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Freebie

Alas, seems to think that calling me "extreme right wing" is not a "Personal Attack" and his original "anti-Semitic" words were not a personal attack either. I fear that he is quite likely to continue in this vein. I am especially amused by:

"t is abundantly clear that I did not say that the user was anti-semitic. I stated that there was mention of this on their talk page, and given their defence of Hitler, this was a concerning development that needed to be addressed."

Collect (talk) 13:19, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Indubitably58

Continued personal attacks, this time at you. Please block and remove TPA. Thanx - FlightTime (open channel) 18:08, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nah. Editors are allowed a certain amount of latitude for venting on their own talk page. I've been called worse and everybody gets WP:CIVIL is important but in a community as big as ours you need to be able to shrug off petty stuff like this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:12, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Dennis Prager#Quote from The Atlantic

Can you please see the above? There is no way for me to deal with this editor. This is supposed to involve collaborative editing in a WP:CIVIL environment? It is impossible. Every move I make results in a litigious response. See my Talk page: Misrepresenting other people, Edit war warning, Notice of discretionary sanctions, and Note - violating BLP and asking others to. Bus stop (talk) 00:03, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Bus stop I suggest you request a 3rd opinion or open a discussion at WP:DRN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Cleveland, Texas

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Cleveland, Texas. Legobot (talk) 04:24, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Continued changes on Glima without citations

You added a warning to a user about his changes at Glima. He keeps adding uncited information anyway.--Óli Gneisti (talk) 10:47, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Issued level 3 warning. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:08, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Óli Gneisti (talk) 17:23, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like "CrunchyCookie" is now edit warring

Despite your talk page messages, looks like CrunchyCookie is now reverting everything, even edits that don't have anything to do with what they wanted to do on Muse discography: 1, 2, 3. I don't think they understand or are even willing to understand the basics of WP:BRD, WP:CONSENSUS—or even sourcing their edits. Maybe it requires you to intervene further, because I'm sure they're arrogant enough to continue reverting... Ss112 09:34, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you do, can you ask them to stop posting on my talk page? I'm really getting quite tired of telling them I don't care what they have to say, and they refuse to listen regardless. Ss112 09:38, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done He is a newbie and means well so try and cut him some slack. But yeah I do understand that it can get tiring. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:44, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. Also, BlaccCrab is back using 71.179.82.143, editing his own created article Hopeless Romantic (Wiz Khalifa song). Edit summary is a dead giveaway. Ss112 17:31, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked x 1 month. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:16, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It continues: they've attempted to file an ArbCom case against me, and again posted at my talk page. This is a newbie horror story. Unrelated: would it be possible for you to to un-delete Believe (Lenny Kravitz song)? I want to see what was there before it was deleted and work on it by adding charts, certs and so on. Ss112 14:25, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Heh. I was busy this morning and am sorry that I missed this. Clearly it did not end well for them. I am not going to add salt to their wounds but hopefully they have now gotten the message. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:32, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw your email. It's alright, thankfully some other users noticed what they were saying and reported them to ANI while I was writing my own ANI report up. Also, in regards to what I said above, would you still be able to un-delete Believe (Lenny Kravitz song) for me to work on it? Thanks! Ss112 21:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to userfying the page, but you should run that by the deleting admin first just to be sure they have no objection. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:46, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(TPS) I wouldn't bother, that deleted article is a single sentence that says "A single that is featured on the Greatest Hits collection by Lenny Kravitz.". If you think it's worth an article, I'd just start again. Also, the deleting admin hasn't edited for nearly 2 months. Black Kite (talk) 22:13, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Black Kite. Was about to say the same thing about Od Mishehu myself. Thought the article might have been a stub with a couple of refs! Ss112 22:15, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:85.242.48.58

User keeps editing several articles disruptively. Is it time for a new block? SLBedit (talk) 20:09, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SLBedit. Any diffs? I'm not seeing edits in the last 48 hrs so unless I'm missing something, any disruptive edits are likely to be stale. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:13, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is again removing sources from articles, e.g. S.L. Benfica (roller hockey), which has been locked three times already; the last time was due to 85.242.48.58. SLBedit (talk) 20:16, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Those edits are three days old, which makes them non-actionable. Additionally the IP was last blocked 9 months ago and there have been no warnings during the intervening period. So yeah this is stale. I will however post a warning on their talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:21, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know that 85.242.48.58 (talk · contribs) has been blocked along with 83.223.227.226 (talk · contribs) and 2001:8A0:6CC2:C401:C978:FDB9:E36E:F84E (talk · contribs), which belong to a problematic user. SLBedit (talk) 01:20, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. That looks like a good block since the IP has received multiple recent warnings. Hopefully the length will give them some pause. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We need your input! Request for Comment - Including China's stance on Hamas

Your name was found on Feedback request service Politics, government, and law. Please join the discussion here and give your needed opinion on whether to include China's position concerning Hamas. Thanks! Veritycheck✔️ (talk) 16:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Block of 2601:49:8400:B377::

I think you left out a /64 there, yes? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 02:27, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh crap. Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:39, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:41, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This smells of an LTA. Any idea which one? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 02:48, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly no. But Bbb23 might. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:50, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

howdy

i think i can see why your community has trouble finding new members. i dont really expect you to answer me at this point but im gonna keep asking anyway. whats your malfunction my man 97.120.235.10 (talk) 22:55, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]