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Talk page disruption

Hi Ponyo. The situation at Talk:Waqar Zaka, where you recently redacted copyright violations, has not improved. There have been further violations on the talk page, and there appears to be some socking or at least meatpuppetry going on. I'm not sure if any kind of protection is warranted, but the edit requests keep coming, and all of them are (properly) being denied. In the one I denied on June 26, I seem to recall the OP self-identified as being in the employ of the article's subject, but I can't check that because both the request and my reply were suppressed. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 05:10, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

@Rivertorch: The subject appears absolutely determined to use the Wikipedia article as a hagiography and his fans continued to post the content of his website (a blatant copyright violation) to the article talk page and various user talk pages. There are repeated bogus declarations that the subject is being defamed by Wikipedia not including over the top promotional material about Zaka. I've semi-protected the talk page for a week to provide some relief. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:17, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I hope that will do the trick. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 20:24, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Don't you know what day it is?

I always point to you as one of our healthier administrators who balances her life by taking weekends and holidays off from this glorious place. You've fallen off your pedestal. Who am I going to use now?--Bbb23 (talk) 20:24, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Adminning on Canada Day? What is the world coming to? ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:19, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

...but who am I to talk? ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:29, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

I only logged in to raise the flag. It's not my fault that some pesky socks got in the way of my patriotic fervour! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:19, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Ryan Drummond

Hi there! I'm somewhat new to Wikipedia so I wanted to know what you think about the page Ryan Drummond. When you go to the page, it redirects to Sonic the Hedgehog but he is no longer the voice of the character anymore. Should the article be restored to show that he is the former voice actor or removed? Thanks! Amir Abdullah 05:59, 3 July 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by YemeniFriend (talk • contribs)

@YemeniFriend: It's an interesting situation as the Sonic series is what Drummond is notable for, the rest is one-off roles and bit parts. If you think you can demonstrate that he meets the notability criteria for more than the Sonic series and can find reliable sources supporting the notability you can create a draft page to work on it that can be moved to article space when it's ready. In the meantime I've updated the redirect to point to the article and section that mentions Drummond by name. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:30, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Well? What do you think? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ryan_Drummond Amir Abdullah 03:49, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@YemeniFriend: I've removed the protection if you would like to move your draft to article space.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:30, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

		The Sega Task Force Barnstar
		Thank You for your help in making the page Ryan Drummond! This barnstar is for you!
		this WikiAward was given to Ponyo by Amir Abdullah (talk) on 13:23, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

• Thank you, Amir. I have to admit, this is not a barnstar that I ever expected to earn! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:53, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism only account

Various edits by User:Vickey Singh Jha make me believe that they are doing vandalism only. I don't know how to report, could you please help. Thanks. - Ind akash (talk) 05:06, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Blocked for vandalism, but tagged as a sock of Burbak, edits similar to the Damien account, so quacking. —SpacemanSpiff 14:49, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: Hi, could you please take a look at User:Svetavaraha also. Thanks. —Ind akash (talk) 07:59, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

THat one was obvious, this one not so, so I'll leave this for Ponyo who always manages to find a pair of matching socks, unlike me! —SpacemanSpiff 11:38, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ind akash and SpacemanSpiff: I've blocked and tagged the account.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:26, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I believe 42.110.158.51 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is being used by the same blocked user. Thanks Ind akash (talk) 14:00, 21 September 2017 (UTC) And this 2405:204:C28C:56E0:C4A7:3C53:9549:1EF (talk · contribs · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip= 2405:204:C28C:56E0:C4A7:3C53:9549:1EF WHOIS]) also. Ind akash (talk) 14:13, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ind akash: I've blocked the active IP. The other one is from July.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:00, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Thank you Ind akash (talk) 16:54, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: please take a look at 42.110.142.215 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) too. Thanks - - Ind akash (talk) 14:33, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

And now, new account Wei kao also. Thanks - - Ind akash (talk) 14:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

SpacemanSpiff got to the new account before I did.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I added the article to my watchlist after the earlier sock, so it was easy to identify when the edit popped up. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 00:05, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: Thanks for blocking the sock. Could you please semi the pages the new account has edited. The sock has a history of block evasion by using different IPs. In last two days those pages have seen many attempts of vandalism by the sock. Thanks again. - - Ind akash (talk) 02:01, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

• I think I've got it, let me know if any more articles need a look in, I'm not sure if all the IPs are this one -- Ponyo may have a better idea, I don't know much about proxies. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 02:49, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: Thanks for protecting those pages. Now, they have started to vandalise Maithili language page with 42.110.130.76 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and 42.110.128.28 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Thanks again. - - Ind akash (talk) 08:18, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo and SpacemanSpiff: Now, they have started to vandalise Raj Darbhanga page also, using 42.110.130.76 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). If you click "WHOIS" you would find the same address for the IPs. Please consider page protection for this one too. Thanks. Ind akash (talk) 11:06, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

• The ip editing there is minor and it's just two edits from this farm in many many days, will protect if it becomes a recurring issue. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 17:00, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: They have tried to vandalise Raj Darbhanga again. This time with 2405:205:A0A5:15B4:C408:E2E2:EA6E:2DCE (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Thanks - - Ind akash (talk) 01:34, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Potentially stale sockmaster

Hi P, do you have any non-stale data on Arnav19? I blocked him for widespread incompetence a couple of months back and I suspect that Thilakshan is a reincarnation. Arnav and this new guy were both super-prolific in article creation in the world of Indian television and I'm seeing some of the same mistakes that Arnav19 made being made by Thilakshan. One bit of a difference is that this new guy uses edit summaries, where Arnav didn't. I suspect paid editing here, so maybe that'll help? I also suspected Arnav19 of editing a great deal while logged out, but I can't remember which IP that might've been. Any looking you could do would be appreciated. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:49, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

(tps) Cyphoidbomb, it doesn't look like there's anything available on Arnav19, unfortunately. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

another (talk page stalker) This is more likely Jaswanthvijay, I've blocked quite a few suspected socks, not sure if there's anything not stale but I do have some old IP list should a CU want. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:48, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb and SpacemanSpiff: I agree that behaviourally Thilakshan looks like a Jaswanthvijay sock, but everything there is stale. It's interesting that the account was created in 2015 when the socking was most prevelant, but laid dormant until early this year when the coast was clear SPI-wise. They also appear to be editing exclusively through a webhost, so that's not promising either.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, everyone above. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:13, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

copyvio advert sock on Waqar Zaka is back

I just had to revdelete the copyvio advert now, but I think you have experience with this sock farm (I have no idea who the master is) but in the history from the past couple of months, I see at least two socks. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:57, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

I haven't run a CU, but it's likely a bunch of WP:MEAT accounts editing at the behest of the subject (with a call to action posted on his official Facebook page) and blogs such as this that insist there is "wrong" information on the Wikipedia page without actually explaining what is "wrong" other than not allowing blatant promotional material to be posted. I don't imagine the problem will go away anytime soon, so the more eyes on the article (and it's talk page), the better. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:28, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Project Ghazi

Aloha! FYI, Project Ghazi, which has a socky history, was recently recreated. There is an aroma of feet... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:05, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: They're editing all of Paid Editing's Greatest Hits, but I don't see a technical connection to any specific sock master. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:39, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

IP:86.140.68.51

Hello Ponyo, The TV contributor (82.40.178.163) you recently blocked for constantly adding unsourced, unreferenced material and refusing to explain on their Talk page - has resurfaced as 86.140.68.51 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) from the same area of Somerset, UK. Making the same edits as previous, I will leave a note on their Talk page, but on previous form - it will be ignored. Can I leave this with you please? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:53, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Taken care of.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:59, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. David J Johnson (talk) 21:01, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Biography of a living person Update

Hello Ponyo! I have updated Biography of a living person (Mohsin Khan (actor)) with citation but it has been removed by you because you were not convinced with the sources. Please check the links I have provided. My informations were not false. If you still think the citations were incorrect or did not follow APA or MLA format, allow me to fix that. Thank you. --JKL9

The majority of your edits included no sourcing at all (this link explains what is considered a reliable source on Wikipedia). The information you added that was sourced was gossip about who Khan is dating, which really isn't relevant unless it becomes a significant relationship. You also added odd links and <br> markup to the article, which makes it more confusing for readers and editors. These are all common mistakes made by new editors; you may find Help:Getting started useful as it includes a number of tutorials to help you understand some of the basic Wikipedia editing policies and guidelines.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:00, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello

I came across this user: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jayanagas Who needs help and I'm not sure if I can do it (lord knows if I try and help I'll get hounded again) but I was wondering if you could? Dinah Kirkland (talk) 20:03, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Nevermind it has already been taken care of. Dinah Kirkland (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

MehulWB

There is evidence that MehulWB, Anatha Gulati and ProudIndian007 are same sock masters and I can provide it. Do you think that there is a chance to merge these SPIs and treat them as one sockmaster? Capitals00 (talk) 03:01, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

@Capitals00: The best route is to open an SPI on the oldest account and present your evidence there. If there is a finding that the it's the same sockmaster then a Clerk can merge the cases upon closing.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:22, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Names

Hey, Ponyo, sorry to disturb you for a trivial matter, but I'm curious. Where does your username come from? I always just assumed it was from the Miyazaki film, but recently when looking at that movie's article, I was struck by curiosity about the movie's release date--2008 is fairly late to be the source of an established editor's username, unless one registered their account immediately after seeing it. So I looked at your your user creation date, and I see that it's over a year before the movie was first released. If not there, then where? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:35, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

@Writ Keeper: Well the truth is, I'm a visionary. (Not really - see Question 6). It was a nickname my husband used for me when we were dating. It was a poor translation of the word "friend".--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:32, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Ha, okay, thanks for satisfying my curiosity! That's pretty cute. :) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:36, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Clearly, I charmed my way out of the "friend" zone at some point.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:45, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

also, wow, reading some of those oppose/neutral votes on your RfA about your username/sig is...pretty weird. what a strange thing to be disapproving of. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:43, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

And only 7 questions! Things have changed...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:46, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Padmalakshmi

Hey P, This edit came up right after you blocked Varasari who made this. I'm comfortable blocked as suspected but I think a check for others might be beneficial. Cyphoidbomb, any opinion? cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:07, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: Has the general shape. Edit summaries and attempt to hid redlinked user page. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:10, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff and Cyphoidbomb:  Confirmed, along with Madhurgh and Joeroot. Note the oddball edits from Joeroot to get autoconfirmed...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:33, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

2 new disruptive users

Hi Ponyo. Please have a look at Special:Contributions/SunitaDev who and Special:Contributions/Madheshi123 who repeatedly changed ref'ed content in Madhesh. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 17:23, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The first has been blocked meanwhile. Thanks for arranging this!! Now another one joined in who keeps deleting ref'ed content: Special:Contributions/Sujitkumarjha100 -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:30, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

@BhagyaMani: Another checkuser had a look while I was away enjoying a tasty lunch. If there was a technical link between the accounts then additional blocks would have been made. You may want to request page protection at WP:RFPP as there does seem to be ongoing disruption at the article.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:40, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Actually I see it recently came off semi-protection and then the disruption started up again. I've semi-protected the article for 3 weeks. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:44, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!! Semi-protection is highly appreciated!! -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:39, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Monitor the users

Dear Wikipedia Admin. Please monitor the users on Madhesh. This page reference to civil rights movement impacting region of Nepal. Few racist users could have been employed full time to control content on Madhesh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramny (talk • contribs) 19:44, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

You will need to make your argument on the article talk page, though I would suggest you refrain from throwing around the term "racist" if you want your discussions to bear fruit.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:45, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

BBC edits by IP

Hello again Ponyo, I'm afraid the saga of unsourced IP edits on BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News continues. This time under 86.167.178.65 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and 81.152.198.79 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). The insertions all come from the same area of southern UK and no explanations, or answer(s) to Talk page warnings have been given. As this person appears to be travelling around the area and using different IPs, I wonder if a temporary page protection for the articles would be appropriate? As always, your help is appreciated. David J Johnson (talk) 09:51, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

It appears that 86.169.139.192 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) also belongs to the same person. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 18:33, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

And now 2A02:C7D:8439:B200:AC43:18E9:BF27:AFEF (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Same "edits" in same area of UK. Obvious block evasion. ? Temp Page protection. Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 10:05, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

I've semi'ed BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News for two weeks. The IPs at BBC World News were including a link in their edit summaries, but when I checked the link it didn't support the content they were adding. I find this even more disruptive than not including a source at all as it's outright deceptive.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:31, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for all your help. I initially thought that these edits, although wrong, were not serious disruption. Now, with the various IP's travelling around the south UK and incorrect occasional references - it seems like we have a seriously disruptive person. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:47, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

They are now doing exactly the same unsourced "edits" on another BBC page: World News Today, using IP 2A02:C7D.8439:B200:F1D2:823:D127:2B12 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Exactly the same location. Looks like another page for semi ? David J Johnson (talk) 20:19, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Got that one too...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:23, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Shingling334

Hello. He's now using Special:Contributions/212.108.136.217, another /24 that is used only by him, and fits in with already rangeblocked 212.108.137.0/24 and 212.108.138.0/24 (see this; all three of those Turkish /24-ranges are owned by the same company, Sistem Co. Ltd., and for some reason used only by Shingling334, just like a few /24-blocks owned by the same company in the UK, IPs that I believe are still rangeblocked). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 19:11, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Our newest Admin has wasted no time putting his tools to good use.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:22, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

• Yes, but only one IP in the range, and only for 72hrs (a block that expires 8 minutes from now...). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

I've blocked the range for a month.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:46, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: Forgive me for being conservative with block lengths - I'd very much appreciate your input whenever possible on that issue. Thanks, GAB^gab 22:01, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

GAB The block length on the single IP was perfectly fine as they will likely not return to it. I extended the length on the range to prevent them from hopping around on it as they've done with other available ranges previously.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:03, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

@GeneralizationsAreBad: Don't worry about it, I'm not criticising you in any way for it, because there's no way you could know about the history behind it (a very persistent sockmaster, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shingling334, who much of the time "only" adds claims on multiple articles about virtually everything beng Turkish, but every now and then totally flips and goes berserk with personal attacks, and pasting tonnes of user warnings and fake block notices on the talk pages of everyone who has ever reverted them...). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 22:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Acknowledged. As it happens, I am familiar with the case history, just not necessarily with the technical aspects of it. GAB^gab 22:16, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

OK. The multiple rangeblocks, in both the UK and Turkey, aren't noted in the SPI (pr WP:DENY), so you couldn't have seen them, but I'll fill you in when needed. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 22:24, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

User:Andy65443 ‎

Here's 2 more their accounts that you can block. Andy19999999998 (talk · contribs) and Andy222222 (talk · contribs). I believe this user is a long term vandal who has been adding false dates to articles for months primarily through IP edits on the 2607:fb90:/* range. --The1337gamer (talk) 20:56, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

@The1337gamer: Yup, definitely an LTA on a large and dynamic (i.e. unblockable) range. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:02, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

"The Dance Awards"

You were correct to remove this. This "award" is not of encyclopedic value. I note that their website actually misspells the word "prestigious". -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:26, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

I saw that in your edit summary; it gave me a chuckle. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:27, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:24, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Content issue

Hi P, may I please trouble you to look at this discussion? I objected to the content "On July 18, 2017, the director Sanjay Gupta declared that Kaabil may have a Hollywood remake." on the grounds that it's WP:CRYSTAL violating fluff that imparts nothing of value. User reverted, I engaged them in discussion, they've done little to participate, Alex the Whovian reverted them, they reverted again, Whovian reverted again, I am aman goyal reverted yet again. Given that the article has been a sockfarm for Barthateslisa and Ishq Hawa Mein, I'm getting the sense that some pernicious motivation may be going on here, and the user should probably be educated or sanctioned, since they appear to be tone deaf to my explanation of community policy and content guidelines. I'll also note that Goyal and Shimlaites (one of the last Bart socks) seem interested in category and template editing (which is unusual for new users) as well as several intersecting articles. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:44, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I don't think it would be Ishq Hawa Mein as they create their accounts sequentially (account gets blocked, create a new one, edit until blocked...lather, rinse, repeat) and this one has been around since March. Their article targets and rapid editing does ring paid editing alarm bells however; I'll dig around their contribs and see if I can't figure out which promotional farm they're editing from. I'm not overly familiar with Barthateslisa, so I'll start there.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:56, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't make heads or tails of this one. The account will need to be judged based on the quality of their edits and their ability to collaborate with others as opposed to tying it to a specific sockfarm via checkuser (at least with regard to the proposed sockmasters so far).--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:12, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Evlekis is on the loose again

See 45 Gamer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), so maybe a range block or two needs to be renewed... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 23:09, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Noted.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:17, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

 DoRD dislikes this.

Thanks. I found this user talk page when doing a quick search, so would you mind deleting it? - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 23:33, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Done (mostly). I did a partial restore to separate the wheat from the chaff.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:21, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Brentford1889 and Ardnashee2014

Hi P, might I please trouble you to look at Brentford1889 and Ardnashee2014? A user brought these to my attention on my talk page. They both have tons of minor edits, but what's most interesting are the user pages:

• Ardnashee2014: "Hiya, I'm Charlie Reynolds, otherwise known as Ardnashee2014. This is my third Wikipedia account as I can't remember the password to my first one and my second was blocked. 'Nuff said. (drops mic)."
• Brentford1889: "Hi. I'm Charlie and this is my fourth account, to be used only for editing football pages."

If the second account was blocked, then this is highly suggestive of block evasion. Not quite sure where a non-CU would begin to research this one, hence my pestering of you. Thanks and happy weekend, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:59, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Ardnashee School and College seems very likely. In general I don’t think starting a new account should count as “evasion” if the only reason for the block was a username violation.—Odysseus1479 18:02, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: The Brentford1889 account notes it's only going to be used for a specific purpose (i.e. football). Maybe asked them to link their accounts on their talk page per WP:VALIDALT? They appear to have run into some issues with the Ardnashee account, so it's important they know they can't just continue editing disruptively with the accounts interchangeably. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CITV&diff=793394663&oldid=793390684 Just look at that edit. --Crazyseiko (talk) 13:35, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Dua Malik

Hi, can you please look at this article, Draft:Dua Malik, and get rid of sources that are not reliable please. I would do them but I don't understand how to know if a source is unreliable. I have read the Wikipedia page about it as well. Thanks! Plum3600 (talk) 19:37, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@Plum3600: What you are looking for when determining whether a source is reliable is whether it has a reputation for fact checking and accuracy. To be honest, the only source in that article that would meet the criteria is the Tribune. The rest look like celebrity gossip websites and blogs. If you can't find in-depth reliably-sourced coverage of Malik that focuses on her career as opposed to superficial gossip such as her clothing style and her more notable siblings, it is unlikely the protection on Dua Malik, which has been deleted 10(!) times for socking and notability issues, will be lifted. As it stands there are two sentences about her career (she hosts a program and her songs have appeared in a handful of shows) and the remainder is about her personal life. This does not demonstrate notability.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:58, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Can you please look at the draft now? Plum3600 (talk) 22:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

The sourcing is better (though the style.pk site is not fantastic). A couple of things - only the number of the children should be included in the infobox per Template:Infobox person, and I would remove the last sentence about the pills in the personal section entirely as WP:UNDUE. It's really just gossipy trivia unrelated to her career.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Now? Plum3600 (talk) 22:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

The article looks fine as far as the Manual of Style is concerned, but I don't see how Malik meets the notability criteria. She hosts one program and has a handful of songs; nothing meets WP:ENTERTAINER. All of the sources are superficial coverage. Sources 1, 4, 5 and 6 are about someone else, source 2 is a publicity release, and source 3 provides no information at all and should probably be removed. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:05, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Steve Sandor

I understand. It was sort of a last resort option as there is for whatever reason no other sourcing out there to verify his passing. Rusted AutoParts 21:51, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Rusted AutoParts: But, that's exasperating. The absolute bedrock of BLP policy is "We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources.". I checked for reliable sources too and couldn't find any, so the information must stay out. We can't rely on a blogspot post by "Tom B." to verify someone has died. I know you know this; please resist the urge to fill in blanks as opposed to ensuring quality information is included. Also, where did this category come from? I'm not picking on you specifically, both articles are on my watch list.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:09, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Find a Grave. It's sometimes linked in the External links sections, it seems with Carroll it wasn't so I'll do that. Rusted AutoParts 23:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BBC edits by IP

Hello Ponyo, trust you are well? Regret to report that the BBC IP 82.38.198.215 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is again inserting unsourced/unreferenced/unexplained edits on BBC News (TV channel) and World News Today from exactly the same location as before. Regret to say; is another page protection needed? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:38, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

The IP has been static for a bit, so I blocked it. I also reapplied protection to a couple of the main targets.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:00, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. Best to you and yours, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:01, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

107.17.133.155

Based on their edit summary on their last edit to Palmer Report, I'm suspecting a COI. Also, I'm obviously involved, but I believe that page needs protection for the moment. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:02, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

I blocked the IP as I had already given them a 3rr warning and they made it readily apparent they didn't give a toss. If they IP hop or things get MEAT-y I'll protect the page. Cool? --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:08, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Iridescent beat you to that already it looks like, but thank you. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:14, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

edit:No_One_Ever_Tells_You

Hi there - if I understand the way this works, you retracted my edits to the credits page for the No_One_Ever_Tells_You article. I was the mix engineer on that project and know the personnel well - the corrections I made were correct, and can be verified by just looking at the actual liner notes on the CD/Vinyl releases.

Is there some reason these edits were retracted?

thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mixerman 23 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@Mixerman 23: Content added to Wikipedia articles needs to be verified by the inclusion of reliable sources as opposed to personal knowledge. If you want to ask how to use album liners as a source, the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums would be a good place to start.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:26, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Help with Atomic Meltdown

Hi Ponyo, I was wondering if you could re-protect List of awards and nominations received by Family Guy as Atomic Meltdown will not leave the article alone. Thank you. Sro23 (talk) 22:27, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Done by Acroterion.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:28, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Nagendra?

Hi P, any chance you could look into NagendraNJ socks? I see a lot of activity at Dandupalya (film) lately from IPs who seem to be making bizarre content changes including promotional language and random quotes about a nude scene. The IPs intersect with Hi! It's not a robot at Dandupalya and at 2 (film). The robot guy's second edit was to create a user page, which as you know is often suggestive of socking. Most of the IPs seem to be coming from ISP Jio, whereas the Nagendra socks tended to be from Tata, but Dandupalya was mostly edited by Nagendra socks and IPs from Karnataka, so it just seems fishy. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:44, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I can't say much regarding the IPs other than to note that I wouldn't put too much stock in the specific ISPs the Nagendra socks are using as I've seen them on at least seperate ISPs. I'll take a look, it may just be easiest to semi the articles.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:41, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi! It's not a robot along with User:Rakesh ponnappa are confirmed. I also semi'ed both target articles.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:39, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you mucho. I probably shouldn't mention the IPs, I guess, but it's part of what makes me suspicious, even though I know you can't comment. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

User:PerfectlyIrrational and User:Don1182

I'll try to pull something together later today, but in a nutshell it's behavioral: like PerfectlyIrrational, Don1182 has focused on trivial alt-right figures and on ginning up articles on alt-right events which haven't even happened yet (2017 Unite The Right Rally), and Don1182's account was created just days after PerfectlyIrrational was blocked by Bbb23 for sockpuppeting, At the moment, he's adding stuff to Richard B. Spencer about him "leading" that rally WHICH HASN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET. --Calton | Talk 19:36, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Calton; as I'm not familiar with PerfectlyIrrational I would need to see the evidence laid out before I could run any checks etc. Creating an SPI will also bring more eyes on the situation. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:41, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Trekker

You warned me and that's fine. But he is still commenting on my talk page when he wanted me to stop talking to him. I am moving on from that, but continually getting notifications from him posting on my talk page is not helping the issue. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 23:04, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

My warning was firmly worded as there was pretty much zero chance that you wouldn't have ended up here and blocked if you didn't stop the blind talk page reverts. Now you can focus on the actual content dispute by following the steps at WP:DR. If you are no longer interested in pursuing the issue, perhaps just let *Treker know and ask them to stop posting to your talk page until you both cool down.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:10, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	I am very thankful to you for unblocking me when I thought there is no option. SahabAliwadia 10:20, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Smile~

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Question

Hello P. When you have a moment would you please take a look at this. It starts out as a justification for this edit. It ends with an airing of family grievances. I am wondering whether it is some form of a BLP (or bio anyway since the father is no longer alive) violation. To get a fuller view of what has happened you will want to see this thread User talk:Jim1138#.27An Unearthly Child.27 and the post by Ian.thomson here User talk:86.9.27.154. Any insight that you or your talk page watchers can provide will be appreciated. MarnetteD|Talk 23:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

If it's really him, he's got a WP:COI agenda to disparage (in effect the goatee-universe version of WP:FANCRUFT). But ^{(and this may admittedly be me wanting to goad him in response to his hoity-toity attitude)} we don't truly know if it's really him (emails and phone calls are easy enough to fake), so it could be negative impersonation (yes, I have seen people on the internet who would do that). Either way, he claims ownership of the copyright to his father's contributions as if that's relevant and makes not exactly pleasant claims about some people who might still be alive. Regardless, post leaves me nudges me slightly toward blocking under WP:NOTHERE. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:50, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply Ian.thomson - and the fun eggs in the links :-) I wonder if some or all of the post have rev/del applied? MarnetteD|Talk 01:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

The items in question now show up here User talk:Mermade. MarnetteD|Talk 12:08, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I see that you are busy working on this. Thank you. I just discovered this Talk:Anthony Coburn#This page makes a pretentious mockery of peer-review from seven years ago which needs your perusal as well. MarnetteD|Talk 21:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I've done what I can with the posts containing legal and personal allegations made by the editor and have blocked them to prevent any further inappropriate wall of text posts, with a pointer to OTRS. I'm not sure if I can do anything about the Anthony Coburn talk page as it doesn't have the overt legal and abuse claims that appeared on the other pages.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:31, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I did notice that post was different but I thought it better if you double checked it to be sure. Many thanks for all your efforts in this situation. Regards. MarnetteD|Talk 21:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

50.68.118.24

• 50.68.118.24 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

This IP address continued editing after your previous six month check user block. Would you mind checking to see if you think the edits from this IP address have been from the same person as before? Thanks. 172.58.43.106 (talk) 04:57, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

You're at ANI

Hurry, or you'll miss it. I don't think the report is going to last long... --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:09, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Not fast enough. You missed it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:15, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Well that was quick. I was in a dark and dusty outbuilding shoveling out the muck.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:18, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Eww. Better you than me. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:19, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

I ruined a perfectly good pair of shoes in the stables. I'm thinking of starting a GoFundMe campaign.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:27, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

That GoFundME site is a scam, it doesn't work at all. I used it to solicit funds so I can retire early, and all I got was $1.29 and a pledge of 2 pieces of used chewing gum. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:40, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

In that case, I want my $1.29 back...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:43, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Already spent it on fresh pack of gum. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:45, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Not a paid editor

Hi Ponyo, you recently undid my changes to Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch. I understand my mistakes about improper citations but I tried to find whatever websites I could. Would twitter be an acceptable source?

P.S. I'm not a paid editor, I have just read many wikipedia articles and wanted to give back to the community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whyiz (talk • contribs) 16:07, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Whyiz: Twitter can be used as a reliable source in a narrow set of circumstances, such as when an individual makes uncontroversial statements about themselves and there is no reason to doubt its authenticity. WP:TWITTER explains this in more detail. What information were you planning on using Twitter as a reference for?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:15, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Notice of Reliable Sources Noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Is Hollywood.com a reliable source?. Thank you. --Eden5 (talk) 17:46, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

I've replied there.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:04, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Shingling334 ...

... is obviously back in the UK again since he's now using the same ranges in Ipswich that he used before going to Turkey for the summer; see Special:Contributions/92.24.186.175, Special:Contributions/92.28.245.252 and Special:Contributions/92.28.243.168. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 22:42, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: Looks like other admins have blocked the latest active IPs. Semi-protection had expired on a couple of his most common targets, so I've reprotected them.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:36, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

New TalkTalk IPs from Ipswich pop up every day now, Special:Contributions/92.24.178.49 being the latest one, all of them being obvious Shingling334 socks. And if rangeblocks aren't possible, or desirable, then there are dozens of other articles that need to be protected too... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 15:28, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

It's rare that we can block large mobile network ranges due to collateral. It appears that the IPs are being blocked in short order, and a few additional target articles have been protected. On a related note, reviewing the edits makes me very hungry. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:34, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Best known for

Almost exactly a year ago, you blocked an IP as a long term abuser. That IP had been making edits to P versus NP, among other articles. If you look at the recent history of that article, you will see an edit war involving an IP address making essentially identical edits as the IP one year ago. I don't know if there is a formal reporting mechanism for this, but I thought perhaps you could help. Thanks, JBL (talk) 01:44, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

@Joel B. Lewis: I've blocked the IPs as webhosts and semi'ed the article. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:46, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Problematic user

Hi Ponyo, thank you for speedy deleting Talha Nadeem. On a different note, I wanted to draw your attention towards a Problematic user Shashank0022 (talk · contribs) who created several Wikipedia bios on non-notable Pakistani actors. I just wonder what kind of action could be taken against the user to prevent his further unconstructive contributions. --Saqib (talk) 04:45, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

• @Saqib: It's a sock of this Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ptcloof khan and has been blocked. I've speedy deleted the articles that didn't have significant edits by others.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:57, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it was me who filed the SPI. --Saqib (talk) 15:59, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Aha! I'd somehow missed that tidbit. It's still rather early here :) --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:05, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Proxy you just blocked

This.[1] I'm working on an SPI right now that is relevant. Doug Weller talk 18:04, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Lol. Yes, behavioral evidence definitely does the trick here. Doug Weller talk 18:09, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Love is in the air...

Hey P, This appears to be a reincarnation of Ishq Hawa Mein (talk · contribs · logs), if it was just that I'd likely have blocked, but I think there are a few more around. Could you take a look please? —SpacemanSpiff 23:32, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

 Confirmed. All their other socks on the range I checked are already blocked.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:36, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I was looking at the history at Saba Qamar and it looked like there may be a couple more, but then they don't follow the same naming convention so I wasn't sure that they were this group. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 23:43, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Goalball

Hello. The content you re-added with this edit I split into a new article at World Goalball Championships (overwriting a redirect). This material is clearly misplaced in the main Goalball article. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 18:05, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @LukeSurl: Thank you for letting me know; please fix it as you see fit.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

86.170.34.243

• 86.170.34.243 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Hey,

This IP editor started editing again immedietly after your previous check user blocks ended. Is it the same person? Thanks. 2601:1C0:100:BB87:D9DC:10AD:E7A4:C34B (talk) 20:10, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

It sure is. That's one sticky IP. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:15, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello,ponyo?

I live in a dormitory in Auckland university now.So other people also use this computer.you don't need to be mucking about this problem.I think that i didn't do anything wrong.What i did is just corrected historical distortion.I'm very sadly disappointed in wikipidians actions.I'd never imagined that some wikipidians act like a chinese dictator.I will officialy protest againt Wikipedia with a interprete.Because i will visit the United States soon.I'll take a chance.Do you like animation ponyo? My wife is Japanese who is executive in 大成建設株式会社.She also likes ponyo very much.ponyo ponyo~.I will tell her about you.She will like.USAthegreatest (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

"Other people also use this computer" is a ludicrous position to take when 1) there's no technical indication that you're editing from Auckland 2) one of the accounts is a very close variation of your own name and 2) both accounts are so obviously you. I thought perhaps that you were just somewhat incompetent, but your reply here makes it obvious you're being actively deceptive, therefore I've blocked your account indefinitely.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Ponyo. Andreas Philopater and 蒙古喇嘛教初夜权 just reverted the edits using the exact same edit summary (21:53 and 22:49). The second account was obviously duck and I have blocked it, but the first account is intriguing: the account is in good standing since 2009, with 9003 edits. The edit immediately after the suspicious revert was seemingly covering up the tracks. Is this a case of WP:COMPROMISED or WP:MEAT? Regards, Alex Shih^Talk 01:31, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

This is a case of not being impressed with removing one dubious recent edit to restore another dubious recent edit as the "status quo". Get out of the paranoia box. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 05:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Re: Antony1821 Rangeblock

Thanks for helping out - my rangeblock knowledge is pretty rudimentary at this point GAB^gab 22:22, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

No problem-0.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

A page without any WP:RS

Hi Ponyo, please take a look at the page titled "Karnataka (Nepal)". The contribution history of the creater of the page is reminding me of Admirenepal sockfarm. Thanks — Ind akash (talk) 11:22, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

• Please see talk page of Sitush for the discussion on the same subject. Thanks —Ind akash (talk) 10:35, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ind akash: It looks like there's confusion as to who the sockmaster may be. Once determined, please open an SPI for review.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:21, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

• @Ponyo: Thanks for suggesting to open an SPI, but unfortunately, I don't know how to open an SPI. However, I have determined who the Sock master may be. It is Rabinssharma. Both the Sock master and Rabins Sharma Lamichhane claim to be the founder/owner of 'Merosoft' on their user page (see here and here) It is interesting to note that merosoft is also an account which has been blocked for self-promotion. Rabins Sharma Lamichhane has been warned by you for WP:COI (see here and here) but even after your two cautions, they have again used same blog as "source" again here while creating the page titled "Karnataka (Nepal)" (which of course is not a WP:RS). Hope, you may please fix this problem. Thanks —Ind akash (talk) 01:03, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
• Sorry, at first I didn't see that you had given a link to WP:SPI and when I saw it and went to that page, I found out that it was very easy to open the SPI. I have opened the SPI now with the same evidence as cited above see here. Thanks, for your help. Ind akash (talk) 01:50, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ind akash: You may very well be the first person in Wikipedia history to have found it easy to open their first SPI! Well done! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:09, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

recreation of Pinch A Penny Pool Patio and Spa

Hi Ponyo. I noticed that you had deleted an earlier version of Pinch A Penny Pool Patio and Spa. It still feels promotional to me, but I wanted to check with you if you thought the new version was substantially different from the one you deleted. The creator appears to be a new user without any prior contributions. Thanks for your advice, Mduvekot (talk) 14:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's actually 100% identical to the version that Ponyo deleted; as such, I've done the dubious honors. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:35, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

As always, thank you Writ Keeper.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:22, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Jeet Thayil

Hey P, could you take a look at this please? I blocked a few BLP vio socks but I don't think I got the right master and it's likely there's a good hand account behind this mess. I've also semi ppd the page for a few days. I don't know why the sudden uptick in BLP vios here. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 16:42, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: The following accounts are all  Confirmed to each other:

• JTkaka (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Khoonbharimaang (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• JJMClund (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Abhishekbender235 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Debashishmukherjee (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ekthatiger (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

I've revdeleted some stuff. I'll comb back through the edits and see if any more needs doing.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:52, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks P, I think there are more socks, including one that has the subject's name. I still can't figure out why all this happened within the past 24 hours! —SpacemanSpiff 01:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Just letting you knwo that I've taken care of the other socks that I found. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 15:53, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Seth McFarlane image

Re: this edit [2], your edit summary mentioned you were maintaining the recent image change [3] (I assume you meant the one done according to the RfC decision at the article's talk page [4]). The change you made, however, put back the wrong image. Could you please fix that? Thanks. -- ψλ ● ✉ 00:23, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Looks like Meatsgains beat me to it! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:32, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Hell, Michigan

Thanks for protecting the above. Any chance you'd block the two red letter editors for socking? It's obvious. John from Idegon (talk) 23:06, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

@John from Idegon: They're not socks, they're reacting to tweets from Elijah Daniel which were covered by a range of media today. The semi-protection should do the trick, though it may need to be extended until the brou-ha-ha dies down.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:16, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

NEED HELP please

Hello my friend ... I am editor on Arabic wiki and French and sometimes a bit in English .. today I really have a problem with two pages on wikipedia English Osama Tolba and Eslam Magdy... These people have written on them only to advertise and make talk about them ... we don't even know them in the Arab world and even the sources it's they who wrote them ... On Arabic wiki they have been deleted but on wiki english .. I don't know what they expect .. I however report their deletions ... but the individuals having written the articles deletes my report what do you can help me ?? ?? User talk:Aelita14 02:21, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Aelita14: If you don't believe the article subjects meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, you can nominate them for deletion using these instructions.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:50, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Hello I did it twice ... but every time the people who wrote the articles always deletes my report ... that's why I wrote you --User talk:Aelita14 16:32, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

You attempted speedy deletion (WP:CSD). What you need to do is send the articles through the Articles for Deletion process using these instructions. The AfD templates cannot be removed until the process is complete.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:57, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I'm sorry but I try because I've never done that before on English wikiUser talk:Aelita14.

@Aelita14: I went ahead and completed this nomination, citing both the rationale Aelita14 provided (self-promotion) and my own concerns about the sources (Lots by the subject, nothing about them). FYI. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 17:45, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ultraexactzz: Thank you so much User talk:Aelita14.

BBC edits by IP

Hello Ponyo, I regret to say that the BBC IP 82.38.198.215 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is again adding unsourced material and vandalising pages. It looks as though they have not learned from the previous block. Can I please leave this with you - again. With thanks for your help, as always, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:33, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. David J Johnson (talk) 22:06, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

• Regret to say that they have started again 82.38.198.215 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), making the usual unsourced "edits". I think a longer block is in order, plus page protection? Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 11:30, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Riddell

Appreciate that. Was trying to find a delicate way of going about it. Yours seems to work just fine. TimothyJosephWood 20:37, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

It may have been a bit WP:IAR'ish, but that was definitely no beuno.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:02, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I fully endorse IAR with regard to ... unfortunate things that happen to... young people. TimothyJosephWood 22:05, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Sonalika V Pradhan

Hi Ponyo, this article was created recently. I noticed that you redirected the article with similar content Sonalika Pradhan to Vishwajeet Pradhan in June. Please look into this, if this article stays at Wikipedia then the history merge should be applied. All the best for you vacation. :) Hitro talk 08:40, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

• I've blocked as an obvious sock, many of the adverts may need to be deleted, both from the master and the sock, though on POnyo's return she may find more socks. —SpacemanSpiff

That is a rat's nest of obvious paid editing. Romo22 (talk · contribs) and Indianeditor22 (talk · contribs) are technically  Likely and behaviourally quacking like crazy. There's also Medialove41 as an obvious earlier account from the same group. I'm sure if you pulled the string an entire sockfarm would fall into your lap.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

I'll take a look and maybe protect some of the redirects. —SpacemanSpiff 03:32, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

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Northern Ireland problem IP

Hello Ponyo, Trust you have enjoyed your break? Unfortunately, our NI problem IP 81.104.74.28 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has re-surfaced following the recent block with the usual "contributions". As usual, can I leave this with you please? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 13:48, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Blocked for 3 months as they're the only one using the IP.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:34, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you and hope you enjoyed your break. Best, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:57, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Sock returns

According to the edit summaries you left last month, anyways: Bigg Boss 5. Thanks, Crow^Caw 22:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up Crow.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:38, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Padmalakshmi

Hey P, I just blocked Stategdp as a suspected sock, can you check and do a sweep when you're back tomorrow? cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 12:08, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: There were a number of sock accounts racking up edits; not sure how much clean-up is required...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:55, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks P, I'll try to look at some clean up, also letting Cyphoidbomb know. BTW, it appears that he has expanded to paid writing for individuals and corporations (I deleted a couple of articles from Stategdp). cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 03:30, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Whatever pays the bills I suppose...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:40, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Undoing half of my edits

Where do you get off undoing half of my edits? I didn't know you were the king of Wikipedia. Half those edits are supported by the articles. If it says so and so is Jewish and an American, I think that means there an American. Or maybe you don't think someone can be American and Jewish. Second of all, my edits to H.M. Wynatt and Anson Williams were sourced with interviews from those individuals but maybe you don't trust them. Kingdom has clearly ended and is noted on several articles on Wikipedia so undoing my recent edit to Mac Brandt was unnecessary but maybe you might just be jerk who likes to prove your point. What is the most disrespectful thing you did to my work was you to prove your stupid point undid edits of mine to Yancy Derringer, a page I built up from a mess. Have you even heard of Yancy Derringer much less seen an episode? I have in fact I've seen every episode in fact it's safe to say that I know more about Yancy Derringer than any other editor on Wikipedia. Maybe you think you're like a titan of Wikipedia but you're no better than me. I can handle someone undoing on edit but someone undoing 18 edits just to make a point is pretty petty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golly58 (talk • contribs)

<tps>Mass changes from "American people of Jewish descent" to "American Jews" has no consensus, and if persisted in will be considered disruptive. This has come up before. Please respect existing consensus or try to have it changed, but do not make large-scale changes like that without consensus. Ponyo has clearly explained why your edits are problematic Acroterion (talk) 00:59, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Acroterion. Golly58, as I noted on your talk page, policy requires that religion and ethnicity be supported by reliable sources and be pertinent to the individual's notability (i.e. a "defining characteristic"). In many instances you were changing Jewish descent categories to simply state "Jewish" without demonstrating, through reliable sources, that said categories meet WP:BLPCAT. That can't continue.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:39, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Doesn't explain the Yancy Derringer and Mac Brandt edits. Specifically with the fact that I have spent a large part of my life studying westerns and television in general. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golly59 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Golly58, it doesn't matter how much of your life you've spent studying anything, or what your level of expertise may be. We require citations of reliable sources here. See WP:OR, WP:RS and WP:V. General Ization ^Talk 01:26, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

I have reliable sources I just don't know how to cite books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golly58 (talk • contribs) 01:32, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Golly58, Please see WP:CITE. And please always sign your comments on any Talk page, by typing four tildes (~~~~) after them. General Ization ^Talk 01:37, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Random Question

I noticed a situation today, which I'm sure you're aware of, of a new editor systematically undoing another users edits. The undoer has now been blocked. Out of curiosity -- is there some way of automating the process of getting all the articles back to their state before the blocked user got them? If there isn't, I'd be happy to pitch in and manual revert a bunch of them, but before I dive in I figure I'd check and make sure I'm not doing unnecessary work. Anyhow, sorry to see you up against that kind of editing. Alephb (talk) 02:48, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

@Alephb: I've replied via your email.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:59, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Gotcha. Thanks. Alephb (talk) 21:54, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Mira Sethi Sockpuppetry

After you reverted Arygeoa1's edits to Neelam Muneer and Mira Sethi, an IP, 39.60.129.245 has been making very similar, if not identical edits to the edits you reverted. While this is not in itself evidence of a sock, I thought I would let you know anyways in case it helps. Morphdog^{what did I do now?} 12:49, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Addendum: Doing a geo ip on 39.60.129.245 shows the ISP as from Pakistan, which would make sense considering Arygeoa1's sockmaster's username. Morphdog^{what did I do now?} 13:07, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@Morphdog: They can just fire up a new IP at whim and rangeblocks are not possible as the ranges are so busy and dynamic. Semi-protection works best in these cases.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:56, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Alisha Panwar sockpuppetry

Hi P, there's been a campaign to push links to Alisha Panwar across numerous articles. It's clearly a marketing blitz. There's a draft article at Draft:Alisha Panwar, and the socks keep appearing to create redirects to this draft article from mainspace like at Alisha Panwar and Alisha. Curious about your opinion: If I deleted that draft article, would that be justifiable? Given the flurry of socking, it's unambiguous promotion from my perspective. On the other hand, the subject could potentially be notable. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:04, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I don't see any notability yet. There are a small handful of minor roles, a nomination for an in-house award promoting a network's own "celebrities", a copyright violating screencap, some extremely poor grammar, and a handful of BLP violations. I'd strip it of any unsourced content and let it sit in draft space unless and until she actually meets WP:ENT. It doesn't quite meet G11 though.-Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

I went ahead and trimmed the most offending material. It may need to be protected if the rotating IPs keep adding unsourced info to it.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:13, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Padma redux

Another one of his regular rants now on how standard offer isn't good enough for him and stuff. I'm guessing there's more around. Want to take a look? cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 23:32, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

I don't immediately see any other accounts, but they have several ranges and ISPs available making it difficult to detect them until they hit a honeypot. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:19, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism on These Pages

Repeatedly I am editing these pages from IP vandalism -

• List of programs broadcast by Star Plus
• List of programs broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television (India)
• List of programs broadcast by Zee TV

But certain IP addresses are again putting that incorrect things(Unsourced additions, adding time slots, good faith edits etc.) and now they are attacking me with messages to the effect that i should not try to change things. I strongly feel these pages need protection from such unwanted edits. Please look into the matter, Thanks :Sidaq pratap/^talk 05:32, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

• @Sidaq pratap: The pages have been semi-protected by a handful of admins and a number of the IPs blocked.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
• Hi @Ponyo: an IP 109.150.154.120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is vandalizing these pages and other related pages.Please look into the matter, Thanks :Sidaq pratap/^talk 18:30, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Sidaq pratap: I took care of this yesterday but forgot to reply to you. IP blocked, some page protections put in place...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:44, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

• Hi @Ponyo: Someone created an account using my name @Sidaq Pratap - ofc:. It's not my account and all the info posted by this user is copied from by User page :Sidaq pratap 17:09, 25 September (UTC)

@Sidaq pratap: I've blocked and tagged the account.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:38, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

• Hi @Ponyo: I just wanted to ask one question. Some user like @86.2.45.233: are using youtube links as a reference for episode count of a series (for eg. Udaan (2014 TV series)). The problem with these links are due to copyright policy they are not available in every region so can these be used a reference? Thanks :Sidaq pratap/^talk 14:52 26 September 2017 (UTC)

@Sidaq pratap: If there is any doubt as to the copyright status of the video then the link should be removed. If the IP/editor wants to restore the link, the burden is on them to prove that it is copyright compliant. You can point them to WP:YOUTUBE and Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#YouTube.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 16:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

More of the same?

Hi! Two users removed the copyvio template and restored copyvio at Rafi Khawar; I see that you checkuser-blocked one of them, so wondered if the other might be more of the same? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

• @Justlettersandnumbers: It's definitely the same user. Blocked now, thanks.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Nasty, stinky sock

Hey P, I think this one is related to Scholarscentral who I blocked earlier, part of the OMICS farm, though it could also be Virajmishra. The account name is quite offensive to my mom, but she doesn't edit here! Could you check on this please? cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 08:44, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

@SpacemanSpiff: it's RaashikhannaDHFR (talk · contribs). Everything is blocked and/or locked globally.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:31, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, that's the Virajmishra farm as confirmed on Commons. I wasn't aware of the master until then. BTW, since Bbb isn't around right now, I'll pose this to you. Reg the Scholarscentral farm, I've blocked two recent ones -- Dean077 and Jai22, though I'm not entirely sure if they are socks in the strictest sense (we've had multiple different owners in this OMICS group), and Jai22 has self confirmed that the represent OMICS (and therefore community banned). Do you think checking to see if is the original master or a new subgroup is necessary? Laura Dormer is the other subgroup that Bbb23 unearthed recently. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 22:45, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

If I could figure out the right recipe to bring back our beloved Bbb23, I wouldn't hesitate to cook my heart out to make it. Alas, he no longer has an appetite for Wiki meals. The sockfarm you mention sounds...complicated. And I'm less than an hour away from a sweet date with a chilled bottle of Sauvignon blanc. Do you have a link to some archives or some such?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:58, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Scholarscentral/Archive#12_July_2017 is the section where Bbb and I had the convo regarding the split off and this is the site ban discussion. Have a glass onfor me if it's a Fraser Valley. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 23:09, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Dean077 and Jai 22 are confirmed to Nanonine. They also created the sleeper Logic202, which I blocked. Does that help you differentiate the groups?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:21, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks P, that makes it a match to the regular Scholarscentral group. The reason for my confusion was because some of the newer IPs showed different geolocates compared to the older ones. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 23:28, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

BBC edits by IP

Started again 15 September 2017, I have added to last message to you on this subject. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 11:32, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I was almost going to give them a bit of leeway as it seemed like they were at least attempting to use sources, until I checked the source they used here and it verifies none of the content they added. Reblocked for 1 month.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:09, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks. David J Johnson (talk) 08:15, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

IP is block evading again as 2.26.190.218 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) with the same unreferenced edits, and in one case deleting refs. I think the only solution to this ongoing problem is to protect the BBC pages? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Pkbwcgs' edit at ANI

Seeing this here: [5], I have a big concern with their ability to be a productive editor. They have had 2 indefinite blocks lifted in the space of less that a year for disruption and WP:NOTHERE. My concern is that is obviously a young editor, and I don't think they have the maturity to handle editing here yet. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:12, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

@RickinBaltimore: I was posting the following to the AN/I report by I kept edit conflicting:

"Given your very recent unblock combined with concerns raised by Drmies here regarding a similar situation where they noted you shouldn't be "messing with someone else's talk page. It is not your business, let alone your mandate", and "you can just play it safe and not remove anything from anyone else's user page or user talk page again", followed by a clear explanation of WP:BLANKING by PaleoNeonate, this new instance is of the same behaviour by you is concerning."

So yeah, I'm concerned they are doing more harm than good at this time.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Don't want to make a big deal in case I'm wrong

but is that IP who I think it is? --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:22, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Probably, because you're smart and they're clearly not new or overly collaborative. But I need a hint, I've burned out 90% of the neurons in the sock centre of my brain (my hyposockamus) on these two SPIs.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:37, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I've thought it over, and I don't think I'll give you the hint afterall. If it's who I think it is, they're banned, and I should probably do something about it. But they were treated so shabbily just now that I can't bring myself to do it. Sympathy; it's what I'm best known for. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:41, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Well Floq, decisions are hard in life; you don't get awarded with The Editor's Barnstar for nothing you know!--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:46, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

User:ZestyLemonz

? Thanks, GAB^gab 21:39, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

!--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:51, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Mind having a look

If you don't mind, would you take a look over at User talk:Joaquinabubakar and see if you can figure out what's going on. Claims to have been blocked by Katie, but nothing in the block log. I suspect he might be caught up in a range block of hard IP block. I pinged her but she's been offline for a few days. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:21, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

• @TonyBallioni: One of their ranges has been blocked as a webhost. I can see that they have other ranges (and ISPs) available to them. Perhaps they can try resetting their router to hop to a new range? --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:15, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks for that, appreciated :) I have left them a message telling them to try reseting their router. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:20, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Thoughts on child prodigy?

Hi P, curious what your thoughts are on this. A child editor has submitted two articles on self-published (Wattpad) books.

• Destiny: The Revenge Left Incomplete - About 2 flimsy Google hits
• Endurance (2017 Novel) - Zero hits on news sites, about two Google hits if you search Endurance "Vishaw Kalra". Article claims 30,000 views, but Wattpad site seems to indicate about 18 reads.

Definitely not notable, but I'm not convinced it's a hoax. Do the articles get speedied? If so, what criteria? G13 for advertising? A11 for being obviously made-up? (That doesn't sound right to me...) I don't Should I just AfD these? Seems like there's no way in hell these are going to survive. Your input is appreciated! Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 11:33, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb:, yeah, this type of article can fall through the cracks pretty easily because there is no specific criteria that covers its speedy deletion (WP:CSD#IAR?), but it's clearly not notable. In this case it's probably best to let the AfD play out so if it's recreated with the same issues it can be zapped as a G4 candidate.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:10, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

1: Thank you for your input as always. I value that.

2: Looks like one of the articles was deleted as adverty.

3: The kid uploaded at least one image and (I think) fudged the copyright claim as public domain. When I approached him about it, he locked onto my typographical error (accidentally called Pinkvilla PinkZilla) and he apologized for that instead of the copyright violation.) Maybe a stroke of evil genius there? Still needs to be dealt with. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:28, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Lauren Jauregui image

Someone needs to upload a new and better of Jauregui, I'm asking for other users to do so and even debate about whether they want to keep the image in place or not. Please make comments in the Reverting edits warning discussion in Lauren Jauregui's talk page. We're trying to figure out what image to upload. Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 00:01, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

It's not a matter of just uploading a new image, as I explained in detail here, the image must be uploaded with a compatible license. I'm glad that you are now discussing options on the article talk page and have stopped reverting.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 00:13, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm liking the image File:Lauren Jauregui performing.jpg anyone in favor? I recommend we use this image in replace. Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 00:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Also stop reporting me its unnecessary I resolved my conflicts and handled it appropriately. Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 01:35, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I have no opinion on the image (as long as it's free), I was only trying to help you avoid a block.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Help with a Problem

If you are able, I was wondering if you can solve a problem. A new editor friend has forgotten her password, and also failed to sign up with an email address, so she can't get in at all. Are you able to put her email address in her profile so she can get back in herself to deal with the password? Oddjob84 (talk) 00:06, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

@Oddjob84: If an editor has lost access to the email address they signed up with, or their account is not linked to a current address, the only option is to create a new account. They can then create a link on their user page that reflects that they have changed account names (if they choose). {{Template:User previous account|Username}} can be used for this purpose.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:48, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I will tell her. Oddjob84 (talk) 19:05, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Reply

Excuse me but it did slip my mind. The last time you warned me was in May, five months ago, so yes it did slip my mind. It's not chronically at the front like it seems to be for you. And to be honest I don't feel very comfortable being watched over like this or with the automatic assumption there was malice to my reversion. I've reverted the edit and will wait for the conclusion of it. Rusted AutoParts 23:13, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I don't understand how a 1RR restriction can "slip your mind" repeatedly. This restriction was the only reason you were ever unblocked and specifically stated "Any future instances of edit-warring, incivility or evidence of a battleground mentality will result in a reinstatement of the block, with no prior warning." I have warned you repeatedly now. Clearly as I was participating in the discussion that led to this specific violation I wouldn't block you in this instance, but you need to be aware that you will likely find yourself reblocked indefinitely if you cannot find a way to make sure your restriction doesn't "slip your mind" again.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:22, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I have a poor memory but it's not indicative of a desire to violate it. And sorry but it really isn't something I think of on a daily basis. I've cut down on the amount of discussions/debates I take part in for the sole hope of avoiding an edit war possibility so after awhile when I'm not edit warring for a little while it's not immediately something I'm thinking of. I'd ask for an appeal on the 1RR restriction but considering it slipped my mind here it'll be early to do request such a thing cause yes, I did forget. But there was no intention to fight over the edit, to be disruptive with the edit or to purposely violate the restriction. I'm only asking for it to be taken into account that I'm not intentionally trying to be defiant. It is really just me having poor memory. Rusted AutoParts 23:33, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I never said you had a desire to violate the restriction or had intentional malice of any kind, only that you must abide by it while it's in place. This is a promise that you made in order to be unblocked because you have a propensity to edit war and revert. You need to find a way to remember it if you don't want to be reblocked for violating it or if you ever want to make a successful appeal. Given that the reverts were centered on a bloody groundhog, having this conversation with you again is reminiscent of this gem. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:45, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Im sorry it spurs more reminders. It's why I wish to eventually appeal the 1RR restriction. Not because I wish to be given leeway in doing more edit wars, I just truly feel I'm more matured in way of not actively looking to fight over the edit. Any slips of 1RR I've had were genuinely just slips of the mind. Thank you for keeping me in check though. Rusted AutoParts 23:59, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

BLP vios by a just-unblocked IP

Hi, Ponyo. I just wanted to let you know that 96.236.215.30, whom you blocked on Sept. 14 for persistent WP:BLP vios, has just returned to make the exact same vios. I could go on the Noticeboard, and thought it would be more efficient to come to you directly as the admin already familiar with this case. Thank you for any help. --Tenebrae (talk) 17:21, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Blocked by Widr. They hopped to 50.248.83.57, so I've blocked that as well.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:06, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Sound familiar?

Hi P, do these people look familiar to you? 45.46.200.174 and 72.225.6.147 They've introduced weird content about logos and "scare factors" like here and here, and other irritants like this and this. I'm not personally familiar with this, but it looks like it's been going on for a couple of months sporadically. ?? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:44, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

• @Cyphoidbomb: Unfortunately, I have no clue. We have plenty of sockmasters fixated on cartoons and related television networks, however I don't recognize this pattern of disruption.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:19, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Block evasion

Hello Ponyo, Please see my latest on the block evading IP on the BBC programmes above. David J Johnson (talk) 20:31, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Already blocked. The articles are too varied and the disruption too interspersed to really allow me to semi-protect the articles for any length of time.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:36, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. I only suggested semi-protection as a way of stopping this constant disruption from various IP addresses. Best, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:42, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

I definitely took a look at the article histories to see if it was possible, but I have a feeling they would just move on to similar articles that weren't protected.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:43, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

backlogs

Good day! I have been trying to close the simplest discussions at WP:AFD in order to get things at WP:ANRFC closed much quicker. There are no simple discussions at WP:ANRFC that I can close by myself. --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:35, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jax 0677: Understood, but here is already a backlog notice on the WP:ANRFC page notifying admins of the backlog. Posting the template to WP:AN is just confusing as it implies that there is a backlog at WP:AN, which doesn't really make sense as it's not readily apparent that you're referring to the transclusion of the ANRFC page and not the noticeboard itself. A post at the AN page reminding admins of the backlog, as you have also done, makes more sense and will likely have better results.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:11, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

• Reply - Good deal. Someone once told me that "people already know that there is a backlog", and advised me to close the simplest discussions by myself in order to allow focus on the discussion that I would like to see closed. --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:41, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

We crossed edits

I didn't see you had reverted a similar post a few minutes before when I posted this. Feel free to revert it. I just wanted to try to get some eyes on the move reviews since they are seriously overdue, and ANRFC doesn't seem to have had much impact. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:46, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

And I misread the revert edit summary Facepalm. Sorry for notifications. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:48, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

No problem.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:12, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

:)

Thanks for all the stuff you do. Just in general. :) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:09, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! By the way, have you heard any good jokes lately? --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:11, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Haha, yeah, my sleep schedule. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:41, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi there!

Hello there, I'm Jon. I noticed you were in Category:Wikipedians in British Columbia. I was wondering if you were willing to help me out a bit with a draft I'm working on. Currently, I'm having a bit of an issue finding a quality photo of a storefront of a BC Liquor Store with a free license to use on Wikipedia. If it isn't too much to ask - would you mind uploading a photo of one? Thank you! Jon Kolbert (talk) 21:52, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jon Kolbert: Best assignment EVER! Give me the weekend and I'll see what I can do.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:57, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

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