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Choopa/Vultr

I did remember. 95.179.176.0/20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log) is in need of a block (see Special:Contributions/95.179.183.45 / 95.179.183.45.vultr.com). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 19:56, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Shingling334 is currently editing from choopa/vultur 199.247.19.165 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)... --IamNotU (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Bidhan Singh vandalizer

Looks like the filters didn't work, as Bidhan Singh is back causing disruption. I guess I'm going to have to accept it. Wikipedia simply can't stop the guy :( GoodDay (talk) 16:48, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Zzuuzz, Does the edit filter not work on talk pages ? this is third such edit on talk page in 3 days. [1] --DBigXrayᗙ 14:55, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

You are indeed currently correct, and I cordially refer you at this time to my ANI posts on the topic. Feel free to hassle me further, however. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 16:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

All right, I will continue keeping an eye on these talk pages. What is the hit count on the Bidhan Singh filter so far? --DBigXrayᗙ 17:06, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

We are at 12, with regular stuff plus this template possibly a newer target. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 21:28, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

OK, you won't see that in that form again. And thus we've moved forward to the latest edits. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 14:59, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

you won't see that in that form again.. meaning in the form that includes his name ? . Do we already have an LTA page on this ? is he eligible for one ? (I believe he does) --DBigXrayᗙ 15:07, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Who knows what they'll do next. I'm not persuaded about an LTA page, however it may be beneficial to make some notes at the SPI, especially, but not exclusively, anything before this month. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 15:11, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

As you can see, Bidhan Singh isn't going to stop. Perhaps, Wikimedia needs to step in. GoodDay (talk) 04:23, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Moved from WP:AIV

(User:Oshwah lets discuss further on User_talk:Zzuuzz since this entry was going to be removed by AIV bot.)

• 2405:205:A081:553:9122:1321:E028:67FC (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – Enough recent and ongoing disruptive edits by Bidhan Singh vandalizer to merit an IP block. DBigXrayᗙ 06:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Warned user. The IP user's edits seem to be editing tests or good faith attempts to edit or see what can be edited. Left a warning accordingly. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:24, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

it is a Dynamic IP of a narcissist WP:LTA vandal, whose self promotional campaign has been checked by edit filters (thanks to Zzuuzz), hence he is resorting to such nonsensical disruptive, edits. For pages that are regularly vandalized, I also seek page protection e.e. diff, diff. Based on what I have seen recently, his IP is dynamic, but he continues on 10-15 disruptive edits, so IMHO it makes sense to block his IP which is why I had reported him at AIV, If admins like Zzuuzz and Oshwah feel that it is not worth blocking then I will save my efforts in future and let him continue his vandalism for the day. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:12, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

User:Oshwah Just noting that the IP Special:Contributions/2405:205:A081:553:9122:1321:E028:67FC continues his efforts of "good faith attempts to edit" . While we discuss, if posting him at AIV makes sense. regards. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Ahh, this huge IP range-hopping tomfoolery again... Yeah, I've been trying to figure out a good way with dealing with this throughout the day today... unfortunately, there's no perfect option. The ranges are incredibly wide, the articles edited are many, and the issues are ongoing. I've blocked the IP above for evasion. I'm interested to see how quickly the edits hop from one IP and range to another... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:25, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

yes, good call on blocking the IP, better late than never. you can also see thoughts of other page watchers at User_talk:GoodDay#Requested PP for 2 pages already on how he behaves. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:32, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Oshwah: I'll generally insta-block a /64 for a day or so if it's within the last day or so (with good reason, although not entirely effective). There's at least two common ranges which are something like 2405:204:C000::/39 and 2405:205:A000::/39. And we're filtering with 58 and 478. It's a tricky one to nail down. I'm hoping this is just a final spurt before they get bored. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 08:47, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Zzuuzz - Thanks for the information. Yup, that's what I found when I looked into it and did some digging on the IP ranges involved; they're two very wide ranges that are both from the same ISP and geolocation, and (as you said) a tough situation to crack down on that doesn't have a silver bullet solution. I hope so, too... we'll find out one way or another. ;-) Thanks again for the input. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:53, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Can't we not temporarily protect Indian Central Government related pages. He mostly vandalizes those pages. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:40, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Fylindfotberserk - I've been applying them to the articles I saw while handling various issues from this IP range, but certainly not all of them. If there are any that aren't protected that need to be, file requests at WP:RFPP and I'll check them out. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:42, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Oshwah: OK I'll RPP articles as soon as I find any vandalism on them by this Bidhan Singh guy. I'll mention his "name" in the request as well. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:50, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Fylindfotberserk - Perfect. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:54, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

• Yes Fylindfotberserk, and while filing a RFPP, also add a link to this thread, for other admins who are not aware this WP:LTA--DBigXrayᗙ 10:01, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

DBigXray, Absolutely. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

The key to it, is that the community is becoming more aware. GoodDay (talk) 13:30, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

GoodDay you should also report his IP (with a link to this discussion) at WP:AIV and request page protection, whenever you see him. --DBigXrayᗙ 13:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

I just may. GoodDay (talk) 13:49, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Requested PP for few articles today. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:14, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Started Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Bidhan Singh, please expand and update the page. --DBigXrayᗙ 04:42, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Inviting to expand and add on the LTA page above. @LiberatorG:, @Shellwood:, @General Ization:, @Cptmrmcmillan:, @Fylindfotberserk:, @GoodDay:, Zzuuzz, @Oshwah: --DBigXrayᗙ 03:40, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Cool. Ya'll usually got the rascal's IPs caught, while I'm away :) GoodDay (talk) 03:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

@DBigXray: Nice job sir. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:29, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

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Vandal block request

Hi. An user with username Chow Mridu paban is involved in POV pushing and adding unsourced/manipulated content(unrelated reference links) in Magh Bihu even after repeated reverts. User trying to remove his name from this list. Kindly take action soon.157.47.190.33 (talk) 13:35, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for shutting this vandalism down. Criticalthinker (talk) 10:20, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Any time. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:21, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Checkuser's Barnstar

		The Checkuser's Barnstar
		I, the IP, hereby give you the Checkuser Barnstar; for your due diligence and tiring works (including behind the scenes) in Sockpuppet investigations, courage to come up and block frivolous yet dangerous proxies, besides, management of time not withstanding the overall service you have provided to Wikipedia. Thnx very much zzuuzz you are really great!!!182.58.172.35 (talk)

Thanks, you're welcome. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:26, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Any CU interested in a new rabbit hole?. GAB^gab 21:43, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

PUBG vandalism

I think the time has come to put random additions of the word "pubg" [2] to be added in edit filter list against vandalism. your thoughts ? (refer PUBG)

It's a new one on me. I think we have a fortnite-type filter somewhere. Is it common though? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:03, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Not as common as Fortnite, AFAIK. Kids play Fortnite more than PUBG. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk • contribs) 12:23, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

• Zzuzz, from the pages I watch, I have reverted 3 such additions, I am sure that they aren't only happening on pages I watch. DBigXrayᗙ 06:26, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

AE, please see List of best-selling video games#List#6 with 50 million sales. Never heard about Fortnite nor is it in the list.--DBigXrayᗙ 06:26, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

@DBigXray: Well, Fortnite is released in 2017 and it's free. It was a meme as well. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk • contribs) 06:34, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Account was hacked

Hi, I'm CaptainDanger25, I'm the user that reported the Sim12 accounts. The user you blocked Benedictfoos2 hacked my account just right now. He changed the password under MediaWiki and now I can't log back in. He was a user I had issues with years ago. I was wondering if you try to get it back under my control. Thanks! --2605:6000:A507:A300:59AA:B37C:7C87:D6EC (talk) 03:38, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Never mind I figured it out. Thanks anyway! --CaptainDanger25 (talk) 04:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

@CaptainDanger25: OK, drop me a line if there's any further trouble. I can't recover an account for you, but I can check it and block it, so we repeat the process you've already been through. Please make sure you have a strong unique password, which you can remember. See Wikipedia:User account security. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

@Zzuuzz: I'll remember that next time, Thanks a lot. --CaptainDanger25 (talk) 16:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

phew

thought no one was going to turn up on that one - thank you JarrahTree 00:30, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 00:50, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Blogspot spam

I see you've blocked multiple blogspot spammers this morning; an account was just blocked for repeated addition of this link; not sure if it should be blacklisted also. Home Lander (talk) 18:42, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

I'll generally reserve blacklisting for sites which are repeatedly spammed. Not sure that's the case here. Also, different MO to the rest of today's spammers. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 19:54, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

NBA Ref

If NBA Referees1 is a LTA, would User talk:NBA Referees be as well? 331dot (talk) 20:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Unrelated. It's a typical joe-job from Nsmutte. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Ah. Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. 331dot (talk) 20:46, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Probable sock

Hello. My Evlekis-detector started buzzing when Konigboom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) reverted a recent edit of mine, and I saw their contributions so far. Not 100% sure yet, though. Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 14:40, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so. All things are possible, but I don't think so. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 16:14, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You could compare it to Special:Contributions/Hick Hick. I got the exact same vibes when this account showed up last summer, and kept an eye on it for a while, but then it stopped editing, only to resurface several months later, and get CU-blocked by Ponyo. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 19:39, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Hope this helps heal your blocking finger which is surely getting a workout today! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:47, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to User surevey 1

Hello! There is an ongoing survey going on at User:ImmortalWizard/User survey 1. As a fellow Wikipedian ImmortalWizard would like you to answer some questions. It wouldn't take too long, and your participation will be appreciated. Thanks, THE NEW ImmortalWizard(chat) 16:59, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

NickBubbleBuddy

I see that you blocked NickBubbleBuddy as a sock of Simulation12. That editor nominated Last Man Standing (season 7) for deletion and the article is currently at AfD. Should that AfD be closed? It's at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Last Man Standing (season 7). --AussieLegend (✉) 14:16, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Rollback request

Hi zzuuzz, I'd like to request rollback privileges. Initially thought I could manage without it, but have recently dealt with two instances that made me reconsider.

1) The first is described on this talk page thread I started today. An IP user made 3 consecutive edits, and in the first edit (Edit #1), they inserted (what I suspect was intentionally) incorrect info. In order to revert Edit #1, I had to revert Edits #2 and 3, which they quickly reverted before I could revert Edit #1. Rollback would've allowed me to just directly roll back all 3.

2) The second was clearly vandalism, in 2 parts. Edit #1 inserted vandalism in one part of the article; Edit #2 moved the reworded vandalism to a different spot in the article. When I reverted Edit #2, it rolled back to Edit #1, which ALSO contained the vandalism, and made it look like I was the one who added it. I quickly undid Edit #1, but the rollback tool would've prevented this problem.

In any case, if granted the rollback privilege, I will definitely use it carefully and sparingly per the rollback guidelines; I also noticed there were confirmation scripts available, as well as a way to add edit summaries--both would be quite useful.

Thanks! Big universe (talk) 04:49, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi zzuuzz, forgot to leave a message here yesterday--I ended up enabling TWINKLE, and it's the better option for me, so thanks a lot for the suggestion. I posted a reply to your post anyway, in case you had time to read it. It is a bit long (didn't have enough time to trim it down more), but I hope it contains satisfactory answers to your questions/concerns. Thanks again for your time and help! Big universe (talk) 03:20, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Concern for granting permission

Hello sir, I'm a active user of Wikipedia. And I have requested for permission for helping Wikipedia for a safer place and help fellow Wikipedian's. If you feel I need more practice though, I'll be happy to gain more experience. So, I would like to grab your attention. Im extremely sorry if I words are rude towards you sir. Thank you for taking the time to review my case, and have a nice day! AR.Dmg (talk) 12:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Yeet9999999

remove TPA? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 22:03, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

General philosophy: RBI. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:05, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Ok, Got it. Just like WP:DENY. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 22:07, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Zzuuzz. Since they are continually adding a protection template to a page that is not protected removal of TPA would keep the page from showing up in the Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates. They might get bored and stop eventually though :-) MarnetteD|Talk 22:24, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

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Chuck Schumer

Thank you--that account was evading a block. Would you mind increasing the protection for that article? JNW (talk) 20:56, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks, JNW (talk) 21:14, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Recent  :)

Oops! ——SerialNumber54129 09:29, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Definitely not the first! -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 09:33, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks very much! ——SerialNumber54129 09:37, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

infodudeUK

I see you deleted content I uploaded, can it not be used freely for commentary?

• Do you not understand what "copyright" means? Drmies (talk) 19:17, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
• @InfodudeUK: But you are not commenting on the image - frankly that will be a bit difficult to accomplish - and, with the Brexit image at least, there is already a free alternative available. You might also want to read WP:NFCC in particular. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 19:19, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@Zzuuzz the free alternative is now out of date with Brexit having not happened on March 29th, my revision corrects to April 12th the timeline.