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Hello

Thanks for your comments on my report of Fan4Life. But the user recently starts another unreasonable argument on Ariana Grande discography again and has mentioned me several times on the talk page. It's quite irritable and disappointed to me. Can you just make some comments? Thank you and have a good day. --U990467 (talk) 14:27, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Reverts

Please don't make so many reverts. After the first couple you should go for WP:DR or WP:3O. Be mindful of WP:3RR as you've breached it and could have been blocked. --John (talk) 22:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi @John:, I appreciate this, and will stop reverting for now; however, the user I am reverting is the blocked long-term vandal User:Nate Speed. See Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/Nate Speed/Archive for a history of their abuse; see, for example, this attack by a previously blocked IP sockpuppet of the master. I have continued to revert past the third reversion because reversions of edits made in evasion of a block are not counted toward the 3RR. I did report this abuse earlier at WP:AIV (see ), though I am not sure if that was the appropriate venue. Sincerely, 青い(Aoi) (talk) 22:15, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
And, just like that, the user jumped to another IP to continue their vandalism. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 22:19, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

What you think about these IPs? Comment

Hi Aoi, what do you think about these 178.22.170.123, 5.167.49.12, 70.35.195.179? All three seem to be interacting including talking on each others pages, as well as trying to get the information added back in and asking in different places, See Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Entertainment#Toon Boom Animation.27s removed filmography sections, Misplaced Pages:Help desk#Toon Boom Animation.27s removed filmography sections and Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Computing#Toon Boom Animation.27s removed filmography sections. I mean they won't be able to get the information added back in but appears they are working together. NZFC 07:55, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi NZFC; much thanks for flagging the user's odd behavior at the help desk. I am about 99% sure that all of the IPs are the same person. Specifically, I believe them to be sockpuppets of the banned user Nate Speed, who has a history of jumping IP address (using proxies spanning different continents) to evade his site ban. I have filed a sockpuppetry case on the IPs here; you can view his colorful history at his archived sockpuppet investigations page, and see his ban discussion at ANI here). 青い(Aoi) (talk) 08:08, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
Ok good, glad it’s somewhat under control and being looked into. Will keep an eye on them as well while waiting for the investigation to happen. NZFC 08:13, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks NZFC, much appreciated. I doubt the IPs will become active again though -- if it is Nate Speed, the user tends to dump IPs after using them once (not sure why), so he'll probably just keep jumping to fresh IPs. Greetings to you in NZ from Hawaii! 青い(Aoi) (talk) 08:19, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
For the record I agree with Aoi's analysis. I would think semi-protection is the way to go. -- zzuuzz 05:45, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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Some Appreciation

I really appreciate you dealing with any Nate Speed related accounts. Dealing with unregistered users is always frustrating for me, especially when trying to celebrate the holidays peacefully. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 10:22, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

FilmandTVFan28, thank YOU for all your help with Nate Speed and the number of other vandals I see you dealing with on a daily basis. If there is anything that I can help you with, please let me know -- I agree that dealing with malicious users who aren't registered can be tricky and frustrating. Happy Holidays! 青い(Aoi) (talk) 02:20, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
You're welcome and thanks. I'll let you if I ever do encounter many more and need assistance. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 03:00, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Ariana Grande discography

Hi! The user Fan4Life just came back and stated another edit war on the page. Please help lol. --U990467 (talk) 05:12, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been away for a couple of days due to being slammed at work. I'll keep an eye on the page. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 03:57, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Part deux

I've replied on the talk page here.

Thanks for your reply. :)

75.177.79.101 (talk) 03:51, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

My answer

Hi , thank you for letter , may be you can help me for editting in wikipedia

I will be pleasure for that
Kurdistantolive (talk) 22:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

A VERY QUICK AUTOMATIC DELETE

THANKS


NOT POSITIVE OR NEGAITVE A QUICK DELETE ON BASIC FACTS


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Report

Someone think I am a vandal. I not a vandal, see https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection. 2A02:C7F:9659:4500:BCEC:EA7B:AA5F:E37D (talk) 20:58, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Currently at risk of rangeblocks and blocks by one IP. 2A02:C7F:9659:4500:BCEC:EA7B:AA5F:E37D (talk) 21:05, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Salute to you

Thank you for the request.

Mdash

Why use mdash on some parts? 2A02:C7F:9659:4500:B4B3:7D4A:6D27:9735 (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Grammar and the manual of style. See MOS:DASH. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
Will i get a warning if i fail the meet the manual of style? 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:F0E4:E7FB:6914:F2A8 (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
I don't think you will get a warning, unless you're specifically and intentionally making a lot of edits that go against the manual of style. However, other users might make changes (copyedits) to your edits to meet the manual of style. Hope this helps, let me know if you have questions. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 01:09, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Trying to undo the mdash too many times is edit warring and lead to a block. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:A5D5:75B0:8BC5:4D40 (talk) 17:42, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

False warning

A user named AdamDeanHall misused warnings and removed good-faith edits. I removed false warnings on your talk page and warned the user that misused warnings. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:E563:6FD1:3949:3B5F (talk) 16:34, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for removing the warning; it's much appreciated. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 10:56, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
AdamDeanHall now taken to WP:ANI. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:E1A2:C4C8:6BA3:4376 (talk) 16:20, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

What an alumnus is

As per Alumnus. "An alumnus ... is a former student." Peaceray (talk) 22:37, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

P.S. I am a former part-time university reference librarian from HPU; I insist on an certain exactness when it comes to language. Peaceray (talk) 22:39, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
User:Peaceray, I don't disagree with that definition--I'm just going off what WP:ALUMNI says. I'm going to start a discussion on the WikiProject's talk page to seek clarity on this; feel free to weigh in. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 22:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Ariana Grande discography

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Didn't see the sock impersonating me. Thanks for reverting just about all its edits. — MRD2014  03:06, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

My reply

It all correct however i am not citing all since everything is still updating. I never vandalised or will ever do such thing. Thanks.

eh stop messing it up Alohaboii (talk) 21:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that on the WarnerMedia page

You worded that much better than I could have. I appreciate the edit!

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So was WikiHelper489056 another Nate Speed sock? The fake download trick is new. Trivialist (talk) 22:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

@Trivialist: I'm pretty sure that was Nate Speed. The same IPs that kept adding the email messages to our respective talk pages were the same IPs readding overly detailed, unsourced material to film production company articles with angry, all-caps edit summaries ending with "D:<" and containing self-sensored swear words--it's either him, or someone impersonating him. However, I had read stories of Nate Speed sending malware (which, if initiated, apparently would delete system files on the user's hard drives) to users that reverted his edits on other wikis, so I'm pretty sure it's him. Pinging @GethN7: (if he is active, as he hasn't edited in a while), as I believe he is better informed about Nate's disruption on other wikis (per this comment). Aoi (青い) (talk) 23:49, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, looking back through the edits, the trademarks come through on his talk page comments. Shame about that "malware," though, because I always download software sent to me by complete strangers. :) Trivialist (talk) 00:12, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
And here I thought that I was the only one who did that! =) Aoi (青い) (talk) 00:15, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
I regret to say Nate's attempt to destroy computers with malware is sad but true. Thankfully, anyone with sense knows not to mindlessly use programs sent by third parties via email, yet I regret to say he is fool enough to attempt to harm others in that fashion because he cannot get his way, and I apologize since he won't for the fact he attempted such nonsense on yourselves. Please keep me informed on any further illicit acts on his part, I will do whatever is in my power to assist if need be. GethN7 (talk) 00:47, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
@GethN7: Thank you for the information. I've noticed that Nate Speed has been much more active on Misplaced Pages the past month or so. Luckily, our admins are for the most part pretty familiar with him and block him on sight once he starts acting out. However, I still feel really bad that they have to spend so much time and energy cleaning up after his messes. Aoi (青い) (talk) 01:06, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
It's partially something I do willingly because no one deserves his nonsense, and I've had long experience keeping him off other places where he has incited trouble. He's caused Wikia no end of grief, and I've long been helping them keep him off there, where he originally tried to dupe people with the malware emails. I suggest keeping records of his messages for later use by law enforcement, should his activities escalate, especially if he starts sending unsolicited harassment via email. GethN7 (talk) 01:10, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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I'm sorry you had to deal with certain troublemakers of late. I hope this kitten does something to make you feel better.

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Ariana Grande artistry

I think your absolutely correct about the sources, i did find a source that states she is a "dance and hip hop artist" but i dont know if that would be necessary? But yes i will find a source that states that kind off correction. Stupidthingswedo (talk) 04:05, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

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Grammar improvement????

Hello Aoi. I've been assume that you are here because you want to leave other bad grammars from old edits alone. I must ask you why??? ZeZeNapsid002 (talk) 02:08, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

  • Aoi, good luck with this. ZeZe, "been assume" is incorrect; "I've been assumed" wouldn't even be correct, unless followed by a phrase starting with a to-infinitive. Aoi is here because it's their talk page; the question is really why you are here. "Grammars", when used as a plural, typically means "grammar books" or "grammar systems"; that is not what you are talking about. I could go on. Drmies (talk) 03:09, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

And I could go on to. In this case, editing. For your information, I didn't talk to you I the beginning when you went to Aoi. ATM, I'm here to still editing and 

working everyday. No chance to take this on me folks. ZeZeNapsid002 (talk) 03:52, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

BTW...

...this is what I always think of when I see your edits go by. Drmies (talk) 03:13, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

@Drmies: Thanks for the link, I (genuinely) learned something new today! And I'm glad you associate my user name with something more interesting than this AOI. Aoi (青い) (talk) 03:40, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

What evidence do you want?

What evidence do i need to provide to show Ariana is a songwriter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lenhpia (talk • contribs) 00:19, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lenhpia: You might want to open up a discussion at Talk:Ariana Grande. I want to note that I am not opposed to adding "songwriter" to the infobox, but as another user noted, this was brought up several times before on the talk page and was shot down each time. I think circumstances may have changed with her latest album, however, since she has taken a much larger songwriting role in Sweetener. Ideally, it would be good to find a reliable secondary source that states that she is a "songwriter" or at least discusses the increased role she's taken in writing her own music. However, I've done a quick look on Google news and haven't been able to find any source that does that. Technically, we should not be adding any material to Ariana Grande's article without a reliable source per Misplaced Pages's policy on biographies of living people (WP:BLP).
On the other hand, if other users are inclined to accept it, it may be possible to use the liner notes of her Sweetener album as a primary source of her role as a songwriter, though this is kind of iffy since Misplaced Pages generally forbids the synthesis of primary sources (see WP:SYNTH). In either case, I think opening a discussion at the Ariana Grande talk page would be the best thing to do here. I hope this helps. Thanks, Aoi (青い) (talk) 00:34, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

A recommendation I'd like to make concerning a certain problem child

Based on my long experience with Nate Speed/Spidgewood, he's, frankly, insane. He will forego eating, sleeping, and bathroom breaks for his obsessive desire to edit what he considers his "property", and if he targets a page, expect it to be a long-term target.

Temporary protection of these pages will NOT be enough. they need to be semi-permanent at least to seriously put a dent in his terrorism, and if you see all caps ranting and profanity (he'll add asterisks to the cursing in places he knows have filters or where he's trying to be a bit more subtle than usual).

Wikia has enabled this on several wikis he's terrorized, and it's reduced his terrorism to almost nil. TV Tropes completely removed manual registration (it requires admin confirmation of accounts there), and that has completely frozen him out, and since that isn't practicable here, the best way to stop him is to put a semi-permanent extended autoconfirmed lock on all pages he's known to target until he throws in the towel for awhile (how long, I can't say, but the more he realizes he's left powerless, the longer he stays away).

If I can be of further assistance, do let me know. GethN7 (talk) 20:39, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

@GethN7: Thank you for this. I'm not an administrator here on enwiki, but I agree fully with your approach. I think the admins here are pretty hesitant to enact long-term extended confirmed protection on articles (there's an attitude here that we should take the least restrictive means to combat abuse so as to not interfere with non-abusive users' ability to edit). In the recent past, however, admins who were familiar with Nate have not hesitated to enact long-term regular semi-protection (up to a year), which was generally pretty effective in keeping him at bay. If he continues targeting the same pages (which we both know he will), I'll request stronger protection at the affected articles as the abuse occurs.
In all honesty, Nate's usually been nothing more than a nuisance. However, ever since he started sending malware to users, I've become convinced that it might be worth it to try to get the Wikimedia Foundation to step in and see if it's possible to take some kind of legal action or restriction against him. Even though his emailed/linked malware are poorly worded and most users would be able to see through the abuse, it's still a blatant violation of section 4 of Wikimedia's terms of use. When I have a moment, I'm going to send an email to Wikimedia's legal team and see if any action is possible. Aoi (青い) (talk) 22:21, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

ON NEW AT&T'S FOUNDER.

My brother with the anonymous number 78 or 85 told me the edit i added was removed because it not the right thing...well i apologise. anyway,the video talked about him plus xandr comes from Ale(xand)e(r) Graham Bell. BBMatBlood (talk) 20:40, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

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I assume you reverted the edits I've done due to misusing of minor edit option. But I didn't check the option in the first edit I made, removing the original citation. , I rightfully marked my second edit as a minor change. Havenoftree (talk) 13:28, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

@Havenoftree:, you are correct. I should not have reverted that edit and I apologize. I was reviewing edits in pending changes and did not notice that you had made two edits. I have restored your edits. Thank you for pointing out my mistake and I hope you have a great day. Aoi (青い) (talk) 13:34, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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Why did you delete Dollshot? Please reinstate . . .

I see that you deleted the article I wrote for Dollshot, please reinstate it. Back in June a previous version of the article was in AfD because of a perceived lack of notability of the band. The band has received press since June that meets wikipedia's guidelines (see BlackBook, Annie O interview link and WNYC). Please look at the citations since the last time it was up for discussion. Artaria195 (talk) 01:57, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

@Artaria195: I am not sure what you are talking about. I am not an administrator and therefore do not have the ability to delete articles. Aoi (青い) (talk) 03:02, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
@Aoi:My apologies, I misread. Thank you for your response.Artaria195 (talk) 04:41, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

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IMDb sources cited in article

hi, Aoi (青い) (talk). You recently tagged the IMDb citations in the article on Noah K with "better source needed". Rather than cite K's IMDb page itself, here are link to the cast/crew lists of each of the shows cited. Can you replace with these and remove the tag? This would pass WP:CITINGIMDB. Here are the links: Wonder Years "Summer Song" (cast): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750366/ Wonder Years "The Family Car" (cast): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750371/ Wonder Years Full Series Cast: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094582/fullcredits Once and Again "Chance of a Lifetime" (music dept): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665690/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm And, in terms of the other source you tagged with "better source needed" about the songs on the album Dollshot, here is a link to AllMusic, which has song composer info: https://www.allmusic.com/album/dollshot-mw0002120090. Can you please add this source and remove the "better source needed" tag. Thank you, Artaria195 (talk) 12:21, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) IMDB is not a reliable source. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:08, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi, User:FlightTime,That seems to be debatable, cast lists on IMDb are in the category of 'disputed uses' here WP:CITINGIMDB. But, in any event, since this is not a major point of the article, but rather a biographical detail, it seems like IMDb should suffice. Where else do you recommend finding a cast list from a television show from 1989? Thank you Artaria195 (talk) 17:45, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
@Artaria195: Very good. Please start a debate on the article's talk page. Please do not copy/paste user signatures, to reply to an user comment use {{re}} or to alert an editor use {{ping}}. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:30, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, I won't copy/past sigs in the future, sorry about that. Is there a way to alert editors on the article talk page so that someone might see the discussion? Artaria195 (talk) 18:35, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Yes, {{Ping}}, but be careful of Misplaced Pages:Canvassing. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
@FlightTime: I'm curious why you deleted the sections of the article that were sourced with IMDb, after I provided sources and have been engaging in discussion with you. Can you please revert? This seems like a rather drastic response, shouldn't the article remain as it was and let others find additional sources assuming you disagree that IMDb itself suffices? Thank you, Artaria195 (talk) 18:47, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
@Artaria195: First, let's get off Aoi's talk page it's not respectful for other editors to have a discussion on someone elses talk page. To answer your question just look at the discussion you started. If you have any further questions of me, please ask them on my talk page. Aoi, sorry for jamming up your talk :P - FlightTime (open channel) 18:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Of course, apologies Aoi, Artaria195 (talk) 19:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
@FlightTime: Definitely not a problem – thank you very much for helping answer Artaria195's question for me while I was offline, I really appreciate your help. Much thanks, Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:55, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you :) - FlightTime (open channel) 20:27, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Snorfeldoodle

It seems that you welcomed User talk:Snorfeldoodle one minute after I did, but my welcome is from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We should wait and see if Snorfeldoodleresponds to either of us. --Dthomsen8 (talk) 19:20, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

List of Child Prodigies

Hey, thanks for fixing the mistake I made. I accidentally deleted somebody off of the list who shouldn't have been deleted. I meant to only delete Kelvin Doe and one of the chess prodigies that weren't children when they won fame in the chess world. Thanks again. Easoflce (talk) 05:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC) Triple Integrals

Otter debacle

I keep providing sources to show Otter is not a principal division or subsidiary of WarnerMedia- that is Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner. I do not like conflict or dispute. Thanks.BBMatBlood (talk) 21:07, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

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