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== {{UTRS|97275}} ==
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I have the notion that I recently read you responding to someone who had a similar problem while proxy-blocked. I can't remember the solution. (Was it just to go somewhere else, reset the password, and come back?) Perhaps you can help? -- ] (]) 02:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
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:{{yo|Asilvering}} replied on UTRS. The outlook is not good, unfortunately. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 14:46, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:: I have now closed the appeal. You don't need to know that, and there's nothing more for you to do, but I mention it just in case you may be interested in seeing what I wrote in response to your comments. ] (]) 17:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::{{yo|JBW}} thanks. One thing that might be worth explaining: any user can send a password reset to another user, if they are logged into an account, or if they're not logged in and their IP is not blocked. You need to provide the email associated with the account, and as a security measure the form will not tell you if you got it right. It just says something like "'''if''' the details you provided match, then the user will be sent a temporary password." There is no way to know if the email actually was sent. It was worth a try anyway. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 17:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: I have never tried to send a password reset email to another user while logged in, so I can't comment on that. However, I can assure you that if I am not logged in I can send a password reset email to any user, provided they have an email address attached to their account, I am not subject to an IP block, and I know their username, without having to know their email address. I have done it before, to help users unable to get a reset email because of an IP block, and to make doubly sure I have just logged out of my account and sent one to myself. ] (]) 19:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: I've just sent one to you. I have no way of knowing whether you have received it, but if you have, then I can promise you that I don't know your email address. ] (]) 19:35, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::{{yo|JBW}} that's interesting, are you using ] to do that? It always prompts me to enter the username and the email address (like I described), but I haven't tried logged out, my work VPN is blocked. Also I did get your emails (no worries about the heads-up) but I didn't get your password reset. I sent myself one earlier today from my alternate account so I don't think it's my mail server blocking them. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 21:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::: OK, as I said, I have never done it while logged in, but in case there is some difference between doing it logged in and logged out, I have now sent a password reset email to my alternative account, JBW3, while logged in as JBW, and it worked fine. ] has fields for username and password, but it says "Fill in '''''one''''' of the fields to receive a temporary password via email" (my emphasis) and it works with just the username. I have no idea why you didn't get my password reset, unless I misstyped your username or something. I will try once more, copying and pasting your username to be sure, and I'll be interested to know whether it works this time. ] (]) 23:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::Can you reset the password while the IP is blocked, though? I thought that was also a problem (on top of how Special:PasswordReset doesn't work to send the email in the first place), so maybe I misunderstood. -- ] (]) 03:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::: Apparently yes. At least once, and I am almost sure more than once, I have sent a password reset email in this situation, and then been thanked by the editor, who told me that it worked. ] (]) 10:32, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::: Aha! I've got it! The message that came up after I posted another request on ] says "Only one password reset email will be sent per valid account every 24 hours in order to prevent abuse". ] (]) 23:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)


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== Alternate account ==
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You shouldn't need that. A checkuser should be able to verify what my main account is: I've edited from the same address on my main account today. Flyer22's accusations are completely illegitimate, and I'm really quite offended by them. -- ] (]) 14:06, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
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I saw the conversations going on about alternate accounts and saw your comments that policy requires them to be disclosed. Can you point to the policy that says that because I can not find it? ] says: '''Editing project space''': Undisclosed alternative accounts are not to be used in discussions internal to the project. ] also talks about undisclosed accounts. So if there is a different policy that says alternate accounts must be disclosed, we need to fix the policies so they don't contradict. --&nbsp;]&nbsp;] 14:59, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
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:I'll note the policy says "should" and not "must". Since the case in question involves long-term abuse by a user banned by ArbCom and globally blocked, and the user accused is editing in a controversial topic area, I believe that their use of alternative account(s) should be reviewed. I don't need to know what their alternative accounts are and I'm not entitled to know anyway if they want to keep them private, but someone with CheckUser access (i.e. someone approved by WMF to keep private information confidential) should confirm that they are using their alternative accounts in a legitimate manner. That's my interpretation. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 16:09, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
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== Kim Kardashian RfC == == ARCA ==


Hi Ivan, per your comment on my now-archived RFPP discussion, I'm wondering which section of ARCA applies to my request. Are you saying that an ArbCom decision would need to be amended in order to remove a particular talk page restriction? ] (]) 20:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
You previously made a change at ] that was later reverted without consensus. The outcome of the RfC (to restore your edit) has not been enforced. I cannot make the edit because the article is semi-protected. My edit request has not been answered. Would you care to restore your edit? ] (]) 16:51, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
:Hi there, thanks for bringing my attention to your request. In the future, you should use the {{tl|edit semi-protected}} template (instructions at the link) to request this sort of change, that way your request will show up in ] and will (hopefully) be responded to sooner. It looks to me like the edit was never made after the RfC closed, rather than it having been reverted. I've left a note below your request anyway. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 18:48, 5 October 2016 (UTC) :No, the page protection is an enforcement action, and that's what would need to be modified. You want the second bullet point in the header box at the top, under "submitting a request", the one that's for an "arbitration enforcement action issued by an administrator". You'll likely be asked if you've attempted to resolve the problem with the issuing administrator as part of this process, so if you haven't you might want to do that first. {{ul|El C}} is pretty reasonable. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 21:10, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you for sorting it out! I now see the difference between a semi-protected edit request and just making a note on the talk page, thank you. :) ] (]) 19:46, 5 October 2016 (UTC) ::Sounds good, thank you. I have reached out to El C on their talk page so we'll see how that goes first. ] (]) 21:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)


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Hi Ivanvector, I’ve just been having another look at your entry at ]. It may well be time for you to start a new poll and see what happens. ] (]) 07:07, 17 October 2016 (UTC) It looks like your naming of ] broke the bot's parsing, which is leaving a red linked "close" case in the set. Maybe rename to second oldest? ] (]) 19:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:Yeah it was fun trying to get the tags to work on that, and I didn't check what happened to the table. I'll rename it. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 19:24, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:{{yo|Kudpung}} hi there, and thanks for your note! I've been following discussions about our admin attrition problem, and ORCP itself, off-and-on for a while now. Back when I added myself to the list I had in my head that it was "just for fun", I have a lot of criticisms of the RFA culture and wasn't at all interested then in subjecting myself to it. I also couldn't think of any use that I would have for administrative tools at the time, gnoming my way through venues like ] as I was. I think that ORCP is weak on that point: editors running for RFA without any obvious use for the tools seem to get called hat-collectors and sink their own RFAs pretty often, and ORCP doesn't pick up on that. Anyway, since that time I have run into at least one situation (as an ] clerk) in which administrative tools could be of some use, so I've been thinking about it more. I have some work to do, and then maybe I'll list myself again. I'm still quite certain that I would get shot down on content alone, which I'm well aware is a weak area for me. Anyway, thanks for drawing my attention to it again. Cheers. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 21:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)


== SPI Investigation ==
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I am unsure of the exact rules surrounding SPI Investigation discussions, am I allowed to respond directly to another editor, or should my comment be contained to a different section? Should I even respond at all? <b>]</b> 01:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
The ] is asking for participation in ]. <!-- Template:FRS message --> <!-- FRS id 54619 --> ] (]) 04:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
==Re: LanguageXpert SPI==
My comment was constructive criticism of the way accounts are being fished and reported under LX and none of them were confirmed as him. 19 accounts and none of them were him. Since you were involved editor, you should have open-heartedly accepted the criticism instead of reverting. Being a CheckUser Clerk or even a CheckUser does not give you immunity from constructive criticism. I do not think that my comment violated any policy and you overstepped when you removed it. It was directly related to that SPI and was added under the proper space available for other users to comment and it's not just you, there are others who have also made it a hobby of reporting any accounts they disagree with under LX. There are some who do nothing else except coming back after a while and report an LX sock. There is much more to do on Misplaced Pages than fishing and hunting socks of one master. ] | ] | 16:12, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
:{{re|SheriffIsInTown}} Your comment was disruptive and Ivanvector was absolutely correct to revert it. Try to behave.--] (]) 16:31, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
::Thanks for your note, {{ul|SheriffIsInTown}}. I didn't want to say in a formal thread that your comment seemed like trolling, but your comment seemed like trolling, and was unwarranted in any case. Ultimately I removed your comment because it was simply ''wrong'': several accounts ''were'' tagged as LanguageXpert socks as a result of these investigations. In the case in which you commented, an account with the name of a former sock plus the word "returns" is indeed worth checking, although it's ultimately of little consequence who the master is if the account is obviously a sockpuppet; this just happened to be the case open at the time (there are many overlapping cases in this area, as I'm sure you know). We do not endorse requests with no merit, and if you think we have, then your criticism is well-taken, but in this case you are wrong. And you should not accuse other editors of ]ment unless you understand what that means; your accusation here shows that you do not. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 17:09, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
:::You are referring to TouristerMan and the returns version, they were never confirmed as LX and I do not think they are LX. If accounts were tagged as LX because they were ''possible'' or ''likely'' then I think they are tagged wrong, they should be in their own SPI. They are not LX. I do not know what ''possible'' or ''likely'' means when it comes to CU. Do they show up in the same city? Do they show up using same IP range? Same province? If they show up sharing an IP then they should be categorized as ''confirmed'', sharing an A class IP range does not confirm anything. My comment was a good faith comment and had merit. ] | ] | 17:41, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
:::{{re|Bbb23}} lol, come on,I give you pile of evidence and it is never good enough for you but here people open an SPI with one-liners and you do the check without asking for more evidence and that also knowingly that reported socks do not belong to the master they are being reported under. ] | ] | 18:39, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
::::Trust that when a case is filed under the wrong master, we do our best to check against other sockmasters that we know are active in the area as well, as some of the tags in these recent cases show, and don't make connections that we can't back up with evidence. I can't comment on the CU data and I doubt anyone who has access will be able to give more information than has been given already. I don't know what else we can tell you. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 19:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


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I'm not sure what you did wrong when you moved the Megaman1988 case to this one, but the archive didn't come with it. I'm not sure my fix was best, but at least we now have the correct archive.--] (]) 13:20, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
:Thanks for catching that. Maybe something changed in the move interface, related to ]? There was talk of changing the behaviour regarding moving subpages. Maybe I didn't click something I was supposed to. I think your fix is fine, anyway, and I'll have a better look next time I move a case. ] (<sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>) 13:23, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
The Lockerby Composite School Misplaced Pages page was recently edited to include controversial information about a murderer, a pipe bomb threat 25 years ago, and inappropriate teacher controversies. I am not affiliated with this high school, but noticed that other high schools in this school board (Rainbow District School Board) do not have such commentaries and the original write-up of this high school compared to other Rainbow District School Board currently on Misplaced Pages.
I went back to revert these controversial edits (by creating a Misplaced Pages account), but the person who added the controversial information, re-instated their edits. There was a note to say to contact/reach out to an Administrator on a list to review changes made. As such, I selected you to please review the controversial edits made.
Ultimately, I do not believe that the editor (Kline) used appropriate judgement to edit the high school Misplaced Pages page by writing several controversial information pieces. The editor (Kline) appears to be 'slandering' this particular high school.
Thank you for your considerations - I appreciate you looking at the page, history, and contributions.
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UTRS appeal #97275

I have the notion that I recently read you responding to someone who had a similar problem while proxy-blocked. I can't remember the solution. (Was it just to go somewhere else, reset the password, and come back?) Perhaps you can help? -- asilvering (talk) 02:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

@Asilvering: replied on UTRS. The outlook is not good, unfortunately. Ivanvector (/Edits) 14:46, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
I have now closed the appeal. You don't need to know that, and there's nothing more for you to do, but I mention it just in case you may be interested in seeing what I wrote in response to your comments. JBW (talk) 17:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
@JBW: thanks. One thing that might be worth explaining: any user can send a password reset to another user, if they are logged into an account, or if they're not logged in and their IP is not blocked. You need to provide the email associated with the account, and as a security measure the form will not tell you if you got it right. It just says something like "if the details you provided match, then the user will be sent a temporary password." There is no way to know if the email actually was sent. It was worth a try anyway. Ivanvector (/Edits) 17:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
I have never tried to send a password reset email to another user while logged in, so I can't comment on that. However, I can assure you that if I am not logged in I can send a password reset email to any user, provided they have an email address attached to their account, I am not subject to an IP block, and I know their username, without having to know their email address. I have done it before, to help users unable to get a reset email because of an IP block, and to make doubly sure I have just logged out of my account and sent one to myself. JBW (talk) 19:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
I've just sent one to you. I have no way of knowing whether you have received it, but if you have, then I can promise you that I don't know your email address. JBW (talk) 19:35, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
@JBW: that's interesting, are you using Special:PasswordReset to do that? It always prompts me to enter the username and the email address (like I described), but I haven't tried logged out, my work VPN is blocked. Also I did get your emails (no worries about the heads-up) but I didn't get your password reset. I sent myself one earlier today from my alternate account so I don't think it's my mail server blocking them. Ivanvector (/Edits) 21:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
OK, as I said, I have never done it while logged in, but in case there is some difference between doing it logged in and logged out, I have now sent a password reset email to my alternative account, JBW3, while logged in as JBW, and it worked fine. Special:PasswordReset has fields for username and password, but it says "Fill in one of the fields to receive a temporary password via email" (my emphasis) and it works with just the username. I have no idea why you didn't get my password reset, unless I misstyped your username or something. I will try once more, copying and pasting your username to be sure, and I'll be interested to know whether it works this time. JBW (talk) 23:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Can you reset the password while the IP is blocked, though? I thought that was also a problem (on top of how Special:PasswordReset doesn't work to send the email in the first place), so maybe I misunderstood. -- asilvering (talk) 03:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Apparently yes. At least once, and I am almost sure more than once, I have sent a password reset email in this situation, and then been thanked by the editor, who told me that it worked. JBW (talk) 10:32, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Aha! I've got it! The message that came up after I posted another request on Special:PasswordReset says "Only one password reset email will be sent per valid account every 24 hours in order to prevent abuse". JBW (talk) 23:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

ARCA

Hi Ivan, per your comment on my now-archived RFPP discussion, I'm wondering which section of ARCA applies to my request. Are you saying that an ArbCom decision would need to be amended in order to remove a particular talk page restriction? 71.210.42.253 (talk) 20:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

No, the page protection is an enforcement action, and that's what would need to be modified. You want the second bullet point in the header box at the top, under "submitting a request", the one that's for an "arbitration enforcement action issued by an administrator". You'll likely be asked if you've attempted to resolve the problem with the issuing administrator as part of this process, so if you haven't you might want to do that first. El C is pretty reasonable. Ivanvector (/Edits) 21:10, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Sounds good, thank you. I have reached out to El C on their talk page so we'll see how that goes first. 71.210.42.253 (talk) 21:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Cases

It looks like your naming of Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/1+1=yes broke the bot's parsing, which is leaving a red linked "close" case in the set. Maybe rename to second oldest? Izno (talk) 19:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah it was fun trying to get the tags to work on that, and I didn't check what happened to the table. I'll rename it. Ivanvector (/Edits) 19:24, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

SPI Investigation

I am unsure of the exact rules surrounding SPI Investigation discussions, am I allowed to respond directly to another editor, or should my comment be contained to a different section? Should I even respond at all? Brocade River Poems (She/They) 01:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/Lockerby_Composite_School

Hi:

The Lockerby Composite School Misplaced Pages page was recently edited to include controversial information about a murderer, a pipe bomb threat 25 years ago, and inappropriate teacher controversies. I am not affiliated with this high school, but noticed that other high schools in this school board (Rainbow District School Board) do not have such commentaries and the original write-up of this high school compared to other Rainbow District School Board currently on Misplaced Pages.

I went back to revert these controversial edits (by creating a Misplaced Pages account), but the person who added the controversial information, re-instated their edits. There was a note to say to contact/reach out to an Administrator on a list to review changes made. As such, I selected you to please review the controversial edits made.

Ultimately, I do not believe that the editor (Kline) used appropriate judgement to edit the high school Misplaced Pages page by writing several controversial information pieces. The editor (Kline) appears to be 'slandering' this particular high school.

Thank you for your considerations - I appreciate you looking at the page, history, and contributions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/Lockerby_Composite_School 208.96.69.226 (talk) 03:53, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) While I won’t mention your username here, please log into your account before making any edits, including leaving messages on talk pages.
It seems there’s an edit war between a more positive and more negative version of the article. Please keep in mind that Misplaced Pages has a policy of maintaining a neutral tone and giving information the proper amount of emphasis. So you’re partially correct—the page could benefit from more balance. My suggestion would be to address Kline directly, as he rightfully noted that the revert was unexplained at the time. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
I noticed an inconsistency in your messages about your connection to Lockerby Composite School. In this message, you mentioned you're not affiliated with the school, but in an earlier message, you said you're editing on behalf of the school. This raises concerns about a conflict of interest, which is likely why Diannaa issued a notice. If you are affiliated with the school in any way, it's the most ethical course of action to be honest about that. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi:
Thank you for replying pomptly - I appreciate it.
I will address the concerns with Kline directly.
In terms of affiliation, I do not have any stake, volunteer, or work for this institution, but did attend to the school for a brief time many decades ago.
Again, thank you for your time and I appreciate your input. 1958LCS (talk) 12:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge eighth anniversary

The Red Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to Ivanvector for writing the article Pituamkek National Park Reserve during the eighth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Editnotices/Page/Sucharit Bhakdi

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