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October 2019

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for obvious sock of someone evading CheckUser..

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:57, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user is asking that their block be reviewed:

A Gift and a Curse (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hello, dear. I am from Malta. I had been editing as an IP address previously but decided to create an account only recently because there were many things I couldn't do without a registered account. I like undoing vandalism and learned from editors like Serols, having seen them perform reversions on many articles. So I wanted to get into the game as well but there were obstacles such as requiring a rollback right to use anti-vandalism software. That was why I created an account. I am not "evading CheckUser", nor know whatever that means. Thank you. A Gift and a Curse (talk) 04:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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{{unblock reviewed |1=Hello, dear. I am from Malta. I had been editing as an IP address previously but decided to create an account only recently because there were many things I couldn't do without a registered account. I like undoing vandalism and learned from editors like Serols, having seen them perform reversions on many articles. So I wanted to get into the game as well but there were obstacles such as requiring a rollback right to use anti-vandalism software. That was why I created an account. I am not "evading CheckUser", nor know whatever that means. Thank you. [[User:A Gift and a Curse|A Gift and a Curse]] ([[User talk:A Gift and a Curse#top|talk]]) 04:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC) |accept = accept reason here ~~~~}}

For the reviewing admin:

You have not been editing Wikipedia previously that I could tell. If you were, you were using a different device. Your technical details would make it very easy to determine if you had been editing previously as an IP on the range you are using, so I don't believe this.
You are using a user agent string that in my opinion is most likely spoofed.
CheckUser data is consistent with the geolocation you state here (policy explicitly allows me to confirm this.) That being said, I think the odds of someone both being from Malta, a country that has virtually no presence on this project, and having a suspect user agent are very low.
The behaviour is quite frankly overwhelming. Your first edit was creating a userpage trolling "Wiki-Masters" and you've been using script assisted edits since before you even installed the script.
This is a normal admin block, not a CU block. The sock policy says that I can take into account the fact that the technical data doesn't add up when making blocks, which I did. That being said, it ultimately is a behavioural block and any administrator who disagrees with it is free to lift it (but I would appreciate a ping first).

TonyBallioni (talk) 04:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 {{unblock|reason=Hello, dear. I am from Malta. I had been editing as an IP address previously but decided to create an account only recently because there were many things I couldn't do without a registered account. I like undoing vandalism and learned from editors like Serols, having seen them perform reversions on many articles. So I wanted to get into the game as well but there were obstacles such as requiring a rollback right to use anti-vandalism software. That was why I created an account. I am not "evading CheckUser", nor know whatever that means. Thank you. [[User:A Gift and a Curse|A Gift and a Curse]] ([[User talk:A Gift and a Curse#top|talk]]) 04:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)}}
+For the reviewing admin:
+#You have not been editing Wikipedia previously that I could tell. If you were, you were using a different device. Your technical details would make it very easy to determine if you had been editing previously as an IP on the range you are using, so I don't believe this.
+#You are using a user agent string that in my opinion is most likely spoofed.
+#CheckUser data is consistent with the geolocation you state here (policy explicitly allows me to confirm this.) That being said, I think the odds of someone both being from Malta, a country that has virtually no presence on this project, and having a suspect user agent are very low.
+#The behaviour is quite frankly overwhelming. Your first edit was creating a userpage trolling "Wiki-Masters" and you've been using script assisted edits since before you even installed the script.
+#This is a normal admin block, not a CU block. The sock policy says that I can take into account the fact that the technical data doesn't add up when making blocks, which I did. That being said, it ultimately is a behavioural block and any administrator who disagrees with it is free to lift it (but I would appreciate a ping first).
+[[User:TonyBallioni|TonyBallioni]] ([[User talk:TonyBallioni|talk]]) 04:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)