User talk:SpacemanSpiff

Lodhi

There seems to be something odd going on at Lodhi. Not sure if it is meats or socks but the recent rise in activity, which is being reverted by at least two people other than me, suggests one or the other. - Sitush (talk) 21:27, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

• Looks like trouble. I've semi-ed the page but might need ECP if that doesn't work. --regentspark (comment) 21:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Sock stuff

Hi Spiff, re: this guy, do you perchance remember why you flagged him as a sock of Jaswanthvijay? I'm trying to figure out who Vimal2300 is a sock of. Based on name similarity to Vimalraj Selvakumar it looks like they're very likely the same person, but the interaction analysis seems kinda meh for trying to link him to a master. Any info you might have would be appreciated. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:55, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

• I had suspected Li wei ran to Jaswanthvijay and this account was CU and self confirmed to Li wei ran (see some of the deleted contribs of the former to compare with the farm), also I think AntanO had blocked the Li wei one on ta.wiki where contribs matched the Jaswantvijay account. THere's a huge overlap with the Raj TV Tamil dubbings of Colors TV series. I don't remember who the CU involved was but I'm guessing it's Ponyo. If it's anything related to RajTV Tamil then this is a likely candidate, AntanO might be able to help with ta.wiki comparisons—SpacemanSpiff 02:54, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Vimal2300 seems sock and vandalized user page of Li wei ran at ta.wiki. But I did not request CU since the previous block was about 8 month old and result might be "Stale" --AntanO 03:14, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

It seems that a few do "paid" edit for TV channels (including Color TV, Raj TV, etc). I think a policy should implement to prevent such activities since the socks know the CU analysis methods. So, we can't do anything from CU result. --AntanO 03:22, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

There you go Cyphoid, you may also want to check on Commons as the earlier socks played there too. AntanO, we have WP:PAID and the terms of use too, so paid editors have to follow that. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 03:41, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

I forgot to mention another sock Ran wei meng --AntanO 02:26, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Suraiya

Fancruft from a hopping IP at Suraiya is driving me daft. - Sitush (talk) 04:16, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

• RegentsPark or someone else would have to deal with it as I've cleaned up some of the fancruft there. —SpacemanSpiff 05:18, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Problematic usernames

I have long held the view that if someone contributing to the India topic area has history or truth in their username then they're not going to last long. And so it has generally turned out. I might need to add another variant to the list now, being kshatriya as in Sarthak Singh.... Kshatriya (talk · contribs). - Sitush (talk) 15:31, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Spacemanspiff you are Misusing your admin rights

@SpacemanSpiff: you have misused your admin rights and blocked me for no reason, If you have any real proof of my unwanted action then state it here, by accusing me of false charges and posting wrong messages on my account does't mean that you are right. You have to give me the exact proof for banning me Anti4ITCELL (talk) 04:47, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

• You were warned and guided sufficiently, that you decide to continue your crusade is why you were tbanned. —SpacemanSpiff 04:49, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Sreehari sharma

Hi Spaceman. I've unblocked this user, as they have now made a statement to the effect that they withdraw their legal threat. If you've any problems wit this, please let me know. Cheers, Yunshui ^雲_水 10:25, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

It's good per my reason for blocking but I expect some other admin action will be needed pretty soon wrt this consortium of editors around these select few articles. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:06, 7 June 2018 (UTC)