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User:BlaccCrab is back

Hey Serge and @Ferret: Just letting you know that BlaccCrab is back after being blocked on 68.134.190.154 at 98.117.49.13. Ferret can privately confirm this is BlaccCrab but I know it can't be publicly revealed for privacy and that's not what I'm asking for. IP geolocates to Maryland; same topic area of country and rock songs; removing content regarding what's a "promo single" and what's not here. The edit summaries are very much BlaccCrab's style [1] [2]. Ss112 19:50, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

I don't know if that enough for me to take DUCK action - that all seems possible, but also very much so like many rude/misguided music-related editors. Perhaps ferret can help you with his powers. Sergecross73 msg me 18:09, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Charlie Brown accounts

Hello. I saw your posts at AN/I and on the user's talk page. I was planning to post that here when I started writing it, as you're familiar with the user. But when I found the SPI, it seemed a bit much; I didn't wish to impose, and thought extra eyes might help. Cheers, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 18:42, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, FYI, feel free to come to me directly first in situations like this, so we can avoid the chaos of ANI. As long as it's active, I was going to wait and see if there was any point, but if there's no dissenting opinions, I'll probably indef him. Sergecross73 msg me 22:09, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. An indef does look like the only way out here. Dissenting opinions seem unlikely. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 01:42, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, you're right. I'll issue the blocks and you can archive your ANI post and we can just have it all wrapped up. Sergecross73 msg me 01:47, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Blocked, and archived the discussion. (Don't know why I asked you to do that.) Sergecross73 msg me 01:58, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
I could do with a bit of practice. I so rarely close discussions, I have to read the template docs every time. Thanks for getting this sorted quickly. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 06:28, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
@BlackcurrantTea and Sergecross73: I'm super confused. The SPI case here has mostly people saying that he's definitely confirmed, and one with a nonsensical conclusion that there's no evidence of abuse. So why isn't there a template on each of the three users' talk pages saying they're at least suspected sockpuppets and name the sockmaster? — Smuckola(talk) 10:01, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
Smuckola, from posts in various places on the topic of socks, I learned that some admins (both checkusers and not) prefer that the user pages not be tagged, so I leave it up to the blocking admin(s). Aside from WP:DENY-ing LTAs, whether or not to tag them seems to be a matter of personal taste. It's less convenient, but the information is often on the blocked user's contributions page. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 22:12, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
Yes, that's all it is. I don't usually spend time tagging socks. I won't stand in anyone's way though. Feel free to tag them. I don't know if all admin feel this way, but I don't care if anyone tags them as such when it's relatively clear that that's the reason I blocked them. Sergecross73 msg me 22:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Need an admin rq for threats and disruptive editing.

User was making vandalising edits to Privacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:24.5.197.126#c-24.5.197.126-20231220185500-24.5.197.126-20231220185200 Geardona (talk) 18:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Protected, warned. Sergecross73 msg me 19:01, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Awesome thanks! Geardona (talk) 19:02, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I just wanted to thank you for undoing my edit. My initial thought was to be bold and remove inclusions of sources that did not have any explanation provided, but the more I consider it, I think you're right that there should be more discussion there before removing them outright. Thank you for your revert, I'm sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. JeffSpaceman (talk) 23:56, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

No worries at all. For the record, I do "practice what I preach" too. Years back I went through and started discussions for a bunch of the entries on there today. It got tedious after a while, so I stopped. But I'd be happy to help if you'd like to work on it some again. Sergecross73 msg me 00:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate you offering assistance. Would it be OK if I add explanations for some of the blank sources based on what I find in discussions, or even from the sources themselves? Your edit summary actually prompted me to go to metalwani to see what qualifies that source as unreliable (so much so that it's on the spam blacklist), and I think it's worth pointing out that it does not provide any authorship for its articles and appears to be a content farm. However, do you think this is a good idea? JeffSpaceman (talk) 00:19, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, I think that generally works. Here's what I had done. I'd open up a discussion on WT:VG. I'd say "I'm trying to get start a discussion on this source so we have a more concrete consensus on it. I don't think Metalwani should be considered a reliable source. They seem to be an amateur blog with writers that don't have any credentials." Then wait and see what people say. And if there's a consensus (or no opposition) then add a link to the conversation on its entry at WP:RSMUSIC or WP:NOTRSMUSIC with some notes from the discussion.
You could just add your own notes, but you might get some opposition from others if they don't agree. If you write the notes as a summary of the discussion, it's a lot harder for anyone to oppose it. Sergecross73 msg me 01:33, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the feedback. This has been very helpful, thank you! JeffSpaceman (talk) 02:33, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Atari 2600 games list a mess.

Hey Serge,

Look at the talk page for the 2600 games there is a lot of discussion about why the list is split into 3 sections on the same article.

The first being the Atari/Sears published games

The other about games made by third party publishers (which NO other lists does!)

The other about homebrew games (which I have no problem with but if it gets too many just make a seperate list of homebrew games in its own article.


So is there any way to bring this up to a higher up or something like we did with the merge NES and Famicom games? NakhlaMan (talk) 04:54, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

I can start a discussion for you at WT:VG if you want, but the article doesn't seem to be very actively maintained, or have any experienced editors watching over it, so you might be able to just be WP:BOLD and just go for it. Your call. Let me know. Sergecross73 msg me 18:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
Yes please start a discussion. Thank you very much. NakhlaMan (talk) 00:21, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#List of Atari 2600 games cleanup input. Sergecross73 msg me 15:16, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism part 32

Serge's 32nd iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention. Sergecross73 msg me 16:22, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Can you indefinitely semi-protect Pizza Tower? It's constantly subject to bad edits and it shows no sign of stopping despite at least two previous protections. JOEBRO64 11:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Protected. Started at 6 months, but I'll expand to indef next time if it's still a problem. Sergecross73 msg me 12:04, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
To clarify, it seems all these games are on the list of Arcade Archives which is an emulation collection published by the company, but it doesn't mean the individual games are considered to have been published. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 22:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm placing blocks here shortly. A lot of CU confirmed sockpuppetry. -- ferret (talk) 22:22, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
See Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Enrique94834. -- ferret (talk) 22:33, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
Wow, yikes. Thank you for the help. Sergecross73 msg me 02:10, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Now the sockpuppet troll is at Downtown Kansas City. Anybody? @Ferret:? Bueller? ...ferret bueller? — Smuckola(talk) 22:56, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
If you're unhappy with my response or response time, please feel free to ask elsewhere. Ive already mentioned that Kanas City related subjects aren't really in my wheelhouse. This area is really more for reporting simple stuff like "They keep changing Super Mario Bros to Super Poop Bros" or "They keep adding deathcore as a genre for Taylor Swift" type stuff. Not "IP hoppers aren't citing demographic data correctly for Kansas City statistics." Others are better equipped to act on that sort of stuff. Sergecross73 msg me 16:44, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Merry!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Sergecross73, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024.
Happy editing,

JOEBRO64 15:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

JOEBRO64 15:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Same to you! Sergecross73 msg me 16:17, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
@TheJoebro64: That's right, to you, Serge, talk page stalkers everywhere, and everybody else! — Smuckola(talk) 20:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)