User talk:Nehushtani
December 2024
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Hello, I'm Kolano123. An edit that you recently made to Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem) seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! KOLANO12 3 12:28, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- This was not a test a test, the transliterations were inaccurate and the order was bizarre. What should I do? Nehushtani (talk) 12:32, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Nehushtani Hi, if you could use edit summaries in future it can help other editors to see what and why you are changing information. It's not a requirement, but it's really helpful and can help prevent reversions. Happy editing! Knitsey (talk) 15:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the advice. I put back my corrected adaptation and used an edit summary, I hope it is adequate for you. Nehushtani (talk) 08:25, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Nehushtani Hi, if you could use edit summaries in future it can help other editors to see what and why you are changing information. It's not a requirement, but it's really helpful and can help prevent reversions. Happy editing! Knitsey (talk) 15:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
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Rabbi Sternbuch Ga'avad
[edit]@Nehushtani thank you for editing Edah HaChareidis. Most of Your edits are much appreciated, however this topic is controversial as discussed on the talk page, and the consensus was not to add him as Ga'avad. Feel free to add to the discussion on the talk page. Happy editing! Esotericmadman (talk) 15:30, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for pointing this out. Nehushtani (talk) 12:20, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
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- Nehushtani, I see you're edit warring without engaging in discussion. Please note WP: Communication is required, especially on contrntious topics..VR (Please ping on reply) 10:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
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- Doug Weller - In your edit summary, you cite WP:RSNJP. This is red link. Could you plese send me the correct link? Nehushtani (talk) 06:39, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
- WP:RSNP. I have Parkinson's so sometimes misstype. Doug Weller talk 06:45, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
Ilhan Omar
[edit]As you don't like partisan sources I'm surprised you added one to Omar's article. Doug Weller talk 06:42, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
- I didn't know this would be considered a controversial source. I will try to be more careful in the furture. Nehushtani (talk) 07:32, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
- Don't forget the article allows only 1 revert in 24 hours. Doug Weller talk 17:41, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
September 2025
[edit]Hi,
We have partially reverted your recent edit to Palestinian Authority. Please do not remove edits which have legitimately cited material, this is disruptive editing.
If you have any questions please let me know on my talk page.
AussieWikiDan (talk) 13:55, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- AussieWikiDan - Sorry, I should have done a partial revert. Nehushtani (talk) 13:59, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Appreciate that. I didn't realise it was in error. I have created a comment on the talk page regarding changing/removing the statement if you wanted to comment: Talk:Palestinian Authority
- AussieWikiDan (talk) 14:10, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
Edits on same page in rapid succession
[edit]Hello Nehushtani, while looking through your contributions I saw you have so many minor edits in quick succession often on the same page. Then, after you had gotten extended confirmed, you quickly started to edit in the Arab-Israeli contentious topic and are still making many minor edits in quick succession. So could you answer as to why you are making so many minor edits on the same page? Thank you, 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 Easternsahara 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 19:05, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for reaching out. The vast majority of my edits are not minor, and I had well over 500 edits by the time I entered the conflict. I will remind you that WP:REVONLY states that "Ideally, each edit should contain one distinct change". Nehushtani (talk) 05:47, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
October 2025
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- I didn't realise that the video had been removed, and it appeared that the other user had simply deleted content with no explanation. I apologise for the inadvertently unconstructive edit, although I think that the edit summary could have stated more explicitly what they had done. Nehushtani (talk) 06:52, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
November 2025
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- @Zackmann08: Thank you for pointing this out to me. I will try to be careful moving forward. And thank you for cleaning up after me. Nehushtani (talk) 07:32, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- All good! We live and we learn. Keep up the good work.
- Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 07:34, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- All good! We live and we learn. Keep up the good work.
Hamas
[edit]Excuse me for bothering you. I’ve seen reason to re-start the Requested Move section, on page Talk:2017 Hamas charter, on 27 Oct., after you had already voted. Would you please (to avoid misunderstandings) repeat your vote, now in Talk:2017 Hamas charter#Requested move 27 October 2025? Sorry, once again. --Corriebertus (talk) 20:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
"Most controversial topics" ?
[edit]Hi there @Nehushtani I'm not sure what you mean by This editor has been involved with some of the most controversial topics on Wikipedia, consistantly taking one side of the conflict
on both my TAIV and Rollback requests. If I've done something that you have an issue with, why did you not bring it to me directly or to AE, rather than vaguely insinuating that I've done something on permissions requests? Have I done something that you have an issue with? If so, please let me know so we can sort this out. Smallangryplanet (talk) 15:57, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Smallangryplanet - You are very involved with WP:ARBPIA, always taking the pro-Palestinian side. As an editor, nothing has reached a level that I would take to AE. But I do not think that granting advanced permissions to editors so involved with the conflict (myself included) is appropriate. Nehushtani (talk) 06:22, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Did you used to operate the Minden500 account? Sean.hoyland (talk) 04:05, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- No, I don't have any connection to Minden. We have only 11 edited articles in common. My edit summaries do not appear to be similar to theirs. It is interesting that you are writing this after I filed a complaint. I would recommend finding a more similar user to me to file an SPI against, maybe Jimmy Wales or Larry Sanger, who have also be involved in antisemitism on Wikipedia recently. Nehushtani (talk) 07:13, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- My question is unrelated to page intersections. It is related to statistical distances in vector spaces where the 2 accounts are in close proximity compared to a large number of other accounts. But thank you for your answer. I hope it is accurate. If it is not, it is of no use to me. As for
It is interesting that you are writing this after I filed a complaint
, that is precisely why I asked the question. I am not interested in whether a person is complying with WP:SOCK, I am interested in the impact of 'Rules for thee but not for me' on ARBPIA because a system with 2 classes of account, class A where members are sanctionable and class B where members are unsanctionable (because the accounts are disposable), is inherently destabilizing when class B members try to impose stricter compliance on class A members than they impose on themselves. Sean.hoyland (talk) 07:55, 26 November 2025 (UTC)- hahahahahaha thats the funniest thing Ive heard on here in awhile. Thanks for the laugh. ← Metallurgist (talk) 18:44, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- My question is unrelated to page intersections. It is related to statistical distances in vector spaces where the 2 accounts are in close proximity compared to a large number of other accounts. But thank you for your answer. I hope it is accurate. If it is not, it is of no use to me. As for
I'm wondering why you would go to all the trouble to find an archived URL for a person no longer doing the job? Why not spend the time finding the correct information? --Magnolia677 (talk) 11:50, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677 - Feel free to add a new URL. I simply saw that the url was no longer active and searched for an archive url. Nehushtani (talk) 17:43, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
Well done and be careful.
[edit]Hi Nehushtani, I've been following your edits for a while now. First of all – Well done! beautiful and helpful edits.
Secondly, I suggest you be careful. About three years ago, me and another editors received threats on our lives, and the lives of our families from a Hezbollah supporter (unfortunately, the threats were deleted from the page's edit history, but I have a screenshot somewhere). In addition, in recent years, the feeling is that every pro-Israel editor who begins to stand out positively is accused (sometimes without any wrongdoing on their part – for example, as they accused me and Atbannett) of almost every charge written in Wikipedia's rule book. The personal persecution and harsh attacks led to an attempt to revise ARBPIA5, and some of the participants were blocked. Participants, some of whom have been engaged almost daily for over 10 years in biasing Wikipedia against Jews and Israel, trampling on rules that led to their blocking.
If in the past it was Nableezy, Iskandar323, Selfstudier, Levivich, Nishidani and others, today it is other editors whose names I will not mention, because it is clear to me that every word in this message will be analyzed and they may even try to accuse me of various things in order to throw me out of the world's knowledge base, and not for the first time.
Today, both Wikipedia founders have noticed the huge bias on Wikipedia, and Larry Sanger often tweets about the enormous harm that antisemitic bias (in their own words) is doing to Wikipedia, the destruction of the global knowledge base and the cutting down of the branch on which we all sit.
Just so you understand, I was innocent and open about using LLM in my edits (in my opinion, the rules on Wikipedia are too strict on this subject, you can open a discussion about it... but not here and not now), and since then, every time I express my opinion, someone jumps up and shouts "You used LLM, so all your claims are irrelevant."
So be careful and remember that every word of yours is analyzed a thousand times to find a flaw in it that will lead to your blocking. I thank you on behalf of the Jewish people. Eliezer1987 (talk) 08:02, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
- Tagging admins because of names, threat accusations and other concerns. @Newslinger @ScottishFinnishRadish Cinaroot (talk) 08:29, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
- I have sent Eliezer1987 a message in reference to their comment here at User talk:Eliezer1987 § Battleground conduct in Arab–Israeli conflict contentious topic. — Newslinger talk 09:06, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
Hounding
[edit]You already filed a AE case against me. Its best not to follow my edits and revert them as you have done here You have never edited those articles and your edits falls outside your normal edit patterns. Please stop doing it. WP:HOUND Cinaroot (talk) 18:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- Please refrain from casting aspersions. No one has article ownership and everyone is allowed to look at different articles and correct anything that is not perfect. Making serious allegations based on pure speculations may not be a good idea as it is technically a form of personal attack. I am an uninvolved observer, who would like everyone to succeed, so would like to leave a friendly reminder, not just to you but also everyone. ~2025-39164-53 (talk) 19:51, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- Why post this as an IP?
- Also, my message is a friendly reminder that following my edits and then reverting them, participating in discussions constitutes a form of harassment. There is an active AE case involving me, and Nehushtani should refrain from creating further conflict or even the appearance of harassment. Cinaroot (talk) 20:01, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- I think it is probably better to just ignore temp accounts in this kind of context. The role of temp accounts in the topic area is limited to posting edit requests. Their views on policy and guideline compliance are not relevant, and there is no reason to engage with them other than to respond to edit requests. Sean.hoyland (talk) 05:03, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Cinaroot - Please stop casting aspersions. I have had Al Jazeera on my watchlist for a long time, and the fact that I reverted you was totally coincidental. You then asked me to participate at the talk page, so I added sources in the discussion there. Please assume good faith. Nehushtani (talk) 06:16, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- It doesn’t really coincide or not — you knew you were reverting me, and you understand how that would appear. I’ve already raised in the AE case that you have targeted me ( multiple times now ). Please do not continue this, at least while the AE request is active.
The important component of hounding is disruption to another user's own enjoyment of editing
, and your actions are creating a negative experience for me. - P.S. I informed you of the ongoing discussion because you reverted me. I didn’t intend it as an invitation to participate. I take that back. Cinaroot (talk) 06:53, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Cinaroot - This is not WP:HOUNDING. We are working in the same topic area and we are bound to edit the same pages. I've said what I've had to say and have a good day. Nehushtani (talk) 07:12, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- It doesn’t really coincide or not — you knew you were reverting me, and you understand how that would appear. I’ve already raised in the AE case that you have targeted me ( multiple times now ). Please do not continue this, at least while the AE request is active.
Thank you, would love to discuss/learn more about antisemitism
[edit]Hello Nehushtani- I want to thank you for your hard work recently.
I have been lurking for a long time and have observed that antisemitism is a pervasive problem on this platform.
I would be honored to discuss these issues more with you. Please hit the button to email me on my page, I think I could learn a lot from you about these topics. ElectronicMaccabee (talk) 22:03, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- @ElectronicMaccabee - Thank you for your note. I prefer to simply try to write and add content to the encyclopedia. Nehushtani (talk) 06:26, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
- oh yes i admire your contributions. you seem like a strong researcher etc, i had a project for school also that I was gonna ask for help with haha, feel free to message me ElectronicMaccabee (talk) 21:46, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
Happy Holidays!
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Hello Nehushtani: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Iljhgtn (talk) 07:59, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Iljhgtn (talk) 07:59, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Iljhgtn - Thank you. To you as well! Nehushtani (talk) 06:33, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
RfC contributions
[edit]Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.Hi Nehushtani. If you are going to make a claim in an RfC, please substantiate it with your own arguments or sources. In an RfC determining whether we should say there is scholarly consensus that presents a set of sources, simply saying "there is no consensus" and "it has been pointed out the sources do not indicate consensus" do not contribute to the discussion in a constructive way. Using the +1 template on a point you agree with or citing specific arguments made that you like in your comment are much better alternatives because at least we understand why you are taking the stance you are taking. If you are not going to substantiate a claim, please do not leave a comment because Wikipedia is WP:NOTAVOTE and we need reasons when building consensus one way or another.
Sincerely, Alexandraaaacs1989 (talk) 11:46, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Alexandraaaacs1989 - Many editors have pointed out in this discussion that there is not a scholarly consensus, which is true. Repeating the false claim that there is over and over again does not and will not make it correct. Nehushtani (talk) 11:57, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
- Got a second opinion and sorry for the trout, I see how that was an overreaction. Please think about the rest of what I said though. You can believe there's no scholarly consensus if you'd like—I just was trying to make some suggestions about how to have a more productive discussion. Alexandraaaacs1989 (talk) 12:35, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. إيان (talk) 00:53, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
January 2026
[edit]This account has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet that was created to violate Wikipedia policy. Note that using multiple accounts is allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that all edits made while evading a block or ban may be reverted or deleted. If this account is not a sockpuppet, and you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below. asilvering (talk) 05:23, 14 January 2026 (UTC) |
- Colour me very fucking surprised. TarnishedPathtalk 06:20, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Asilvering, has there been any noticeboard discussions started by Nehushtani, which have been closed with sanctions against those he reported? TarnishedPathtalk 06:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Probably? They certainly filed quite a few. I wouldn't suggest trying to overturn them, if that's why you're asking. -- asilvering (talk) 06:50, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Why not? Some editors were warned, and I got blocked for 2 weeks. I think it should be removed from their records. Cinaroot 💬 07:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Asilvering I really don't feel the community is doing enough to protect editors in CTOP areas against socks, who have less incentive to abide by any norms given the throwaway nature of their accounts. TarnishedPathtalk 07:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Not to mention - admins consider these blocks to give harsher punishment next time if editors get into any trouble. My first case against me was also initiated by someone who got blocked for weaponizing AE. Second case by Nehushtani. My punishment was increased to two weeks because of my first block - and Valereee wanted to give me a topic ban. Cinaroot 💬 07:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Uninvolved admins agreed that you did violate 1RR though. Blocking is not intended to be a punishment. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:10, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- The problem is, when socks file AE reports with legitimate concerns that are nevertheless made in bad faith, what should uninvolved admins do? SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:19, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Those cases should never have been filed in the first place because socks are not allowed to be on wikipedia. It was so obvious. I made it clear in my response in AE that they were weaponizing AE. It was so obvious to me. I gave some further proof here
- In any way - admins need to think about ways to detect socks who misuse AE. Cinaroot 💬 17:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Yeah, that most recent AE filing was clearly frivolous. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 18:29, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- The problem is, when socks file AE reports with legitimate concerns that are nevertheless made in bad faith, what should uninvolved admins do? SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:19, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Uninvolved admins agreed that you did violate 1RR though. Blocking is not intended to be a punishment. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:10, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- TarnishedPath, I completely agree. I had started a discussion about it at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. إيان (talk) 07:32, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Not to mention - admins consider these blocks to give harsher punishment next time if editors get into any trouble. My first case against me was also initiated by someone who got blocked for weaponizing AE. Second case by Nehushtani. My punishment was increased to two weeks because of my first block - and Valereee wanted to give me a topic ban. Cinaroot 💬 07:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- They launched a clearly vexatious one against me. Another account central to it, BlookyNapsta was found to be compromised, so the case against me was closed. Only one of the admins responding to the case identified it as a vexatious case, when it should have been obvious. I think they filed at least one or two other ones around the time I was dragged there. I hope admins will be more prepared to deal with this kind of WP:gaming in the future. إيان (talk) 07:08, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Some yes, including an informal warning on myself, but as I stated in that discussion, I did break 1RR without intention, so sanctions on that behaviour are justified. -- Cdjp1 (talk) 11:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sure many of us who edit articles which have 1RR in place have violated it inadvertently. That is usually resolved with a talk page discussion, not an immediate escalation to a noticeboard. The fact that Nehushtani was filing complaints against editors that they had never interacted with ought to have been enough of a red flag to warrant immediate usage of CU. That current policies don't allow that speaks for a need for change to protect editors. TarnishedPathtalk 12:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @TarnishedPath, if you think CU is warranted for something, you can use {{checkuser needed}} to summon one of us. Please be warned that doing so while you're the party in the content dispute won't look very good, and that CU isn't magic pixie dust and can't prove a negative. Furthermore, CUs are under no obligation to tell you they made a check, or what they found. Many blocks in this topic area are primarily behavioural blocks and CU won't do any good there anyway. I'm happy to get "this editor is creeping me out and here's why, could you consider CU" type emails (if you want a behav or you want to report a sock, please use SPI). But the most you'll get out of me in response, except maybe a block, is a "thanks, received". We're limited in what we can say by the privacy policy, by WP:BEANS, and by common sense. -- asilvering (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Why didn’t admins request CU then? In AE cases, i remember many people saying Nehushtani conduct isn’t great and even an admin said Nehushtani might deserve a topic ban. Yet no one called for a CU Cinaroot 💬 19:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Cinaroot, I presume they didn't because they didn't think there were grounds to CU. Again,
CU isn't magic pixie dust and can't prove a negative
. But, everyone, let's please take this discussion somewhere else. Nehushtani's talk page isn't the right place for this. -- asilvering (talk) 00:43, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Cinaroot, I presume they didn't because they didn't think there were grounds to CU. Again,
- Did you get my recent email @Asilvering? IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 23:23, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Or let me try your suggestion. {{Checkuser needed}} for Rafi Chazon; likely sock of Nehushtani/BlookyNapsta. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 23:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- I also support this investigation. I’ve been watching their talk page because I noticed something suspicious and some issues with their edits. I can’t recall what it was. Cinaroot 💬 23:35, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Looking just at the edit summaries, this does not seem to be them. But if you're suspicious, I would recommend reporting them to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Galamore.
- For the record, the true sockmaster appears to be User:Icewhiz, who is banned by the Wikimedia foundation. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 00:01, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'll remind people that unsubstantiated allegations of socking are improper. If you have a mere hunch, send it to a CU, who can choose how deep they want to look into it and whether there's cause for a check. If you have evidence, file a SPI (obviously preferable), and an administrator (or most likely a cadre of them) will investigate. DatGuyTalkContribs 01:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- I also support this investigation. I’ve been watching their talk page because I noticed something suspicious and some issues with their edits. I can’t recall what it was. Cinaroot 💬 23:35, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Or let me try your suggestion. {{Checkuser needed}} for Rafi Chazon; likely sock of Nehushtani/BlookyNapsta. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 23:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Why didn’t admins request CU then? In AE cases, i remember many people saying Nehushtani conduct isn’t great and even an admin said Nehushtani might deserve a topic ban. Yet no one called for a CU Cinaroot 💬 19:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @TarnishedPath, if you think CU is warranted for something, you can use {{checkuser needed}} to summon one of us. Please be warned that doing so while you're the party in the content dispute won't look very good, and that CU isn't magic pixie dust and can't prove a negative. Furthermore, CUs are under no obligation to tell you they made a check, or what they found. Many blocks in this topic area are primarily behavioural blocks and CU won't do any good there anyway. I'm happy to get "this editor is creeping me out and here's why, could you consider CU" type emails (if you want a behav or you want to report a sock, please use SPI). But the most you'll get out of me in response, except maybe a block, is a "thanks, received". We're limited in what we can say by the privacy policy, by WP:BEANS, and by common sense. -- asilvering (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sure many of us who edit articles which have 1RR in place have violated it inadvertently. That is usually resolved with a talk page discussion, not an immediate escalation to a noticeboard. The fact that Nehushtani was filing complaints against editors that they had never interacted with ought to have been enough of a red flag to warrant immediate usage of CU. That current policies don't allow that speaks for a need for change to protect editors. TarnishedPathtalk 12:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Yup! I only saw this thing now, when I came across a discussion that was disrupted by the user. I am not surprised, although I thought the user was just a very zealous stickler for rules. Slomo666 (talk) 22:38, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Probably? They certainly filed quite a few. I wouldn't suggest trying to overturn them, if that's why you're asking. -- asilvering (talk) 06:50, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Asilvering, has there been any noticeboard discussions started by Nehushtani, which have been closed with sanctions against those he reported? TarnishedPathtalk 06:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
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- @IOHANNVSVERVS, can you please report this one at SPI and provide the evidence for your thinking? Thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 00:13, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- One should really be able to report these things anonymously. I don't want to make myself the next favourite target of these malicious socks and their endless harassment. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 23:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- @IOHANNVSVERVS, can you please report this one at SPI and provide the evidence for your thinking? Thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 00:13, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- Did you ever get my email btw @Asilvering? IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 05:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
- Best it to take it to their talk page Cinaroot 💬 06:46, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
- I knew it. They have been filing AE cases against so many editors - which itself should have been a red flag.
- @Newslinger Cinaroot 💬 07:07, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- tagging @Valereee just fyi Cinaroot 💬 07:19, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Pinging @Drmies, @Arcticocean, @SilverLocust, @Guerillero, @Black Kite, @Callanecc, @Newyorkbrad, @Dr vulpes and @Bradv for awareness as admins who participated in AE reports started in bad faith by this sock of Galimore. TarnishedPathtalk 10:35, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sorry for the harassment you had to deal with @Cinaroot and @إيان. I hope you both are feeling better now that you've been vindicated in this way. Thank you for your perseverance and commitment to the encylcopedia. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 00:51, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
- tagging @Valereee just fyi Cinaroot 💬 07:19, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Nehushtani (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I am shocked at this accusation and at the fact that I have been accused of being a sock without being presented any supposed evidence that I can disprove. I am not familiar with any of the users that I am accused of being a sock of. I do not have any other users, and I have been contributing constructively to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nehushtani (talk • contribs) 06:55, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
Decline reason:
This is not convincing. Yamla (talk) 11:23, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
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Nehushtani (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I have looked more closely at the accusation, and I am dumbfounded. The block states that "This account is a sockpuppet of Uppagus and is also a suspected sockpuppet of Galamore". In the EIA there are a total of 5 pages where I overlap with the Uppagus. Furthermore, most of their edits appear to be about the classical period, and I have never worked on that period at all. We also have a different style of edit summaries. My EIA with Galamore does have more overlap, but anyone who edits in the conflict will have similar overlap; see for example my EIC with Cinaroot, my EIC with إيان or my EIC with TarnishedPath, just to name a few other editors who also deal with the conflict. Additionally, my edit summaries differ even more substantially from those of Galamore. Furthermore, my timecard is substantially different from Galamore's timecard and different from Uppagus's time card as well. I will state clearly once again that I do not have any other users, and I have been contributing constructively to Wikipedia. I am utterly confused by these accusations and I have not been presented with any evidence to substantiate them.
Decline reason:
Summary decline as locked. Izno (talk) 03:29, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
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- Uppagus is a sock of Galamore. This EIA shows a substantial overlap with Galamore. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 14:06, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- The block says that "This account is a sockpuppet of Uppagus and is also a suspected sockpuppet of Galamore". I have edited my appeal above to reflect other factors. Nehushtani (talk) 14:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- I am not a specialist, but the EIA does not seem sufficient, nor “statistically significant” as it stands, to conclude sockpuppetry. Additional concrete and verifiable elements would be needed (diffs, behavioral patterns, edit summaries, etc.), beyond the EIA.Michael Boutboul (talk) 15:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Like you said, you're not a specialist. M.Bitton (talk) 15:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Not being a specialist does not prevent you from raising concerns. It also seems that their time cards are more closely related to other users than to Galamore’s. It is surprising to block someone with so little evidence, but I may not have all the information. Michael Boutboul (talk) 17:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Boutboul, you have access to most of the same information, but that's not the same as having the evidence laid out for you, which I'm not going to do for WP:BEANS reasons. I can say that I don't think the EIU is terribly useful in these kinds of cases, so on that, yes, you're correct, and I would never have blocked for that alone. -- asilvering (talk) 18:41, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- While there are ways to evade detection, i think establishing with absolute certainty that an account is a sockpuppet can be difficult. However, absolute certainty is not required. I think its a matter of risk assessment, and sockpuppets often expose themselves over time by making mistakes. Cinaroot 💬 19:33, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- The only time you can really be sure an account is a sockpuppet is when they intentionally expose themselves to be a troll. And even then, it might be someone else impersonating them. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 19:37, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- While there are ways to evade detection, i think establishing with absolute certainty that an account is a sockpuppet can be difficult. However, absolute certainty is not required. I think its a matter of risk assessment, and sockpuppets often expose themselves over time by making mistakes. Cinaroot 💬 19:33, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Boutboul, you have access to most of the same information, but that's not the same as having the evidence laid out for you, which I'm not going to do for WP:BEANS reasons. I can say that I don't think the EIU is terribly useful in these kinds of cases, so on that, yes, you're correct, and I would never have blocked for that alone. -- asilvering (talk) 18:41, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Not being a specialist does not prevent you from raising concerns. It also seems that their time cards are more closely related to other users than to Galamore’s. It is surprising to block someone with so little evidence, but I may not have all the information. Michael Boutboul (talk) 17:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Like you said, you're not a specialist. M.Bitton (talk) 15:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
revoke tpa, please? ltbdl (write) 01:40, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
- Unnecessary as the account is globally locked. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:41, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
UTRS
[edit]UTRS appeal #110605 has been declined. JBW (talk) 22:49, 8 February 2026 (UTC)