User talk:Yamla

Unjustified Block

Hi, somehow I got blocked... I was told that the reason I was blocked was that my IP Address belongs to "Forcepoint Cloud Services" (no idea who they might be)... I have Comcast at my house and my IP Address is 98.37.10.192. Could you please unblock me? Thanks and regards, 2601:644:8E80:73FA:0:0:0:C6 (talk) 02:18, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

As you are able to leave a comment here, you are not blocked. Forcepoint Cloud Services is security software which may be running on your computer. --Yamla (talk) 11:21, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Barack obamna lover seems to be back with a new sock.

Barack obamna lover 2 seems to be Barack obamna lover's sockpuppet who's using the classic "My cousin did it!" excuse on their userpage. Thought you might want to have a look as you were the one who declined Barack obamna lover's unblock request. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 20:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked! --Yamla (talk) 21:23, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. If they're back with more socks I will let you know. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sky 03:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

How come you blocked 75.63.213.46 as a proxy?

According to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/75.63.213.46 , it is AT&T. As far as I can tell it's not a proxy server. Do you even bother checking or just assume all IPs are proxy servers? Acrobat3642 (talk) 10:06, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

I verified it is running a service on port 22. --Yamla (talk) 10:09, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Also port 8000. --Yamla (talk) 10:19, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Sockpuppet on my talk page

An IP who just left me a message on my talk page under the header "Gringo" says that he is using an IP to evade a global lock (message may need to be translated because it's in Spanish). I'd file an SPI but I'm not sure who the sockmaster is. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 16:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

A very similar message was left by a similar IP on User talk:United States Man under the header "Para empezar", and is continuously adding a non-notable tornado to Tornadoes of 2023, making the egregious claim that anyone who reverts his edits is against the country of Cuba. A rangeblock may be necessary since he also says that his IP changes frequently. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 17:33, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

I've blocked the whole range, while still allowing people with accounts to edit. It's a rather large range, unfortunately, but one that's been blocked before. --Yamla (talk) 18:35, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that. They were being really disruptive. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 18:45, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Request

I hope this message finds you well. In January of this year, you and Bbb23 reviewed an unblock request from a user where it was discovered that they were editing logged out almost every single month during their block, and the user subsequently asserted that he was unaware that sockpuppetry entailed anonymous editing. [User talk:MehmoodS] I believe there is a strong likelihood that the whole thing was a deliberate distraction possibly to move on to another account. I filed a SPI on the 15th, but unfortunately no-one has gotten around to it yet. [Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HaughtonBrit]. Your insight would be greatly appreciated if you get a chance to look at it. (PS: Only the Javerine section is pertinent, the rest, particularly the "Notes" section is auxiliary and doesn't require immediate attention) South Asian Historian (talk) 00:06, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

I'll take a look later today (assuming nobody else beats me to the punch). Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 11:57, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Pending changes

Greetings, I see I approved the pending changes of a sockpuppet that you recently blocked. In retrospect, is there something I should have been more careful about? The changes looked reasonable to me, and I did not investigate copyright, since that's not the bar for approving PC imo, but perhaps I am wrong and would be open to your suggestions. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 08:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

You aren't obligated to check copyright. I agree, the changes looked generally reasonable. They were pretty close to those contributed by the earlier account, but you wouldn't have seen those most likely, nor were you obligated to do so. You did nothing wrong by approving the changes. --Yamla (talk) 11:24, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Help! I am in need of critical assistance!

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I am in desperate need of your assistance. A user by the name of Ostalgia keeps spamming various Wikipedia articles with unsourced information, and when I try to confront him about his malicious activity, he engages in edit warring against me and is very rude and hurtful in tone. For instance, when I warned him that his edit warring could result in him being blocked, he replied "Bye Felicia" and continued to be unethical. I tried to be calm and civil with him but it clearly hasn't worked, so since I am in a state of emergency with this unreasonable person, I am desperately asking for your help and deal with Ostalgia. Thank you and please respond as soon as possible. I am in desperate need of your assistance. A user by the name of Ostalgia keeps spamming various Wikipedia articles with unsourced information, and when I try to confront him about his malicious activity, he engages in edit warring against me and is very rude and hurtful in tone. For instance, when I warned him that his edit warring could result in him being blocked, he replied "Bye Felicia" and continued to be unethical. I tried to be calm and civil with him but it clearly hasn't worked, so since I am in a state of emergency with this unreasonable person, I am desperately asking for your help and deal with Ostalgia. Thank you and please respond as soon as possible. 199.119.233.226 (talk) 14:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)