User talk:Ponyo

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Regarding deletion of content of Surveen Chawla

You have deleted my edited content to that page by saying that it is cited to a unreliable source. Now I am providing you link of her official fan site where you can find my addition was not wrong. The link is "http://www.isurveenchawla.com/vital-stats-height-weight-date-of-birth-age/".— Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravdas1 (talk • contribs)

• Multiple conflicting birth dates have been provided at Surveen Chawla, none of which have ever been supported by sources meeting the criteria required to support contentious material about a living subject. A fansite cannot be used unless it is controlled by the subject themselves or a recognized authority. Again, as I requested on your talk page, please read the requirements for reliable sources and do not restore the contentious material without first gaining consensus on the talk page that any potential source presented meets WP:RS.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: Moved to Talk:Surveen Chawla.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Smatprt sock puppets

I'm not familiar with this area of WP. What's next? Do I file a WP:AE request or is that taken care of automatically? Tom Reedy (talk) 23:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I'll take care of it. Bishonen | talk 23:56, 2 July 2014 (UTC).

And BTW, Ponyo, thanks for the good work. Tom Reedy (talk) 23:56, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Question

Hello P. I hope that your summer is going well. Recently I have notice a spate of trolls (for example) who go around creating new user and/or user talk pages like this one User talk:Nishatanvi. A welcome message or some other note is used to create the new user. My question is should these pages be deleted? They may be harmless at the moment but they do take up server space. Furthermore they might be used as a back door for the troll to return down the road. I took a look at the speedy deletion templates and I wasn't sure if there was one to fit this situation. Any help or knowledge that you or your talk page watchers can provide will be appreciated. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 19:15, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying, I'm battling an epic perfect storm of head cold and allergies. I slept nearly 16 hours yesterday. As soon as the fog around my brain dissipates I'll take a look. If any friendly (talk page stalker) wish to provide some advice in the meantime there may be a wikikitten or somesuch in it for you!--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:02, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

So sorry to read this. Wish I could send you some Chicken soup to help your healing and some Duck Soup to make you smile. Get well soon!! MarnetteD|Talk 17:21, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes these are school mates doing it for lulz, but in this case the accounts are technically unrelated. It's likely a matter of the troll account making acceptable edits, both in article and in user space, in order to get their offensive username plastered in as many places as possible prior to being blocked. I replaced the welcome message on Nishatanvi's talk page with my own, but I don't see anything worth deleting in this specific instance. If it was a known sock creating the page it can be deleted under G5, or if it's pure vandalism/intent to disrupt G3 could apply. Hope this is coherent, I'm not 100% better yet (but your virtual chicken soup was helpful!). --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 15:55, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

On second thought I've rev-deleted the username from the troll account's contributions as both blatantly disruptive and a BLP violation.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 15:57, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at things and for taking the time to reply. It is so weird for new users (offensive user names or not) to be creating other new user pages for people who don't exist as editors. Ah well, the longer I edit here the Curiouser and curiouser! it gets :-) MarnetteD|Talk 16:14, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

The Recent Changes log displays new accounts as they are created, even if they haven't edited yet. They could be targeting newly created accounts (such as Nisatanvi, who received the welcome message within a minute of creating their account) from Recent Changes or from here. I'm rarely surprised by anything I see around here anymore, and when I am it's generally not a pleasant surprise, unfortunately.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Farid Simaika

Hi. Farid Simaika is an Egyptian sporting hero. When I set out on researching him, I was struck by how little was known about his life!

I used the following references:

Archives of the USA government and US army

World war II books

American newspaper clippings. In fact, I acquired over 200 clippings from American newspapers and went through them one by one. Some of them were in poor shape (and whoever had scanned them had not scanned the date at the top on the page!). I felt it would have been inappropriate to list 200 references for the purpose of a wikipedia article (in the reference list).

I also interviewed members of the Simaika family who gave me valuable information which they had personally witnessed and/or heard in relation to Farid Simaika's life.

I understand that you feel that some material is not being adequately referenced. I am sure that you appreciate the difficulty of getting references relating to a mere sporting champion who died back in 1942 at the young age of 35. After all, he was a mere diver and not a leading politian and eminent nuclear physicist! He lived in the era where there was no internet or wikipedia.

Thank you for highlighting any particular parts(s) of the text you feel need more references and I can work on them.

Thank you for appreciating that I have spent eleven months researching Farid Simaika's life in order to share my knowledge with Egyptian youth and humanity.

I would be grateful if you allowed me to amend Farid Simaika's page on wiki (without undoing my changes). Just tell me which part(s) you object to and I can work on it/them.

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.188.42 (talk) 07:21, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

• The only material that can be added to the article is that which is verifiable. You are overwriting the current article to include your original research, such as personal interviews with family members, which is not allowed. You can integrate the reliable sourced material you have into the current article as long as it is neutrally worded and supported by a citation to the newspaper article you obtained the information from. MOS:BIO outlines the preferred style for biography article on Wikipedia, it may be helpful to review that page if you do intend to add material to the article. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 18:01, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2014)

Stir frying in a wok Hello, Ponyo. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Stir frying Previous selections: Java Man • Anubis Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC) •

YOU DELETED MY PAGE

Hello,

My page was deleting on grounds of "promotion". I don't know what that means even after visiting ALL of the links that were provided on the deletion page. Could the page be placed back up WITH practical suggestions so it would be in compliance with Wikipedia.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stltigga (talk • contribs) 17:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

The page cannot be restored for the reasons I explained in my message on your talk page. Wikipedia does not allow promotion anywhere, whether it be in article or user space. Any page that contains the peacock/promotional terms "critically acclaimed", "virtuoso", "respected", "superb", "unquestionable ability", "numerously featured...on multiple occasions" (which imparts no information whatsoever and serves as puffery), and "extraordinaire" in the opening paragraph of a short two paragraph blurb obviously serves to promote the subject and is not appropriate for inclusion as it is contrary to Wikipedia's policy regarding neutrality. If you would like to create a neutral and reliably sourced article on Mickey Thomas Terry I would suggest using Articles for Creation which will guide you through the process and will allow other editors to review the work prior to (potentially) moving the article to main space. Note that if you have any affiliation whatsoever with Mickey Terry you should be aware of the Conflict of Interest guidelines. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:49, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Poudar

Do you remember your note in the last filing at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Admirenepal/Archive? I think the user has created more socks and is doing similar stuff all over again. Should I open yet another SPI? - Sitush (talk) 19:58, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

You can add them to the SPI report, or if you'd like you can list them here and I can take a look.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:05, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

See these contributions], those of 116.68.213.60 and possibly User:BhagyaMani. I realise that you might not be prepared to even look at the last two but the first is a duck and I'll be amazed if there are not some other accounts already. - Sitush (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Actually, forget BhagyaMani. That is my mistake, sorry. - Sitush (talk) 20:20, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Jrpoudar is a confirmed sock. I've blocked the account and semi-protected a number of target articles. Thanks for the heads up!--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:45, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I guess I'll see you (and him) in a week or so ;) - Sitush (talk) 20:56, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

The range(s) they are on is a freaking nightmare. I wish I could block it, but the collateral looks daunting. I may reconsider if the disruption continues and semi-protection proves ineffective.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 21:01, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Now editing as Nepalgovernment (talk · contribs), which would be a block-able username anyway. - Sitush (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

I've blocked the account and G5ed a couple redirect creations. They were using a proxy to create the account, so I've blocked that and put together a small rangeblock to hopefully slow them down. The intent is for them to get bored and find a new hobby. We'll see if that happens.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 16:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

OK. I really don't want to start adding Nepalese articles to my burgeoning watchlist. - Sitush (talk) 16:20, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Do you take bribes?--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 16:27, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

According to one blog entry that has been repeatedly revdel'd, yes. - Sitush (talk) 16:35, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes, I did see that. The amount of abuse that is thrown your way is unbelieveable. I hope you know how appreciated you are! --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 16:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes. While I'm in the vicinity, do you have any opinion (just as a normal user, no fancy rights etc) regarding Wikipedia:Ani#Vote-stacking_and_warring_at_deletion_discussions? I was in a rush when I wrote that and, of course, meant "checkuser will not link", not SPI won't. - Sitush (talk) 16:42, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

It's a tough call. CUs rarely link IPs to accounts except for instances of long term abuse or particularly disruptive behaviour. There is wiggle room in the privacy policy to do so, however I tend to err on the side of caution as the line is a vague one and who wants to be hauled before AUSC or the Ombudsmen? You could always email your concerns to the Checkuser mailing list, or to an individual CU. This affords a bit more privacy to investigate without publicly tying an IP to an account.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 16:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

I wasn't aware that there were any exceptions but, in any event, I reckon this is a duck. If an article involves promotion of the Aam Aadmi Party (that is, showing it in a good light or rebutting something that might make it seem less good), you can be sure GKCH is around somewhere and the idea of an IP turning up at DRV simply boggles my mind. Is it possible for me to run the user compare report without actually going to the hassle of creating a report at SPI? I'd like to, erm, get my ducks in a row before I take that step. Presumably, the tool is on Labs somewhere. - Sitush (talk) 17:22, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

I generally us this report for account overlaps.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 18:18, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I assume the creator of Nepali Bihari (redirecting to Nepalese people of Indian ancestry) may be a fellow know to you two. Sam ^Sing! 12:58, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

That's him all right. I put a short time soft block on his typical range to prevent account creation, so he's resorting to proxies. If nothing else it's helping me find and block some abused proxies!--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 15:46, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome, naturally. But what's up with this Kamikaze socking? A new user, Narayanpoudel96 has now created three redirects: Nepali Biharis, Nepali biharis, and Nepali Bihari. Sam ^Sing! 07:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC) ... and I should add they redirect to Nepali bihari created by Amarshrestha27. Both new accounts were created after the latest block of Madhesi. Sam ^Sing! 07:47, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

With so many socks over a prolonged period, would it not be beneficial to tag those that have been blocked since the last SPI with the relevant template? It's fine doing CU blocks etc but keeping the trail in place via the suspected/confirmed category might be handy for other admins if ever you were not around for a few days. For example, the emphasis is shifting from Poudar-related material to Nepalese immigrants. @EdJohnston: has some familiarity with the history. Sam, the sockmaster has repeatedly claimed to be aged 17: he'll likely keep this up until gets bored or "grows up". - Sitush (talk) 08:51, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Reply for Abhirami (actress)

Whatever I have added to the article definitely comes from the reliable sources. She herself said all that in an interview for Mangalam Publications, a leading newspaper in Kerala, India. Please go through references 1 & 7 in references section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jai98 (talk • contribs)

I didn't realize that you were expanding on content that was already supported by the extant references. I apologize for the confusion, but it would certainly have helped if you had included an edit summary explaining where the info came from. A cursory review of your last 200 edits shows that you haven't ever used an edit summary even when adding 6,000+ kb of material to an article, despite consensus being that an edit summary should be provided for all edits. An edit summary certainly would have helped in this case! --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 15:59, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Yowza

So I get on WikiP this morning and see the whole Vagout (son of - er I mean sock of) TCLB. This is one of several things going on around here that remind me of why the term Silly season exists. There does seem to be more of it this year than in the past but that could just be a fading memory on my part :-) Cheers MarnetteD|Talk 17:04, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

No kidding. I'm feeling better though, so there's that at least! --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

That is Good News. I'm glad about that. MarnetteD|Talk 17:13, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

It's the opposite of Shut the Door. Have a Seat, which is NEVER "good news".--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:36, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Hah - you got that right. MarnetteD|Talk 18:23, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/86.166.179.92

He did edit warring for Clarity (Zedd song). It was User:ChrisHamburg's IP address. Both IP and user has same edits on Blue (Da Ba Dee). Can you create SPI for ChrisHamburg? 183.171.174.218 (talk) 06:51, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Even if there was significant evidence of disruption (which there isn't) and even if I did run a check (which I haven't), barring exceptional circumstances I couldn't publicly tie an IP to a specific account. This looks to be a content dispute, so please follow the steps at dispute resolution.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 16:00, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Assistance with IP vandal 68.45.208.157 [1]

I am a bit exhausted from continuously having to monitor and revert this user's malicious editing patterns and general vandalism of articles, by their reverting of my own and others' cited contributions. Especially at Chrysler Neon in this diff and many others [2]. They have been warned several times about their actions, yet continue to do otherwise. I hope it's sufficient to at least block them from editing that article, as clearly that vehicle was factory produced from November 1993 and not 1995 as the vandal keeps changing it to. Thanks for your help, as I already contacted User: JohnCD and have not heard anything from him.--Carmaker1 (talk) 16:18, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Since they just came off a one month block for the same disruptive and unsourced edits I have re-blocked the UP for three months.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:25, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and being so prompt and responsive. Unfortunately, according to DES here apparently this recently banned user might be doing sock puppetry through another IP account[3]. They undid my correction, as did User:68.45.208.157 numerous times. Sorry about this, but I want to avoid WP:3RR on my part.--Carmaker1 (talk) 01:57, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, sorry if disturbing, but for the page of Aline Lahoud. i did an edit or her birthday date which must be 1986 and not 1981, i am her personal assistant so the orders came directly from Aline, i provided a proof of it from her Official facebook page because we have all the info, and if you want to check just watch her auditions at the Voice France you'll see her age. Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madonna Al (talk • contribs) 17:48, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Please see the Talk:Aline Lahoud talk page of the article, this is where any discussion should take place. There is a discrepancy in her age which has been reported variously as 1986 and 1981. As her assistant you have a conflict of interest and you should not be editing the article directly, especially to add disputed content, but instead request changes on the article talk page.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:18, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Wrong written religion of Deepika Singh

I am sorry but your written article has technical mistakes.The article about Deepika Singh has basic mistakes as it's written that her religion is Punjabi while she is Hindu and punjabi is not a religion!