User:Kuru/archive-2013

Re: Cisneros

Yeah, it's strange – that article contradicted itself multiple times. First it said Cisneros was the first, but elsewhere it said that Alfonso J. Cervantes was. I tried to fix the discrepancy by changing all the descriptions of Cisneros from "first" to "second." Delaywaves • talk 16:35, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Set Unblock Lucasmoura

Please to Unblock User:Lucasmoura. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.64.149.42 (talk) 06:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

No thank you. Kuru (talk) 12:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Help with disruptive editor

Hello. I saw that you have had a history with Film Fan, and have blocked him twice for edit warring. In the past he has caused disruption at Taare Zameen Par regarding the article's title and lead section. He was met with opposition then and gave up after unanimous opposition in a requested move, but now has returned and appears to be trying to start an edit war. If you've dealt with Film Fan or seen any conversations with him, you'll know that trying to reason with him is pointless. I was wondering what you thought I should do regarding this matter? Can I report him for disruptive editing, especially due to his numerous blocks in such a short period of time for this same matter? Thanks. Ωphois 01:58, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

This seems to be a different discussion than the move request, but it is a continuation of the edit war from September. I've protected the article for a short period to encourage the discussion on the talk page of the article and left a message there. If The same reversion occurs, please let me know, but do not engage in a tit-for-tat revert process with him... Sorry. I know this can be frustrating. Kuru (talk) 02:22, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

The discussion so far has nearly everyone opposing him, but he immediately reverted back to his version after the block ended. Ωphois 20:02, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I restored to the original version until consensus could be reached, but he again reverted to his version. He's not a new editor who doesn't know better. He knows what he's doing and has been blocked numerous times for such actions. From his recent comments on the discussion, it sounds like he has no intention of stopping even if consensus is against him. I don't want to start an edit war, but after dealing with his disruptions for six months, I don't know what to do. Ωphois 15:36, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Cleo Rocos and 190.46.98.195

He's back, straight out of his block, and back into contentious editing, as his history shows. Edit history. He's upsetting the cart over at Ansel Adams and David Gilmour, as well as numerous other pages. Chaheel Riens (talk) 06:43, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

And again last night on the same page. Is there really nothing that can be done about this disruption? - SchroCat (talk) 05:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks. I hope that he'll start off at the talk page next time, but I suspect not...! All the best - SchroCat (talk) 12:27, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I suspect the same. Kuru (talk) 12:29, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Backend as a service discussion

Hi again Kuru, Just wanted to touch base with you again about the issue of including company names on the Backend as a service article. I'm also reaching out again today to another editor, User:Ceyockey, who had previously expressed a view similar to yours at WP:Companies. I'd really like to get all of us talking over at Talk:Backend as a service in an effort to find a consensus on how to do this right. Thanks! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 18:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Kuru, There's been some additional discussion over at Talk:Backend as a service about how to decide which company names we might include in the article. Would you mind taking a look and seeing if you have any thoughts? Thanks! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 15:34, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Alamo Mission in San Antonio

As you recently edited that article, I would like to run this by you. What do you think is going on with that new user JRussell? Looks to me like a single-purpose account with an ax to grind. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:13, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

There's a tremendous number of people with axes to grind against the DRT. I'm not sure how most of that is notable in the grand scheme of things, at least in the context of the shrine itself. Maybe some could be offloaded to Daughters of the Republic of Texas, with a summary at this article of "about every three days, there's a honkin' public spat over the administration of the Alamo"? Kuru (talk) 19:19, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, a spinoff article might work, or at the very least might isolate it away from the shrine article, as the average reader probably doesn't care about the behind-the-scenes catfights. I'll see what I can do. Although if that SPA reverts me again, I might ask you for help. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

WP:Revision deletion

Should you change the visibility of revisions edited by Ps75 on the page Dominique Strauss-Kahn as content and edit summary hidden because RD2 (Gross insulting, degrading, and/or offensive material)? Eyesnore 22:08, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Aye. Will do. Kuru (talk) 22:12, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

You only removed the content, not the edit summary. Also, please unhide the revisions edited by Lugia2453 and Widr. Eyesnore 22:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed the three or four that were problematic; including one by the IP which noted re-added a problematic category. I usually just delete the block of edits, including reverts. Kuru (talk) 22:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Judson High School editing

I see you undid some edits i made to Judson High School. I went there and am trying to improve the sight. We have more alumni than just atletes. MD's, PhD's, politicians and even a 9/11 victim. How can it be decided who goes there? Is there someone in charge of this page. Thanks.

satbiii@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satbiii (talk • contribs) 23:59, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support

Kuru, thank you for your support during my RfA, and then sticking with it despite your misgivings. I hope that I was not a complete disappointment as a candidate. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:36, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Not at all. RFA is a mess; yesterday's no-big-deal is today's joyous crucifixion. I'm impressed by your professionalism and hope you will stick around, wounds and all. Kuru (talk) 01:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not going anywhere, Kuru. My principal goal in editing Wikipedia is to improve certain categories of articles. Beyond that, I believed that I could offer the project a little something extra as administrator (and I still do), but I don't crave or need the job. I was just volunteering to lend a hand where I believe another good volunteer could be used. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 14:47, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Cleo Rocos and 190.46.98.195

Just a quick heads-up that they are back again - and their rather pointed edit summaries still continue. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 04:06, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the earlier block. Unfortunately it seems like he's IP hopping to edit war further. Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 16:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem. He had been sitting on that IP for so long I didn't think he'd hop. Looks like the article is protected now at any rate. Kuru (talk) 01:33, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I know you have already received a host of these, but thank you for your work on the UTSA page. Your quick reversion of vandalism was much appreciated! Ðrdak (T) 07:54, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

New to this...

Hi Kuru - thanks for helping me learn how to contribute effectively. I presume the block http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ERP_software_packages&diff=next&oldid=540602961 is because the product added (iBE.net) is not backed up with its own page and reliable sources. Is this correct ? Richard.minney (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

IP86

He is back 86.44.248.184. Your call bud. I wont be on for long today. 15:02, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Adding a section with reference on Exercise induced nausea

I would like to add some steps to prevent exercise induced nausea which I found on an external link. I have posted this on the talk page. Could you plz have a look? Traintogain (talk) 07:29, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

User:Whltran

Hi, Kuru. You recently blocked Whltran (talk · contribs). It seems that s/he continues editing as 220.236.25.97 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Beagel (talk) 14:07, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the head's up; I've extended the block. Kuru (talk) 00:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Altrico10 (talk · contribs)

Immediately after his block expires, he continues his warring on Red Tour.  — Statυs (talk, contribs) 21:47, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you; I've re-blocked the account. Kuru (talk) 00:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Confused????

Look at the following.

"User talk: 92.18.59.23 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, as you did at Foreign exchange market, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Kuru (talk) 13:35, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

This is the message I received while I was offline. As you can see I have an account that I work with. I have only made 2 minor edits. This says I have been spamming but I have never even visited the Foreign Exchange Market Page. The edits I made were fixing a mis-spelled name on The Chorus(soundtrack) so the link was fixed and Capitalization of the Turbo generator caption on the page Electricity generation.

Please respond ASAP as to why I received this message. DSM BrAIInZz

Confused????

Look at the following.

"User talk: 92.18.59.23 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, as you did at Foreign exchange market, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Kuru (talk) 13:35, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

This is the message I received while I was offline. As you can see I have an account that I work with. I have only made 2 minor edits. This says I have been spamming but I have never even visited the Foreign Exchange Market Page. The edits I made were fixing a mis-spelled name on The Chorus(soundtrack) so the link was fixed and Capitalization of the Turbo generator caption on the page Electricity generation.

Please respond ASAP as to why I received this message. DSM BrAIInZz — Preceding unsigned comment added by DSM BrAIInZz (talk • contribs) 13:54, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

You're receiving the message because you're using an IP address that was previously used by a spammer. It is not targeted to you, and you should not be able to see it when you are logged in. Perfectly safe to ignore. Kuru (talk) 21:30, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Mukti Bahini

Hello Sir! I just want your intervention at Mukti Bahini. I added 'facts and figures' from neutral, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi sources, but two editors collaborated and reverted my edits. I did clean-ups and fixes in the Artcle too but they were reverted too, but they were reverted too with the reason of "junk". I had started the discussion at talk about the references for figures of killed Biharis, but the two editors combined reverted everything. They say that the references that I have provided them are not accessible to them(And This is not a reason of removing them). Instead of discussion at talk, where I had started discussion, they reverted my edits. An editor requested another on his talk, and then they both collaborated. They also made comments against my approved rollback request here. About the references for Bihari killings, they say that they are not accessible. I am new to Wikipedia relatively, and thus I came to you for Administrator intervention as I don't have any collaborator. I request to you to go through the Article's history and the Talk's history, I did not engage in edit war but they tried their best. Now you are only my hope. I have requested some other Administrators too! Pleae Sir! HELP! Faizan (talk) 14:15, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

And in this diff, you can see that editor's humor. Faizan (talk) 14:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

And you can also see Bbb23's comments here. Faizan (talk) 15:52, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Some Ramen for you: kicking 108.25.119.171 to the curb

	Ramen!
	Thanks for intervening and handling the above IP's abuses. Thanks. Cheers. --Rangeblock victim (talk) 15:39, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

List of private security companies

surely a listing on the the private security industry regulatory authority of south africa would allow a security company to be listed under south africa?? you have accepted an ADT listing under south africa with a link to an american companies website... please explain how i go forward i have also included two links referencing stratagem risk international as authorities... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.236.87.201 (talk) 19:01, 4 April 2013 (UTC) http://www.psira.co.za Registration Inquiry S/P Security Service Provider Details

Psira Number : 1921275 Name : STRATAGEM RISK PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL CC Trading As : Registration Status : Registered Registration Date : 2010-04-13 Registration Number : CK2008/228416/23 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.236.87.201 (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for this. I'm among the long list of edtiors he's harassed over the past 24 hours or so. Here's the updated list of his socks & blocks over the past day (that we know of): 99.104.185.17 (primary account), 200.233.70.48, 64.75.159.129, 196.12.59.12, 202.88.225.150, 46.209.250.1. Have a nice week. --76.189.111.2 (talk) 07:00, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Online Counseling

Hello,

Can you please look into the article online counseling. A user by the name of novaseminary keeps blanking an entire section. Then he keeps giving me 3rr warnings. I have asked to work with him to improve the article to which he does not respond. His edit history is mostly section / part section deletion on pov issues. If Im incorrect, I am willing to correct my actions. I am only looking for another point of view. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.84.241.55 (talk) 01:07, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Removal of archived talk posts

Please allow the removal of the post I removed earlier today. The post is not of critical importance and for matters of personal identity I would prefer this post result to remain hidden from search engines. RTACC (talk) 05:19, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course. Thank you for explaining. Kuru (talk) 11:09, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

109.173.98.64

Please see admin Boing's talk page regarding IP 109, who's on yet another proxy server. Thanks. 76.189.111.2 (talk) 19:28, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks like Mr. Kite has blocked already. I did double-check and there are proxies on 80 and 8080. Thanks for the note. Kuru (talk) 20:09, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Indian website accepted by Wikipedia

Hi Kuru,

Hope you are well. I just wanted to confirm if the Wikipedia accepts Self drive cars website www.zoomcar.in.

We have a client who offers self drive cars and he wants a pages in Wikipedia, and when the client researched on it most of the Indian car rental services company pages are not listed in Wikipedia. Can you please explain me why?

And if I want to create a page for my client, what are the protocols I need to follow.

Do let me know if you have any suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfardeen (talk • contribs) 12:20, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

User:Kuru/Cougarspride

Hi. User:Kuru/Cougarspride has been indefinitely fully protected since December 2007. Could you please unprotect this page? --MZMcBride (talk) 21:11, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Yikes, that's ancient. Probably just needs to be deleted. Did you need to edit it, or can I just nuke it? Kuru (talk) 00:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Deletion is fine with me. I was focused on indefinite protections. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 02:25, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course - gone now. Kuru (talk) 11:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

User:Mschwerin

Hi,

I'm currently trying to register a unified login for my german wikipedia user (mschwerin). This fails because there is a conflict with the english wikipedia user (also User:mschwerin). As this user was blocked by you (or so I understand) I'm asking your help/ advice.

Thanks, Maximilian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.91.135.48 (talk) 09:47, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Not sure how to help; it's blocking your ability to use the unified log in tool altogether? I can unblock that account for a short time and then re-block it when you're done if that helps. Kuru (talk) 11:37, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

It looks like the system thinks my home wiki is en.wikipedia.org and is asking for the password of the blocked user. Can you change the name of the blocked user? Thanks, Maximilian

This has been solved with the help of a bureaucrat, Thanks.Mschwerin (talk) 08:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

User:Davidlee804

You deleted an unblock request from his talk page in which he made uncivil remarks toward other editors and the project. I restored his comments, because they aren't hurting anyone but him, and because no-one is likely to unblock. No objection to denying the request. If he persists in incivility, he could be blocked from editing his talk page. Regards, Edison (talk) 00:33, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, that's an overly passive response to a vandalism only account. If no one is likely to unblock, then removing the trolling and removing his ability to waste the time of valuable editors is an appropriate response. In the future, it may be move helpful to actually address the unblock request if you feel the need to revert my resolution, instead of leaving it for another to resolve. Kuru (talk) 01:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

ZRegarding hte external link

I don't want any link juice for my website. I just want to add my erp software to the ERP software list. Please let me know how can i add my software. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polymermold (talk • contribs) 13:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The criteria for inclusion on that page is either a notable product or a notable company. In this case, creating an article for the software that is reliably sourced and meets our inclusion criteria is a good first step. Kuru (talk) 23:16, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The edits of Mrm7171

Thank you DVdm. I would like to discuss edits with Mrm7171 but it is strange that he/she declines to discuss.Iss246 (talk) 15:02, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Quite indeed. You did your utter best trying to discuss, but this seems not to work. A different approach is clearly called for here. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 15:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Mrm7171

I have a complaint about Mrm7171. He plays a double game. I try to discuss edits with him on his talk page. Then he goes ahead and makes edits without discussing them. And finally writes:

(diff | hist) . . m Occupational health psychology‎; 02:54 . . (+57)‎ . . ‎Mrm7171 (talk | contribs)‎ (Just made a couple of very minor additions. Did not delete or undo anyone elses edits. Please discuss with me on my talk page to come to consensus.Thanks)

(diff | hist) . . m Occupational health psychology‎; 02:51 . . (+9)‎ . . ‎Mrm7171 (talk | contribs)‎ (One word added. No deletion of any other editors work made out of respect. We need to discuss. Please use my talk page. Please don't just remove. Thanks)

(diff | hist) . . m Occupational health psychology‎; 02:50 . . (+25)‎ . . ‎Mrm7171 (talk | contribs)‎ (Please discuss on my talk page iss246 rather than undo my minor edit or engage in edit war. Please don't iss246. It's better to discuss than you delete. thanks)

Meanwhile, he includes text that occupational health psychology is a subfield of i/o psychology when I have labored on his talk page to explain that OHP is not a subfield of i/o psychology just as i/o psychology is not a subfield of social psychology and psychometrics or that health psychology is not a subfield of clinical psychology. I view what he has done as bad faith. This includes his groveling, with purposeful bad grammar, about how he has been picked on on May 26, 2013:

[[Category:{{unblock| Thats cool. I'm still very unclear abvout talk page and feel administrator may have acted a liottle demeaning. Not sure if new users have difficulty that experienced users should act sartcastically or bullying toieard new experienced userts like myself? I gfeel pretty bullied. Sorry but just a new inexperioenced user. ]]

[[Category:[[Category:{{unblock| Thats okay will cop it. and wait fdor the 48 hourts. Feel pretty bullied and didn't need sarcasm or demeaning me by experienced wikipedia user. Could hjabe treated he with more respect. I'm just not sure how it all works yet. Wonderion g why kuru was so demeaning, demoralising of new user inexperien ced like myself. Didnbt need to be put down or fdinger in my chest so much kuyru, just a new user. inexperienced could have been a little more cool about it all though kuriu, instead of tryting tgo put me down so basdly and disreszpect me so badly.....]]

I've been patient with him. I find him full of bad faith. This sing-song of "let's discuss" and then he goes ahead and makes a bold move without sources that OHP is a subfield of i/o psychology. I think he should be barred from Wikipedia for his double-talk.Iss246 (talk) 04:03, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Hydronymy

Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading.Aldrasto11 (talk) 11:22, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

ImtheNeonLight

Please reblock. He doesn't want to go through name change: he wants the autoblock lifted so that he can create a new account and sock. He just isn't very eloquent about it.—Kww(talk) 16:07, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Is there a history of him doing that? May have missed it in the cursory analysis; I can re-block and offer to post the rename request. Kuru (talk) 16:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

There's no history of him cooperating with any requests, and I'm baffled by why he would want a rename without agreeing to abide by the unblock conditions unless the purpose was to create a new account that would not abide by the unblock conditions.—Kww(talk) 16:46, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

User:Snotbot/Requests for unblock report

Doesn't look inactive to me if you look at the edit history. Mkdw^talk 19:30, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Clearly not any more. At the time I left the request on SW's talk page, the list has not updated for three days; appears to be fixed now. Kuru (talk) 23:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Removal of External Link of www.car-insura.com

Please give a reason about why you have removed the link. It properly follows the TOS of External Link. Expecting a suitable reply. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.219.37.24 (talk) 19:27, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

It's a link to an incoherent, rambling blog posting with no author information, limited content, and ad-heavy promotional material. It does not follow our external link guidelines. Good luck. Kuru (talk) 19:34, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for the corrections on List of companies of Ghana. Enock4seth (talk) 15:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

User talk:24.207.226.6

On June 25 you blocked user 24.207.226.6 for 31 hours for adding derogatory, unreferenced information. This is just a heads up that the user has again inserted unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory content, this time to the Serena Williams article for which I gave him an "only warning". --Wolbo (talk) 13:20, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the note! It looks like MaterialScientist has already blocked him. Kuru (talk) 15:08, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

User:Danrolo

Hi, Kuru, I wonder if you could help me out. Danrolo is a sock puppeteer. He resides in Santiago, Chile. He used to edit political party articles, adding all sorts of unsourced material. He was blocked by me in January of this year in escalating blocks because of persistent block evasion. After he was indeffed, he continued to come back with so many IPs that User:Scottywong created this edit filter, which he had to expand subsequently.

I just blocked User:201.239.253.57 as a sock of Danrolo. He wasn't caught by the filter because it's a new range. I was going to ask Scotty for help, but I didn't know he'd semi-retired.

Based on all this, what do you think would be best? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

I can take a look at it tonight. Have there been any other hits from him in that range, or is that the only one? Kuru (talk) 11:39, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

I have very few of the articles Danrolo edits on my watchlist, so unless someone else more interested in those articles tells me, I'm not alerted to the socking. However, I've taken a look at the editing history of some of the articles 201.239.253.57 and Danrolo edited and found one other IP in the range: User:201.215.255.97. It's tedious, though, because I know of no way to do it except by hand. As an aside and partly just to document it, I found a registered account, User:Alcastilloru, who may be a sock. I'll have to investigate that separately.

I have a question. Is there a way to get the list of all the IPs the edit filter has blocked? It might be helpful to tag all the IPs so we have a list of suspected puppets. It would also give us a sense of how much socking is going on.

Thanks for taking the time to help.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:33, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Request Edit

Hi Kuru. A while back you answered my Request Edit for adding Qualpro to List of management consulting firms, addressing the orphan tag on the article. I've made a similar request here to add United Country Real Estate to an index page on real-estate articles, in order to address the orphan tag. Was wondering if you could take a look. CorporateM (Talk) 22:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't really like adding non-regulatory commercial interests into a navigational list like that which is intended to be about a broad encyclopedic topic. I did add it to the List of companies of the United States, and added some internal links to drop both of those maintenance tags. Hope that helps. Kuru (talk) 13:27, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Works for me! I had that thought in the back of my head as well, so it's a good thing I used Request Edit for a disinterested editor to fix the problem a better way. Thanks again! CorporateM (Talk) 17:25, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

New Wikipedia user, learning the ropes. I could use some help on adding references to my sandbox. Are you available? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RJSutter (talk • contribs) 23:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Hudoud Alteqnia removed from List of Saudi Companies

Hi Kuru, you removed hudoud alteqnia from the list of Saudi companies because you think it is [inappropriate for an encyclopedia]. I am not sure why is it inappropriate? Saudi is growing very fast and the list of companies should be way bigger than the one appears in Wikipedia.

thanksOalshamikh (talk) 11:57, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I agree; find companies that meet our notability guidelines, write an article on them, and then add them to the list. There is no need for a simple directory of external links. Kuru (talk) 12:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Bill Gates

i saw you last editing the bill gates article and similar articles and i just wonder, is it really true that he remains at Microsoft as an non-executive chairman? because i somehow doubt it, i actually think be might be a semi-executive chairman or something like that and has some power left even if it is limited, i cannot find anything on google so can you please help me? 90.129.91.152 (talk) 16:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

He remains the chairman of the board of directors. I see no indication that he holds any executive position at microsoft. I'm not sure why you think the board chairman has no power; board members in most corporations exert tremendous influence outside of their proscribed roles. Kuru (talk) 00:37, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Hundry Thound

It appears that the article you recently deleted (and I mark for deletion) was very similar to another article recently deleted by User:Materialscientist titled Greg fusco (which I also marked for deletion). Due to the similarity of the articles (they were exactly the same, except for the names), I believe they were created by the same person using different accounts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex3yoyo (talk • contribs) 02:24, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

The two users are User:Fusco5 and User:Nice trying. (I also forgot to sign the above comment) --alex3yoyo (talk) 02:28, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Another Barnstar for you!!!

		The Anti-Spam Barnstar
		Thanks for catching spam faster than I can say "spam"! Ensignricky Talk 23:17, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Synthwave.94

Thanks for your reminder! I haven't heard a thing from the CUs, so I've flagged the account in order to get some attention. Hopefully that'll help. Bjelleklang - talk 07:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Thx

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. I appear to be a jerk magnet . Yintan  21:06, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Si. Comes with the part you play. :) Kuru (talk) 23:07, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Sentence in Business marketing: I'm confused

Hi, I've begun to copyedit business marketing (diff) as a member of the GOCE). However, I've found a bit in the lead that I'm a bit confused by. When it says "Despite sharing dynamics of organizational marketing with marketing to governments, business-to-government marketing is different", does that mean that business marketing is different from business to government marketing? Or am I just completely on the wrong track? I've added a clarify tag temporarily so editors know about the problem (or be it my incompetence). Thanks, RainCity471^{report my errors}_{list of failures} 18:55, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Your unblock condition message

May I please use what you wrote at User talk:Weblona? It's good. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Certainly; it's not mine, though. There's even a template with the text: {{subst:coiq}}. Kuru (talk) 12:10, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you kindly. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:17, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Wyatt Andrews

Why did you erase Wyatt Andrews on KENS 5? --24.170.77.177 (talk) 03:37, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Wyatt is a national news correspondent, and has nothing to so with the local staff of KENS. If there is some connection, please annotate the local connection and source it. Kuru (talk) 11:33, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

User:Pewny

You recently unblocked this user after being given firm assurances. Please look at his contributions record and at his talk page to form a view over whether those assurances have been broken. My firm belief s that they have been. Susy Records is his and his wife's company. Fiddle Faddle 10:26, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

FAC for Bill Gates?

Hi Kuru, I saw you are the most recent editor to make significant contributions to the Bill Gates article, which is already at GA status. Given it's one of the most popular articles on Wikipedia, I'm hoping to persuade you to nominate it for FAC. I'd be happy to review it there or co-nominate it, but it wouldn't be right for me to nominate it given I haven't edited it at all. What do you think? Lemurbaby (talk) 02:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

My apologies for missing this. I don't really have the time to commit to a FA project. I'd be happy to help out where I can, but I usually get 5 and 10 minute spots here and there to play around. At some point, I'll be retired and will be delighted to annoy my wife by spending more time in the professional content creation processes... :) Kuru (talk) 00:34, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

My revert on User talk:Holdek

Hi, Kuru, I thought I should explain why I reverted you on User talk:Holdek. The only people who have posted in the ANI thread about Holdek and the block are the OP (User:Ymblanter), the blocker (me) and the blocked (User:Holdek). There was no discussion before Holdek posted, and there hasn't been any since; of course Ponyo's posts about ANI notifications and the persiflage from Drmies and Beyond my Ken don't have anything to do with the matter. My feeling is that, just because Holdek had the poor judgment to post on ANI without really addressing the problems, and I had the poor judgment to allow it… sigh… it shouldn't mean he can't get his regular unblock request reviewed by an uninvolved admin in the regular way. That's more "direct", to my mind. Anyway, it certainly looks like it's his only chance of getting the block reviewed. There just isn't any interest in the ANI thread. May I ask if you originally came to his page it order to review his unblock request? If you did, please consider doing so. I hate to see people having to hang in limbo waiting for review. Bishonen | talk 09:04, 18 October 2013 (UTC).

Si, my initial thought when randomly reviewing unblock requests was that an open ANI discussion he was free to participate in was a far better forum than an unblock request, which is more of a shortcut at any rate. I see your position if there is no discussion or he has chosen not to participate. I only have a brief period of time in the mornings, but I'd be happy to look at it this afternoon and review. Kuru (talk) 11:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

What is RMV?

You wrote 'rmv blocked; left warnings for the others that were completely unwarned' on the AIV page. RMV isn't a user that was reported, so what does RMV mean? Newyorkadam (talk) 20:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Shorthand for "removed". I removed several editor who had been blocked already, and several that had not been warned. Kuru (talk) 20:59, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Ah, thanks! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 14:10, 21 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Yes

This IP would be tied to a school. I suspect that the malicious user is a student in the college preparatory HS that is also here on our campus. --Adamgold33 (talk) 02:29, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's what I figured. Just wanted to be sure as both you and the vandal had a common theme, but that is explained by the type of institution. Happy editing. Kuru (talk) 01:53, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism Curt Menefee.

There has been costant vandalism by this IP editor: 71.40.58.182 stating that Curt Menefee will be calling every Lakers and Clippers home game for the NBA on TNT. I have reverted his edit and warned him on his talk page about doing so again and I found no source for that. What do you think? Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 22:06, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

That's the same editor as 24.170.77.177 evading his block. I've blocked that IP and extended. Thanks for the connection. Kuru (talk) 01:52, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

No problem! Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 17:36, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Mistake?

I assume this was an odd edit conflict even though our edits were a couple minutes apart?--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 23:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Wow, that's problematic. While I usually have several tabs open which may lead to edit conflicts, that one was a straight up edit with no other distractions; some technical lag issue. Your close sounds better; will revert. Kuru (talk) 23:34, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

It was odd, just wanted to make sure that I hadn't totally messed up the decline somehow. The end result was certainly the same! Cheers, --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 23:38, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem! Kuru (talk) 23:41, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

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Ongoing sockpuppetry

Hello, An individual has been vandalizing articles related to Swaminarayan and Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha for the past several months and been using numerous sockpuppets to further his/her agenda in these topics (puppet master = Swamifraud). I filed the original sock report for Swamifraud several months ago and several other users have filed additional reports with more success. All of these socks have been banned and unblock requests have been denied by admin (including by yourself) due to the socks' edit warring, incivility, ignoring consensus, misquoting sources/stretching facts, libeling, etc. These socks include Swamifraud, Duarfimaws, Breadinglover, Sageorsun, Priyadaswami, and the numerous Detroit area/Wayne State University IP addresses. The individual continues to engage in the same behavior with intentions of pursuing his/her personal defamatory agenda. A new sock puppet has emerged named Bluespeakers, against whom two sock reports have been filed by other users. Most recently, this new sock has been reaching out to editors who are unfamiliar with the sock banning history to try to gain support. Link to current investigation and evidence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Swamifraud Could you please assess and help block the sock? Thanks! Anastomoses (talk) 16:38, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

I would like to respond to the accusations that I am a sock puppet. I am most definitely not the same user as I have clearly stated that I personally know the users that were involved. If you are going to be taking a look at my case, do look at the specific instances where I did anything wrong. Certain users are patrolling the articles. I will make sure that the users that I asked for help. If you will be investigating my case, please make sure that you fully understand the history behind the issue. I revealed the university I attend and rebutted any arguments that certain users have tried to accuse me. I do not want to be doing anything wrong or malicious on this site. Thank you for your time. The users that reported just me are users that belong to a group Wikipedia:WikiProject Swaminarayan that only want to portray their religious group in a positive clean cut way.

Bluespeakers (talk) 17:14, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Levity

Given the excuse used in their unblock request, did you happen to notice the article they chose to vandalise the most? --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 23:11, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

I did. :) It got an eye-roll out of me... Kuru (talk) 23:14, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

I have this fantastic image of an editor leaving their computer unattended, only to have their disgruntled younger sibling jump on to pointedly vandalize the hell out of In My Brother's Shadow in order to vindictively have said brother blocked. Except the excuse is bollocks of course, but it made me smile.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 23:28, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Life Insurance / Death proceeds

On the life insurance page you reverted an edit made by me that provided a citation for the following statement "Upon the insured's death, the insurer requires acceptable proof of death before it pays the claim. The normal minimum proof required is a death certificate, and the insurer's claim form completed, signed (and typically notarized).[citation needed]"

This was done due to it not being a reliable source, if you actually read the source you'll see that it clearly states how and where the information was found (e.g by looking at the individual policies). Originally I was going to use a single insurance companies policy as the source, but that'd only prove that THAT company requires a completed claim form and notarized death certificate.

A citation has been needed for this since 2007.

Staceycmiller (talk) 03:43, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Then find a reliable source. No, a cheesy, ad-covered blog at some insurance quote farm does not suffice. Find published material with editorial control; if you cannot, simply remove the material that has been challenged for six years. Given the history of your additions, I'm sure you understand why this appears promotional. Kuru (talk) 04:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Worldstridesm

Go right ahead. Daniel Case (talk) 08:02, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

My proxy is working again

I don't know what happened! Thank you for responding so quickly!--Soulparadox (talk) 02:09, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

No problem - you may want to drop those unblock requests off your talk page. They show up on a task list for admins. Kuru (talk) 02:17, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Will do.--Soulparadox (talk) 07:30, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Error report

FYI, I have received this error message several times over the past 24 hours:

Request: POST http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burma&action=submit, from 208.80.154.9 via cp1067 frontend ([10.2.2.25]:80), Varnish XID 1630936817 Forwarded for: 14.207.124.216, 208.80.154.9 Error: 503, Service Unavailable at Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:27:48 GMT

Thanks,--Soulparadox (talk) 07:29, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

about my edit on List of companies of Canada

It is counterproductive to remove red links. If you could create a good article then go for it. NorthernThunder (talk) 19:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

It isn't. I'm happy to run through the same argument for inclusion criteria on this type of article again if you'd like. You might want to start with a post on the article's talk page that includes some plan on how to curate a list of the 2.4 million businesses in Canada. I'd be happy to talk you through the reasons the inclusion criteria noted there work just fine. Kuru (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

user:Church of India

Reading through the wall of text this user posted, and your reasoned response, I would say that I did not call the edits vandalism either. In one way I would have liked to respond to the comments made relating to my posting on the talk page, but only because I always hate to let a potential editor go away unsatisfied. Having said that, and given that the user suggested deleting the account (yes, I know he cannot) or blanking the page, I have no problem with your actions. I will watchlist the page in case he reappears, with hopefully a sensible editing proposal.--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 20:11, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I really appreciate your work for blocking two IP editors, including one of them who stated that Curt Menefee will be calling every Lakers and Clippers game on TNT. Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 19:33, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

spam

Hi Kuru, thanks for removing this spam. What about this person's user page? Is that allowed? Azylber (talk) 17:41, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

ANI Notification: Les Etoiles de Ma Vie

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidentsregarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.. Veriss (talk) 06:18, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

User:AnonieBOT IV

Hi. You unblocked User talk:AnonieBOT IV to allow them to change their Username. They never did and subsequently created a new page Alfonso Rodríguez (director). I don't know what the procedure is in this type of case. Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 02:08, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Lovely. Changing usernames was an explicit condition of the unblock, so I just restored the block. Thank you for the head's up. Kuru (talk) 02:22, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Demotivate promotional editing

Is it possible to block searching of wiki articles from external search engines directly (noticed matched key word displayed as first record of external search engine)? This can reduce the promotional editing significantly.Mgt88drcr (talk) 16:11, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

User:Spookymarinara

Hi! Could you (or Daniel Case) please let me know if I've incorrectly interpreted things at User talk:Spookymarinara? If so, I'll of course make any necessary amendments. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 10:47, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Apologies; I'm travelling and can't look into it in detail. If I recall, that was an unusual one where the same unblock message from a COI editor popped up on an IP and a named account at the same time. I closed the request at the IP and moved the follow up questions to the named account. Technically, the autoblock he trigged should be long expired; so safe to close out the request. I would prefer the questions are answered, but that just a preference, and since the unblock is moot, there no problem closing the request. Kuru (talk) 14:40, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'd asked the user to answer the questions, but I found no record of the block itself. If you have a chance to double-check when you're not travelling that'd be much appreciated. It's not anything which requires urgent attention. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 19:46, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

If it was an autoblock then I'm confused as to why this would then lead to an unblock request linked to a change of username. I must be missing something. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 19:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Name change done

HI Kuru,

I have requested the name change from Akron Children's Hospital to Jim at Akron Children's Hospital. Let me know if I filled out the request incorrectly. Thank you for the help. 209.57.32.30 (talk) 13:34, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

You'll need to log in with your account and make the request; they are unlikely to honor the request when you're just logging in with your IP. They may, since it seems obvious that it's you making the request, but best to be sure. Kuru (talk) 17:21, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

User:Pyongyang Cafe

Thanks for blocking. Editors who vandalise by introducing plausible-seeming information to articles are far worse than more obvious vandals, imo. Kaini (talk) 21:07, 29 December 2013 (UTC)