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A user keeps removing references

Hello, please take a look at the history of Mohammad Saiful Alam. A user keeps reverting/removing references. Also they created several account to do it. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 16:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Both new accounts blocked as socks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:37, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

locked vs blocked

Hi. What's the difference between being blocked vs locked? —usernamekiran (talk) 14:39, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

• User talk:usernamekiran, "locked" pertains to articles, "blocked" to editors. Please don't post so early--Bbb hasn't had coffee yet. Drmies (talk) 14:40, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  @Drmies: Seems like you haven't had your coffee yet either, you pinged my talkpage hehe. So, what does it mean on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Viralvilla/Archive (the second last comment), User:Steelbird1967, is "globally locked", but not blocked? —usernamekiran (talk) 14:58, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  A global lock is imposed by a steward and prevents the user from editing on any Wikimedia project.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  I pinged your talk page because that's the quickest thing to do from your signature. Yes, a global lock, that's a different matter: I suppose that's really a kind of super block. Good morning Bbb. Drmies (talk) 15:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  so in other words, globally locked = globally blocked from all namespaces on all Wikimedia projects? —usernamekiran (talk) 15:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  That's convoluted: globally locked means what I said. As an aside, "globally blocked" is the phrase used for IPs, whereas "globally locked" is for registered accounts. Bonus: globally locked users cannot edit their own Talk pages, either. Salut, Drmies.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:44, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  (talk page stalker) I suppose that it's like a Venn diagram; the difference is that an IP is "globally blocked", a user is "globally locked", the user can't edit their own talk page, and the similarity is that both of them are unable to edit any type of Wikipedia project, correct? NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  Shoot me now, please.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  This is actually pretty, uh... weird that they don't say "blocked" for users, either. I mean, on here, administrators can "block" normal user accounts, but don't even ask me why on other Wikimedia projects stewards can globally "lock" user accounts instead of "blocking" them. Do you ever look at someone and wonder, what is going on inside their head? NoobThreePointOh (talk) 16:06, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  One uses a key and the other a lego. Drmies, a Ph.D, answers all etymological questions.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:30, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  Well, I kind of like it. "Block", like, "you can't get into this room", but "locked" as in "I'm locking you out of the building altogether". "Lock" is a cool word. Drmies (talk) 16:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  (edit conflict)That doesn't address why global block is used for IPs and global lock for registered accounts. I even took a look at Meta and couldn't find an explanation for the different terminology, although I did find an amusing pair of statements, one saying that IPs can be globally blocked indefinitely and other saying that IPs should never be indefinitely globally blocked. We have the same issue for local blocks of IPs. My favorite is Admin Killallips indefinitely blocks an IP, Admin Iloveallips says policy prohibits indefinite blocks of IPs, so AdminKillallips, after blocking Admin Iloveallips for opening their yap, changes the IP's indefinite block to a 10-year block.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

  Hi, @Drmies. I saw you were telling Kiran this morning about Bbb having his coffee. Going back to Friday, that may have officially ruined my coffee experience in the morning. Apparently, there's a cafeteria near my dorm, and I went to grab coffee. I grabbed iced coffee, because the cold in the coffee jolts me up quickly. So I poured it out into my Lorax cup (still love that book) and I touched the side of my cup and it was SO HOT. Like, who the hell calls it "iced coffee" and makes it so hot? It's usually never hot. At this point, I've grabbed tea bags to take back to my dorm, because in no way am I trusting my cafeteria's coffee ever again. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 16:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Request

Hi @Bbb23. In 2022 you salted this page: Anfisa Letyago. Can I please request this be unsalted so I can create an article? The subject now meets MUSICBIO - including coverage from reliable sources, major segments on national radio, and winning a notable award (Billboard Italia Women in Music). Thanks! ResonantDis_tortion 14:53, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Salted talk page

Hello! Hope you're doing well.

The page Rodrigo Hernández is not WP:SALTed, and I've created a redirect from it to Rodri (footballer, born 1996) as requested from WP:AFC/R. However, the automated tool that I use to accept requests there notes that the redirect's talk page is salted. Can I request this be unsalted for consistency's sake? Or is there something useful I should know about this article's history? Cheers. LR.127 (talk) 15:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

The history is very odd, but, regardless of the thinking of the protecting admin (and we can't ask), I don't see why it needs to be salted, so it's not anymore.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:51, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Adrienne Warren

Hi Bbb23. I've been working on cleaning up and improving Virginia articles with template issues, and you previously placed a "BLP sources" template on the Adrienne Warren article. Clearly the page still needs plenty of work, but it seems reasonably sourced for a start class article. To me, it looks to have enough decent sources to address basic BLP verification concerns, but maybe I'm just used to dealing with articles in much worse shape. So, I'm curious about your take. Thanks, Mojo Hand (talk) 17:11, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't figure out why I did it. You're welcome to remove it.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:30, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

OK thanks for your quick response.--Mojo Hand (talk) 00:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Change

Hi, Admin I would like to ask your assistance about changing the Category:Mister International to Category:Mister International (Thailand) since this belongs to Thailand based factions and the other one is Philippines based to avoid confusion. Thank you. 🌼𝓡𝓬 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝔃🍁 (talk) 15:18, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I have no interest in this.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:50, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

User:Kamanipour

Was going to go to SPI but is so clear that though just bring here Darvishanpourbam edit count: 536 all just to get auto confirmed to add there book. I see at Persian literature they aslo have another friends/account helping here Moxy🍁 17:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Darvishanpourbami looks obvious to me, but I'm unwilling to block Iliishi based on one edit. You're welcome to file an SPI requesting CU if you wish.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good thank you for your time. Moxy🍁 17:40, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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Looks like a sock party is in full swing. A bunch of new accounts arguing about box office figures; I noticed that you blocked and tagged several of them, but I'm not too familiar with the master; is User:Ampupu123 the only master you're familiar with here, or are there others? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 02:05, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't have time to look at this tonight; I'll try to do so tomorrow.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:23, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm sure you already know because I pinged you, but I filed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ampupu123 a moment ago. It seemed like the easiest thing to do.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you; I didn't realize that you were not a current CU. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)