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Is this OK?
In the article Otis T. Carr, a social security number is on the page. The subject died 40 years ago. Is this OK? I would think it should be deleted and REVDEL'ed, but what do I know? Thanks for listening. Jacona (talk) 16:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it's been oversighted. If you see something like this in the future, you can go here: Special:EmailUser/Oversight to get the Oversight team to remove the offending text. I only have the ability to revdel, so it would still be visible to admins. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:18, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello? It this a person who used to go by Rahfu? I've heard you're interested in an old internet user named Jenny, also known as eon337. Created something called the "longest text ever". If you're willing to talk, I have some information on this person I'd like to share, and I'd like to hear what you know. If this is the wrong person, deepest apologies. RedG (talk) 08:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Yesterday I warnedF1V8V10V6 (F1) for edit warring on the Max Verstappen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article. Their response was that I was stalking them (I wasn't, MV's article is on my list of articles I keep an eye on). F1 then thanked me for an edit I made to a shipwreck list. Today, he's thanked me four times for edits made to three different articles, none of which fall within his area of interest on Wikipedia. I know its a bit early to say for sure, but given the comment this seems to me the start of some stalking by F1. Not sure what to do here, but so far there has been no resumption of the edit war. Any thoughts or advice? Mjroots (talk) 13:33, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For info: I've blocked the editor in question for edit warring on the Max Verstappen article. A different edit war, but edit warring nonetheless. Mjroots (talk) 07:31, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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In looking over User talk:N1TH_Music, and considering the fact that they have reviewed relevant guidelines and accepted an offer of mentorship, and has been overall quite civil and understanding, I am willing to unblock that account. As the blocking admin, do you have any objection? ~Anachronist (talk) 17:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anachronist: On second thought....seeing their continued diatribe on their talk page, I don't think it's a good idea to unblock. They don't get it, and I have a feeling if we unblock, we are going to be right back were we are now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:06, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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I like that. That's someone that GETS why they were blocked, recognized the behavior, and gave ways to make it better, not just the usual "I won't do it again". I support an unblock. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know this isn't my place but I also feel strongly that we're overlooking a lengthy history here. Why are his reassurances now any better than those in the past? PRAXIDICAE🌈20:04, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Because if he violates this, and ends up blocked again, that's it from me. All of my good faith will be done. Let's just say this is the last shot from my perspective. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Does "from" Baltimore mean "in" Baltimore? If so, I need help with a photo. I found this photo that I want to use. Yes, the paper was copyrighted, but copyright was not renewed, when it expired in 1987. (Masthead shows copyright]. Periodicals shows issue 32 for March 7 copyrighted as B760640. Checking the on-line catalog I find no renewals.) It is the only image I have been able to find for Bertha McNeill, but it is horrible. Poking around, the LOC doesn't have issues from the 1950s, nor does newspapers.com. Google News archive has an even worse copy. I'm in southern Mexico, which is a really long walk to Baltimore, but I know when I lived in the US one could obtain back issues of local newspapers at the public library. Do you know if Baltimore offers this service, and would you be willing to try to find me a decent copy of this photograph? SusunW (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm certainly IN Baltimore for sure! I see it's from the Baltimore Afro-American, let me see first if the Enoch Pratt Library has a copy of that available. If they do, I'll see what I can do. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I literally pulled up every single article written about her searching for a photo. It was the only one I found and lucky me, it doesn't appear to be copyrighted. SusunW (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, I just started working on the article and there is no deadline for Wikipedia. I truly just appreciate that you are willing to try to get it. SusunW (talk) 20:29, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Muchas gracias! I keep getting called away from working on her to do other things, so no worries. Perhaps if the stars align, I'll be able to finish her and publish the article for Black History Month in February. Appreciate your help whenever it can happen. SusunW (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Pressure is off ;) I'd still like to have the photo, if you can find it, but I am pretty sure I finally found another that I can use. SusunW (talk) 23:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Mind removing the TPA of Ramy Marciano Amram Mendosa Moroccan Israeli Sephardic Poet? All they're doing is spamming their talk page with facebook links. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654515:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that, Rick. The thing is, I didn't altogether understand how you got the range you blocked, 92.40.218.0/27 (still don't). I constructed a /27 range from the single IP I had, 92.40.218.204, in the way I usually do, by adding /27 to it, thus getting 92.40.218.204/27. Assuming that would work the same way as yours, I tested it with the "contributions" function, which automatically converted it to 92.40.218.192/27 (leaving my comprehension behind, but that seems to be how it works). Anyway, it includes 92.40.218.204 and 92.40.218.206. So I don't think a /24 block was actually needed. (Actually, if it was only about covering those two IPs, so closely related, blocking the tiny 92.40.218.204/30 range would be enough. But it's certainly as well to catch a few more.) Be that as it may, it was stupid of me to assume your /27 and my /27 were the same; of course I should have checked your /27 by itself, before signing off on it. What can I say, except I guess my understanding of ranges is too shallow to be giving advice about them. The blind leading the blind. Sorry! Bishonen | tålk11:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]
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Teel James Glenn is one of the leading pulp authors in New York at this point and has a number of novels published as well as numerous short stories.
He is a Swordmaster in America and has worked as a stunt man for years.
He is an artist with drawings published.
He has contributed significantly to the Horror Writer's of America and deserves his page!
I keep attempting to set up his page and I have been told that he is not 'significant' enough a person to have a Wiki page. Last year alone I believe he sold 47 short stories. This seems significant to me. Zingasvryka (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Following my revert of the first edit of Juan Branco by Salmasalma2, I received the following mail of Juan Branco, with "Mise en demeure et enclenchement d'actions pénales" as an object:
Monsieur le Professeur d'université émérite Daniel Lazard,
je me permets de vous écrire afin de vous informer de votre identification sur l'encyclopédie Wikipedia, sous le nom d'utilisateur D.Lazard.
Vous avez, au cours des dernières années, et en appui ou avec l'appui d'une autre personne (sous le pseudo XlNolanX, devenu EdgarAllanFrost, et son faux nez , contribué à publier de façon répétée des informations diffamatoires, ne pouvant bénéficier ni de l'exception de vérité ni de la bonne foi.
Ces publications ont atteint lourdement à ma réputation, à mes intérêts professionnels et à ceux de mon cabinet, entraînant de lourdes et violentes conséquences sociales et personnelles. Ils ont atteint aux intérêts de mes proches, de mes clients et des personnes que je défendais. Ils ont non seulement entaché mon honneur, ma considération mais aussi ma présomption d'innocence.
Vos interventions sont en conséquences constitutives des délits de diffamation publique et d'injure, et constituent des faits de dénigrement au sens de la Cour de cassation.
La cour de cassation a établi que le simple fait de rétablir ou de poster des paroles diffamatoires déjà existantes sur une plateforme en ligne est constitutive d'une nouvelle publication poursuivable en tant que telle, y compris lorsqu'ils prennent source en des publications antérieures effectuées par des personnes tierces.
C'est donc avec un véritable soulagement que je vous annonce qu'une plainte pénale sera déposée prochainement à votre encontre.
Je vous met en demeure de toute réitération de vos actes.
Juan Branco
I am not really afraid by these legal threats, since I am not the author of any sentence in Juan Branco, and, for the French law, defamation requires that the involved sentences must be explicitly cited.
Nevertheless, other editors and Wikipedia itself may also be involved and must be prepared to react. Also, if a legal action is started (I do not believe that this will be, but ...), I think that my defense should be supported by Wikipedia).
This is way past my pay grade I'm afraid. If you are concerned about any possible legal actions I would suggest you reach out to legal@wikimedia.org with this information and advise them of this. They would be be best advised on what to do in this case. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:05, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As a follow up to the discussion, I hadn't seen the 2017 article, and I apologize for having failed to improve upon it. Thank you for your response. White 720 (talk) 00:18, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Juan Branco, again
Just after your indefinite block of Salmasalma2, another WP:SPA, named Paulk12, started to edit the same article Juan Branco. This is certainly block evasion and sock-puppetry, as the unique object of both accounts is to introduce a more positive presentation of the article subject (however, the second account proceeds with more subtlety, probably for trying to avoid a block). Another indice of sock-puppetry is that both WP:SPA are owned by an experienced editor.
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WP:UGC goes over this. "Examples of unacceptable user-generated sources are Ancestry.com, Facebook, Fandom, Find a Grave, Goodreads, IMDb, Instagram, ODMP, Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr, TV Tropes, Twitter, and Wikipedia (self referencing)". Unfortunately, we cannot prove that he is the stepson of Mr. Stewart, therefore it can't be used as a reliable source. If he has passed away, he is notable enough that it will be mentioned in the news, and then can be added. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
My block of DP
You're more than welcome to ramp it up to indef if you'd like. When I placed the block I had seen the last block for breaking this particular edit restriction was 2 weeks, so I went up to a month. I knew that there was a better than fair chance that a more significant sanction was called for, which is why I left the discussion open. My hope was to establish the block and allow the discussion to continue without back and forths. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:50, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for getting back to me on this. At this point, I will wait for the community to decide (which I think will be for a c-ban). But I didn't want to step on your toes, so I left it as is. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:52, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I am reasonably confident that user:92.21.252.186 is another sockpuppet. Looks like an SPA created to reinstate edit by an earlier one of his sockpuppets, knows too much about editing to be genuinely new. The article involved (Pimlico) has had minimal changes until now and the focus of attention is the same as usual. Do I really need to open another SPI? Or just block as another WP:DUCK again? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:28, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Rick, how's it going? It appears we had an admin conflict,[5] where I appear to have undone precisely what you apparently intended to do. Given the circumstances, I thought I'd open a channel. Any thoughts? -- zzuuzz(talk)20:34, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OK, no worries. Here's a tip while I'm passing: with this one, always take the opportunity to hardblock the IP, because the account has always already been created and will be waiting to exploit the softblock. -- zzuuzz(talk)21:05, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Regarding your recent closing of a discussion at ANI and incivility may I ask about some behaviour seen on the relevant user's talk page where other editors have come to lecture him about incivility.
This is an example, though previous comments in similar vein have been deleted.
While these may well be well-meaning, I do not think that they are terribly constructive in that they seem to my mind to have a certain touch of baiting or goading about them. If he responds in an impolite manner on his own talk page - even simply deleting previous messages is called out by one of these editors - then perhaps one of them or someone else just there for the show will report him on ANI for incivility. I don't think that this sort of thing is playing fair.
Sure, there's community consensus of a problem and that something should be done about it, and I support the solution but I feel that poking the guy with a stick until he snarls is disruptive. --Pete (talk) 21:27, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know. I wanted to let you know I'm not ignoring this, I'm going to be inactive for a few days due to a family emergency. I will drop a note on the talk page to advise people, let this drop now as there's no reason to pile on. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:02, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I checked and there appears to not have been any reported socks of that user in 5 years. I'll go ahead and lower it now. If it needs to be changed, it can be done again. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:59, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I used G10 to blank the racist language used while someone dealt with deleting the page. Please let me know if there was a better option to use? Equine-man (talk) 19:28, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The comment isn't really something I would consider revdeling. It's rude/vandalism, but in the guises of a comment, not worthy of removal. Instead of deleting the page, if that was the issue, that could be done. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:31, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. As the editor was indef banned and I perceived it as racist, I just thought nuke the page and hide the contents until someone sorted it. Thanks for the help! Equine-man (talk) 19:37, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Years ago I would have, but in today's political climate I have no place for that kind of talk, whoever says it. I just didn't want to seem like I didn't trust your judgment, I very much did! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:25, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Day of Jihad, clearly correctly. I found myself fixing and expanding some content on the day in question at Protests on the 2023 Israel–Hamas war#13 October. While it was a non-event as far as terrorist attacks go, it was a day of peaceful protest, and fears of violence lead to bans on pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protests in some countries, so it seemed reasonable to give some coverage in an article on protests. It is also a topic with a lot of misinformation, which it took forever to sift through, so some Wikipedia coverage seems desirable.
Given that the deletion discussion contained a number of statements to the effect that, while the subject wasn't notable, some related content in another article would be appropriate, and (I think) no statements to the opposite effect, do you think a redirect to {{anchor|Global day of jihad|Global day of rage}} in the Protests on the 2023 Israel–Hamas war#13 October section would be appropriate? If not, should I do a deletion review? HLHJ (talk) 18:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Could you take it to deletion review? I would like a wide audience to look at that to be safe. Of course, if it's worthy of a redirect, I'd be happy to switch it to that. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, they finally said who they were. It may be that there is a follow-up, if they jump through the hoops, but that's a later concern. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 12:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Rick, I was actually re-doing an edit I made to the page a while ago that was reverted without explanation (except an unfairclaim of vandalism) by another editor. The edits I made were because I believed the campaign finance section constituted undue weight and that the scare quote usage of "claim" is a violation of Wikipedia's manual of style. It seems like the IP address who made the revert is simply the same editor named OrcaLord that initially added it and seemingly has a goal of adding as much thinly sourced "negative" information about Slotkin as possible to the article (I clicked through to the Twitter account provided on his profile and the location of the IP matches). If I'm approaching this incorrectly, I would appreciate any help in editing the page so it's not just a place for OrcaLord and his Twitter friends to run their campaign against Slotkin. Thank you. 216.93.126.69 (talk) 12:21, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest to take it up on the talk page. It does appear at first glance to be sourced info, as I feel this would require a wider discussion on the talk page to hash out, rather than revert/deletion. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:25, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I came to this page from Twitter because Orca is actively organizing other Twitter users to help him add negative information about Slotkin as possible. Is that allowed here? I did post to the talk page but I am not a big Wikipedia user except for some run ins years ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.93.126.69 (talk) 12:30, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's an accusation that needs proof to be honest. Also, the talk page is where this should be discussed. If there is a consensus to have this info there on that page, then it would remain. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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You jumped on that LTA that was created to bother me. It's one of dozens that's been created over the past year. Someone out there is fanatically obsessed with me, it seems.
Nobody has ever dealt with one of these LTA accounts as rapidly as you did - often, the LTA is allowed to engage on talk pages for days or weeks, completely derailing my conversations and my work. It's very frustrating. I wanted to say "thank you" for dealing with it quickly and firmly. Take care. Philomathes2357 (talk) 20:35, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Recovering Peter W. M. Blayney page - and adding to it
I'd like to recover the deleted page for Peter Blayney. He is a very highly regarded academic in the Bibliography and Shakespeare scholarship fields, with many published works and awards to his name, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Biblioographical Society's Gold Medal.
I had to dig around a bit to find the page, since this was 6 years ago and I didn't even recall deleting it. I can do that sure, it was deleted as created by a banned editor, but since you're obviously looking to recreate it in good faith, I'll do so now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you muchly! Very quick turn-around; I appreciate it.
It needs some work, but I'll fix it up over the next few days. Let me know if you object to something; I'd prefer this page sticks around! :-) ZoneAlarm5 (talk) 19:25, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I see you deleted User:Afiller in 2017. I know who this user is - he's Dr. Aaron Filler. Dr. Filler made foundational contributions to magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) and deep gluteal syndrome. I know this both because I edit articles on these topics (e.g. I wrote deep gluteal syndrome) as well and have spoken to him on several occasions outside of wikipedia. I don't know if there is an appeal process to reverse deletions but I think it should be strongly considered especially considering the listed reasons for the deletion do not seem serious. Wikipedia is not going to have a better qualified medical editor on MRN and nerve entrapment than Dr. Filler.
The user was not deleted, as user accounts aren't deleted, just the User page. The reason for deletion was the user page was being used as a host for his CV, which is not a purpose for Wikipedia. Dr. Filler's account however is active, and he is more than welcome to edit here at his leisure. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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yes, I've checked the user is currently blocked when checking for sock. if you check further notice he's blocked on 9 January, 2024 at (note the time) 13.14 and the last he edited on the page was 13.10 , 9 January, 2024 Special:Contributions/45.248.151.129. So he neither did evade the block nor he's a sock. I think the user who added the strike knows this as he was also involved in the "User conduct at Bangladesh genocide RfC and TBAN violation" section. I see this as an abuse of tags. Salekin.sami36 (talk) 19:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. His last block before doing the edit expired before August, 2023. Up until the last edit he was unblocked as per the block logs. I think @45.248.151.129 should create an account and discuss the matter with the involved admin. Salekin.sami36 (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
RickinBaltimore: If you really look at the sock strikes throughout the talk pages, you'll notice a lot of them have been falsely blocked, either due to being 'suspected socks' or for reverting sock strikes that have been placed there only to be removed after a few days (although not all of them are socks). 88.239.12.37 (talk) 07:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I revoked on the one you mentioned because of their constant trolling. The other accounts since being blocked haven't done anything really to warrant talk page removal however. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There he goes again. It's that guy once again, StealthForce, and please, don't listen to what that guy says. He's just going to make out that I'm the enemy here, and do his "screaming" method of talking; both IP ranges trace to New Jersey, once again. I'm sorry, but this is just frustrating. Please do what you can. He just never learns his lesson. Thank you. 174.61.189.42 (talk) 21:24, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Eh, I'm not quite seeing a link between the two. The comments are similar in tone, however the suspected sock seems to be a bit less inflammatory to begin with. CU isn't to be used for fishing, so I'd be hesitant to run a check here on this. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Makes sense, thank you. Would this be the appropriate venue if he does something additional (beyond starting editing in the same place 20 mins after the user was given a last warning)? FortunateSons (talk) 18:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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lol, everyone deletes the article, but it's recreated multiple times today, I posted at AIV and WP:ANI, I really don't understand why the guy that keeps creating it isn't banned yet! heh. Maybe if the guy is shutdown then the article wouldn't be recreated over and over again!! Govvy (talk) 18:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, and hope you are well, I have reverted this ip comments [[10]] since I believe that they are obvious sock puppet of previously blocked editor, judging by their ip address, [[11]] maybe they, what is even more strange that this ip made only 3 edits, and they act like they know me, what is also strange that their only edits were on wp:ani. So I don't know but don't you think that this is a bit strange? Thank you. Theonewithreason (talk) 23:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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