Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive13: Difference between revisions

I blocked [[User:Zivinbudas|Zivinbudas]] as 85.206.202.162, and he returns immediately so [[User:Dbachmann|Dab]] has to revert his vandalism. What happened? If someone unblocked him, I'd like to know why.--[[User:Wiglaf|Wiglaf]] 15:57, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:His most recent edit was one minute before you blocked him (cf. the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A85.206.202.162 block log] and his [[Special:Contributions/85.206.202.162|contribs]]). I always refresh a vandal's contribs list directly after I block him to make sure I haven't missed any edits. — [[User:Rdsmith4|Dan]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|Talk]] 18:43, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

==[[:Category:NowCommons]]==

Could someone please see my comments on the category's [[Category talk:NowCommons|talk page]] and start doing something about it? IMO, enwiki is too focused on bureaucracy and too little focused on getting things done. [[User:Jhs|Jon Harald Søby]] \ ^{[[:no:Bruker:Jhs|no]] [[:na:User:Jon Harald Søby|na]]} 16:47, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

::If in the process you lose essential copyright information, such as the list of original authors, then yes we would all mind. Moving a GFDL image to commons means more than just uploading it over there, so one needs to check that all the neccesary steps were taken before the image is deleted. For the most part, people have been discouraged from deleting NowCommons images while we await the magic MediaWiki tool that will make it simple to move the authorship and version information to Commons. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] *** 20:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 

:Thanks for that info. :) -- [[User:Schneelocke|Schnee]] (''[[User talk:Schneelocke|cheeks clone]]'') 18:44, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

 

 

==Final decisions==

*'''Note''' Ryan does not seem to understand what Wikipedia is and is not. -- [[User:Corey.spring|Corey.spring]] *** 10:18, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 

 

==Sockpupperary==

This sort of stuff can't be tolerated and is even worse than vandalism.--[[User:Esto|Esto]] 04:44, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 

*Qv [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy/Personal attacks]]. [[User:Radiant!|R]][[User_talk:Radiant!|adiant]][[meta:mergist|_<span style="color:orange;">&gt;|&lt;</span>]] *** 07:44, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 

After a [[WP:3RR]] complaint, I blocked both [[User:SchmuckyTheCat|SchmuckyTheCat]] and [[User:2004-12-29T22:45Z|2004-12-29T22:45Z]] for 24 hours for a [[WP:3RR|3RR violation]] (2004-12-29T22:45Z documented it at [[WP:AN/3RR]]). Following this, [[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]] protected the page, per [[WP:RfPP]]. Schmucky beleives, as he says on his [[User talk:SchmuckyTheCat|talk page]] and at the administrator's noticeboard of incidents (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=22375734#Real_life_sometimes_intrudes Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Real life sometimes intrudes]), that the information on the founder's previous employment was evidence of "clear real-life harrassment", and that Jimbo should be informed. I disagreed on his views, but promised him I'd take the matter to [[WP:AN]]. Can some admins please take a look at the case and review it? Thanks in advance! [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <span style="color:brown;"> note? </span>]]| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk ]]</small> 23:18, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

:Actually I protected it beofre you did the blocks, not that it really matters. Schmucky left the not on my talk page, too, but I honestly don't know what to think about it. I don't know or care much about this article, and I only protected it because of the obvious edit war. [[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]]·[[User talk:Dmcdevit|t]] *** 04:59, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 

::The ''seven'' external links following Sherrod DeGrippo's name look a little stalkerish to me, and after reviewing the edit history, I can't help but feel that [[User:2004-12-29T22:45Z]] was showing quite a bit of inappropriate POV in the matter...not that this is an admin matter. With the page protected, I hope they can work this out on the talk page. Flcelloguy's actions here are entirely justified under 3RR, as I think it would be difficult to show that 2004-12-29T22:45Z's edits represent "pure vandalism" as 3RR allows for. [[User:Func|Func]]( [[User_talk:Func|t]], [[Special:Contributions/Func|c]], [[Special:Emailuser/Func|@]],[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=Func &nbsp;]) 14:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

:::To be fair to [[user:2004-12-29T22:45Z]] a lot the external links were only added [[Talk:Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Dramatica#Sherrod_DeGrippo:_Why_isn.27t_he_mentioned_on_the_article.3F|to apease]] [[User:SqueakBox]] and confirm that [[ED:GirlVinyl]] = Sherood DeGripoo (wether the info ''should'' be there is another matter and being discussed ATM).--[[User:ElvisThePrince|ElvisThePrince]] 15:44, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 

 

==harassment by ginadana==

== Backlog at [[WP:CP]]==

The backlog on this page is rediculous. It's grown to be about 310kb long and takes an unreasonable amount of time to load. I would much appriciate someone cleaning it up at least a little. [[User:AlbertR|Alr]] 02:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

::That would be a good idea. [[User:AlbertR|Alr]] 18:13, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

:::For the past several days, I have been one of the only ones working on clearing the backlog (although there has been some significant help today). Since I am no expert on copyright, this can be somewhat problematic and it tends to result in me leaving items on the list when I'm not sure what to do with them. With pages needing wikification listed as the collaboration of the week, the list is growing faster than I can clear it. Assistance is definitely needed. After a concerted effort the size is down a bit, but it's going to keep growing fairly rapidly for at least the duration of the week.

::::I started working on the backlog yesterday -- I'm making it my major project at least until we bring it back down to manageable levels (and I do intend to go on working [[WP:CP]] after that, too). I think the best plan is to work through the backlog and ignore things that are too potentially complicated to deal with quickly. That might mean leaving a few entries for each day, but I think it makes more sense to deal with those after the backlog is sorted rather than drawing out the whole process. Incidentally, there's currently a discussion on WikiEn-l about good practice with regard to confirmations of permission that you might be interested in, Aranel. --[[User:Ngb|Ngb]]^{[[User_talk:Ngb|?!?]]} 18:36, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

::I definately think subpages are a very good idea for WP:CP, as the page is now larger and than WP:PUI, and probably sone others. [[User:AlbertR|Alr]] 18:30, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

== Curps' block bot ==

 

 

:Please see the discussion at [[Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Anyone_else_getting_tired_of_this.3F|AN/I]] (permanent link: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=22313795#Anyone_else_getting_tired_of_this.3F]), and please see [[Special:Log/move]] for August 26. The traditional Willy pagemove vandalism always stopped after around 40 or so pages, even when we didn't block him in time. On August 26, as [[User:Dieseldrinker]], he was doing 75 pagemoves per minute, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=move&user=Dieseldrinker&page=] and didn't stop until he was blocked. It took several admins and non-admins a few hours to undo what he did in only 2 1/2 minutes. He then launched 8 more attacks on the same day, however by this time I was running the bot and stopped him each time after about 20-30 pagemoves.

:*: The only reason why I even post in [[Wikipedia:Bots]] is to make certain that they can indeed prove their bot is harmless. I've been following a general rule of allowing a test run of a given period, then if they have no complaints during their "trial run" -- they can apply for such a bot flag. The given period depends on the purpose of the bot, bots which seem to be more experimental or have the damage to cause harm yet may be still useful are given a longer trial run period. Personally, I'm taking the view that the [[Wikipedia talk:Bots]] page is a proposal for your bot to run. Therefore, people requesting for their bot to run must detail their proposal, and why they need a bot in the first place. Before this, we just allowed comments to sit a week, and everyone got their bot flag within a week. I intervened when I saw that there are some users who do make mistakes, who do use outdated bots, and who do not pay attention to warnings. Case in point, [[User:Flacus|Flacus]] with [[User:FlaBot|FlaBot]]. However, [[User:FlaBot|FlaBot]] seems to be in line now. The rules generally are that you have to have two accounts. One for your bot, one for yourself. There have been cases where people are requesting a bot flag for their own account. There are requests for people attempting to establish bot accounts with no user page. Bot accounts should always have user pages, because they need to describe the work they are doing, allowing an admin immediate insight to what the bot is doing and can it be blocked. Supposely, we are to block bots on sight... But that seems to be less the case now... I don't want to feel like I'm the only one posting their to approve bots... but that's what it seems to result as now. --[[User:AllyUnion|AllyUnion]] [[User talk:AllyUnion|(talk)]] 11:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 

*I think this bot is an excellent solution to a long-running problem, and should be kept active until the developers have a more permanent solution against pagemove vandalism. Several are being discussed on bugzilla, by the way. At present the track record is 11 succesful blocks and one mistake, which was quickly corrected. Collateral damage of Willy is far larger than that of Curps's bot. [[User:Radiant!|R]][[User_talk:Radiant!|adiant]][[meta:mergist|_<span style="color:orange;">&gt;|&lt;</span>]] *** 10:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::I'll do that. I told him in IRC I didn't find it funny, but then he was like ":-D lol" without saying anything else. I will leave a note on his talk page, though. --[[User:WikiFan04|WikiFan04]]^{[[User_talk:WikiFan04|Talk]] 23:23, 2 Sep 2005 (CDT)}

 

 

== Is this sockpuppetry? ==

== Help me!!!! ==

 

 

:OK, I'll do some today. Just as a reminder, you can use the new templates [[:Template:Vd]], [[:Template:Vk]], and [[:Template:Vn]]. (see above) [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <span style="color:brown;"> note? </span>]]| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk ]]</small> 15:22, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

As with the [[Jordan Capri]] and [[Tawnee Stone]] complaints elsewhere, [[Porsha Blaze]], an entirely unnotable pornography actress, has had a page written about her. The sole purpose of this page appears to be to give out her real name and link to a blog she maintains outside her professional life. Could someone with admin powers delete this information, please? Also, I'll repeat my request regarding a firm and binding policy on publishing the real names of porn stars. This is just wrong, surely? [[User:Vizjim|Vizjim]] 07:45, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

* Done. I've edited it to only mention her pseudonym and the link to her cumfiesta.com page, deleted the article and undeleted only my newest edit to it. [[User:JIP|&mdash; <span style="color:#CC0000;">J</span><span style="color:#00CC00;">I</span><span style="color:#0000CC;">P</span>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 07:52, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

****I agree we need a policy for this, seeing how many cases like this have popped up recently, but I don't see how handling the problem like JIP did creates a GFDL violation - surely the tiny bit of info now present in the article can be viewed as being entirely PD? -- [[User:Ferkelparade|Ferkelparade]] [[User_talk:Ferkelparade|&pi;]] 08:30, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

******And there has been in the past. I'm an admin who was some months ago contacted by a more famous porn star who wanted her recently added real name stricken from the article on her for the sake of her and her family's safty. Wikipedia was the only site on the net that had her real name (and it was obviously the right one since she was worried). I wasn't sure how to handle it, and decided that making a big fuss about it then would just make matters worse, so I just let her edit it out her self. It made most sense to me then, but I'm not sure how to handle cases like this. People will scream bloody censor and that wikipedia should simply state facts, but, well, maybe we shouldn't state every fact at all cost. (anon for the occation) [[User:83.227.105.210|83.227.105.210]] 00:27, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 

:I think it's a stupid idea even having the article porsha blaze. Not only does it give out little, if any, information, it gives an active link to a crude & disgusting porn site. If it doesn't get deleted altogether, it should be placed under a title such as: [[List of Mentionable Porn Stars]], or [[List of Porn Stars]]. This way everyone goes away happy. [[User:Spawn Man|Spawn Man]] 08:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

:::::I also believe that if someone's life could be harmed (physically, like stalking) due to the posting the information should be deletable, and I am sure the GNU folks will not have a problem with that. [[User:Zscout370|Zach]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 23:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

::::::The GNU folks have nothing to do with it though. The person who posted the material has agreed to licence it under the GFDL; if we violate that agreement '''we''' are violating the copyright of the original uploader.

:::::::True, but we also have to consider how the original poster obtained the information. If illegally, it would not be covered under GFDL to begin with. It is just safer not to include such personal information unless easily obtainable from verifiable sources. [[Special:Contributions/Who|<span style="color:#000000;">&infin;</span>]][[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<span style="color:#FF0033;">?</span><span style="color:#FF00FF;">&iquest;</span><span style="color:#0033FF;">?</span>]] 23:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 

The present version of the software allows any who visits a page to see the "X deleted versions" link in the history and follow it to see the page history log for those deleted edits. They can't see the content of those edits, but they are able to see who made them and the edit summaries. I am sure this was put in to minimize the GFDL problem associated with selective deletion. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] 00:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

<small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:80.141.206.236|80.141.206.236]] ([[User talk:80.141.206.236|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/80.141.206.236|contribs]]) 12:55, 24 September 2005</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

 

::One last warning and then a 24 hour block, scaling upwards for each violation, would be appropriate. [[User:Zoe]]|[[User talk:Zoe|^(talk)]] 21:25, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::::Thanks, that explains that user somewhat, I have also requested that Theo look in on it. I still am not sure whether Ironbrew is a sock of Onlytofind. I went through the "evidence" listed on the notice [[Talk:Iglesia_ni_Cristo#Evidence_of_Onlytofind.2FIronbrew_sockpuppet]], and although they are editing the same article and one stopped soon before the other began, its not clear-cut to me. I would appreciate an admin posting the sock notices on the userpages, and not a user that is only 2 days old. [[Special:Contributions/Who|<span style="color:#000000;">&infin;</span>]][[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<span style="color:#FF0033;">?</span><span style="color:#FF00FF;">&iquest;</span><span style="color:#0033FF;">?</span>]] 21:27, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

:::::I would also like to point out that [[User:AypeeESME]] ('''''IP is me????''''') had a series of edits similar in view and style to Emico's. When asked about being Emico, he denied it, but was determined to be a sockpuppet of Emico's and banned by TheoClarke.--[[User:Ironbrew|Ironbrew]] 23:19, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 

== [[User:Adrigo]] ==

: Another one, just now: {{vandal|201.132.12.64}}. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 12:44, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:::There is of course one solution, the preemptive open proxy blocker bot which scours the web for open proxies and blocks them. Act quick on this limited time offer to resurrect it: Go and gush about how wonderful it is at [[Wikipedia talk:Bots#Open_proxy_blocker]]

 

Someone at this IP has three times removed a suspected sock puppet tag on the [[User:216.175.112.9|user page]], first placed there by Derex, then reverted back by Hoary, then by me. This page and the user page has been blanked in the past. Please advise. [[User:Paul Klenk|paul klenk]] [[User talk:Paul Klenk|^talk]] 05:08, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

::Thanks; I'll leave it alone. [[User:Paul Klenk|paul klenk]] [[User talk:Paul Klenk|^talk]] 05:14, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::: Does [http://www.completewhois.com/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=216.175.112.9 EarthLink] give their IPs out dynamically, statically, or something in between? [[User:Func|Func]]( [[User_talk:Func|t]], [[Special:Contributions/Func|c]], [[Special:Emailuser/Func|@]],[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=Func &nbsp;]) 15:46, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

== Washington, D.C. ==

== [[Bloodsport (film)]] and commandofans ==

 

:I think that the reverse of a DVD is probably fair use, being promotional material, but not when used in whole since we must use the minimum necessary. I think it would be ok to edit it down, to meet copyright and NPOV etc. I left a message to that effect on the talk page already. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small>^{[[User talk:Splash|talk]]}</small> 17:53, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

:Note that repeated and persistent reinsertion of copyvio material&ndash;particularly after a warning has been issued&ndash;would fall under our vandalism policy. The editors involved can be blocked and the article protected, should it become necessary. I would suggest that we can't reprint the promotional text from a DVD under fair use ''unless'' we're actually commenting on the promotional blurb itself. Speaking as an editor rather than an admin, I would have to say that we should all be ashamed and embarrassed if we're so desperate for content that we'll accept a trimmed-down box blurb as an article.... [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 19:57, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 

His problem seems to be his POV based zeal to suppress facts surrounding what Mayor Nagin's responsibilities were during Hurricane Katrina under the State of Louisiana's Evacuation Plan. Please have an admin type talk to him about his non-stop personal attacks. Thanks. --[[User:JimmyCrackedCorn|JimmyCrackedCorn]] 04:17, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

::He's being deliberately obtuse. I've attempted to give him a clue. See his Talk page, please.

 

::Since Jimmy brought up his own revert warring, perhaps an admin would like to take a look at all the sockpuppets he keeps using, and at his baseless accusations of sockpuppetry against others.--'''[[{{ns:2}}:Clawson|chris.]][[User talk:Clawson|lawson]]''' 04:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:My gut says no. No edit summaries, no accusations of sockpuppetry, no revert-warring. The M.O. isn't remotely similar, although the subject matter is. Worth keeping an eye on for now, though.--'''[[{{ns:2}}:Clawson|chris.]][[User talk:Clawson|lawson]]''' 11:42, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:::[[Special:Contributions/Kirby_Morgan|This]] looks pretty suspicious, though.--'''[[{{ns:2}}:Clawson|chris.]][[User talk:Clawson|lawson]]''' 23:28, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

I have just blocked [[Special:Contributions/209.91.172.131]] for 24 hours. This person has made legal threats regarding use of a name or material at the Help Desk before, and has been warned. They have just (completed) a vandalism spree e.g [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion&curid=2356700&diff=24243952&oldid=24243896] regarding the same issue. Given the message in that diff, we might need to offer them the chance to take a break in future, too. They do, however, appear to change IP address so I don't know if the block will stick. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small>^{[[User talk:Splash|talk]]}</small> 17:01, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

::She needs to go to the Foundation or something, but I can barely decipher the request she's making, to be honest, but it seems that in making it, she's adding her name(s?) to our archives! I thought about a shorter block, but this particular IP has never edited Wiki before, so there shouldn't be any collateral damage. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small>^{[[User talk:Splash|talk]]}</small> 17:17, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

::::Oooh, good point. I'll go reblock to 12 hours. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small>^{[[User talk:Splash|talk]]}</small> 17:40, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I have never had any intention of using that Romulan woman's name anywhere on Wikipedia, and now I have even less so. Why does she keep telling people not to do something that they wouldn't do anyway? It seems that '''she''' was the one who first used her name on Wikipedia, to be able to claim Wikipedia had user her name without permission. This makes her a troll. [[User:JIP|&mdash; <span style="color:#CC0000;">J</span><span style="color:#00CC00;">I</span><span style="color:#0000CC;">P</span>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:57, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

==[[User:KennyWILLY]] and [[User:WILLOBIE]]==

 

I might be paranoid or something, but these two accounts were recently registered and neither of them have made an edit yet. So I am thinking of blocking them for being a suspected sock of our "friend" WILLY on WHEELS. Is my feeling warranted? [[User:Zzyzx11|Zzyzx11]] [[User talk:Zzyzx11|(Talk)]] 23:47, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

{{User|Forsworth}} Registered today and has since been making rapid edits to the Sandbox which consist of replacing the word 'cool' with 'wow' and then vice-versa. There are many of these a minute. I blocked him for 15 minutes to try to work out why he's doing this. Does seem to be a strange thing to do. [[User:Dbiv|David]] | [[User talk:Dbiv|Talk]] 23:52, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

::Sounds more like "Wow, does this thing really work?" to me. --[[User:Calton|Calton]] | [[User talk:Calton|Talk]] 00:40, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

I've blocked [[User:Njyoder]] for 48 hours because of this edit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration&diff=24273537&oldid=24273136]. [[User:Snowspinner|Snowspinner]] 00:02, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

==[[User:Dudtz]] userpage ==

An admin want to rollback this page to get the phone number out of the history left by this anon {{vandal|152.163.100.195}}. [[Special:Contributions/Who|<span style="color:#000000;">&infin;</span>]][[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<span style="color:#FF0033;">?</span><span style="color:#FF00FF;">&iquest;</span><span style="color:#0033FF;">?</span>]] 00:54, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::Ah, my mistake. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/Who|<span style="color:#000000;">&infin;</span>]][[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<span style="color:#FF0033;">?</span><span style="color:#FF00FF;">&iquest;</span><span style="color:#0033FF;">?</span>]] 01:52, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

:I have deleted the respective edit from the edit history of that page. -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit&section=new 2000] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 01:30, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Sadly, once Ed got the clear message that he was above the rules a few weeks back, this was bound to happen. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] | [[User talk:Filiocht|The kettle's on]] 07:57, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

Ed doesn't appear to have undeleted anything[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Ed+Poor&page=] of relivance. He is so heavily outnumbered that even a highly skilled edit warriour (and Ed poor itn't) would have significant difficulty in wining through. If he starts abusing his admin powers we might start to worry. There is nothing in the rules against admins have a point of view. We would be in serious trouble if there was.[[User:Geni|Geni]] 18:32, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

:And the anon is wrong of course, we can simply delete the relevant revision from the page history &mdash; no developer needed. I wonder what the GFDL issues are, but I suspect they don't matter since the whole content was removed by the same editor who made it with no intervening contributions by any other user. The following and preceding articles are in no way derived from it. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small>^{[[User talk:Splash|talk]]}</small> 04:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

::I agree, the anon's shenanigans on the AFD page have been extremely frustrating. In either case, Encephalon, if you definitely think that the article should be deleted, can you vote on the AFD page? At 6 Keep:9 Delete right now, the case for consensus is not as clear as I'd like it to be before the debate is closed once and for all. --[[User:DropDeadGorgias|DropDeadGorgias]] [[User_talk:DropDeadGorgias|(talk)]] 15:00, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

:::Indeed. [[Previous question|I call for the question.]] It's been on there beyond seven days, and with the tally at 10-7 (counting both the nominator and the article's principal author), rough consensus to delete has clearly not been achieved. [[User:205.217.105.2|205.217.105.2]] 15:14, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

:He (as in {{userblock|205.217.105.2}} has also inserted the DoyouDo information into the history at {{article|User:Tparker393/DoYouDo}}, which leads me to believe that Tparker393 is another sock. --07:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 

==George W. Bush vandalism==

 

Please take a look at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Manfred_Riebe?limit=500 various subpages] of [[User:Manfred_Riebe]]. Riebe has been banned on the de: Wikipedia on [[April 4]], [[2005]] and is using his "user space" here to present German-language forks of articles in the German Wikipedia (e.g. [[User:Manfred_Riebe/Theodor_Ickler]] vs. [[:de:Theodor Ickler]]) he does not agree with, essentially publishing his own little encyclopedia in German here. Other pages are attack pages on the German Wikipedia (e.g. [[User:Manfred Riebe/SPERRVERFAHREN]]), or outright propaganda ([[User:Manfred_Riebe/OSTERMARSCH 2005]]). The user has very few edits in our article space&mdash;I found only one on [[Karin Stoiber]], plus a few on [[Talk:German spelling reform of 1996]]. Obviously, he's not interested in participating here in the English Wikipedia but is just abusing our hospitality. I feel that this contradicts both [[Wikipedia:User_page]] and that [[Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not|Wikipedia is not]] a free web space provider. Mr. Riebe is free to publish his rants on his own web site, but they're inappropriate here. The Italian Wikipedia apparently had banned him, too, and deleted all his German pages: see [[:it:Discussioni_utente:Manfred_Riebe]] and [[:it:Discussioni Wikipedia:Politiche di blocco degli utenti#it.wiki - terra di asilo politico?]]. Comments, anyone? [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] 16:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

::Well, we have [[WP:MD]]... [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] 16:10, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::: Seems to me, though, that he should have latitude with his own user page. I will readily admit that part of why I link to my own personal web site from my user page is to publicize it, and I imagine that is true of hundreds, if not thousands, of Wikipedia users. -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 22:19, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

:::That's part of his pattern, but ok if you're willing to watch him closely enough. If you follow his contributions more closely it would have been obvious why I could no longer assume good faith with him. Not sure why you'd want to waste more of yours and other's time giving him yet another chance though. He is going to continue to find ways to exploit Wikipedia, and I still haven't had a chance to see if his recent contributions are copyvios like his previous ones have been. There is a difference in how long standing positive contributors should be treated vs repeat offenders. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] ^{<small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</small>} 23:39, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

 

:I feel the problem is you have acted in such an irresponsible and actively unhelpful manner in promoting your site at all costs that you now give up the right to link to it. There were many straighforward conversations, you simply ignored all of them. You had many many chances to have let this end in a better way, but you chose again and again to waste everyone's time instead. As for contributions, if you take too much material that is not fact from a single text it is still a copyright violation. This has also been explained a number of times to you. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] ^{<small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</small>} 12:37, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:That sounds good. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 02:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

::::''''J.O.K.E.'''' OK, I missed that -I must have been too logical, like [[Mr. Spock]], lol. '''"Your Editcountitis bit is odd since your data shows that people with far less edits than rejected candidates can get through..."''' You miss the point about how I have only edited 200 or so pages, and have about 11.7 edits per page; '''''That''''' is what I mean: People criticize an editor if he or she has "concentrated" on a few pages, but that does not make one a bad editor: 200 is still quite a large number, even if it is not as much as some people have edited (some people have edited around a '''thousand''' pages -wow -get a life people!)--[[User:GordonWatts|GordonWatts]] 13:15, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

:::::I was going to avoid commenting on this whole sordid affair, but I can't let this pass. Get a life? You're doing yourself no favors here. [[User:Android79|<span style="color:green;">android</span>]][[User talk:Android79|<span style="color:purple;">79</span>]] 13:27, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

 

:::::Doing the stuff admins powers are useful in helping in will as a matter of course mean that you edit a large number of pages rather than sticking around on a relitivly small number. We hve no use for more paper admins.[[User:Geni|Geni]] 14:10, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

 

==[[User:Anittas]]==

 

:Where I come from being called a "nihilistic snob" is quite a compliment and [[User_talk:FeloniousMonk#About_Mel|his confusion]] over your rouge admin status bordered on vaudevillian... Or is it vaude-villain? [[User:FeloniousMonk|FeloniousMonk]] 23:46, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

== Sollog ==

 

 

:If you're referring to [[User:Sollog Fan]], he's pretty blatently a troll/impostor of [[User:Sollogfan]]. --[[User:Carnildo|Carnildo]] 03:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

::I've blocked him indefinitely. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]]<big>[[User talk:MarkSweep|&#x270D;]]</big> 04:39, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

 

 

How can it be Sollog? Isn't he in jail? [[User:Everyking|Everyking]] 04:51, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

:The Road Less Traveled Theatre, Inc.

 

 

:He's perfectly able to use a variant of it, I see no reason why he has to use that particular name. --[[User:Golbez|Golbez]] 17:29, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

::Registering as your exact real name helps increase your credibility on the wiki. It is one of the primary reasons why account renames are performed. I'm thinking about moving to my real name someday. &mdash; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-family:sans-serif;">[[User:Ambush Commander|Ambush Commander]]</span><sup style="font-family:serif;">([[User talk:Ambush Commander|Talk]])</sup> 20:50, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

==[[Homosexuality in Singapore]]==

==[[User:Joseph108]] on [[Vishwa Nirmala Dharma]]==

Would anybody care to step in? Joseph108 keeps removing sections from the article without so much as an edit summary. I have left a couple notes on his [[User_talk:Joseph108|talk page]] which have gone unanswered so far. I have already used up my three reverts, so any help would be appreciated -- [[User:Ferkelparade|Ferkelparade]] [[User_talk:Ferkelparade|&pi;]] 10:40, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 

==AOL IP Ranges==

:Correct me if I am mistaken in my understanding of AOL's network architecture.... :I'd love to be able to block certain IP ranges from anonymous editing; that would solve both problems. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 14:03, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

:::whenever I use AOL I go through firefox. My IP still changes a lot. The only way people could stop this from happening is to change provider.[[User:Geni|Geni]] 14:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::I really like TenOfTrade's suggestion, that we allow AOL editors, but they may not edit anonymously. Is that even possible in MediaWiki? --[[User:DropDeadGorgias|DropDeadGorgias]] [[User_talk:DropDeadGorgias|(talk)]] 15:58, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

::As far as I know, the policy is to block (not ban!) people doing things like this indefinitely. --<span style="color:red">[[User:Phroziac|Phroziac]]<b> ^{([[User talk:Phroziac|talk]])}</b></span> 01:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

:::After asking on IRC, this was confirmed as true, and I have blocked the user. --<span style="color:red">[[User:Phroziac|Phroziac]]<b> ^{([[User talk:Phroziac|talk]])}</b></span> 01:20, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 

::::: Hehe, he's got to be kidding about the Attorney General of Florida, right? After reading the article and his rantings on the talk page, I refuse to believe anyone would take him seriously. Um, this laywer of his...is he from '''the future'''? ;-) [[User:Func|Func]]( [[User_talk:Func|t]], [[Special:Contributions/Func|c]], [[Special:Emailuser/Func|@]],[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=Func &nbsp;]) 01:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 

 

 

::::::::Giving up is no fun. I'll block him. Keep us posted if another one pops up. --[[User:Golbez|Golbez]] 21:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

==[[Rattlesnake Island]]==

This valid stub seems to have had a load of tinfoilhat stuff added to it - and then what appears to be a request from a lawyer demanding deletion, stating that the garbage was added from a IP in his client's office and his cliant has been getting legal threats. I've reverted to the stub - and suspect the letter may be bogus, but perhaps others should check it out. The version before my revert is here [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rattlesnake_Island&oldid=24107138] --[[User:Doc glasgow|Doc]] [[User talk:Doc glasgow|(?)]] 21:49, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

:Yup, that's probably right. --[[User:Doc glasgow|Doc]] [[User talk:Doc glasgow|(?)]] 21:53, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

:I'd be careful about this: the law firm exists and Jeffrey J. Weber apparently does work there. His e-mail address is available on [http://www.porterwright.com/attorneys/ their website] if anyone wants to contact him to confirm that he made the edit in question and, if he did, to tell him [[wikimedia:Contact us|where]] to send his notices. &#8212;[[User:Mirv|Charles&nbsp;P.]][[User talk:Mirv|&nbsp;<small>(Mirv)</small>]] 02:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)