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Please comment on Talk:Galkayo

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Galkayo. Legobot (talk) 04:24, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

SNL troll

Hi Ad Orientem. I'm pleased to see you back. Just an FYI that the SNL troll is back again: 24.73.197.194 (talk · contribs). Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 15:41, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

 blocked x 1 year -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:27, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

ExitiumNL

I appreciate your friendly message, but I have to ask: doesn't 3RR only apply when more than three reverts are made in a 24-hour period? Not that I'm trying to justify edit warring, but I thought that was the rule. Regardless, it seems that ExitiumNL doesn't give a shit about working collaboratively here. He reverted me again only an hour ago! – PeeJay 21:35, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi User:PeeJay2K3. This is a pretty clear case of edit warring. The 3 revert per 24 hrs is a bright line, but it is not exclusive of obvious slow motion edit warring. It does appear to me that the other party is behaving in a rather "I don't give a bleep" manner and I have issued a formal warning to that end. In the meantime I suggest opening a discussion on the talk page and possibly posting an FYI notice on any related wiki-projects. Be careful to keep the notice neutral in its language so as not to run afoul of WP:CANVASSING. See also WP:DR for other suggestions. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've opted to post an expanded version of my research regarding the club's name at Talk:1994–95 UEFA Champions League rather than calling for reinforcements from WP:FOOTY at this point. – PeeJay 22:54, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Re: My report of user:Nguyen QuocTrung at WP:AIV

Re: this difference [1], the warnings can be found here. I wonder how many final warnings does a login user need to be considered disruptive (at least)?--Jetstreamer ^Talk 23:10, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jetstreamer. The most recent warning I found was from 18 months ago which is definitely stale. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:17, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

I've left a four-level warning at the user's talk page in order to refresh their memory.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 19:38, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

I would suggest leaving a note rather than templated warning. Unless the issue is on the level of naked vandalism or something similar going straight to a level 4 warning might be seen as overkill at best, and possibly as a rather rude failure to AGF at worst. Just a suggestion... -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:45, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

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User:Georgina V Hobart

In the time since you issued your final warning, the user went on to create Draft:List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films. I've nominated it for speedy deletion as it clearly serves no helpful purpose whatsoever given List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films is already in the mainspace (and a FA to boot) if you could please help with that. Thanks. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:47, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

 Blocked x 48 hrs -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:54, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Slow Hands (Niall Horan song)

Hi Ad Orientem, glad to see you're back editing (at least part-time). Anyway, would you please be able to help me keep an eye on Slow Hands (Niall Horan song)? I reverted the editor Solitude6nv5 there last month, and didn't notice they had removed a sourced genre until quite recently. They reverted again earlier, and I have asked/told them to discuss it at least twice now. They strangely claimed that a Billboard writer is "hardly a reliable source". From their history I see that they edit war over genres quite frequently, and they appear to not be getting the message that controversial changes should be discussed. Can you please have a word to them if you get time? Thanks. Ss112 00:02, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

 Done -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:24, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Sockpuppet IP user

I think there's an IP sockpuppet going around in the Die Hard series. Each of the vandalizing in the film articles are used by the IP user that starts with 46.99 with two different list section of numbers. Look at the editing history in Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance and Live Free or Die Hard if you want to see for yourself since I don't know how to report sockpuppets because it's too complex for me to do. BattleshipMan (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

 Protected x 2 weeks -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:22, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for clearing the recent request for page protection backlog! Your efforts are very much appreciated! RileyBugz会話投稿記録 23:19, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:23, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Question about block

Could you give some more details about the block of User talk:Six and 7 eighths? I am not seeing any reference desk trolling in the edit history. Do we believe that he previously trolled with a different account or IP (behavioral or checkuser evidence) and if so what was the account? Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 02:45, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Looks like I have to spell it out for Macon. The cap-size user had said "Support as per Baseball Bugs". Had he merely said "Support" it would have been nothing. It was adding my user ID that was the trolling part, as I had said "Oppose". If the comment is to be restored yet again, the "per Baseball Bugs" part needs to be deleted. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:17, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

The obvious interpretation of the comment is "I found Baseball Bugs' arguments to be so bad that I !voted the other way" --Guy Macon (talk) 06:25, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

User:Jacet512

User:Jacet512 who you blocked last week for disruptive editing is at it again.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:05, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I took the liberty and indeffed as a clear case of not here. Alex Shih^Talk 06:10, 10 October 2017 (UTC)