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IP-hopping vandal
Hello, it seems like the weatherbox coloring vandal that used 24.68.2.110 continues to disrupt Misplaced Pages with other random IP addresses. Today, I reverted dozens of edits by 64.114.18.188 (likely a mail server) who changed the green precipitation color on various weatherboxes to all blue. The user seems to think the use of green precipitation "is an eyesore", which does not make sense even in the slightest as they believe that an unsightly solid wall of blue is an improvement. I also caught them using 199.60.109.110 (Greater Victoria Library) earlier this month as they made the same exact sort of edits to other city weatherboxes, which eventually got blocked for a year for block evasion. It occurs to me no matter how many blocks that this user receives, they will continue to rotate IP addresses and disrupt Misplaced Pages with these same sort of non-sensical coloring changes. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 22:22, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
- This guy is so very lame. I don't know how anyone could find this a good use of their time as they just get blocked every time and their edits reverted. I'm kind of busy this week but I blocked the IP at least. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:44, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
- I created a LTA case for this guy. Any additional information that you might find or other suspected IPs should be added here. Thanks, ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 00:01, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- I'd been considering doing the same, we need more eyes on this stupidity. Beeblebrox (talk) 07:41, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- I created a LTA case for this guy. Any additional information that you might find or other suspected IPs should be added here. Thanks, ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 00:01, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Linguistical
Was there any reason to delete the adjective redirect besides the username of the creator (which isn't a proper reason in that case, as he, while he did create a lot of unhelpful redirects, did also create some useful ones)? 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:33, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- Well, you seem to know at least part of the story already. This was what would later be made into it's own criterion, the now-deprecated criterion X1. We had over 50,000 potentially problematic redirects to deal with, it literally took years to clean up this mess. It required greater-than-usual levels of admin discretion to even get it done in that time frame, and so many redirects that might otherwise have gone to RFD were speedy deleted.
- "Linguistical" is not a real word in English. My spellchecker is lighting it up right now in this edit window as a typo. It's a fairly typical example of Neelix making up all possible wrong versions of a word and creating a redirect for it, which is actually harmful as persons who don't know it isn't a real word may link it in article space and get a blue link, and assume they've got it right. In fact, there is one incoming link from article space, where someone did just that. I don't see any problem with having deleted it at that time and in those circumstances. If you look here you may get some sense of what it was like to work on this issue. I assume that answers your question? Beeblebrox (talk) 19:10, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. However, this is a real word and I don't see any problem with such a redirect. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- I guess we need to clarify what it is you are asking. Are you wishing to challenge the deletion, or are you just planning to recreate the redirect? Those are two entirely different questions when it comes to these specific deletions. If you wanted to recreate the page, as a user in good standing you are perfectly free to do so without discussing it as it is presumed you are using good judgement, whereas at that time we had a consensus Neelix was not. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:31, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- I guess I just asked for the rationale of the deletion; I've recreated the redirect now. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
- I guess we need to clarify what it is you are asking. Are you wishing to challenge the deletion, or are you just planning to recreate the redirect? Those are two entirely different questions when it comes to these specific deletions. If you wanted to recreate the page, as a user in good standing you are perfectly free to do so without discussing it as it is presumed you are using good judgement, whereas at that time we had a consensus Neelix was not. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:31, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. However, this is a real word and I don't see any problem with such a redirect. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Boris Malagurski
Hi Beeblebrox, sorry for bothering you. I found you on a list of the arbitration Committee members. There is an ongoing dispute here regarding tags. It seems that non of us has been experienced enough to deal with the situation. Could you please help with your experience. Thank you. --IndexAccount (talk) 17:33, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
- It's no bother, but generally arbitration is the last step in dispute resolution. I would suggest posting at WP:DRN if discussion on the talk page isn't helping. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:05, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. --IndexAccount (talk) 05:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is in progress to remove the T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) speedy deletion criterion.
Technical news
- Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by User:MusikBot II (BRFA).
Arbitration
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an
RfC regarding on-wiki harassment
. The RfC has been posted at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community. - The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles
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- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:25, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
Arbitration Request RE: Edit War
Hello,
I'm not sure the procedure to follow to contact someone regarding a combative editor who is trying to bait an edit war on a BLP page for Renzo Gracie. I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place to go first - I'm not deep into editing in Misplaced Pages and just volunteer my time to help improve the Wiki where I can in my areas of expertise. I have a dispute with a user who is repeatedly adding poorly sourced claims that Renzo Gracie is a Nazi sympathizer. I don't want to keep reverting his edits (and my understanding is that would be against WP policy anyways, falling under edit war), so I would appreciate any assistance you can provide regarding this matter. I also want to note that I have no particular conflict of interest regarding this topic, you can check my location if you are curious. I'm very far from the subject of the article.
Warm regards, --BasicsOnly (talk) 12:02, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
- Well, arbitration is supposed to be the last step in dispute resolution,not the first. WP:DR is a very comprehensive guide to the various other options available. Thank You for asking instead of edit warring. We need more of that. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:25, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
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| Thank you for considering others. — Ched (talk) 19:47, 15 July 2020 (UTC) |
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those "thanks" clicks pile up so fast you can't read them all. Thank you for this - nice to know someone is taking community desires into consideration. Kudos to you. — Ched (talk) 19:47, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. In retrospect we probably shouldn't have started voting right away. We've been dealing with this by email for weeks now so it seemed almost like old news at this point and I think we may have gotten a little overzealous in wanting to just be done with it. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:39, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
User:Sadeeqzaria
May be you want to check this editor, he is removing a lot of content I am not familiar with too much, and the edits are marked red. 3 major edits are marked redParadise Chronicle (talk) 22:47, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- If you are talking about the numbers next to the edits, i.e. +42, -615, etc, being red just indicates they removed rather than added content. Edits that add content are green. Both colors get brighter depending on the the size of the change, it is not in and of itself indicative of any wrongdoing. If you have concerns about a particular users' edits, the first thing you should do is try talking to them about it, either on the talk page of the affected article or on their user talk page. and it's usually considered polite to notify a fellow editor when you're opening a discussion about their edits. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
User:India special
Hey there, you blocked User:Indiannurseshub for Draft:Indian nurses hub per UAA, but it seems like they're back again under User:India special. They created the draft again and the content looks identical. (should I bring this up at a different noticeboard instead?) Zupotachyon Ping me (talk ⋅ contribs) 07:22, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Sigh. I rolled the dice and did the soft block, so they were free to do so, but usually they get the point a little bit better than that. Zapped the draft again. Hopefully they will think before doing it again. If they don't I guess WP:COIN or WP:AIV is the way to go. Beeblebrox (talk) 07:47, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Zupotachyon Ping me (talk ⋅ contribs) 07:50, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Chris Langan
Can you please unblock Chris? He followed the instructions on the block notice to no avail. Everyone knows it's Chris. I can verify - the admins know me as well and can check that the Chris Langan IP is the same as always. Thanks, in advance. DrL (talk) 16:31, 18 July 2020 (UTC)