Thank you for your block on this user. I wanted to let you know that the user has elected to "vanish" your block template on their page. I am uncertain if they are allowed to do this during their block period. Hasteur (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, there's actually a discussion about this here, but I personally am against to what they're proposing; it doesn't really matter to me if the user does or not, as long as unblock requests aren't blanked. He may need to be informed that everything is still present in the pages' histories, so blanking block templates, AFD tags, etc. accomplish virtually nothing. –MuZemike14:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this explains a lot. Stuff like this is a good reason why little kids need to stay away from Wikipedia in general, pedophilia notwithstanding; then again, there would be virtually no way to enforce age limits (YouTube is a prime example of such failure to do so; look at all the accounts there who claim to be 106 years old). –MuZemike14:41, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi there, I'm User:Addihockey10, you may have heard of me, if you haven't - well here I am :). I was wondering, I was looking for someone to coach me and help me understand policies to an administrator caliber. I have put a request at WP:Admin coaching but it looks pretty inactive at the moment. I was wondering if you (or someone you know) would be willing to be my admin coach. Thank you for your consideration. Happy editing! --Addihockey1017:15, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He's apparently planning a mass addition of "scruffy" to tons of talk pages tomorrow. He's also using multiple IP addresses. Could you please rangeblock him? ~NerdyScienceDude22:20, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, I haven't, and I probably won't bother, most of these ranges are too busy for me to hardblock or even softblock. Oh and Neutralhomer, I'd watch what type of Sox mentioned around here. We don't see red around here, because it's all black and white ;) –MuZemike04:26, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As it stands, I already just use RBI with his edits on-sight, as do others. I read far enough to confirm per WP:DUCK, then pull up his contribution page and start hitting the revert button after blocking. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Earlier today (in my timezone at least), What is to be said? (talk·contribs) was blocked as a sock of Zarapastroso (talk·contribs), a.k.a. Scruffy. Now I've noticed Desalinado (talk·contribs) whose activities so far exactly mirror those of the sock's initial career, issuing welcome messages to new users, possibly in order to gain auto-confirmed status. The evidence isn't incriminating enough for a block, but I wonder if an SPI is called for. The first sock let two weeks pass between the initial stage and the actual vandalism, which makes me wonder how many other sleepers are around. Favonian (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for defending me on WP:AN. I wanted to ask a quick question: Do you think the person will stop now? I think the threat of sanctions with his school/IP will suffice. I think this person was having fun, but I seriously doubt they want real trouble. This contradicts what I said moments ago on Access Denied's talk page, but after noticing your report I decided to interject.
Secondly, I.recommend trying to reconcile with the person. He or she seems to be upset with the project and knowledgeable og certain functions (ex.basic HTML). This person was probably a long time vandal at one point before and simply changed his/her tactics, or (what I personally think) an editor who was disaffected by certain members of the community. Adversaries should be spoken to and reasoned with. They are also a good thing because they make you stronger. So why not ask "Why? What are your motives?". Revert, block, ignore may help for most but maybe not for this person.
Thirdly, I recommend waiting after speaking with the person to see if they'll vandalize again. If they don't, squash it. If they do, send him or her to hell.
