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User:FaZe_Tiger

Hi. This user vandalized Dan Leno and a bunch of other articles today. I don't know if you are ready to go ahead with a block, but I wasn't sure what sort of warning to put on their user talk page, since you have already put up the stop sign there. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:47, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

He hasn't edited since that last warning I issued, but I'm watching and I will block if he persists. —SMALL JIM 09:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Response to "Vape Vet Store" and "Vape Vet LLC"

Not too familiar with how talk pages work. But how is adding my company to Wikipedia any different than Apple Inc being a part of Wikipedia? It got approved by Wikipedia, only contained facts (no promotional copy), and clearly (and succinctly) describes what the site/company does (without any promotional copy). Would you please explain how Ploom,_Inc. is not flag-worthy, yet my pages are? This page even explains how the company intends to "revolutionize" the industry, which is far more promotional than anything on my page.Dnllowe (talk) 15:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

@Dnllowe: I replied to the first part of your query on your talk page. If you think that Ploom,_Inc. is not written from a neutral point of view, you are welcome to edit it, as long as you remain scrupulously neutral yourself. However, that article was submitted via the Articles for creation process, and was accepted because it has references to reliable sources that the reviewing editor decided were sufficient to show that it passed our notability criterion. Complicated here, isn't it! —SMALL JIM 15:59, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

No, I understand. I saw the first response (thanks). I guess it's the notability that's the issue. So I suppose, in the future, if there are more press releases, news sites doing stories, etc--and if someone completely unassociated with the company wrote a Wikipedia article, it wouldn't be a problem? That's not intended to be sarcastic either. I'm not sure what the exact tipping point for notability would be. High monthly search volume on the term (showing that people are curious in finding out more about the company)? I guess Colbert had me thinking you could just throw a page up and call it a day.Dnllowe (talk) 16:05, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

@Dnllowe: I appreciate that you're able to accept an explanation - not everyone does! You've got it broadly right about notability, though reliability of the source is the most important factor. It's basically a community decision – sometimes it's really obvious one way or the other, but we have an articles for deletion process to get consensus on the less obvious cases.

Incidentally, could I ask what you mean by that reference to "Colbert"? I guess you mean The Colbert Report, but as I'm in the UK that doesn't mean too much to me (apart from the Elephant incident) - has he suggested that everyone should put their company on Wikipedia? —SMALL JIM 16:19, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Haha, no. He's just asked viewers on his show to change popular Wikipedia pages, or has had his staff edit very reputable people's pages in the past without it going noticed, and to comedic effect. I'm sure it's a headache for you guys, but I guess it planted the idea in my head that it's not that hard to get a Wikipedia page up--especially if it were done for legitimate reasons.172.254.70.1 (talk) 16:45, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! That may go some way to explain the large number of such submissions that we get. —SMALL JIM 17:16, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking the IP that vandalised my talkpage. Much appreciated! 5 albert square (talk) 23:22, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

That's very kind. I guess I just beat you to it! He's still at it though: 186.90.62.146 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). —SMALL JIM 23:25, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes I was locking the article talk page at the same time as you. Great minds think alike :-) 5 albert square (talk) 23:42, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

bbc2 edit war on the verge

Look, every ident from the 1991 and 2001 package has every right to be on that article, and you have no right to remove them completely. Visokor (talk) 11:54, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

@Visokor: While I'm always happy to discuss my edits, arguments have to be based on policy/guidelines - "has every right" doesn't sound good enough. What reliable sources are you using to make that claim? How do you know the information is all accurate? —SMALL JIM 12:02, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

(note) No response, so I'll assume silence implies consent. —SMALL JIM 12:23, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Lemelson Capital Management

Hi. I noticed and appreciated some of your constructive edits to the Lemelson Capital Management page and was hoping you might work with me to improve the page. Could you? Orthodox2014 (talk) 09:13, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

No thanks. I think it's an article of borderline notability on a uninteresting topic. But if you find the topic fascinating, why don't you help reduce the impression that you are only here to promote Lemelson by working on some other articles in the same field? There are plenty in Category:American hedge fund managers that could do with improvement. In fact, looking at Category:Hedge fund managers by nationality, it appears that there's a distinct American bias, so you could really help Wikipedia by writing some new articles on notable hfm's in other countries. —SMALL JIM 11:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

ip block

You might want to take away talk page access for that IP you blocked today User_talk:86.168.80.12 Gaijin42 (talk) 20:28, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that - done. —SMALL JIM 20:40, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

User talk:AIHGAIHTH8ATH8AHGAG9JA9GA

Hi Smalljim. I fail to see what you were warning this new editor for?Charles (talk) 21:47, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes, I omitted to expand the notice – apologies for that. I've just added an explanation at User talk:AIHGAIHTH8ATH8AHGAG9JA9GA. The only content in the article was "They Are Real !". —SMALL JIM 22:37, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. There was nothing appearing in the user's contributions to find this.Charles (talk) 08:47, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure how I missed the detail out: I know it ought to be included. Anyway I hope s/he turns out to be more than the usual vandal, though I don't think the username bodes well... Good luck! —SMALL JIM 10:25, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Operation Protective Edge

Special:Contributions/182.180.90.62 is obvious sock with previous IPs. I'm afraid that if IP has registered account to editing. Can you "full protection" against it, along with Talk:Arabs? Destiny Leo (talk) 12:17, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, but I suggest you contact another admin about protecting pages. I don't want to get involved in the details of this topic: I'm restricting myself to reverting obvious vandalism here. —SMALL JIM 12:26, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Please fill out your JSTOR email

As one of the original 100 JSTOR account recipients, please fill out the very short email form you received just recently in order to renew your access. Even though you signed up before with WMF, we need you to sign up again with The Wikipedia Library for privacy reasons and because your prior access expired on July 15th. We do not have your email addresses now; we just used the Special:EmailUser feature, so if you didn't receive an email just contact me directly at jorlowitzgmail.com. Thanks, and we're working as quickly as possible to get you your new access! Jake (Ocaasi) 19:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Done. Thanks Jake! —SMALL JIM 21:53, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/81.98.227.40

He/she recently continuing to edit again. Can you block him/her again? 183.171.171.150 (talk) 01:05, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

A bit late, and thanks to Binksternet for the other reverts, but yes, I've blocked again because there was no change in behaviour since the last block. —SMALL JIM 22:30, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

User:Technophant

Just a question out of curiousity regarding the recent reverts. Were you watching User:Technophant's page or did you happen to run into him recently just now? Supersaiyen312 (talk) 10:14, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I had half an eye on it, yes. Admins tend to have large watchlists :) —SMALL JIM 10:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

request for rollback, moved from your user page

Hello smalljim . Sorry for typing here , your message box wasn't opening .I wanted to ask you if you could grant me rollbacker rights . It would be greatly appreciated . Matheweditking (talk) 13:54, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

This user is on a rather desperate quest to get advanced permissions, including exaggerating their experience level, badgering an admin (me) who would not grant them the reviewer right, and "begging" when it was declined. They have about 30 edits in total, not sure why they chose to come directly to you when they are clearly aware of WP:PERM, probably a case of WP:OTHERPARENT. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:17, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer, Bb. Matheweditking, Sorry I wasn't around earlier, but I can't really add anything to the message that Beeblebrox has put on your talk page. —SMALL JIM 22:49, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

vandalism to page on Ford Model T

Hey, In my efforts and adventures in wikipedia I discovered that a user called Smileypapaya is repeatedly vandalising the mentioned page. For example ,tin lizzie has been replaced with tin lizard. Could you please help me stop this user. Thank you. Matheweditking (talk) P.S. - could you give me rights atleast now . ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matheweditking (talk • contribs) 09:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

88.70.155.172

Hi, I was just wondering if you should remove the edits of 88.70.155.172 from my talk page for the same reason you removed the same change from their talk page? Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 15:35, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes ... done! Though it's less obvious than appearing in the edit summary, I did wonder whether or not to ask you about it, actually. —SMALL JIM 15:39, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Actually I was in two minds in asking because it doesn't bother me as such: It was more that it could bother others, but mostly because I think its good to make sure these type of people have nothing to look back at (for those that take pride in such behaviour) — Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 15:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Yup - though some of them also enjoy seeing the admins run around after them with the mop, so we have to consider that too. —SMALL JIM 16:06, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Edit looks OK to me

Er, Your recent "reversion of untrustworthy edit" appears unjustified. Could you look again? Even if the editor has an insalubrious history, the link to the notable actress Hermione Norris is surely fully justified. Also, what think you about the earlier removal of William and Harry? I believe they should be reinstated. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 15:51, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Briefly, it's a known vandal who remains completely uncommunicative and indifferent to offers of help. Although I know that he intersperses some good edits amongst the bad ones, it's unreasonable to expect anyone to sort out the wheat from the chaff, hence the practice of reverting on sight, which has been going on for several months now. There's no problem if you want to reinstate the edits if they're OK. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. —SMALL JIM 16:19, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

More block evasion

Hello again. User:Fnfnfnfhhfhhf is adding that fan image to the page again. Also if I see it again can I just report it to WP:AIV? Thanks--BarsofGold (talk) 21:15, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I've blocked again. Yes, you can report at AIV, but you'll need to make clear the repetitive nature of the vandalism in case the admin who looks at your report isn't aware of it (otherwise you run the risk of being told the vandal hasn't been warned enough). —SMALL JIM 21:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

I need help

If you can delete the IP from the history great, but otherwise I think I am good to go and calming down. Thank you for your help.

User talk:RTI INTERNAT

Just to inform you that User talk:RTI INTERNAT is being used for promotion by the user that you blocked. Sjö (talk) 13:15, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I see that we had the creation and blocking of User:RTI NEWS (about) too. —SMALL JIM 20:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

User:royalrec

Hello! I just saw that you wrote something on my talk page... But I don't know what... Could you please explain? Royalrec (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I just reverted some vandalism; the edits were later deleted altogether, per WP:DENY, by another admin, NawlinWiki. —SMALL JIM 21:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Yahweh YHWH

After seeing how many articles he'd gone through, changing quotations, changing the "Canaanite god Yahweh" to YHWH, I've raised WP:ANI#New editor with multiple problems, restoring copyvio, changing Yahweh to YHWH in perhaps 50 articles, etc. Dougweller (talk) 14:29, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes. He needs to pass a crash course in collaborative editing if he's to survive here! I only noticed him due to the multiple "Yahweh" → "YHWH" changes he was making earlier today: I suppose someone ought to undo them pending your RFC outcome. But I'm really not interested in this topic, so I hope you'll excuse me if I don't take part in the discussions. I see he's just been blocked for 24h. —SMALL JIM 14:52, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Ah well - since he wouldn't stop typing I've just revoked his talk page access (and reset the 24h block) to give him the opportunity to read the advice that others have offered. —SMALL JIM 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Lunch

Cyphoidbomb (talk) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

You work hard. Lunch, comprising bottomless pints of whisky, is on me today.

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{WikiScotch}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Message received at 18:28, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

PS: God this template is ugly! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:34, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much! I'm not sure if I can drink that much these days, but I shall certainly enjoy our hour of drunken grousing about the vandals. I've changed the colour of the template to something more appropriate; hope you approve of it. —SMALL JIM 21:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

It's definitely better than that puke color, although now I don't know if I can pick up those peat notes... A good day to you, sir. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:56, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

They're there, just lean close to the screen and sniff. —SMALL JIM 21:58, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Ahhh, the peaaat. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Nah, I was joking – it's really just cold tea :) —SMALL JIM 22:21, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Help req

Hey, now that we're both suitably drunk, could you take a look at List of Oggy and the Cockroaches episodes? I'm being warned via edit summaries by a n00b that I need to discuss changes on their talk page. I've been opposing some cruft, and I wrote a pretty lengthy explanation on the talk page. That wasn't to their satisfaction, for some reason. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:22, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Repeat vandalism on Electrical conduit

You and I have been reverting an IP editor who seems to be showing off his/her ability to commandeer various Verizon IP addresses around the US. Perhaps a temporary protection of the article might work, but I suspect it will just encourage the IP vandal to go pick on another article. It may be that contacting Verizon is the only way to stop this IP vandal from using internal network privileges at the ISP. Reify-tech (talk) 20:00, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

It's a known vandal who uses many ISPs - I've been blocking on sight for some time and was keeping this article open just to keep him busy there, till NawlinWiki spoilt the fun by protecting it :) —SMALL JIM 20:10, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought that was what you were doing. Now, I suspect that the IP vandal will just go pick on another article somewhere else in Wikipedia. His/her ability to rapidly use Verizon IP addresses scattered across Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Virginia implies possible internal privileges inside the Verizon ISP operation, but investigating to that level is beyond my pay grade here. 8^) Reify-tech (talk) 20:22, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Me too, but it's reasonable to say that we do what we can with the limited resources at our disposal... —SMALL JIM 20:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladimir_Klitschko

There's an insulting word in cyrillic alphabet just above the picture.

Thanks. Zapped. Any more? —SMALL JIM 20:52, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Blocking

	Blocking
	Hi Smalljim, I did not know you blocked the account poopoopeepeekishichushu until today when I got home from school Sincerly, Eiji Mendoza (talk) 22:46, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

IP you blocked today

89.39.189.2 (talk · contribs) looked like an obvious sock and was targeting in part Future Perfect. Could be Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikinger/Archive. In any case I asked at IRC (the SPI channel) and DoRD agrees it is probably Wikinger and has blocked the range for a year. Dougweller (talk) 14:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dougweller: Sorry for delay in replying. Nice one, thanks for the info. I only spotted it because my homebrewed vandalism detector was pinging like mad as I walked past, so I doled out a quick block. You've probably noticed that I'm not usually one for tracing vandals back to their sockmasters – one persistent offender is much like another as far as I'm concerned and to be honest I'm not very good at remembering which one does what sort of vandalism, which I suppose is good for denying them recognition at least! I am aware, though, of the potential loss of useful information caused by not following up on cases, so if there are some simple steps I could take to make your/DoRD/others jobs easier, do let me know (email if you prefer). —SMALL JIM 09:39, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

No problem. If you see edit summaries that seem to be targeting someone it's usually a good idea to ask them if they recognise the editor. No other obvious tips I can think of. Ah, if you see an IP making edits on race and intelligence related articles and they geolocate to Seoul, that's User:Mikemikev. But it is tricky. Dougweller (talk) 09:46, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh no, not another one! Thanks for the idea though. —SMALL JIM 10:48, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Montykind

Hey Smalljim, if you get a second, could you please take a look at the user Montykind? The account has been open since January, most of their edits are to their own User page or Talk page and contain bizarre tables with numerous mentions of sockpuppetry and page protections. Or incoherent edit summaries like this one, "never mind, you've get lost the show". They also have lists of children's TV shows, which seem to be cobbled from the various Kids TV networks. As I looked through the edit histories of the articles that they've edited, I notice several intersections with various Banclark socks. [1][2][3][4][5]. I also looked at the edit histories of some of the articles on their list and found some more Banclark socks--although that's not particularly telling because he vandalizes lots of shit. And then of course once you start going down that rabbit hole, you start to find other vandal accounts like WonderKat from Ifunny and WonderKat Wiki (the latter reminds me of some of the So-And-So Wiki socks found here. But let's not go down that rabbit hole just yet. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:20, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Been a bit busy this afternoon, but Montykind quacks well enough as a Banclark, especially since he created the account for Tranclark3. He's not vandalising as such, so I won't block immediately: I'll take a deeper look when I have a bit more time. Isn't there an existing SPI page? - I've lost track of who the Banclarks really are! —SMALL JIM 18:58, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

No rush, thanks for peeking at it. Most of the user's edits have been fairly innocuous, but I did revert some unexplained blanking at All Grown Up!. I didn't think to see if they'd created other accounts. I can never remember how to do that. I don't know if this is the original FanforClarl or some idiotic knockoff. Frankly, I don't care. Kinda wish the CheckUsers could do more, sometimes... Have a killer day! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:09, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

In case you haven't found out yet, account creations are shown under logs on a user's contribs page.
OK. After consideration I've blanked his user pages and left him a message: if you want to add anything else there, feel free. We'll see what he does next. You could, if you want, raise an SPI under Fanforclarl and refer to the recent Banclarks, though I get the feeling that CU evidence wouldn't be confirmatory. —SMALL JIM 13:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Monty's user page reminds me of TDFan2006's sandbox. Both had weird stuff randomly appearing in these spaces. Made you wonder if they were somehow using them to set up for vandalism or what. Sigh. Oh what great pains man will endure for the proliferation of schmuckery. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:19, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

I didn't know that sandbox page was still there - note what you want from it: I'll delete it shortly – Jetania/Unovia aren't welcome. Have you come across user Fosyia yet? That's another one I've got an eye on. And the related Commons uploads by Skippa. —SMALL JIM 16:31, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Foysia sounds somewhat familiar, but I haven't made note of them yet, or of the other. I don't need anything from TD's sandbox, so do yo thang. But before you do, take a look at the edit history, because it's somewhat (but not very) interesting. That user would basically dump a bunch of shit into their sandbox, tweak it a few times, then blank their sandbox. Then they'd dump a ton of shit, tweak it, and blank. Over and over and over again. It's a strange cycle. No idea what they were doing all that for. School assignment? Doesn't make any sense. Of their 1,457 edits, about 500 were to their own sandbox. Oh, and don't forget their sandbox2. I'll take a look at the other users. Addendum: Yah, I see your point about Foysia. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:06, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the sandbox2 pointer, that's gone now too: it was also a hoax as far as I can tell. Regarding Montykind, it's good to get confirmation - his response to my message was to reinstate the blanked content and then add another fake infobox including Smalljim as one of the contributors. I've indef blocked. —SMALL JIM 10:42, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh these rascals! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:39, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

At least it's a unique editing pattern that shouldn't be hard to spot. Incidentally, are you taking advantage of the beta CirrusSearch search engine yet? See your Preferences|Beta features. It indexes more-or-less in real time and although it it has several oddities, it makes searching for recent vandalism possible. mw:Help:CirrusSearch explains the available parameters - "prefer-recent:1,0.01" is useful. —SMALL JIM 15:18, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

I tried to enable it when you mentioned it, but Wikipedia simultaneously had a weird CSS problem, which made me think I broke everything. I'll give it a shot. Man, I wish they would add check-boxes or something. I don't have the brain for complicated search strings. Either I use quotation marks or not. That's it. Anyhow, I'll check it out. Thanks Smalljim! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:50, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Hey Smalljim, check out what I found with the new search tool: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Skippa Appears to be a shitload of garbage images. Note the Foysia logos? And this one references Jetania. I'm not too familiar with Commons. How does one get this stuff removed quickly, and the user blocked over there? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:29, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I saw those and have been remiss in not doing anything about them. I got half way through researching the Commons speedy deletion process before getting sidetracked by something more interesting... It may even be worth leaving them as easy pointers if they get used over here. You've seen that I've blocked those two AIV-reported cases here, I think: I could have disposed of those earlier if I hadn't forgotten to check the search :-( —SMALL JIM 17:06, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply on that IP. Interesting how quickly s/he got pissy once I started blanking the hoax content. SMH...I'll never understand this kid. I think the Foysia images could go, since that is specific to one user. If you think one or two of the others are worth leaving as bait, I don't mind. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:16, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

If you're offering to go to Commons and get them deleted (and the user blocked) that would be great and would definitely earn you points :) I'm not an admin there, of course.

Incidentally, I'm getting to be rather unhappy with the present system of sockpuppet identification at SPI. I wonder if it would make more sense to identify and report vandals by the type of edits they make (as you had to explain in this latest case), rather than having to already know the correct sockmaster to report them under? I suppose it wouldn't be so helpful if a vandal changes his modus operandi, but if, for example, we didn't have to bother about exactly who this present vandal is, we'd have saved a lot of unnecessary work (here, from June). And it's based on what vandals do not who they are that really matters: so if we mixed up Hoshi with Brightify, say, would that really matter if they were doing the same type of vandalism? Of course it might well annoy the vandal by denying them proper recognition – oh dear. Just some thoughts. —SMALL JIM 17:42, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm not a fan of the SPI system. I thought it was useful when I started, but it's far too slow a process (no offense to the hard-working checkusers) and it usually results in vandals being free to do what they will for several days before anything gets done. It was somewhat useful at some point for lumping vandals together, but as I've grown to believe (and articulated somewhat at the Hoshi SPI) it doesn't really matter if Sock B is just another incarnation of Vandal A. I suppose the times when it is useful, is to indicate to AIV that Vandal Y has a history of disruption and thus needn't be receive the warnings they would otherwise get. For example the idiot I call the Marhc Vandal (100.4.101.248 173.71.157.126 98.90.89.206) would be easier to report and deal with if he had a sock page. Or if there were a central page on his editing style, as you are suggesting. It's a good idea. There are some socks who I feel use different identities--those are going to be difficult to catalog, but so long as we can lump them together by behavior that might be a better approach. Might also help to track long-term patterns in vandalism. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:06, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

FYI, IP 90.196.75.203 is back at it with the Jetania garbage on the IP talk page. I reverted once but you might wanna keep an eye open. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:24, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I've been out enjoying the sunshine today, just got back. IP blocked. Also User:Drfuser from earlier today: I've reverted all his edits, following the lines of our earlier discussion; if anyone wants to reinstate any good bits, do feel free to do so. —SMALL JIM 16:03, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Nice! Sun=homemade vitamin D! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I thought I got vitamins from sitting close to my computer screen. Oh hang on - that was the old CRT screens with all those electrons firing into my face. Probably explains my aged look. —SMALL JIM 16:42, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Heheh. Oh yes. The CRTs... BTW, I tagged many of those Fosyia images and whatnot for speedy delete and they're now gone. The responding admin tore through some of the other hand-scribbled images of his own accord. One thing I found interesting, here I noticed that Duque Santiago added a category to one of the images. He was once a pain in the ass--although I guess maybe he grew up. Oh, and you might get a kick out of this: Psychology Today says that internet trolls are horrible people. I think we should make a template out of that and just slap it on the talk page of anyone who disrupts the project. :) But now I'm rambling. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:17, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again for getting those images zapped. And for that PT link; I found the extensive comments interesting too. —SMALL JIM 16:51, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

PossSox

This new user sprang up at an AfD. Same AfD commented on by some of these Unorginal socks. See also this Northern Scotland IP: 31.49.199.45 (User apparently forgot to log in) Not requesting any action yet. Just heads-up. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:49, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

I know that there is (at least) one IP editor on BT who does good work in this area, but it's worth keeping an eye on this one, certainly. The AfD is interesting – it suggests that consensus may be moving away from keeping this type of article. Wasn't there previously a vociferous contingent who wanted all these articles to be kept, or am I imagining that? —SMALL JIM 16:51, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Good call on that one, Cyphoidbomb :) —SMALL JIM 21:32, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

That's why I get paid the big buck! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:41, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Another brief appearance

195.206.194.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) [6][7] Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:01, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
89.240.246.69 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) And another. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:53, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

yoyo

congrats

Indu roy (talk) 14:22, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

help please

hey small jim, could you please help me design my user page? I actually need your help!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indu roy (talk • contribs) 14:25, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

No, I'm sorry but I'm not here as a tutor. If Wikipedia:User page design center doesn't help, I suggest you ask at Wikipedia:Help desk or Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions. Good luck. —SMALL JIM 19:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

deletion of content created by me

Dear Smalljim,

Thank you for your contribution in wikipedia, which helps people to find information they need.

Recently, I created a page in wikipedia and it says it was deleted by you. I was curious to know why it was deleted. I did not have any bad intentions for creating the page. The page was about a company and its services. The name of the page was: nepfinder. I'm new to wikipedia, so I may have violated terms of wikipedia. Please help me to know my mistake and create pages in future which'll not violate any terms of wikipedia. So, that I can keep contributing to create and improve more contents.

Thank you for your help in advance,

Regards, Rabin Rbnkoirala.3918 (talk) 06:21, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Our guideline called Your first article is where you need to start. I hope this helps, —SMALL JIM 09:04, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

EZILADNAVLLIWI

Hi

Dont suppose while your busy blocking nuisances you could go and reovoke another Evlekis's sock talk page could you. Amortias (T)(C) 12:05, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Just did it! —SMALL JIM 12:08, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Additional admin work requested

Hello, you recently blocked 128.4.174.83 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) for disruptive editing. they are continuing to alter other users comments on their talk page. can you take care of that? thanks! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:54, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Just did it! —SMALL JIM 16:55, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Heads up

Obvious sock is obvious: User:JonathanAguiniga98 (of User:Jonathan Michael Aguiniga) Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 20:35, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Dogmaticeclectic, I agree. User blocked. Would you check my reverts of his edits to ensure that they're valid, please? —SMALL JIM 21:02, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks and no problem! Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 21:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	for getting rid of that "WaseDimMiser" nickname WadeSimMiser (talk) 22:18, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Aw, you shouldn't! It was no trouble :) —SMALL JIM 09:27, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Deletion User page Monicadpatterson

I just posted a Welcome on User talk:Monicadpatterson's page, not realizing the page had been deleted only a few minutes earlier. But I don't see where the vandalism was on the Kimberly M. Blaeser article. Help? Aristophanes68 (talk) 00:08, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

No problem with that user or article, as far as I'm aware. I was just sorting out vandalism by someone else: see the messages above and below. —SMALL JIM 09:39, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Impostor

Hi Smalljim. You've got an impostor: SmaIlljim diff. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:12, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up: it was fixed before I awoke this morning. But gosh, I really didn't see that coming! It's such a shame that someone with such talent doesn't come over to the good side: with his astonishing ability to divine other people's routines, he could become a terrific vandalism fighter and perhaps derive as much enjoyment from this voluntary activity as I do ;-) —SMALL JIM 10:03, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Mr WIki Pro's sock drawer

He seems to have an infinite supply of odd socks. I don't mind whether he posts on my talk page, but thank you for tidying the buffoon away. Fiddle Faddle 19:47, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, so that's who it is. Another one to try to remember... —SMALL JIM 19:57, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

75.166.112.62

Why did you remove my edit to the Shrek (character) page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.166.112.62 (talk) 20:59, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

I simply considered that the previous text was better than your version, as did another editor before me.[8] Those unhelpful attempts to change the Homer Simpson article that were probably also made by you influenced my decision too, in that they provide evidence that your main purpose in being here may not be to help build the encyclopedia. If you really want to help, registering an account and then following The Wikipedia Adventure would give you a good foundation. Hope this helps, —SMALL JIM 11:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

12.69.196.178

Hello SmallJim, I noticed that about a year ago you gave 12.69.196.178 a final warning for vandalism. Over night, he/sne did some section blanking on the Fornication page so I just wanted to alert you to that in case you want to take action. Thanks. CardiffBluebird (talk) 19:42, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

A curious character

Hey SJ, noticed this new-ish user monkeying around in various sock accounts. This edit is a peculiar choice, as is going through numerous sock accounts and unilaterally declaring accounts as banned or issuing questionable block notices, or this sort of message, which was created two days after their first message. Seems they are familiar enough with templating. There is much to be gleaned from their edit summaries. Thoughts? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:46, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't around to respond to this. —SMALL JIM 17:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Cornish longhouse

This has an entry under Cornish longhhouse; would it be possible to change this to the right spelling Cornish longhouse?--Johnsoniensis (talk) 20:42, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Please ignore this: I found it was possible to move it rather than refer to admin.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 20:45, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for removing the vandalism from DrThomasBHunter from my page! KoshVorlon Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 20:00, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Make my deleted user page content available when convenient

Dear SMALLJIM,

You wrote on my talk page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dab295

Re: Your user page

Hello. I've deleted your user page in accordance with criterion WP:U5 because some 18 months after our conversation, you have made very few significant attempts to contribute to the encyclopedia, and you are still using the page to host and add to your personal material. There are plenty of other free websites where you can host your content without our restrictions: I'll be happy to make the content briefly available to you if you want to copy it for that purpose. —SMALLJIM 18:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dab295

You said, "I'll be happy to make the content briefly available to you if you want to copy it for that purpose."

I am ready and would appreciate it, sometime at your convenience. I have to go to the library since I do not have a home computer, so please let me know in advance if possible. You may a send text message to my cell phone: (Redacted)

Thanking you for your attention to this matter, I am

Douglas Boyd - DAB (talk) 17:19, 15 December 2014 (UTC) Phone: (Redacted)

Sorry for my recent absence, Douglas. I'm not likely to be editing very much in the near future either. If you still want this content, any administrator could make it available to you. Your best course of action would probably be to post a short request at the administrator's noticeboard, providing a reference to this message. Do this when you can monitor Wikipedia for a few consecutive days. —SMALL JIM 16:50, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

hiiiiii

Jatin injoy (talk) 04:35, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Block of 74.3.185.242

I think this is not a correct block, nearly all edits seem to be correct. See http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?lang=EN. The only one mistake what I found is the edit in Ken Murray (ice hockey), but this is wrong linked from List of members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Florentyna (talk) 10:25, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

It may seem harsh, but I've explained on the IP's talk page and told him/her how to obtain help in adding references now that the short block has expired. It's very important that editors talk to one another. —SMALL JIM 16:37, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

User:Sparkythedog14

Thanks for fixing 😃 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparkythedog14 (talk • contribs) 17:46, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

Thanks for your anti-vandalism action in my article about CH Sevilla.

Best regards,

Wikirodgil (talk) 19:30, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Undo my unconstructiveness

Hey,

have found out that most people from the order of the garter are actually very big criminals. As my understanding Wikipedia is a website that provides information based on finding and facts. So, do the research. Here is a reference Jordan Maxwell - The Inner World of The Occult. If you research the names of the people associated with the order, you will also find their criminal activities.

kind regards, HeerLorcan — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeerLorcan (talk • contribs) 22:16, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

I've added a template that contains useful links to your talk page. Perhaps you ought to read up on how this website works before you make any further edits. I hope this helps, —SMALL JIM 22:19, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

A user you recently warned

Perhaps you'd like to see this? Nothing outrageous except calling sysops nerds and calling you "Small-D*ck Jim". —George8211 / T 22:20, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I've reverted. If he continues in the same vein, I'll block for disruption. —SMALL JIM 22:23, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

why did you remove the article i created

why did you smalljim remove my article i created — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blurred Pixels (talk • contribs) 12:39, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I've added a brief explanation on your talk page. You should read the other messages there, and follow the links in them. The most important is Your first article, especially the section "Things to avoid". —SMALL JIM 12:43, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Reply from 59.101.129.169

http://www.lodgedevotion.net/devotionnews/education-editorial-articles/famous-australian-freemasons/large-list-of-notable-and-famous-australian-freemasons — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.129.169 (talk) 12:53, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I've replied on the IPs talk page. —SMALL JIM 13:40, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi

you might want to revoke talk page access to that one user you just blocked since they used the talk page to insult me Saturn star (talk) 17:42, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm still watching (User talk:Amerrill0256) and I will revoke access if he persists, but he may have given up now. —SMALL JIM 17:56, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your quick work dealing with ArindamDey AD. It's bloody time-consuming trying to revert and warn a user like that without doing a 3RR yourself... then to go through the trouble of filing RPP and edit warning noticeboard entries. Do you know of a faster way to handle offenders like that, other than directly contacting an admin you know and hoping they're around to respond? --Drm310 (talk) 16:25, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

I just happened along at the right time, eh! It's unusual at this time of day for someone to get away with it for so long. It's probably easier to treat it as plain vandalism (he ignored multiple templated warnings): just report at AIV and move on. —SMALL JIM 16:38, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Noted for next time. Thanks again. --Drm310 (talk) 16:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Edit war at Metric expansion of space

You are engaged in what I see as an edit war at Metric expansion of space, and have violated the the WP:3RR. Please stop reverting, and discuss on the talk page. Thanks, crh23 (talk) 10:59, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Crh23: You may see it edit warring – other admins and I see it as disruptive editing by the IP who is repeatedly trying to enforce his substantially unreferenced version of an article over the long established and well-referenced version. Have you seen the article's history (he's been at it since 12 Feb), the page protection log (it's been protected twice since then), and the fact that the vandal has been blocked twice before? —SMALL JIM 11:09, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Very much so, but if a user is being disruptive then surely there is intervention required (such as a protect), rather than just constantly reverting, especially as it is very possible that the IP has good faith, if misguided. crh23 (talk) 11:13, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

In cases like this, one can always hope that just one more message will make a difference, but he did not reply to the enquiry that I made – without reverting – as to whether he'd read WP:CONSENSUS. The relevant policies/guidelines have been explained to the user many times and he clearly has no intention to abide by them. If he continues to introduce these changes using different IP addresses, then yes, PP may be appropriate again. —SMALL JIM 11:34, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

With regards to ShwingGumme

This user is not legitimate. They've created a few hoax articles, which are either unreferenced, or have a reference that points to something else entirely. All of their other edits are extremely dubious at best, and blatant vandalism at worst (bear in mind this comes in the context of me reverting two bad edits to the page prior to that). Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 13:00, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I have little doubt of this. I'm just trying to gather a little more evidence: which he/she has now provided by ignoring my reasonable enquiry. —SMALL JIM 13:03, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

That's fine, and thanks for taking care of the block - just thought I'd let you know of exactly how I saw things (your AGF lasted longer than mine) :) I've also gone and nuked everything that they did, and tagged their articles under CSD:G3. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 13:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I suppose we could call it AGF. I find that asking a reasonable direct question like that is an easy way to get supporting evidence: I recommend it! Thanks for the quick reverts. —SMALL JIM 13:17, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Well, it's closer to AGF than coming to an identical conclusion, but just going straight for the "nuke all edits" option like I did. I tend to prefer to remove vandalism as quickly as possible, particularly when it comes to kid's TV, where young kids will just assume that what they see is gospel. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 13:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Being almost certainly less knowledgeable in this area than you, I chose to try for behavioural evidence as well. It would be embarrassing to block if the edits were valid – and there are so many obscure kid's cartoons and production houses to check up on! —SMALL JIM 13:36, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider myself that knowledgeable on this decade's kids shows. However, I've had Winx Club on my watchlist for ages due to several known vandals, and it was that article that alerted me to this particular one - dates set in the future for these shows immediately set off an alarm bell, because a few sockers have done this. I took a look at their contribution history, and checked out their creations... and my suspicions were confirmed. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 13:46, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Good work. Could you apply your experience to Special:Contributions/2.14.129.226? I reverted the addition of Neko Teens to Template:Works of William Joyce, which suggests that the other edits from here may well be dodgy too. —SMALL JIM 13:52, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Done. They come under a remit of "unexplained change" at the very least, and I couldn't really find anything on Google to back them up. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 15:34, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks – very much appreciated. —SMALL JIM 16:34, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for blocking the IP, whose record and his continued access to Wikipedia remind me of The Wire:

Man On Stoop: Like every time, Snot, he'd fade a few shooters, play it out til the pot's deep. Snatch and run.
McNulty: What, every time?
Man On Stoop: Couldn’t help hisself.
McNulty: Let me understand. Every Friday night, you and your boys are shooting craps, right? And every Friday night, your pal Snot Boogie… he'd wait til there's cash on the ground and he'd grab it and run away? You let him do that?
Man On Stoop: We'd catch him and beat his ass but ain't nobody ever go past that.
McNulty: I gotta ask ya: If every time Snotboogie would grab the money and run away, why'd you even let him in the game?
Man On Stoop: What?
McNulty: If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play?
Man On Stoop: Got to. This America, man.

LLAP, Dear ODear ODear (~~is a~~) 20:39, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

go away

stop harassing me i can do what i want — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dingwang22082208 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

'Cause of death' vandal

You have blocked this guy multiple times: the long-term vandal who disrupts biography information. I made a case page about him which you can see at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Cause of death vandal.

I will ping other admins who have blocked this guy: Materialscientist, Favonian, Ymblanter, 5 albert square, Moriori and MusikAnimal.

I was able to trace him back to May 2014 but your block log here indicates there was significant earlier activity. If you care to point me to one or more earlier IPs, I could add these entries to the LTA case page, to make it more informative. Binksternet (talk) 23:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Binksternet. I'm sorry that I can't spare much time for this at present. I did keep a list of the reverts & blocks I made on this vandal up to last October. The best I can do is dump the IP list here (latest first; the oldest I traced is from Nov '13). Apologies for the raw format (cut'n'paste), but I hope it'll be useful.

"86.173.15.250", "86.181.213.142","86.173.14.128", "86.173.8.21", "86.173.15.60", "86.156.112.152", "31.53.139.88", "217.16.219.233", "86.156.115.149", "94.6.144.247", "86.149.123.169", "194.83.175.2", "5.81.38.182", "31.51.171.255", "86.147.46.230", "86.156.112.250", "86.147.45.173", "81.132.240.195", "86.147.28.111", "86.163.23.56", "81.156.87.99", "86.147.192.198", "86.169.227.252", "86.147.28.239", "78.32.196.49", "86.147.44.132", "188.222.200.172", "82.41.110.75", "86.159.66.85", "86.157.182.246", "86.149.121.44", "?109.149.53.68", "86.157.181.90", "109.151.125.66", "31.50.23.193", "86.156.112.214", "86.149.124.107", "86.140.155.132", "86.147.193.77", "81.132.242.2", "86.157.181.7", "31.53.139.112", "82.4.104.140"

—SMALL JIM 23:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Excellent! I worked in your list, noticing in the process that you have been persistently on top of this guy, along with Malik Shabazz. A few other admins have blocked this vandal once or twice. Thanks for taking care of the wiki! Binksternet (talk) 02:31, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

About "Bubsy teh Bobsy"

Hello.

You deserve a good job for blocking "Bubsy teh Bobsy", a vandal which reportedly joined Wikipedia for vandalism. According to the contributions page on him, it is reported that he has made vandalism only on 5 pages which means he has contributed just five times.

Right now, I order you, when, you rescind the ban on him, and he continues to make vandalism, block him for infinite, and adjust so that he can't do anything: he cannot make another account and his e-mail will be blocked. Also I decided to show you what I posted onto Bubsy teh Bobsy's talk page in a quote:

If YOU continue vandalism like this after you get blocked, I will tell Smalljim to block you TO INFINITE!!!!!!

, then, I signed myself, 6:51pm, 16 March.

If someone tells you to unblock him, simply ignore or shorten the block up to six months, but, if he comes back, extend his block to 120 months (10 years) in order to "teach him a lesson".

I hope you can block more vandals. Guy9374isback2 (talk) 18:58, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Granules India Limited

Hi Jim,

The title article has a history of editing by IP addresses, and the editor who is currently pumping up the promotional content of the article has never edited any other Wikipedia article. He has reverted my rollbacks twice.

I don't usually do this and am unclear on how to proceed. Does this go over to COIN now? I suspect that it won't do a lot of good unless it is coupled with long term partial protection, as vitually all of the edits to this article since its creation have been performed by IPs mapping to New Dehli or by registered users with little or no track record of editing other articles.

Thanks

Formerly 98 (talk) 21:25, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

I've cleaned it up a bit further. It's not too bad though too many references are to primary sources, and some of them don't appear to refer to the content: this may be due to a reorganisation of the company website. Checking and correction of this would be a useful next step for someone.

I don't think there's any need to take further action regarding COI: its quite a common problem with this type of article. I've got it on my watchlist now, as I'm sure you have. When the company representative pops up again, it'll be a matter of educating and/or warning him/her about compliance with our rules. Hope this helps, and thanks for your vigilance. —SMALL JIM 11:20, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Jim! Formerly 98 (talk) 12:33, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Vandal

Fine but what was so wrong with it and how did you know I did so fast? Stremdog — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stremdog (talk • contribs) 18:03, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Note: I've put a standard welcome template on your talk page. I'm sure you'll find it helpful. —SMALL JIM 18:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Userpage shield

		The Userpage Shield
		For reverting vandalism on my talk page when I was offline. Optakeover ^(Talk) 18:39, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

You're very kind. I just enjoy helping to keep the place tidy :) —SMALL JIM 20:32, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

User blocked

A fellow worker of mine had encountered a problem on the page 'Yorkshire' in which it did not appear to show the demonym, which is Yorkshirish. This is a well known thing in parts of Yorkshire, however hasn't been on the Internet very often and is often overlooked. We wanted to change this, however with our several efforts both me and my colleague got warned and with her final effort, she was banned from editing. Could she please be unblocked from editing and the mistake put on the page please? Many thanks! Chaserleviosa29298 (talk) 22:15, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Chaserleviosa29298: OK. But you need to find a reliable source that the demonym for Yorkshire is as you say. Then it could go in. Alternatively you could raise the issue on the Yorkshire talk page and ask for help and advice from other editors interested in the article. Without any evidence, your persistent changes from two accounts and an IP address looked like vandalism. However, on the basis of what you say, I've unblocked User:Roberta1357. —SMALL JIM 22:28, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry to but in, but that Denonym is patent nonsense. The User and Sockpuppets, used for block evasion have been tagged and reported at SPI. Richard Harvey (talk) 00:35, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer, Richard. At the time a quick web search showed several hits on both versions of the term, though looking again now I'd agree there's nowt in it. If you check the timings though, you'll see that there was no actual block evasion. Overall it would have been clearer if I had added "Of course, I will be watching your edits from now on" to my reply above :)

Both your actions and Lukeno94's (e.g. his "rm trolling") suggest that this is an ongoing problem, but I can't see that it is – perhaps it's in some other Yorkshire-related articles? —SMALL JIM 11:00, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I have been searching the internet and I cannot seem to find an example of the term, however I assure you it is a term. I will continue to try and find evidence and will inform you immediately when I have discovered it. However I do have to say to Richard Harvey that it is a term used in parts of Yorkshire, but is not widely known in larger areas like Leeds or Harrogate. Also I don't have any connection to Lukeno94 but I suspect he is just trying to cause problems. Of course I understand you watching my edits too.

Also, what is a sockpuppet? I do know the user 'Roberta1357' and see her regularly, however I am not sure if you are referring to me trying to get her account back for her or whether you think that I am her? Could you please clarify? Thank you! - Chaserleviosa29298 (talk) 17:05, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I have Yorkshire relatives, and not once has the term "Yorkshirish", or any such derivative, ever come up. So don't try pulling the "trying to cause problems" stunt, thanks. The fact you have no evidence for it speaks volumes, and two brand-new accounts pushing the same sort of thing at the same time? Yeah, I'm not gonna take that seriously. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 17:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm truly sorry if this has offended you in any way, but it is a term which is widely where I was brought up and where I live currently. And yes, claiming you were trying to cause problems is a very rude thing of me to do, I'm sorry. However both mine and my colleague's accounts are only recently made because previously we have not had a need for an account on this website until we saw the mistake. But may I please reiterate that I am greatly sorry for any displeasure this could have caused you, but please do take this claim seriously. - Chaserleviosa29298 (talk) 17:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I'd suggest you just drop this now and do something useful, either in Wikipedia or perhaps elsewhere. —SMALL JIM 17:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I will build up my case and bring it back in the future, however I do not appreciate how I have been treated and in future I suggest you don't sound as displeased with people as you have with me. It's wrong to assume people are doing only trying to vandalise! I will also be attempting to contribute to this website. Also I find it a huge dishonour to know that you do not take my suggestions seriously, but I do appreciate that you did help in some cases, so thank you and I will be contacting you soon. - Chaserleviosa29298 (talk) 17:50, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the block. Danger^Mouse (talk) 13:13, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you for deleting the bad cookie part on my page XXGADGET135XX (talk) 17:22, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Admin/moderator requirements/request

I was wondering how You became an admin on Wikipedia is it possible I can request to be and administrator or a moderator Thank you --XXGADGET135XX (talk) 17:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Note - I left a short reply on user's talk page. —SMALL JIM 09:55, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Sanjaya Baru

Dear Mr. Smalljim, I'm Sanjaya Baru. Please stop constantly editing my profile. If you have any further queries, you may call or meet me at my office or residence in New Delhi. It is not for you to edit.

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I've left a message about conflict of interest on the talk page of the IP address you're currently using (User talk:182.64.14.47). This explains our policy on this matter. —SMALL JIM

Thanks

Hi, thanks for blocking the user. These series of abusive messages have been going on for months now. My user page and talk page had to be protected a few months back because the user refused to leave them alone. And now, they are targeting my archives and the pages on my watchlist. Frankly, I am really sick and tired of reverting. I really don't know if there is a permanent solution to all this, because the user has threatened to make "infinite" accounts to harass me. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 09:31, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

...and here we go, from one more IP address]. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 09:33, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

The third one. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 09:50, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Persistent isn't he! I guess I'll suffer now too, having blocked him. It's just something we have to bear from time to time, unfortunately. The best response is to show that you're not bothered: just report it. I'll keep an eye on your pages for a while and will revert and block. Semi-protection is a possibility if it gets too bad. How did it all start? —SMALL JIM 09:59, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Haha, yeah, it's crazy. I have a vague memory of how it started. With their original account, Mriduls.sharma, the user used to make quite a lot of experimental edits, including adding random height information and non-free images to Arjun Kapoor's page. I reverted all their edits, and the user was eventually blocked. He then began socking and posting abusive messages on my user and talk page. 5 albert square was very helpful and helped protect these pages, but now the user is now finding new ways to harass me. It's actually been going on since the past 6-7 months, can you imagine. Sigh! --Krimuk|90 (talk) 10:07, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, that's useful background. Wikipedia is supposed to be a friendly place where we all collaborate to build the encyclopedia. But everyone who's been here for a while knows that that isn't always the case. Develop a thick skin is the best advice I can give. —SMALL JIM 10:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

True. Thanks again for the help. Much appreciated.

--Krimuk|90 (talk) 12:36, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Every morning I log into Wiki to find some sort of vandalism by this user. I see a regular pattern of vandalising my talk page archives, which kind editors like you and C.Fred help revert. Would it be possible to temporarily semi-protect my archives to avoid this? I am also pinging 5 albert square in this discussion, who has been most helpful in dealing with Mridul Sharma in the past. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 01:55, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Seems to be a reasonable request in the circumstances. I've indefinitely semi-protected archives 1 to 15, except 13 which was already done. —SMALL JIM 09:36, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :) I don't want to sound too demanding, but would it be possible to semi-protect my previous username pages as well? Sharma seems to have found a new hobby in targetting those of late: User: Smarojit and User talk:Smarojit. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 10:02, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

OK done that too. That's your lot for today ;) —SMALL JIM 10:05, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Respected Smalljim, I want to tell you that i am apologizing Krimuk90 for my barrage of abuses towards him/her. I also founded Krimuk90 on facebook his/her real name Smarojit Chakravarty and apologized him/her by messaging him on facebook. I also emailed him/her through wikipedia but he/she didn't reply to my any of my email. I just want to say that please forgive me for my misbehaviour and barrage of abuses towards him/her. I also want him/her to delete that message where he/she wrote to kailash calling me a she . I told him/her that if you edit Shahid Kapoor's article then you will be also considered a she for example. Actually Actor Arjun Kapoor is my favurite actor and was just adding his according to my estimate. Iam also pinging Krimuk90 to please forgive me. From: Mridul Sharma

Possible block evasion

Hi SmallJimm, Could you please take a look at this edit by Helpsome on the talkpage of indef blocked EurovisionNim. Looking at the preceding edits by Sharbaitgaming. I get the impression that Sharbaitgaming is an unreported sockpuppet of EurovisionNim. Richard Harvey (talk) 18:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

I didn't touch the talkpage of EurovisionNim. I reverted an edit on the userpage of EurovisionNim. People don't get to edit other people's userpages. Am I being accused of being a sock because I removed someone adding content to someone else's userpage? Helpsome (talk) 18:13, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

I think the idea is that Sharbaitgaming may be a sock of blocked user EurovisionNim. I'll look into it in a while. —SMALL JIM 18:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Helpsome My unreserved apologies for any confusion. I was soley referring to the edits by Sharbaitgaming, I have reworded my message above accordingly. I only noted it after realising that EurovisionNim has been using 60.224.249.55 for block evasion for some considerable time, until I got it temporarily blocked today, and wanted to get the other, if a Sock, to be shut down before he reverts to using it again. Richard Harvey (talk) 18:32, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

My mistake. I completely misunderstood what you were saying. Helpsome (talk) 18:44, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

User:Richard Harvey. It's a bit old – Sharbaitgaming hasn't edited since 18 March, so I don't feel inclined to block now, and I'm not a checkuser, so can't check the underlying IP addresses. I'll keep an eye on the account: perhaps you could too and let me know of any further activity, in case I miss it? —SMALL JIM 20:20, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Re Ederyn Williams

SmallJames... you only have a BSc????

With so much time on your hands to edit wiki, where do you work? Call-centre or Tesco's?

Ever had a girlfriend? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.86.241 (talk) 19:05, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, that's all I needed to know (this diff refers). —SMALL JIM 19:43, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Reason of my page deleted..

Why was my official page deleted. Please send me the reason why it was deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.167.108.153 (talk) 14:55, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

I can't tell without more information, such as the name of the page and when it was deleted. Otherwise, you may be able to understand if you read our guide: Why was the page I created deleted? Hope this helps, —SMALL JIM 15:01, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Promotional only account

Ram Avatar Kila (R.A.Kila) (talk · contribs). Babita arora 11:54, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

OK. I've deleted his pages and left him a message. In future you should probably tag such pages with {{db-notwebhost}}. But note that some admins have a greater tolerance of this than others – what is allowable in user pages is intentionally not precisely specified in the guidance. —SMALL JIM 12:31, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

@Smalljim: I definitely know about WP:CSD. I expected, you would block him. bcoz account is being used only for promotional purposes, wouldn't he eligible for an indefinite block? Babita arora 08:16, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

If he persevered, yes, eventually. But we still go through the escalating warning process – such edits are often a case of misunderstanding what's allowed here, and there's always the hope that these people may turn into valuable contributors. —SMALL JIM 08:50, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Regular conversation

How did you get that big banner on your page?' — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigAvery (talk • contribs) 16:42, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Note - I replied on user's talk page. —SMALL JIM 18:58, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Request Sockpuppet talk pageblock

Hi SmallJim, Would it be possible to block the talkpage access of Sukhleenkoyr. He is a blocked sockpuppet of Amanharleen and persistently removing the page sock tag. I tried to do it on AIIV, but the bot thinks it is a sorted request and removes it. Richard Harvey (talk) 17:04, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

It's not needed. He hasn't edited the page again, and someone else has moved the tag to the right place. —SMALL JIM 19:06, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

what is your problem all my info in the edit is public

Hey, what's your problem? all this info is known and available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.79.193.27 (talk) 21:07, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

To be acceptable you would have to show that that opinion has been published by a reliable source: this is our central policy of verifiability. If such a source is available, you can do this by adding a citation. If Wikipedia didn't have this requirement, it would turn into a website full of personal opinions which would destroy its value as an unbiased collection of information. —SMALL JIM 21:19, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

User:Taikikudo is blocked for vandalism of hoax

help me. That User_talk:Taikikudo is another hoaxes such as all of tv shows. But User:Taikikudo is block for 7 months like vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.167.107.137 (talk) 23:47, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

User:WayKurat seems to have dealt with this for now. I'll look into whether a block is appropriate. —SMALL JIM 09:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Amouage

Hi Jim,

It wasn't intended as promotional. Amouage is our client and they sent us the brief to upload the content with the references. Kindly explain what part is wrong and we will amend accordingly.

Thank You Adam Adamaljabry (talk) 12:57, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

@Adamaljabry: OK. I think that means that our specific guidance on paid advocacy applies to you. The more general guidance on conflict of interest will also apply. You should probably refrain from editing the article. Wikipedia tries hard to maintain its value to its readers by being scrupulously neutral. I hope you understand. —SMALL JIM 14:41, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Update: following another edit to the article, I blocked indefinitely as an advertising-only account. —SMALL JIM 10:50, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Krank Amplification

I am new to Wikipedia and I am trying to figure out why my updates were deleted to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krank_Amplification

"Please refrain from making nonconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Krank Amplification with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed"

I simply copied the info from their website www.krankamps.com that they are back in business. I hit save page and nothing happened, hit save again.

There is nothing destructive with this edit nor is it vandalism. Thank you! Gawkgawk (talk) 22:01, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

@Gawkgawk: Actually the warning I gave you was about advertising, but there are at least two problems with your addition: 1. You can't just copy content from websites here - that's copyright violation. 2. What you added sounded like an advert - Wikipedia doesn't do advertising (among a number of other things). You could have a look at our plain and simple guide to learn more about contributing to Wikipedia. I hope this helps —SMALL JIM 22:10, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

@Smalljim: Thank you! Gawkgawk (talk) 22:18, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Boney kapoor

They both the same ip, I presume? -The Herald ^{the joy of the LORD}_{my strength} 10:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Well they're all from National Internet Backbone (India) and making the same edits so that's enough. I'll protect the page for a while if it continues. —SMALL JIM 10:06, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

National anthem

Your recent editing history at National anthem shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Thanks. You reverted 4 times. — Pikachu2568 ^pika!_sand ^moves @ 10:17, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Well you got my attention. (1) WP:DONTTEMPLATETHEREGULARS is generally observed guidance. (2) Anti-vandalism reverting and warning is not edit warring. —SMALL JIM 11:01, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

jgma

HELLO,

I WAS STILL WORKING ON THE JGMA PAGE AND EDITING IT TO BE SUITABLE FOR WIKIPEDIA. WHY WAS IT DELETED, AND HOW CAN I ACCESS THAT INFORMATION AGAIN?

THANKS

VanessaJGMA (talk) 16:10, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

@VanessaJGMA: I'm sorry, but the text was so far from being acceptable on Wikipedia that I have removed it. It looks as if it was copied from the company's website, which would also make it a likely violation of copyright. If you read the links in the message I put on your talk page, you will understand the problems, I think. Apologies if I sound brusque, but we get many many attempts to use Wikipedia for advertising. —SMALL JIM 16:20, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!

Propel Luxury

FYI it's been recreated. —George8211 / T 20:11, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Ta. Deleted again and final warning issued (being generous!) —SMALL JIM 20:14, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

N.W.A

Thanks for the recent cleanup of the N.W.A article. Is it possible to semi-protect the page so that only registered users can edit/modify it? I check on it every once in a while, and there is always a ton of vandalism or nonsensical edits by ips. Account registration @ wikipedia is free and uncomplicated, so in my opinion this could facilitate the maintenance of the article without barring anyone from editing who's willing to register an account. Thanks, esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

@Herr chagall: Sorry for my delay in replying. It seems to have gone quiet again now, but I see the article has been protected several times in the past. I've added it to my watchlist and if there's another outbreak of vandalism, I'll consider semi-protecting it again. For reference you may get a quicker or more favourable response by making a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. —SMALL JIM 10:16, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

@Smalljim:Thanks, will do! Just today, there were vandalism attacks again, (starting with [[9]], which were reverted by User talk:Gogo_Dodo. -esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) 15:26, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I did see those – when I stated up the computer this morning! I'd have reverted if I was 24/7 :) —SMALL JIM 15:29, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For using admin tools to protect the Reference Desks against vandals. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:09, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Robert, you're very kind. During a vandal-fighting session, reverting and blocking them is so little trouble that I often prefer to do this instead of using page protection: it keeps the vandal busy and keeps the page(s) open for all other contributors. —SMALL JIM 09:51, 12 April 2015 (UTC)