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Happy Adminship Anniversary!![]() ![]() ANI LTA harassmentHey, Wizzito here. Sadly, this LTA is on a highly dynamic T-Mobile /40 range that hops rapidly: 2607:FB91:1100:0:0:0:0:0/40 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)). Looks like a /42 block didn't help. wizzito | say hello! 16:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
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Featuring an experimental on-wiki entry box. 2603:9000:d100:7ff6::/64 rangeblockWas just about to block this range and saw that you beat me to it. Given the history of disruption and the relatively small range, would you be opposed to a longer block duration? OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:58, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
94.65.70.248Hello you are block this ip when only revert repetitive vandalism by vrahomarinaner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Vrahomarinaner/Archive, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A02:587:8000::/43 to protect this articles, I believe it was due to acquired speed--94.71.217.159 (talk) 12:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
You are block ip 94.65.70.248 when only revert repetitive vandalism and you reverted the edits of this ip and left the articles heavily vandalised--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
only revert repetitive vandalism and restore the article, if any writes Oslo is in Sweden and someone revert it is edit war or revert the vandalism?--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:17, 31 January 2022 (UTC) And left the articles heavily vandalised??--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:29, 31 January 2022 (UTC) For example [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]--94.71.217.159, there is not a dispute but vandalism (talk) 22:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – February 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).
Chauncey BotI believe his proposed new username is OK, and that's probably the only issue. Can we unblock? Daniel Case (talk) 06:47, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
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49.204.211.84 needs a longer blockHi. Since you previously blocked this user, I thought I'd let you know that their persistent violations of Wikipedia policy has continued, and that they've ignored an entire talk page of repeated warnings, the most recent of which I just noted on their talk page. I think they could use a longer block. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 16:14, 10 March 2022 (UTC) Hello, Jauerback, Apparently, you gave this editor a username block right before their username was changed from representing a company, User:Pier Insurance, to representing an individual. They haven't requested to be unblocked but I noticed the name change that came right after the block so I thought I'd let you know. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 06:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society![]() Dear Jauerback/Archives/2022, I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 13:50, 11 April 2022 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day!
𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 (talk) 00:36, 11 April 2022 (UTC) New administrator activity requirementThe administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment. Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. 22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for April 16An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Tamara (given name), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Tamora. (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC) Your block of 75.98.203.210You might want to block the entire range – 75.98.192.0/20 has a long history of being disruptive. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 April 2022
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Test your word-puzzle skills! Death threats by Abha7171Perhaps a revdel of their edits [6] [7]. Thanks. Dr.Pinsky (talk) 14:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2022News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Williamson County, Illinois![]() A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Williamson County, Illinois indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 00:57, 5 June 2022 (UTC) Thank youFor this block [8]; I was sitting down to ask Drmies or ToBeFree for their assistance when I noticed your action. I think there's a longer rangeblock merited, given not only the persistent addition/changing of unsourced content, but the repeated contentiousness and insulting of other editors. Based on behavior, I'm guessing this was once a registered and now blocked account, who's continuing along the same path. If they return from the block for more of the same, I'll either drop you a line or put together something for ANI. Thanks again, 2601:188:180:B8E0:0:0:0:3597 (talk) 21:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC) Thank YouI wasn't trying to force anything on Seinfeld's "The Slicer". I was just trying to indicate that Kruger had two sons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Fugitive (1963-1967) (talk • contribs) 23:16, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Rangeblock requestIPv6 address range beginning with 2607:fb91:bd has been busy vandalizing pages over the past few days. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 23:45, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
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Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time? Automated RetailSo, it’s fine for Zoom systems and Redbox, but not for a company that’s been doing it for over a decade? Happy to adjust my contribution as you see fit. 208.102.168.243 (talk) 03:15, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
You didn’t answer my question. This isn’t my company. Simply trying to add some context to a page by citing a decade-old source from what is obviously a leader in the industry. If you could provide an alternate way to approach this, I would be happy to follow your advice. I looked at the previous edits and saw that you marked Signify as spam, which is accurate, but their image remains on the page. The company I referenced in my edit is not even included in the text. Only the notes. The sole purpose of my edit was to add context to a page with limited content that clearly promotes only two businesses in a booming international industry. Would media coverage sources be preferable? I’m obviously new to Wikipedia edits and would appreciate any tips you’re willing to offer. Thanks for your help. Wilcohum (talk) 04:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
James CaanI'm wondering why you reverted 13 edits to the James Caan article, after his family had announced his death on Caan's own Twitter account. I notice that you didn't restore these edits later (for example, changing "he describes himself" to "he described himself"), instead, leaving it to other editors to re-do the work. Seems like a waste of everyone's time. Maybe I'm misunderstanding WP:TWITTER, but the family's announcement didn't involve a third party (it involved the holder of the account himself), and the death of an octogenarian is not an extraordinary claim. Twitter therefore seems to be a reliable source in this case. In the future, please think twice before reverting other people's work, thank you. -Jordgette [talk] 23:02, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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Global rangeblock request176.83.0.0/16 evidently has been adding the same nonsense all over the Wikisphere, including fan Wikis such as Toy Story. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:07, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
Finished blocking this user, which seems you had not finish . Cheers. -- Alexf(talk) 15:26, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Go Go Ron MerkelCan you yank his access to his talk page too? FrederalBacon (talk) 05:06, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
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Can you inform me why it was removed please.Please can I be told why it has been removed I am new and know that Elizabeth Dulau plays that role and that link clearly shows that so why can it not be used? Oceanfan1 (talk) 19:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Hey how come it was removed I know Elizabeth Dulau plays Kleya and I have a link that proves it too. Do you know how it can get corrected as you can see in the trailer it’s not Adria Arjona who plays Kleya.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Oceanfan1 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 13 August 2022 (UTC) Hello!Just wanted to bring this to your attention, specifically the edit summary. Figured it was something that should be redacted. Not sure how to report those but I thought I'd let you know. If I should have done something different to report, let me know for future reference. Thank you!!! SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
Revoke TPAHey could you revoke the TPA of Hihimynameisdon? They clearly are not using their talk page for its intended purpose while blocked. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 19:08, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
about Beshouger a turkic adminBeshouger was a anti-mongol person he hates me specially i have edit for 2.5 years longly he always oppose me as a mongol weak person and have no strong adminization he revert my every edit even block me for years only for edits and not enoughly i give references to articles but he hate me more then anyone in wikistream media, you can see poor editor like me no one helped plz 🙏😭 block this traynt admin. 103.58.75.198 (talk) 15:45, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
mr. ntn i spread history of Mongolians part by part It's english yes english sir english int.National lang. So mr. Ntn harm me and revert my all Mongolized pages edit all the times specially turco-mongol without prv i am wrong! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.58.75.198 (talk) 16:11, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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EditingSorry, I didn't mean to interfere by excusing his rant. Because u edited out my reply, could u please tell me if I did anything wrong by explaining what I thought the 1975 date meant so I can learn? I wasn't faffing about - that was the date it ended Stephanie921 (talk) 18:40, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Strange usernameHey! I encountered a user with the username of "May7,1975". I highly doubt it's explicitly a username vio but I'd like your opinion on it since I've never seen one like it before. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:20, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
FuckThat escalated quickly... Drmies (talk) 17:48, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
User with clear misunderstanding of policiesHello Jauer! I'd like your opinion on a user. Gazd90 seems to have a severe misunderstanding of Wikipedia's policies, attempting to change a redirect into an article when they've been told multiple times that they need to prove the band is notable. They've also been told to read Wikipedia's notability policies, but appear to have refused to do so. I'm considering reporting them to WP:ANI but would like to hear your opinion on the matter first. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 13:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
WelcomeYour welcome is appreciated, sorry to ask you so quickly for help. What do I do with a problem user or editor? Could you assist?Extraordinary2 (talk) 23:37, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
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