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== Ban this user ==

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Your Opinion

Hey there, thankyou for your advuce regarding rollback rights. I would love to ask your opinion regarding me applying for autopatrolled rights. I have so far created 37 articles. I think the min condition is 25. I give importance to citing sources, so only create with available sources. Please tell your opinion. Regards Kichu🐘 12:04, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Kashmorwiki! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your request for input. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about applying for the autopatrolled user right at all. It doesn't do anything for you, nor does it change anything on your end. Someone could give you the autopatrolled user right without telling you, and you wouldn't notice a thing - nothing would change. All the user right does is automatically mark new pages that you create as "patrolled" by the MediaWiki software so that other users don't have to manually review them - that's it. Before I was an administrator on Misplaced Pages, someone gave me autopatrolled without me asking or applying for it. It was because they noticed that my page creations were causing other users a high amount of unnecessary work having to go through and manually review them, so they just gave it to me. I don't think that I was even formally told on my user talk page that I was granted the user right (there isn't much of a point in doing so anyways). If you continue creating pages and articles that don't end up being deleted or seen as problematic, you'll eventually just be given the user right by someone. It's not something I would recommend that you ask for. I would instead just focus on the user rights that you have, and continue to learn, gain experience, and grow on Misplaced Pages and find an area that you enjoy contributing to (whether it be writing articles, reverting vandalism, contributing to wiki projects, etc). The autopatrolled right isn't going to do anything for you. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like my input on anything else. I'll be more than happy to answer them and help you with anything that you need. :-) Cheers! ~Oshwah~ 12:20, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
your helping mentality.:) I was about to ask for this right after the moment I created 25 articles. But later I took a decision that I still need to improve as a wikipedian. I still had some doubts regarding some articles. So I started learning gradually and now I am confident that I know well about the notability guidelines and all. So far, only one article I created have been deleted so far. Thats my first one. My main mission here is to improve the article related to Indian football. And my main concern here is that most of the former Indian International footballers does not have independent article.s So my main mission is to create them the articles with the available limited resources. The next thing I focus is to fight vandalism in which I still have some doubts. I hope that I will learn that gradullay within a month. Once again thankyou for your advice. Regards Kichu🐘 12:59, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Kashmorwiki - We're glad to have you here, and I hope that you stay with us and become a long-term contributor to the project. :-) Not to worry! You will surely learn and grow as a Wikipedian as you create more articles and edit more content - just keep doing what you're doing, and you'll be just fine. :-) The first article that I created on Misplaced Pages was deleted, too. ;-) In the end, you should contribute to what you enjoy doing here. If you enjoy editing articles in the topic of Indian football and sports and patrolling recent changes for vandalism, perfect! I would never encourage someone to contribute and spend their precious time and energy volunteering in areas on Misplaced Pages that they don't enjoy. You'll get worn out, and you'll find yourself disliking what you're doing on Misplaced Pages in general. Be well, and let me know if I can answer any questions or provide you with any input or assistance with anything. I'll be more than happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 13:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Sock of Karakeçi24?

I have noticed another "new user" using the same information as Karakeçi24 on Talk:History of the Russo-Turkish wars, actually just expanding on what Karakeçi24 had already posted. Should I file another SPI? --Kansas Bear (talk) 12:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Kansas Bear! If there's suspicion of sock puppetry, yes - absolutely create an SPI. This way, we can document and track everything and have it for record-keeping purposes. I agree that the new user jumping straight to this article's talk page is quite suspicious... ~Oshwah~ 13:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Should I simply add CuciHan234's name to this current SPI? --Kansas Bear (talk) 13:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
I guess it has already been added. Sorry to have bothered you Oshwah. Stay warm where ever you are, it is 0F here in Kansas(not counting windchill). --Kansas Bear (talk) 13:55, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Kansas Bear! No worries! I'm glad that the report was created either way. :-) It's currently 14F here, and we just got a lot of snow overnight. I'll be having a fun drive when I go to the office today... lol ~Oshwah~ 14:12, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Hey Oshwah, I am copying information from my talk page over to here. It was posted by Wario-Man and his belief that these socks are somehow related. I personally have not looked at the information(SPIs) so I can not say if there is evidence that proves this or not. Perhaps you can figure it all out, if you wish to go down that rabbit hole.
I really believe this sockmaster has learned how to evade block by using different devices and ISPs. Or as I said in my above comment, it looks like meatpuppetry and teamwork. How the behavior and edits of all of these users are same (more or less) if they are not related to each other? Their sockfarms and non-stop disruptions have become a long-term abuse case. Wario-Man 06:53, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Kindly review my request for granting rollback rights

Hello Oshwah ; Sorry to distrub you.I have applied for Rollback Rights.But the page has some backlog. Could you review my request and tell me whether I need make any improvements in my editting ? BestwishesPoppified 13:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Poppified! No apologies are needed. It's no problem at all! :-) I took a quick glance through your recent contributions, and I think you're on the right track and you appear to be doing the right things, but you're not there yet. I see that you've only been active in recent changes patrolling and reverting vandalism for just over a week (your reversions using RedWarn start on February 2 of this year). Reviewing administrators want to see both edits and time when it comes to showing sufficient knowledge of policy and demonstrable experience for the tools, and I'm afraid that this lack of time might hold you back from having them granted (I typically like to see a few weeks' worth of experience and time at a minimum). I also see that you've only reported a total of two editors to Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism. I typically want to see a consistent record and pattern of good reports being made to AIV before I grant rollback to someone, and you don't have any experience with doing so yet.
Not to worry, though! If you continue spending sufficient time with patrolling and reverting vandalism and reporting repeat offenders to AIV, I think you'll be a good candidate if you apply for rollback in a few weeks. I'm going to hold off on reviewing your request, as there are other users currently in line. Jumping straight to your request would be showing favoritism and would be unfair to the other users who are waiting. If you have any questions or need anything else, please let me know and I'll be happy to help! I hope you have a great day and I wish you happy editing! Keep in touch and let me know how things go! :-) ~Oshwah~ 14:05, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for responding; I will do my level best and also once again thanking you for giving this great piece of an advice.Happy Editting. Best wishesPoppified 14:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Poppified - You bet! Keep in touch, and let me know if you run into any questions or need help with anything. :-) ~Oshwah~ 14:50, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for blocking 156.204.123.239. You are really helpful! SoyokoAnis 14:35, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi SoyokoAnis! No problem; always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 14:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
You really deserve it! SoyokoAnis 14:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi again, SoyokoAnis! Thank you for the barnstar! I really appreciate it, and it means a lot to me. :-) ~Oshwah~ 14:43, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
You're welcome! SoyokoAnis 14:45, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
ty for keeping the wiki safe! OmegySock (talk) 14:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
you deserve another barnstar you are THAT good OmegySock (talk) 14:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Oshwah — Preceding unsigned comment added by OmegySock (talk • contribs) 14:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi OmegySock! Thank you for taking the time to leave me not one, but two barnstars. :-) I appreciate it a lot, and I hope you have a great day! Happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~ 14:58, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

At least I'm not alone

For making me feel slightly better about my constant inability to ping (), you are officially my favorite person for the day. If you look at my contribs, every "ugh" or "Floq you idiot" is most likely me fixing a broken ping. it's humiliating. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Floquenbeam - HA! Yeah, it's frustrating to me when I do it, so I feel ya. ;-) The cherry on the cake for me is the once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence when I'm caught up in the conversation of a discussion, or when I get distracted from my computer, and forget to sign my friggin' comment! I think I last did it a few weeks ago... I feel like a total noob when I do it. lol ~Oshwah~ 15:03, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This is the last one today sorry you are so quick when it comes to block ppl! OmegySock (talk) 15:14, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi OmegySock! Thanks for the barnstar yet again! HA! The "quickness" comes with time and experience... maybe it's time that I get another hobby. :-P ~Oshwah~ 15:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I don't think you can - has anyone told you of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Oshwah? Pahunkat (talk) 15:26, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Pahunkat - HAHA! Oh yes... I've been told a handful of times about Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Oshwah. :-) ~Oshwah~ 16:17, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Oshwah even has his own shortcut: WP:OSHWAH! How many other admins can say that? :) BilCat (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
HA! Now that's funny! :-D ~Oshwah~ 20:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Pashtoman

Hi Oshwah. I don't know the evidence, of course, but you recently blocked PashtoPromoter as an abusive sock; he did note here that they are both him, but that he had stopped using the former account before he started using the current. A quick look at their contributions shows no timing overlap, so he seemed to be telling the truth there. I'd agree that he was less than ideal as a contributor, but is it fair to block as a sock? I'm not really questioning you, merely trying to learn, i guess, and showing some evidence you may not have seen; happy days, Lindsay 16:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi LindsayH! Thank you for leaving me a message here regarding the two accounts. I appreciate you for presenting the diff of the account disclosing their alternative. I was not aware of this, and I see that there is a lack of overlap with the accounts. I've gone ahead and unblocked them. I think that there may be other issues with this user as far as content-related edits go, but that is not relevant to the SPI process. Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention! :-) ~Oshwah~ 17:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for checking ~ i like an admin who is responsive and open to admitting error (as most are, to be fair). I imagine, rather sadly, that he might well end up blocked, but for a different reason; happy days, Lindsay 09:07, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
LindsayH - You're welcome. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention. Unfortunately, I feel the same way. I hope you have a wonderful day and I wish you happy editing. :-) ~Oshwah~ 18:48, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Did you get my email?

I sent one yesterday about a likely sock. Doug Weller talk 19:22, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Doug Weller! It's good to talk to you again! Yes, I did receive your email, but I haven't had a chance to look at it in-depth yet. I'll take a look at it today and get back to you. :-) ~Oshwah~ 20:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI

You ANI OP reads; "...user's failure to drop the stick on drop the stick,...".

I take it you meant to link the first instance of dts and link to another page where dts is actually linked? fyi - wolf 21:45, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thewolfchild - Oops! Grammar is hard, apparently...  Fixed. :-) Thanks for letting me know! ~Oshwah~ 21:49, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

What should I read before diving in as new user?

Thanks for reviewing my user page creation! I created my account to fix a dead link in a citation, but now that I have an account I don't have an excuse to not actually contribute more widely. It's obviously not your obligation (so feel free to ignore), but I'm looking for a primer about wikipedians(?) established culture, norms, etiquette, etc. Besides the new-user onboarding articles that we see at account creation, do you have protips on how I can make sure I'm not accidentally the start of wikipedia's Eternal September?

Bassett green (talk) 04:51, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Bassett green! You could give the new user tutorial a go! There's also the help page on getting started on Misplaced Pages! I'd give those a try, and please let me know if I can help with anything or answer any questions. I'll be happy to do so. :-) ~Oshwah~ 18:49, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Oshwah. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 04:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
NASCARfan0548 - Received and replied. ~Oshwah~ 19:31, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Valentine Greets!!!

Valentine Greets!!!

Hello Oshwah, love is the language of hearts and is the feeling that joins two souls and brings two hearts together in a bond. Taking love to the level of Misplaced Pages, spread the WikiLove by wishing each other Happy Valentine's Day, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person.
Sending you a heartfelt and warm love on the eve,
Happy editing,
NASCARfan0548 ↗ 16:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Valentine Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Hi NASCARfan0548! Thanks for the Valentine's wishes! I wish you and yours a great Valentine's Day as well! :-) ~Oshwah~ 19:30, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Abundance shire

Why was my PGE removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Summer 101526 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Summer 101526! Well, first off, it looked to be advertising... ~Oshwah~ 21:38, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Abundance Shire

The owner of abundance Shire unfortunately due to individuals not liking my personal life and personal political and non-political post online since middle school to adult age of now. I don't with horrible hacking and individuals trying to claim my work as theirs when trying to post abundance Shire fan pages and get funding I'm trying to use this site to verify who is the real owner and employees at abundance Shire as well as just get the information out there so everyone knows what this site is about why is it being deleted from Misplaced Pages if you click on the link you'll see it's true I'm just an entrepreneur who's trying to help the issues of covet and homelessness it's not like I'm on they're asking for money it's literally a page describing the programs we offer and everything that abundance Shire stands for what's going on Summer 101526 (talk) 20:34, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Summer 101526! If you're asking about your user page, it appeared to be advertising, which is why it was deleted. Misplaced Pages is not for advertising or promotion. Please see Help:Getting started for information on how to contribute positively to the encyclopedia. It also wouldn't hurt to go through and complete the new user tutorial. :-) ~Oshwah~ 21:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Abundance shire

Not advertising just explains what we believe mission and are working on Summer 101526 (talk) 22:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Summer 101526 - Misplaced Pages is not the place for that. See Misplaced Pages's policies on user pages and what they are not supposed to be used for. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Have you gone through Misplaced Pages's new user tutorial yet? If you haven't, I highly recommend it. It will provide you with tutorials, walkthroughs, and it will provide you with a lot of help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 23:15, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Help

Please, with the two IPs I'm reverting. No assistance at AIV. Thanks, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Bob! No problem! Always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 01:41, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

firefox

つがる - Does turning off safe mode for Firefox improve the CPU usage? What hardware are you running on? ~Oshwah~ 01:41, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
It would kill my CPU even more if the safe mode was off. I am Running Windows 10 in virtualbox, physical OS, is Linux Mint 20. When I run D2L on Linux Mint's Firefox no problems whatsoever, but Microsoft Word is not supported there, hence I need to run it inside of Virtualbox. Also, if Firefox isn't setting off the CPU, it would be one of the Windows Update Software that are doing so, and there's no way to turn it off anymore. Yes, the Laptop is not a human, but I have some mechanical love for the laptop, and I don't think the fan running in high heat, on a 100% used CPU is very good for the laptop in the long run. --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:50, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - What processor and hardware configuration is your laptop? What CPU are you running? ~Oshwah~ 01:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Can I email you? I really don't want to full out disclose all my computer information in public. --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - Sure. ~Oshwah~ 02:02, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
YGM --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 02:05, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - I just received your email. Does Firefox constantly take 100% of your CPU when it's open, or just some of the time or at random times? Have you checked the task manager? ~Oshwah~ 02:12, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
It's always usually the D2L that uses all the CPU, or when it's closed, and no tabs are open, it randomly uses all my CPU for whatever reason. It doesn't seem right for it to do this. --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 02:14, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

つがる - Are you on the latest Firefox release? ~Oshwah~ 02:27, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Yep. I believe so. --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 02:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - It could be that the virtual machine isn't translating things well. What happens when you try and run Firefox on your native OS? The Mint Linux installation? ~Oshwah~ 02:50, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
No Problems encountered. --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 02:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - I'd definitely call it an issue with the virtual machine, then... ~Oshwah~ 02:59, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Yea, I guess we can rule it out as the VM's problem. But sometimes, it's the Windows OS itself setting the fan off. Is there a way to run microsoft office on Linux Mint? --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 03:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - Not an official version, no. Office is only available from Microsoft for the Windows OS and MacOS. ~Oshwah~ 03:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
D2L won't work anything besides firefox, weird... Would WINE run Office? つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 03:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
つがる - I haven't tried running the latest version of Office under WINE. Give it a try and let me know! ~Oshwah~ 03:44, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

I'll test in my Ubuntu VM first! つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 03:48, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

My apologies

Please accept my sincere apologies.

I admit, I've gone a little too far. Simply because Aung San Suu Kyi is elected member of Burma and her role hasn't change from State Counsellor of Myanmar to suddenly become Former State Counsellor of Myanmar.

It is incorrect and publishing in WIKI, showing lack of understand of the fact and ignore the voice of people from Burma.

We don't believe the recent military coup is legal and hence changing her role in WIKI is unacceptable.

Hope you understand where I am coming from.

Again, I apologise for what I have done to correct what I believe the right thing to do.

Zhong ST (talk) 02:13, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Zhong ST. No worries; we all make mistakes. Once your block expires a week from today, you'll be able to edit the article. Please know that the block doesn't prevent you from editing other pages on Misplaced Pages, including the article's talk page. You should discuss the content dispute there if you disagree with it. :-) ~Oshwah~ 02:26, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Zhong ST - Can we also not make accusations toward other editors without proof? You accused Tartan357 of being an "agent of the Burmese military", which is baseless, uncivil, and inappropriate. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~ 02:46, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Korean New Year

Hi Oshwah, your protection ended and the edit warring has resumed. Unfortunately I can not read the sources, but there's a continuing issue there with whether the new year observation originated in China. Lots of nationalistic fighting there. Maybe this needs to go back to ANI for more eyes. Cheers, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Bob! I unfortunately can't either. I've protected it for a week. I agree; if you think it should go to ANI, let's start a discussion there. I'll leave that to you to do. I have a lot of things on my agenda to get done before I go to bed for the evening. :-) ~Oshwah~ 03:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Will do, and thanks. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:37, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
You bet; always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 03:41, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for fighting vandalism! Skarmory (talk • contribs) 03:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Skarmory! Thanks for taking the time to leave me this barnstar! I appreciate it a lot, and it means a heck of a lot to me! :-) ~Oshwah~ 03:54, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
watching your stream right now; it's oddly soothing :) Yitz (talk) 03:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Yitzilitt! Thank you! I really appreciate it! I'll have to do this more often! It sounds like a lot of people get entertained from watching me revert vandalism live... :-) ~Oshwah~ 03:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

False allegation on Miguel Romero's Biography

Allegation of Miguel "Ley 7" layoffs are FALSE and UNPROVEN, as he was not a legislator or passed any kind of law during that time, he was an official before the government. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alejandroprpr (talk • contribs) 04:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Alejandroprpr! Thanks for leaving me a message here. The reason that I reverted your removal of content was because it appeared to be referenced to sources. What exactly is wrong with the content and the references that are being cited? ~Oshwah~ 17:12, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Girst

The real definition of girst is 2nd, so I was changing it so that people could see the truth. Isaaczadama (talk) 06:04, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Isaaczadama, and thanks for leaving me a message here. I don't understand... your changes here and here don't make any sense at all. This is why I reverted your changes. What is "2nd"? What does that mean? ~Oshwah~ 17:14, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Vandals beware, this man has been cleaning up mess after mess for 10 years. KommanderC (talk) 15:13, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi KommanderC! Thank you very much for leaving me this barnstar. It makes the work I do feel like it's making a difference on this project, and I appreciate it very much. 10+ years and counting! I like what I'm doing on Misplaced Pages, and I enjoy it a lot. :-) Thanks again, and I wish you a great day and happy editing. :-D ~Oshwah~ 17:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation - Jees Mohan

Hi Oshwah,

Ref Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/JEES_Mohan/Archive that you dealt with today.

I believe Special:Contributions/Hsyetsg is another sock of Jees Mohan/MaNuMz7 - inserting his name into the same articles about Indian towns.

Do I need to request another investigation or can he be added to the previous one? I've never done this before.

Thanks! PrincessPersnickety (talk) 16:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

And another one! Special:Contributions/MAnUOfFILaS PrincessPersnickety (talk) 16:44, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi PrincessPersnickety! The SPI has been closed, so go ahead and create a new one. You'll just go here and click on "how to open an investigation". It'll guide you through the process. Let me know if you get stuck or if you need help with anything, and I'll be more than happy to give you a hand. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ 17:09, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I've opened a case with 4 new socks - I'm getting tired of reverting him! PrincessPersnickety (talk) 18:06, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
PrincessPersnickety - Perfect, thanks for doing that! I'll take a look at it if someone else doesn't beat me to it. ;-) ~Oshwah~ 18:39, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
I appreciate your quick response! And thank you for protecting the articles too, hopefully he will get bored and find something else to do. PrincessPersnickety (talk) 18:53, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
PrincessPersnickety - No problem! I guess we'll find out if they'll move on or not... ;-) ~Oshwah~ 19:12, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Badges

Hi thanks alot for reviewing my user page I want to how can I check for which badge I am eligible so that I can add them on my page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PanunKoshurBoi (talk • contribs) 21:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi PanunKoshurBoi! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! I hope that you enjoy your stay and that you become an experienced editor here! If you're talking about service badges like the one I have on my user page, you can look here to find yours. If you're talking about userboxes (like the ones I have listed on the right side of my user page), you can go here to find some that you like. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. I highly encourage you to go through Misplaced Pages's getting started page and complete Misplaced Pages's new user tutorial to help you with getting yourself started on Misplaced Pages. They're very helpful pages, and I hope that you visit them. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ 21:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your warm welcome and guidance stay in touch with my page and do guide me if I make any mistake thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by PanunKoshurBoi (talk • contribs) 21:40, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
PanunKoshurBoi - You're welcome. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you need any help or if you run into any questions. :-) ~Oshwah~ 21:48, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Because you thanked me

Oshwah, you thanked me for one of my recent edits, so here is a heart-felt...
 YOU'RE WELCOME!
It's a pleasure, and I hope you have a lot of fun while you edit this inspiring encyclopedia phenomenon! JennilyW (talk)

21:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC) JennilyW (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi JennilyW! I appreciate the message! Keep up the great work that you do, and I hope you have a great day! :-) ~Oshwah~ 21:58, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi

  • I am not good at guessing the right person, but few months before I nominated few stub like articles not touched for years and lacking notability for delition. The community made consensus on delition and one person opened the delition review for all those articles, but unfortunately he couldn't fulfill the condition to retain them. I have a smell that, that editor may have created new account to strike back at me.Can you please check Heybata connection with this editor .It is not possible for a 5 hr old account to know the policies like WP:NOTESSAY, and this solidifies my belief. Heba Aisha (talk) 22:13, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
    Hi Heba Aisha! Thanks for leaving me a message here. Are you saying that you believe that Heybata is a sock puppet of Jethwarp? I want to make sure that I have the right users that you believe are socking. Why do you think that the user created a new account to get back at you? What exactly is the user doing? How do you know that the account is a sock puppet of the other? ~Oshwah~ 22:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi, this is because, I usually work in caste related articles and also politics of northern india. In a drive to clean the wiki out of junk I nominated few articles for delition which were two to four line article in content and lacked what we call Wp:Notability, even one of them was tagged for a long time regarding that. Unfortunately, most of those articles were related to a particular caste group but not all, example Bari caste(which was also nominated by me but not related to that caste group). I had no bad intentions, I just wanted everything to be clear like articles of other countries which are decent in look. In fact most of the respondent in voting supported my stand over delition. I think this hurted Jethwarp who edits particularly the article related to that particular caste group. I am not saying he is wrong anyhow, the article which he wanted to protect right now Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha (which was also nominated by me) is in good state now and I nominated it when it was like an advertisement.Here But after that, I haven't commented for delition as it is improved as of now. But, I think Jethwarp has taken it in a wrong sense. Heba Aisha (talk) 00:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Heba Aisha. Thanks for letting me know. I don't have enough proof to investigate or run a check on these accounts, but if you wish, you can file a sockpuppet investigation report here. I have my doubts that the two users are related based on the evidence I have, but you're welcome to file a report if you feel differently. :-) ~Oshwah~ 00:33, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for being supportive, I would like to know the user you are pointing towards. I was in dispute with many people over time, all those were related to page of a particular caste group. My talk page is full of accusations and there will be more in future though I had edited that article months before and shifted my interests elsewhere due to increasing conflicts. But, since my comments are there on talk page of that caste article Rajput, everyone who hails from\related to that caste reaches upto me with intimidation and sometimes legal threats.As of now I am going to file WP:SPI, on ur advice, but it will be helpful if you can tell.Heba Aisha (talk) 01:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Heba Aisha - Working in caste-related articles sounds like a challenging area to work in. We appreciate your work, and I hope that you stay and become a long-term editor on Misplaced Pages. :-) I haven't investigated or looked into anything. This is why I was asking you about the accounts, what evidence and diff links you have showing a connection between the accounts, and why you believe that the Heybata account is a sock puppet of Jethwarp (as you indicated in your initial message to me). ;-) I don't have any actual evidence in order to do anything at this time. Checkuser isn't a tool that I can use to "fish" with; I can't just take one account and start running it through the tool just to see if it's a sock account due to general evidence and thoughts - I need actual evidence such as similar behavior, ], and editing timeline. It sounds like you've had interactions with many people, and that your guess at to who might be a sock of whom might not be accurate. I just don't have anything to go off of here. If you wish to create an SPI and submit evidence showing a connection between two or more accounts, I encourage you to do so. Someone will be able to review the report and take any action if it's warranted. :-) ~Oshwah~ 18:59, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your help until now, I will hope for the best.Heba Aisha (talk) 01:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Heba Aisha - You bet; always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~ 02:03, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Checkuser request for ongoing report

Greetings Oshwah, hope you're well. Was wondering if a checkuser request can be added to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/SultanSanaag given that a checkuser was able to link the accounts on Commons . Was unsure if a CU request can be added after the report has been submitted. Best regards --Kzl55 (talk) 13:34, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Kzl55! Thanks for leaving me a message here. Sure, that's not a problem. I've updated the status for you. If the case is simply "open", all you have to do is change the status to be "CUrequest", and the status will update. I'll check it out today. :-) Cheers! ~Oshwah~ 16:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Much appreciated Oshwah, will keep that in mind going forward. Best regards --Kzl55 (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Kzl55 - No problem! Have a great rest of your day! :-) ~Oshwah~ 22:32, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

SPI

Hi Oshwah, I noticed that you closed this SPI but the accounts weren't tagged. Is there any reason why they haven't been tagged? --Ashleyyoursmile! 18:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ashleyyoursmile! It's good to talk to you again! Nope, they should've been tagged and I'm not sure why the script I use didn't tag them.  Fixed. :-) ~Oshwah~ 19:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
I see, thank you for letting me know. :) Ashleyyoursmile! 19:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Also, can Dreaonfleak be blocked as soon as possible? Clearly, WP:NOTHERE. Ashleyyoursmile! 19:05, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Ashleyyoursmile -  Done. ~Oshwah~ 22:28, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much. :) Ashleyyoursmile! 04:30, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Ashleyyoursmile - You're welcome. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I can help with anything else. :-) ~Oshwah~ 05:14, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) On that note, are they blocked or am I missing something? Pahunkat (talk) 11:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Checkuser

Hi Chinar(Message) 19:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Chinar Tree! How are you? Is there anything I can help you with? :-) ~Oshwah~ 19:05, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Oshwah, please check the user Hums4r as all articles as well as drafts created by them are related to same person. I want you to check whether he/she was paid by that person/company and if that's true then it is a severe violation of Misplaced Pages's editor policy. Thanks, Chinar(Message) 19:06, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
And i checked their log also and found that their account was blocked once for sockpuppetry. Chinar(Message) 19:08, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Chinar Tree - Have you created an SPI report at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations? If you haven't, I highly recommend that you do so. You can request a checkuser by following the directions and filling out the form. I have a few other SPI reports that I need to take a look at, but I'll be able to take a look at yours once you file one. :-) Also, you should fix your signature when you get a moment. Your username is Chinar Tree, but your signature is pointing users to User:Chinar, which is not your userpage. ;-) ~Oshwah~ 19:15, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Chinar Tree and Oshwah, Since i was tagged here,
  1. This is the reason why i was blocked earlier Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Hums4r/Archive , I was blocked due to some mistakes which i made when i didn't know about wikipedia policies, i was banned for 1 week as a warning, from that day i have made no wikipedia policy violation.
  2. I have disclosed my COI with the subject of the article, which was a mistake as well but following the policies of wikipedia i did it without any hinderance. Moreover i decided to not write article's directly because i made mistakes earlier and that's the only reason why you see just few of them,
  3. The reason why the article's are related to the first subject is because Zeyan Shafiq is a notable person in kashmir and his work meets the WP:GNG, so since i had researched on him, i researched on his work as well and did a article on his Organisation's because i was suggested by editors to do that, since esports and kashmir related articles are very less in wikipedia.
  4. Since you seem to be a old wikipedian, i wanted to ask how did you directly put the deletion tag on the article with the tag "No Credibility"? You should have checked the references first and you should have posted it to the talk page first to discuss it thoroughly. I am asking this because there have been multiple disruptive editing's to the page and i firmly believe that you're involved in the same. Kindly refrain from ruining the page's and behave like a good wikipedian, We are here to contribute.
  5. At last, if incase you'd like to know about my work, kindly ping me on my talk page before you to confirm, i am working on few more esport article's as for now and few kashmiri notable persons as well, but it takes time to research thoroughly before putting it up on wikipedia.
Also change that Signature tag, because it's misleading. Hums4r (Let's Talk) 20:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Feedback and help needed

Hello Oshwah, I have recently been labeled by 1 IP who accused me of appalling things here. That IP seems to be the part of the range of IPs who have been terrorizing several editors and admins for over a year I wanted to <s*> some of his comments (insults). Would that be per rules and guidelines? Could you help put in this situation and what should editors do in situations like this? Also, please note that some of the sourced information from the Croatia page have been removed in recent edits, including the sourced information about the terrible Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia which took place in modern-day Croatia. Thank you kindly, Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 20:41, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Sadko! It's good to talk to you again! I hope you're doing well. :-) Yes, I can definitely see that the IP user was calling you a "Serbian propagandist" and other things here, here, and here. I'll talk to the user and warn them about civility. That behavior is not acceptable, and I'm sorry that you're being called these things by this user... As far as the user being part of the LTA range: The IP is address looks to be within the range, but I'm not 100% sure if it's the same user or not. I'll have to dig into that deeper. ~Oshwah~ 22:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm fine. :) I had COVID and some later symptoms but it's all good now. How are you? All good?
The same person has called me "chauvinistic" and attacked at least 2 admins and 4 other editors. Is there something we can, as a community, do about it? Is IP range ban possible? Thanks. Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 22:37, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Sadko! I'm sorry to hear that you caught COVID, but I'm happy to hear that you're better now. Things for me are busy, but they're good; I have no complaints. I haven't caught COVID (yet?), and I'm keeping myself locked down for the most part so that I don't. Sure, the community can always decide by consensus to have an IP range blocked if they feel the need is warranted. However, the problem is that the CIDR for the IP is coming back as a /17 network, which is pretty large. Blocking the range might mean that collateral damage is caused and that innocent users that are within that range are also blocked. That's one of the many challenges we face as admins when we need to block an IP or a range, unfortunately... :-) ~Oshwah~ 22:46, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Sir Oshwah I have a suggestion that you block the entire Croatian network so that the Serbian propagandist Sadko can write freely against the Croatia and other neighboring countries so that no one bothers him. Goodbye.93.138.64.112 (talk) 23:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
You've been warned about making personal attacks like this against other editors, and it's clear that you don't intend on stopping. Blocked for 36 hours for repeated civility violations. ~Oshwah~ 23:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Get on your bikes and ride

So apparently they don't make the rocking world go round? Or at least not on Misplaced Pages...-- Jezebel's Ponyo 00:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ponyo! It's nice to talk to you again! I blocked that account because I interpreted it as sexual. I didn't know that it was a song. Taking that into account, I probably should not have blocked it. Sigh... I just can't win ever... :-) Thanks for letting me know about this. I'm going to unblock the account. ~Oshwah~ 00:43, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 Done. ~Oshwah~ 00:45, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Oh, it's a band... I guess that falls into UPOL. Oh well. If the user edits, I guess I can discuss it with them... ~Oshwah~ 01:20, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

IP

Hi, Oshwah. Any evidence to suggest this is someone editing while logged out? I've recently also been on the receiving end of similar harassment from IPs in the same range. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Amanuensis Balkanicus! There's a long-term abuse page on this IP range; it certainly could be this user that's causing this disruption. The problem is that the range is pretty wide (93.138.0.0/17), and the country it's coming from makes it hard to distinguish the user from innocent users in a technical stance. Even their user agent is very common, so it's hard to even go off of that. I've revoked talk page access from this user as they're using their user talk page to continue to make personal attacks at others, but if more abusive edits come from this range, it may be worth blocking a portion of it in order to put a stop to it. We'll just have to keep an eye on things and hope that everything works out... :-) ~Oshwah~ 02:02, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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Skingo12 - Received and replied. :-) ~Oshwah~ 02:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi Oshwah, thanks! Skingo12 (talk) 04:13, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Skingo12 - You bet! :-) ~Oshwah~ 04:17, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Poopmaster

Wow that dude sure has a yee-yee ass haircut. Blake Gripling (talk) 03:05, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Blake Gripling - LOL. Yes he does! :-) ~Oshwah~ 03:06, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Lamar Davis has entered the chat. Blake Gripling (talk) 03:08, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Blake Gripling - I must be causing quite a stir; a bunch of people are now joining Discord and trolling it... ~Oshwah~ 03:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Ban this user

Could you ban this user? I can provide you more details. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 15:40, 18 February 2021 (UTC)