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Blocks on 222.127.19x.xx IP

Hi Widr, an IP editing from 222.127.191.40 and more recently from 222.127.190.202 has made many gnomish edits on earthquake list articles. I initially checked them but found all of them to be fine, mostly updating values to match updated version of cited sources. I've no doubt that you blocked them for good reason, perhaps for block evasion. I'm just curious because everything I've seen has been a positive to the project. Mikenorton (talk) 13:26, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

The (now expired) range block was not related to those edits. There was a long-term vandal on the loose. Widr (talk) 17:10, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, understood. Mikenorton (talk) 17:32, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Issue with 205.134.215.64

Previously you blocked User talk:205.134.215.64 for one month for disruptive editing, it seems they continue to edit in the same fashion since the block has lapsed. Perhaps worth taking a look. Zenomonoz (talk) 05:39, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

I appreciate you dealing with the user who egregiously personally attacked me. I would like to ask -- do you believe their sole other edit should also be rev-deleted? Given the racist contents of it, I would argue yes, but if you don't believe it needs to be removed, feel free to let me know. Once again, thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 18:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

You reverted it, that's probably enough. I'm not a fan of excessive use of revdel. Widr (talk) 18:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
OK, I was just wondering. Thank you for all that you do here. JeffSpaceman (talk) 18:56, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Just a week?

It's pretty clear that 122.3.0.0/16 is evading a six-month block elsewhere.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:34, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

And yearlong block here.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
And many others. So it doesn't make much of a difference if the block is for a day or a year. Widr (talk) 14:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Having some issues

Im new. I made a comment on a talk page here Talk:Death of Nex Benedict: Revision history - Wikipedia Which has been taken over (Serious forced speech) by 3 editors on Wikipedia. Quite simply, I stated

"This needs changed Let's be fair here, this child poured water on a group of girls in a bathroom. This is what started the fight that day in the bathroom. "Benedict told police they were beaten by three girls in the girls' restroom at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. Benedict died the following day. " SHOULD read (To be 100% fair and impartial) Benedict told police, after pouring water on three girls, they were beaten in the girls' restroom at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. Benedict died the following day. This is simply because as the article now reads, it is one sided, much as a democratic newspaper would be. We note the people that locked this page and have access to this page. Their own sexuality aligns with the way this article is written. Wikipedia used to be about facts. Used to be."


Which was immediately removed from the Talk page by an editor who describes herself on her twitch page as "Here to make you uncomfortable for being ciss"

She removed the Talk page addition I had made and posted this instead:

" →‎This needs changed: "b-but they threw water!" NOTFORUM much? undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted"

Which only states HER opinion, not actual facts, and the way she wrote it "b-but they threw water!" shows her emotional passive aggressiveness taking over and this is not what Wikipedia is about. This is not an opinion or politcal website, it is a factual fact website.

She has been blocked from editing multiple times before from other Admins.

While it is true, my edit may not be newsworthy, or you may consider it a forum post, the way the wording on the subject reads makes it seem that this person was beaten up for no reason at all, yet, this person publicly stated on police camera "Yea, I dumped water all over them, it was funny and I laughed at them, then they came for me and beat me up"

These are CLEARLY political edits made by these 3 wikipedia authors that all describe themself as "trans" for a political point, not a factual point.

Wikipedia was started as a collection of facts, not a collection of political speaking points. Please come see this, the abuse by these 3 editors will continue I am quite sure. 2601:983:4600:6832:0:0:0:95 (talk) 11:23, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Special:Contribs/2001:16A2:C0B6:EB99:C115:175E:C542:2C1E

Please revoke IP's TPA. Thanks! Hide on Rosé (thảo luận | đóng góp | trung ương) 13:15, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

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Sock

Hi, could you move This ID you recently blocked to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fox931711. This is the same person. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:17, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

And kindly delete their edit summaries. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Just came here to ask for those attacks to be revdelled. I requested as such in my AIV report but I think it got archived too quickly. City of Silver 18:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

2a02:c7c::/32's block at AN

Hi Widr, I found 2a02:c7c::/32's block settings interesting enough to start a discussion about it; it's at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard § 2a02:c7c::/32 and your input would be welcome. I'm notifying everyone whose name appears in the block log as this is practically a review of a series of admin actions yours was a part of. I hope that, due to the amount of administrators who built the block to the current state, discussing this in a central location directly rather than asking everyone for input on their own talk page is okay. And perhaps there was a past discussion and this is completely unnecessary silliness of me; I apologize in advance if that's the case. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary!

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

How does one check one's draft

Hello, I'm a French Wikipedian who translated an article from French to English : Draft:History of economic inequality. I've seen that you were an administrator, so I was pondering if you could check my draft in order to release it properly? Thanks in advance, yours, respectfully. MDCCCC (talk) 22:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Range

Hello I am coming to Wikipedia after so many days because I am getting some problems. Because of some reasons I have to use LAN and its range is shared and keeps on changing, its range is blocked and there may be several accounts on the range, because of this fear I stopped editing from many days. I cannot do anything for LAN. Please tell me a solution of this. ✠ ZenDragoX✠ (contact) 13:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

If there is no problem with this can I continue with this?
And if it creates problems then I will try to get to my old gadget back. ✠ ZenDragoX✠ (contact) 13:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

197.54.0.0/16

I just came across this proxy hard-block of yours. Could you please take another look at it? It (or at least the single IP I checked for an ACC request) doesn't seem to be a proxy. Best, — Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I changed it to anon-only. Widr (talk) 16:27, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Great, thanks! — Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey little buddy!

For a reason unlisted, my IP has been blocked, but my account has not. Given your list of over 98,000 user blocks alone, I'm sure you have time to explain or revert this.


Kiihtu,

Your better half (A Sami speaker) Rotprince (talk) 19:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Could you revert deletion of GoWabi page?

Hi, I've noticed that you delete page of notable startup in Thailand called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoWabi

Could you please consider to change your decision? Sharing some PR links

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/pr/2375078/or-invests-in-gowabi-no-1-spa-beauty-platform-in-thailand https://www.ryt9.com/en/prg/256642 https://sg.news.yahoo.com/startup-makes-health-beauty-booking-thrives-thailand-045029266.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI9w48na33p25t8QaBZE4PFRqcOuGEYV7-oMw0qt0391sTh8WkCB1Ko1OFHSqIyZVpsbojHeva4fhL8p6Yw_Xczn-CS8_ljM3iyxDIrKGKgWFOwu3BlSrtnxPIG_7_tyMzvU3dcsa4CxFpnZ1aVssV9PBchL9zlO9b1GyoX0-6YO 171.103.89.207 (talk) 06:23, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2600:1700:EA50:7FD0:0:0:0:0/64

Hello Widr. An IP range you blocked for three years in March 2020, 2600:1700:EA50:7FD0:0:0:0:0/64, is still at it with overlinking, unsourced content additions and other disruptive edits to this day. Could you block it again for another long period? See this ANI thread for complaint from another editor which has sat there unnoticed for four days. Thanks! — AP 499D25 (talk) 08:41, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Restrictions

hello. I have been banned or restricted sight wide for "abusing multiple accounts" I'm unaware how I abused the accounts. I am/was new to editing Wiki and don't really have a clue what I'm doing. I definitely didn't mean to abuse multiple accounts. Can you advise please?

Best, Kieran LeosPappa (talk) 13:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

46.233.64.0/18

Hi, you blocked this range a year or so ago. Because of talk page abuse you set it to not talk page access. Unfortunately that means no one, even logged in users, can leave requests for Ip Block exemption on their own talk pages. Can you remove the talk page block, please.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 18:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC).

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Rabee al-Madkhali

Hello - I noticed you recently blocked Athariguy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for disurptive edits at Rabee al-Madkhali. I fear 82.174.164.86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) might be the same person attempted to evade? --ZimZalaBim talk 21:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

And now Ummkurdia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Sigh. --ZimZalaBim talk 21:11, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for What You Did Just NOW 🤯

My hero… 49.228.237.93 (talk) 19:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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Dude what?

You blocked a /40 for 3 years. Seriously?? Please read User:TonyBallioni/Just block the /64. Look at Special:Contributions/2600:1007:B100:0:0:0:0:0/40 and you see that youve blocked editors literally all over the United States. Please fix. Cheers.Rugendow (talk) 23:13, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much

Thank you! Llammakey (talk) 18:16, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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protection

Our protection adding happened at the same time. I did 24 hours, if you think it should be less you are welcome to change it. I don't normally do this so not sure what the standard times are. Secretlondon (talk) 23:08, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed. It's fine by me. Widr (talk) 23:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
@Secretlondon: If you're wondering what the standard protection times for that page are, here they are. It looks like it varies from anywhere between a day and a week. Unnamed anon (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Rock and roll

Thank you for banning the users who were vandalising this article:) Indigobeam ♥ ​She/They 10:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

TPA for IP vandal

2600:1016:B12A:7D14:7C75:344F:E9B2:73C5 (talk · contribs), who you banned a little while back (thank you for that), definitely needs talk page access revoked. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:25, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

revdel?

does this need revdel -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:11, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

I wouldn't, but many others would. So you can if you want. Widr (talk) 21:25, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

hi

Hi Crapple snapple (talk) 17:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Just to point out @Widr, the guy who made the above comment has been warned twice (including a level 2 warning from me) about posting inappropriate comments on talk pages. Hurricane Clyde 🌀my talk page! 20:56, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

About your block of 173.197.192.0/18

Thanks for that; now I don't need to ask for a rangeblock at AIV.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:47, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Um, hello??

You blocked a /40 for 3 years. Seriously?? Please read User:TonyBallioni/Just block the /64. Look at Special:Contributions/2600:1007:B100:0:0:0:0:0/40 and you see that youve blocked editors literally all over the United States. Like for real. Fix this. Cheers. Rugendow (talk) 01:38, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

@Rugendow Have you looked at the contribs for this range? Have you looked at their block log? The history of disruption within that range goes back years, and it is pervasive. This is not the first block. It is not the second. It is the sixth. I Endorse the block. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:25, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
OP indeffed as a sock of User:Soapbeats. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:12, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
You need to learn to read before you reply and make wild endorsements. Rugendow didn’t say there hasn’t been any disruption from that range. The point-which you missed completely-is that it’s an enormous range, blocking countless editors who never did anything wrong and countless new would be editors who gave up trying. You said you endorse the block because of the history of disruption. By your logic we should block all IP’s for a long history of disruption because again you have blocked way more than 1 person. This needs to be fixed now. Cragadobe (talk) 17:43, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Assistance requested :)

Hello,

The IP who keeps coming back to my talk page has now emailed me and also left me a message over at Commons. Fun!

My intent with being kind at the initial talk page was to AGF and help a new user understand our policies and guidelines and perhaps become a productive contributor. Perhaps they have trouble with understanding social cues; perhaps they were young; perhaps they were blinded by their sense of righteousness. I have been all of those things at one time or another.

I knew that there was a chance that they were a troll or irredeemably attached to a complete sentence being on Pinellas County, Florida about it being in the West Central region of Florida; I went over there to see if their (admittedly, sourced) opinions were being respected. They were, just not their desire to add the sentence to the end of the paragraph. (Check the diffs, it's almost comical!)

Between them making the request and me actually checking out the article, all this crazy stuff happened, including the ECPing of my talk page. Who knew that could happen? Who would've thought that my talk page would be protected because of someone else being disruptive and not me?

Anyway, what are my next steps? I'm kind of tired of this user contacting me. My instincts tell me to leave a message saying that I won't do the edits; I'm going to do that because I want a clean conscience, but let me know if I should do anything else.

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 10:35, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Email:
Hey JuxtaposedJacob, About that user who removed that discussion we had yesterday, that user is lying and trying to get me banned again and that user keeps on removing any discussions I create asking for help about my ban because they want me to suffer from being blocked unfairly and treated unfairly on here for the rest of my life. That user is one of the many people on here who have been bullying me and stalking me and hounding me ever since I got blocked indefinitely in June. Because nobody gave me any help or any advice at all in any of the instances I asked for help about my ban. If you see them or any other user revert my edit and delete that discussion again then please report them to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global.
Good times in wiki-land !
JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 10:42, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
This is indeed a banned troll. Just ignore, revert or delete if you see any more of this. Widr (talk) 13:21, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #97945

This is one of yours. Just checking in before unblocking. -- asilvering (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't use UTRS, so I don't know what's there. Widr (talk) 17:42, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Luke Elaine Burke

Hello, Widr,

I'd email you about this but you don't have an email link listed. I just wondered about your indefinite block of this new editor. I have had my suspicions about them and whether they are a returning editor but I'm not sure what prompted you to issue an indefinite block. I see some misguided edits that could be seen as trolling but nothing that I think would result in an indefinite block and since you removed talk page access, they should probably be advised about UTRS. Thanks for any details you can provide here. Liz Read! Talk! 00:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Several disruptive edits and a report to AIV prompted the block. I don't think it makes much of a difference if it's a returning troll or a new one, most of their recent edits were clearly just messing around and wasting others' time. If you disagree or want to unblock, that's up to you of course. Widr (talk) 09:51, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
I was wondering about this one too, so I'll take you up on that and unblock. I'll keep an eye on them and see where it goes from there. -- asilvering (talk) 23:09, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
And his first edit on returning? Disruptive (diff) and thus reverted by another user. I think WP:NOTHERE clearly applies to this user. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
You'll notice it was my revert. -- asilvering (talk) 06:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
I see that now, yes. You're being remarkably tolerant. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:16, 14 December 2024 (UTC)