Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Vandalism only accounts

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Backlogged

Hi, can an admin please review the vandalism entries - the page is getting backlogged, and those reported are continuing to vandalize. Thanks --Flewis^(talk) 07:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Since most admins probably read WP:AN more often than this talk page, I might recommend you drop a note there the next time you notice a backlog. Additionally, while backlogs can build up pretty quickly -especially since the advent of some of today's rapid-fire anti-vandalism tools- an admin or two can churn through even a long list of vandals in short order. --Kralizec! (talk) 12:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

BTTF: What the heck...

Ok, I'm lost here. User:WikiKingOfMishawaka removed the category "Universal Picture Film" from the "Back to the future" article, and some guy put it back because it IS an Universal Picture film. WikiKingOfMishawaka removed it again without any explaination, and that started a revert war. I went on the WikiKingOfMishawaka's talk page to ask him why he's removing the category to discover that the page is now semi-protected and he says "This has been discussed, digested, and spit back out." (I've never seen any discussion about this, but meh!) "I consider this matter closed, in my favor, and expect no further gibberish from you". I don't get it. Could somebody please explain to me on what ground user:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry has considered WikiKingOfMishawaka to be right? -- Lyverbe (talk) 01:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I saw what you mean. The tone of that editor was very hostile and even border line rude. I did not see any discussion at all and am not sure what it is that has been awarded in his favor.--Jojhutton (talk) 01:16, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Try reading the article history before getting involved. Being armed with facts is always helpful, in any situation. WikiKingOfMishawaka (talk) 01:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Via a WP:AIV report. I'm happy to rescind my support of that state of affairs however; I was under the impression that it was not a Universal Picture Film, and that an IP address was adding the information erroneously. I made a snap decision based on what information I could find, and it was wrong. Please accept my apologies. WikiKingOfMishawaka is looking at a rather long block if he continues in this vein. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 02:05, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey, we all make mistakes :) I just wanted to know why WikiKingOfMishawaka was doing this and I never got an answer. I was stunned when I saw the semi-protection (which, by the way, the page is still semi-protected). Still, I still don't understand his reason to remove the category and he doesn't seem a person opened for discussion. -- Lyverbe (talk) 10:52, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

New block notice template?

I created User:J.delanoy/IPblock3, intended to be used on the talk page of IP who have already been served with {{uw-block2}}, but do not yet warrant a long enough block for {{anonblock}}. It is analogous to {{uw-block3}}, which says that the user has been indefblocked; consequently uw-block3 is not applicable for IP addresses.

Basically what I am asking is, does anyone else think that this template would be useful if it were moved to the template namespace as {{uw-IPblock3}}? Or is it superfluous? (right now that template page is a redirect to my userspace template, but I am open to discussion of the existence of the redirect if necessary...) J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:50, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

You may have something there. I dislike the text: "unrelenting abuse of editing privileges" and would say instead "repeated abuse...", but otherwise it looks good. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

"Repeated" sounds better to me as well. Parsecboy (talk) 19:04, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Two issues: First, who is the block notice aimed at? If you're using it on stable addresses, the enhanced warning is okay (to a degree); but if it gets slapped on dynamic addresses or shared addresses, it is very finger-wagging (with the bold italics and underlines) and may patronise a bewildered new user. Second, good luck in getting it into the uw- scheme. As I know to my cost, taking two uw- approved templates and making a third produces highly-irate users who want your template out of their pet naming scheme and won't sleep until you move it. Be prepared to find yourself demoted out of that little exercise of lining all the wooden blocks up in one neat row. ➨ ❝ЯEDVERS❞ a sweet and tender hooligan 20:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I think saying "please stop" after saying "you have been blocked" is probably unnecessary. Mr.Z-man 22:09, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, after doing some vandal-fighting for a couple of days, I have found that I extremely rarely find a place where using a template like this would be appropriate. In addition, after I made the changes to it that were suggested, the template is practically identical to uw-block2. So I just deleted my template. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

About 'Assyrian People' page

On the Assyrian people page there is a great deal of vandalism going on. This vandalism is committed by the same number of people who have an anti-Assyrian agenda. I am asking anyone here to look over the page and discussions. I have tried to edit many thigns in the page that are incorrect and with each edit I have provided sources and there has been a consensus over the edit, however members such as AramaeanSyriac (who has a clear anti-Assyrian) agenda keeps deleting my changes without discussing the matter or without a reason as to why. Please take a look at the page and the discussion and intervene if you must Thank-you - Malik Danno (talk) 20:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

This should be brought up at Wikipedia:Administrators noticeboard/Incidents. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Consistent pattern of abuse

While reading a page [science olympiad] , I noticed a strange edit and checked the history. The same user (IP address only: ) has been making similar vandalism edits on many pages for a while. I would just like to bring this to the attention of admins, for possible blocking. Thank you. Lombar2 (talk) 23:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)