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Hello Mz7, I was able to review a few edits during my PCR trial run. I think I can review edits regularly. Can you grant me some more time :) Thanks - Tatupiplu'talk 18:32, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Could you extend the block on Special:contributions/85.84.33.17, part of a recent SPI you checked? They appear determined to disrupt basically every process we have. --- Possibly (talk) 16:35, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
Greetings. Need some direction here. Back in November an article was deleted which had been created by a sockpuppet of User:Gleeanon409, LGBTQ Nation. A relatively new user (Chillabit) just recreated the article. When this happens and the page is on my watchlist, I usually check for possible sockpuppetry, and in doing so, came across the SPI you closed in December for another user (SreySros). While there is not a huge amount of overlap between these 3, one thing stuck out in my mind, other than their interest in LGBTQ issues, was that all of them signed up for Wikipedia:Feedback request service. In addition, SreySros and Chillabit also had the same similarity of having 2 early edits, and then not becoming active until right after Gleeanon409 was blocked. Pardon for the long intro, but my question is, in cases where there is a simple suspicion, without any real hard evidence, should an SPI be opened? Thanks. Onel5969 TT me 15:50, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
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17:50, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for blocking this user. You might want to revoke their talk page access since they are abusing it: , . --Ashleyyoursmile! 07:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
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23:21, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Hey M! How's it going? Question. I want to make my own sandbox to do just some silly stuff haha. For example, to make a list of presidents of Yugoslavia if the country existed today. So my question is, when I make my sandbox, I presume no one can edit it besides me (apart bots who deleted non free images and so on)? And also, I don't need any refs. in my sandbox right? No one's gonna actually like check my sandbox, yes? Haha! I hope to get an answer from you shortly! Bye :) Bakir123 (talk) 22:05, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
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16:51, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Back again with another variation on Gareth and 2000. There is already a SPI in progress at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rowde; I'm pretty sure it's him though. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 21:45, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Mz7. Thanks for helping out at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NasirRanjhyWala. Could I also ask you to salt Nasir Ranjhy Wala in the article space too? The socks created it 5 times as well. I'm just worried that a new crop of socks might try to do it again. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:20, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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19:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Dear Mz7, I recently reported a new suspected sock in a case where you already confirmed 14 older ones. Since this concerns a possible block evasion (Vandalism-only account) and since CU has been used before in this case, I requested CU. However, the suspected user is also editing disruptively, which means that all of their edits need careful checking, and it would be good if something can be done about this. Is the CU request perhaps causing some delay, and if so, is it possible (and desirable) to retract the CU request? Or should I report the user to ANI? Any advice would be appreciated, Apaugasma (talk|contribs) 22:42, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
User:Sandhya Aryan is an autoconfirmed account also vandalising the page in the same way! Tommi1986 let's talk! 19:28, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Mz7, sent you an email a few days ago. We all have a life aside from Wiki, so not sure if you already had a chance to look at it. In case should send it to someone else, please let me know. – NJD-DE (talk) 23:10, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hong Kong Adventist Academy should not be redirected to Hong Kong Adventist College. They are not managed under one company. The academy leases the space from the college. There are online sources to prove this.
You may visit www.HKAA.edu.hk to find all pertinent information to prove they are operated separately. If need be I’m happy to add more citations, pictures, text to provide users more info. I can imagine this merge is giving wiki users false information that may impact their decision to send their children to school there. Please advise ASAP. Rudi444 (talk) 05:28, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello Mz7, thank you for your fast reply! Let me make it clear. The Academy rents from the college. It is in no way part of the college or operated by the college. The Academy has its own finance department, board of directors, administration team, teachers, faculty, licensing etc. It is incredibly important that this line is drawn because it would be absolutely false for it to be considered part of the college. It would also have a negative impact on the Academy if that was implied in any way. As explained on the Academy website HKAA was founded in 2011 and is a grade 1-12 program, not a college. Two very different things here. The college has its own reputation dating back to 1903. The Academy is making its own reputation and is still in its infancy. To blur the two schools as one would be a disservice to all. If the Academy Wikipedia page is missing citations, pictures, data, links etc I’m happy to upload some and fill out the page a bit. Please advise on how to proceed. Thank you! Rudi444 (talk) 15:16, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
The Academy is making its own reputation and is still in its infancy.That in itself is the problem: Wikipedia should only cover the subject after it has built up that reputation; the school should not attempt to build up its reputation through Wikipedia. For these reasons, I think the best we can do for now is to simply mention in the college article that it rents its space to a separate academy. Mz7 (talk) 16:47, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Ok, you are the admin I suppose you know best. Honestly I’m kind of shocked that there isn’t enough notability. We are published all over the web and have been in business for 10 years. That’s nothing to the college’s 100+ years but it’s still notable. I think it would be best if there was nothing said about the academy on the college’s Wikipedia page. I think people will get more accurate information elsewhere on the web that way. I’m not sure how the Academy Wikipedia page was made or where data was pulled from but it was never very accurate and was full of spelling, fact and grammar errors. It’s really confusing for people who search HKAA on google when the 4th listing is the college’s Wikipedia page. I think this diminishes the credibility of Wikipedia. Plus I believe FB has HKAA listed as a “place” rather than a school because of this Wikipedia page. Super annoying/confusing to have two FB pages for the same school. Thank you for all your advice and understanding. I’m sure it’s frustrating for you as well. I really appreciate your patience though. Rudi444 (talk) 17:39, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
This editors seem to be the same persons and some of the users are doing disruptive edits. 1) Oudi berry 2) AravindShekar9 3) Ihaveabandonedmychild 4) alphajith13 5) xavinanotech Nandivarman (talk) 08:46, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Blablubbs and Mz7: I have more evidence about this SPI that links both these accounts to each other. Should I open a new SPI report or just post that evidence here? Barca (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
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15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
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Please take a look at the SPI Case[] which was opened for nearly 30 days. The guy is still out there in anonymous mode with his PR work also abusing others worthlessly. Thanks Outlander07@talk 14:10, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
has a WP:BLP problem, could you strike it please? Thanks so much. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:54, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
I can’t even thank you enough for the splendid and arduous task you carry out as a sysop and a check user. I came across this comment of yours and it got me thinking, are you saying Kashmorwiki was deliberately evading a block by editing via a different account in December 2020? Or could it be (as they are claim) they simply did not know editing under a different account was against policy? They also did mention that they had lost access (I think password related) to their original account thus making a request for unblock via their original account impossible. Could all this be put in cognizance when reviewing their unblock appeal? But like I implied earlier, you know best and your judgement is one I respect. Celestina007 (talk) 00:41, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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15:08, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I totally agree with your comment about WP:DENY here, and was encouraged to see it. All this tagging is a sad mistake, IMO. (In cases like Yacqubyyyyyy, at least.) Even apart from the fact that the tagging makes dealing with socks consistently more work for CUs and admins than it is for the vandals to create 'em. Bishonen | tålk 19:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC).
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13:48, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
This editor is certainly eager to have the permission, and I don't see any recent red flags. What do you think? All the best, Miniapolis 01:53, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello M. I noticed that you had to R/D copyvio edits by 172.97.186.125 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). It looks like they have resumed the same editing patterns so your mop and pail skills may be needed again - unless someone else gets to it before you see this. Regards. MarnetteD|Talk 00:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. I want to bring The Kid Laroi's article to your attention, as you are the administrator who blocked the editor earlier this month. User:GrantEdwards has returned to removing sourced information from the article and is still not providing any evidence to support their edits. I reverted their initial edit after the block expired, but they undid this revert without even bothering with an edit summary. I don't want to get an edit war over this. What is the best way to move forward with this? Alex (talk) 18:18, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Dear Md7,
I see that you removed my edit on Kingsbury High School. It is a serious matter and I thought it would be good to put it on the first subheading. If you need proof of this incident, let me know. Could you please organise this Wikipedia and add this incident in? WorldNews101 (talk) 18:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
It is in the local newspaper and that’s why it should be part of Wikipedia. Why do you even control this? It’s nothing to do with you. WorldNews101 (talk) 16:37, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
I’ve added reliable resources. WorldNews101 (talk) 17:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
It has already been confirmed that gege akutami is a man, it was confirmed during his interview with kendo kobayashi. Please stop changing the gender to unknown, when it has already been confirmed. The jujutsu fandom wiki also talks about the author. From there you can get information about him. Horikoshi (author of boku no hero academy) also referred to gege akutami as a man in one of his weekly comments of the shonen jump. Also in the information of the Japanese volumes, gege talked about his childhood and his family, talked about him, his brother and his father. There is enough information to know that gege akutami is man. SebaaVidal06 (talk) 18:29, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
And I didn't link because Wikipedia didn't let me edit it with the link I dont know why. But there you go. I gave you the links SebaaVidal06 (talk) 18:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
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17:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
I noticed you nominated A Quiet Place (franchise) for deletion/move to draft space. It is not clear to me why it not still in Draft space. There are only 2 films in the series not 3 films like the guidelines say there should be. Are people ignoring the rules again or was is there some special exception I'm not seeing? -- 109.79.86.215 (talk) 01:51, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
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