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Terveisiä Las Vegasista, Widr!

(Which is the sole extent of my Finnish, but I welcome any opportunity to trot it out!) I wanted to congratulate you on your adminship and thank you for your wonderful anti-vandalism help. I hope it amuses you to know that it never occurred to me until 10 minutes ago, when I actually looked at your userpage, that "Widr" wasn't an abbreviation for "Wisconsin doctor" and that my image of you as a helpful gastroenterologist in the Milwaukee area was completely without merit! All the best to you. Julietdeltalima (talk) 18:29, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Haha, that's funny! I've heard a few theories of my name, but that must be the most original one so far. I can now almost see the image of that doc myself as well. Thanks for your kind words and help with vandals and spammers. Widr (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

I really wish I was, or knew, a good cartoonist who could make and send you an image of a blond fellow with a big mug of Blatz beer, wearing a long white lab coat and a Green Bay Packers Cheesehead hat... Julietdeltalima (talk) 19:21, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

I might have to dress like that very soon. Widr (talk) 19:38, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Maryse Ouellet

One IP made a test edit by replacing substantial content with just one word. Another made a false statement about her "retirement". Another tried to use a non-free image as the lead image. Somehow, the PC did not prevent one supposedly autoconfirmed editor, now blocked, from nearly ruining the image. Nevertheless, there are some good and some bad edits, but they did not rise to the level of what I've described. Do they worth extending PC protection? --George Ho (talk) 19:22, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

They might, in a few days when the current one expires. Widr (talk) 19:39, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

User:207.228.78.218

I received a message from you about an edit which had been reversed, suggesting the creation of an account. I do have an account (that I am not current logged into) and make all changes through that account. There is no point in sending messages to 207.228.78.218, because it is a dynamic IP address, assigned randomly to Telus Mobility users. I have no idea who might have made the change which was the subject of your message, and it wasn't me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.228.78.218 (talk) 01:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Sorry

I didn't mean anything bad. Won't do it again. 205.201.72.57 (talk) 03:40, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Theair7672 (talk) 15:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

The new version of loli topic

i have worked hardly to find more information about Loli on the internet. however, an amount of information on the internet is not enough (or i have not found them in a right way). Because many information are not available on the internet / no one have researched bout loli, i won't be able to find anymore about this topic without going to japan,... It's quite impossible for me recently. Therefore, all i have gotten is not much and it may have some mistake in my work. Please, help me! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Theair7672/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theair7672 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't have any additional knowledge of this, but you could ask someone at Wikipedia:Teahouse. Widr (talk) 15:09, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

I think the main idea of the post is correct, can i replace the main post with this new version???Theair7672 (talk) 15:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

You should just keep it in your sandbox for now and work on it more. You can submit it for review later, but I don't think it's ready for that yet. Widr (talk) 15:30, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

aye sir =)) Theair7672 (talk) 15:31, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Further revdel needed at Shauna Garr

Apparently a different IP was at it earlier this morning: User:24.47.19.246, with revisions 717766782, 717721299, and 717703032. There aren't any edit summaries, at least, but thanks in advance for waving your revdel wand. Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

61.3.41.52

Hi Widr, I was hoping I might convince you to reverse the block on IP 61.3.41.52 or to get your permission so I could do it myself. I think it was a bad call for TJH2018 to report the IP as a vandal. The IP, while they certainly did engage in edit-warring, didn't do anything explicitly vandal-like, and both users were acting funky. TJH should have opened a discussion rather than reverting blindly. From my perspective, the IP was addressing the "plot's too effing long" template that I think I might have added to the article. If anyone should be blocked, it should either be nobody, or both editors, though I think we'd be better served to maybe start everyone with a clean slate. Anyhow, lemme know. Thanks man, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:01, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

I can unblock, but it seems they found a new IP already. Widr (talk) 17:08, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Boy, it's always something, ain't it? Sigh... Thanks Widr. A good day to you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:27, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Odd

If this is a new editor, then I'm Arnold Palmer. Thanks, GAB^Hello! 21:06, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

lana lang

how come i can't put picture of lana lang pregnant on wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poweralex (talk • contribs) 23:56, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

The user salter

So what should be done about all the prods he removed for pages that are not yet AFD? Wgolf (talk) 17:47, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

I rolled back their edits. Widr (talk) 17:50, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

your block of 142.233.200.24

You blocked User:142.233.200.24 shortly after I reported the IP at AIV for usepage vandalism [1]. Thanks, by the way. You gave a reason as "blocked proxy". What does that mean for dealing with the obvious socks? User:142.233.200.21 was blocked as another proxy after I requested my talk page be protected after this IP returning to my talk page [2], but now the third Winnipeg IP associated with this user is on my talk page for the third time (the unprotected sub page this time).[3] He actually admits to being the sock but with the other two IPs blocked as proxies can I even start an SPI? Meters (talk) 02:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Blocked that one too. I don't think SPI would serve any purpose, but of course you can start if you wish. Widr (talk) 11:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. The article is under long-term protection aso I didn't want to bother with an SPI, but I was getting rather fed up with the userpage trolling. Meters (talk) 21:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Premature blocking?

Hello, Widr. Why did you block Lachlyn 202 (talk · contribs) a few minutes after I issued a final warning even though he hadn't made any further edits?  —SMALLJIM  12:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Five BLP violating nonsense edits made it seem like a clear-cut vandalism-only account to me. Widr (talk) 12:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Maybe, but I see four problems with that block. 1. Did you not think that I would have also considered the same point and that I had decided to give him just one more chance before blocking him? 2. He'd done nothing to indicate that he hadn't taken notice of that last warning: for all you know he may have been working on a really useful edit (unlikely I admit!). 3. It shows to the editor a lack of cooperation between admins, which is not a good thing. 4. Why no block notice?  —SMALLJIM  12:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

If I would get upset every time another admin blocks a user I have just warned instead of blocking, I would have to get upset on a daily basis. I gave the first warning, checked their further contributions and noticed the obvious. I'm all for assuming good faith, but I don't think these types of edits are worth it. Widr (talk) 13:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Errare humanum est :)  —SMALLJIM  13:51, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Rangeblock

Looking at the four IP addresses I reported, I think a rangeblock on 24.114.64.0/20 would be a good start, if you're down for doing that of course :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:12, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I'd rather let someone else do that. Widr (talk) 06:14, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries, man. If you're uncomfortable with range blocks, then it's best not to do them (good deferral of judgment on your part) :-). Pinging Coffee - I calculated the range using the five IPs reported. This range block should resolve the issue. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:16, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah:  Done — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 06:20, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Cool deal! Thank you Widr, and thank you Coffee, for being on top of the AIV reports and sock puppets that have been coming in. It makes a big difference (especially with me, who gets to patrol and revert the mess they try to make) ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:24, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Request

Hi Widr - Now that the IP has been rangeblocked, do you mind setting the protection on my talk page to Edit=Allow all users for me? Move protection can obviously stay the same ;-). Thanks -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:44, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Done. Widr (talk) 06:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Widr! Oh, do you mind setting Edit=Allow all users and Move=Allow only administrators? It disallows the socks that specifically go after me from being able to move my talk page somewhere else and cause trolololol ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Done now. Widr (talk) 06:53, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a million! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Park Chanyeol

Most of the edits here are just malicious, if not vandalism. The subject seems to get some attention from immature haters probably. Extend PC? --George Ho (talk) 09:14, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi for a change, one month. Widr (talk) 09:19, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

64.114.204.66 block

There have been more good edits than bad from Special:Contributions/64.114.204.66 since the last block 4 months ago; the level 1 warning received for the same edit was enough. Peter James (talk) 17:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

They are able to edit while logged in. The block is meant to prevent further anonymous vandalism. Widr (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for helping me counter vandalism :D Olowe2011 Talk 18:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for keeping me busy. ;-) Widr (talk) 18:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

STiki

Hey again, I just downloaded STiki and tried to login however it appears I need WP:Rollback rights and some other permissions. I noted that you have this software so can you please issue me these rights and guide me through the process of using the tool? It would make this Anti vandal work go a lot quicker! Olowe2011 ^Talk 18:43, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

You have just today become active with counter-vandalism work, so I'm not quite comfortable giving you rollback just yet. Keep using Twinkle and reporting vandals at AIV, and in a week or so I might reconsider. By then your edit count will probably be considerably higher and you might qualify to use STiki even without rollback permission. Widr (talk) 19:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem :) I will re-request from you in a week if I need it, cheers. Olowe2011 ^Talk 19:07, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Can you please do something about this.

A few days ago, I requested page protection for The Fearless Four (film), and you declined it because it did not have enough recent disruptive activity. There has been more recent disruptive activity from the IP editor. I have begun discussions at Talk:The Fearless Four (film)#Uncredited cast members, WT:FILM#Sourcing on a German children's film, and warned the IP editor on his talk page. The reason why I started off with a level 3 warning there was because I had gone through level 3 and 4 warnings on other dynamic IP addresses belonging to this IP editor, including this one and this one. The IP editor's behavior includes repeatedly adding unsourced material ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]; also [10] and [11]) and repeatedly removing a reliable source among other disruptive changes ([12], [13], [14]). Note that {{infobox film}} says to use {{plainlist}} for listing multiple people and to properly source the country of production. These are what my edits did, and the IP editor is reverting them daily. Can you please either block this IP for disruptive editing (preferably a range block on 2001:569:7495:6B00::/64) or semi-protect the article? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:41, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Pending changes protected, although there isn't too much activity. Widr (talk) 04:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Kanda Wok

It is a vandalism/hoax-only account. Should probably be indefed instead of just 31 hours. HkCaGu (talk) 10:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Rollback

Hey Widr

As you're online I was wondering if you'd have 5 minutes to head over to WP:PERM and please check out my application for Rollback use.

Cheers,

Feedthepope (talk) 11:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I actually saw it earlier and have been considering. I'll reply in a few hours when I have more time to do some research first. Widr (talk) 11:32, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated. Feedthepope (talk) 11:35, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Recently reported

The IP that I reported for the [[15]] issue appears to be vandalizing as I have warned him several times and reverted. He is blanking information from the infobox and also editing the structure of the page in a way which vandalizes it. Can you please take another look - thanks. Olowe2011 ^Talk 16:52, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Not vandalism. Partial test edits maybe, but no reason to start warnings at level 3. Widr (talk) 17:08, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Wikipediahatesisps

Please also revoke talk page access. The sock accounts all spammed the talk page after block.--Cahk (talk) 09:02, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Wow

You acted really fast wirh User:Butidoo7890. I thought I would have had to wait for another 15 minutes. Thanks, JumpiMaus (talk) 10:19, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Happens sometimes, although I'm pretending to be at work now. Widr (talk) 10:26, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

The Blue

I reverted your move to The Blue. If you had looked at talk:The Blue it would have been clear that moving the page as you did is contriversial. However I would suggest that moving a primary topic to make way for a dab page will often be controversial and probably should be subject to a full RM as it is more than a change in capitalisation or something similar. -- PBS (talk) 10:34, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

user:97.77.38.3

user:97.77.38.3 is using his talk page inappropriately while blocked. CLCStudent (talk) 17:15, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Access revoked. Thanks. Widr (talk) 17:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Peter Mortell

Well the page Peter Mortell that was deleted by you does seem to be someone of importance who will likely need a wiki page, it just seemed interesting that it got deleted all of a sudden. Wgolf (talk) 19:32, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Feel free to recreate it. This one-sentence article was created by a sock. Widr (talk) 19:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

"My" crappy but working template

Can you look at "my" template Welcome-ql, and tell me if I need to add more before it gets used a lot by me and other users (hopefully)... thanks @Widr: Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 17:54, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I have no opinion. I'm not a template specialist at all. Widr (talk) 18:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I mean what do you think about how it looks and such do I need to add more or what? @Widr: Please ping me when replying Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 18:38, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Doesn't look as colorful as some other templates that I've seen. Other than that, I have no opinion. Sorry. Widr (talk) 19:22, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Please stop banning me for no reason.

You have banned me several times for no reason. Not only have I not added vandalism to wikipedia, I haven't even made any edits! It is certainly much harder to get started with editing when you're being blocked repeatedly.Fhutch21 (talk) 20:09, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? I don't see any blocks in your editing history. Widr (talk) 20:15, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

My IP was blocked several times consecutively. Fhutch21 (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

That's the problem with IPs, they can be shared. One anonymous user vandalizes, others will suffer too. But your account has not been blocked and you should be able to edit when you are logged in. Widr (talk) 20:36, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm really sorry about this. I didn't (and still don't) really know how all this works, and I should have made sure I understood before throwing blame.Fhutch21 (talk) 21:23, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Request for comment

Sorry to do this to you but I would like to request your comments here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:No religion. Thanks :) Olowe2011 ^Talk 22:26, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

YGM

Hello, Widr. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:29, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Got it. I'll have a look over the weekend. Widr (talk) 05:04, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Have a barnstar!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Many thanks for your tireless work at AIV and in all matters anti-vandalism! Amccann421 (talk) 06:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Widr (talk) 06:07, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Shash Grewal

Looks like it was recreated as Shash Grewal Indian Classic singer. On another note-there was this page for Dolores Cannon which I tagged for test as I was unsure what to say-it was someone asking why a page from 3 years ago was deleted. Wgolf (talk) 06:27, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Both deleted now. Widr (talk) 06:32, 6 May 2016 (UTC)