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The Best of Dalida

Please check the article history before adding speedy tags. The article only consisted of links because an IP editor removed all the content.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 03:54, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Best of Dalida: the album article consists of simply a track listing. I'm surprised this is considered sufficient content to retain an article.– Gilliam (talk) 05:02, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It probably isn't. But that doesn't mean it's eligible for speedy deletion. PROD or AfD are the way to go on that one.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:09, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Shared IP

Just to clarify, its the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Also, I had an account that I lost the password to, but now I don't really have any desire to create an account since I'm not near a regular editor. 146.229.240.200 (talk) 10:34, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lil Xan

hi I’m not too sure how this works but I noticed you were the last person to update Lil Xan’s wikipedia page, I just wanted to let you know that his surname has been misspelled. The correct spelling is ‘Leanos’, I’ve found his old Facebook account under that last name. Just thought I’d let you know. Xanxiety (talk) 11:07, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I took the liberty to correct it.– Gilliam (talk) 11:32, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned Bogard Creek

Thank you for your contribution but the page still remainds orphaned.Xx236 (talk) 11:27, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia Bulldogs football vandals

From my perspective, it looks like the vandalism and disruption on redirects to Georgia Bulldogs football are all coming from the same IP range, more specifically 2600:387:2:813:0:0:0:0/64. My best guess would be that this is stemming from the buildup to the team's next game, but it's a bit hard to tell for me. I hope this helps in a sense. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 07:28, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link, I have blocked the range which is a source of long-term vandalism.– Gilliam (talk) 07:51, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I want to edit some postings and add external links to that specific Text.

I tried lot of times, but i didn't able to edit.

Plz help me to do .


Thanks latha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.82.180.222 (talk) 04:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:EL external links are not welcome in the article body.– Gilliam (talk) 04:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism of "Denis Perisa"

Good thing you did locking it, but please revert "NICKNAME" part where it was left as "STUPD" in translation to Croatian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.198.44.68 (talk) 22:25, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I fixed it. If it's still there, let me know.– Gilliam (talk) 22:28, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Old Alton Bridge

Can we expand the vandalism lock to 1-1-18? Trevor Casey (talk) 22:39, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Thank you for semiprotecting my talk. (And for fighting my stalker off. I haven't dealt with him in months because you and others all get to him first.) My concern is, I spend a lot of time clearing out pending changes and semiprotection edit requests so I periodically get messages from new and/or anonymous users. They now can't message me for a few days, a subpage for such users would be just as vulnerable as if my talk weren't locked, and temporarily moving to different areas is kinda/sorta giving that doofus a win. Can you think of any way to thread this needle? CityOfSilver 16:21, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:CityOfSilver, my recommendation is to wait for semi-protection to expire, in order to see if your stalker has moved on. If that doesn't work, then we can try a different strategy.– Gilliam (talk) 16:25, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
He almost definitely hasn't. It's been going on since April where he vanishes for weeks, then comes with a cluster of identities to attack. (This is why I'm worried that semi-protection will accomplish the reverse of what it needs to. He's happy to wait it out while others are going to be stuck because of him.) CityOfSilver 16:42, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I can unprotect your Talk page, if you'd like. You can always the semi=request protection later when he returns..– Gilliam (talk) 16:44, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Aaand you already unprotected, which is what I was going to ask you to do anyways. I'm going to try something really stupid that won't work but once you've used up all the good ideas, you only have bad ideas left. Thanks for this, and thanks again for helping with that guy earlier. CityOfSilver 18:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

212.250.110.66

212.250.110.66 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Could you block this school IP again? Thank you. 178.153.30.215 (talk) 16:30, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done.– Gilliam (talk) 16:31, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tits in a trolly

Just FYI, to my amazement, this was not vandalism. Look it up and have a laugh.

As for whether the content belongs to the biography, verifiable or not, I'm unable to comment as I have no idea who Joe Swash is and frankly, I don't care. Cheers, Politrukki (talk) 12:53, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Question

i made the edit about ratko mladic i am new here dont know how to contact you i made the change because it was not the republic of serbia because it has never been recognized so why have you deleted my edit ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.252.137.23 (talk) 04:26, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the IP you just blocked, the tag I was restoring to their talk page, are those to not to be removed? I didn't find anything regarding it on WP:OWNTALK. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 05:03, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please give me the IP address.– Gilliam (talk) 05:42, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The IP is 74.12.120.126. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 06:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Boomer Vial:, you'll find the answer at WP:BLANKING. It looks like consensus is that vandals are allowed to remove block notices, but not answered unblock requests while still blocked, shared IP templates, etc. Regards– Gilliam (talk) 06:22, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I guess I must've misread it. You should probably revoke their talk page access then, since they're so keen on continually removing the IP tag. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 06:23, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gustav IV Adolf

You are mistaken if you think that I vandalised the page or anything like that. I have improved the lead by making it tighter, but no information has been removed (or added). The line about who his parents were was removed from the lead but added the the first section of the page. I will now get back my version because I am working on it, slowly. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.182.164.186 (talk) 10:55, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at User talk:59.182.164.186.– Gilliam (talk) 10:58, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.182.164.186 (talk) 10:59, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thank you! I am having so much fun with these new tools.

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Revival (Eminem album)

Hello. I noticed that you protected the article Revival (Eminem album). It still seems to be getting vandalised now that the protection has come off. Could you please add it for further on? Thanks! --TheDomain (talk) 06:42, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Done– Gilliam (talk) 06:44, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

217.127.139.82

This IP address has continued to make disruptive edits since two of their blocks, the latest, which was performed by you. Could you block them again? Thank you. 105.98.226.164 (talk) 07:07, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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49.196.2.148 and such

What would you think about proposing a form of semi-protection for IP user talk pages. It would allow the IP to edit their own page, but prevent an IP or non-autoconfirmed from editing a protected talk page. i.e 121.221.99.116 could edit user talk:121.221.99.116 but 49.196.2.148 could not edit user talk:121.221.99.116 (if so protected). The intent would be to prevent persistent 49.196.2.148 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)-type page refactoring? Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:47, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, User:Jim1138. I semi-protected all talk pages vandalized today by 49.196.2.148.– Gilliam (talk) 09:19, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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64.90.240.118

More vandalism from this IP address after two of your previous blocks. Thanks. 81.15.106.125 (talk) 22:24, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) Blocked for six months. --NeilN talk to me 22:29, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Gilliam I would like to know how many people made changes to the Solenopsis invicta page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.69.211.183 (talk) 22:53, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Page history.– Gilliam (talk) 22:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Best wishes for 2018. —Donner60 (talk) 07:55, 31 December 2017 (UTC) [reply]

Happy New Year, Gilliam!

Happy New Year!

Gilliam,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
I really appreciate you working in this business since 2005 but i think its time that you look on to retire we really appreciate you creating articles and editing them but i think its time you retire

Thank You

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Federal Council (Austria)

Just as a heads-up, this edit was correct and wasn't obviously blatant vandalism. Mélencron (talk) 13:59, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake. Thanks for pointing out my error.– Gilliam (talk) 14:28, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sailfin flyingfish

Why didn't you just fix the typo?76.189.141.88 (talk) 15:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You made several such typos. I'm not responsible for your edits.– Gilliam (talk) 18:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

93.93.218.139

These guys might need blocking again. Neils51 (talk) 12:16, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Olustvere

This was done from a school computer. Some hooligans think it's funny to vandalize articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.219.77.130 (talk) 12:10, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

124.205.31.98

Hi Gilliam. Pretty well as soon as the block you imposed expired 124.205.31.98 was back to his old tricks: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Multiplication&diff=prev&oldid=819951721 Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for one week.– Gilliam (talk) 09:20, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Languages with respect to official status in India

The official language status in India is not Hindi. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Hindi-not-a-national-language-Court/article16839525.ece It is a common misconception. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.39.226.226 (talk) 14:06, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I knew that fact, but reverted because you removed a large amount of material from the article without explanation.– Gilliam (talk) 14:09, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IP Address Block 69.129.190.2

Hi Gilliam, I am a professor at New England College who has partnered for some time now with Wiki Educational Foundation to teach courses using Wikipedia. This semester my students were unable to create accounts due to the block placed on the IP address. Could you please direct me to more information about the vandalism you found, I would like to make sure these are not students in my courses engaged in such behavior. Would you consider removing the account creation block? I have made a request but was directed to ask students to fill out an extra form. This additional step is discouraging and ultimately sets a poor tone for an already challenging assignment that discourages some students from the beginning. thank you Mosterbur (talk) 21:02, 15 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur[reply]

Hi, User:Mosterbur. I would be happy to help but need the IP address of the blocked IP in order to look into it.– Gilliam (talk) 00:07, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gilliam, the IP address is 69.129.190.2 Thank you for looking into it. Mosterbur (talk) 00:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)Mosterbur[reply]

I tweaked the School Block and now anonymous users may create an account.– Gilliam (talk) 00:44, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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To what article do you refer?

Hey. You left me a message (somehow...I will never understand how Wikipedia works) saying you'd removed an edit I'd made to an article about a living or recently deceased person, but you didn't reference the article in any way that would allow me to identify it, which, as far as I can tell, renders your message to me useless. What article did you remove my edit from? What was the edit?

Thank you.

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