User talk:EdJohnston

User:Haldir Marchwarden

• Haldir Marchwarden (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Muhammad Ali of Egypt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
• Previous 3RR complaint which led to a warning

Note about an editor you warned last week for edit warring. They made 4 reverts within a few hours today on Muhammad Ali of Egypt. You might find this of importance if someone reports that editor in the future for edit warring. Ktrimi991 (talk) 23:47, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Your complaint seems to be about User:Haldir Marchwarden, so I have retitled this section and have added the relevant links to the top of your post. Someone would have to go through the history (of the Muhammad Ali of Egypt article), but it does appear that Halldir might have violated WP:3RR on 2 September. Since 1 September five of Haldir's edits of that article have been reverted by others. EdJohnston (talk) 04:01, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Indeed, sorry for not being clearer above. I did not have much time to elaborate more. I urge you to do sth, as the editor just made the 5th revert within 24 hours. Ktrimi991 (talk) 14:06, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

For the record, the editor is now topic banned from the Balkans. Ktrimi991 (talk) 20:04, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Request for Pending changes reviewer

• Sreeram Dilak (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I would like to request the reviewer right. I have around 1,400+ edits and the rollback right. I meet the criteria and would also like to help out in the pending changes log. Am familiar with vandalism and relevant guidelines. Sreeram Dilak (talk) 14:24, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes, you have a good record so I've given you the pending change reviewer right. EdJohnston (talk) 02:01, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Much obliged. --Sreeram Dilak (talk) 02:07, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

EdJohnston, I've created more than 25 articles on Wikipedia. Let me know whether I am eligible for autopatrolled right? Sreeram Dilak (talk) 02:16, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Autopatrolled requires you have good judgment of what is a keepable article. Based on your current AfDstats I suggest that you wait a while. Anyway it looks like you have had a request pending at WP:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled since 6 September, which you ought to have mentioned here, since it makes this one a duplicate request. EdJohnston (talk) 03:58, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Please block 220.240.136.84

• Special:Contributions/220.240.136.84

Hello, you protected the pages Solo, Ddu-Du Ddu-Du and Kill This Love back in March because of a stubborn IP-hopper who keeps re-adding the same stupid edits over and over and over again and they keep doing the same thing despite being reverted every single time. This person just doesn't want to stop and ignores all warnings given to them. They have plenty more edits on different pages that keep on getting reverted that will be too long to list them all right here. All of their IPs geolocate to Melbourne, AU and some of them can be found here. Note that not all of their IPs are listed there because it's too tiring to keep track of them all. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 23:40, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

I've put six months of semiprotection on the three articles you mentioned due to the sockpuppetry. Hope that helps. EdJohnston (talk) 02:12, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Also blocked the IP for one month. For background, see the complaint from last March at

• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive430#User:59.102.9.103 reported by User:Nkon21 (Result: Semiprotection)

EdJohnston (talk) 19:12, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

IP editor has apparently switched to multiple unregistered accounts

• Thejenkins44 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Blackkeyboard080400 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hi Ed, hope you're doing well. An editor that apparently uses multiple IP addresses, and now seems to have switched to various unregistered accounts, is making similar edits and additions of "information" that contradict the existing sources about the rulers of the Miskito people of Central America who were part black. This editor sometimes adds a ridiculous fringe source that claims the aboriginal peoples of Central and South America were actually black. Here are the diffs where I've reverted these changes by his latest incarnation:

George Augustus Frederic II

William Henry Clarence

Robert Henry Clarence

Jonathan Charles Frederick

Carlstak (talk) 21:08, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Has this been reported before? Is this the return of someone we know about? EdJohnston (talk) 21:16, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

I see that one account has been blocked with the summary "Disruptive editing, major unsourced additions, page hijacking", certainly looks like continued sock puppetry going on. Carlstak (talk) 21:22, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Here's the latest account making the same edits. Carlstak (talk) 21:28, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

You have identified Blackkeyboard080400 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). This appears to be the same person as Thejenkins44 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who was blocked indef by User:GeneralNotability on 8 September.

I am blocking Blackkeyboard080400 for evasion and semiprotecting the four articles you listed as well as Mosquito Coast. If more action is needed, it is better to open an SPI because it appears this guy is likely to continue. EdJohnston (talk) 00:28, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Ed. I fear you may be right that he is likely to continue. I will follow through as you suggest if necessary. Carlstak (talk) 01:54, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I think Thejenkins was reported to me as a probable sock, but I'm blanking on who it was - and I was sufficiently uncertain that I opted for the DE block instead of an SPI block. I'll see if I can find where this was reported to me... GeneralNotability (talk) 03:39, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Found it! Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Themaker1. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:41, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

It is possible that the two editors listed at top of this thread could be added to Themaker1's sock case. EdJohnston (talk) 14:25, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

And he's back as IP 190.124.39.234. Carlstak (talk) 00:52, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

I've blocked that IP two months for evasion. We should keep an eye on Special:Contributions/190.143.247.0/24 to see if he branches out to new IPs. EdJohnston (talk) 01:30, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. Carlstak (talk) 13:11, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Edit war at Albion, Victoria

• Albion, Victoria (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

On September 5, you warned AlbionMike76 about continued edit warring on Albion, Victoria. They have continued. [1] [2] It appears the IP attempted to use the article talk page but AlbionMike76 just reverts with abrasive edit summaries about fighting trolls. Notfrompedro (talk) 13:15, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

User now blocked for continuing the war. Thanks for your note. EdJohnston (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

It is too early to protect the Bengali Brahmin article

• Bengali Brahmins (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

A discussion was going on on the talk page regarding improvement of the article. Was it not too early to protect the page? Thank you. Dear Debasish (talk) 14:12, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Caste-related pages are often protected due to obvious abuse. Not clear what you mean by 'too early'. Anyone who is WP:Extended confirmed can edit the page. Use the talk page to get agreement for any changes you want to make. You can use the Template:Edit extended-protected on the talk page. Someone who has the ability to make the change can then act on your request, if it has consensus. EdJohnston (talk) 14:20, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

A concern

• 176.58.171.107 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Sorry, but I did not notice this until now. I understand this happened 6 September 2021, however I find this completely unacceptable and am further shocked said IP was not indefinitely blocked! --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:45, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

IP is now blocked one month for vandalism. We don't block them indefinitely. Let me know if the problem continues on another IP. EdJohnston (talk) 18:03, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you sir. I will strive to keep a more vigilant eye on talk pages. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:05, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

199.82.243.*

• Special:Contributions/199.82.243.0/25
• Rezanaul (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Noorullah21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Raoulduke47 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

It appears that you blocked 199.82.243.102 for thirty days about six days ago for disruptive editing. However, there are now edits from 199.82.243.108 and 199.82.243.88 and 199.82.243.83 at Talk:Second Anglo-Afghan War. I haven't done a whois on the IP address, but I know that IP addresses shift within what used to be called Class C blocks and are now called /24 blocks or something like that. I have a request at DRN for moderated discussion from a registered user concerning Second Anglo-Afghan War. If this appears to be the same person, then maybe the block should be expanded to at least the /26 block, in which case I can dismiss the DRN request. I haven't reviewed the history in enough detail to know what exactly was the disruption. I see that the user is stubborn and is at least borderline uncivil, but I haven't been looking at the past history, and I know that there might be disruption that I don't see. So do you think it is the same user, and do you think that the block should be expanded? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:38, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

I have now blocked the /25 range as a CU block. In my opinion the DRN can be closed if nobody else wants to pursue the issue. EdJohnston (talk) 05:18, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: and @EdJohnston:. I connected and saw that my IP was blocked by Ed. Wanted to discuss on his talk and saw this discussion. Ed - My IP is wrongfully being blocked. Robert - If you go through the Talk page, you can see that there were many times I told Noorullah21 to stop and let others provide their opinion but he continued to be borderline uncivil. Even towards the end, not only he ignored 3rd opinion's decision but he also gave me harsh comments and I responded with "No comment. Thank you." Constantly, in order to pursue his agenda, he accuses me for being sockpuppet in trying to block my opinion on Talk page. And who is this RaoulDuke47? He just made a sudden appearance on the Second Anglo Afghan war talk page stating exactly same words and comments as Noorullah21. Regardless, I have not committed any vandalism on any article and I have been involved in discussion on Second Anglo Afghan Talk page and any noticeboard in relation to it. That's all. I don't think that is vandalism or any reason to block IP. 192.189.187.106 (talk) 15:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing this up. The IPs were almost certainly HaughtonBrit evading his block. Unfortunately at the same time the IPs were blocked, a new account, Rezanaul, edited the same article using the same sources as the IPs and falsely claiming consensus: [3] - [4] ; [5]. This account was also used to edit the same articles where HaughtonBrit was active: [6], [7]. Is it possible to block this account as well? --RD47 (talk) 11:56, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Why am I being dragged into this conversation? The changes I made was due to WP:3 decision and I copied and pasted the sources provided on the talk page as [[WP:3] considered strong reference. After seeing this message, I did little check on Raoulduke47 and Noorullah21 and not only can you see that they share similar opinion on the Second Anglo Afghan War but also are possibly from same town and country. Noorullah21 used this IP 2A01:CB15:300:3000:CCD8:437F:F3AD:1B66 to make a change on page Afghan Independence Day which he also admitted to. This IP is in Assamese France. On the other hand Raoulduke47 provided a reference on the Second Anglo Afghan talk page which pointed him to location France as well because the reference showed this: https://www.google.fr/books/edition/A_Traditionalist_History_of_the_Great_Wa/cJUYEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=afghanistan+british+protected+state&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover. Why and how,, Raoulduke47 became part of the discussion? Coincidence? Definitely not. These two individuals are something to be looked into. Rezanaul (talk) 13:35, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

• HaughtonBrit accused others of socking, including Noorullah21. Rezanaul does not act like an account that is only a week old.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:11, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

@Bbb23: how am I suppose to act for an account that is week old? I wasn't even part of discussion till Raoulduke47 dragged me here. Maybe you should look into him as so far I have seen Noorullah21 blaming others of socking. Please keep me out. Rezanaul (talk) 14:27, 26 September 2021 (UTC)