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TBO (company)
[edit]Hello. You moved TBO (company) to draft in February, and blocked its creator, on the reasonable grounds of likely covert advertising and the. There appears to have been some sockpuppetry at the draft, and now a new account has copied and pasted it back to main space as TBO Ltd, which I've moved to the correct title. Should I open an SPI? Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 14:52, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- The creator has been blocked as a spammer and the draft deleted under G11. That's good enough for me. MER-C 14:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Teto Amo created a page about Kerry Chen [1]. The content of the article is promotional/advertising. (It is a spam article.) And there is a notability issue with the subject of the article. 203.184.131.50 (talk) 15:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
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Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Happy First Edit Day! Hi MER-C! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC) |  |
You might be interested in this discussion. S0091 (talk) 17:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
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Featured picture scheduled for POTD
[edit]Hi MER-C,
This is to let you know that File:Salisbury Cathedral Nave, Wiltshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 18, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-07-18. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 21:14, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
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Salisbury Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. Built in early English Gothic style, it was constructed between 1220 and 1258. This photograph, taken in 2014, shows the interior of the cathedral, looking eastwards towards the high altar through the tall and narrow nave. It has three levels: a tall pointed arcade, an open gallery, and a small clerestory. In the foreground is an unconventional modern baptismal font, installed in September 2008. Designed by the water sculptor William Pye, it is the largest working font in any British cathedral. The font is cruciform in shape, and has a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) vessel filled to its brim with water, designed so that the water overflows in filaments through each corner into bronze gratings embedded in the cathedral's stone floor. Photograph credit: David Iliff
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Hi. Take a look here please and notice that User:Keith161 renewed sockpuppets network on Afd 1xbet Indiana's Football (talk) 14:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Indiana's Football (who is now blocked indefinitely by Bbb23) has posted the above message to the talk pages of four administrators and one other editor. JBW (talk) 15:05, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
User:I ll Come Too
[edit]Hi MER-C, back in May you blocked MeltPees and I suspect I ll Come Too is the same person or at the very least UPE. Like Meltpees they are copying drafts created by other users into mainspace (Silvi Rouskin/Draft:Silvia Rouskin, Ravindran Shanmugam/Draft:Ravindran Shanmugam) and created Cagemax (moved to Draft:Cagemax) and Nikita Pipko (moved to Draft:Nikita Pipko) both which were spammy. They also made the requisite ten edits, in user space, then started creating articles. S0091 (talk) 17:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Blocked, thanks. MER-C 18:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Another one Genevieve Elodie Ottilie, moving drafts to mainspace they did not create stating they were approved by someone. I am going to file an SPI to get these documented and request CU because there's probably more but given the SPI backlog it will be a while and this is disruptive. S0091 (talk) 14:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Blocked:
- Adrian Chumachen (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Ludovith (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Genevieve Elodie Ottilie
- Spam pages: Silvi Rouskin, Natalia Vlaschenko, Kefas Brand, Arnold Namisi, Do IT Global Innovative Solutions, Andrew de Burgh, John E. Turrentine, Doron Bergerbest-Eilon, Nicholas Housden, Roberto G. Carbone, The Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store, Mehran Tebyani, Joseph Nyangon.
- The sockmaster is probably Bodiadub. MER-C 18:10, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merci MER-C. Ever so helpful. I will file it under Bodiadub based on your hunch and ping you in case you have anything to add. It will likely be a day or so. Pinging @Bishonen: given her query to Adrian Chumachen so she is aware. S0091 (talk) 18:34, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Wikishovel great minds. S0091 (talk) 18:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both. What about User:LuboneEditors — aren't they also a sock? Bishonen | tålk 19:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC).
- Yes, and User:Park hue, see my near-miss at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LuboneEditors. Wikishovel (talk) 20:41, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both. What about User:LuboneEditors — aren't they also a sock? Bishonen | tålk 19:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC).
- @Wikishovel great minds. S0091 (talk) 18:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Merci MER-C. Ever so helpful. I will file it under Bodiadub based on your hunch and ping you in case you have anything to add. It will likely be a day or so. Pinging @Bishonen: given her query to Adrian Chumachen so she is aware. S0091 (talk) 18:34, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Another one Genevieve Elodie Ottilie, moving drafts to mainspace they did not create stating they were approved by someone. I am going to file an SPI to get these documented and request CU because there's probably more but given the SPI backlog it will be a while and this is disruptive. S0091 (talk) 14:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:CCIlist/core
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UPE editor on Mark Kotter, Bit.bio, Myelopathy.org
[edit]Hi MER-C. While patrolling, I came across what I think is a UPE, has written a series of connected articles in quick succession. They were their first creations on WP and are: high quality construction/editing (full referencing etc), commercial/promo focused, and with photo/images attached, which for me is a strong indication of UPE for a new editor. They also reverted the UPE (and COI) tags from the articles.
You might want to also take a look if you have any time? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 21:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not actionable. MER-C 10:01, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks MER-C. Here is another set of UPEs on Richard McKay acting together. thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 19:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Tmotimo is a straight forward block (done). I'm on the fence regarding Coda1234. We'll see how they react to the page being quarantined. Please don't disclose UPE tactics, techniques, and procedures on-wiki. MER-C 16:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks MER-C. Here is another set of UPEs on Richard McKay acting together. thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 19:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Previous spam block
[edit]Hello, you blocked an editor on 18 November 2023 and quarantined all their Adam Handling restaurant articles for covert advertising, including Ugly Butterfly, Eve Bar, Frog (restaurant) and The Loch and The Tyne. New account Razerformula has recreated them as Ugly Butterfly (restaurant), Eve (bar), Frog (restaurant) and The Loch & The Tyne. New SPAs Peashina and DSWDcaraga are also working on the same topic. Who was the previous master please? Looks like it might be Bodiadub, from your adjacent contributions. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 19:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, Bodiadub. MER-C 16:54, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Pentathlon (film)
[edit]Hi MER-C. Would you mind taking a look at Pentathlon (film) once again? You removed most of the plot summary back in May with this edit, but an IP just showed up and seems to have re-added most of what you removed. I could revert the IP but I'm not sure whether the old diffs need to be rev deleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:27, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Recleaned. Can't prove a source, so cannot revdel. MER-C 10:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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