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Unblock request

User:Jllproductions, whom you rightly blocked for having a spam username (he'd tried to create an article on a company of the same name) has requested an unblock, and, after a few rounds of discussion, seems to have adequately understood (or, at least, expressed an understanding) of the problems of spamming and promised not to do it anymore. Do you have any objections to an unblock? He hasn't actually formatted a proper unblock request, but I think the intent is clear. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Embassy of Iraq

Hello, you unblocked this user a month ago to allow them to change their username. They haven't done so and have continued to edit with the current, inappropriate, name (contribs). QuiteUnusual (talk) 18:45, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi Daniel

Thank you very munch for helping me.

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by DW nbatchelor (talk • contribs) 12:23, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: poopy

Cool. Thanks for getting back to me. So should those sorta names be reported in general? Personally, I've only been reporting them if they make vandalesque edits (sorta like "promotional" usernames and their edits). EvergreenFir (talk) 04:55, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Will do! Thanks again for getting back to me! EvergreenFir (talk) 20:29, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocking User:Macableton

I've unblocked this user (see your TP archive 17, thread 1.283) under the conditions that he change his username and avoid linking to his site in future, both of which he's agreed to. No action needed on your part, just letting you know.Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:49, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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IP at Nina Rosenwald

Just ran into an edit conflict with you there. I hadn't thought of the possibility this was more than one person. I have to laugh at the accusation I've been edit warring - that was what I was responding to when we had the edit conflict. This IP ~~is pretty obviously and openly~~(changing to appears to me to be, see below) anti-Muslim. Hopefully know he/she/they has managed to get attract enough attention. It will be interesting to see if we get any SPAs as the article is semi-protected for the rest of the month. Dougweller (talk) 18:05, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Actually my sock possibility resulted from not having fully read the section hed that says that comment was moved from another page. In any event, I've looked it up and the IP resolves to a Verizon server in the Virginia suburbs of D.C. Wonder if it's Rosenwald herself. Daniel Case (talk) 18:10, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The IP has posted to my talk page saying that my post above is libel and that he is "not anti-Muslim and you have no basis for making such a claim." It could be that appearances are deceiving and he is not anti-Muslim, so I will revise my statement to say that he "appears to me to be anti-Muslim." This is on the basis of his edits but I don't want to use your page to argue the case. Dougweller (talk) 15:36, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help on my talk page. You need to look at [1]. Dougweller (talk) 05:14, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oversighter needed

Could you come and check the WP:ANI section entitled "Brahma Kumaris: Protecting individual privacy"? Someone's offered evidence that sounds to me like it's pretty damning, but the evidence was oversighted after it was offered. It might help if you could come in, check the diff in question, and then participate in the discussion. Nyttend (talk) 00:21, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the help! Perhaps you saw that someone else (who commented just after you) offered comments based on looking at the edit before it was oversighted; however, I'd much prefer an opinion from someone who was just looking at it in addition to someone who'd seen it hours earlier, simply because of human forgetfulness. Nyttend (talk) 04:47, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm confused.

72.66.30.115 is you? What? I don't get it. -- ^t numbermaniac ^c 00:25, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RFCN

Just wanted to see more opinions here. Creative Concrete Products, LLC. Mlpearc (powwow) 00:09, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

183.83.99.246

Thank you so much for Blocking this : 183.83.99.246 IP for one month and Thank you so much for that Open proxies Info., i will surely keep it in my Mind. Have a nice day Sir :) Regards, Raghusri (talk) 14:34, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a formal request, but I am wondering if you could take a moment and look at the comment

The user was blocked (and made the unfortunate decision to create and edit talk pages from another account, with an unsuitable user name)

You denied an official unblock request because it was non-responsive, but I am wondering if you have a moment to look at the user's recent statement at User_talk:81.240.180.58#Comment -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citations in New York NR articles

Perhaps you've seen the latest discussion about NRIS-only stubs at WT:NRHP, which has led to the creation of pages such as User:Dudemanfellabra/NRISOnly. I'm currently going through the "Articles with only one source that is not NRIS" section, marking things that have a badly formatted NRIS citation and removing entries that are sourced to something else. Among the latter category are many of your New York articles such as United States Post Office (Granville, New York), which have "just one source" because they're written from the nominations. Of course I'm not complaining that you're using the nominations! I'm simply coming here to ask if you could go through your New York creations and add NRIS citations (or New York SHPO citations, if applicable) to the infoboxes, since the nomination form doesn't mention the property's reference number or the date when it was added to the Register. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 13:28, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Neo ^

Hi Daniel. As the blocking administrator, I'm letting you know of an unblock request for Neo ^ that has been open for three weeks pending additional input from you. If you would comment one way or the other, it would be appreciated. Ish dar ian 10:40, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See here. Thank you very much for your input. Nyttend (talk) 02:40, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Possible IP block?

Hi! In September you'd blocked the ip 107.210.111.166 for 24 hours for vandalism. The same person appears to be back it again and while I think I've cleaned up all but the latest mess they made today, would it be possible to get another block applied so at least they'll be stopped again for a bit? Thanks! Ultraviolet (talk) 19:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IP address you blocked back editing again

You blocked 88.104.25.210. 8 out of the 9 edits of 88.104.29.3 have been on the same pages that the other IP address was on. [2] Same IP range. Same rude personality. Same person. They are getting around the block by using a different IP. Dream Focus 17:50, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Not sure why this is blocked - I'm probably missing something somewhere (had a hard couple of days...) Peridon (talk) 16:14, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for account to be renamed

Hi Daniel. I recently listed User:BlackBab00nHamilton at the UAA noticeboard with the suggestion that the account should be renamed per WP:BLPABUSE, as the username is a racial attack against Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. However HBC AIV helperbot7 removed the listing because the account has already been blocked. I'm assuming that if I relist the account at UAA, the bot will just remove it again, so I thought I would approach you directly, as you appear to be active at the UAA holding pen. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 11:07, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Why would we rename an account that's blocked indefinitely? That's what we do with offensive usernames, we don't rename them...WP:RBI ES &L 11:18, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BLPABUSE says "Certain disruptive and offensive usernames (for example those containing contentious material about living persons, or those that are clearly abusive towards any race, religion or social groups) may be immediately blocked by administrators and renamed by bureaucrats to protect Wikipedia and the subjects involved from harm." (my bolding). DH85868993 (talk) 11:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Account clarification

Hi, I recently created a new account after losing the password to my old one. EricChuang676 is the account that I will be using from now on, so please disregard EricChuang. (EricChuang676 talk) 7:00, 29 October 2013

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DYK for United States v. Vampire Nation

On 31 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article United States v. Vampire Nation, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the United States vanquished Vampire Nation in a Pennsylvania courthouse? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States v. Vampire Nation. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Craigkrullgallery

I've unblocked Craigkrullgallery to allow for a name change. He seems to have answered the COI questions fine, and the proposed new name was okay. As always, please feel free to re-block if I've missed something. Kuru (talk) 17:52, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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Re:Insufficiently closed DYK nom from two months ago

I have reclosed the nomination. Hopefully this will resolve the issue. --Allen3 ^talk 01:37, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User_talk:ZeraBOT

Although they don't have an approved bot task, did you see their userpage ... or their request at WP:RFP/C? ES &L 00:26, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Many thanks for your excellent edits to the Hermann Stieve article. Adding the back-stories of the Nazi victims whose deaths Stieve exploited was an excellent idea. Adding their photographs emphasizes their humanity and heroism and contrasts this with Stieve's dehumanization of them. The Anome (talk) 15:41, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Worldstridesm

Any objections to unblocking User talk:Worldstridesm? His latest unblock request seems fine. I can add that article to my watchlist as well. Kuru (talk)

DYK for Hermann Stieve

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User:Gniibe

I made an unblock request on his talk page. Could you review one more time? The block is the subject of some on identi.ca. --ESP (talk) 02:09, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Question

Hello Daniel Case, I was just wondering whether, considering your recent indefinite block of Edaniels1004 (talk · contribs), the page Wikipedia:Edaniels1004 should be deleted. Thanks, Toccata quarta (talk) 07:27, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Non-violation of Vantage Production Ltd

Hi,

I've just spotted at WP:UAA you've not blocked, for example, "Vantage Production Ltd". Surely that account is either misleading due to it not being controlled by a company, or it is controlled by a company and therefore afoul of our rules about accounts only being for one user? I can see a few cases where you've declined to block in similar circumstances, and I don't understand the logic for letting them lie when, for example, "Juiceentertainment" has just been blocked on these grounds.

—me_and 14:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T: template redirects

Hi, you participated in Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 October 20#T:ITNBOX and other Template redirects, some of which I have relisted at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November_18#T:WPTECH. Please come along and share your thoughts .. ;-) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable Source and Link Deletion

Hi Daniel. I posted on Ronz's page regarding the links I placed and the links I still see making their way on wikipedia. The kind of links allowed to stay on wikipedia are confusing me with the term reliable source !!! Please check my talk here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ronz#Your_link_deletion_strategy Thank you. --UpalC (talk) November 21, 2013 (IST)

A longer block

Hey Daniel, I was thinking that User: Shoka1234 deserves a longer block due to this comment, the user was blocked for personal attacks and harassment before, and frankly the user frequently violates WP:V and probably deserved a longer block then 12 hours from the beginning. Its all on your opinion though. STATic message me! 04:12, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I mean it is one thing to call names to another editor, but to tell two editors to "kill themselves" is a bit extreme to me, people that are going to say those type of things frankly do not belong here, in my opinion. But I will message the blocking admin. Regards, STATic message me! 04:54, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:CleanOceanProject requesting unblock

Hello Daniel. Could you take another look at the unblock rationale that this user provided and indicate what more he can do? He has already selected a non-promotional username, and his unblock seems to be saying he'll abide by our policies if unblocked. The only thing he didn't mention was notability. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:08, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your DYK nomination of Eduard Pernkopf

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OTRS issue

An issue has been raised via OTRS regarding an image you added: File:Fair Lawn, Cold Spring, NY.jpg

The homeowner may be offering to provide a replacement image. They are making that offer to you. I offered to arrange to upload and deal with the permission, but I want to know if you would object to a replacement photo and/or want to be involved.--S Philbrick (Talk) 16:48, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to see this deletion request I filed.--S Philbrick (Talk) 17:58, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Continuous spamming of Kolkatafootball.com

I would like to draw your attention on a certain URL that is spamming Wikipedia since 2007. For reference please check... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Jul_2#Spamming_of_http:.2F.2Fspam.kolkatafootball.com

The placement of this link has not stopped even after multiple warnings. For reference please check...

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kfdc

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:59.93.194.3

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:59.93.208.153

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:59.93.212.214

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:59.93.243.205

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:122.163.79.233

Recently the same spam is being repeated by a new range of IP on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_derby (may be on other articles as well which I did not verify) and these IPs are...

1. 14.99.33.169

2. 14.96.106.55

Can you please provide a way out to stop this continuous spam of a certain link from various IPs ? Thank you. --UpalC (talk) November 27, 2013 (IST) —Preceding undated comment added 18:11, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#User_Upalc may shed some light on this. --Ronz (talk) 16:16, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

UAA issue

Since I've talked with you in the past about the UAA list, I thought I'd turn to you in this case. Another admin was clearing out the UAA list and removed two (1 and 2) [potentially] offensive names because of their lack of edits. I've not seen any other admin have this policy, nor is it mentioned anywhere in the guidelines or on TW. I understand why we have this policy for promo names, but it seems unreasonable to patently disregard offensive usernames because of their lack of edits. Indeed, I've seen many usernames be hard blocked for offensiveness without any edits. As I've explained to the admin, my issue is not with the ruling of offensiveness, it's the removal of the names due to lack of edits (instead of a UAA|no and it being left on the board for others to see and possible discuss). I just request that a second opinion on this issue. Thank you for your time. EvergreenFir (talk) 22:50, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Eduard Pernkopf

On 28 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eduard Pernkopf, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that anatomist Eduard Pernkopf, who expelled Jewish faculty from the University of Vienna medical school after the Anschluss, was later given space by a Jewish physician to finish his anatomical atlas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eduard Pernkopf. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Nikkimaria (talk) 08:03, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Avoidance of a block

An IP editor that you blocked today is avoiding his block and being disruptive on Talk:Kleargear. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:02, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Persistent Alvin and the Chipmunks vandal again

Daniel, please could you investigate this disruptive user who persistently puts unsourced / unhelpful material about "Alvin and the Chipmunks" into articles about songs. You previously issued a block against the user, but whenever the anonymous IP user is blocked, he or she just comes back again under a different IP address.

Over a sustained long period of time, the amount of disruption that he or she has caused to articles is huge.

97.86.5.61 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Then evaded block by coming back as:

198.246.7.69 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Has come back recently as:

68.186.161.55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

If I report him or her to "Administrator intervention against vandalism", I may possibly be told by Admin that not enough warnings have been issued against the latest IP address 68.186.161.55. But the problem is that he or she continually does this under different IP addresses and evades blocks in this way.

The IP user's persistent disruptive edits in my view now merit a long-range IP block. Otherwise this will carry on indefinitely and continue to damage the Wikipedia community. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 20:54, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel,

Thank you for your reply. I have now reported this issue to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 21:50, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AN

I didn't mention your name. I didn't even point to the specific example that triggered my post, but just in case someone ties the topic to our "conversation", I thought I should give you a heads up. My guess is my questions will go nowhere, anyway, but I'm a glutton for punishment.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:21, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Thanks

Daniel, thanks for reaching out re: the revenge porn article and for creating/adding the Wiktionary entry! I was only able to dedicate the time and resources to working on the article because I pitched it as a Directed Research project to my law school. It's going up for evaluation soon and I would be honored if you or User:Jayen466 looked through the article - it's gone through a lot of changes - and improvements! - since it was first evaluated in October. Thanks again. - Amphiggins (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:29, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment

Hi, Daniel. I'm just wondering how a section about how to get around the accident is germane to the article. Doesn't WP:NOTTRAVEL still apply? Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that information comes directly under WP:NOTTRAVEL, at least not based on the examples given there (putting in the MTA's phone number or URL and telling people to call for information would be closer to what I think that's intended to exclude). In any invent I didn't phrase it as a direct how-to for that reason, as well.

But I think that how the two railroads—including the one whose train did not derail—responded to the accident in terms of guaranteeing service to their riders is useful information, for comparison purposes if nothing else should something similar happen in the future. We did, after all, find Sandy's effect on the city's transportation network notable enough to have a section on (and that's sort of how that section of the derailment article should read once this is all safely in the past). Daniel Case (talk) 22:55, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Although it may not come under WP:NOTTRAVEL, saying "The next day, the first regular business day back from the Thanksgiving holiday, it restored limited service as far south as Yonkers, three stations north of where the derailment occurred. From there riders were advised to take a shuttle bus to the Van Cortlandt Park—242nd Street subway station, the northern terminus of the 1 service into Manhattan and Penn Station, where they could take the 42nd Street Shuttle to Grand Central, the usual southern terminus of the Hudson Line," is basically answering the question "How do you get from Yonkers to Penn Station on the day after the crash?"

These can be interpreted by some as travel directions for the commute on Monday, and they were not under WP:NOTTRAVEL because you added that text today. By contrast, Sandy's effects on transport were just that—effects on transport. So, your text was not exactly travel directions; however, they sounded like they were. Epicgenius (talk) 23:59, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You got it. If I had written that as more of an explicit how-to, as something like "travelers can take a shuttle bus from Yonkers to ...", then it would fall afoul of NOTTRAVEL. A description of a process can sometimes be read as instructive (See French press#Preparation, for instance—you could derive instructions for how to make coffee that way just from that section. And then you could literally see the accompanying video of me making coffee that way, in case the text wasn't enough. Daniel Case (talk) 06:38, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, got it. Epicgenius (talk) 13:21, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Contegosecurity

You left the block notice for this account, but didn't block the account, so I went ahead and blocked it. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:01, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Username policy/RFC

This just went live. Because you are one of, if not the most active admin at UAA it may feel as if this RFC is out to "get" you, and so I wanted to make sure to tell you that all I am looking for here is consensus. I appreciate your efforts at UAA and respect that you have principles and stand by them, even if I do not always agree with your stance. And of course your participation in this discussion would be desirable. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:40, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Block

Hi, you blocked Petercapaldi12 for impersonating a living person, but I am not sure if you have seen here, where upon your request, the user requested a change of username as you suggested. Thanks, Mat ty.007 17:15, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sock tip

Hi, I see you were the one who (correctly) declined an unblock request on the User:Roma-borisov account and noted his Google-translate command of English. For future reference, I quite clearly explained things for him in his native Russian and he explicitly indicated his understanding (see here and here). ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

Which were you trying to belittle with: "Fortunately for Wikipedia you seem to be in a distinct minority." me? Or Wikipedia's minorities? Bellerophon _{talk to me} 15:40, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

On 8 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Murder of Sherri Rasmussen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, in 2009, Los Angeles police detectives investigating a 23-year-old murder found that the killer was a fellow detective? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Sherri Rasmussen. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:17, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar doesn't even nearly do this justice, so I'll just say a colossal congratulations on your 550th. Your capacity for content creation is enviable! Best, AGK [•] 20:47, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weird unblock situation

Could you please check User talk:Spookymarinara? There's no block log, but the user's requesting an unblock, and the comments by Kuru show that it's related to your block and message at User talk:76.219.77.159. I can't see the connexion between the account and the IP address; if you have any idea what's going on, I would appreciate your help. Nyttend (talk) 03:00, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay; I misunderstood and thought that Kuru had copied something from the IP's talk to the user's talk. Nyttend (talk) 03:59, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Library Survey

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Username for attention

Dual-reported on the usernames for admin attention board: JosephSmithMarriedA14yearOldGirl (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) - I see an immediate do-something situation but I don't handle the username reviews often, and you do, so ... Please take a look as rapidly as you can. Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 23:31, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

UAA names that seem okay

User talk:9harshit3

I noticed that you tagged the above name as possibly inappropriate. Obviously, as an admin, you could have just blocked. I'm guessing that you tagged to see what they'd say before making a decision. So, if they never reply, what's the plan? I'm asking this to get feedback so I know how to handle these when they sit for a week or so.

Also, on ones that seem okay, when removing the category, I'm thinking of dropping a note to let the tagger and the user know that it's resolved. Please feel free to comment or modify: User:Anna Frodesiak/White sandbox

Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:04, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Unblock of Barffff97

Hi Daniel, Barffff97 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has requested unblock. I've declined it because their requested username is taken, but do you have an objection to me unblocking if they present an acceptable username. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:12, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:MagicalUniverse

Hi Daniel. Any objections to my proposed unblock of this user (assuming they pick another username)? Yunshui 雲‍水 08:46, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

His response has allayed my concerns - your thoughts? Yunshui 雲‍水 19:15, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case: Just bringing this thread back to your attention. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:10, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Greyrootsarchives unblock request

Hi Daniel, do you have any objection to me unblocking User:Greyrootsarchives to allow them to request a rename? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And while I have this section here, User:Peoplestrustinsurance as well? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:00, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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A disruptive user

User DVdm has reverted at least 20 of my 60 or more edits without cause. He has done it twice now despite a normal warning from me, from my talk page, user Speling12345. Each of his 20 or so edits is listed under 'm' for minor. A special counter at DVdm's talk page brags about being vandalized 83 times, so perhaps user DVdm is a consistent problem case on Wikipedia. This is not a vandalism concern. I had wanted to contact an administrator directly. What is the administrator suggestion? Speling12345 (talk) 10:07, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for your work on perp walk and for turning conversations into opportunities for developing WP:WikiProject Fashion. As always you are awesome. Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:41, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Verbatim Verbatum

Verbatum seems to be in the spell-check dictionary for Article Namespace but not Talk Namespace. Surprising. Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 22:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New Coke

Since New Coke is your personal project, could you ask another person to review your deletion of my external link ? Harlem Shake (song) and Flashblock footnotes keep getting deleted, are these content disputes ? Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 23:10, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Oversighter comments requested

On ANI regarding Washington Court House, Ohio. A sometimes-slow, sometimes-fast edit war has been going on since October at least, and I've just protected the page and created an ANI thread ("Unfamiliar admin needed") about it. Several of the earlier edits on the subject have been partly oversighted; could you check them and offer your opinion (if appropriate) of whether any oversighted material would be relevant to the discussion? The edits in question are this one and the three after it. Thanks as always for the assistance. Nyttend (talk) 13:16, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the input. I should have let you know that the case had been resolved; sorry to put you to extra work. Nyttend (talk) 03:57, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal greetings

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User:DipanjanMADPLAYHOUSE

Hello Daniel, I reported this username few days back and you did comment that it "maybe" an exceptional case of "Mark at Alcoy". This report hung on there for like two or three days and it was removed with an edit summary "No immediate admin action needed".I expected Admin action there though. I am well aware of WP:ISU and I place WP:UCS over any other guidelines. Is Mark allowed to add spam links about Alcoy, just because his username has "Mark" in it?Had his username been "Alcoy Inc", he would have been blocked immediately. DO we expect helpful contribution from Mark? or Dipanjan in this case?? I don't think so... This username is here just for promotion regardless of their prefix or suffix. Using common sense is also an "accepted guideline" at Wikipedia. Sooner or later this guy will come again and will add spam links to the article, he has been doing so and we can't block him cuz he falls under "Mark at Alcoy" exception. I am contacting you cuz I believe this case was taken very lightly, no consensus was reached and report was removed. Regards and Happy New Year :) Hitro talk 20:30, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year Daniel Case!

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Darkknight68 may have just admitted to being Safwwefe

Looks to me like with this edit, Darkknight68 just admitted to being Safwwefe. I would strongly oppose an unblock, if only because you can't just threaten a head of state and just come back like nothing happened. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 00:32, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's a cluster headache party

Thanks for reviewing the unblock request. However, now it looks like we have an external canvassing issue - see that person's talk page again, and now another account has popped up (using Fox News as a reference, for God's sake - I'm taking that out now and advising them about MEDRS). Have you ever handled a situation like this before? Should I take it to AN/I? (I have to admit being hesitant to do that, because I will almost certainly get shouted at for blocking the first account myself.) Sigh. — Scott • talk 17:35, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Seethisway

Hi David, I've opened a sockpuppet investigation that might be of some interest to you since you are in an unblocking discussion with this user.LM2000 (talk) 22:50, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel*. Must've put both contacts in the same eye today.LM2000 (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Block

Hi there, I see you didn't remove the block for "BenHA624". I put in a sockpuppet investigation for that user today Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BenHA624. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:27, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re:User:Sobienpan

Thanks for your message. Sure, anybody is allowed to do whatever he likes at his own talkpage - it just shows that Sobienpan does not even try to discuss or explain his edits (the massremoval of content). HerkusMonte (talk) 21:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Secaucus Transfer Concourse sculpture.jpg

I have an image of this same concourse, except the field of view is much larger, to an extent that I don't feel the "focus" of the image is necessarily the sculpture. That being said, do you think the image would still be considered non-free? Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Welcometomyass

The userpage gives me pause, but given your comment on his talkpage I've unblocked the guy. Might be worth keeping an eye on... Yunshui 雲‍水 08:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Revision deletion request

Hey, is it possible you could delete this revision made by an IP? I think anybody would agree it's pretty weird. Survivorfan1995 (talk) 23:49, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Line: Winter 2013


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Weidenhammer Packaging Group

There's no way this needs a fundamental rewrite to be made encyclopaedic. It needs a little bit of a copyedit, to be sure, but it falls well short of any reasonable G11. You should undelete it, so it can be cleaned up, properly referenced, etc. (And adding good references in this case is surprisingly easy). Wily D 14:45, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notability was not well established in the article, but a couple seconds on Google puts any concerns to rest. It really is a multinational company with a quarter billion euros a year in sales [3], so it's not surprising. One could debate the semantics of what's an assertion of significance, but it's quite straightforward to fix it up to clearly meet WP:N. Wily D 15:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

::So is this the way CSD works? A company creates its own article in clear COI. The article is clearly A11 & G11 but because another editor makes a vague claim of notability the CSD is removed and the article is essentially left in its original state as written by the company but with a few tags added which no one will likely address. So the COI author successfully places their advertised company on WP. Leaky Caldron 15:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. Wily D 15:35, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dump months

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Category:Fashion films

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Open space disambiguation

No problem. When I was doing those, I was thinking that for many, there were several 'correct' choices. So I did not see any harm in choosing one. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:57, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that when you are doing a dab, you are looking at the contents of the dab page. So adding a picture in an article does not help in that case. If I'm not able to find something that I think could be right, I'll mark it as needing disambiguation. However that cleanup list is backlogged to June 2011 now that October 2008 (yep I have the right year) was just completed. I guess my comment about where help would work is on the dab page. Something to make the dab page pop other links. In thinking about what you have said, I wonder if public space is the most common of these and should be listed at the top. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:09, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for the unblock. Yes I seem to be experiencing collateral damage due to that actions of someone with the same ISP (as far as I can see a whole lot of subscribers share the same IP address. Not 100% sure how it works). It was a bit like coming home to find all the locks on the house have been changed by the insurance company! Thank you also for the suggestion to request IPBE. I have read the relevant guidelines but I can't quite figure how/where to request it. So if you could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful. Lozleader (talk) 20:49, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it happened again.... any news on the IPBE thing (i did mention it on an unblock request ticket yesterday but no idea if anyone read that). Lozleader (talk) 10:51, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Saturday: NYC Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon

Please join Wikipedia "Art and Feminism Editathon" @ Eyebeam on Saturday February 1, 2014,
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There are also regional events that day in Brooklyn, Westchester County, and the Hudson Valley.
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Jacobliz

Based on this, perhaps talk page access should also be removed? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:12, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been done. Daniel Case (talk) 18:20, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your unblock decline

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ArtAndFeminism

Hi Daniel Case, I am writing up a story on the ArtAndFeminism meetups from last week for In the Media in this week's Signpost, and was wondering if you could give a brief comment on how it went/future plans with it/success or failure/etc. I am pinging several users in hopes that one will reply by the deadline, which is likely some time tonight. Thanks in advance. Go Phightins! 19:43, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Essentially, I am looking for a comment from one or two participants (you can email me via the special email user function, or simply gophightins_wiki

verizon.net, or post on my talk page, whatever is easiest for you). Questions:

Why are efforts to improve the gender gap pertinent and important to the future of Wikipedia?
How did this edit-a-thon successfully (or unsuccessfully) contribute to the overarching goal of improving the gender gap?
Did the edit-a-thon that you attended achieve any other goals, such as attracting new editors?
Are future events of this nature planned?
Thanks, Daniel! Go Phightins! 21:18, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The email didn't come through ... did you send it through the email address above, or EmailUser? Go Phightins! 03:14, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks! Go Phightins! 03:22, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Admiral Clarey Bridge

I see that you write a lot about bridges and historic sites. I'm not the best writer and I was looking for some help with putting a good bridge article together. There is lots of information available and I've also made contact with one of the Engineers on the original project who is also a Wikipedian. Would you be interested in helping me with this project?--v/r - T P 19:46, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, are you available to help me with this or should I look elsewhere?--v/r - T P 02:48, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm a little speechless. :) I find it amusing that they just realized that they are blocked. Anyway. I guess I don't really object at this point. But on the other hand, I think they should have a short leash at first. Though it's interesting. I'm not sure that they would be blocked today for what they did in 2005. Woohookitty (talk) 07:06, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User SylviaPekararnold

Hi Daniel. I debated about taking this to WP:UAA but elected to talk to you directly instead. The user SylviaPekararnold is a new account editing Phi Gamma Nu, a fraternity founded by an identically-named Sylvia Pekar Arnold... in 1924. I searched for an obituary but couldn't find anything definitive. I suppose it's possible that she's still alive, and is a spry centenarian editing under her WP:REALNAME, but those are slim odds. Is this strong enough (circumstantial) evidence of WP:IMPERSONATE? --Drm310 (talk) 03:00, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Revisiting the edits of a hopping IP

Hi Daniel Case, I'm dropping you a line re: this report [4], and have also sought assistance at AIV, as well as having begun a thread at Drmies' talk page. Last year you blocked one of this user's IPs for a few months; they've returned for, essentially, more of the same. At this point I'm not sure whether to request page protection for the lot of articles again, or keep playing whack-a-mole with these accounts. Your thoughts welcome. Thanks, JNW (talk) 15:40, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Racistraccoon24

I've responded on the usernames requests for admin attention page. How is this username not blatantly offensive and disruptive? It contains the word "racist" followed by an ethnic slur.Hoops gza (talk) 22:02, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:krishnaballesh

Hey - can you expand a bit more on why this user was blocked? I'm not understanding.--v/r - T P 07:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle

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User:Pharrell Williams

Hi Daniel. This is obviously not the real multi-millionaire musician. The Black Sabbath comment on the talkpage reminds me of the sockmaster behind accounts like User:Black Sabbath's hugest fan and others. INeverCry 01:08, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Featured lists

Have you ever considered working on a featured list related to the Supreme Court? List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court and similar articles, assuming they are comprehensive, would essentially just need a decent lede to meet the criteria (maybe the date the decision was passed and decision ratio, but that's personal style more than anything). Mt. Healthy is good work, and (here comes the ulterior motive) the main page could use more Law. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can keep part of it black, and just link them as they are written, if you want. I did that with the List of films of the Dutch East Indies (current version, promoted version). Of course, it is entirely up to you how to best approach the subject. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:04, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle

On 17 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that E. Gordon Gee says Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. Doyle is the first time the U.S. Supreme Court allowed an action to continue despite finding the First Amendment was violated? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Template:Did you know nominations/Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board report on mass surveillance

Daniel, since wikilink- or template-based pings don't work from DYK nomination templates (or anywhere else within template space), I wasn't sure whether you'd seen Wnt's response to your review of this nom. If you can respond there, that would be great. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:38, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your block of User:CHouse1889

While this user name certainly referred to the organization, and the account was editing that organization's article, the name doesn't seem to me to clearly violate WP:USERNAME, more of a borderline case. Given that I posted to that effect at WP:UAA, I think you might have discussed the matter before blocking. DES ^(talk) 23:27, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Starwars35

The user's only edit is vandalism with a misleading summary, but how is it a blatant violation of username policy? Peter James (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Apply for a user check

I apply to check whether user Kamakatsu (talk) is another ID of user Banzaiblitz (talk). Banzaiblitz uses lots of IDs in different article and now for talk page of Nanking Massacre, there is a new ID to support Banzaiblitz. This new ID was registered today and claim he is not Banzaiblitz.
Hence, I apply to a user check. Thank you.Miracle dream (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2014‎ Hence, where to apply for a user check? I see you are an administrator. Can you administer the discussion of Nanking Massacre in its talk page? This discussion is totally mess. I hope there is at least two administrator to administer it for fair. Miracle dream (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2014‎
It is really a mess and endless discussion if no administrator to manage it. I hope at least two administrator to manage this. There will be no result to make everyone satisfy. I hope there is a vote which is managed by administrator. Otherwise, this discussion will be endless. Everyone is wasting their time. Miracle dream (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2014‎

Jllproductions

Hello Daniel. You may recall that Jllproductions (talk · contribs) was blocked under our user name policy. In October you unblocked the account so the operator could request a user name change. However, it appears the user name was never changed, and they are continuing to edit article space with the Jllproductions account. As you were the unblocking admin perhaps you could take action on this…? —Psychonaut (talk) 12:26, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pitkin County

The most basic issue is that the massive pile of citations actually runs the risk of taking the documentation away from the official standards. Barring errors such as typos, data in NRIS are the standards, and any conflicts between the old listing pages are the results of documentation updates/status changes/etc. by the NPS. This is the whole reason that we have the citation at the top of the table (citation #4 as of the diff in question), since it's the source for everything in the column. Everything in these tables is supposed to be derived from NRIS, except for things presented with citations to other sources: names (which don't use en-dashes, by the way), listing dates, verbal locations, coordinates, and cities are all solely dependent on NRIS and mustn't be changed unless we find an error or unless we provide alternate documentation, e.g. some other source gives the location of a site that's restricted by NPS. Nyttend (talk) 04:11, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar

You are a very busy admin. Your mop certainly tells the tail - I think you may want to get a new one. You've helped keep Wikipedia clean - sometimes so clean I thought it sparkled! Keep it sparkling and I may need to wear sunglasses from now on - but the good thing is vandals will be blinded as soon as they enter! Hey, not a bad idea! Here's a barnstar for hard-work - and hey, there's a new mop on it! K6ka (talk | contribs) 00:55, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding edit summaries

Dan, I seem to recall there being an option that allows one to write extended edit summaries if there's a lot of MOS this and WP that that needs to be conveyed. Do you or any of your (talk page stalker)s know how to do this? Radiopathy •talk• 01:14, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

Hi Daniel. I've unblocked User:Bruuce Spriingsteen since he's selected a new username - just letting you know. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:43, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rock Lawn and Carriage House

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Orlady (talk) 19:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He's baaaack

As if it could be any more dramatic or verbose, a sock you're familiar with has taken it up several notches. I'm not requesting any action from you (the outcome is inevitable), but thought you might be interested. User_talk:John_Mayor_ERS. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:00, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked user socking

Dcelano (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is the blocked account and
DanielCelanoRocks (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is the sock. Radiopathy •talk• 18:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District

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Username policy

You rejected the entry for NationWideMusicAssociaton at WP:UAA because it is "Not a blatant violation of the username policy". Doesn't WP:ORGNAME explicitly forbid the use of usernames that are the names of organizations? Am I reading that policy incorrectly? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A repeat vandal

Hi Daniel – you blocked 78.32.196.49 for 48 hours yesterday. It's a repeat vandal with an identifiable editing pattern, mostly using dynamic BT addresses, which he will come back to if the block is short (see 86.157.182.246 for instance). He's been around since at least last October and I've been issuing month-long blocks when I catch him on BT to avoid this behaviour (e.g. 86.147.44.132) – I think the same should be done for this Entanet address (possibly longer as it may well be a fixed IP). Happy to extend the block myself, but wanted to notify you first as a matter of courtesy. —SMALL JIM 14:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An RfC that you may be interested in...

As one of the previous contributors to {{Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!

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Nazario Moreno González

Hey, Daniel. Turns out that Nazario Moreno González (article that you reviewed for GA) was actually alive all this time, and now he's finally dead. Thanks again for the GA review! Happy editing. ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 16:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Unblock request

I was clearing through some backlogs, and noticed that there's a 23 day old unblock request at User talk:Barnwikitim which you had last dealt with. Since you seem to be most recently familiar with the case, could you either close or act on that request, so it stops showing up at CAT:UNB? Thanks! --Jayron32 13:57, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oscar bait

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Well, thank you for the article Victuallers (talk) 16:04, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District

On 18 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, in a unanimous decision in 1979, the U.S. Supreme Court held that complaints by a teacher that her principal described as "petty and unreasonable demands" were protected free speech? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Thoughts re: NYartreview

Hi Daniel Case; I'm concerned that a user you've blocked, NYartreview (talk · contribs), may be closely associated with several WP:SPA users weighing in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jorge Azar. Perhaps there's not much point in pursuing this yet, but it has my attention. Thanks, JNW (talk) 12:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've opened a report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NYartreview. JNW (talk) 14:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hello

I have no idea what is going on Tharunu (talk) 07:50, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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RE: Wiki Project Fashion - Karl Templer

Hi Daniel

I wanted to contact you about creating a page for british-born stylist and creative director of Interview magazine Karl Templer. I have been trying to create a page for him for a few weeks now but I keep running into technical difficulties.

I have cited the book Stylist: Interpreters of Fashion by Sarah Mower and Style.com as sources along with a feature in the New York Times.

Please follow the link to my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Freemans_land/sandbox

I would truly appreciate any assistance you can offer in getting this page up an running. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freemans land (talk • contribs) 12:04, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Freemans land (talk) 12:31, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:RMP2014

I have left a message for you at User talk:RMP2014#Blocked. Please respond there. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Virgin EMI

Hi, I notice the block message at User talk:Virgin EMI you added. Am I correct that they are still free to edit talk pages (article and user talk). They had indicated an interest in donating at least one more free image. Also, I had said (thinking it's true) that they are allowed to comment on the talk page of an article (namely Kiesza), but couldn't dictate content. I would like to know there's a manner by which they can communicate. While article subjects should never edit their own article, they're often the only or best source of images. --Rob (talk) 02:59, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They already have two user names, the other one is User:Astrid Bulmer, which is the first one used. --Rob (talk) 03:14, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category sockpuppet

Out of interest, can you point me at the context behind this opaque suspected sockpuppet block? I AIV'd an editor who was making the same edits again a couple of days ago, but I could only provide a vague explanation of the backstory. --McGeddon (talk) 12:46, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Block of User:Beastra

(Note: I'd drafted this before I'd seen Daniel's note above that he will be away for a week. I'm posting it anyway in case he has a chance to see it, or so that he'll see it when he comes back, or perhaps someone else will comment.)

On skimming the requests-for-unblock category I came across the request by Beastra. You blocked this account for "spamming" back in September. I've checked the contributions (there are no deleted contributions) and as far as I can see on-wiki, the "spamming" consisted of one edit. In that edit, the user added a link to the BLP of a notable but lesser-known writer, linking to an interview of that writer contained in the editor's personal blog.

Unless I have missed something, I am not sure that this edit is fairly categorized as "spam." We obviously don't want editors whose purpose on-wiki is to add or spam links to their own sites, but the linked blog post was an interview with the BLP subject herself. The link was a useful contribution to the article especially given that all of the other sources were several years old. I am not certain that adding this single link to the article constituted a policy violation. While it might have been better practice to propose the link on the talkpage, this is a lesser-trafficked article and there can be no assurance that such a suggestion would have received a timely response.

More importantly, the single "spam" edit was the user's very first edit. There was no reason to assume that she was familiar with our policies concerning spamming or COI editing. After Xlinkbot reverted the link (presumably because of "Wordpress" in the URL) and advised the editor of the relevant policy and guideline pages, she did not add the link again or do anything else inappropriate. (In fact, she didn't make any other edits at all.) I appreciate that you are active in protecting the project from nuisances and threats such as spammers, but based on this very limited history I would not have blocked.

In any event, the user has now posted an unblock request and, in response to Jpgordon's initial unblock denial, has confirmed that she will not add further cites to her personal blog. Thus, I hope you don't object to her being unblocked now. Thanks and regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:31, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

UE Boom

Hello, I have seen your comments at AfD for conspiracy theories of Malaysian flight and have noted all of them as highly enlightening, to the extent that I have voted "strong keep". (And that is the reason I have decided to approach you.)

I'm a native Russian speaker and my knowledge of English may not be perfect. Could you please check the article "UE Boom" and help to improve it? I have modeled it after HTC One (GA), however I'm concerned about English grammar, article's structure and maintaining NPOV. Thank you. Dmatteng (talk) 18:07, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Batman v. Commissioner

On 1 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Batman v. Commissioner, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Batman once sued the Commissioner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Batman v. Commissioner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Thanks for making April 1st special Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

US Route 9

I nominated the US Route 9 article in NY as a good article. Even if it doesn't get accepted, the reviewer can give some critique on it. If you wish for me to remove the nomination, I will.

PointsofNoReturn (talk) 21:46, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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AIV req

Hi, Daniel, could you see this request? The HBC AIV bot removes it, because it doesn't pick up on the talk page issue, and thinks your prior block covered it. If I'm out of line, let me know, but this just looks like a serial vandalism-only IP editor trying to cover tracks. Thanks. TJRC (talk) 18:47, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A Question.

Since you know more about this than I do. Can I remove the unblock request thing? Or is there like a thing where you have to wait to remove it? Thanks in advance. Tinfoilboy (talk) 17:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:24.239.124.140 Block

Hi there, it appears the above IP address you blocked for Edit Warring made no edits after being warned. Usually, that results in waiting for another edit before they're blocked. And so I am curious as to your reasoning for going ahead with the block, especially after the article was semi-protected. He also seems to have attempted an unblock request with less than stellar results: User talk:24.239.124.140. Thanks! Greedo 8 19:07, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion

Would you see if you'd like to close this discussion? Radiopathy •talk• 23:36, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A question

I'm not to sure what to do here the page at User:Brody_Abdulkadir/Nabil_Abdulkadir is fine, but the edit history is an attack. So, I thought I'd ask an admin. Whispe ring 16:54, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. Whispe ring 17:37, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Sherri Rasmussen

I don't agree with the first change, but if MOS says it I don't care enough to go to war with it. ;)
Your second change, I understand. I figured that was why it was the way it was in the first place, but I went with my gut and "fixed" it. From here, the article is out of my hands, and there wasn't much to even do with it in the first place. All I tried to do was spruce it up a bit and possibly help give assurance that it might be ready for GA at the least by this point, but others more knowledgeable are more than welcome to improve on it if I couldn't. Lazy Bastard Guy 01:46, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, do you think I went a bit overboard with my request to fix anything whose meaning I might have accidentally changed by trying to make something coherent out of it? Could my copyedit have been more in depth as BabbaQ apparently claims it could have? I feel insulted by being accused of making an incomplete effort here, but I can't fix what isn't broken and the rest of the article looked good to me. I only made mention of this because this was a fairly recent event (and as you imply it is still ongoing, what with Lazarus' appeal) and I would not want to accidentally skew the article in any way. Thanks. Lazy Bastard Guy 01:57, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Danv245

Thank you for taking care of this. Now I would like to suggest hiding the user's edits.Hoops gza (talk) 02:16, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was not aware whether there is a policy for this. Also, is there a central place on Wikipedia to make such requests? I thought it was worse considering they appear at the tops of the pages.Hoops gza (talk) 02:21, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Bliss RfC

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Revert question

Hi Daniel, I previously asked a question about 1RR on abortion related pages that I'm still not clear on. The question involves conduct policy, after the initial revert, with respect to further general editing on that same page. For example, If I revert the contribution of an editor, and then that revert is later reverted by another editor, and then I don’t touch it again, I leave that editor’s contribution exactly as is, but within that same 24 hour period, I edit content from another uninvolved editor, is that a violation of the 1RR? I’d like to be clear on this policy so I don’t accidently violate it. BoboMeowCat (talk) 15:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock of OGmuthafkkinDoc

Hi Daniel. Just a note to let you know that I've unblocked this user, since he'd chosen an appropriate new username. All the best, Yunshui ^雲 _水 07:32, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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UE Boom (2)

Daniel Case, the article has been significantly changed (hopefully improved). I'm still interested in your opinion. Dmatteng (talk) 18:43, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting...

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Unblock request (maybe?)

Hi Daniel. I think this user made an unblock request [5] but they kept it surrounded by HTML comment tags, so it's invisible. Not sure if that was a mistake or intentional. --Drm310 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LAByrinth Theater Company deletion

Could you please undelete this article? The text was fairly lousy, but it's a very notable theatrical operation, covered regularly in the New York Times, for example [6] -- in the last year, at least mentioned on a weekly basis. I just missed the opportunity to object to deletion. Thanks. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 21:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock on hold

Hello, Daniel. I have placed an unblock request on hold at User talk:Moriah-Torchlight. You placed a spamusername block. Username problem - certainly; spam - not yet, though it may be that was the intended purpose. Anyway, the editor is now saying that he does not intend to promote, and I can see no reason for not assuming good faith. Any opinion? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:26, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Waterbury (Metro-North station)

User talk:Efb91 is proposing a merge of Waterbury (Metro-North station) into Waterbury Union Station. I just thought you'd like to know, since I remember you splitting the Metro-North station off. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 05:39, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion declined: Raj English School

Hello Daniel Case. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Raj English School, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to schools. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 16:27, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I'd forgotten that. I have renominated under G11. Daniel Case (talk) 19:31, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Raj English School

Hello Daniel Case. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Raj English School, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. Thank you. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 21:00, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did PROD it though. Couldn't find much out there. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:13, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delius

Thank you for your thoughtful comments on the article talk page. There is unanimity from those who have looked in that you are right, and I have added a sentence accordingly. It's this sort of collaborative exchange that makes Wikipedia such a pleasure to work in (and enhances its value to readers, too). Best wishes, Tim riley (talk) 17:41, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Kaincolter

Hello, Daniel. Why did you only give this user a 24 hour block? It impersonates the real person, Kain Colter. It's also clearly a vandalism-only account. I thought that these things are not allowed?Hoops gza (talk) 02:31, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Fcosta23

Dear Daniel,

on March 28th I wrote to this talk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cern_open_source Do you know roughly when it could be taken care of? Was I wrong and supposed to write to somebody else or differently? Thank you. Fcosta23 (talk) 12:35, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Dongcheng District, Beijing

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Please change block of User:Jizzballs69

Hi. You blocked User:Jizzballs69 indefinitely, which is fine. However, subsequent to the block the account began using its talk page to attack people the person is apparently acquainted with. See account contributions. I dutifully reported this to WP:AIV [7], not remembering that the bot would remove entries where the account was blocked. Helperbot11 shortly thereafter removed the entry [8]. Could you please re-block this account with talk page access disabled? Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 15:55, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:07, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

166.205.55.32

Can you block the range from this IP because if he's back on just one IP he's probably back on a bunch of others? Mark Arsten blocked it in early January but he's not around anymore.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 15:59, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He's back and on a completely different range of unknown extent :(—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 00:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

74.3.0.0/17, 74.0.0.0/15, and 74.2.0.0/16 are all pretty big though.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 10:46, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah; we should probably get some consensus at AN or AN/I. Daniel Case (talk) 16:31, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I had a thread on ANI about him. Should still be there unless he found a new IP.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He did. This is apparently on a range DoRD blocked when running checkusers in February and it's definitely Wiki-star/Dragonron/etc on hat new IP.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

166.147.110.205 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) fits in that range too, doesn't it.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:52, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Official thread notification because I explicitly named you: WP:ANI#Wiki-star/Dragonron back.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:20, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He was editing from 166.147.123.43 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) today and a bunch of registered accounts. I think that second range should be blocked ASAP.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 14:21, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just spotted 166.147.111.158 (talk · contribs · WHOIS).—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 14:24, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Ryulong: Are those covered by the range Darkwind reblocked, or do we need a new range? Daniel Case (talk) 17:28, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's on that range but it's only blocked for 3 hours.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 17:36, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Ryulong: So we need to block the range again? Daniel Case (talk) 17:38, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It might be useful considering the block expires in ~15 minutes.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 17:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Ryulong: Alright, I tied it down for 2 weeks this time. Daniel Case (talk) 18:14, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Politics

Take a look at Soraya Post, Kristina Winberg and Peter Lundgren (politician). Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:18, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deepak Chaurasia

Can you please take a look at Deepak Chaurasia? You blocked an IP editor a couple days ago for adding copyvio, BLP violating material to that article. The editor is now editing again from a different IP address. He has restored the accusations of wrongdoing against the article subject but he's rewritten the text in his own words. I posted on WP:BLPN a few days ago but did not receive a reply. GabrielF (talk) 03:03, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment

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Block causes for TheLittleDuke remedied?

Since TheLittleDuke (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) got blocked, he has been engaging with people pretty civilly on his talk page. He has retracted the legal threats (on-Wiki retraction, deleted of tweets from Twitter) and is willing to accept mentoring.

Do you think an unblock is in order, either with the current restrictions or additional restrictions? I had thought for a topic ban from mentioning himself or his company in article space might be in order, but I think mentoring might be the better path forward to constructive editing. —C.Fred (talk) 02:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Bittergrey requesting unblock

Sarek's talk page is on my watchlist, so I noticed this unblock request. I've left a comment in that thread. Do you think it would be reasonable to notify the participants in WP:Requests for comment/Bittergrey? Though naturally they would tend to be opponents. Perhaps we should wait until User:SarekOfVulcan decides what to do. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 04:44, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Would you?

Would you be able to provide some insight at this discussion? You've always been a fair and just Administrator on Wikipedia, and I would love your input on the discussions given the support provided. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 18:02, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

this discussion too, Daniel! Please!. livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 00:48, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Astor

The Sunday Times article was published in 2006, not at the time of the events, and is available on archive.org[9]. I think all old pages such as this were redirected to the newspaper's main page when free access to the newspaper's articles was removed. Peter James (talk) 22:16, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page protection

Protection of your talk page appears to have been to deal with a short term problem of trolling, four years ago, and the "anon" appears to have been active on the site for [[Special:Contributions/84.198.197.223|less than two weeks]. Can the protection be removed now (or at least an expiry set) or is there something else not obvious from the relevant page and contribution histories? Peter James (talk) 22:16, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Bedford Road Historic District

On 5 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bedford Road Historic District, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Bedford Road Historic District (pictured) has been described as the first residential subdivision in Armonk, New York? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bedford Road Historic District. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Thanks, reviving memories of living in walking distance for a while ;) - How is nearest city defined? I would expect one in the same state. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Elm Conflict

Could you please take a look at this article as I have nominated it for DYK. For spelling, structure etc.. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:26, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance please!

Hello

Could you do me a favour please and keep an eye on user talk: Liamb Productions? I unblocked this user on 3rd June so they could request a username change. As the template didn't work for some reason on their userpage I emailed them to let them know and added the template once I could. However they still haven't changed their username or requested the change though they have edited. As I won't be around that much over the weekend could you please keep an eye on this user? 5 albert square (talk) 06:50, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Did you know nominations/Amawalk Friends Meeting House

This DYK nomination may be hung up because of an additional suggestion I made after approving it. I said it would be good to go either way, but it may be that the nomination promoters are waiting for that additional comment of mine to be resolved. Sorry, I didn't mean to gum up the works! --MelanieN (talk) 19:06, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

UAA - Ibsiadkgneoeb

Hi Daniel. Sorry, but I feel obliged to disagree strongly with you on this one - the fact that the (clearly intentional) insult had gone undetected for almost a year doesn't in any way excuse it. A username that is a direct insult towards a specific editor is simply not permissable, and given that this user began their editing career by reverting Bidgee and consequently engaged in slow but persistent wiki-hounding makes a coincidental spelling anomaly ridiculous. Normally I wouldn't block an account when another administrator had already deemed the name acceptable, but in this instance, I really don't think it can be allowed to stand. I've therefore blocked the account. Best wishes, Yunshui ^雲 _水 13:37, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Input required at WP:ANI

Hello. You might be interested in seeing the latest canonade of insults by the user who reverted me five times today when I tried to stop his genre warring habit he practices every day.--Retrohead (talk) 08:25, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

HELP

Retrohead has pushed me over the edge today with his constant bullying I did make them comments but that is only hours of going through false claims blockages and reverting me, he has falsified a claim at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring he has made 3 or 4 attempts to get me blocked and is now trying to rally people against me, Daniel can you please help this is causing me unneeded stress. Lukejordan02 (talk) 08:29, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

166.147.96.0/19

He's back.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:32, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ladbjfkkfekjbswdiwf

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	It looks like everybody is saying that the season is starting on July 1st now so i wasnt lieing i was just going off ultimatespidermanwikia Legoviking288 (talk) 22:57, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you

Thanks for lifting the block on my IP address!Schoolskater (talk) 16:29, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Development at Mabcommunity

Just an FYI, user is going to totally confused due to this rename. Mlpearc (open channel) 19:11, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for removing the block on my IP address. Sorry for my brother's disruptive editing. Have some bubble tea! Schoolskater (talk) 13:35, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Remove block template

Am I allowed to remove the block template from my Talk Page since you lifted my IP Address now? Thanks, Schoolskater (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Daniel

Hi Daniel, I have one request if any admin can help me out . A.Minkowiski^{_Lets t@lk} 13:51, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Alt account question

I want to make an alt account for my phone since whenever I log in on it, it seems to log me off on my laptop and vice versa. Is this considered a "legit" reason for an alt account? Ping me in reply. Cheers. EvergreenFir (talk) 23:20, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@EvergreenFir: Hmm. A number of admins have alt accounts without admin privileges (see User:Delldot on a public computer) for when they don't feel they can edit securely. Even though you're not an admin, though, I think you might have justification for tech reasons. But I'd ask somewhere else just to be on the safe side, and of course disclose this up front on the user page. Daniel Case (talk) 00:05, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I wasn't aware that it was just for admins. I'll ask another admin though! Thanks! EvergreenFir (talk) 01:44, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Amawalk Friends Meeting House

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Article review

Hi, I want to review the articles and drafts, I know my account is new but you can check my contributions. I added my name here but someone removed it. What should I do? These are my favorite fields to work in WP but not getting chance :( A.Minkowiski^{_Lets t@lk} 18:01, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

REQ: Talk page block

Hey DC, was wondering if you might consider a talk page block on user Yankeesjess82, as s/he keeps spamming her talk page with nonsense. [10] Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:44, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. You're welcome. Daniel Case (talk) 04:03, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet2014

Hi Daniel. I've unblocked this user to allow a username change - by the looks of things, they are interested in real-life sockpuppets, not the Wikipedia version. Just thought you'd like to know. Yunshui ^雲 _水 10:03, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Need your comment

Will you please share your thoughts at here if possible ? It is recently created article tagged for AfD. Which is completely one sided having no source plus one-sided attack on mainland Chinese tourists. Thank you A.Minkowiski^{_Lets t@lk} 13:43, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong block template?

Hey, Daniel, I see that you blocked Black60dragon for disruptive editing, but the notification template you used says its for vandalism. I don't recognize that template, but did you mean to use a different one? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:04, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just explained that to him—my block message has the real reason. I have used that template for a long time to indicate really long blocks—apparently it was recently edited by someone who made "vandalism" more prominent as the block reason. Daniel Case (talk) 16:10, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Arnitxe

Thank you. It is sort of a special case because the Cluebot report can be considered a false positive, in that it wasn't vandalism in the usual sense, but disruptive editing to push an unsourced POV. If the editor resumes the same pattern in four days, I will have to go to WP:AIN and ask for a ban. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, this talk page needs archiving. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lolly Wolly Doodle

On 2 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lolly Wolly Doodle, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, to help his wife Brandi grow her children's clothing company, Lolly Wolly Doodle, Will Temple learned how to monogram dresses and sew buttonholes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lolly Wolly Doodle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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User:Notavulgarusername

Hello, please take a look at this username when you have the chance to decide whether it should be blocked. I tried reporting to UAA, but the bot keeps removing it because the account is already blocked for 48 hours for edit warring. - Hoops gza (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Shitty Watercolour

You blocked Shitty Watercolour (talk · contribs) last year for having "shitty" in his username. User:Shitty Watercolour is the subject of the article Shitty Watercolour, which I created through AfC. After the article was accepted, I had asked him to create an account in order to upload some of his paintings to the Commons, so that I could add them to the article about him. Can he be unblocked without changing his username? Shitty Watercolour is his pseudonym, by which he is widely known - even the numerous sources in the article refer to him by that name.

Also pinging Bwilkins, who declined his unblock request, and also said that the Shitty Watercolour article didn't yet exist at that time - that can't be true because the article existed in articlespace before Shitty Watercolour created his account. Thanks. -- AlmostGrad (talk) 22:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request

MUFCLatest is requesting an unblock to change their username. Okay if I do it? All the best, Miniapolis 23:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

James Hall Office

Sorry about that; I was in my cups, but there was a spelling error which I have now corrected. Jodosma (talk) 07:30, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Block request

Could you please block User:I sniff Maria Sharapova's fanny?Rovine message 20:16, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore that, I was looking at some old edits from that user. Rovine message 20:19, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Microfortnights

Tried it for the equivalent time of 37 hours, got invalid expiry time. Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 06:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A cupcake for you!

I see you working so hard that you must be in need of an energy booster! SkaterLife (talk) 17:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hammond House/Wiknyc

Hi again Daniel,

I was glad to meet you last weekend at the Wiknyc. I recalled reading about the Hammond House, but I couldn't seem to recall what I did read. Looking back on it, I'm now rather interested, because you wrote that it was in Eastview, a once-hamlet that I wrote the article for, largely because I didn't exactly know what Eastview was before I started researching it. Most people just know of the area as "Eastview" and don't know anything about what it really was. Anyway, I wanted to mention that the Hammond House article is conflicting in its location; it seems to indicate that it's in Eastview as well as in nearby Hawthorne (it's mentioned on the Hawthorne article as well). I would consider moving the article to Hammond House (Eastview, New York) for accuracy; it appears to be much closer to where Eastview was/is. Also, I should ask - the house is less than ten minutes' drive from my own; would you like me to take more exterior photos? This season's probably better for it too. As well, would you perhaps mind helping with my Briarcliff article and/or its FA review?

Many thanks,

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	For pointing me to Realist2/Genre Warrior. Bearian (talk) 15:37, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promotional userspace

Hi Daniel Case. What is the criteria for a block under promotional username? Do they have to have edited articlespace? Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 19:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Worldmusicawardsuser

Thanks for turning down that ridiculous unblock request; the hubris they have had is unlike any other promo account I've ever seen. Nate • (chatter) 02:12, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Matter of dispute

I wanted to report AbhimanyuKheria as "promotional username" first, but it is not really violating username guidelines. If you look at the user page, it is clearly promotional but there are no links to any websites.

What can be done? OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 08:17, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also User:David Elliot (Stunt Man) OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 15:25, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Two usernames for you to look at

Special:Contributions/Nyg awesome - offensive
Special:Contributions/Google704 - promotional

- Hoops gza (talk) 02:37, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Serial IP-hopping genre warrior back from block

See this ANI for the background info. Current IP is 90.196.3.222. I've also reported them at AIV, but apparently, no one has seen the report yet. I noticed you were online, and they're at high-speed repeating the edits that got them blocked last time around. Any chance you can block them? AddWittyNameHere (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the mean time, I have also discovered an SPI related to them (here (SPI going back to 2011, mentions of the issue being at least a year older than that). For link between the two, see block-log of User:90.195.176.24) and believe that beyond just contacting their ISP, it's high-time for a formal community ban so that their edits can at least be rolled back on sight. Unfortunately, while highly recognizable for people who have dealt with them or read back on them (I fall into the latter category, or rather, remembered them from the ANI report last week), their edits are just that hair-breadth short of blatant enough that I feel uncomfortable doing so without a formal ban. As such, I intend to file a proposal for a community ban on the AN and am currently writing it. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 18:33, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It has been done before in the case of the German reference desk troll (LTA-report here). Might have been other cases, as well, but that's the one I know of from top of my head.

In any case, a ban is not on the account or IP used, but rather on the individual behind them. I see no reason why this would be different for an IP-only editor, even an IP-editor using dozens of IPs. The behaviour certainly is obvious enough that they're rather recognizable--more so than a fair few other community-banned individuals, I dare say, so the risk of collateral damage doesn't seem to be any higher than with the average banned individual with an attached username.AddWittyNameHere (talk) 18:56, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Found another case of an IP-editor being community banned ([https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=512015253 here), looking to see if there are more cases. Might help to point it out in the proposal itself, to prevent discussion on whether or not IPs can be community banned. Beyond that, my request is pretty much written. It helps that there is a fair bit of documentation on this one from the SPI and the ANI listing.AddWittyNameHere (talk) 19:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bot reports at AIV

Hi Daniel, I've noticed you from time to time decline AIV reports from Mr.Z-bot. This report I believe is not about the content changed, but rather the edit summary, see Special:AbuseFilter/523. Apparently the edit summary is linked to spambots. I have no idea what the intent is here, especially when the edits, just as you say, seem perfectly innocent. I also don't know why it's labeled as "page creation spammer". Perhaps Materialscientist can shed some light on this?

Frankly, I'm not sure about many of these filters... the logic is handled at User:Mr.Z-bot/filters.js, so clearly someone believes immediate administrative action is needed or else they wouldn't have been added to the list. From the looks of it, the list is seldom changed, and perhaps not well monitored. I thought maybe we could make note of questionable reports, and bring it to the attention of the filter's author if we believe it is a false positive.

Any insight is appreciated. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 01:17, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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When blocking a user

If I venture to block a username which is listed in Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Bot as objectionable, I know how to block the username; but what also needs to be done in reporting and listing the blocking? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:11, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Hammond House (Hawthorne, New York)

On 20 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hammond House (Hawthorne, New York), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hammond House (pictured) has hosted Lyme disease research, a "hodge-podge" historic house museum, folk hootenannies, and possibly a Revolutionary War military conference? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hammond House (Hawthorne, New York). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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User:67.83.61.170

Daniel, you blocked this user about 36 hours ago for persistent editing to introduce contractions into articles to the point (after repeated warnings) that your summary indicated it was to the point of vandalism ("ongoing and sneaky" was how you put it).

The IP's first edit after the block, a few hours ago, was solely to insert contractions into an article. It has been reverted, but this behavior will clearly continue; perhaps a longer period of withheld editing privileges will get this person's attention. Thanks for anything you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:13, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking care of it. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:05, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for United States Post Office (Canandaigua, New York)

On 23 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States Post Office (Canandaigua, New York), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the former Canandaigua, New York post office (pictured) is one of only three in the state designed by private architects under the Tarsney Act, and the only one outside of New York City? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States Post Office (Canandaigua, New York). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:12, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

my name change

Hi - you'd asked me on my talk page whether my name was actually Phil Kessel (and sort of intimated i was 'dodging' a question about my identity). So you know, I wasn't dodging anything...I (1) had misunderstood the wiki policy re using a pubic figure's name; and (2) hadn't realized anyone seriously thought i was phil kessel (either the hockey player or otherwise). In hindsight, obviously it was really stupid to sign up under that name - but i had no bad intent. Someone came and explained on my page i was going against the wiki policy and should change my name - which I've done (it wasn't my intention to cause problems). but you'd mentioned something about my account being blocked and i wanted to make sure i wasn't doing anything to make that happen. I'm sorry about this - I didn't mean to cause trouble for anyone. GLG GLG (talk) 04:22, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SPI vs AIV

Hi DC, I respectfully disagree with this sort of response to AIV requests because it needlessly adds more steps to the anti-vandal process, which is already tedious. Though I understand your point, I disagree with the rationale; the sock operator *is* an obvious vandal with a history of pernicious edits, including elaborate hoax creation and repeated submission of plagiarized content. I could just as easily argue for and achieve a "Duck" block at SPI as I could at AIV, only it would take several days to get any action because SPI is backlogged. In this time, the sock would continue his disruptive nonsense. Anyhow, not trying to browbeat ya or be disrespectful, because you've certainly helped me out quickly many a time and I'm grateful for that, only asking for you to wax reminiscent about the hoops we non-admins sometimes have to jump through to get the job done. In the interim, I've filed the SPI report. Thank you, sir! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:33, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Minor note

I had to laugh, when I saw you say no one in the town of New Castle to the north would say they live there . I lived there, but thought I lived in North White Plains, until I went to the local library and noticed it was the New Castle library.--S Philbrick (Talk) 17:14, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ScribeWiki

Thanks for the heads up. I was under the impression that only Wiki offical pages could use the string "wiki". Appreciate the clarification. Regards, --Man way 04:50, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

username issue

Hello

Could you please take a look at a query on my talk page? It's for user Bascoot. I came across a report at AIV regarding this user so I sent them a welcome message as their edits seemed well intentioned. I didn't see anything wrong with the username. However now someone has posted saying that the person may be trying to impersonate a government? I'm not sure what we do about government accounts can you please take a look and advise? It's user talk:5 albert square#Bascoot.

Much appreciated as you know more about the username policy than me! 5 albert square (talk) 21:54, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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User talk:AAMAExecDirector

In marginal cases like that of User talk:AAMAExecDirector could you not discuss the name problem with the editor before blocking and adding that template. They had made three edits, #1, #2 and #3 all of which improved the article and were not in the least bit promotional. The third one was made after I had asked them this question. I knew that username was a bit of a problem but they were doing good work. I've encouraged them to create a new name and I hope they will. Cheers. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 14:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I'm not against blocking promotional usernames without discussion when the are being used as promotion, #1, #2 and #3. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 14:37, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Marginal"? By what standards is it "marginal"? the panda ₯’ 14:47, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@DangerousPanda:, as per Wikipedia:Username policy#Promotional names and Wikipedia:Username policy#Talk to the user. The first link says "Usernames that unambiguously represent the name of a company, group, institution or product" which in this case the name is of an official of the museum rather than the museums name. It also goes on to say "A user who both adopts a promotional username and also engages in inappropriately promotional behaviors in articles about the company, group, or product, can be blocked." but they weren't making promotional edits. In the second link the entire sentence is relevant. As the user was not exhibiting "inappropriately promotional behaviors" it would have been better to discuss before blocking. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 15:35, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's unambiguously the name of a role, which is unacceptable as per the username policy. If it said User:JeffAtAAMC it meets the requirements the panda ₯’ 21:03, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@CambridgeBayWeather: Panda has it right—that's exactly why I made that block. It is unfortunate that the edits were actually useful, but a) the name indicated a clear conflict of interest and b) that it was a role account. Daniel Case (talk) 21:13, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't disagree with the block. It's just that I feel it would have been better to discuss it with them first and give them a chance to get a new name. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 21:25, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@CambridgeBayWeather:No problems. It was a judgement call that I understand others might have made differently. Daniel Case (talk) 21:27, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. All is good. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 21:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Curious about blocked user name

Hello — Recently I reverted some vandalism from this user. A while later, you blocked that user for vandalism and for having an inappropriate user name. I hope you'll pardon my ignorance, but may I ask why that user name was thought to be improper? Since it doesn't seem to attack or threaten anyone, or impersonate another individual, or suggest use by a company or group, all I could guess was that it's an offensive local idiom. Google is usually good at revealing the latest slang — there is always some teenage Web user, somewhere, eager to etch their latest language inventions in stone by adding it to an online list — but Google turned up nothing more relevant than this. My apologies if this puts you in an awkward or embarrassing position, but could I buy a clue as to the (approximate) nature of the offense? Given that Wikipedia is a global discussion among multiple cultures, I'd rather know if there are new terms best not used in polite conversation. Thanks! Unician ∇ 09:16, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

UAA Holding Pen question

Had a questions about the Holding Pen, as the subject line indicates and figured you'd be the best person to ask (you're one of the, if not the, most active admins at UAA, after all): the Holding Pen guidelines indicates "please remove any users that are blocked, renamed, or have done nothing for over seven days" (emphasis mine), yet this does not seem to happen all that frequently. I'd happily help in cleaning out those cases (most of them of the 'wait until user edits' kind, where well over a week later, the user still hasn't), but I'd first like to make sure if 1. the guideline is still correct on this and 2. if there are any issues with a non-administrator removing them. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 19:53, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that was roughly what I figured. Indeed, in cases where there is activity that needs to be dealt with, I can't handle it without the tools, but that's no different from any other report I have made to UAA or AIV. Thank you for your fast response. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:OHRCcenter

Thanks for reviewing her request for unblock. However, please see my note under the block template (and block rationale) and look again at her contributions. I don't see any unambiguous promotion, but I blocked not only for the infringing user name but also for copyvio: I've since found copyvio in all her edits (although one source may be free to reuse - government publication) and reverted the lot. She needs to demonstrate she understands that she must not copy text after unblock. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll leave a follow-up note below your three questions post. She may not have seen my note below the block template, or she may still not realize the gravity of it. It was frankly blatant: I've left clear edit summaries with URLs. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:46, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Alejandro Betancourt

Regarding the Alejandro Betancourt López and Derwick Associates articles, may I have your two cents about what's going on here? As far as I can see a lot of 'tit for tat' so nothing to do with wikipedia but political and personal phobias. What do you think? Thanks for your most kind attention about! --Gilwellian (talk) 13:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For your info--Gilwellian (talk) 22:15, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protect?

Could you semi-protect Van Halen? There's a lot of genre warring there by IPs, and my request at WP:RFP got turned down. It's a real pain. Thanks. Radiopathy •talk• 19:07, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User JHUbal27

I see you have just issued a 72-hour block to JHUbal27 for disruptive editing. Maybe it's pointless now, but the same editor "attempted" to post this vulgar message . I say "attempted" because it was a pretty bad machine translation basically titled "Suck my d*ck" which goes on to make various racist comments about Japanese people. This was done in response to my undoing some questionable edits he made to the page Frankie Grande. My guess is that he looked through my userboxes, saw that I speak Japanese, and felt posting in "Japanese" would be more hurtful as well as less likely to be seen as personal attack. On the surface, this kind of thing is laughable: a complete fail. At a deeper level, however, it is really kind of disturbing, especially since this editor is apparently only a high school student. They actually had to go through multiple steps—look through my userboxes, think of something nasty to say, find an online translator to translate it—before posting their "message" on my talk page. Not sure if this would or even should have any bearing on the duration of this block; It is apparent, however, that a previous block seems to have had no effect upon their behavior. It also is apparent that they no longer have any qualms about esclalating things to the next level. I apologize if it is inappropriate for me to post this stuff here. If there's a better place for me to post this, please let me know. Thanks in advance. - Marchjuly (talk) 08:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please check it out, and sign up if you can come: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Westchester.--Pharos (talk) 12:12, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sleeping Dogs

YExcuse me, are you available for contributing to the Sleeping Dogs (video game) page?E It's almost at GA, and you don't need to know anything about it; just knowing how to edit.S Thanks for evrything in advance, yes! URDNEXT (talk) 19:26, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Case URDNEXT (talk) 19:37, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note on IP 5.104.108.125

The IP who blocked.Appears to be a German Open Proxy www.3proxy.de .Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:57, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar For You

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		For Open-crotch pants‎. Each addition you make to that article is more astonishing that the last. I was gobsmacked by the pig-dog-"Quick! To the hospital!" bit. Horrifying!!!! You are amazing! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and you just have to DYK this one! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LingQ page

Hi Daniel: Thank you for monitoring the Squidoo page—I am seeking your assistance today, as a result of your action with that page. A notability template has existed on the LingQ page since May of this year, but the page has been a contentious issue for longer than that, as you will see from the Talk page. As of August 18, 2014, the page contains very little content and appears to be serving the function of a free advertisement. Is there anything we can do about it? Regards,--Soulparadox (talk) 06:04, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier

Would you mind taking another look at this DYK that you reviewed? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLove

URDNEXT has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. ^†

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Can you close an AfD for a hoax

Hi! Closing theAfD for Al Jami' Eidgah is long overdue. Can you close and delete the hoax page please? --» nafSadh did say 06:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Squaw Island (Canandaigua Lake)

On 24 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Squaw Island (Canandaigua Lake), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that dissolved lime in the waters of New York's Sucker Brook forms the rare "water biscuits" found on the north shore of Canandaigua Lake's Squaw Island (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Squaw Island (Canandaigua Lake). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Thank you from the DYK project and me Victuallers (talk) 12:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sucker Brook (Canandaigua Lake)

On 24 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sucker Brook (Canandaigua Lake), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that dissolved lime in the waters of New York's Sucker Brook forms the rare "water biscuits" found on the north shore of Canandaigua Lake's Squaw Island (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Thank you from the DYK project and me Victuallers (talk) 12:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Open-crotch pants

On 25 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Open-crotch pants, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that while Chinese parents have begun putting their toddlers in diapers instead of open-crotch pants, Western advocates of elimination communication have been moving toward using them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Open-crotch pants. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Removing block history from Talk page

Is it ok for this user to remove this history from their talk page? -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:28, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Yes, it is OK to remove the block notice after the block has expired; the real block history is here, anyway. A user is also free to remove warnings from his own talk page at any time. Radiopathy •talk• 01:59, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saw Mill River

I was able to get permission from a person on flickr to get an image of Woodlands lake. That means we do not need to go to the lake to get a picture of it ourselves. The image is in the article on the Saw Mill River and can be found here on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlands_Lake,_New_York.jpg PointsofNoReturn (talk) 17:56, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

181.13x genre warrior from Colombia

I see you've blocked a handful (at least) of the 181.136 and related IPs from Colombia because of genre-warring at music articles. Can you tell me if there is a long-term abuse case describing this guy? Compare to Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Date-changing vandal from Santiago. If there is no case, perhaps we can write one up. Binksternet (talk) 04:30, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it looks like a greatly overstated the case! Actually, you blocked this one recently:

181.136.133.63 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Here are other ones I can find from the last few months:

181.137.186.202 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active August 27, never blocked)
181.136.133.63 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active August 14–20, blocked by PhilKnight and JohnCD)
181.136.249.82 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active July 23 – August 5, never blocked)
181.135.239.86 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active June 29 – July 8, never blocked)
181.136.251.46 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active June 27, never blocked)
181.135.246.229 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active June 19, never blocked)
181.136.171.129 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active June 2, never blocked)
181.135.108.15 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active May 3–21, never blocked)
181.136.164.134 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active May 1–2, never blocked)
181.136.146.70 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active April 22, never blocked)
181.136.145.62 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active April 11, never blocked)
181.135.247.75 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (active April 10, never blocked)

Synthwave.94, Radiopathy and Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars have done a good deal of reverting this guy, as have some other editors. Binksternet (talk) 02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Matrix singh

This user looks to be a sock of Md 11 air wales. Adding factual errors across airport articles. — LeoFrank ^Talk 03:17, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

66.56.222.155

Daniel, you blocked this user on August 23 for repeating vandalism coming off an initial block. The IP returned to editing today, and the first edit is the same sort of replacement of credits that was done on previous edits. I'd imagine a longer block is in order to prevent further vandalism. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:10, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking care of it. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:08, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NCAA Season 88

I just came across a group of editors (only one really) all with user pages similar to NCAA Season 88. Eventually I found Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ustesians. I'm just blocking and deleting their pages. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 15:41, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Username

Hello, Daniel. You said at UAA that you had blocked this user: Special:Contributions/Savannah Harmon Loves Mrs.Horn. However, a check of it shows that it is not blocked. - Hoops gza (talk) 01:23, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked user

Is the name User:Getpissy worth blocking over? This editor is someone who came to one of our edit-a-thons and is quite a pleasant person in real life. I don't think it's really that bad a name, and not worth upsetting an enthusiastic new editor over... Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:05, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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User block

You seem to have blocked User:Rakesh.de as a promotional user name account. What he seems to have actually done is written an unsourced but not promotional page about a high school. I don;t see any promotional edits. I don;t see how the account's name is a corporate name or otherwise inappropriate -- it's not the name of that high school. I assume this was an error? DGG ( talk ) 13:02, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

it deems to be a personal website which redirects to another personal website, without any significant content except a display of various flags. Thee may be reason to block such names, but I do not see how it is promotional, let alone, inherently promotional. (many may be, but sometimes it would seem to me that people may simply use these as their working web name.). I don't work with usernames much, and you do, but what you've said doesn't match WP:Username policy section 2.3. . I'm not going to make an issue of it, considering this iso ne among 1000s of mismatches between policy and practice or between conflicting policies. DGG ( talk ) 14:23, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Taconic State Parkway Map

I noticed that the map of the Taconic State Parkway is slightly too long to the south. The highway ends at the last bend to the south (Kensico Dam), but the map makes it look like the route ends at the Cross Westchester Expressway. Its a minor issue since the red line is wrong by only a few miles, but it's still an issue. I do not know who can fix the map, but I figured I would notify you about the issue. PointsofNoReturn (talk) 02:10, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IP address block

You made the following comment, which I do not fully understand, in response to an unblock request on my talk page:

"[...] You must go to that page and use the OTRS interface to request it [...]" Daniel Case (talk) 03:53, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm not really a wiki-geek, so could you please specify which page I have to go to, and how to access this 'OTRS interface'?

Thank you! (DaemonischEngel (talk) 12:22, 22 September 2014 (UTC))[reply]

Dear Daniel,

I assume you have the best possible intentions, but absent a detailed understanding of my situation, I would like to ask you to just closely follow the Wikipedia policies (as quoted in my latest unblock request).

I am a autoconfirmed editor and have absolutely no history of malicious edits, but I see myself unable to improve wiki content from certain locations affected by an IP address block (which should really affect only unregistered users!)

Yes, I can travel to a different location (which is unaffected by this block) every time I want to, for example, post a message on your talk page, but is this really what is desired when you refuse to grant me the unblock (or explain to me how to navigate the unblock request bureaucracy) despite clear policies which say I should be unblocked?

Does it really add value to the world we live in that we engage in this protracted dialog, instead me getting unblocked and being able to help improve Wikipedia immediately when I notice a need for that?

Thank you for your thoughtful response!

- Alex (DaemonischEngel (talk) 15:55, 24 September 2014 (UTC))[reply]

Dear Daniel, why does the blocking message send me to request an unblock from my own talk page, just for you, as an admin, to come later and say that you cannot approve for procedural reasons (wrong process to request unblock), although I am right to be unblocked? You sent me to the ticket system instead – shouldn’t the unblock messages and procedures then be consistent, and send me to the ticket system in the first place?

Please discuss with the other admins and make up your minds, don’t make the users run around in circles! As a registered user, one doesn’t neen an IP address to identify me, so I shouldn’t have been affected by the block in the first place. Let’s hopefully join our forces and help make Wikipedia procedures less dumb and more user-friendly. Thank you!

(DaemonischEngel (talk) 16:01, 15 October 2014 (UTC))[reply]

Nazie92

Hi! I was surprised by your username block of Nazie92 (talk · contribs). A search for "Nazie" at Facebook shows this is an Arabic (?) forename. The user's contributions so far aren't up to much, admittedly, but they show no connection with Nazism. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:45, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi again. I was talking to you earlier about State names in settlement infoboxes. Can we try to come to some sort of concensus about that? Thanks.--ɱ (talk) 23:47, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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How did this block come about? I can't see anywhere in the logs that they made any edits after I warned them three days ago. --Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 16:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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New York NR nominations

I'm hoping to take a drive up north on Saturday to get some photos in Chautauqua County NY (I don't have any NR photos in the state, which I've not visited this whole millennium), and I'm interested in getting the nominations, but I'm not sure how. For example, if I go to Rorig Bridge and click the nomination link in Internet Explorer, it goes blank, while if I view the same page in Firefox, it complains that it needs me to enable some sort of Java, even though I've updated everything as far as I know. I'm left wondering if I'm simply doing something wrongly. Do you have any suggestions? Nyttend (talk) 22:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the print-and-mail offer, but I hope to be on the road in less than 24 hours. I don't have Chrome, but I can try to use the public computers at the library where I work. I am confused, however, since I've read and reread The Soft Parade (song) and can't see your point (aside from the smiley, so I know you're joking) or how it relates. Nyttend (talk) 12:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I ended up not having time to use the library computers, so I never did get the nominations. Nevertheless, I made the trip, and the weather failed to cooperate with the predictions of rain and clouds (it was beautifully sunny!), so I was able to get a color photo for the Lewis Miller Cottage, and (unless I discover that I got the wrong building[s] by accident), I'll be able to upload photos for five of the seven unillustrated spots in the Chautauqua County list. Nyttend (talk) 02:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SPI

This might interest you. :) — LeoFrank ^Talk 09:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]