Hi Katie- Thanks for weighing in at [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Twx9rnfr524tfjip IP address of unknown device] (can't find the interwiki shortcut for Mediawiki!). Half FYI, half question re whether there's anything I should do: I continue to get notices at least every other day that there have been multiple failed log-in attempts on my account. These come from en, fr, de, and commons. Unless this is the system reiterating the same notifications (I've been marking them read as they come up), it seems that someone is making an ongoing effort to log in to my account. Do you have any thoughts on this? I [[meta:User_talk:MBisanz#Usurping_Eric|usurped my username]] a few years ago, but I doubt this issue is related to that as no one had any issue with it. Thanks in advance for any input. [[User:Eric|Eric]] <sup>[[User talk:Eric|talk]]</sup> 15:43, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Katie- Thanks for weighing in at [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Twx9rnfr524tfjip IP address of unknown device] (can't find the interwiki shortcut for Mediawiki!). Half FYI, half question re whether there's anything I should do: I continue to get notices at least every other day that there have been multiple failed log-in attempts on my account. These come from en, fr, de, and commons. Unless this is the system reiterating the same notifications (I've been marking them read as they come up), it seems that someone is making an ongoing effort to log in to my account. Do you have any thoughts on this? I [[meta:User_talk:MBisanz#Usurping_Eric|usurped my username]] a few years ago, but I doubt this issue is related to that as no one had any issue with it. Thanks in advance for any input. [[User:Eric|Eric]] <sup>[[User talk:Eric|talk]]</sup> 15:43, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
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As a Dr who has personally known renowned surgeon Dr Mukesh Hariawala , I see gross vandalism on his page. In my opinion it is not good to see revered Drs profiles being tampered and mutiliated by vandals. The current form does not in any way reflect the person. All notes has been reviewed. Why are the same vandals trying to reinstate pieces of article doesnt make sense because it still wont create a profile of a Notable person.
Thus, the original author has correctly suggested SPEEDY DELETION. I fully support this suggestion.
This must be done to protect the integrity of Wikipedia.
You're right about the war in some Mariah Carey's articles. But you may know that some fans try to inflated the album sales of their idols a lot. In some of her articles it's possible see that there's a talk about her number. In the talk of her album Music Box the user Max24, says that the 28 million copies is the more realistic number to the album, even though it's still high. We know the USA is the biggest market for CD sales, and Mariah has very high sales in the country, but her certifications in Europe are not that high, so, use the certifications as a basis is most appropriate in these cases, since it is as close to reality as possible. I tried to talk in the user page but he erased everything that I write, he call me nutter, said what I write was a rubbish and again revert my edition. What can I do?--88marcus (talk) 16:46, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
What can you do? You can accept that they are reliable sources and stop trying to impose martial law here. Max24 and I have a near decade experience together here and we have bickered and made amends. He, for years now, as has the Wiki community, accepted those figures. Not because I like them (sure I do), but because they are reliable sourced. Do some research bro before you try and mess with articles I wrote from scratch before you even started editing. Yes, that's right Ownership here. Billboard is as reliable as it gets and I can provide 6+ reliable sources for each. So stop asking "What can I do" to sabotage Mariah Carey because you are threatened as a Madonna fan. Madonna is the best selling female, guess what. Mariah is #2. Room for both and deal. PS. Most of Madonna's albums don't reach the certifications/sales thresholds on MANY albums so let's not start warring each others artists. How did Confessions sell 12M when it sold 1.7 in US and 4m in EU?? So 5.7 + small markets = 12M?? At least Mariah's "TEOM" has 6m US, 1M EU and other markets. So... 7M vs 5.7M. See? You are biased and being unfair. Please stop the disruption. Yes, lastly, this is PeterGriffin9901 editing from an IP.--2603:3020:3307:8A00:657E:D8DC:9015:DAD2 (talk) 17:49, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@88marcus: You use the article talk pages for discussion about articles. I checked those talk pages and they hadn't been edited in weeks. I see now that you're using them, and that's great. There are lots of methods for dispute resolution, and I encourage you to pick one you think might work best.
Ultimately, I do not care about whose sources are correct and whose aren't. I care that the edit warring stops. If I have to lock those pages, I will, but since it's only the two of you, I'll block both of you first, and that includes the IP range above from Petergriffin9901. Work it out and stop the nonsense. Katietalk19:23, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, there is a big difference Katie... On Mimi I am reverting blatant vandalism, so I don't think my reverts count in the same regard. You can disagree and point me to the rules if you'd liike... I have a reputable source, The Telegraph, and this user and now another simply "don't like what it has to say" and keep removing it. I wrote these articles from scratch and I will not permit them to be blatantly vandalized when none of them have been challenged for years.--PeterGriffin • Talk2Me20:25, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Lastly Katie, there is a very big difference in between warring for sport and warring to prevent vandalism. Please understand that. You tell me why they are so desperate to remove a source from The Telegraph that has been there for years with no explanation? Wait, there is an explanation. "What can I do"... Says it all honestly. Sad!--PeterGriffin • Talk2Me20:32, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You need a refresher on what vandalism is and what it is not. There is no malicious intent here to destroy the encyclopedia. This is a difference about sources regarding chart positions and number of albums sold, and that's all. I still work AIV regularly and trust me, neither of you has a defense about edit warring in this case, so don't give me that. Take it to the article talk pages and stop arguing about it here. Katietalk22:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Editing my userpage.
Katie,
I'm a young Wikipedia user who is hoping to make a legitimate user page. I've been looking through the hall of fame and found yours to be rather straightforward and you seem quite accessible. Thanks for all the work you do ensuring Wikipedia is a quality resource. In particular, I'm hoping to set up a column of userboxes like your page. I cannot find where that is within the edits of your page? Are you able to help me out with structuring a user page or at least direct me towards where I can learn?Lessconfusedthanbefore (talk) 21:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Lessconfusedthanbefore: Oh, goodness. I didn't know it was in the hall of fame! Wow! Let me go look at the code.
(runs and looks at the code)
Okay, if you scroll about halfway down in the edit window, to the place where it says 'Sidebar', that's where my userbox column starts. The first thing is the calendar, and it has its own page which is referenced in the brackets. Then comes the status box, which also has its own page, and then the regular userboxes and barnstars begin. You can copy or steal anything on my user page that inspires you.
As for advice, I'm not a CSS expert. :-/ I was lucky that I got to take my page lock, stock, and barrel from an experienced coder, and I kinda figured out the tweaks from there. We have a user page design center that seems to be helpful, but I think you saw it already. Celestianpower's page] was a nice one and he also had a userbox column, so that might help you. If you decide to do the calendar, I have that figured out (finally!) but it takes some maintenance and upkeep. ;-) You could also ask at the Teahouse for help with your user page's CSS if you can't figure it out on your own. They probably won't help you there but they might be able to find a volunteer to help you. Good luck, and let me know what your finished product looks like! :-) Katietalk22:32, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No need to be so agressive. I did not see (at that time) your messages 'to stop'. I think I was thinking that it doesn't work !
One thing is sure, If I saw your messages which asked to stop changing, I would certainly stop. I'm not the kind of people you imagine.
You can do what your honesty tells you. It's not my problem. I don't ask something from you.
I see you just issued a rangeblock on a range that includes this IP. None of their edits appear to be good - should I just mass-revert all of them? Home Lander (talk) 00:32, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Nice catch. On the contribs page, down at the bottom, click the geolocate link. If it comes up as Amazon and I haven't blocked it yet, bring it to me here. MusikAnimal and I are rangeblocking as fast as we can. Katietalk01:02, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Nihlus Kryik, Timotheus Canens, and Drmies: I've aggregated the api's ranges (i.e., combined overlapping/adjacent) and split them into blockable 16s, where applicable, though the ipv6 limit might be different (I think the default limit is /19, but wikimedia might have a different mw config; we'd find out soon enough :P):
I can mass-block with more or less a couple of clicks or you guys can do it. Regardless, thought I'd drop it here for review/double-check. I'd suggest 5 years, given the monolithic stability of AWS and the relative guarantees surrounding elastic ips; if anything, they'll likely only add ranges, not remove them. I dunno if we truly need a dedicated bot to deal with likely-infrequent additions, but *shrug*. As far as spillover, botflagged accounts already have ipblock-exempt, but we might, as usual, get a couple of IPBE requests from legit users whose infrastructure includes a VPN to one of their organization's VPCs, though this realistically shouldn't be a frequent issue—most companies simply aren't that advanced. Cheers =) --slakr\ talk /23:22, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Just imagine your admin count. I'm not the technical expert here--I'm the blunt one. Go for it I say. Thanks slakr--you blinded me with science. Drmies (talk) 01:27, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly can't do it in a couple of clicks, so I agree – go for it with five-year blocks. I thought the limit for IPv6 was a /32, but I could have missed something somewhere. I thought a bot similar to ProcseeBot would be a good idea to periodically take that AWS list, see if that range is blocked, and whack it if it isn't. Although the additions may be infrequent, they're ripe for abuse when they occur and much easier (imho) for someone to find than searching for open proxies. Katietalk03:01, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
So most of them should now be blocked. I didn't override any existing blocks in case they were checkuser-blocked or have some other special significance related to past abuse (or that individually needed talk-page/email blocking(?)), but randomly sampling them gives us like 2-3 years, expiry-wise, before we should loop back around for them. If we're not as worried about that and want to go ahead and harmonize the expiries, I could totally do that, too.
I thought a bot similar to ProcseeBot would be a good idea to periodically take that AWS list, see if that range is blocked, and whack it if it isn't.
I'd support it, but I'd have to squeeze in some time (already low on that :P) if I were to do it myself. This run just seemed like a thing I could do quickly with the stuff I already had / stuff I already knew was acceptably reliable. The good thing about AWS is that you don't get to just choose your allocation, so even if a new block opens up, it's still a matter of rolling the dice quite a few times to get an allocation in it; my guess is more that prior abuse was spread across most of their existing allocations for various availability zones that it just seemed, to those dealing with the abuse most heavily, that "new" blocks were opening, even if they've been there for a while.
Although the additions may be infrequent, they're ripe for abuse when they occur and much easier (imho) for someone to find than searching for open proxies.
This is true, and the danger probably isn't as much in just open proxies hosted there as it's also in...other...approaches. Like others have said, probably best not to de facto publicly post a how-to, but suffice it to say AWS is realistically treatable as an open proxy. :P
Just imagine your admin count
That was thoroughly obliterated long ago when I was running ProcseeBot's blocks under my main account as an emergency measure (I vividly remember the Winter of the Proxies and would never wish that upon us again). :P
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This appears to be a proxy so would like your input here. Twice I broke up his whole page (and spawned many unnecessary mentions) by fouling up the template for your username! Home Lander (talk) 22:56, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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I suspect Simon Whistler to be a Sock puppet of user Sonphan99 or the user Sonphan1 because of his wording [here] and his contributions. I saw that you were a checkuser so I brought it to you so that I didn't make a false sock puppet investigation without there truly needing to be one. Could you possibly check this out? It's very suspicious and he has also been putting up fake block notices like [this] (which I have warned him about). ♠Dinah♠🎤23:42, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Good Evening,
I created a page in an athlete Curt Minard. He is a National Canadian athlete in two winter sports. The page has been deleted and I am requesting that it please be restored.
Thanking you in advance.
Heidi
@Hjohnson78: I'm sorry, but I will not restore this page. It was deleted for your own safety. Please read WP:LTA/OM and consider yourself fortunate that you were not extorted or blackmailed to maintain this page. If you like, you can use the blue button at the top of your sandbox page to submit it for review, but I suggest you clean it up and remove the promotional tone first. Katietalk03:09, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Deleted article
Hi Katie,
I hope you are well. There was an article deleted by your user. Please find the link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Mahoney
I was wondering if we can get this article restored. Please let me know what we need to do to have this article back in Wikipedia.
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I hope you are having a fantastic labor day weekend! In this current state our country is in everyone deserves a little relaxing time away from the barrage of chaos :)
I'm writing you in regards to a page for musician Lawrence Rothman. Is it possible to restore this page? He is a professional musician signed to Interscope Records- feel free to google him.
Below is a link to the deleted page.
I appreciate your help and you taking the time to read this.
Please see WP:LTA/OM. This page was deleted for your own safety. You'll have to rewrite it. In the past I have moved deleted versions into draft space, but after further discussion I feel it's best to leave these deleted pages alone. Katietalk12:44, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Please help re-publish my page
Hello Katie,
I had my Wikipedia page written up through your business partners from Wikipedia Writers dot com and they've just informed me that you guys had ran into some issues and you're the administrator who has access to the article.
Can I please request that you re-publish my Wiki page as I'm about to release a number of new press releases for my new music and was going to ask for the page to be updated? Appreciate your urgent support in this matter.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Shuja
(talk page watcher) Hello, 86.97.153.198. I'm afraid I've got some bad news: 'Wikipedia Writers dot com' are not our business partners, they are a black hat firm who are constantly, deliberately, and persistently in breach of Wikipedia's terms of use. They are thus the kind of thing that respectable companies and individuals steer well clear of. If you paid for their services, I afraid you have probably been had. And that's not even considering why the article was deleted in the first lace- was it by any chance promoting you band? I'm very sorry to break this to you, but there's no nice way of explaining the harm that sites like that do- to you and Wikipedia! Pinging @TonyBallioni and Kudpung: while I'm at it. Sorry to intrude, KK. — fortunavelut luna15:58, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Restoring page for Brant Pinvidic
Hello Katie,
I’m writing to inquire about the reinstatement of a Wikipedia page. I noticed that the page for Brant Pinvidic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_Pinvidic) had
been flagged and removed due to a problem with a user. Would you mind letting me know what the process is to go ahead and get the page restored?
Thanks!
Please see WP:LTA/OM. This page was deleted for your own safety. You'll have to rewrite it. In the past I have moved deleted versions into draft space, but after further discussion I feel it's best to leave these deleted pages alone. Katietalk12:43, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
TB
Sorry about that, I didn't actually see the topic ban until after the 2nd edit. I guess there's no software enforcement to restrict which space I edit in ... I assumed that it would be a block of some kind.
Questions:
Does this ban extend to the entire WP: space? (which in my eyes seems punitive, because I do work in project pages, where there's not been an issue, and at AFD where I think I've worked well for a couple of year).
As you've surely noticed, I was in the middle of writing a counter proposal. I thought I could offer something that would keep everyone happy enough to avoid an appeal, and an editor suggested I ask for closure - so I thought I'd have the chance to accept a TB which dealt with the actual issue, and didn't have as much collateral damage.
So what do I do now? Can I appeal directly to ANI? Or do I have to resort to Arbcom - which seems rather a large hammer, for quite frankly, a small nail. I can't accept a block that is so broad, when the problem is narrow. Is there an in-between process? If it's off to a different forum, then just hat or delete my counter proposal.
I think you nailed consensus on the boomerang - though I find the the lack of interest in pillar violation by ANI troubling, when I've been jammed up on a poorly worded, not particularly accessible guideline, that I actually'd not seen before, and quickly removed the offending text.
Jays are going to take the pennant.
Sorry for the questions. I'm actually not that familiar with this type of topic ban; normally they for a mainspace issue, or much more targeted. I've looked around ... but if there's a page somewhere on how topic bans for particular namespsaces work, just point me to it.
@GeneralizationsAreBad: Sadly, no ideas, except possibly an edit filter, but I think we need more data. Hardblock the proxies on sight, and we'll just have to play whack-a-mole for a while. Great work this week – thanks a bunch. :-) Katietalk02:29, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
How to act in these situations?
Hi Katie. How do you suggest I approach a WP:DUCK situation? I've come across three accounts that are undoubtedly in cahoots with each other, and opening and SPI would be a waste of time IMO. The accounts are: Marygril, Marysupergril, and Marylucygril. I don't want to hit them with a sock puppetry block unless I know that that's the right action. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk)13:26, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Please see WP:LTA/OM. This page was deleted for your own safety. You'll have to rewrite it. In the past I have moved deleted versions into draft space, but after further discussion I feel it's best to leave these deleted pages alone. Katietalk22:10, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Please see WP:LTA/OM. This page was deleted for your own safety. You'll have to rewrite it. In the past I have moved deleted versions into draft space, but after further discussion I feel it's best to leave these deleted pages alone. Katietalk22:10, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Repeated failed log-in attempts
Hi Katie- Thanks for weighing in at IP address of unknown device (can't find the interwiki shortcut for Mediawiki!). Half FYI, half question re whether there's anything I should do: I continue to get notices at least every other day that there have been multiple failed log-in attempts on my account. These come from en, fr, de, and commons. Unless this is the system reiterating the same notifications (I've been marking them read as they come up), it seems that someone is making an ongoing effort to log in to my account. Do you have any thoughts on this? I usurped my username a few years ago, but I doubt this issue is related to that as no one had any issue with it. Thanks in advance for any input. Erictalk15:43, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
