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CommanderWaterford

Hey Tony, You recently indeffed CommanderWaterford per CIR, 79.67.78.175 has left a message on CWs talkpage asking for him to be unblocked,
Not sure if it was worth doing an SPI so thought I'd let you know instead (I can still file one if needed), Many thanks, Regards, –Davey2010 14:44, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

also see this Praxidicae (talk) 14:51, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

RevDelete request

Hi Tony -- Would you RevDelete the abusive edit on Talk:White privilege that I just reverted? Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 20:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Tony (or others) can of course disagree, but I don't think that particular edit really needs to be revdeled. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:05, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Request for comment relating to an unblock request

Hi, Tony. A year ago you put a hard block without talk page access on an editor called "Merge8productions". (Block log, User talk:Merge8productions). The editor had been extremely uncooperative and unconstructive in relation to an earlier soft block, and your escalation of the block was totally necessary. The editor has now made an unblock request at UTRS, and is expressing a much more cooperative attitude, and accepting that their earlier behaviour was unacceptable. It was a year ago, and I am very much inclined to give the editor another chance, on the understanding, of course, that any more unhelpful editing will lead to the block being restored. Do you have any comment to make? JBW (talk) 10:22, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

JBW, no real thoughts. Don’t remember the block, to be honest. My general comment on these is that I prefer appeals not be directly granted in UTRS, but prefer that TPA be restored so the appeal is public. No objections to unblocking generally. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:02, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't expect you to remember the block after a year, but even in that situation I almost always ask, just in case the blocking administrator knows something relevant that I don't know. I agree with you about restoring TPA rather than granting an unblock on UTRS, unless there are special reasons for making an exception,which in this case there aren't, as far as I can see. I'll follow that route. JBW (talk) 21:33, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

IP 2605:6440:4002:0:0:0:0:A50

Hi TonyBallioni. Seems like a case of WP:QUACK per Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Nawab Afridi, but the IP has made only one edit so far and perhaps they just wanted to get that rant off their chest and won't be coming back. I removed the talk page post, but I'm wondering if you'd mind watching the page for a bit just in case they do decide to come back. It's probably not worth the trouble of a block after just one edit. The article is protected until mid-October and they won't be able to edit it until the protection expires, but they try and make themselves a bit of nuisance on the talk page. FWIW, I'm asking you since you were the last admin to block one of these socks and you also protected the page. It seems a bit pointless at this point to start a SPI about this after only one edit, but I can if you think it's warranted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:13, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Revdel request

Schazjmd (talk) 15:17, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Schazjmd (talk) 16:07, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

You're right

I misread the language, sorry. Lev!vich 17:39, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

No problem :) And thanks for posting here. Saves me a post on the talk page! TonyBallioni (talk) 17:40, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

I tried self-reverting but you beat me to it. Actually, I never realized that "the 24 hour rule" applied to all sanctions discussions and not just site bans. Learn something new every day! Cheers, Lev!vich 17:52, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Adding Copyrighted Images

@TonyBallioni: Hey Tony! - I'm hoping all is well. I have several images that I am hoping to include as part of the Misplaced Pages page I am creating. They do not belong to me, nor have I uploaded them to Misplaced Pages Commons. I have, however, contacted the owner of these photos and he is willing to grant permission (for their use on Misplaced Pages). I've read through much of the information re: uploading copyrighted material and how to proceed, but I'm still mostly unsure which is the best way to proceed. Should he use the Interactive Release Generator? Should he upload his photos to Flickr and, from there, I'd be able to use them? Should he use the Declaration of consent form? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly.

Ryan (Ryancoke2020 (talk) 21:28, 16 August 2020 (UTC))

(talk page stalker) Hi Ryan, the easiest thing to do is use the Interactive Release Generator - it generates a declaration of consent based on what the image donor inputs. It's simple to use and lets the donor send the release directly to OTRS. I walked a PR guy through it once for an image he donated and had no issues. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

An image released only for Misplaced Pages use isn't allowed, though, is it? These images surely must be released with a licence at least as free as CC BY-SA - effectively releasing them to everyone for reuse with modification. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I assumed when he said "for their use on Misplaced Pages" and was talking about Commons and the release generator he meant uploading them under an appropriate free license. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 14:04, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

It might mean a full release suitable for Commons, but I have come across quite a few new editors who ask copyright holders if we can use an image on Misplaced Pages without actually understanding our requirements. Best to be sure. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Learning about how admins shall handle this case

Hi TonyBallioni,

You withdrawn your support and says "Can’t support after Q10, unfortunately. Sorry. " on en:Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_adminship/Chongkian, I am reading through Q10 and I don't understand why that's not a good answer for what an admin shall do. Can you help me better understand what a good/qualified admin in this case are generally supposed to do? I hope one day I can gain CIR to apply for adminship as well. Thank you in advance xinbenlv 16:46, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Something seems fishy about this user:

• Bretieni

They have only made a few edits to AfD and RfD and that seems pretty much it. I do not know if this is WP:SOCK or whether this is a newbie trying to learn the deletion process. I am trying to AGF, but I do not know how to coach this user or something... can you maybe find a way to welcome the user? If I made a mistake, let me know as well :) Aasim 05:35, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

+1 @Awesome Aasim: that quite uncommon, the user seem to know "procedural close" within their <20 edits. Have you reached out to the user themselves? I assume an user who knows procedural close will also hear about WP:SOCK and the need of disclosure. xinbenlv 17:35, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Xinbenlv, gave them {{subst:Uw-agf-sock}}. We'll see how they respond. Aasim 17:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Block evasion?

Hi TonyBallioni. Earlier this month, you checkuser-blocked the user TikTokJournalist. One of their articles, Draft:Jeshua Oneal, has been recreated by an IP editor. Is this a case of block evasion? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:02, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Drm310, the two versions aren't substantially similar. Five bucks says two different UPEs. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:40, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Possible Sockpuppetry alert

TonyBallioni and IamNotU I know I am banned and not sure this violates by ban on here as I did create a new account I apologise but I think this guy is back https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Zorro544/Archive

He used the same references and puts in the same piechart on the pages he was involved in before and even reverted my edit old edit on my azeri account so I think the following accounts are from zoro plus all of these account have been created recently or after zoro was caught and its the same pages he edited before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Aldo_fitla

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Hommenoir91

https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Stemafia111

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/89.80.96.255

TonyBallioni Do I get in trouble for doing this I am sorry if I am. Arsi7862 Arsi7862 (talk) 06:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)