User talk:Ferret

Disruptive IP

Can you block Special:Contributions/74.89.57.202? This editor is disruptively bloating the "starring" parameter in film infoboxes against the instructions in {{infobox film}}. We restrict the "starring" parameter to just the film poster's billing block to keep the infobox from dominating the article. This has been explained rather clearly on the IP editor's talk page several times, but the IP is repeatedly adding random people to infoboxes. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:35, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate:  Done Guessing you felt INVOLVED. -- ferret (talk) 15:58, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been reverting him across quite a few articles. Probably going to have to look at a bunch of posters and clean up the latest edits, too. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:30, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Ugh. The IP went back to doing it again as soon as the block ended. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:35, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: Reblocked. -- ferret (talk) 13:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Sony Interactive / Computer Entertainment

Hello Ferret! You reverted an anonymous edit on Playstation 2, but I think you overlooked the fact that Sony Interactive Entertainment is the successor of Sony Computer Entertainment and not two names for the same company. If you want to read about Sony Computer Entertainment, you'd still look in Sony Interactive Entertainment, but it's not exactly the same. SIE didn't exist until 2016, and the Playstation 2 was released in 2000. It can therefore not have been developed by SIE, even if it would mean exactly the same individual people. Don't you agree? Digital Brains (talk) 14:01, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Digital Brains: I linked to two guidelines, WP:NOPIPE and WP:NOTBROKEN. We try to avoid pipes and we don't replace redirects with their target for no reason. Redirects are fine and should be used. -- ferret (talk) 14:17, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Argh, not enough sleep. I read it the wrong way around. I thought the IP user had changed Sony Interactive Entertainment to Sony Computer Entertainment, but they just replaced the redirect as you say. In other words, I thought it used to say that Sony Interactive Entertainment was the developer and that the IP user changed that to SCE, which in my eyes would be correct. Sorry for taking your time, I'll go inbibe some caffeine now (not kidding, I was just about to). Digital Brains (talk) 14:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Digital Brains: No problem! -- ferret (talk) 14:23, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Unknown User

Can you block user 2001:18C0:61C:700:A96A:AAA7:3688:1448? He has been making a lot of excessive and unnecessary edits to the Dragon 2 article and numerous other "space" related articles. He also has been ignoring our warnings when his edits are undid or reverted and seems to be editing the articles based on his personal preferences or like long running documentaries. Check his/her contributions history for more information. Also how do you gain the ability to "revert" edits and block users?--Killamin7 (talk) 14:07, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Reviewing the IP. Anyone can revert edits. You might try enabling Twinkle to make it easier. Go to Preferences, Gadgets, and enable it there. Blocking requires being an admin, read WP:RFA but understand it's not easy to get. -- ferret (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Killamin7: I blocked for disruption for 72 hours to start, on the /64 range: Special:Contributions/2001:18C0:61C:700:0:0:0:0/64 -- ferret (talk) 14:56, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ferret: Thanks!! I gave the Twinkle feature a try and fixed a few of the articles the IP modified.--Killamin7 (talk) 15:32, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@Killamin7: Checking back as the block is up and user is on the same edits. Any improvement? -- ferret (talk) 19:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ferret: Not quite. He switched from this IP to this one and made a couple of changes on some of the previous articles where his edits were reverted. Apparently he didn't see that his ban was for only 72 hours and switched literally after the ban or he's trying to evade detection. Though he did reply to me with the impression that someone else told me to undo his edits. He insisted that one of his changes was correct and acknowledged that he made a mistake removing sources. I undid one of his latest edits (under the new IP) on the Dragon 2 article because he removed a source for no reason while Jrcraft YT undid another one because it contradicted the reference. I also checked the articles he made changes on and the times, time zones, and conversions were changed, and he left no explanation or reference for the changes. Also a lot of the changes he made seemed unnecessary (check the Discoverer 20 article). I'll let you be the judge...--Killamin7 (talk) 20:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Killamin7: Not deliberate evasion, IPv6 like this changes on it's own and is outside the control of the user. That's why I blocked the range before. I'm not overly familiar with this topic area so I don't know whether his edits are in line with local project MOS, etc. I do see cases of capitalization changes like Argon to ARGON (which redirects to Argon)... -- ferret (talk) 20:30, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ferret: @Killamin7: Thank you for your help on this, I've been watching pages he continually edits on and making sure the pages stay in a healthy state. (IP) --Jrcraft Yt (talk) 07:03, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Toio and SIE

The platform was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment, which is the PlayStation division. It's not branded as a PlayStation product, but it shares common lineage and is promoted with PlayStation properties. I think it deserves to be in the "related" section.Damnedfan1234 (talk) 22:29, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

My mistake, I didn't realize there was a Sony Interactive Entertainment template. It belongs there.Damnedfan1234 (talk) 22:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Columns

Could I get the code to make a multi columned list as is visible on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Multi-column_templates. The wiki page doesn't help with what I want but I wanty to make a list with 3 columns.Hydra 24536 (talk) 03:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)