User talk:J.delanoy/Archive 23

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November 1, 2009 — November 30, 2009

Greetings!

Greetings J.delanoy! Sorry to generate even more work for you, but a user you blocked recently, User talk:208.68.153.242, has started vandal editing again now that the block is up. His/her/their edits have been reverted by other editors without any warnings and as I'm not the reverting editor, not sure if I can jump in there to add further warnings prior to further future blocks. Either way, in case these edits had slipped your notice, maybe you can check it out. Cheers - and thanks for being out there! --Technopat (talk) 01:39, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, it's apparently a school, so I doubt that the same person is vandalizing each time. I'll keep an eye on it, though. Thanks! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:42, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

It all depends on whether one believes in coincidences...! Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 01:44, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

User:64.130.72.179

hello, J.delanoy. i just saw the vandalism that this IP user was perpetrating on the Carol Browner article. i think you are way too forgiving. i would have blocked the creep permanently after the third incident. (i'm no fan of Carol Browner). no need to respond. just my 2 cents worth. Kenatipo (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

The Razzies

Hi. I noticed your removals and then reverts on actor articles that added the Razzie award template. I am going to remove them, mostly because when WP:ACTOR debated and finally concluded to remove the parameters from the Template:Infobox actor, at no point in the debate did anyone support retaining the Razzie award parameter. The decision was basically that Razzies are bad faith parody awards, not legitimate industry or critical awards, are subject to voting by anyone who cares to pay the $25 fee to be a voter and ultimately wouldn't be listed on article filmographies or otherwise. My view is that WP:ACTOR has already made a conclusion about adding the template. If this is disupted, I will gladly open an WP:RfC at WT:ACTOR and I am absolutely positive of the outcome. Although these templates have been around for a while, they haven't been added to the articles until today by a new editor. Just wanted to let you know my reasoning. Wildhartlivie (talk) 02:45, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

That's fine, I just was unsure they were positively vandalism, so if you want to remove them, you can proceed as if I never made those edits. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:55, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikitable

Hello there J.delanoy. Are you any good with Wikitables? If you are, please look at User:Razorflame#Current editing statistics I would like that to be in a table with headers that say the following: Header 1 (first column header) says Namespace :::: Header 2 (second column header) says Edit count :::: Header 3 (third column header) says Percentage of edits. Do you think you could do that for me, seeing as I suck at that kind of thing? Please let me know on my talk page whether or not you can help me. Thanks, Razor flame 19:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Additional questions for you.

Hello, J.delanoy. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The Wurdalak.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--Jayron32 00:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Replied there. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedian of the Day

Congratulations, J.delanoy! For your kindness to others, your hard work around the wiki, your never-ending fight against vandals and for being a great user/admin, you have been awarded the "Wikipedian of the Day" award for today, 3, November 2009! Keep up the great work!--Coldplay Expert 03:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Note: You could also recieve the "Wikipedian of the Week award for this week!

I can think of no other user right now who deserves this more than you! Good job!--Coldplay Expert 03:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you :) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh dont mention it, you were also on the short list for the first award that I gave out (which went to Meaghan)--Coldplay Expert 03:18, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Huh? It's the second of Nov. Abce2|This isnot a test 03:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Not according the the timestamp on these signatures...--SKATER ^Speak. 03:22, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

See UTC. Wikipedia's servers use it. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:24, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Where I live (Virginia) is is 10:23PM Nov. 2 but in UTC time (which is what wikipedia goes by) it is Nov. 3 so I awarded it.--Coldplay Expert 03:25, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see a fellow Virginian.--SKATER ^Speak. 03:30, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Cool, well this is off topic but what part of the state, I myself reside in the little town of Culpeper, VA anyway good job again Jdelanoy!--Coldplay Expert 03:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

To end the off topicness I'll just say the Star city.--SKATER ^Speak. 03:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, well nice to meet you. (Oh wait were still on J.delanoy's page, Ill stop)--Coldplay Expert 03:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

You're invited!

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In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

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Thanks...

... for getting rid of this guy. I was about to report him. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 20:00, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcome. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

CSD?

Hi J, I came across this article: Naked Pumpkin Run and am wondering if it falls under the "No context" criteria for speedy deletion? Thanks. A8 UDI 20:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think so. I can understand what it is, although I must say, I wish I didn't :P J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:15, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

LOL A8 UDI 20:17, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandal

Thanks for dealing with the problems of vandalism on my talk page - appreciated.--SabreBD (talk) 20:52, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Do you have any informations on the WP:AN/I at id.wikipedia? If not, can I ask idwiki issues on the enwiki AN/I?----_{Boeing7107isdelicious|Sprich mit meine Piloten} 07:32, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Requesting checkuser...

Hi J. I have strong reason to believe that IP User:98.26.40.33 is now blocked user:BillNyeIsaG. Both were vandalizing Bill Nye. Thanks, Tom A8 UDI 00:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

It's possible, but historically Bill Nye has attracted a lot of vandalism, so I don't know. In any case, User:BillNyeIsaG was blocked with autoblock enabled, so if the IP is him, both are now blocked. If the IP vandalizes again, he's not related to the account. Either way, I don't think a checkuser query is necessary, but thanks for bringing it to my attention. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:05, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

o0o000oookayy. gracias. A8 UDI 00:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of List of simple dichotomies

Hi, I noticed you speedied that article. I am unsure C5 applied, since me and another editor had indeed contributed to the article (mostly trimming it) after its creation. I wonder if it is possible to have it userfied under User:Cyclopia/List of dichotomies (without "simple") or if there are issues I am not aware of that prevent recreation. I would like to bring it to a meaningful shape. Thanks! --Cyclopia ^talk 17:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Just a note - G5 doesn't pertain to who contributed to it; it pertains to who created it - in this case, by a banned user. That said, I'll userfy it now... Tan | 39 17:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

G5 specifies "having no substantial edits by others." -This didn't seem the case to me, but anyway it's not a big problem. Thanks a lot for userfying it. --Cyclopia ^talk 17:42, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Grawp IPs

I reblocked those IPs--some of them anyway--for five years since it's obvious our little friend is proxying. Blueboy 96 02:48, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Meh, probably just 4chan. But whatever. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:49, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi I stoped by to look at your user page and i noticed that at the top of you page that you have listed at the top that you hold the sul for your username I would like to do the same can you tell me how to do it or were to find it.--Dcheagle (talk) 04:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

See m:SUL. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:37, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Hi!

Could you please tell me how I get rollback rights on Wikipedia? I noticed that your name was on the list of people who consider this --5 albert square (talk) 00:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

File a request at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions, or J.delanoy can grant them himself, happy editing!--SKATER ^Speak. 21:18, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi J.delanoy, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Newton

Sthlmtjej (talk) 17:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)Hello, My article newtonsales.com was deleted, i am the owner of the site and trying to chronical the history of the site and the purpose of the site in supporting the apple newton. can you let me know why you marked it for deletion and what i can do to fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sthlmtjej (talk • contribs) 17:36, 9 November 2009 (UTC) Sthlmtjej (talk) 17:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I deleted it because it did not say why it was notable. The easiest way to show notability is to show non-trivial coverage in reliable third-party sources, such as reviews or news stories. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:48, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Warning

Um...you may want to check out this, this, this this and this. it appears that PW got remaned to some really long name that I can't spell. However, PW has remained a seperate account, and Is now being used for vandilism by (wongly) stating that CE is a sock of NoR. regards (I really need to get started on my wikibrake.)--Orange soda kid 19:10, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Siiiiigggh. Okay, you apparently have a group of people who are all editing from the same place. Which accounts are held by people who are not trying to get the rest of you blocked? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:44, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Me, and Coldplay Expert.--Orange soda kid 19:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

You can trust me. And OSK, NoR has been banned so we wont here from him I think, PW/whatever his name is has gone off the deep end. I dont want to get involved though as this could end up like the conflict form last month. Im trying to keep a good name for myself and right now this stuff isnt helping.--Coldplay Expert 19:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Quick solution would be block PW, his renamed account, Poornutz, Jehisian zombie and NoR. 3 of them are already blocked.--Coldplay Expert 19:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, from the checkuser results, you all look like sockpuppets. I had something similar to this happen in the past, and what I did there was give IPBE to all the legitimate users, and then I hardblocked their main IP. I would like to do this, because it offers a (mostly) permanent solution, but I need to know which accounts are legit before I do. I am not sure that Lammidhania is actually in control of his PW account, so I don't want to block him right yet. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:53, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

That sounds good but I understand that you have to confirm that We are really people that arent socks. I guess that this problem will never go away. All that I can tell you is that Im not a sock. I guess that you will have to just take my word for it or not. If there is anything else that I can do to help just ask. (PS thanks for takeing this with a cool head, Im really sorry for all the trouble that this has caused everyone. In fact because of this, Spongefrog lost his RFA)--Coldplay Expert 19:57, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Anyway, thank you for all your help. Its things like this that resulted you in becomeing Wikipedian of the Day :)--Coldplay Expert 20:12, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

If you think I vandalize, it is your right, but banning this ip would just prove that you do not care for unregistered users, I have a contributed this encyclopedia for a long time and many times my edits were automatically reverted by some RETARDS or bots just because I wasn't registered going as far as being banned for adding information (and sources) to articles which now have the information kept on them because I was persistent and kept putting my changes until no bot or RETARD would automatically revert it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.179.177.244 (talk • contribs)

Don't insult other editors.--SKATER ^Speak. 21:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

He's blocked for the attack. Dayewalker (talk) 21:12, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked, by what I define as "blocking himself" and leaving posts with obscenities.----_{Boeing7107isdelicious|Sprich mit meine Piloten} 23:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Request for ip exemption

I have heard that due to conflicts from my ip address, which is linked to my school, that wikipedia will block my ip address. I would like for my account to be exempt from this block. Please reply on my talk page re:request for ip exemption. Thank you --Lord of the Pit (talk) 14:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

You've been vandal caught

You may not this vandal catch with railizardz12 or another administrator. --Railizardz 12 (talk) 16:46, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

...what? --Yowuza yadderhouse |meh 16:49, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

It will be a pleasure to take a six-month break from Bambifan101. Thank you for blocking that range. Would it be possible to do the same with that 74.249 range as well? If not, I understand. It's just nice to know we'll have some relief. Bless you. :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

The 74... range is part of a /13, so I don't think blocking the /16 will really help. In any case, it has way too many edits to justify it in my opinion. Sorry. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

No sweat, J. Thanks for all you do. Gonna run, but thanks yet again. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

You have a minute?

Could you check the sites referenced here and here? The pages wouldn't load for me and I have reverted the IP's edits based on that. I have messaged the IP with no response. If you can get the pages to load I will go back and undo my reverts. Oh...thanks for the revert on my talk :) Tiderolls 07:01, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Both are HTTP 404. Also, no problem. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 07:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. I want to add my voice to User:Steve Smith's opinion stated above (if that situation hasn't already resolved itself). WP needs you contributions. You have prevented me from getting blocked at least twice by advising me to keep my focus. I hope that you can find a way to hang around. Just my dos centavos... Tiderolls 07:10, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Can you take a look?

At the WP:AIV report for Coercorash (talk · contribs). Despite many warnings, and two editors reverting, he's continuing at his absurd stuff. Page move vandalism, redirecting a long standing article to a POV fork he created and so on. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 07:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Full agreement with your thoughts on the cult-ish fundraising banner...

...but isn't this just a bit of an overreaction? Steve Smith (talk) 06:08, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

No. If the Wikimedia Foundation refuses to listen to its own community, I have no place here. I have no immediate plans to retire, but I will if this issue is not resolved. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:09, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, we're each entitled to our own breaking point, I suppose, but I personally wouldn't have thought that this was the most objectionable thing to happen around here during your tenure. For what it's worth, I hope you stick around. Steve Smith (talk) 06:11, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

You may be right about this not being the worst thing to happen, but I cannot think of any other case where the WMF proposed that we do something, had the proposal practically universally rejected by the community, and then went ahead and did it anyways. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:27, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, that was shocking. What are those donations gonna do if you lose some of your best editors? Fund a vandal spree? I'm glad you decided to stay.--SKATER ^Speak. 18:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy-Deletion of "The MadHatters"

Hello,

Early today the article named "The MadHatters" was speedy-deleted citing G12 as well as G7 and G11. This stated that some of the material under the 'History' section of this article was copied from http://www.casa.org/node/2058. In fact, the information on http://www.casa.org/node/2058 was provided to the Contemporary A Cappella Society by The UW MadHatters as profile/biographical information. It was created by the MadHatters and can also be seen on their website http://www.uwmadhatters.com/content/view/madhatters_in_history/. This fact was posted on the Talk:The MadHatters page after CorenSearchBot notified me (the page's creator) of the possible copyright infringement.

Because this information was created by The MadHatters and provided to http://www.casa.org/node/2058, it should not be considered copyright infringement.

I would greatly appreciate your time and consideration in the matter of hopefully undeleting this article.

Thank you Bernecker (talk) 22:55, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

For the Arbitration Committee,
Risker (talk) 08:10, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

WOTD

Congratulations, J.delanoy! For your kindness to others, your hard work around the wiki, and for being a great user, you have been awarded the "Wikipedian of the Day" award for today, November 12th, 2009! Keep up the great work!
Note: You could also recieve the "Wikipedian of the Week award for this week!

December 21st2012Freak 00:01, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

CHU thanks

Thanks for this. I knew the last one was related, but was trying to AGF on the obsessive ramblings he's been posting on my page. Ugh. tedder (talk) 18:32, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcome :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:35, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

for the IP exemption :)--Coldplay Expert 18:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

dito. thank you so much. :D regards--Orange soda kid 18:47, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

It appears that User:Lord of the Pit is trying to contact you.--Coldplay Expert 20:07, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Who is he? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:11, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Im not quite sure. He/she apparently attends the same high school as me. But I know of no other friends of mine that use wikipedia. Just OSK and PW.--Coldplay Expert 20:15, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

ok. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Question

How would I go about acquiring tools for reverting vandalism? Regards - 4twenty42o (talk) 20:01, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:CVU#Tools. I would recommend either Huggle or Twinkle. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you sir!! Regards - 4twenty42o (talk) 20:26, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, so can I request rollback from you as well? - 4twenty42o (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure :-) Just remember to only use it to revert edits that are undeniably vandalism. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:23, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Will do!! - 4twenty42o (talk) 21:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

David Sells

i just want to confirm i didnt recrete the article by accident if i did im really sorry i didnt mean to i meant to put a speedy deletion template instead Saturn star (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:18, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Purging edit summaries of deleted revisions

Hello J. I've recently picked up the mop and am still learning the toops and procedures. I'm presently looking at possibly cleaning up recent attacks in User talk:NJGW through a delete and selective restore operation, as you did several months back. I understand the delete and restore steps. However, when I look at the deleted revisions, I see that most of the prior edit summaries have been replaced with "~~(comment removed)~~". How can I do that. I cannot find instructions on the Wikipedia:New admin school/Deleting page and my searches to "comment removed" have been unsuccessful. Could you please enlighten me? -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 05:43, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

That is done using a tool called RevisionDelete. Currently, only oversighters have "write" access to this tool. Admins can view most logs, but they cannot suppress content themselves. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 13:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the link you are trying to provide is dead. Please provide a link that is in blue. This will automatically affect other users seeking attention with this link.----_{Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN} 06:30, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Westhill, Aberdeenshire

Howdy - just a quick query; was wondering why you did this reversion please ? It's not obvious from context. Ta. - TB (talk) 09:14, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't remember... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:07, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've undone your undoing then. Or should the un's cancel out ? .. perhaps I've just do'ed it. I've reverted your revision - revisiovertified it. Anywho, the IP editors changes are back in - they seem to make sense. Cheers. - TB (talk) 22:42, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocked user GA nom

The blocked user Kathyrncelestewright nominated The Nightingale here. I was wondering if I should speedy fail it because the user will not be able to make the necessary changes. Thanks, Airplaneman ^talk 07:41, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. I usually don't involve myself in GAN. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

PCH

Hi. Regarding Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pioneercourthouse, looks like sleeper Psyouboo (talk · contribs) snuck through. Maybe another range to check? Thanks. Wknight94 ^talk 15:05, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes please. Thank you. Katr67 (talk) 18:46, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I looked at him, and the others. No range blocks are possible, but I picked up a couple of sleepers. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:19, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm..

Was this too rude when I gave this warning to the user you blocked: 'This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to Zelda Fitzgerald, you will be blocked from editing. You think we can't tell when you lie? Stop '. I'd like your opinion. Thanks A8 UDI 02:42, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think it's really worth it to say things like that. They know we know that they are wrong already. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:46, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

kk. thanks A8 UDI 02:47, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Removal of access

Hello J.delanoy. Unfortunately I am no longer as active as I was on vandalism/spam fighting on this wiki and I do not want to hold unused flags I request you to remove my rollback flags here. As you know I'm a global rollbacker and it seems that per policy I am allowed to use it so if some day I found any vandalism or spam I think it should not be a problem to use it and, of course, in the event any admin would require me to have local rollback again I will request it through the normal ways. Thank you, --Dferg (talk) 21:18, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Done. There shouldn't be any problem at all with you using your Global Rollback on this project. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:31, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Gracias. --Dferg (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

ResearchEditor

He's running a little faster; I accidentally added a new report to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Subpage - Pending close#ResearchEditor. Sorry about that, but he used to add a new sock farm every 2 weeks, and he's now getting back to once a week. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Used 203.189.83.87 deserves another block

You blocked this user a week ago for a week and he's back ... the acc't is clearly only used for vandalism (although of a very minor sort) BobKawanaka (talk) 14:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

You were the last one to block this IP

so would you like to do it again? [1] JohnWBarber (talk) 04:11, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I doubt it's the same person, so I left him a warning, and I will keep an eye on him too. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:16, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

128.8.0.0/16

I have unblocked 128.8.0.0/16 which is the range used by the University of Maryland. There seems to be substantial interest in using Wikipedia for editing in classes there. Fred Talk 21:36, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Just tell them that if the vandalism gets out of hand again, it's going to be blocked again. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

The vandal has struck again. One more UMD attack, and I'm reinstating the block, but leaving account creation open so that classes may edit without too much trouble. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:33, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandal strikes again. I'm reinstating the block. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:26, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Blocking

A bit ridiculous isn't it, considering I have never edited anything on Wikipedia before, yet I get on the website to find a message saying i've been blocked. I think you need to work on your system a bit more with IP's.

118.208.138.17 (talk) 02:11, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Someone from your IP did. See this and this. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:54, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Something urgent

Please check your e-mail. Schfifty3 03:12, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

You've got two more! Schfifty3 05:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

One more. Schfifty3 19:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

For reverting vandalism on my user talk page...

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Please help us stop Piracy

Please don't bring back the torrent, music links

We are concerned about PIRACY

Thank You for understanding

There are no torrent links on that page. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:42, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Official website of the movie has everything

Different Music website links are causing piracy of music ...

Um, no. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:46, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Following link need to be removed ^ "Paa Music Review". Filmicafe Media. November 16, 2009. http://www.filmicafe.com/music_filmi_detail_song.php?movie_id=1146.

Thank You for understanding Piracy concerns and efforts produce a great movie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.61.59 (talk) 01:48, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Where does that link encourage piracy? I see no way to download the song. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:51, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

MajorMinorMark

You blocked this guy for sockpuppetry. It's likely that he is someone's sock (judging from the edit history, and his knowledge of policy), but he's not been overtly disruptive, and he's actually been helpful in the ongoing sockfest surrounding "team touchdown". Could you fill us in on what's going on? Thanks. Horologium (talk) 03:12, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

He is unquestionably the same person as Bot-From-Another-World, who, based on the logs from a while ago, is the same person as User:Pickbothmanlol. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:18, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I forgot that you are a checkuser now. The block was mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Deanops, which is why I asked. That investigation request keeps getting bigger and bigger as more socks pop up, and then seeing the initiator get blocked as a sock (without any clarification) raised a few eyebrows. I'll slap a template up on the userpage to let the others know what's going on. Horologium (talk) 03:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

166.137.4.139

*cough* HalfShadow 18:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

I'm extremely sick and tired of vandalism by this same person. Please refer to this administrator's talk page for more about this. I'd appreciate any help that I can get. - Zarbon (talk) 18:21, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

You might want to checkuser 166.137.4.0/24, which is part of the range on which the vandal operates. You'll find something worth looking at, I think. I can handle it if you'd like, but I thought you might want to do it. --Deskana (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, I thought it was a /9, but okay. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

B.E.

Hi J.d. I saw that you blocked the anon for block evasion based on the ANI post and I was wondering if it was clear who they were? The post seemed on its face to be well intentioned to me. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:43, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know the master for sure, and I don't care who it is. Before I had scrolled halfway down the results of the CU query on his range, I had found around 30 socks, including two on that very IP address. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:45, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmmmm. Okay. I was just curious. Thanks. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:17, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

lol

sockpuppets? in my pedia? ÷seresin 05:29, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Question!

Hey there J.delanoy, I was wondering if I could use one of your funny vandalisms on my user page. I'm trying to build a list too, and I would love to just use a certain one on your page that made me laugh out loud. Cheers, The Arbiter^★_★^★ 03:08, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

By the way, how did you find those vandalisms? The Arbiter^★_★^★ 03:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

1: Sure, if you want. 2: Let's just say I've done a fair bit of vandal fighting :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:14, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

RFCU inquiry

Hello. I was meaning to create an SPI, but it was hard for me to follow, and because I know you here a lot, I was hoping you could help me! Please check the page history on Todd Field, an article I created. By observing the edit summaries of the accounts in red, I believe they are under control of a main user. Perhaps the user forgot their password and is creating new accounts? Plus, most of the users are contributing only to pages related to Field. The period of time when there has been most activity from these possible "socks" was in the spring this year. So, what are your observations? Thanks. Schfifty3 04:39, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think a checkuser query will return much. CheckUser can only look back three months, and the relatively slow pace of edits to that page means that I would only be able to look at the last three or four accounts, and I don't think it is likely that they are socks. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

You may not classify them as socks, but, to me, the users' edit summaries are very similar. Adding to that, those accounts seem to only contribute to Todd Field-related articles. Do you think I should start an SPI? Schfifty3 01:22, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I did not say I didn't think they were socks. I said that in my opinion, a checkuser is unlikely to return much. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Another curiosity

Hi again! I realized I should have responded to the RFCU post, but I don't think I will right now. I am curious: on Mediawiki.org, I see a lot of reverts in your contribs. Do you use your own bot, or do you manually revert but include the standard edit summary (Reverted edits by User1 to last version by User2)? Link: [2] Thanks, Schfifty3 00:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I have global rollback. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:29, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for answering! Sometimes, I get curious about you... Schfifty3 01:22, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

RE:November 2009

I do not know what do you mean. ALL the media are saying the suspect is Ampatuan's family clan. So why put a misleading picture into the infobox? A warlord's personal clan is very different from Guerrilla rebellion forces.--1j1z2 (talk) 06:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I hope neither of you will mind if I jump in for a moment just to say that there is a discussion regarding the image at Talk:Maguindanao massacre#Image. Cheers, –BLACK FALCON ^(TALK) 06:23, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Meh, all I saw was someone removing content with no explanation... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:23, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

regarding Pickbothmanlol

I know AGF and all, but he was socking as recently as yesterday, see User talk:MajorMinorMark. Not sure if you were aware that he was. If you were, and have chosen to unblock him anyways, that's cool. However, I just thought it'd be useful if you had all the details. --Jayron32 02:48, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I know. Meh. I'll be checking up on him periodically, so I think it's worth a shot. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

It's all good, dude. Hope this works out for the best. Anyhoo, carry on... --Jayron32 02:54, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I do not know the exact reason why you unblocked this user, but I must admit that I'm having a hard time seeing their latest RfA nomination as anything but unconstructive (at best).[3] I'm referring specifically to their comment in the Neutral section. Yes, I'm a bit concerned. Regards, decltype (talk) 00:08, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Because I grown concerns that I shouldn't have even made the nomination. ☭Pickbothmanlol☭ 00:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Seriously, please slow down. Just think of something you enjoy, and try writing about it. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:52, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

You might be interested in WP:ANI#Five-year-old deletion discussion reopened. Hans Adler 07:44, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Your recent additions to Talk:Italy

I think what you are saying is that a user involved in the issue under discussion has been identified as having sockpuppets who have also been involved. And that they have all been blocked. But I don’t think that’s going to be very clear to everyone reading the page. Perhaps you might clarify there? Ian Spackman (talk) 23:41, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Commented there. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:27, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Ian Spackman (talk) 00:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for protecting the last page. I can't stand that edit war.--David Beals (talk) 03:43, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not an edit war. It's /b/. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:47, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

YellowMonkey unprotected the page that you last protected. Reprotect it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Beals (talk • contribs) 03:56, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I didn't realize it was TFA. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:59, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Go-Cod-MW2

I am very sorry, but I do not understand why you identified me as a sockpuppet. I can assure you that I am not. Please can you cancel your comment on the Italy discussion page, or at least say that I am not one to solve this misunderstanding Thank you --Go-Cod-MW2 (talk) 08:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

You certainly smell like one to me. You were identified as a "sock". Nowhere was the term "sockpuppet" used. Yet, somehow, as a new editor, you've turned up in a heated discussion and contributed only to that, and you know what a sockpuppet is. Odd. Perhaps you're a quick study? Josh Parris 08:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Not unheard of, but assuming good faith only goes so far. @Kate (talk) 09:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I think this is a genuinely new user. Sockpuppeting is not exclusive to Wikipedia. Majorly talk 09:07, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Pickbothmanlol

I've reblocked this user per Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Five-year-old deletion discussion reopened; if you have anything to add to the ANI thread that would be very welcome. EyeSerene^talk 12:30, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Red Star

Red Star

Congratulations, J.delanoy! It's my pleasure to award you November 26, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan ^{the vanilla twilight} 21:24, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star!

Protection of Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia

Hi J.delanoy, thanks for protecting Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia. I was going to request it, but then I realized it was a front-page article and that was probably why it was getting hit so hard. I had heard in the past that these articles were rarely protected because their increased visibility to vandals should correlate with increased visibility to anti-vandalism users, as well, so I was curious of your decision process here. What made you decide to protect it anyway? I only ask because I would like to try to get a better understanding of when WP:RPP is appropriate and when it's not. Thanks again! And try to take a break every once in a while; I always see you around working too hard ;) --Mpdelbuono (talk) 03:24, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I protected it because I know it is being raided by /b/, and when they raid someone, nothing besides protection will stop it. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:26, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah, that's a pretty good reason. Good work, and thanks again! --Mpdelbuono (talk) 03:40, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

KNUST

And while I have no issues with different interpretations, I would appreciate feedback when you overturn one of my WP:CP clearances. Among others because if I'm wrong, I'd need to change the way I work, to prevent future occurences. Best, MLauba (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/212.32.71.136

Hi there! I have a little bit of work for you - a huge SPI investigation. It involves around a dozen IPs and I thought I'd go to a rather seasoned admin about it. Thanks! --Addi hockey 10 ^{(review me!)} 01:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Orange Star

Orange Star

Congratulations, J.delanoy! Within the past three days, you received the Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. You've now been chosen to receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan ^{the vanilla twilight} 14:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

You could also receive the next higher up award, the Yellow Star!

Bring a drink and some kind of trailmix.

I have reached new heights of "failure to be brief." Sorry. :( --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:13, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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Scibaby Socks...

Hi J! Thanks for handling the latest Scibaby case. As usual, we have a group of new socks. Did you by any chance also check the two questionable accounts (User: Climatedragon and User: Hopkinsrocks) against the other two recent sockmasters on the climate articles, User: Tinpac and User: Flegelpuss? --Stephan Schulz (talk) 08:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, all those accounts are

Unrelated to each other. However, Tinpac has been very busy. I have to go to class now, but you may want to have someone look at some of those accounts' edits. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 14:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Your block

Thank you for addressing User:212.85.6.26 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Please be aware of actions on other wikis too. See google for 212.85.6.26. I'm not sure if those cases call for any action. LeadSongDog come howl 19:12, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

AFI-PUNK

His repeated creation of new disruptive SPAs is getting to be a problem. Do you think we'd be able to block the IP range he's using? I remember the last time he used IPs, they were all inside a fairly small range which was range-blocked by Seraphim. Tim meh 21:24, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think it will work. He's jumping around quite a bit. I hate bellsouth... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, I guess we'll have to just deal with him. Who knows when he'll give up, though. You'd think he'd get bored after the first dozen or so blocks... Tim meh 21:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)