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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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I'm sending this to you as you performed the block and I figure the user wants confidentiality. You'll see what I mean. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All done, thanks for the heads up! RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, can you please delete this draft Draft:Mirette Elhariri because It is a cross wiki promotion and has been deleted several times like here Draft:Mirette El Hariri, and you should find a way to stop its continues re-creation. 197.52.1.155 (talk) 13:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Again, the draft has been re-created in different name Draft:Mirette Hariri, I hope after you delete it, protect it and protect this one as well Draft:Mirette El-Hariri, we need to stop this mess. 197.52.222.107 (talk) 16:10, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much, but don't forget to protect this deleted draft as well Draft:Mirette El-Hariri because he might re-create it again. as he did with Draft:Mirette El Hariri. 197.52.202.36 (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you whack User:BaboonMoon too, please? Obviously the same editor. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:23, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He's sleeping wid da fishes. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

In the article Otis T. Carr, a social security number is on the page. The subject died 40 years ago. Is this OK? I would think it should be deleted and REVDEL'ed, but what do I know? Thanks for listening. Jacona (talk) 16:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link to the edit that had the SSN? I can't find it when I looked through the edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's still in the article, has been since 2007, buried in the references. [2]Jacona (talk) 11:59, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've just sent a request to have this oversighted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:03, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it's been oversighted. If you see something like this in the future, you can go here: Special:EmailUser/Oversight to get the Oversight team to remove the offending text. I only have the ability to revdel, so it would still be visible to admins. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:18, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! Jacona (talk) 00:19, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello? It this a person who used to go by Rahfu? I've heard you're interested in an old internet user named Jenny, also known as eon337. Created something called the "longest text ever". If you're willing to talk, I have some information on this person I'd like to share, and I'd like to hear what you know. If this is the wrong person, deepest apologies. RedG (talk) 08:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not me I'm afraid! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Darn. Well, thanks anyway. RedG (talk) 19:01, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
• Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

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• The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

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• Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news

• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
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Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
• An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Happy birthday! Hi RickinBaltimore! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 21:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rick, in May, you blocked an IP user, Special:Contributions/158.181.81.24, for 3 months. Special:Contributions/158.181.83.72 appears to be the same user, based on the types of articles being edited. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 19:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, wasn't around much this weekend. I'll have a look at the edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:29, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. BilCat (talk) 21:39, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday I warned F1V8V10V6 (F1) for edit warring on the Max Verstappen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article. Their response was that I was stalking them (I wasn't, MV's article is on my list of articles I keep an eye on). F1 then thanked me for an edit I made to a shipwreck list. Today, he's thanked me four times for edits made to three different articles, none of which fall within his area of interest on Wikipedia. I know its a bit early to say for sure, but given the comment this seems to me the start of some stalking by F1. Not sure what to do here, but so far there has been no resumption of the edit war. Any thoughts or advice? Mjroots (talk) 13:33, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd keep an eye on it. It might just be blowing off steam and is forgotten about in a day or so. If it keeps up though, let me know. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:50, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For info: I've blocked the editor in question for edit warring on the Max Verstappen article. A different edit war, but edit warring nonetheless. Mjroots (talk) 07:31, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

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In looking over User talk:N1TH_Music, and considering the fact that they have reviewed relevant guidelines and accepted an offer of mentorship, and has been overall quite civil and understanding, I am willing to unblock that account. As the blocking admin, do you have any objection? ~Anachronist (talk) 17:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Go right ahead, no argument from me. That was the purpose of the block to begin with, glad they realized what they were doing. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:57, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Anachronist: On second thought....seeing their continued diatribe on their talk page, I don't think it's a good idea to unblock. They don't get it, and I have a feeling if we unblock, we are going to be right back were we are now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:06, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And I was right...RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:29, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Patrickmstumph Is a sock puppet of @Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/35.143.190.63 Uricdivine (talk) 00:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider revdeleting this addition to the page's archive. Thanks. General Ization ^Talk 21:28, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thanks for the heads up! If you find anymore, let me know. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:33, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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cross-posting unblock request for your consideration. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:59, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I like that. That's someone that GETS why they were blocked, recognized the behavior, and gave ways to make it better, not just the usual "I won't do it again". I support an unblock. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know this isn't my place but I also feel strongly that we're overlooking a lengthy history here. Why are his reassurances now any better than those in the past? PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:04, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because if he violates this, and ends up blocked again, that's it from me. All of my good faith will be done. Let's just say this is the last shot from my perspective. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I hope they do well. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:55, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have finally made my way through CAT:UNBLOCK. Will only need to look at them as they arise. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:57, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you whack Aziz al-Abub (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) please? LTA harassment account. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:37, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Someone's more active than me. Oshwah's already blocked them. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:38, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw that, thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:39, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

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• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

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• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
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Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

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• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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I was trying to find a source for this note: 2017 Atlantic hurricane season#cite note-1. The same note was on 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. You had left talk regarding this on Talk:2017 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Maria strongest hurricane?. I couldn't find anything obvious by a web search. Seems like a source should be added on that note. Thank you! Adakiko (talk) 23:23, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I forgot I even added that edit. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Evlekis, so would you please remove TPA (see note on SPI). Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, all taken care of. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:14, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

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• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

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• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

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• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

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• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
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Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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The idjit might need his TPA revoked as well ... [3] Ravenswing 20:21, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did that hours ago actually. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS appeal #67169 Peace on earth to users of good will. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:30, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. RickinBaltimore (talk) 00:54, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm speechless from that. And honestly a bit insulted. It's coming off as patronizing. RickinBaltimore (talk) 00:56, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:05, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and the same to you and yours! RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:24, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

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• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

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• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Does "from" Baltimore mean "in" Baltimore? If so, I need help with a photo. I found this photo that I want to use. Yes, the paper was copyrighted, but copyright was not renewed, when it expired in 1987. (Masthead shows copyright]. Periodicals shows issue 32 for March 7 copyrighted as B760640. Checking the on-line catalog I find no renewals.) It is the only image I have been able to find for Bertha McNeill, but it is horrible. Poking around, the LOC doesn't have issues from the 1950s, nor does newspapers.com. Google News archive has an even worse copy. I'm in southern Mexico, which is a really long walk to Baltimore, but I know when I lived in the US one could obtain back issues of local newspapers at the public library. Do you know if Baltimore offers this service, and would you be willing to try to find me a decent copy of this photograph? SusunW (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm certainly IN Baltimore for sure! I see it's from the Baltimore Afro-American, let me see first if the Enoch Pratt Library has a copy of that available. If they do, I'll see what I can do. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I literally pulled up every single article written about her searching for a photo. It was the only one I found and lucky me, it doesn't appear to be copyrighted. SusunW (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to go in person, so it might be a bit of a delay in getting back to you. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:23, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I just started working on the article and there is no deadline for Wikipedia. I truly just appreciate that you are willing to try to get it. SusunW (talk) 20:29, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to follow up, it might be a few weeks for me to get out to look at this, so I wanted to keep you in the loop. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:20, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Muchas gracias! I keep getting called away from working on her to do other things, so no worries. Perhaps if the stars align, I'll be able to finish her and publish the article for Black History Month in February. Appreciate your help whenever it can happen. SusunW (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pressure is off ;) I'd still like to have the photo, if you can find it, but I am pretty sure I finally found another that I can use. SusunW (talk) 23:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's good news! I still plan on getting that library card taken care of, if I come across it as well I'll let you know. RickinBaltimore (talk) 00:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That would be lovely. I've finished writing her so if you can get it, we can always just add it to Bertha McNeill. SusunW (talk) 18:01, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mind removing the TPA of Ramy Marciano Amram Mendosa Moroccan Israeli Sephardic Poet? All they're doing is spamming their talk page with facebook links. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Does the Thanos finger snap Done. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:19, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:20, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, Rick. The thing is, I didn't altogether understand how you got the range you blocked, 92.40.218.0/27 (still don't). I constructed a /27 range from the single IP I had, 92.40.218.204, in the way I usually do, by adding /27 to it, thus getting 92.40.218.204/27. Assuming that would work the same way as yours, I tested it with the "contributions" function, which automatically converted it to 92.40.218.192/27 (leaving my comprehension behind, but that seems to be how it works). Anyway, it includes 92.40.218.204 and 92.40.218.206. So I don't think a /24 block was actually needed. (Actually, if it was only about covering those two IPs, so closely related, blocking the tiny 92.40.218.204/30 range would be enough. But it's certainly as well to catch a few more.) Be that as it may, it was stupid of me to assume your /27 and my /27 were the same; of course I should have checked your /27 by itself, before signing off on it. What can I say, except I guess my understanding of ranges is too shallow to be giving advice about them. The blind leading the blind. Sorry! Bishonen | tålk 11:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

It's ok. I swear even working in the IT field for 2 decades some of it STILL stumps me. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:48, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
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Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
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Teel James Glenn is one of the leading pulp authors in New York at this point and has a number of novels published as well as numerous short stories.

He is a Swordmaster in America and has worked as a stunt man for years.

He is an artist with drawings published.

He has contributed significantly to the Horror Writer's of America and deserves his page!

I keep attempting to set up his page and I have been told that he is not 'significant' enough a person to have a Wiki page. Last year alone I believe he sold 47 short stories. This seems significant to me. Zingasvryka (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We need to have it documented from reliable independent sources that he meets our standards of notability. This isn't something that can be negotiated, these are basic guidelines for creating an article on any subject. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, thanks for blocking indefinitely Salmasalma2. Possibly you did not remark that Salmasalma2 is one further of several usernames of Juan Branco himself (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Brancojuan/Archive).

Following my revert of the first edit of Juan Branco by Salmasalma2, I received the following mail of Juan Branco, with "Mise en demeure et enclenchement d'actions pénales" as an object:

Monsieur le Professeur d'université émérite Daniel Lazard,

je me permets de vous écrire afin de vous informer de votre identification sur l'encyclopédie Wikipedia, sous le nom d'utilisateur D.Lazard.

Vous avez, au cours des dernières années, et en appui ou avec l'appui d'une autre personne (sous le pseudo XlNolanX, devenu EdgarAllanFrost, et son faux nez , contribué à publier de façon répétée des informations diffamatoires, ne pouvant bénéficier ni de l'exception de vérité ni de la bonne foi.

Ces publications ont atteint lourdement à ma réputation, à mes intérêts professionnels et à ceux de mon cabinet, entraînant de lourdes et violentes conséquences sociales et personnelles. Ils ont atteint aux intérêts de mes proches, de mes clients et des personnes que je défendais. Ils ont non seulement entaché mon honneur, ma considération mais aussi ma présomption d'innocence.

Vos interventions sont en conséquences constitutives des délits de diffamation publique et d'injure, et constituent des faits de dénigrement au sens de la Cour de cassation.

La cour de cassation a établi que le simple fait de rétablir ou de poster des paroles diffamatoires déjà existantes sur une plateforme en ligne est constitutive d'une nouvelle publication poursuivable en tant que telle, y compris lorsqu'ils prennent source en des publications antérieures effectuées par des personnes tierces.

C'est donc avec un véritable soulagement que je vous annonce qu'une plainte pénale sera déposée prochainement à votre encontre.

Je vous met en demeure de toute réitération de vos actes.

Juan Branco

I am not really afraid by these legal threats, since I am not the author of any sentence in Juan Branco, and, for the French law, defamation requires that the involved sentences must be explicitly cited.

Nevertheless, other editors and Wikipedia itself may also be involved and must be prepared to react. Also, if a legal action is started (I do not believe that this will be, but ...), I think that my defense should be supported by Wikipedia).

Please, tell me what I have to do further in this affair. Thanks in advance. D.Lazard (talk) 15:49, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is way past my pay grade I'm afraid. If you are concerned about any possible legal actions I would suggest you reach out to legal@wikimedia.org with this information and advise them of this. They would be be best advised on what to do in this case. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:05, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. White 720 (talk) 22:46, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As a follow up to the discussion, I hadn't seen the 2017 article, and I apologize for having failed to improve upon it. Thank you for your response. White 720 (talk) 00:18, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just after your indefinite block of Salmasalma2, another WP:SPA, named Paulk12, started to edit the same article Juan Branco. This is certainly block evasion and sock-puppetry, as the unique object of both accounts is to introduce a more positive presentation of the article subject (however, the second account proceeds with more subtlety, probably for trying to avoid a block). Another indice of sock-puppetry is that both WP:SPA are owned by an experienced editor.

So, I suggest to block Paulk12, and to semi-protect the article.

Thanks and sincerely. D.Lazard (talk) 15:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to file a SPI to confirm. Seems pretty cut and dry, but I like to cover my bases on something like this. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I think you meant "an" instead of "and"? [4] Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. Thanks! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:09, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I and others have proposed additional options at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC_on_a_procedural_community_desysop. You may wish to review your position in that RfC. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:14, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

His stepson confirmed his death. I provided the link.

https://twitter.com/revivalofman/status/1651943344564518914?s=46&t=LaNhF6pdhuzF021KNFiFgw 74.89.31.221 (talk) 20:24, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter is not considered a reliable enough source for this. Our policy on living or recently deceased people is pretty straight forward about it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:25, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So if the person’s stepson says he is dead then that is not reliable? 74.89.31.221 (talk) 20:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UGC goes over this. "Examples of unacceptable user-generated sources are Ancestry.com, Facebook, Fandom, Find a Grave, Goodreads, IMDb, Instagram, ODMP, Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr, TV Tropes, Twitter, and Wikipedia (self referencing)". Unfortunately, we cannot prove that he is the stepson of Mr. Stewart, therefore it can't be used as a reliable source. If he has passed away, he is notable enough that it will be mentioned in the news, and then can be added. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're more than welcome to ramp it up to indef if you'd like. When I placed the block I had seen the last block for breaking this particular edit restriction was 2 weeks, so I went up to a month. I knew that there was a better than fair chance that a more significant sanction was called for, which is why I left the discussion open. My hope was to establish the block and allow the discussion to continue without back and forths. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:50, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me on this. At this point, I will wait for the community to decide (which I think will be for a c-ban). But I didn't want to step on your toes, so I left it as is. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:52, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello RickinBaltimore. Thanks for blocking the user. Can you hide this edit summary please. Regards ----WikiUser1234945-- (talk) 19:36, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much ----WikiUser1234945-- (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you block access of this user talk page? They are still spamming. SeanTVT (talk) 14:08, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am reasonably confident that user:92.21.252.186 is another sockpuppet. Looks like an SPA created to reinstate edit by an earlier one of his sockpuppets, knows too much about editing to be genuinely new. The article involved (Pimlico) has had minimal changes until now and the focus of attention is the same as usual. Do I really need to open another SPI? Or just block as another WP:DUCK again? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:28, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you create one, just to be safe? I think a CU may need to look more into this. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:36, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rick, how's it going? It appears we had an admin conflict,[5] where I appear to have undone precisely what you apparently intended to do. Given the circumstances, I thought I'd open a channel. Any thoughts? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:34, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We crossed the streams! It's fine, it happens. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:54, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, no worries. Here's a tip while I'm passing: with this one, always take the opportunity to hardblock the IP, because the account has always already been created and will be waiting to exploit the softblock. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 21:05, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up, will file that for later use. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:13, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I have opened an SPI where you were involved. Feel free to comment if required. – Callmemirela 🍁 22:57, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that! Thanks for opening it. It appears the main account might be User:Jasgjrgr per the note left by Bbb23. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:11, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, RickinBaltimore. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Mann Mann (talk) 03:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday! Hi RickinBaltimore! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 07:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/StealthForce - Can you clear the log of this page, as it's taken care of? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.92.204.120 (talk) 16:22, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's done by the CU clerks, and it looks like a request was made for them to handle it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:59, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]