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NYyankees51

Hey, I unblocked NYyankees51 (talk · contribs) on an extension of AGF on the conditions that he stick to that account (and only that account) and that he consent to regular CUs to make sure he's not taking the piss. Could you find the time to do a check at random intervals? Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?

I'll do my best - my memory isn't the greatest in the world. I'll remove the timestamp from your sig so this doesn't archive. Now, what were we talking about? Waffles? TNXMan

I appreciate it! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?

Please explain

How the existence of an official Youtube page and an official Facebook page is spam or promotion. I removed the link, and you STILL think it is just marketing? Please explain in DETAIL. 74.61.4.54 (talk) 19:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

It's not the link, it's the 3kb of text you added promoting their services. That's the advertising. TNXMan 19:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

That text was sporked from the Jackson Hewitt article and modified to fit Liberty Tax Service. 74.61.4.54 (talk) 19:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that does not mean the text from Jackson Hewitt is appropriate. I've cleaned out some of the spam there as well. TNXMan 20:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

why was the user sahgrebecca deleted?

this is for my own reference Science editor 2 (talk) 07:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

There is no page or user by that name. I'm not sure to whom you are referring. TNXMan 14:11, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Dubious IP vote

Hi there. I know that obviously this is not the official place to file a sockpuppet concern, but since you are a very active checkuser, I was wondering whether you could shed some light on this. At Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_films_featuring_crossword_puzzles, an IP, 173.79.130.26, which had previously made no edits to Wikipedia, suddenly decided to voice his or her opinion. I would have thought it unlikely that somebody who had never before edited Wikipedia by chance came across AfD, let alone such an obscure article. I was therefore wondering whether perhaps you might be able to do a quick check as to whether the IP is used by one of the accounts voting. If not, I will happily file this request someplace more formal - seeing as it's really just a hunch, I felt it a bit over the top to request an "investigation". Thanks for you help in advance. Jay-Sebastos 16:00, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, checkuser cannot publicly disclose connections between IPs and accounts, so even if it was someone voting twice, I couldn't disclose it. However, you can tag the account with {{SPA}} to bring it to the attention of the closing admin. Generally accounts/IPs that show up out of the blue to !vote in AfD's are not given much credence. I hope this answers your question and I'm sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. TNXMan 16:26, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your reply. Since I wrote this on your talk page, there seem to have been a rather large number of both dubious IPs and accounts adding Keep to the discussion, which, although I might be completely wrong and just paranoid, strikes me as a bit odd. Would Checkuser to be used if I raised this concern officially at WP:SPI? Thanks again. Jay-Sebastos 17:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the warm (well-templated) welcome. :-P In fact, I do have a question I need help with in regard to citing sources. In the section controversies in the article State of Fear, there is a quote by the New York times cited, which reads as follows: "During Crichton's testimony Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded him for views that "muddy the issues around sound science" ", from this NYT article. Now the problem is, that the NY times was "stretching the truth" to say the least. Senator Clinton was addressing the chairman and his way of organizing the hearing when she said that, not Dr. Crichtons testimony, as this youtube video shows (from 0:25 to 0:35). I don't know wikipedia's policies regarding such issues, if there needs to be some consensus to have a fallacious source removed or have it labeled as unreliable. Any advice would be appreciated. ^^ --Amazeroth (talk) 21:29, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

And thank you for clearing up my mistake. Much appreciated. Wee Curry Monster talk 12:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Block evasion

How did you know this so fast? Instinct? Recent events? I'm just curious. If it is a regular vandal using these summaries, I've run into that person more than once. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:00, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Magic!. TNXMan 20:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

OK--but that means you have a list, or something fresh in your memory? Oh come on wizard...your secret is safe with me! Well, even if you keep your crystal ball(s) under lock and key, I'm glad you have one. Or two. Thanks again! Drmies (talk) 20:04, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, the checkuser tool keeps information on accounts' edits for a few months, so I could compare data on this user with the data on previous users of his IP range. TNXMan 20:07, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Gotcha. Listen, User:Mikeymand has been begging for an indef and I've reported them some time ago already. Do you have a second to look at their contributions? Perhaps there's a backlog at AIV. Drmies (talk) 20:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind--HJ Mitchell took care of it. Tnxman, I think I've thanked you once or twice before for helping to keep the place clean, but here it is again: thanks. Drmies (talk) 20:12, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. If there are more issues, let me know - I try to keep an eye on things. TNXMan 20:16, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Question about a blocked user's unfinished business

Hi. Earlier today you blocked IncinerateAfterThoroughExamination (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) under a checkuser tag. Before that happened, that user had started an AfD discussion here. They tagged the page, created the deletion discussion (and even notified a few users who commented in a previous discussion), but never added it to today's log. I'm in a pickle - I !voted keep already, and even modified the page in question removing a 'multiple issues' template from July 2008 that, to me, seems obviously out of date and no longer applicable.

So, my quandry - since the page isn't on the daily log, it will probably not get any attention at AfD and live in limbo. I tend to feel it's a false nomination (at best), and would lean towards reversing the nomination entirely. The other option, and possibly fair one, would be to add it to the daily log and let it run its course. I'm not an admin, and since I've already spoken out, it's probably not impartial for me to act. So, I figured I'd come to you as the blocking admin - do you know what should be done in this situation? Or should I take it to AfD's talk page? Thanks! --InkSplotch (talk) 23:35, 8 March 2011 (UTC)