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User talk:Cezary Baryka

Moving to User talk:Xeno as Amalthea appears to be absent.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:44, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for that. Has that actually been looked into? Amalthea 18:15, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Daniel L. Barth

I saw you confirmed that User:YummyDonutsmmm was a sock of an already-blocked editor, but you didn't say anything about the other editors involved in the AFD. Can anything regarding them be checked, if only to see if there's been vote-stacking? Thanks, Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 20:03, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dori,
since you've asked on the SPI page as well I've replied there, to keep everything in one place.
Cheers, Amalthea 20:43, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks—I dropped you the note here as I didn't know if you'd see the other before the page was archived. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 01:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Brian IP Hopper

Hey Amalthea. I'm so upset that there is no easy solution to this sock/IP Hopper. What you said about converting them - I could try again. Should I suggest making an account and advice them to stay on the same account. Then I could try and mentor them. Or just let them continue to use the IP's?Rain the 1 16:20, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, sorry that I couldn't be of more help. :(
If you're willing to try and can convince Brian to do it I would actually recommend to go back to his old account (if he can still access it). If you're interested, here's how I started a similar probationary unblock once. Every editor is different though, you will know better what lead to the block of the account, and what happened in the time he evaded the block. Most importantly, Brian needs to want to try and and edit collaboratively and in compliance with policy for this to be a success. And you will need to have nerves of steel … Amalthea 16:44, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah, it is okay, not your fault, it is just one those things. Thanks for showing me that too, gives me an idea of how to do it. I'll ask around with all the other regular soap contributors to see if they would be willing. Then see if Brian is too.Rain the 1 17:11, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Xebulon SPI

I may have an active account that could be added to the case. Would I be able to do that or would I have to start a new SPI?--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 19:59, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Whatever is easiest for you, either a comment or a new SPI section is fine. Cheers, Amalthea 20:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I decided to create a new section.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 21:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages administrators possibly needed to settle editorial dispute

Dear Amalthea,

could you be so kind to inform where and how I can establish contact with the higher office of Misplaced Pages for the possible assistance by administrators to settle editorial disputes around the highly original, biased and incorrect attempts to revive Serbo-Croatian as a classification standard primarily on pages Bosnian language and Serbo-Croatian?

Thank you for your help MarcRey (talk) 21:08, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi,
for content disputes I'd refer you to WP:Dispute resolution, have a look at the side bar there for the dispute negotiation steps. I'd say the appropriate next step in your case would be a WP:Request for comments.
If you start one, please make sure to word it as neutral as possible, don't just call it a biased and incorrect attempt to revive a term. I believe the best way to start an RfC like that would be to author it together with someone who holds the opposing view in your discussion. Find a neutral wording to sum up the dispute that you can both accept, then add brief sections for each side trying to show why that opinion is more in line with Misplaced Pages policies.
Amalthea 18:25, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Mass deletion for MOTD

Hi

Could you batch delete all the dates like you used to when requested for the 2011 mottoes? The dates in question can be found at Misplaced Pages:Motto of the day/Schedule/Archive 2011 (but don't delete this page). Cheers. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 21:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

A few months are gone already, I'll keep April–November for a bit to try and debug some annoying Twinkle or MediaWiki API error. :)
Amalthea 11:58, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Unblock on hold

There is an unblock request at User talk:216.17.107.51. The IP is subject to two range blocks, one of which was imposed by you. (A checkuserblock, from 13:32, 11 January 2012 to 216.17.96.0/20 13:32, 25 January 2012.) The other is a proxy block, which I will refer to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject on open proxies. Perhaps you could consider whether there is a case for lifting your block or not. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Answered there. Amalthea 11:04, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Detecting public IPs

I am curious how you are able to find out that the IP for 125.7.71.6 is a public access WiFi hotspot address. I was only able to trace it to Macquarie Telecom in Sidney but no further. Thanks. Jojalozzo 17:44, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Because I trust myles325a and he said so. :) Amalthea 17:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah! So no magic tools, just good connections - plain old detective work. :-) Thanks! Jojalozzo 02:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Notice of Administrators' Noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Unblock request on User:125.7.71.6". Thank you. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:10, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

OK. Amalthea 11:04, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

A request

Hello. Thanks for your reply on the Twinkle talk page Located Here regarding my proposal to add the {{Find sources}} parameter to the Article for deletion template Located Here. I'm not sure if this is the right venue, but since you're an administrator, I am requesting that if appropriate, could you go to the discussion occurring at Template talk:Article for deletion and strike out User:Mtking's multiple Oppose votes. They have voted "oppose" three times in bold, and I feel that it is misleading and casts an oppositional tone on the page. If I'm not mistaken, it's also against voting guidelines on Misplaced Pages.

I ask because I am hesitant to correct this problem myself, to avoid further unconstructive complications with this invididual. I've posted a request on the discussion page to the user to strike their multiple votes, but they haven't responded. It is biasing the discussion page. It also appears that the person may be engaging in some intentional obfuscation while not actually reading comments in the discussion, as evidenced on the Twinkle talk page, which you commented on. Please respond at your convenience on my talk page, and thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, Northamerica1000 13:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Never mind, I've closed the discussion. It wasn't receiving much input. Northamerica1000 08:14, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
  • OK. I was waiting to see for Mtking's response to your request before getting involved, but I agree that the discussion wasn't really getting anywhere at this point. Amalthea 08:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Personal Version of Twinkle

Would you please clarify at Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle#Twinkle_localization_to_Bengali_Wikipedia whether having a personal version of twinkle is possible anymore? If its possible, it'd be great if instructions on how to get one were available. Best regards--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 17:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've replied there. I haven't followed the thread so far, so I'm not sure whether that's actually going to be helpful. :) Amalthea 18:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Suspected Sockpuppet

Hello Amalthea. I appear to have found another sock puppet of Asgardian, User: Mistersaxon4. Judging from how Mistersaxon4 edits and leave edit summaries as shown here (), I think Asgardian is using this account to evade his ban on Misplaced Pages. Can I request usercheck for this? Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 12:18, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Can you give me a specific example of an edit summary that would match Asgardian? Aston Villa F.C. would be an unusual topic for him. Amalthea 12:53, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

One example of an edit summary Asgardian usually used was rv. I'm not sure, but remember how he used PurpleHeartEditor and did a huge bunch of edits that were similar to his edit summaries? Well I think this is the case as well. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 15:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

"rv" is probably one of the most common edit summaries, that by itself doesn't mean anything. FWIW, Mistersaxon4 has used that edit summary once, PurpleHeartEditor never, Asgardian never in his last 5000 edits, and I thrice.
Don't let me do your work for you, you must have noticed something specific that prompted this section, give me diffs please.
Amalthea 15:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

SPI of Tartanator

I don't know what the entire point of this is, since Nodar95 claims WP:CLEANSTART, and if I and Tartanator were indeed the same person, a block for something that occurred 8 weeks ago would be rhetorical. It seems to be a waste of everybody's time and could boomerang back at Nodar95 for some of the statements he has made. What do you think? GotR 14:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Since you have also replied at the SPI case page I've replied there, to keep the discussion in one place. Amalthea 15:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

You got mail. GotR 16:06, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Received. Amalthea 16:35, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

sind deine Ohren brennen?

Bitte anschauen User_talk:Gerda_Arendt#SLA PumpkinSky talk 23:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)