User talk:Galaxy Kid

November 2015

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WP:BLP

Hi Galaxy, if you remove problematic references like this, you should also consider removing the content that will be left unsourced by its removal. This is especially important in biographies of living people, which require impeccable sourcing. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:38, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyphoidbomb: Right now i want to free the pages from these crappy websites. I am not removing the content as some content might be true and other editors might revert might edit (including IP editors). I don't get it, that users prefer crappy websites over google books and reliable sources. BLPs of TV actors who are one Tv series wonder can be created through timesofindia, bollywoodlife (part of India.com),Dainik Bhaskar, Navbharat Times, but even experienced users prefer unknown websites. Are they trying to promote the small time TV actors or these unknown websites? --Galaxy Kid (talk) 02:20, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, but we can't have potentially incorrect information in BLPs, because they could potentially be defamatory. Unsourced birthdates and birth names violate WP:BLPPRIVACY. Unsourced religions could cause trouble for some people, blah blah blah. It doesn't take much more time to remove the problematic content. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:24, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Rajesh Khanna.jpg

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Reply to email

I hav a feeling you're right. But we're going to need more concrete proof than that to put him on the hook for violating the ToU -- and I have checked by googling the obvious things. MER-C 20:56, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator intervention against vandalism

Thank you for your reports at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Administrators depend very much on editors such as yourself bring vandals to the administrators' attention, so that they can be dealt with. However, there are a couple of points you should take into consideration when deciding whether to make a report. Firstly, it is usually not helpful making reports on IP addresses that have only one or two edits over the course of several months. Unless there is clear evidence that it is one vandal who keeps coming back over the course of time, it is likely that recent edits from an IP address are from a different person than ones from long ago, and if the recent activity is just one edit, then it is likely that it is from an editor who has never made any other edits, and has never been warned. In that situation, an administrator is not going to take any action, and the only effect of the report is to take up an administrator's time which could have been better spent on checking other reports, which are more likely to need action. Secondly, except under really exceptional circumstances, there is no point in making a report on an editor who has only had one low-level warning. Under almost all circumstances, a vandal is unlikely to be blocked unless he or she has received at least two warnings, first a fairly gentle warning, and then a warning making it clear that continuing in the same way may lead to a block. If you use standard templated warnings, that means at least one at level one or two, and at least one at level three or four. Even with two warnings, some administrators are reluctant to block unless the vandalism is very serious, so three warnings may be safer. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:29, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Different Administrators have different outlook. Anyway i will look at the current edits, instead of past edits for Ip editors. In case of School Ips i will look at block log and recent vandalism. The Ip i reported just now has clean block log, but a school IP and already made enough disruption for now. Galaxy Kid (talk) 14:31, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Declaration

Hi Galaxy, you should probably declare your multiple accounts on your various user pages to avoid problems with sockpuppetry accusations. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:33, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have declared in other Wikimedia projects.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Avengers

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Galaxy_Kid

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Galaxy_Kid --Galaxy Kid (talk) 02:00, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You used to have a statement on your talk page to the effect of "I am user The Avengers and Conan The Barbarian. This is my alternate account. " What happened to that? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:47, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My user page was deleted after my deletion request . Now my meta page is visible. I don't remember mentioning on my talk page. In my userpage I mentioned what is written in my Userpage of French and Italian Wikipedia. Now it's not visible as the page is deleted. Galaxy Kid (talk) 03:37, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Galaxy Kid, is The Avengers actually an alt. account of yours? If so, why has it been editing as recent as yesterday? And Conan The Barbarian as recent as October? Could you explain how and why they're being used in line with the legitimate uses section of the sock policy?

samtar ^{t} 09:58, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen userpage of many editors, where they mention that they have alternate accounts. Sometimes the alternate account is mentioned, sometimes it's not. Right now i can't login to my Conan The Barbarian account. If i mention my alternate accounts, i believe there is no problem. Everybody knows The Avengers is a popular superhero team. If i can access My Avengers account, then i can't use it to edit Wikipedia?. I mentioned in Wikiproject Spam that "Today this IP 59.177.43.26 was spamming this link in Wazir. I searched for two hours, going through the differences to track this user Tihomv. The IPs are probabaly related to him. I am The Avengers. This is my alternate account. Please blacklist this and reduce our work. As i mentioned above with my previous account; new Bollywood sites pop out from Mumbai. In this case, the IP is from Delhi. --Galaxy Kid (talk) 14:53, 12 November 2015 (UTC)". If there is any policy against use of two simultaneous account, then i will stop editing from "The Avengers". Galaxy Kid (talk) 10:37, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Other than that my password was not working for The Avengers. I used my registered E-Mail to reset my password. A blocked user came to my talk page addressing me as "The average" instead of "The Avengers". That was very irritating. I never expected that The Avengers will be addressed as The average. I believed my username "The Avengers" was very popular.Galaxy Kid (talk) 10:43, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or, If you are implying that I am the alternate account of The Avengers , as that account is older; I will use this account more frequently. Galaxy Kid (talk) 10:48, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As stated above Galaxy Kid, please read the legitimate uses of multiple accounts. I'm sure you're doing all this in good faith, and nothing will come of it, but editing from two different accounts for no good reason is actually against the username policy. I would recommend properly disclosing The Avengers and ceasing editing from it, just in case an overzealous editor sees it as socking. @Cyphoidbomb: would you care to weigh in too, just in case I'm talking rubbish?

samtar ^{t} 10:51, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned it in User:The Avengers and User:Conan The Barbarian. Galaxy Kid (talk) 11:05, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"link spam"

In your edit of Swades, the edit summary stated, "Removing linkspam per WP:EL..."

There was no linkspam in there. Unreliables refs are not link spam.
You only removed references, nothing in the External links section.
You've also been removing "Bollyvista" links. While the reliability of this site is questionable, it has been acceptable to use because reliable sites do use it.
You've been leaving parts of the ref behind or messing up the reliable ones. You did this in Swades. I've fixed atleast 10 Indian film articles today that had screwed up references. I know two of them were yours, I suspect many of the others are too.

So, I'm reverting you again on Swades. You can remove the same refs except for Bollyvista. Please fix the reliable ref you broke. Stop using the edit summary and use one that says what you are doing. Bgwhite (talk) 08:36, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgwhite: Bollyvista is not reliable at all. I am removing unreliable references. Maybe linkspam edit summary is not right. You must be aware that those who create bollywood related websites, they use Wikipedia to promote their websites. It's not external links. Even critical reception section is filled with reviews from unknown movie critics. And why you believe bollyvista as reliable when there are no third party mention. Galaxy Kid (talk) 09:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Grrr, I mixed up BoxOfficeIndia with Bollyvista. Yea, they don't even sound the same. You made a good call. Thanks for fixing the ref error in the article. Its still not a spam link... Use "unreliable reference" or something similar instead. Bgwhite (talk) 19:22, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a sockpuppet

This account has been blocked indefinitely as a sock puppet of CosmicEmperor (talk · contribs · global contribs · page moves · user creation · block log) that was created to violate Wikipedia policy. Note that using multiple accounts is allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that all edits made while evading a block or ban may be reverted or deleted. If this account is not a sock puppet, and you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below. Mike V • Talk 22:42, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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