User talk:HJ Mitchell

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Bad humour or a threat?

This IP is messing up articles but I am confused by a template the IP has put on its page User talk:110.137.36.92. Is that a threat or just bad humour? The Banner talk 13:09, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's a threat, probably just an attempted ping. {{The Banner}} is actually a template about a band called The Banner, and those are some of their releases. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:14, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The Banner I'd write it off as bad humour myself. Though given SFR's comment they might have been trying to ping you. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:15, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was definitely concerned a bit, at first. Your Murder Mixtape, Each Breath Haunted, and shit like that really does have a stalker/harassment edge to it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:22, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The IP managed to ping me earlier, so it is not an accidental template. But when you guys think it is bad humour, I accept that. The Banner talk 13:27, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suppression?

Hi, reached here via WP:SUPPRESS, do you think this revision needs to be hidden? Thanks for your time. MSLQr (talk) 07:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MSLQr I deleted it per WP:RD2. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw the deletion log from my watchlist yesterday. Thank you for this instant action on the request. Best Wishes. MSLQr (talk) 11:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons Greetings!

Hello there, 'tis the season again, believe it or not, the years pass so quickly now! A big thank you for all of your contributions to Wikipedia in 2024! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and here's to a happy and productive 2025! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

your presence is requested at AN

I pinged you but that doesn't always work. The section is "Why I use alts" and relates to this. El Beeblerino ^{if you're not into the whole brevity thing} 23:46, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Beeblebrox replied there but I'm not sure I have much to besides the obvious. Seems a strange thing to do if you ask me but maybe he thought the encyclopaedia was finished? In any case I always liked you better as Zaphod. So long and thanks for all the fish! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:07, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A request to block an user

Hello, I'm Quangminhvilla, one of the editor on Wikipedia. I hear that you are one of the admins on Wikipedia, so I want to ask you for help. In the few months before, the article 2023 AFC Asian Cup had an user name RealLifed was vandalism the article so many. Since the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, there was no third place match. But he always edited the third and the fourth ranking on the 2023 article, which lead to many user have to reverted the article many times. He always said that the reason was he used it from the AFC website, although there was no source about it. I have already gave him a warning for this, but he said threatly for me and always said by using CAPSLOCK to tell many user when they said to him politely. I think this user not only used incorrectly sources but he also one of the dangerous user that threaten anyone. So this message today is can you help me block this user please? Because if anyone warning to him about it, he will not change and still violated to them. Thank you for reading this message. Hope you have a good time during this week. Quangminhvilla (talk) 07:35, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Io Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS appeal #97994

(I expect you can just nod here without actually reviewing all the data in detail, or probably without even reading the UTRS ticket) I'd like to grant WP:IPBE to Augustresende. That user is hitting one of your range blocks. The particular range in question has been quiet for a while and I suspect the UPE's have moved on. I did look in the CU wiki and see the seriousness. I can't guarantee that Augustresende is unrelated, but their behaviour doesn't immediately seem to match. The particularly IP address does not (according to spur.us) appear to be a residential proxy at this time. I think IPBE is a lower risk than lifting the range block, given the specific target of the range block. Thoughts? --Yamla (talk) 21:33, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamla I'm happy if you're happy. I agree they look legit at a glance and IPBE is probably low risk. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:53, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I'll take the action. --Yamla (talk) 22:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What

You're blocking people on your birthday?? Drmies (talk) 01:12, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies I was (on my phone, in between other things of course!) but that was yesterday! Technically the day befire now! ;) Wonder if there'll be any vandsls to block on Christmas Day? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine if I were an admin rn, it would be incredibly difficult for me to block someone on my phone (I'm in Bloomington on vacation with my parents and brother). Honestly, it would be pretty dang hard to focus on family matters and do admin tasks at the same time. ;) NoobThreePointOh (talk) 02:14, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Phone blocks actually count double, my friend. One of my colleagues is in the UK right now and she tells me she was not prepared for the darkness, the wetness, the dreariness. I hope you are persisting. On your birthday, I was walking the dogs wearing jeans and an Alabama t-shirt, not to make you jealous of course. All the best! Drmies (talk) 17:21, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to go abroad for darkness, wetness, and dreariness, just come visit me in NW Washington State. According to the web, the sun rose here this morning 4 minutes earlier than in London.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoobThreePointOh surely you need something to distract you from family? ;)

The UK is a bit bleak in the winter. I miss the worst of it being in the bottom right corner (the prevailing wind is from the south west) but I miss the summer! I'm still wearing shorts though. Well, not right now, I have to wear trousers at work! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:17, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, believe me. I've been begging for some snow, but my parents are incredibly dramatic and saying we shouldn't. It is getting colder, but in Charlotte it's feeling like a heat wave. We've still been getting high 60s this month, and I'm not crazy about it. For now I've been passing the time trying to play some video games on my computer to make up for the tiring time I spent getting all As for my classes this semester. They were pretty annoying, but it was worth it. Now it's just the heat I need to bear. :D NoobThreePointOh (talk) 19:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chances of snow here are next to zero. Temperatures are hovering around the high single digits (Celsius, Fahrenheit makes no sense!) which is about average for this time of year and of course it's raining! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:51, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious account

Special:Contributions/Trexiane. I reported to AIV as possibly compromised. It was neither rejected nor accepted, but stale pruned by a bot. The account was created 15 years ago in 2009 with no use and suddenly and abruptly makes a very odd edit. I feel it may have been compromised and sold to be used as part of lobbying/sock firm or whatever. Graywalls (talk) 17:34, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Graywalls that's... interesting. But people do all sorts of weird things. As it's just one edit we don't have anything to compare to so there's not much to do. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS appeal #98192

Could you have a look at this one, please? Looks like a rangeblock caught someone you didn't intend. I'd like to restore TPA so we can handle their unblock on-wiki. Thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 17:48, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asilvering I've restored talk page access as I'm not entirely sure I meant to block that (sometimes I do if there's a pattern of spamming on talk pages, especially post-block). I don't have access to a proper computer right now to do a deep dive. I can look in more detail on Monday or I see Yamla has been looking at it so I'd be happy to defer to him. They will have to turn off their VPN though. I'm pretty sure I hard blocked it anyway. If there's nothing suspicious on their home range a rope unblock might be reasonable. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:11, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 21:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

	A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
	Have a great Christmas, and may 2025 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!

Hello HJ Mitchell: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 10:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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