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An editor named Amaury has repeatedly removed comments from some IPs on my talk page and claims they can do it because they claim the IPs are a sock named Orchomen. A couple problems with this. First, the IPs accounts do not show they are socks. Second, even if they are socks, an editor has every right to leave a sock's comments on their own talk page. Amaury is apparently obsessed with this Orchomen, so much so that they have a section on their user page devoted to them. One other thing. Amaury also restored an expired block template to my page. Can you please deal with Amaury and watch for any more improper removals from my talk page? 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:ADF3:C706:1C77:4C80 (talk) 13:50, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Widr, please see here, where I asked Rob about this situation. This IP is just posting this out of spite. Amaury (talk | contribs) 13:53, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Courtesy ping for BU Rob13. Amaury (talk | contribs) 14:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

This Amaury has provided no policy or even guideline that says an editor is permitted to remove a sock's comments from someone else's talk page. All they have is the opinion of an editor, who also provided no policy or guideline. And that other little problem still exists... the accounts of the comments removed from my page do not show those IPs are socks. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:ADF3:C706:1C77:4C80 (talk) 14:04, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Please note that Amaury ran to another admin, BU_Rob13, only minutes after I posted my original comment to you, rather than just waiting for your response. It appears that if they can't get their way fast with one admin, they just go and plead their case with another one in the meantime. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:ADF3:C706:1C77:4C80 (talk) 14:46, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Considering edit summaries like this and this, the above IP is likely themselves a sock. They are, at the least, extraordinarily uncivil. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Health and Welfare ‖ 16:51, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Widr and Ebyable, it looks like both of you will make the Colleagues list very soon. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:ADF3:C706:1C77:4C80 (talk) 17:43, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

If you say so. Ovbiously you nkow bset. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Inspector General ‖ 17:45, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I "ovbiously nkow bset". Hey Ebyabe, did this conversation involve you? I didn't think so. So why would you go to someone's talk page and stick your nose into something that has absolutely nothing to do with you? Do you enjoy escalating situations just for the fun of it? Does it make you feel important or worthy? What are you, like 13 years old? Seriously. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:ADF3:C706:1C77:4C80 (talk) 18:13, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

You don't. It didn't. Because I wanted to. No, are you? You're blocked. Merry Christmas. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - General Health ‖ 19:51, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

177.102.80.117

Would you please block 177.102.80.117 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? Just adds a few chars, and self reverts. Has done it dozens of times or more. Fills up the queue on Huggle... Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 08:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I would have to click four or five times to clear the anon off the Huggle queue. Thanks again Jim1138 (talk) 08:04, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Requesting urgent guidance/opinion

Hi,
I saw your recent activity through AIV. Would you please take a look at a page move for an article with ongoing AfD? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 NY Times Square attack. It is sort of urgent as the title provides false information; claiming an accident to be an attack. But that is my opinion, your unbiased and unprejudiced opinion is requested there. Thanks a lot. —usernamekiran(talk) 20:13, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your excellent work at AIV Jupitus Smart 12:51, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Disruptive IP editor

Do you mind revoking the talk page access for the IP: Special:Contributions/50.252.104.5. They have been blocked from editing for a year but have continued vandalizing their own talk page. I posted a report on AIV but forgot that the already-existing block would cause the helper bot to remove the request. Oops! Jiten Dhandha • talk • contributions • 17:45, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

The article: Trees of Mystery

162.244.80.230 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

The following has been reverted: click here. Please can be reverted? Prinsipe Ybarro (Talk to me | Contributions) 02:13, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

Hello Widr,

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Semi-protecting WP:RFPP

Hi there. I noticed you semi-protected RFPP indefinitely. Was there a discussion to do so? Not allowing new users and IPs to request unprotection seems defeating the point of that part of the page. Regards So Why 19:55, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Misclick. I think I removed the protection already. Widr (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah, okay, yeah, didn't see that before coming here. Thanks for answering so fast!

Regards So Why 20:24, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Noblesville, Indiana Vandals

See this. Another obvious one. Glad some people here understand things. :) John from Idegon (talk) 19:43, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked and page protected. Widr (talk) 19:49, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! Might want to protect Noblesville High School too, or at least watch it. They've been active there too. Appreciate you, man! John from Idegon (talk) 19:55, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

How?

How did you find this so quick? Tripping the filter? —usernamekiran(talk) 06:41, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, filter. Widr (talk) 06:46, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Hmm. —usernamekiran(talk) 06:56, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Dont you sleep? lol May I know what timezone are you from? —usernamekiran(talk) 08:40, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Indian university numbers weirdness, next editor

On the 19th you blocked RP singh love for continuous addition of numbers to university names [1]. Now what appears to be the user's alternate account, Rahul Singh Love, is back at it [2]. I assume it's meant to be phone numbers, but this ain't going anywhere good. I'd suggest shutting this one off as well :/ --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:04, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

@Elmidae: did a little background check in 3-4 minutes. It is a mobile number, registered to a guy named Rahul. Different sources are providing different surnames. Apparently, he is involved in document forgeries, providing fake degrees, "managing results", and similar stuff. In areas of Delhi, NOIDA, and the neighbourhood. At first, I was thinking it would be a girl's number, someone who declined user's advances and/or broke his heart. Meh. —usernamekiran(talk) 20:16, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

@Usernamekiran:Well that's depressing :/ Thanks for looking into it! A new IP sock just spammed the lot again; the persistence definitely points to some commercial/malicious intent. I made a report at RfPP, maybe semi-ing the lot will shut this down. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:34, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

User:Taokaka

Just fyi, for the hope of them ever making useful edits, see their latest comments here. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Repel All Boarders ‖ 18:55, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Well, I havent exactly been holding my breath for many months now. Widr (talk) 19:38, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Sg103104

Forgot to block him too. He also has left a vandlsim on the same article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:F18F:FE7A:4457:296D:7F0D:A2B0 (talk) 17:29, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Why was I recently warned against editing?

Hello Widr,

I am confused by this most recent notification that my edit to the Dusty page was removed. The reason for my confusion is that both my memory and my history confirm that I have never visited any pages with "Dusty" in the title. I have begun edits on some pages but canceled them after I realized I did not have completely accurate information. In any case, thank you for your notification.

-Hoop C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.201.118.234 (talk) 14:56, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Your IP has previously been used for vandalism. Log in or create an account, and that should fix the problem. Widr (talk) 15:16, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Unprotection request

Could you please unprotect user talk:Stanprog? 96.87.65.53 (talk) 23:16, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) You mean User talk:StanProg, as you did here. - BilCat (talk) 03:28, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

User:Somcable Telecommunications

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:14, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

User talk:64.237.234.165

Could talk page access be removed, as they are changing the wording of notices. Thanks. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Union of Opposites ‖ 18:27, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

FYI

Hello W. This IP 68.192.236.182 (talk · contribs) has resumed their disruptive editing after the 3 month block you applied expired. Removing phonetic name templates and adding navboxes to articles that are not in them are a couple of the problems. Previous blocks seem to have had no effect at all. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk 13:43, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. MarnetteD|Talk 14:27, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello again. They have returned as 2601:5C0:4280:3D40:D43C:A555:217A:2B91 (talk · contribs). While the geolocate is a couple states away several of the edits are exactly the same. Especially the navbox situation as can be seen here - blocked IP and here - new one. MarnetteD|Talk 02:34, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

2601:5C0:4280:3D40:40B4:C59D:3721:A743 (talk · contribs) is the new IP. MarnetteD|Talk 22:10, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

User:68.192.236.182

You blocked this editor a couple days back for disruptive editing on a number of TV-related articles. They're back, still editing disruptively, as User:2601:5C0:4280:3D40:40B4:C59D:3721:A743 . For example, please see Designated Survivor (TV series). Rather nasty stuff on the talk page, too. They seem to represent a number of production-level personnel, a decided WP:COI ----Dr.Margi ✉ 03:09, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Drmargi. This is the same IP that I reported in the thread above. I don't know if you or Widr want to merge these report or not. Cheers to you both. MarnetteD|Talk 03:52, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up MarnetteD; whatever is best. He's clearly determined, and all over the map now. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 03:54, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

It's too bad it isn't possible to semi-protect all of Wikipedia for a few days. - BilCat (talk) 06:06, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

(talk page gnome) I'm often surprised how protection and blocks seem spoonfed in small amounts on Wikipedia. On the other hand, when thinking about it, I was a long-term IP address editor myself before creating this first account and at a certain epoch could not edit for a year unless using a system configured to use another IP address because my main gateway address was part of a range block (not intended for me). I was told that registering would allow me to edit, but still refused then. It reminds me how the open nature of Wikipedia also drove its success, versus previous more restricted online encyclopedia efforts (including Nupedia)... fortunately, this also results in a small army of volunteer patrollers and page reviewers, with admins supporting them as they can, all of that so far managing to keep it from completely falling apart (with the history of every public edit available also helping). It's an interesting phenomenon that still amazes me. —Paleo Neonate - 07:16, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

User:2001:8003:20E3:1B00:9DCC:E6DB:9CC2:36AF

Hi there,

Technical question, when a user is blocked for long-term vandalism, should all of the user's contributions be reverted? I went through a couple of them but would not know whether the edits made by this IP are factual or not. Thanks! –FlyingAce^✈talk 21:52, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

It depends, but it may be best to let them be when unsure. Someone else will most likely revert them later. Widr (talk) 21:57, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Reverting request

Hi! Your edit has been reverted at Love in the Moonlight page last May 31, 2017, and now the article has been semi-protected because of numerous IP sockpuppets from a blocked user that keeps on re-adding the "Philippine Reception" vandal and the "International broadcast" section. I hope you could undo and remove it. Thanks! -112.198.73.9 (talk) 04:35, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Changes on Emmanuel Kwabena Bartels

Hi... You removed a changes I made to an article of a Musician Emmanuel Kwabena Bartels... The changes were highly accurate and confirmed. I provided a link to the artiste's website (you removed it). I also changed a couple grammar here and there --- Like 'PEE On Da Beat or Pee GH, studied at Mfantsipim School and later graduated from University of Ghana.' from 'Pee GH or PEE On Da Beat was studied at Mfantsipim School and later graduated from University of Ghana.'.

I honestly think these changes are supposed to be allowed for they do not defy any rule here. But all the same thanks. I would also like to know the full reason behind the removal - Maybe, I need to learn something else other than what I know from this very mistake (if there was one - Fully ready to learn from it)

Kindly respond.

Thank You Signed: Pupinsre D. Castre — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pupinsre (talk • contribs) 17:33, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Seems correct; I undid the revert. Widr (talk) 17:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	keep up the good work! those pages that you are deleting are ridiculous. The garmine ^(talk) 14:30, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Widr (talk) 14:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Any connection?

Is it possible that 101.178.163.208 (talk · contribs) is a block evasion of 58.96.107.130 (talk · contribs), whom you blocked yesterday for a year? Thanks, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:18, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked for obvious evasion. Widr (talk) 18:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

List of wars involving Serbia

IP user 178.222.124.193 keeps making repetative unsourced, POV edits despite the many warnings they have received. Is there anything that can be done? The article List of wars involving Serbia in particular. 108.54.93.183 (talk) 18:42, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I left a final warning. If they still continue, let me know or report to AIV. Widr (talk) 19:16, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

IP user just made the same unsourced and POV edits again on the page. 108.54.93.183 (talk) 00:14, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy work

That was some fast-lightning work there in blocking that IP. I hardly took a sip of my coffee and whoosh they were gone. I admire that swift action, thank you. Wes Wolf ^Talk 13:40, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

No problem, happened to stop by at the right moment. Widr (talk) 13:42, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

I think that IP is using some sort of proxy, as the edit history at Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is showing a couple of IP's all starting with 46.99.110, that have made the same disruptive edits. Wes Wolf ^Talk 13:44, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

protection

Hello. Again IP [3]. Please protect article.--Flavius1 (talk) 15:09, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

User:Pick Me Enterprises

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:31, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

@Cahk: If they (or the others you have reported) do that twice or more, then I will, and please let me know. One time is not enough though, imo. Widr (talk) 07:35, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Sock

Hi Widr, Could you block SunitaBahadursingh45 as they're SunitaBahadursingh4 (a sock of Brian fagan), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:48, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Ah nevermind another admin's blocked them, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:57, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Block evasion by Shingling334

Hello. The edits by Special:Contributions/212.108.137.60, who you just blocked, are being continued by Special:Contributions/185.24.81.96, a static company IP in the UK, in an IP range that has featured in previous reports at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shingling334, with Special:Contributions/185.24.81.82 and Special:Contributions/185.24.80.161 being reported as socks there, most probably accessed through VPN or through being a web host (since Shingling seems to be on his annual holiday in Turkey, just like this time last year...). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 14:34, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

See User talk:Ponyo#Block_evasion_by_Shingling334 for more info about IP-ranges currently being used by Shingling. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 14:45, 10 June 2017 (UTC)