User talk:Berean Hunter

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165.139.179.185

Oops, I slapped a vandalism3 on this IP's talk but I see you've already blocked it. Thanks. Kendall-K1 (talk) 14:56, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 15:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

The English Language

Dialects, slang terms and colloquialisms are region specific and not only do I understand that but also very much respect it. The spelling and existence of certain words I will dispute passionately. If the Oxford dictionary does not have the word, and there are more than enough sources on line as well as my own personal dictionary then I have every right to correct such abuses of the language. I am sorry that you seem to think that there are various "types" of English. The English language was first used by the English nation, which is a little redundant and blatantly obvious but I don't think that people are aware of this. There is no such thing as "American English" because it is the exact same language, but the Americans choose to be arrogant, condescending, lazy or plain stupid enough to think that they can just change the spelling of any word they choose? Americans change words like flavour, honour, colour etc . . . There is no logical reason for doing this outside of the list I just put forward . . . If they do have a valid reason then perhaps they, or you, should attempt to explain why they don't change words like source or courage as well? Once again I put it to you that there is no logic in doing this. to quote an article within Wikipedia on this specific topic which you chose to contact me about: "Noah Webster popularized such spellings in America, but he did not invent most of them. Rather, "he chose already existing options [...] on such grounds as simplicity, analogy or etymology" Now that statements says a lot. To end off, if I choose to correct the spelling and legitimacy errors, that I come across within the guidelines the Oxford dictionary allows me to, I shall do so at will and at my convenience. Andrwme (talk) 09:24, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

@Andrwme:, if you make another ENGVAR edit, I'll block you indefinitely for being an ENGVAR single-purpose account which is a kind of troll that isn't here to work collaboratively with others.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Socked account

I admit that I did create ComputerTechGuy, but not Alex Hudson 99. AH999 (talk) 19:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Duly noted and I will take that into consideration in the future. That account isn't innocent so don't worry about tarnishing an editor's reputation there. I would be surprised if they ever use that account again.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Andrwme

Do you seriously have nothing better to do with your time than behave with juvenile intent? Blocking someone, who has a better respect and understanding of the English language, from making edits is exceptionally immature. I completely agree with Andrwme and their assessment of American English. Although, someone who does that appears to have too much time on their hands. On the other hand, they could very well be an English professor for all we know. I am not here to judge. We're all adults here. Handle the situation with tact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.236.28.33 (talk) 23:19, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

So, this was a good edit? I see your account is already blocked for socking so I'll add a hardblock to your IP.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 02:10, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protection of several articles at the sole request of Alifazal

Hello. Your semi-protection of certain articles at the request of Alifazal has been interpreted by it as a license to continue and increase edit warring. (See the edit warring notice on his talk page, which refers to an ongoing complaint against him at 3RR.) On a second issue, is a request all that you need before you semi-protect articles? Do you require evidence of some sort of disruption? Refer to the diffs on Alifazal's talk page, where there is evidence that he has attempted to intimidate and insult users and routinely reports people for socking or takes them to the Conflict of Interest notice page whenever they disagree with him. If anyone has been disruptive, it is him. Please reconsider the semi-protections. 75.34.102.45 (talk) 06:04, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

You seem to be in denial that your use of multiple IP ranges and hopping within those ranges is sock puppetry AND that you were edit-warring behind those IPs. When the semi-protection expires, if you persist in your behavior then the protection times will be increased.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

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Gomu gomu no pistol

I have been asked by the User:Nick on IRC to contact you. He said on IRC "<+NotASpy> I suppose if you're really concerned, the user could be unblocked for meatpuppetry and reblocked for edit warring." "<+NotASpy> just ask Berean Hunter and I'm sure they'll oblige."

I feel strongly about the block you did on User talk:Gomu gomu no pistol , and many other users including Admins agree. I feel it was wrong to block him for sockpuppetry, it may be more appropriate to unblock him and re block him for edit warring. Please consider the toughts of all the users.--Mohsinmallik (talk) 18:51, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

I would consider them if I was privy to them. Admins have no problem being vocal when they want so they are capable of posting here. You cannot proxy for them. Socking goes hand-in-hand with other policy violations usually. Creating an illusion of support and Avoiding scrutiny are part of what is going on here and it belongs to multiple accounts. Edit-warring is but one facet of the situation and it would be incorrect to distill it down to solely that.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 19:22, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

User:BengaliHindu

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The User has requested an Unblock ,I have posted it to WP:ANI.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:41, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

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Hello Berean Hunter:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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Thank you Northamerica1000. I hope your Halloween was enjoyable.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 18:05, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

User block

One of my students, User:Lilitiana, was blocked from editing by you and I'm struggling to understand why since she appears only to have been editing her sandbox (at least from her account - a searched of the contributions from the blocked IP address turned up nothing). The student is part of the wp:Education_Program, and has an assignment due this week (see HMB436H—Medical and veterinary mycology - 2014). I'd appreciate if you could provide me a bit more information so that I can understand the basis for your decision as I'll need to sort out how to handle her course obligations. Medmyco (talk) 14:42, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Medmyco, Could you supply me with the IP number so that I can review this? Cheers,
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 18:03, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Sure thing, its 142.150.48.0/24. Thanks for looking into this. Medmyco (talk) 19:13, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay, from my block I can see that it is the result of this thread and my response to Drmies. You have an IP-hopping sockpuppet (this SPI case) which is indeed more active than there are good edits from other users on that range. You can review the cumulative edits for the range just for 2014 here. Given the high activity level of the sockmaster, I'm inclined to leave the block as-is. Otherwise, many editors must continually work to undo the resultant mess. Your IT staff may be interested in this posting so they can figure out who the problem child is and handle accordingly. That sock is the reason that range is blocked. Sorry for the trouble Medmyco...we love the good work that you are doing and love student editors as well. Lilitiana may need to find another network where she shouldn't have any problems.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 20:05, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Request for arbitration

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Ahmed Hassan Imran and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for arbitration;
• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

Thanks, BengaliHindu (talk) 17:37, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 18:10, 3 November 2014 (UTC)