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TBO (company)
[edit]Hello. You moved TBO (company) to draft in February, and blocked its creator, on the reasonable grounds of likely covert advertising and the. There appears to have been some sockpuppetry at the draft, and now a new account has copied and pasted it back to main space as TBO Ltd, which I've moved to the correct title. Should I open an SPI? Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 14:52, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- The creator has been blocked as a spammer and the draft deleted under G11. That's good enough for me. MER-C 14:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Teto Amo created a page about Kerry Chen [1]. The content of the article is promotional/advertising. (It is a spam article.) And there is a notability issue with the subject of the article. 203.184.131.50 (talk) 15:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
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Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Happy First Edit Day! Hi MER-C! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC) |  |
You might be interested in this discussion. S0091 (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
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Salisbury Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. Built in early English Gothic style, it was constructed between 1220 and 1258. This photograph, taken in 2014, shows the interior of the cathedral, looking eastwards towards the high altar through the tall and narrow nave. It has three levels: a tall pointed arcade, an open gallery, and a small clerestory. In the foreground is an unconventional modern baptismal font, installed in September 2008. Designed by the water sculptor William Pye, it is the largest working font in any British cathedral. The font is cruciform in shape, and has a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) vessel filled to its brim with water, designed so that the water overflows in filaments through each corner into bronze gratings embedded in the cathedral's stone floor. Photograph credit: David Iliff
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Hi. Take a look here please and notice that User:Keith161 renewed sockpuppets network on Afd 1xbet Indiana's Football (talk) 14:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Indiana's Football (who is now blocked indefinitely by Bbb23) has posted the above message to the talk pages of four administrators and one other editor. JBW (talk) 15:05, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
User:I ll Come Too
[edit]Hi MER-C, back in May you blocked MeltPees and I suspect I ll Come Too is the same person or at the very least UPE. Like Meltpees they are copying drafts created by other users into mainspace (Silvi Rouskin/Draft:Silvia Rouskin, Ravindran Shanmugam/Draft:Ravindran Shanmugam) and created Cagemax (moved to Draft:Cagemax) and Nikita Pipko (moved to Draft:Nikita Pipko) both which were spammy. They also made the requisite ten edits, in user space, then started creating articles. S0091 (talk) 17:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Blocked, thanks. MER-C 18:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Another one Genevieve Elodie Ottilie, moving drafts to mainspace they did not create stating they were approved by someone. I am going to file an SPI to get these documented and request CU because there's probably more but given the SPI backlog it will be a while and this is disruptive. S0091 (talk) 14:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Adrian Chumachen (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Ludovith (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Genevieve Elodie Ottilie
- Spam pages: Silvi Rouskin, Natalia Vlaschenko, Kefas Brand, Arnold Namisi, Do IT Global Innovative Solutions, Andrew de Burgh, John E. Turrentine, Doron Bergerbest-Eilon, Nicholas Housden, Roberto G. Carbone, The Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store, Mehran Tebyani, Joseph Nyangon.
- The sockmaster is probably Bodiadub. MER-C 18:10, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merci MER-C. Ever so helpful. I will file it under Bodiadub based on your hunch and ping you in case you have anything to add. It will likely be a day or so. Pinging @Bishonen: given her query to Adrian Chumachen so she is aware. S0091 (talk) 18:34, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Wikishovel great minds. S0091 (talk) 18:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both. What about User:LuboneEditors — aren't they also a sock? Bishonen | tålk 19:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC).
- Yes, and User:Park hue, see my near-miss at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LuboneEditors. Wikishovel (talk) 20:41, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both. What about User:LuboneEditors — aren't they also a sock? Bishonen | tålk 19:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC).
- @Wikishovel great minds. S0091 (talk) 18:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merci MER-C. Ever so helpful. I will file it under Bodiadub based on your hunch and ping you in case you have anything to add. It will likely be a day or so. Pinging @Bishonen: given her query to Adrian Chumachen so she is aware. S0091 (talk) 18:34, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Another one Genevieve Elodie Ottilie, moving drafts to mainspace they did not create stating they were approved by someone. I am going to file an SPI to get these documented and request CU because there's probably more but given the SPI backlog it will be a while and this is disruptive. S0091 (talk) 14:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:CCIlist/core
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UPE editor on Mark Kotter, Bit.bio, Myelopathy.org
[edit]Hi MER-C. While patrolling, I came across what I think is a UPE, has written a series of connected articles in quick succession. They were their first creations on WP and are: high quality construction/editing (full referencing etc), commercial/promo focused, and with photo/images attached, which for me is a strong indication of UPE for a new editor. They also reverted the UPE (and COI) tags from the articles.
You might want to also take a look if you have any time? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 21:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not actionable. MER-C 10:01, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks MER-C. Here is another set of UPEs on Richard McKay acting together. thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 19:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Tmotimo is a straight forward block (done). I'm on the fence regarding Coda1234. We'll see how they react to the page being quarantined. Please don't disclose UPE tactics, techniques, and procedures on-wiki. MER-C 16:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- They moved it back? Aszx5000 (talk) 20:15, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Tmotimo is a straight forward block (done). I'm on the fence regarding Coda1234. We'll see how they react to the page being quarantined. Please don't disclose UPE tactics, techniques, and procedures on-wiki. MER-C 16:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks MER-C. Here is another set of UPEs on Richard McKay acting together. thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 19:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Previous spam block
[edit]Hello, you blocked an editor on 18 November 2023 and quarantined all their Adam Handling restaurant articles for covert advertising, including Ugly Butterfly, Eve Bar, Frog (restaurant) and The Loch and The Tyne. New account Razerformula has recreated them as Ugly Butterfly (restaurant), Eve (bar), Frog (restaurant) and The Loch & The Tyne. New SPAs Peashina and DSWDcaraga are also working on the same topic. Who was the previous master please? Looks like it might be Bodiadub, from your adjacent contributions. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 19:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, Bodiadub. MER-C 16:54, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Pentathlon (film)
[edit]Hi MER-C. Would you mind taking a look at Pentathlon (film) once again? You removed most of the plot summary back in May with this edit, but an IP just showed up and seems to have re-added most of what you removed. I could revert the IP but I'm not sure whether the old diffs need to be rev deleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:27, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Recleaned. Can't prove a source, so cannot revdel. MER-C 10:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Another IP has showed up to bascially re-add all of the cruft. I'm not sure what the IP's motivation here is since it seems to be rather odd thing to edit war over. Do you think this kind of thing warrants WP:SILVER? -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Not yet, it needs a couple more reversions. MER-C 19:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Another IP has showed up to bascially re-add all of the cruft. I'm not sure what the IP's motivation here is since it seems to be rather odd thing to edit war over. Do you think this kind of thing warrants WP:SILVER? -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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Regarding sock puppetry of Anshuman.jrt
[edit]The User Anshuman.jrt, whom you previously blocked for copyright violations, appears to have several sockpuppet accounts on Wikipedia. One such account I've discovered is Anshuman9933. Please investigate. Saurabh{Talk} 13:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- That one is obvious (blocked), do you have any others? MER-C 18:27, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your prompt action. I found another one, which was edited in the past, in 2018. However, the username and infobox matched with the blocked one. The username is @User:Angshuman12. Kindly check. Saurabh{Talk} 18:53, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Got that one too. Thank you for reporting. MER-C 19:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- He has many other accounts as well. Another one is user @User:Vrisle. After using the Interaction Timeline tool, I found many similarities between them. For example, @User:Vrisle created the user page for @User:Angshuman12. Both accounts were also used to edit the article titled "Mangaldai." see here, I would like to request verification of this. Saurabh{Talk} 19:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Please file a sockpuppet investigation. I'm not sure how many of the users in Category:User as-N are socks. MER-C 09:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- He has many other accounts as well. Another one is user @User:Vrisle. After using the Interaction Timeline tool, I found many similarities between them. For example, @User:Vrisle created the user page for @User:Angshuman12. Both accounts were also used to edit the article titled "Mangaldai." see here, I would like to request verification of this. Saurabh{Talk} 19:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Got that one too. Thank you for reporting. MER-C 19:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your prompt action. I found another one, which was edited in the past, in 2018. However, the username and infobox matched with the blocked one. The username is @User:Angshuman12. Kindly check. Saurabh{Talk} 18:53, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
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Possible sockpuppet at Daniel Popper (sculptor)?
[edit]Hi MER-C, I came across the page Daniel Popper (sculptor) in the new pages queue, created by Timbiraupolu. I noticed an editor who was subsequently blocked as a sock created a very similar article by expanding the redirect Daniel Popper. Does this look like a potential sock to you? Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 21:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- Update: I've added a report for this account at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bodiadub. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 23:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
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Featured picture scheduled for POTD
[edit]Hi MER-C,
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The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser in Egypt. Until the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, the temple complex was located on Philae Island, near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. This 2022 photograph shows the temple of Isis from the Philae temple complex in its present location on Agilkia Island. Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by various species of junipers. It is used as a flavoring agent in northern European and Scandinavian cuisine for meat dishes. Juniper is used to flavor gin, a liquor developed in the 17th century in the Netherlands. Juniper berries are among the only spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds. This photograph shows foliage and cones of Juniperus communis, the common juniper, in Keila, Estonia. This picture was focus-stacked from 55 separate images. Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus
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RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Dragonblood tree in Socotra 2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 23:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Social Flycatcher.png, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Lavaux Switzerland.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:41, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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Dante8
[edit]Hi, last year you protected many articles from block evasion from Dante8. Unfortunately this user has bypassed all the extended locks and has been editing all of those articles since April 2024 on a new account. I have filed an SPI you may be interested in here. I am not sure what further can be done because all of the articles you protected, they are just editing again. For some reason no admin is checking for WP:EVADE behaviour on those articles and they have sneaked through until now. They have managed to acquire over 5000 edits. Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:36, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I did a bit of cleanup and listed them at CCI. I don't know what else can be done to stop them and other serial copyright violator sockpuppeteers. MER-C 14:56, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Exposition universelle de Paris, 1900.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:04, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Gobio (Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 169.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:American avocet (84292).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
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Why was this page deleted? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fifth_Avenue_Hotel&action=edit&redlink=1 Zodalis (talk) 17:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- It was created by a banned spammer. MER-C 18:41, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Ganges Delta ESA22274217.jpeg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:24, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Male Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
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On 25 October 2024, you moved EPACK PREFAB to draft space, and blocked XpediaF1 for probable covert advertising. It is back in article space as Epack Prefab, or an exact copy of it is back in article space, the work of Rosy431.
Thank you for working to keep spam out of Wikipedia. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:09, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- You may disregard as taken care of, unless you want to pursue it further. The second author has been blocked as a sockpuppet, and I have written an AFD. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:27, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Zaadzetting van Verbena hastata, 17-08-2024. (d.j.b).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Vagueta (Symphodus mediterraneus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-19, DD 60.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that File:Apennine Colossus_panorama_(81988p).jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for November 18, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-11-18. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 04:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
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The Apennine Colossus is a stone statue, approximately 11 metres (36 feet) tall, in the estate of Villa Demidoff (originally Villa di Pratolino) in Vaglia in Tuscany, Italy. A personification of the Apennine Mountains, the colossal figure was created by Giambologna, a Flemish-born Italian sculptor, in the late 1580s. The statue has the appearance of an elderly man crouched at the shore of a lake, squeezing the head of a sea monster through whose open mouth water originally emanated into the pond in front of the statue. The colossus is depicted naked, with stalactites in the thick beard and long hair to show the metamorphosis of man and mountain, blending his body with the surrounding nature. It is made of stone and plaster and the interior houses a series of chambers and caves on three levels. Initially, the back of the statue was protected by a structure resembling a cave, which was demolished around 1690 by the sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini, who built a statue of a dragon to adorn the back of the colossus. The Italian sculptor Rinaldo Barbetti renovated the statue in 1876. Sculpture credit: Giambologna; photographed by Rhododendrites
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[edit]Hello. You G5'd this article in October, and it's been recreated by an account with an edit history that fits the bill. Which account previously created it please? Should I file an SPI? Thanks. Wikishovel (talk) 13:53, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- That's close enough for blocking on sight, which I have done. MER-C 21:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius, World, 1572.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:09, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
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