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User talk:Xsyner

Hi. I see you have been involved in matters concerning the block of the ip 24.175.183.44 and the talk page of the same person, Xsyner. I am having trouble with him as he repeatedly removes block warnings and notices from his talk page. I gave him several warnings and eventually reported him at WP:AIAV. Nothing was done about this, and I am now beginning to wonder whether it is actually against policy to do what he has been doing. Several editor have told me it was against policy, and that's what I have been telling Xsyner, although he ignores my warnings. I'd appreciate it if you could help my answer these questions as soon as possible. Thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(^talk/_contribs) 03:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, I found that it's not against policy to remove warnings. It would have been nice though if the admin who removed the block request on AIAV would have told me why it wasn't fulfilled. This has nothing to do with Xsyner, but how did you get the header for your talk page and can I use it/find/make one of my own? Thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(^talk/_contribs) 04:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

It used to be that removing warnings was against policy, then it entered a sort of grey area, and in current times it's explicitly not against policy but some people still labor under the impression it is -- so it's all a bit confusing, really. =\ If you still need help with this user, beyond that answer, let me know. As for the talk page header, you can see it at User talk:Luna Santin/Header; I pieced it together, over time, based in part on a number of others I'd seen. You're free to use it if you like (might need to be tinkered with a bit). You can also use other variants like {{talkpageheader}} or other such ones. There's quite a few options available for that sort of thing. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(^talk/_contribs) 18:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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You reverted faster than me Randomtime (talk) 11:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

:'( I get beaten by ClueBot a lot, these days. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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Arnold Murray Article

You protected the wrong version. The version you protected is the gutted version an anon user has been doing since 10 December 2007. That is fine though, I pretty much washed my hands of it. This is why wikipedia has trouble raising money, too many personal agendas.66.57.36.56 (talk) 02:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Might want to see m:The Wrong Version. Not to say I can't sympathize, but generally the only way to stop an edit war is by stopping people from editing, which involves either (a) page protection, or (b) blocking people. If you'd prefer I take the other route, I can; for the time being, though, having an opinion on this content dispute would mean I'm not neutral, which in turn would mean I shouldn't be acting as an administrator. Since I am acting as an administrator, I need to remain neutral, and avoid stating a preference for either of the two desired versions. Hope that makes sense. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied about goings on

Replied on my talk, and on AIV. This does seem to be confusing, including for me, but I am following suit of another, so... Gscshoyru (talk) 03:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the protections and everything... I haven't been around much lately, and I'm coming back, and I seem to have stepped on a landmine for my first reverts... ugh. I'll be back doing regular vandal-fighting rounds soon enough. Gscshoyru (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Heh, yeah. ;) I haven't seen one that big in some time. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Nice

It's great that you are so "neutral." How do you keep from getting nose-bleeds so high up on your pedestal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dar8888 (talk • contribs) 04:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Magic! More importantly, I have no idea what you're talking about. Please be more specific, if you have an actual legitimate complaint to air. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

why don't you respond

Why don't wikipedia rspond to this ????????????!!!!!!!! Remove the image from wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Basem3wad (talk • contribs) 16:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't respond because it's not illegal and on the English Wikipedia, Islamic laws and customs don't apply, no matter what article it is. It's an illustration and if you don't like the picture being on Wikipedia, don't use it! ╦ﺇ₥₥€Ԋ(^talk/_contribs) 17:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Cyberhawk241 still lingers...

Remember this user? He is still getting on here very few days and adding nonsense images.... as an administrator, do you want to block him? Because clearly, he still hasn't learned his lesson. Please post your response on my talk page, and happy holidays. Tech43 (talk) 05:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Are you...

...a hot chick? --194.251.240.114 (talk) 11:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

No, he's a sexxi boi! And he's mine! It's the rum I force feed him.... KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Mine! :( -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 11:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Nooooooo. You are lying! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Insidertracker

Thanks for the help there Luna. In the end I had to 24 hour block. 3RR violation and POV pushing, plus repeated insertion of discussion into the article mainspace seems to me to be a good enough reason (one hopes!) Pedro :  Chat  23:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, probably too little too late, though; I'm reminded of that old story about how it's easier to change a meteor's course if you don't wait til the last minute. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Sadly so. All is watchlisted, so if I need any further input or help I'll come begging, if that's okay!! Thanks Luna. Pedro :  Chat  23:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:33, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

!

your protection of the liancourt article did not work, I think...o.d.s.t. : feet first into hell (talk) 07:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... looks like those currently doing the bulk of the reverting have been blocked; I'll check in tomorrow, probably. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

possible vandal

172.212.125.33 and 172.207.208.120 (probably same author) appear to be vandalizing indian and chinese pages. Their changes appear to be very subtle but sometimes very disruptive. can you please do something about it. see

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=176793086 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_India&diff=prev&oldid=176998365 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_India&diff=prev&oldid=176792565 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=178497448 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=178497448Preetikapoor0 (talk) 22:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Seems like a concern, but at this point those edits are nearly two weeks old; is this still a problem? – Luna Santin (talk) 09:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, his edits seem to favor a particular group. This issue is more like a concern. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/172.212.125.33 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/172.207.208.120 Do we need to tell him about NPOV??Preetikapoor0 (talk) 18:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

It'll be tricky, unfortunately: as you've probably noticed, they're switching IPs very frequently, and about the only thing subsequent addresses are sure to have in common is that 172 in the first octet. If they repeatedly edit the same articles, or if somebody spots them while they're active, it may be possible to get their attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

LaruaWA11

S/he removed a section I added called "Indef" where I said "Can we just indef, this clearly isn't going anywhere". The fact that s/he knows what "indef" is, and that it's bad, probably means this is not a new user, and perhaps a sock of a previously banned user. Equazcion •✗/C • 13:05, 1 Jan 2008 (UTC)

Was wondering about that possibility, yeah. I'll check in tomorrow, at some point, see what they're up to by then. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

i had a feeling that this guy would try this

I kept deleting him because he has no right to malisciously attack me, and then follow me into my own talk page, and do the same thing again

and as for knowing what "indef" means, i would have thought the meaning is very obvious, and i have been editing this site from my isp for quite some time, so don't just call me a new user just because i don't agree with you, Equazcion LaruaWA11 (talk) 02:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

No one's asking why you deleted edits, and no one knows what you're even talking about. Instead of saying things like "this guy" and "him", try using names so we can follow what you're saying. I'm not calling you a new user, I'm calling you an old user. If you're experienced enough to know what "indef" means then you should also know that we have ways of checking whether or not you actually are a new user. It's also strange how little else you seem to "know" about how Wikipedia works besides that one detail, which by the way I don't think is all that obvious when used alone, as I used it. I used it purposely that way to see what your reaction would be, and that reaction was certainly telling. Equazcion •✗/C • 04:19, 2 Jan 2008 (UTC)

user:71.149.161.91 ban

Yes can you help me here please Luna. I got a threating message from user "wknight94" saying he was going to report this the authorities. I told him it was my idoitic friend that mess with my computer. I told him that. Luna, I have to him and Bugs I didnt do the "death threat". I am talking on my eldorado name. Because this is my user name okay. Can you reply back Luna . ASAP , this is urgent. !Eldorado91 (talk) 14:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The only "threat" in the mix was issued to me by the given IP address, "I'm going kill u" or some such, the same broken English that the above user is writing or effecting. [1] I reported this to another admin, but no action has been taken that I know of. As for this item [2] my connection to my previous user ID is no secret. Meanwhile, I've heard the "someone stole my ID" story before, so the apology rings hollow [3] [4] especially as the above user seemed to be ordering me not to report it ("Okay dude, your not going to 'report' that dude"). [5] Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 15:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

That's enough. Eldorado91 has been blocked indefinitely. In addition to probably being a sock of an IP that made a death threat, he also has a talk page full of vandalism warnings and warnings about frivolous AFDs, etc. —Wknight94 (talk) 15:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

He took his "case" to the notice board, giving you all a couple more IP addresses suitable for blocking. I also notified Wknight94: [6] Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 16:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm assuming all of this stems from this user [7] with whom I and someone else (also vandalized) were having a problem, on some Bhutto pages. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 16:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, seems odd; I'd originally been polite since the IP was blocked and it didn't seem to matter much whether they were/weren't the source of the threat -- arguing over it seemed to just give them a reason to stick around and cause a lot of awkwardness with no apparent gain. There's really no need for this sort of thing. We need to encourage them to disengage; if you have any more problems with them, feel free to let me know. Thanks for keeping me up to speed, so far. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I have had an offline discussion with Wknight94 and will take appropriate action. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 18:15, 2

January 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me to the user above. I belive this user that caused this "incident" should deserve a second chance. This might sound unorthodox to you Baseball Bugs; if this user that made the "threats" , if they were this "crazed out person" they would have just made sock puppets and "targeted" more people with "threats". I saw the history to your page, and I saw the "threat" this person left you. And also I notice they gave an "apology" on your talk page. Another question, I will ask you Baseball Bugs, if person said they were sorry do you think they can be forgiven. The person said they were sorry, and promised not to do it again. The person had a heart, and must have look at notice what they done , and ask forgivnes. You would not find that from a heartless person making "threats" left and right. So I ask you Baseball Bugs to forgive the person. I think that people deserve second chances. We as humans , we make mistake we should have a second chance. If the person said they were sorry, then they should be forgiven.Iron Valley (talk) 19:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Luna , I was refering to this "case" again because I was tired of reading the "bs" again on the ANI boards. And also I thought this person deserved a second chance on the account they said they were sorry for what they did. I just stated this above on the top if you havent herd of this or not. Iron Valley (talk) 14:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, this is about as resolved as it's going to get; is there some reason to believe differently? – Luna Santin (talk) 23:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I was saying the in question here deserves a second chance, and not be in more "heat". The person said they were sorry, and promised not to do it again. Luna, do you believe a person deserves a second chance. If they didnt have a heart,or emotions they wouldnt have made a applogy.Also Luna the "threat" made didnt look like a "real" one; I saw the history on the user page it looks like vandialism rather a threat.Iron Valley (talk) 12:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied to your talk; worth noting that User:Iron Valley is currently blocked. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

About the autoblock

My IP address was recently used by "spartansuit" because my cousin used my computer to make that account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Talking Mac (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Blue0ctane

Just got really pissed off. Hopefully won't happen again. Will ^(talk) 02:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully not! :) Found the particular edits that seem to have started all this, and they're blocked by now. Can sympathize with the frustration, even if I have to take a somewhat hardline approach to it. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

accidentally deleted that page

restoring that page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanessahexter (talk • contribs) 02:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Shipyears-- what was that?

When I click on his dif's, I get the most amazing image instead. I guess he's done something to the software. Dlohcierekim 03:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Combination of some inline css with an HTML table using cells with strategically colored backgrounds; the end result is something like a bitmap image. I've seen most elements of that, before, though not this particular arrangement. Ah, the things we run into! – Luna Santin (talk) 03:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I noticed he had made a bizarre seeming edit to a talkpage I'd watchlisted. You beat me to the block button. :) Cheers, Dlohcierekim 03:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much for taking care of related vandalism on my user page. Do you know if there's a fix in the works to prevent abuses like that? - Chardish (talk) 04:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help, of course. Not personally aware of anything in the works, but I can poke a developer if things keep coming up. Some users apply the same tricks to good effect, so I'd feel a bit conflicted about disabling it altogether. Tough call, anyhow. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Makes you wonder

Do people really think vandalizing m user page affects me at all. By the way thanks. 04:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Ridernyc protected

Wow, three different IP's attacking one userpage! I semi-protected User:Ridernyc. Dlohcierekim 04:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

you know if the spent this much time and effort improving articles this wouldn't be an issue. Ridernyc (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, all that effort. ;) On the bright side, they've given us a nice list of IPs to check for open proxies. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm wonder if he is using TOR. Ridernyc (talk) 04:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm gonna watch David Letterman now, 'cause you're running circles around me. <<grin>> Sockwatch? Gotta learn that trick. Oh, BTW, in what way did you increase protection on Ridernyc? I don't think I ever protected a page before. Cheers, and goodnight. Dlohcierekim 04:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

To be fair, most of my information was coming from watching Special:Recentchanges with particular areas in mind, and from the filtered feed on IRC. The sockwatch thing is just a bunch of handy templates I threw together at some point, to help deal with situations like this. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

PS, What's a TOR? Can we get rid of the malicious code he added?? Dlohcierekim 04:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Tor (anonymity network). Ridernyc (talk) 04:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

That is one example of an open proxy network, although of the IPs I checked I don't believe any came up as Tor nodes. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Luna,

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, i've placed a warning on the IP's talkpage. If it continues i'll request my userpage for protection. →Yun-Yuuzhan→ 11:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Of course! Feel free to let me know if you have any more problems. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

RickK barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, and protecting it. Harland1 (t/c) 19:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

user: 58.x ban?

Luna, did you ban that user that had the ip 58.XXX.XX they kept spamming your user page. Iron Valley (talk) 19:36, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I originally blocked them for one hour, and asked them to read up on the biographies of living persons policy before returning; on their return, they immediately reinserted the problematic material and reverted attempts to remove it, so I blocked them again for 24 hours. They are, of course, free to return after the block expires, or to appeal the block. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:16, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. :) --Gamer007 (talk) 00:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) Since that wasn't the first of their problems, I've also blocked that particular user from editing for a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:14, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Rangeblock collateral damage

This is your range block from a few days ago. This is someone wanting to get out from under it. They seem OK. Your input appreciated. Daniel Case (talk) 05:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

(!) I can't believe I accidentally set that indefinite -- it was supposed to be more on the order of maybe 30 minutes. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

68.84.243.63

68.84.243.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Hi, could you block this editor again (you did a few days ago); see, for example, this. --Jack Merridew 10:27, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Also reported to WP:AIV so this may be history by the time you see this. Cheers, Jack Merridew 10:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see it's been blocked. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

How to get irrelevant article deleted and user investigated for POV agenda.

I'd like to know how to nominate an article for deletion please, and also how to have action taken against someone who clearly is only present on Wiki to promote a personal POV agenda. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.188.38.31 (talk) 07:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied to your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page... I didn't even notice it until now. :-) --Nlu (talk) 08:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh Noes

I'm having Luna withdrawal . :/ KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Then you'd better stop me from taking any more road trips! – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Did you kill a cheetah?!?! I hope you've seen Road Trip KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 22:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Courtesy note

FYI, a diff involving your name was mentioned in passing at an extension request that I filed at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Request for extension of restrictions at DreamGuy 2, specifically, my extended report at User:Elonka/DreamGuy report. No action is required on your part, I just wanted to let you know. --Elonka 03:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Your protecting Prussian Blue (duo) is appreciated. The req for semi-protection was refused yesterday citeing not enough vandalism ?!?!?! Im glad you can see the truth. Im no fan, but hated seeing it listing every 5th line on my watchlist. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 05:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Hey Luna santi how come the indians can write anything they wish on azas kashmir articles and when i try to balance the articles some moderators always protect can you please give me some guidance on how to get some non biased moderators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.208.195 (talk) 11:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

In particular, I see that you do a lot of reverting -- please make use of Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, instead. I'm protecting these pages to encourage you to make use of talk pages to resolve disputes by reaching consensus by discussion rather than brute force. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Jack Merr*... and Cyric*, too...

Hi. I've noticed that you've dealt with some of these impersonators/harassers and would like to ask your advice on how to deal with this situation. There are many, many socks out there and I've probably not seen them all. There are also endless anons reverting away. I've got a category going to help keep track. This may not be a good idea per WP:DENY…

Also, please see the talk on my talk page started by User:Blow of Light; I've created a 'doppelganger' account as suggested but don't see quite what it's for. BoL will probably get back to me, but another opinion would be welcome. Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Usually this is about the time I'd say we should go ask for checkuser aid, but one or more has already had a look, so we may need to tough it out. There's a few measures I'd rather not discuss on-wiki, but for now I plan on keeping a closer eye on DnD articles (they seem to keep hitting those) and anything else they regularly go after. Was planning to take a closer look, tomorrow, as to whether a particular category will do, or if I should create another "sockwatch" page (see other examples at User:Luna Santin/Sockwatch). If they keep up long enough, a massive semi-protection effort may limit disruption... but this doesn't seem to be the sort of situation with any ideal solution. I'll happily revert and block any socks on sight, once they're brought to my attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I was looking for a checkuser section about this and didn't find it; I'll look again. I've never worked through the process myself. This is mostly D&D related. I'd be willing to say more via email. There is also the likelihood that forums such as 4chan are involved. A lot of folks, admin and not, have been helpful, but this needs to move to a next step. --Jack Merridew 12:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Failing all else, I can check your contribs periodically and run behind you with a cluebat. Any articles which get hit consistently are definitely worth semiprot. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, 46 of the most-hit articles are now under semi-protection; won't fix everything, but let's hope it discourages them a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I just looked at your log and saw many that have been problems (for me; the others presumably were someone else's problem). I undid a bit of template removing (by anon) on Faerûn. I expect to see all the D&D articles I worked at cleaning or tagging hit after I'm done for today.

• Geographical index of Toril
• Ulgarth
• Shining South
• Island Kingdoms of Faerûn
• Vilhon Reach
• Lake of Steam
• Northeast Faerûn
• Lost Empires of Faerûn
• Southwest Faerûn

And, of course, anything I touched that you didn't hit. Thanks, again. Jack Merridew 13:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• You might smack User:124.181.103.131 right now. --Jack Merridew 13:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Probably off to bed in the near future, but will try and keep an eye out on the pages you mentioned. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 13:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. --Jack Merridew 13:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• I just reverted User:217.166.50.139 who seems to be in Rotterdam. Many of these anons are single edits addresses and are from all corners. This is what leads me to believe that this is on some external forum such as 4chan (which has be pointed-out to me). At this point I'm wondering what it would take to semi the entire D&D universe (more than this, I know). Goodnight, Jack Merridew 13:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

  and User:83.108.68.89 in Norway. --Jack Merridew

  • these last two on Abeir-Toril. --Jack Merridew 13:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I seem to have brought the Wrath of the Anons down on your talk page. --Jack Merridew 15:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• See [8] re "420chan" which must really be 4chan; also there must be an article arround here on what 420 means. --Jack Merridew 15:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This is unusually coordinated and persistent for a 4chan raid; 420chan is actually a distinct website, although beyond that I don't now much about them. This may look bad, but I've seen worse. :p Better me than you, in any case. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Protected

Hey Luna, I protected your talk page look at the recent activity. I left it at infinite, so unprotect whenever you like. Have a glass of rum for the troubles my good sir. :) KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 16:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Blockbuster Inc. edit war

Hi — thanks for helping to cool off the edit war at Blockbuster Inc.. Unfortunately, we're still having problems. I've summarized the issue here. It's a somewhat unusual case, and I was wondering if you could offer some advice as to how best to resolve the dispute. Feezo (Talk) 19:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hm... I could be missing a bit, but I think I see anons participating in ways that don't involve reverting that particular tidbit; while I would prefer that these users discuss their changes, I hesitate to protect the page, due to the risk of locking out other potential contributors. Ultimately, it's a shame more people aren't willing to discuss things. If it were one user making several reverts, it would be easier, but here we have several users making one revert each and disappearing, which is more difficult to deal with. Perhaps they'll lose interest, in time? – Luna Santin (talk) 01:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Cat

Any thought on anon protection? I see the protection log shows you unprotected today, however wasn't it auto un-protected on the 6th? Since the 6th it appears of the 100 edits aprox 50% are anon vandalism [9]. --Hu12 (talk) 19:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Awhoops -- fun fact, if you go through the whole protection dialog, fill out an expiry/reason, but forget to click a protection level, the system'll still go throughn with it. The protection had actually expired a day or two prior, so I had intended to semi-protect, and have done so, now. :) Feel free to tinker, if you like. Thanks for pointing that out. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Cassandra Clare and related pages

I would appreciate full protection for the unvandalized forms of Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments Trilogy, and City Of Bones. The author has been the subject of several rather vicious smear campaigns on outside sites like LiveJournal and FandomWank; after I successfully opposed efforts to bring that feud here, a small clique of Wikipedia editors with who I (and many other Wikipedia users) have a long and unpleasant editorial dispute began attacking the Clare-related pages to harass me. There is no real doubt as to notability -- the main book was a March 2007 New York Times best-seller, and has been extensively reviewed -- and the other editors have made no reasoned claims for their deletions. (One article has on overlong plot summary, but that should be easily remedied by someone who has read the book, once the article is allowed to stand. VivianDarkbloom (talk) 23:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The comments show that you have protected the article, but somehow, the history shows VivianDarkbloom editing it after the protection was put in place.Kww (talk) 00:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Only semi-protected, which will only lock out anonymous users and new accounts. My current protection is in response to a rather large harassment effort across several articles; I hadn't noticed this dispute, previously. A redirect war seems rather unproductive; probably better to send The Mortal Instruments Trilogy and City of Bones to get a more actionable consensus from a wider sampling of the community -- I see that the former had a previous "no consensus" AfD in August of 2007, but that the article itself seems to have attracted more attention, since then. I can initiate a procedural nomination on both articles, if needed. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:05, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If you think that's best. As I stated here I think the best answer is to give her a few days worth of blocking. It's not just this ... it's the complete misunderstanding of what an A7 is for a CSD, and her lack of desire to learn.Kww (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

progress

City of Bones has been brought to AFD. Immediate reaction among the group that had been resurrecting it was to turn it into a pretty conventional stub.Kww (talk) 14:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

redirect pages

Hi. I have a question. I made a subpage under my user page that redirects to my contributions so that I could make my signature code shorter (it might look screwed up at the moment until i get it fixed). However, when i go to the redirect page, it doesnt redirect. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or maybe user subpages cant be redirects. Do you know how I can make the redirect work? Thanks in advance. TimmehC 00:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If I remember right, it's impossible to redirect to pages in the Special: namespace -- think I ran into that at least once, as well. A soft redirect could still work, even if it's not quite as nifty. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

5dsddddd

Hello. I started an ANI topic on him. You may want to comment. Thanks. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 01:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 01:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

CPI(M) article

Hi. Sorry to bother, but could you have a second look at Talk:Communist Party of India (Marxist)? The situation there is has just got worse. A request for intervention from admins has been posted at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Advice few days ago, but no answer has been given so far. How should we procede? --Soman (talk) 01:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Hm, it's often a problem when somebody is hot-headed enough to cause disruption, but not so much disruption that admins immediately take action. If you haven't already, I'd suggest a request for comment on the user's behavior -- doing so can demonstrate a wider consensus that certain aspects of a situation are widely appreciated or frowned upon, and it's generally a precursor to arbitration. I might make a more proactive response, myself, but I'm not sure if I fully understand the dispute at this point, which makes me hesitate to act. Will see if I can read up on it a bit, though. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'd say in the dispute there are both issues are more complicated and other that are less. I'd say that the constant insinuations/allegations that Conjoiner and myself would be paid agents are quite simple case of disruptive behaviour. A second issue, which is quite straight on, is the constant misuse of sources, claiming that authors said things they didn't, or using sources that predate the foundation of the party to describe its history & policies. --Soman (talk) 01:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jean Chrétien

I'm not sure what happened here and here. Change it back if you lik. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, stranger things have happened. ;) No biggie, just goes to show how obvious the closure was. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The AfD notice was on the page for 16 minutes. I only noticed after the bot let me know it was up for Afd. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Jack's doppelganger

Hi. Please see: User talk:Blow of Light#Hey jack.... I misunderstood what he was suggesting and don't think I need the other account. Unless you think I'm missing something, could you please block the account and delete and protect the user and talk pages?

• User:Jack Merridew (doppelganger)
• User talk:Jack Merridew (doppelganger)

Thanks, --Jack Merridew 09:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. Jack Merridew 08:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Harvey Carter's sock

Please see: 172.207.237.73 who is resurrecting all of Harvey's old edits. FWIW Bzuk (talk) 13:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC).

See it was blocked by Will Beback; thanks for letting me know, though. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much!

I just now realized someone had vandalized my user page 6 months ago and you were right there to revert it back before I even knew about it. I don't know how you knew it was vandalized but some really hurtful things were said and you just popped in and took care of it. I'm still kinda new when it comes to understanding Wiki's behind-the-scenes action and just want to let you know that you're awesome and I appreciate what you did. Caserini (talk) 16:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of service. Generally I figure people shouldn't need to put up with that sort of nonsense, so I try to be pretty quick and quiet about it. Appreciate the message, though, and very glad to see you're still active on the project. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

User:FloraTheFairy

Hey Luna, just wanted to ask you a quick question about your block here. I completely agree that the user was up to no good, but do we really block if they haven't edited in two days? Thanks. GlassCobra 20:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I might be misreading timestamps, but in their deleted contribs, they created a page at 20:36 Jan 8, and I blocked them at 20:37 Jan 8, I think. Would agree that blocking somebody two days after the fact is unusual, barring maybe sockpuppetry or something of that nature. If you think I've made a mistake, here, feel free to fiddle. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you

Someone vandalized my Userspace! But a little angel came along and fixed it! Thank you! You can thank others by using {{subst:Vangel}}! Mysdaao ^talk 13:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Cyric

My friend is back as anons on this and other stuff; could you semi-protect it? --Jack Merridew 14:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

See this, too: [10] --Jack Merridew —Preceding comment was added at 14:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Dealt with, for now, but I'll be heading offline in the near future, unfortunately. – Luna Santin (talk) 14:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks; I, too, am done soon. I do expect 'em to shift to something else. --Jack Merridew 14:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're still here, see: [11]. not surt if semi on a Afd is appropriate. --Jack Merridew 14:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

New

Here's you a new Emergency Luna shutoff button...

Looks better. ALLSTARecho 03:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thief!

That would be me. I borrowed your talk page header layout for my own. I hope you don't mind. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Sweet. ;) You're not the first, I don't think. Forget if there's any bits you'll need to modify to refer to users other than me (I think the archive links, but it looks like you got those). Hope you make good use of it! – Luna Santin (talk) 09:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Just a thanks for keeping my Talk page reasonably safe. Seems I've made myself some friends. Maybe I'll have to get my talk page semi-protected too - oh well. --ShakataGaNai ^Talk 09:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

dynamic ips are back

The articles you protected temporarily on 9 Jan 2008 [12][13][14][15]due to vandalisms from dynamic ips from the same domain are being attacked again.[16][17]Ghanadar galpa (talk) 00:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

He seems to have switched ips again [18]Ghanadar galpa (talk) 18:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

As per the WP:AIV report [19], I blocked the latest IP for 31 hours. Based on that evidence I would also endorse protection of the pages in question. --Kralizec! (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Gave a few pages semi-protection; as Indophobia is now being edit warred over by experienced users, I've given it a shorter full protection. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Related by autoblock?

Hi, at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/SaxonUnit you mentioned that SaxonUnit, ClaxsonUnit, and ShadowpuppetKing all seem to be related by autoblock. I'm having a bit of trouble tracing that particular lead myself; could you point me at the right log entries? (Fire me an email if you don't want to hand out details of your investigation.) Cheers, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 01:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Emailed away. Nothing too outlandish. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 02:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

That's perfect; I should have looked there myself. For some reason the toolserver's autoblock search wasn't working for me. Thanks! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 05:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

RFCU channel

Hi Luna. Would you be able to give me access to the #wikipedia-checkuser-clerks channel on freenode? No problem at all if you can't. Cheers, Spebi 06:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

It's pretty much a dead channel, to be honest. As far as access, I can give you individual invites, but for enduring access you'll need to get in touch with Lar, Deskana, Mackensen, Dmcdevit, or Jpgordon. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Thefiercedeity

He's back; first edit: [20]. --Jack Merridew 12:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

And he's blocked indefinitely. --Jack Merridew 13:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

This is letting you know that I have replied to both you and Sandstein about the block on both the user's talk page and my own. SirFozzie (talk) 21:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: quick note

Ok :-)

Pahari Sahib 21:40, 13 January 2008 (GMT)

Request for info

I can edit now thank you. Some reference pages were left on my site and I am going over them. Not sure why I was frozen. I won't be making changes until I finish the ref. pages. I don't want to get frozen again. My name is not Steven though. I picked it from a trial(?) that was going on when I first found Wiki. One of the guys was up against 10 or more people. Seemed like an underdog to me, so I used it for my screen name. They were talking all on the military aircraft pages, which is my hobby. I think I will work on another subject though when I am ready.

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMancarelli (talk • contribs) 23:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The Democrats did NOT get their roots in the Jeffersonian Democrats or the Democratic Republicans. In fact, John Q. Adams was a Democratic-Republican losing to Andrew Jackson the first Democrat. Get your fucking shit right. If you knew shit from fruit, you would know the your thumb doesn't belong in your ass. Jefferson as with the first 6 Presidents would be Republicans today. The article is WRONG and you are making it that way.