me the article, I'll see if I can merge it into another article, or post at WP:INSECT for advice. Regarding SPI, should Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Stern review/Archive be merged with Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Stern review~enwiki/Archive? Cases older than June 9 are missing from the combined archive, and it's not intuitive to find them because of the redirects. Ivanvector (talk) 21:20, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, the archives are a bit of a nightmare due to the local renaming of the account, but I'm unsure as to how to go about fixing it. Callanecc performed the moves after the rename, perhaps he can lend a hand? I'll send you a copy of the article text ASAP. --Jezebel's Ponyo 21:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ivanvector:, it doesn't appear that you have email enabled?--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:31, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Oops, well I guess that explains why I never get invited to parties. Fixed now. Ivanvector (talk) 21:35, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

You never get invited to parties because you're from Toronto (zing!).--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:42, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Poojjan ccresta and Admirenepal

I am beginning to suspect User:Poojjan ccresta‎ is user:Admirenepal. Has anyone checked their sockpuppetry patterns? Ogress _smash! 20:43, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, we've been aware of this for some time. There is some overlap in subject matter and geolocation, however there is no definitive answer as to whether they are two distinct sockmasters. At the end of the day it only really matters that disruption to the encyclopedia is prevented regardless of the accuracy of the tagging in this particular case.--Jezebel's Ponyo 20:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I was only asking because merging the cases might enable us to locate further socks, as I know for a fact they've got a few running (they have been tweaking my nose on my talk page about how pointless sock reports are). Ogress _smash! 20:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure how merging the cases would help locate more socks?--Jezebel's Ponyo 21:02, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

reported for your pro gay flag

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Reported for your pro gay liberal agenda

The thread is here Ponyo Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Reporting an admin. Considering its nature it may be gone by the time you get back here. In spite of this have a delightful weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 23:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Needless to say, I have blocked the offending (and offensive) IP. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:42, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you both. The flag is not intended to be a permanent fixture, it was only meant to show support for inclusiveness and acceptance. There were a lot of horrifying and tragic events taking place across the globe yesterday, I believe a nod to love was needed.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

regarding article sethi

hi my name is gatty sandhu. i have noticed that you have reverted back my edits that were correct and you have made them incorrect again. i request you to please let me correct the details as it matters a lot to people of sethi clan. please do not revert the edits made further. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gattysandhu (talk • contribs) 07:09, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

reference----- Sethi,(ਸੇਥੀ) also known as Seti or Sathi is a common surname among Jat Sikh clans of the Punjabi and Rajasthani people. Although this gotra of jatt clan has similar spell with Sethi clan of khatri sikhs who adapted Sikhism during the 18th and 19th centuries and originally followed Hinduism. Both are entirely different gotras although they have similar spell, jatt clan being called as ਸੇਥੀ whereas khatri sikh clan being called as ਸੇਠੀ. from website---sikhiwiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gattysandhu (talk • contribs) 07:17, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions logged at Misplaced Pages:General sanctions/South Asian social groups.--Jezebel's Ponyo 16:45, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks...

...for your kind words of support over at my RfA. They're much appreciated, and I hope I shall be able to live up to the honor. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:32, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Let's see if you still consider it an "honor" after 3 months or so ;) --Jezebel's Ponyo 16:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Ser Amantio di Nicolao In regards to our conversation on my talk page. Ponyo has a great story about admin requiring cleanup. She is also one of the admins you can go to for help and info. MarnetteD|Talk 17:09, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you M! Though I don't remember what the story is in this case? Perhaps I've logged too many clean-up hours to remember any specific one.--Jezebel's Ponyo 17:24, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice - I'm sure I shall be leaning on a number of y'all heavily at some point soon. :-)

And I shall still consider it an honor, yes. There's nothing in the English language that says I can't curse an honor after it's been offered me. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:26, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Ponyo I thought it was something to do with blanking something - like the main page - or maybe it was a range block that was too wide. It might even have been another editor. Oh well I remember chuckling about it when I read it. I did want Ser to know that you were there to help in case anything came up. MarnetteD|Talk 18:43, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm certainly here to help. Unless Ser does something to end up here. That's above my pay grade!--Jezebel's Ponyo 19:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Untitled

I have updated the page by writing her new drama serial Shert .There is absolutely nothing wrong in that.The page looks incomplete and provides information about Ayesha Khans work that was of 2014 and not that of 2015. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogandcool (talk • contribs) 09:46, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

As I noted in my edit summary and on your talk page, you added promotionally-toned commentary to the article lead as well as repeatedly linking the same terms. You are welcome to add content to the article as long as it is worded neutrally (e.g. not this: "considered as one of the most successful and leading pakistani actress till this time") and is supported by reliable sources.--Jezebel's Ponyo 17:06, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Another Cdswalkthrough sock?

A new has been systematically going through Chinese historical biographies inserting relatively trivial content into the lead and changing headings, all with bad grammar. This behaviour of making blanket changes to Chinese historical biographies reeks of Cdswalkthrough's modus operandi, though I can't be sure if they are the same person or not. Can you help take a look? Thank you. _dk (talk) 04:46, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

In this case the user appears technically  Unlikely to be Cdswalkthrough. --Jezebel's Ponyo 16:05, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Girl groups

Hi again. Sorry to bother you with this sort-of-random request, but I wonder if you could email me another article which was deleted quite some time ago? The article was List of girl groups; it was deleted at Afd here. I don't know who actually deleted the article but the Afd was closed by PeaceNT who appears to be no longer active. A new redirect was created some time later and I'm involved in a discussion as to its fate at Rfd right now. A potential outcome is that the list is recreated from one broken out of List of all-female bands and I'd like to see if there's anything in the old article worth preserving, or if it's worth merging the old list's history. Thanks again! Ivanvector (talk) 18:01, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Sure, on its way to you now. --Jezebel's Ponyo 18:57, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! I think I should have asked you to restore it to my userspace, if you can. I'll put it up for WP:G7 if we don't use it. Cheers. Ivanvector (talk) 19:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm. That's more difficult as I would have to move the page in order to userfy it and, as you know, there's a current RfD on the article/redirect. --Jezebel's Ponyo 19:45, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Ahh, that is tricker than I expected it to be; I thought deleted pages lived as separate entries in the database and you could just sort of do what you want with them. Thanks anyway, I'll get back to you if we need admin help after the Rfd closes. Ivanvector (talk) 19:53, 29 June 2015 (UTC)