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Croissant

Hi @PhilKnight, user Woodlandscaley changed origin of croissant to Austria despite consensus in the talk page. It is not the first time he does that. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 09:35, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PhilKnight in [[1]] there is a section called Austria where consensus was reached. Despite that, an user changed it to Austria again a few days ago. The same user did that serveral times, for example the 27th of June 2024. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 10:03, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PhilKnight Can you see my messages? I am not sure if it's working. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 09:48, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, yes, I can see your messages. PhilKnight (talk) 14:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I wrote in talk section and sent you the link to the section where consensus was reached. I don't understand why it has to be changed now. Could you have a look? 84.242.14.170 (talk) 10:17, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For taking care of the disruption on my talk page. Thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:23, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JeffSpaceman: No problem, do you want it revision deleted? PhilKnight (talk) 20:26, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your asking, but I don't think that's necessary. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will say, though, they are abusing their talk page access to continue to attack me. Might want to revoke that. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 20:36, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SUPPRESSION OF MY EDITS REVEALING PERSONAL INFORMATION

Greetings, PhilKniht. Thank you for your help in eliminating that information. I had added that so that the concerned user can comprehend my working but eventually I was also reconsidering to withdraw that. Madamrose1965 (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per my barnstar above

User:2402:8100:2798:B088:AD58:A631:6878:D75D is violating their talk page access by continuing to harass me and you, including by spamming pings. I probably should have asked earlier, given how long this has gone on, but I was hoping it would be discovered and stopped by now -- would you be cool with revoking TPA there? JeffSpaceman (talk) 23:30, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. PhilKnight (talk) 00:27, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proxies

Hi Phil, I've upgraded a couple of your blocks to hard blocks. Probably worth making them hard blocks by default in this case. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Harry, thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 20:44, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure who

Phil, can you take a look at Primerose2020? See their post to this page, which was reverted by another user, and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hajpo (their first edits), which I deleted. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I used checkuser, but it didn't turn up any obvious matches. PhilKnight (talk) 14:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to editing but i am a decade long reader, sorry if i made any editing mistake while creating the page, but their behavior are very similar to each other, anyone can understand, hajpo made this edit req [2] after orunaalkallan got reverted for adding the same thing Aleskbi added the same without any citation , how come this is a coinincidence ? [3] that too right after orunaalkallan got blocked check the edit history of the page Ezhava , you can judge me as i am new, but the page Ezhava is possibly vandalised and they might target more. Kindly show the mercy to atleast check these links or check the page . I know this because i am reading this since a decade and how they post edit requests . Primerose2020 (talk) 16:29, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

117.198.10.214

Thank you for preemptively removing talk page access here. No need to risk further attacks against me or admins, as they have indulged in previously. I appreciate it. JeffSpaceman (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inquiry

I saw you blocked, 2600:387:15:1817:0:0:0:0/64 already, but judging from the page history. It seems going back at least a week that the full mobile range used is closer to 2600:387:0:0:0:0:0:0/32. Could you please p-block it from that page; should help keep the rate of disruption down a bit. 184.152.65.118 (talk) 18:32, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 18:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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User:85.132.89.228

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that User:85.132.89.228, who you previously gave a 2 year block for vandalizing Baku, is back at it again. 9yz (talk) 05:31, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 06:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! 9yz (talk) 06:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SPI

Hello! I would like to ask for advice on how to merge a preexisting SPI archive with an older SPI. On retrospection, I have reason to believe that Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dietricht may actually be connected to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dirceu Mag and socks @Magi Merlin and @Bolt Kjerag on grounds of same POV-pushing, WP:WALLOFTEXT and WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior on elections and polling, not to mention the ability to misspell my username multiple times. Borgenland (talk) 11:58, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Borgenland, I have taken the case out of archive and left a request for the clerks. PhilKnight (talk) 13:27, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Do I still need to dig out the diffs from sockmaster(s)? Borgenland (talk) 13:59, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should wait and see what the clerk says. PhilKnight (talk) 15:03, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Rattlingbog55

Hi. I'm not sure whether you generally accept requests to re-evaluate your CU blocks, but if so I'd like to call attention to the follow-up discussion at User talk:Rattlingbog55#Blocked for sockpuppetry. In short, the SPI you closed rested on the assumption of UPE by the case filer (which I would have disputed had I been pinged when one of my interactions with the user was cited). In the follow-up discussion, however, the user explained that the change of accounts was due to privacy concerns (WP:LEGITSOCK), and two admins pretty much came to the conclusion that the explanation was legitimate, though neither was willing act on an unblock due to other concerns. I advised the user to file a second unblock request, but it seems that given the previous discussion, no uninvolved admin was eager to look into the case, and it has been left sitting for half a month now. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Paul, I have unblocked his new account, and left the old one blocked. Thanks for reaching out. PhilKnight (talk) 12:14, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Crispy Doug

should probably be blocked based on behavioral evidence. The behavior is identical to that of the other socks. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. PhilKnight (talk) 12:24, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am here to report a edit war, (i dont really understand the ANI)

Hello, Admin Philknight, I am Shaneapickle and I am just mediating this situation.

So anyways, here is the situation, we have 2 users (i am trying to mediate this war), Kajmer05 and MHD1234567890, MHD is claiming that Kajmer is going after kurdish nationalist pages, but when I asked him about it, he said that he did not do that,

Here are the two talk pages i discussed with them.

User talk:MHD1234567890#Hello, MHD1234567890

and

User talk:Kajmer05#Hello, I came here from MHD's page

This has already turned into an edit war due to MHD and Kajmer's claims against each other.

I hope you will help to resolve this situation. Shaneapickle (talk) 15:34, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) The appropriate venue to report an edit war is WP:AN3 - the administrator's noticeboard for edit warring. Departure– (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shaneapickle, which articles are affected by the edit warring? PhilKnight (talk) 20:53, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i misworded this before i knew the actual thing, it's a disagreement, we also have 1 person (*cough cough* MHD) throwing mud at Kajmer for removing MHD's pages, when the AFD is correct about the pages and their structure, and being the reason for the deletion (kajmer is just enforcing the pages) Shaneapickle (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not yet convinced that admin action is required. Editors often get grumpy when their pages are deleted, and I don't usually block them for that. Has there been any particularly offensive personal attacks? PhilKnight (talk) 14:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

no not really, although MHD did say that kajmer did appear motivated by "anti-kurdish nationalist sentiments" Shaneapickle (talk) 15:10, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You could warn them with {{Uw-npa2}}. If they continue, they could be warned again with {{npa3}}, and if they still continue, a short block could be applied. PhilKnight (talk) 15:55, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PhilKnight Hello, the user was blocked yesterday. I nominated an article created by this user for deletion, [4] the IP left a message on my talk page. WP:DUCK [5] I could file an SPI, but I'm asking this because they're so obvious. Kajmer05 (talk) 14:32, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. PhilKnight (talk) 14:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oversight

Hi PhilKnight. I contacted the Oversight team to suppress the userpage content of Jayantindia1. I got a reply saying it was done, but I can still see the content. Your name is now in the page history - were you trying to do something there? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:46, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the birth year, and left the rest of the content. It could still be deleted as WP:U5 or WP:G11. PhilKnight (talk) 17:50, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the user page as an ordinary admin action. PhilKnight (talk) 17:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:77.244.118.21

The IP is a block evasion, multiple vandalism, I did post to AIV. 48 hours? It will be back doing the same thing again after that. Regards. Govvy (talk) 16:21, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Govvy: - who is it block evasion of? PhilKnight (talk) 16:24, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[6], [7], [8], maybe more. I keep seeing the same 77.244 IP popup. Regards, Govvy (talk) 16:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

77.244.116.0/22 blocked for 3 months. PhilKnight (talk) 16:35, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, much appreciated. Govvy (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]