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Welcome back

I think NP and MrP were enjoying your vacation. —SpacemanSpiff 14:22, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome back. It's back to work. Time to rain in on the parade. Where are they at now? Elockid ^(Talk) 16:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't seen them in a couple of weeks at least, but I just let Abecedare deal with it. BTW, this may seem odd but do you think Undertrialryryr is related to MrP? Likewise for CosmicEmperor who seems to have MrP's attitude and is a closer link.—SpacemanSpiff 17:16, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Undertrialryryr could be related. But they're editing from an entirely new range that I haven't seen yet. They're also not proxies, something which MrP liked to use to get around his block. Behavior like the sock farm could point to a relation but just at glance, I have some doubts. Cosmic appears to be a different person from what I can see right now. Elockid ^(Talk) 17:42, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't entirely sure either, but it seems very odd for so many sock farms of similar POV to have popped up in this area all of a sudden. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 03:50, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be surprised though if they were returning as someone else that we haven't identified yet. In any case, I'm going to keep an eye out. Elockid ^(Talk) 12:12, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:The Amazing Spiderman

You blocked this account with a "checkuser block", but have not specified who this is account is (allegedly) a sockpuppet of, how they were originally being disruptive, nor was there a note of how to format an unblock request on their talk page, or any note of a sockpuppet investigation on the user page. Under exactly what policies was this block made? Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 09:21, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That account belongs to Undertrialryryr. I was investigating a range that was heavily used by them and there appeared to be many logged out edits that continued editing in the same areas as Undertrialryryr's socks. This user has a high tendency to create a sock farm, so coupled with the logged out editing, I decided to run a check. Looking at the range, I blocked a batch of fresh socks. Many socks have already been blocked since the last SPI investigation. Other than creating sock accounts, this user has been harassing editors and creating attack only accounts (some now hidden by another Oversighter). This is a classic example of Good Hand, Bad Hand account editing. Elockid^(Boo!) 12:47, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I think I've had two of these socks post something on my talk now; I don't know why people create so many of these things. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Metropolitan Areas by Population

Hello, first I want to apologize, it was not my intention to post incorrect information. I do not intend to waste other users' time or to post misinformation.

Secondly, it should be noted that Bogota does not have an official Metropolitan area that the government recognizes and numbers vary largely due to a huge amount of migrant workers and displaced persons that are not counted in the national census. Because of this, I think we should make an exception and find several sources that are reliable. The number that is posted only includes the number of inhabitants in the Bogota capital district, not including its adjacent municipalities.

I'd like to collaborate with you and other users to make the article more accurate, as well as other articles related to the topic.

Thanks, I look forward to hearing back.

Aldiazmo (talk) 21:42, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that if we make exceptions for one entry, it would only be fair to make exceptions for the others. It's going to get messy if exceptions are made. For example, the cited figure for Los Angeles is much lower than other sources state. The reason being that other sources also include the Inland Empire while the US census bureau does not. I've seen people even state that the Inland Empire isn't really a metropolitan area but just a collection of suburbs combined together. If you've been to the Los Angeles area, you'd probably even be convinced that the Inland Empire was just suburbs of Los Angeles. Other areas I can think off hand right now are London, Bangkok, and Manila with both Bangkok (14+ million) and Manila (20+ million) being much higher. It's not perfect, but I believe it's the most fair way.

Using multiple sources to come up with a conclusion even though the sources does not state the conclusion is original research which is not allowed under policy. Also, I can find no reliable source that puts Bogota's number even close to 14 million. Elockid^(Boo!) 22:35, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply,

I understand completely what you mean, and I will take that in to consideration regarding the next time I edit an article. The best thing to do is to leave the article as is until the 2016 Colombian Census is done.

Cheers.

Aldiazmo (talk) 23:45, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

Hello E. Love the Halloween theme for your talk page! I wanted to let you know that a thread about your editing has been opened here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Weird editing by Elockid since it is unlikely that the IP will. Have a pleasant weekend in spite of this. MarnetteD|Talk 14:23, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update. Turns out it was a sockpuppet that opened the thread and it has already been deleted so there is nothing for you to worry about. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 14:27, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's just Vote X, you're the favored admin today. —SpacemanSpiff 18:32, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Marnette for the notification and the compliment. Thanks SpacemanSpiff for handling em. Elockid^(Boo!) 13:40, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cite Errors

Hello dear Elockid, since tonight on so many pages, which are welldone (even/also the page about Steinway & Sons, there one can find a cite error at the end of the "References"; though there is/are no mistake(s). Can you give me a help how to manage it? All the best and many thanks, looking forward in hearing again,--BachChopinFavorite (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like I was beaten to it. When you're using <ref name="insert here">. You have to put a forward slash by the quotation mark so it reads as <ref name="insert here"/><nowiki>. So for this article, instead of: <nowiki><ref name="Steinway lithograph">{{cite web |url=http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=August&Date=10 |title=Cartoon of the Day – "Sudden Mania to Become Pianists..." |date=August 10, 1867 |publisher=HarpWeek, Harper's Weekly |accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref> on the second part where you want to use the source, you can simply put <ref name="Steinway lithograph"/>. But be sure that the full reference is given beforehand. You don't need to copy the entire reference. I hope that helped a little. Elockid^(Boo!) 13:50, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you so much. YES, this helped much to understand! Thank you so much and have a great day and time. All the best, --BachChopinFavorite (talk) 08:17, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Feel free to stop by anytime. Elockid^(Boo!) 14:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

Please change your signature into something normal. It's not an avatar. You don't need to make it 10 times bigger than everyone else's. It violates point one of our Signature policy —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Point one does not explicitly or definitively prohibit the use of font-size tags though. If I don't use font-size tags, my signature may be too small to read which could be violating point four especially for users with poorer eyesight. But since my signature size has caused concern, I have reduced the size of my sig. Elockid^(BOO!) 19:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

None of our rules prohibit definitively anything at all, since we always have "Ignore all rules". Whenever you start messing with font sizes, you will be bothering someone.

Even now if I have my default font set to 11pt or 25pt, your signature is a problem and that is because you are using fixed fontsizes instead of relative font sizes. You are using 3 tags for something that can be done with one, u are using the deprecated <font> tag and you are messing up the line height with the <sup>. This signals that you don't understand HTML, and people who don't understand HTML shouldn't be making changes to their signature in my personal opinion. But because it is difficult to take back what was once given, we have a policy to somewhat 'curtail' the craziness and that's.

Try this instead:

[[User:Elockid|<span style="font-family:Chiller;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;color:#8B0000">Elockid</span>]]<sup style="font-family:Chiller;">([[User talk:Elockid|<span style="color:#B22222">BOO!</span>]])</sup>

Elockid^(BOO!) That at least tackles 3 out of 5 problems. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 06:57, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. I changed my signature. Elockid^(BOO!) 10:19, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

bizzare blocking error

FYI, I just spent some time trying to figure out why I had been blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Blocked.21. It claimed you were the blocking editor. I'm pretty sure it was a weird network error. Tfr000 (talk) 23:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What was the blocking message you received? Elockid^(BOO!) 00:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something about a block of IP addresses that were causing persistent vandalism. I should have taken a screen shot - can't duplicate it now! Pretty frustrating, because the unblocking procedure is to put some tag at the bottom of your own talk page, and I couldn't edit that! Tfr000 (talk) 00:23, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you do get the blocking message again, please be sure to email me. Elockid^(BOO!) 00:27, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Led Zeppelin

177.86.156.222 (talk · contribs · block log) 213.135.93.98 (talk · contribs · block log) 200.8.11.234 (talk · contribs · block log)

Hi Elockid, how's it going? I've seen quite a few of these, sneaking around the peripheries for quite some time. Any info about what's going on? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:03, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zzuuzz! Everything is good, thanks for asking. I hope everything is well for you too. Unfortunately, I don't have any more information other than what's already present. If anything comes up, I'll be sure to share any info that I can. Elockid^(BOO!) 19:39, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you would know about this sort of proxy user :) 189.43.170.65 (talk · contribs) 169.255.77.27 (talk · contribs · block log).. Also some interesting new accounts. There's some sort of mission going on, worth looking at, IMO ... -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:54, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On further examination, I reckon this is somehow related to Trevvvy (talk · contribs). -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good find. I'm usually on top of these things. Hope I'm not losing my touch. Elockid^(BOO!) 21:39, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vote (X) for Change

You got a script or something for those blocks? :-) --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't have one, sorry. Doing them all manually. Elockid^(BOO!) 20:25, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, you block 200.126.223.103 but he still continue use other accounts Enhermah and maybe בשלני, definately 88.8.246.86 and 200.69.247.145 and possibly others. He still remove information from same and many other article with lots references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.160.171 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the notification. I'll be sure to investigate and take any needed action when I get on my main account. ElofoSho (talk) 17:19, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked 200.69.247.145 and Enermah. Another user has informed me that the user apparently recruits others. The other IP is likely a meatpuppet and I have not taken action this time. בשלני doesn't appear to be the targeted user and as such I have not blocked the account. Thanks again for your help and please continue to report any activity. Elockid^(BOO!) 21:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Elockid:. The person you are talking about is using another ip adress, also from Argentina. 181.29.23.24 he has been deleting completely sourced material, and using different ips to revert the deletion reverts.--Makeandtoss (talk) 14:58, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User @Tanbircdq: has witnessed similar encounters with this user.--Makeandtoss (talk) 15:55, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I can see Nishidani had similar experiences too and appeared to abstain from reverting out of fear of breaking the 1RR restriction for Palestine/Arab-Israeli articles, which I can understand as Makeandtoss even got a warning for reverting the IP on the History of the Jews in Jordan page. I noticed Kingsindian mentioned that a page protection request was made for one of the articles being targeted but this doesn't appear to have been accepted for some reason. Elockid may you could temporarily semi-protect the pages that are being regularly vandalised for one or two weeks to see if that sorts the problem? Tanbircdq (talk) 19:15, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, unfortunately even after the 24 hours ends, I have to go to these several ips and users and to check their edits which are mostly blanking of referenced content. It can get quite problematic since undoing these removals will undo other legitimate edits by other users.--Makeandtoss (talk) 19:37, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked the IP. If disruption worsens, I'll protect the pages. Please keep the reporting guys. Elockid^(BOO!) 21:37, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Might be important, might not

I saw your deletion of Javad Ramezani (actor) while responding to an AIV report. In the event you need to know, I have blocked Jneferlopez (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and speedied their Javad Ramezani (Vocalist). Tiderolls 14:56, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. ElofoSho (talk) 17:20, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

October 2015

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