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December 1, 2009 — December 31, 2009

block IP/rangeblock?

Can anything be done about Jessica Liao aside from whack-a-mole? tedder (talk) 04:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I can. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:41, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

More Mustapha khalid

Just so you know (since you did the SPI), I've also blocked Moonhacker (talk · contribs · block log) and Phil997 (talk · contribs · block log) as socks of User:Mustapha khalid. I'll check that range again in a couple days for any new accounts, as it looks like a very very dynamic range and I just gave someone an IPBE to avoid the autoblocks we caused. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 07:35, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

k, thanks. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:50, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Star

Yellow Star Congratulations, J.delanoy! Within the past nine days, you received the Orange Star and the Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. You've now been chosen to receive the next higher up award, the Yellow Star. This makes you eligible for the shiniest award of all, the Blue Star. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan the vanilla twilight 01:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Girl, that's one bright star! - _{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 13:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Time zone correction

Hello! I notified you a year ago for forgetting to change your time zone UBX. If I'm correct, you forgot to do it again last month. Perhaps you'll need to fix it, eh? Schfifty3 02:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Another new account

My mom registered for Wikipedia tonight, on an IP address I frequently use. I would like to tell you that even if we are related, we are not sock accounts. Hope you will understand this. - _{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 13:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Throwaway85

Obvious per the accounts' choice of name, however it's a sock of whom please? Nja²⁴⁷ 07:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

He has a sock, which was blocked independently before I looked. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 07:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi J.Delanoy. I just wanted to say that I harbour no hard feelings over the events of the last 24 hours. I know how it must have looked from your side, and can see why you made the choices you did. I was wondering, however, if there's a forum for discussing how to handle sockpuppet investigations where large institutions with thousands of users are involved. As good as the checkuser process normally is, there are still times where it returns a false positive, and I would like to help reduce the likelihood that those false positives lead to innocent editors being indef-blocked. I'd appreciate your feedback on the matter. Thank you, Throwaway85 (talk) 01:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

As per User:AniMate, I've started a discussion on the matter here. I would welcome your input on the subject, as you have far more experience in these matters than I. Throwaway85 (talk) 03:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

There is no systematic way to remove or lessen the number of false positives. Every checkuser case is absolutely and utterly unique; even if the same case is run by different checkusers, they will often come to different conclusions, or some may find things that others do not. With so much variance, I doubt that any coherent method to approach such things could be found. And let me assure you that your case is far, far less complicated than many that I deal with. Your university has, including IPs, maybe a few hundred editors within the last three months. I very, very frequently deal with ranges that had upwards of five thousand editors in three months. And it is not unheard of to find places with more than five thousand in one month. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Let it never be suggested that I envy your position. I appreciate the complexities of the matter and, once again, bare you no ill will. I may well have made the same decision in your position. Rather than attempting to amend policy, I'm more trying to brainstorm ways of reducing the occurrence of incidents such as this in the future. I would still appreciate any input you may have in regards to this, even if you merely restate your beliefs above. The more people contribute, the better chance we have of arriving at a conclusion, be it to recommend a change or stick with the status quo. Thanks again. Throwaway85 (talk) 04:38, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Userpage protection

Thanks for the offer to protect my userpage; Tedder has now protected it for a week, so I think we might as well just wait and see. Do you think it would be appropriate to semi-protect my talk page for a similar period? I understand that limiting access to talk pages is generally not a good idea, but the amount of work that the attacker creates for other editors is getting pretty large. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Done (and removed repeat section here). Tan | 39 16:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

• Never mind, as I was writing this up, Tanthalas39 took the initiative and semiprotected my talk page. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:24, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

My brain has just woke up and I'm keen to learn. Why did you protect User talk:64.231.201.128 ? Cheers Materialscientist (talk) 22:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

He was rangeblocked, and he was attempting to get people to block him, since in the past, a block on a single IP would override a rangeblock, and he would not be hardblocked, as his range is. To facilitate this, he was deliberately triggering an abuse filter that MrZ-man's bot reports to the bot AIV. I reblocked his range without talk page access. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:08, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Another naive question (I am a newbie admin). Is there any easy way to see a nearby rangeblock before blocking a single IP? And another, if I strongly suspect an IP comes from an open proxy (from a unique edit pattern), should I just long-term block that IP or better do something else? Materialscientist (talk) 23:15, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

On the bottom of any IP's talk page, there is a list of links. If you click on "rangeblock finder", it will show a list of all blocks on the IP, including direct and range blocks. Before blocking an IP as a proxy, you should probably have someone use a proxy checking tool check to see if it is a proxy, or check yourself. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

You have saved many concerned editors (including myself) a lot of time by confirming the misuse of the account User:LittleMissWikipoo. Geometry guy 23:48, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

hmm..

Hi J. An IP keeps posting a crude message on my talk page, despite that IP being blocked. Other IPs keep posting the same message. I really don't know much about that stuff but I was wondering if there was anything you could do/know about it? Thanks A8UDI 01:53, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Heads up

Hi, J.delanoy. This is a courtesy notice informing you that your name has been mentioned at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Shopping for an appropriate forum. I apologize for the late notification, since you were only mentioned in passing and I didn't expect this to involve you. However, it now appears that User:Valerius Tygart is contesting your checkuser results in his Sockpuppet Investigation. He claims that he has never deceptively or abusively used sockpuppetry, which is at odds with your findings that (Valerius Tygart = Dogwood123 = 140.139.35.250); in light of this edit where one of his socks denies being another one of his socks. Your comments would be welcome. Xenophrenic (talk) 05:29, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Ban of User:Editor XXV

Hello. It seems like concensus has been reached for a ban on this sockpuppet maker. Can you put the ban tag on his page or can any of us do that?--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:57, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. I checked the user page. See ya round, _{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 14:01, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Mistaken Block

-No problem, I have also "jumped the gun" from time to time. I wonder, however, if this block is...?permanently added to my history, so that if I ever try to be an administrator....? At any rate, thank you for your prompt attention and removal!-Thatguyflint ^{Talk to me!} 04:27, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately it is. However, anyone looking at my unblock would immediately know it was a mistake, and if I see anyone try to give you a hard time over it, should you run for admin in the future, I will reach through the internets and slap them around :P J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:32, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For the protection on my talk. I regret any extra work for you or the other editors watching there. I realize it's just a click to change, but imagine what those editors could accomplish if they didn't have to continually change silliness. See ya 'round Tiderolls 04:59, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem. I figure if he wants to vandalize, he can do it on just my page. After all, I did sign up for it... J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:05, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Lyricmac/Gallery

My dear J.delanoy, the page shown above was created by a vandal, 189.216.157.192, after being reverted by me. Would you please be so kind as to delete it? I am sure that the contents were intended to be tongue-in-cheek, and are not welcome. Wishing you the best of the day,--Lyricmac (talk) 06:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, sir. And very prompt, indeed. My congrats.--Lyricmac (talk) 06:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Please block

Greetings J.delanoy - when you have a moment, could you please check out the edits made by User talk:92.235.202.234. Cheers!--Technopat (talk) 00:51, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, seeing that the talk page didn't have a final warning template on it, and that it is currently not vandalizing, blocking at the moment is unnecessary. _{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 01:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Block page

I wonder how administrators used to view this page while blocking accounts. How did it look like. Can you please show me a picture of it? This is also a preparation, in case I am going to be elected as an admin. If you can please leave a {{talkback}} message on my talk page. See 'ya round,_{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 13:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you mean the page that administrators use to block people or the page that people see when they are blocked? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 16:59, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

The page where administrators use to block other accounts and even former sysops! You just gave me the link! Thanks a lot! _{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 01:46, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Bryan Anderson (politician)

Man, I am sick of this IP range vandalizing this article! Could you protect it or do some kind of blocking, if it's not too late? Thanks. :-) Schfifty3 23:33, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Semi'd it. Steve Smith (talk) 23:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox

I am User:Fear Itself, I logged in to my secondary account to do mass reverts of the edits by 77.73.162.21. Could you please explain to me why you reverted my edit, thus reinserting a highly offensive image to the sandbox? I'm aware Wikipedia is not censored, but surely there are some limitations to what can placed into a sandbox. ~ ς ح д r خ є ~ 03:32, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure. I don't remember making that revert. I'm using a touchpad on a laptop, so I may have accidentally clicked it. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:41, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah... I see. Well, accidents do happen. Just today, as Fear Itself, I accidentally rolled back all of my edits. ~ ς ح д r خ є ~ 06:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

O_O lol. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 16:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Final (hopefully) Bambifan101 BellSouth range

Hi, J. I think I successfully blocked User:74.249.96.0/19 as Bambifan101's sole remaining BellSouth range and I've also filed a complaint directly with AT&T. Might I impose on you to double-check whether or not I properly blocked the range and to please correct my error if I did it wrong? With any luck, we will be rid of him for a year if not sooner, assuming BellSouth shuts him down for a TOS violation. Thanks.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 06:41, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Mostly, his ranges show up on the WHOIS as like a /12 or a /13, so I don't know. I am almost certain he has access to more ranges than just that. Bellsouth is very annoying. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 16:07, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Jesus, jackhammers etc

Might be an idea to prevent account names with a combination of these two words, if such a thing is possible.   pablo_hablo. 20:20, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

um, why? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:30, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Um, it's a technological step up from Jumpin' Jesus H. Christ on a Pogostick? — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 20:41, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I have no idea what either of you are saying, and even if I did, I don't know how to do that. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:44, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry if it was a bit obscure, I was thinking about this and this. No idea what Sizzle Flambé is on about ...   pablo_hablo. 21:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Urban Dictionary:Jumpin' Jesus on a Pogo Stick; poster. (The transition to jackhammer should be obvious.) — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 02:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I totally got where you were going with that, Sizzle. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Sock-puppetry in Persian people

Have you also checked User:SorenShadow, User:Danz23 and User:R1000R1000? They all have edit-warred over that page and they all show the same edit pattern. Alefbe (talk) 06:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Dear J.delanoy, could you please check this? I concur that looks like [User:Danz23]] and User:SorenShadow are related to the sock-puppets that you blocked earlier. What's more frustrating is that one of these sock puppets requested protection for Persian people, and the page has been locked on the sock puppets' OR/POV version. --Kurdo777 (talk) 16:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

R1000 is the same as the others that I blocked previously. Danz and Soren are unrelated. I blocked R1000 indefinitely. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Swamped by vandalism!

The List of micronations page is experiencing an unusually high number of attacks today from anon users. Could you up the protection level for at least a day, please? It would be appreciated. Thanks. Outback the koala (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

It's actually just one person, and he's blocked now. I'll keep an eye on it though, and if it gets worse, I'll semiprotect it. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Adobe Systems founders

You reverted changes I made to the list of founders of 'Adobe Systems', to 'Charles Geschke' and by now probably to 'John Warnock'. I forget the word you used but essentially you categorized them as vandalism because they are not useful additions. I believe truth and completeness are appropriate edits. It is a fact that Dan Putman was a cofounder of Adobe Systems. Therefore any listing of Adobe founders should include him. Omission, purposeful or not, is not acceptable.

Hai Yin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hai Yin (talk • contribs) 20:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

user:CarrotMan

Is asking to be unblocked; appears to be caught in an autoblock. He has edited here since 2006, and the blocked editor whose block may have resulted in collateral damage is a new creation with no edits at all. I have not unblocked, in case you see something that I don't. Would you like to look at it? --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I am aware of your CU status. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey

{{editsemiprotected}}

I was wondering if i can have the correct permissions to edit the Habbo page as i play it and i can put the page correct :) Experting (talk) 22:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Request moved to talk page.   Set Sail For The Seven Seas  354° 23' 30" NET   23:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Can you help me with OTRS?

I've just uploaded File:Indian God Rock.jpg, an image I found online, after receiving permission and forwarding it to permissions@commons. When you get a chance, could you look for this email and post the ticket number on the image page? It's used prominently at Indian God Rock, which should be visible at Did You Know in about 18 hours, and if it's possible I'd like viewers to see that the image really does have permission. Thanks much for your time! Nyttend (talk) 22:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks much! Nyttend (talk) 23:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

More sock-puppetry on Persian people

Please see [1] and [2]. They're almost certainly related to the previous socks. Perhaps semi-protecting the page, is in order too. --Kurdo777 (talk) 21:18, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Edit History help

Hi J.delanoy! You just temporarily blocked User:81.101.29.118 for "Violations of the Biographies of living persons policy." However, this anonymous IP user has done nothing but blatantly vandalize for the past two months. I was wondering if it would be possible to get the edit history deleted for this and this. These edits are very offensive and extremely violent remarks directed at me and my family. I’d really appreciate your help with this. Thanks so much! Anubis3 (talk) 04:37, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help. Happy Holidays! Anubis3 (talk) 22:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

AIV

There was a recent massive attack on Talk:Timur, apparently by open proxies + new accounts. They were all quick blocked for short time, but they might need reblocking if proxies. Any thought? Materialscientist (talk) 23:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd say they are probably 4chan, but I don't know. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:43, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Chris mahan

That's the second or third time I've seen that sort of edit pattern this week. Last one was yesterday to a random IP address page. HalfShadow 01:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Plagiarism

You might want to warn this user[3] about his recent edit[4] which is plagiarism from this book[5]. I would do it, however, my past dealings with this individual have been quite negative. --Kansas Bear (talk) 04:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Just warned the user then. SMC (talk) 05:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, J.delanoy, could you please take a look and see if any further action is warranted against this user, as I just scrolled up and realised they've been warned for a copyvio before. Cheers. SMC (talk) 05:26, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

CollabRC

I thought I would let you know, I've posted the motivation and purpose statement for CollabRC (tenatively-named), the tool I was discussing in IRC recently that I would like to develop to improve the capabilities of rollbackers on Wikipedia. Since I see you around reverting vandalism a lot, I value your opinion and thought you might be interested in it; I wanted to invite you personally to look it over and let me know if you have any specific features or criticisms that may be constructive for the project. I hope you don't feel this is inappropriate canvassing; I just respect you and figured you might want to get a better idea of where I am going, and I value your input. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, or if you have any comments regarding the project itself, feel free to bring it up on the talk page there. Thanks! --Shirik (talk) 05:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Question about a sockpuppetry case

Last week I submitted a case [6], but I should've reported this IP [7] as the sockmaster. Now, after a three-month block for vandalism, IP is active again. How do I handle this? --Overkill82 (talk) 16:47, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, if it gets out of hand, just report him to WP:AIV. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:04, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Zeno's paradox edit

I was just trying to find a simple way to include the person who kept rambling about there existing an algebraic solution without using a large block of text. But, yeah, it's not really constructive. I just figured it's better to pre-empt whatever rambling thing he may write later by including a single bone. --71.213.238.190 (talk) 17:36, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, come on.

Look, if what you're saying is that Cold Fusion is constantly overrun with disruptive socks of users who are either banned, should know better, or like to play sillybuggers, you're, no offense intended, behind the curve here. What exactly are editors supposed to do about this constant infestation? I complain at AE, they say "go complain at SPI." I complain at SPI they say "stop playing sillybuggers." Can I just declare all transparent sockpuppets to be banned from the article on my authority as someone who can revert them? Hipocrite (talk) 22:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I vote yes... Tan | 39 22:26, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

All I can say is that I am trying desperately to protect the privacy of someone who is doing their absolute best to leave me with no choice but to violate it. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:29, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Works for me. Please don't violate their privacy. I'll just assume this person is aware they are banned from Cold Fusion. Hipocrite (talk) 22:31, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I take your comments at the WP:SPI case to indicate that the editors in question are in fact using multiple accounts. Given the contentious history of cold fusion, which has been marked by significant editing abuses and discretionary sanctions, I am strongly inclined to block or otherwise restrict Dual Use (talk · contribs) on that basis alone. We've had more than enough problems with that article to insist that people restrict themselves to one account as a most basic matter of fairness to other editors. If there is a "master" account, then they should be warned and/or sanctioned as well, but obviously that is a checkuser matter. MastCell ^Talk 23:02, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I couldn't find any obvious masters. If you know of a CU with more experience in cold fusion issues, you may want to ask them to take a look. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:08, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I apologize if I am interfering, but I just wanted to say that if the Belgian known as Pcarbonn has edited the cold fusion talk page before Dec 15, he violated the ArbCom remedies for his case. 209.253.120.236 (talk) 05:37, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Wondering if you could do a quick c/u on User:Cremepuff222, weird behaviour going on

As per this AN/I thread, there's some concern that Cremepuff's account may have been compromised. They have recently made some bizzare edits that smack of immature trolldom, which is concerning for an account with an admin bit. If you could check and see if the account has been editting from any blatantly unfamiliar IPs, that would give us an idea of how to proceed. This isn't an emergency, as they recently blocked themselves (!), but it'd be nice to get an idea of what we're dealing with before the block expires. Thanks, Throwaway85 (talk) 10:11, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Note: There is also a request at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations#User:Cremepuff222, so you might want to check whether another CU has already done so and take care of that when fulfilling this request if not. Regards SoWhy 12:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Decepticon Shockwave

Wait, what?! How the hell is he a sock of Editor XXV? He was the one who suggested a community ban of the guy! I'm really confused by this... --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I am almost as sure as I can be. Same IP range, many of the confirmed socks listed on the SPI casepage edited from the same IPs as he did at the same time as he did (very unusual considering how dynamic his ISP is), and the user agents match. Also, DS has taken a disproportionate interest in EditorXXV and his socks, especially for someone with so few edits. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

He is on the same IP range. Editor XXV came onto his radar after Decepticon got hit by an rangeblock that was placed on XXV. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:42, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

That still fails to explain why he edits from the same IP addresses at the same time as multiple vandals (both logged in and otherwise, mostly tagged as socks of EditorXXV) at the exact same time as the vandals do, when his range is dynamic enough that he rarely has the same IP for more than two days. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

this is an interesting turn of events. Are you sure that DS is XXV?--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 17:49, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

See above. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:50, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Very well. I can't check IPs but if you're sure, then I'll accept your word for it. I'd be pretty stupid not to given how experienced you are. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:51, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I majorly screwed up a CU only about a week ago. You are most definitely not required to accept what I say just because I am the one who said it. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Maybe, but that was one one screw up out of how many hundreds of good calls? I think you are allowed mistakes here and there. :) --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

And you think you know a guy. Oh well, your the admin JD. I guess you did what was best. Too bad. DS had some promise.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 18:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

• For the record, I'm not doing this now on hindsight but the fact was... I felt very strange about DS and his behaviour when he first appeared on my radar (for a newbie, he seemed too knowledgeable about WP) some time back and you'd noticed that I was the one who greeted him with a welcome tag. Then I got busy with work and some other article and totally forgot about him... only to come back a few weeks later to discover a duck, wth... as they say, a quack is a quack is a quack~! --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 18:36, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

← *raises hand* Err... Katerenka spent three and a half years as an IP. Yes, some people who are too knowledgable are socks, but others just IPed their way through the wiki for a while. Decepticon even tried to pre-emptively counter accusations of sockpuppetry. From the last diff of his userpage: "Yes, I do know a lot about Wikipedia. Too much for a newbie, you might think. He's a sockpuppet, you may also think. Actually, this is just me following my rule of "read up on a website's history before you join it"." A fairly sane rule. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 18:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

And some people (like myself) were clueless when they joined and are starting from scratch. The bottom line is people can start out with andy level of understanding as to how things work here. Heck when I was accused of being a sock myself, I didnt even know what that really was!--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 18:59, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

• JD, another one just appear on my scope → Fixieboy (talk · contribs), you can correct me later if I got it wrong. --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 19:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Not XXV's MO and claims to have scrambled their password. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 19:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

• A turkey maybe different from a duck but its still a bird nonetheless. --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 00:17, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Shockwave is asking for an unblock. There's some stuff underneath it too. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 19:17, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I've reviewed this, and declined the unblock. The checkuser results show multiple instances of Shockwave alternating edits, on the same IP, a minute apart, with various now-blocked usernames. Whatever is going on here, it's abusive. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 21:25, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

If you haven't noticed, there's a question on Decepticon's talk page for you. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 04:35, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Editor XXV

Since you were the CU handling the user's case, I think you should know about this quote from ravage101 (a sock of his), "I'm here until my rangeblock at EN expires", on Simple English Wikipedia's version of AIV (diff available). Also, he linked himself to MascotGuy. Griffinofwales (talk) 20:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

I talked to another admin there, and told them what range to block. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:31, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks! om nom nom J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Retirement/Removal of User Privileges

Hello. I'm officially retiring from Wikipedia and to protect the project, I think it would be best if my accountcreator and rollbacker privileges were removed. Thanks! The V-Man ^{(Said · Done)} 03:09, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Sorry to see you go. If you decide to return, and you would like those flags back, just ask any admin. Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:13, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy tidings, and long live Wikipedia! The V-Man ^{(Said · Done)} 03:17, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

İsmet İnönü

Could you restrain Murat from removing referenced information[8], removing references[9] and editing in weasel words[10] into this article? Thank you. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:59, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Anon... spammer

CambridgeBayWeather and I are a bit confused over the anon... spammer blocks, so perhaps you know. I thought they were mostly from open proxies so I blocked as open proxies. Is that spammer usually using open proxies and should be blocked as such for what seems to be the standard ProcseeBot length of two months or a more plain vanilla valid block of 24 hours? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

He normally uses proxies. However, my js blocking tool does not have a proxyblock option, and with this sort of thing speed is essential, so I was just blocking temporarily until the attack died down. Also, it is extremely late here, so late I would almost call it very early. I don't have time to deal with them en masse, so I was just going to reblock tomorrow later today. If you want to go through my log and reblock, please do. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 08:16, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I figured that speed was essential. Thanks for the confirmation on the proxy use. I'll leave the fun of reblocking up to you. =) Is normal proxy blocking length two months? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:26, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I usually do a year, or three-to-five if it was already blocked as a proxy previously. ProcseeBot uses two months because it's a bot. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 08:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. No go to sleep! =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

What happened to Chess?

I don't see User:J.delanoy/chess on this page anymore, and it is your turn, you know! So what's going on with it? Schfifty3 04:22, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't know... I didn't make any moves for a long time, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not, so I just kind of let it fade away. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:24, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I see. Well, at least we have someone else to take over it! :-) Have a great night. Schfifty3 04:28, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas

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Dear J.delanoy,
Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;)
Love and best wishes, Meaghan - ^Merry _Christmas! - 00:20, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Dito :) thanks for helping me out when I was cought up in a hardblock.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 00:22, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Rangeblock question

These IP ranges:

64.231.11.0/24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)
64.231.10.0/24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)
69.156.124.0/22 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log)

Have been involved in harassment of another user per the edit filter log, 64.231.10.0/24 is already blocked but the other 2 are not. I'm asking because would there be collateral damage from the 2 that are not blocked. Thanks. Momo san ^Gespräch 18:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Now posting death threats and outing, 65.92.125.109 (talk · contribs). Same range as ScienceGolfFanatic (talk · contribs). I have no mojo with rangeblocks, and the previous blocks on that range were checkuserblocks anyway. Acroterion _(talk) 20:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

These ranges already had rangeblocks in place (in larger ranges). I reblocked denying talk page access. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, J.delanoy! May you be blessed with a full plate and a joyous spirit!
I hope that this Christmas season is one of celebration and rest for you and your family.  fetchcomms☛ 18:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

Once again it is festive season, a time where festive decorations are displayed and gifts are swapped; but what about the true meaning of christmas? The true meaning of christmas is about the fight for freedom and how in times of hardship and misery, one person leads their people to freedom as a great warrior; for those who fight for a cause are warriors and those who fight for a worthy cause are great warriors. Such an act earns respect and honour; but most importantly, brings happiness to their people. So to achieve this as happiness lies in other people's happiness and greatness lies in how you deal with little people, we selflessly think of others in the hope that they will be happy this christmas.

Hi J.delanoy, have a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2010!
 Set Sail For The Seven Seas 

  Set Sail For The Seven Seas  345° 31' 45" NET   23:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

“ And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God. ” — (Alma 7:10)

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Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:User:TTTSNB/Merry_Christmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

The Thing _{Merry Christmas} 00:45, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! --FA

IL!

^Talk 01:11, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Season's greetings

Thank you for being one of the people who has made 2009 such an interesting and enlightening year for me. It has certainly had its challenges, but also many highlights. I wish you peace and contentment in 2010, and a joyous holiday season to you and yours. In honour of the season, I hope you will enjoy a little musical token. Your choice: traditional or cheeky. Best, Risker (talk) 02:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Dear J.delanoy You have removed the links to the site Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina: Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk) region. It is highly relevant site to the Galizien page, showing the multifaceted history of the region and containing very valuable information and primary sources. With best wishes for the New Year Dr. Vladimir Levin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vlevin (talk • contribs) 10:55, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas! (MDesjardinss (talk) 20:04, 25 December 2009 (UTC))

User:Chezzezles

I noticed you blocked this user a few moments ago. From his talk page it appears he is a sock. I think a checkuser is needed to flush out the other accounts and block those as well, so he can't do any further harm. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 05:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

I ran a checkuser prior to blocking him. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 06:03, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha, wasn't aware of that. Good work. :) Take Care...NeutralHomer • Talk • 06:06, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Pleae explain this revert

Please explain this revert: [11]

That section is for me alone to build a defence case, not for other parties to post their comments. Please revert this edit. Betty Logan (talk) 19:28, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Please explain why you object to this comment, and not the other ones above made by another user in "your" section. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:29, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

I have moved the comment to a separate section. Please do not remove the edits of any user at SPI without first consulting a clerk or a checkuser. NW (Talk) 19:38, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

The comments of the other user contributed to my defence in ascertainig that my edits were to improve and source the article. It is relevant in establishing my motive for editing the article and differentiating my edits from those of the editor I am accused of being. I am sorry if I should not have removed the comments, but they shouldn't have been posted there in the first place. It breaks the rhythm of my defence, and I have a right to present my case uninterrupted. Betty Logan (talk) 19:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

ScienceGolfFanatic IP range

This IP came back today, known as the "LeeD" vandal. Would it be possible to reblock his range?. Momo san ^Gespräch 20:49, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:51, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again, have a Happy New Year. Momo san ^Gespräch 20:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Holy...

Looks like you get the spotlight today for all those blocks! Are they basically socks of someone else, or is it something I can't explain? Thanks, Schfifty3 01:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

They are all socks. I don't know who the master is. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool, and I'm also impressed about how fast that response was! Have a good night, Schfifty3 01:48, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Your needed (I think)

see the WP:ANI Its at the bottom.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:32, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. The thread below has a link and everything else. Sorry.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my userpage. You beat me to it on Huggle! TheWeakWilled (T * G) 16:14, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

John254 is back

Kudos to Alison and J.delanoy for their huge, immensely damaging rangeblock of all at&t DSL IPs in the entire San Francisco Bay Area [12] [13]. What was never considered at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/John254, however, was that I can edit right through their rangeblock. Nice try :) StephenBrown167 (talk) 01:20, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

That's cool. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:24, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh well, AT&T needs to die anyway... (snicker snicker) (X! · talk)  · @103  ·  01:28, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

When I try to edit without logging onto my real WP account, I either get messages that I am blocked. I just recently got the message from this user "The recent edit you made to the page Salvadoran Civil War has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive", an edit I never ever did. I think that too wide a range of IPs is being blocked.--WickerGuy (talk) 03:15, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

I blocked the range that is necessary to prevent John254 from (easily) creating new accounts. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:18, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Could you have a look at this?

Details are at User talk:Bigred58. Thanks. NW (Talk) 05:09, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

A couple of other checkusers are already looking (or at least have looked). J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:21, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

weird SPI/CHU for you to look at

• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nrcprm2026

Based on the weird results from last time, I was hoping you would sort it out as necessary. tedder (talk) 05:42, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was going to report to you the same thing. It looks like you may have to carry out a threat that you have made in that SPI (after investigating it, of course, but one of the IP addresses is pretty much the same with the exception of being a couple of numbers off). –MuZemike 08:35, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikiuser999111

Could I enquire as to why this user was indeffed earlier today? I'm not challenging your decision, because I've found him to be insulting and very disruptive; just curious! :) ╟─TreasuryTag►sundries─╢ 22:24, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Judging by the block log, it was long term abuse (probably a reincarnation of a banned user or something). –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:25, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, given that the block log's only entry says long term abuse, I'd just about worked out that far! I was interested in the specifics, if they can be revealed. ╟─TreasuryTag►most serene─╢ 22:27, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

He created several socks. I don't remember why I blocked him with that rationale. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:10, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

And just created another one here :P ╟─TreasuryTag►co-prince─╢ 20:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Just now been blocked. Willking1979 (talk) 21:07, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

He's just created Wikiuser999113 now. I took the liberty of creating the accounts ...114, ...115 and ...116 – with scrambled passwords – to stall him for a few digits :P Perhaps a Checkuser and block on his IP is in order? ╟─TreasuryTag►Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster─╢ 18:51, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Range is too big and too dynamic. Nothing I can do. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Another gentle ping from WP:VG

Dear J.delanoy,

You are receiving this message because either [[Category:WikiProject Video games members]] or {{User WPVG}} is somewhere in your userspace, and you are currently listed in the "Unknown" section on the project's member list.

The member list is meant to provide a clearer picture of active membership. It is recommended that you update your status if you plan to regularly:

• Edit video game-related pages in the Article namespace
• Participate in video game-related discussions in the Project namespace (WT:VG, WP:AfD, WP:GAN, etc.)

Members listed in the "Unknown" section will be removed from the membership list and category at the end of January 2010. You may re-add yourself to the active list at any time. Thank you for your help, and we look forward to working with you.

Sincerely, the Video Games WikiProject (delivery by xenobot 21:50, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI 2003 Rugby World Cup

Hi, you reverted some vandalism on this article and the vandals name has been removed from the edit history - but is still in the edit summary of the reversion. noq (talk) 18:11, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

You should probably contact an oversighter, since they can remove edit summaries. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:14, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Help Help

Help me capitalize the title of the page I made. Pop island —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theclerkswell (talk • contribs) 22:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 23:04, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

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