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out of curiousity

Having left a message today on Apollo The Logicians talk page I was pinged seemingly by Apollo at User_talk:89.100.39.82#Harassment not even 10 minutes later. The IP is currently blocked but does this not count as a way of circumventing their revoked talk page access? Or is it allowed? Mabuska ^(talk) 15:28, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Their use of that talk page is inappropriate. I have revoked talk page access there and added it to my watch list. --Yamla (talk) 18:47, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Sock?

Hi Yamla, Would you say SueBurkeBognorRegis is a sock of ZestyLemonz ? ... They've uploaded a new BB eye which is the exact same image the sock kept uploading, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 15:57, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeap, will block. --Yamla (talk) 12:17, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

User:Captain117

ive come across this person who seems to be impersonating youWalokia (talk)

That user hasn't been active in a decade. In what way do you think they are impersonating me? --Yamla (talk) 11:58, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Oh, I see! Until removed by JJMC89, they were literally copying my userpage. How strange. --Yamla (talk) 11:59, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Respected sir

I cannot understand ur policys. Three years back iam continue wikipedia. So please help me. Please unblock my account sir.

M.Ethirajalu MLC (talk) 13:14, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

If you were able to leave this message on my talk page, this is clear proof you are not blocked. --Yamla (talk) 13:15, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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User:ARRRRRGH

You tagged this as a sock of PAKHIGHWAY, but they aren't blocked and this user seems to be harassing them. I was wondering if this was a mistake? TonyBallioni (talk) 17:27, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeah. I meant to block them. It's not immediately clear to me if they are actually a sock of PAKHIGHWAY. I'll go fix this. --Yamla (talk) 17:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

I believe your Sock Puppet is back

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BlueJoshua300 may now be operating as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WhatsUpWorld. Too many similarities in editing habits, and also is doing the exact same nonconstructive edits he was in the past. This is "no new editor". This is our old sock puppet: "The Ultimate Boss", as well as: What's Up?, and the one he's using now, and many others. Someone can change their name and get a new IP, but they just can't help still being 'themselves'. Thanks: Pocketthis (talk) 17:03, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Would you like to open a WP:SPI for this? I'm not familiar. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 11:32, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

User talk:Ryan HoganBruen's life

I don't understand why you reverted User talk:Ryan HoganBruen's life's edits. They can remove everything on that page. ~ GB fan 19:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

User talk:06pookchr

Whoops, sorry about that - looks like I overwrote you (no ec, though? odd). Want me to put your comments back? I've already pulled his tp access... Yunshui ^雲_水 16:05, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Nope, no need. That user was already a time-sink and I think your actions are appropriate. UTRS is available, and I'm sure I'd have ended up in the same situation in an hour, anyway. :) --Yamla (talk) 16:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

72.64.128.19 unacceptable BLP violation on Talk:Michelle Obama

The block on this user expired and he wasted little time getting back to vandalism - today a repeat of the vicious BLP violation against Michelle Obama on Talk. Can the block be reinstated and made permanent? Thanks Tvoz/talk 04:53, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

We can't make it permanent because it's an IP address and so the 'owner' may change. However, I've placed a six month block. --Yamla (talk) 12:30, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah, right - forgot that. Thanks for this and the 2601: guy, same one I imagine - hope it works.Tvoz/talk 17:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing ReeceTheHawk

I was going to leave the whole thing for another admin, but when he started in with threats, I thought it was better to shut things down quickly. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:04, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeap, definitely! --Yamla (talk) 22:10, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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ip block

Decline reason:

This IP address belongs to Choopa.com, a provider of dedicated servers and cloud hosting. Yamla (talk) 12:48, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

is there any way to change this as im just trying to edit from my account on my phone? AmYisroelChai (talk) 14:18, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Your phone is using some sort of proxy service or VPN service. You'll need to disable that if you wish to edit. --Yamla (talk) 14:28, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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Goofywiki

After your comment on Goofywiki's talk page, I went ahead and prodded the file page you mentioned due to copyright concerns. It's maybe not entirely clear since the image on the website doesn't have additional information, but I assume that since the main website for Vital Farms has the standard copyright information, that also applies to the image. Is there a better way to deal with such file issues (I don't dabble in file deletions too often) or is this probably the most straightforward way to go about this particular instance? Thanks. Kingofaces43 (talk) 20:37, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

I think here we have to assume the image is a copyright violation. We should probably err on the side of caution for the other uploaded image, too. Unless we have specific evidence that the image is freely licensed, and we don't, we have to assume the website's copyright terms apply. And honestly, we should probably delete the main article, too. But, what I'm suggesting now is that we just delete the two uploaded images, as almost-certain copyright violations. They can be recovered if they aren't, but all the evidence implies they are. I'll wait for you to weigh in, though. --Yamla (talk) 20:43, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

For the second image I believe you are referring to this? If it's similar date scenario to the one I mentioned, I think it's fair to assume the licensing information submitted is false and a likely copyright violation and to go ahead with deletion. As for the article, I'm giving it a hard look in terms of notability right now, and I'll like PROD it too shortly if sources don't at least pass muster. Kingofaces43 (talk) 20:55, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Actually do you think Vital Farms would be a case for WP:G11 at this point? I tried tackling the content and it pretty much falls in the major rewrite category, and what's left is pretty low key information and sources without independent secondary sources for the most part. Kingofaces43 (talk) 21:16, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

I do firmly believe the article's a G11 case. :( And yeap, that's the other image I'm talking about. I'll go delete the images now, but I think you have a better handle on the article(s) than I do, so I'll leave it to you to nominate them for speedy deletion, but you are welcome to indicate that I believe they qualify, too. --Yamla (talk) 21:32, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Actually, the second image is File:Pasture_Raised_Hens.jpg. --Yamla (talk) 21:33, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University

Proto-edit-war over repeated addition of advertorial cruft, etc, from a transient- my advice not getting through- could you have a word? Take care! SerialNumber54129 12:38, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Probably not much I can do here. Both the IP address and the account behind it, Moanabanana (talk · contribs), have received final warnings. Any further cruft or copyright violations, and the user can be blocked. --Yamla (talk) 14:19, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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FYI

At Director's talk page, he has placed another unblock request. One editor has made an observation under the request, I also placed an observation under the request, one that I believe any admin reviewing the unblock request should see. Not surprisingly, Director promptly removed it. I get that it's his talk page and he can remove what he wants, however, considering there is an unblock request in place, any future reviewing admin should, in my opinion, see what I have included. I will post the diff link to my comments here, so you can view it an possibly pass it on to whatever admin is the next to consider his unblock request: [1]. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 23:40, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

24.188.38.58

• 24.188.38.58 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Could you revoke this IP's talkpage? Thanks. 58.0.53.43 (talk) 23:28, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Looks like they've quietened down for the evening, at least. That page is on my watch list now. --Yamla (talk) 01:09, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Blocked Account

I'm not using a sockpuppet account. I am on a shared network at university. Makro (talk) 17:33, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

You were. Js46358 (talk · contribs) is a confirmed sockpuppet of yours. --Yamla (talk) 00:47, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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Contaldo80

What part of this user's behaviour were you blocking for? Just curious. Cassianto^Talk 18:29, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

This and this primarily. Note the discussion on WP:ANI. --Yamla (talk) 20:26, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I think you are entirely right to block for the sickening slur on the other party's mental state, but wrong to use the "fuck off" comment to bolster it up. As much as I don't like this user, I don't see anything wrong in them telling someone to "fuck off". It's a fact of life that occasionally, we disagree with one another. Cassianto^Talk 21:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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Help with image

Hello. I had a pretty embarrassing mistake here and am wondering if you could help me out? I was trying to propose an update to an image and I may have messed things up. Let me know how I should go about proposing this change. Thank you. ThaiTee (talk) 21:02, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

The image still looks fine to me. Where do you see it stretched? Happy to look in to it (though probably not until tomorrow now). --Yamla (talk) 22:10, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Yamla! Check it out now. I reverted my change. The white logo is the newest one that I was trying to update it to. ThaiTee (talk) 01:44, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Emily Atack rollback?

Is there a reason you rolled back a birth date formatting edit? --GRuban (talk) 14:37, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Yeap. It was introduced by a likely block-evading vandal, ZestyLemonz (talk · contribs). You are welcome to reintroduce the edit as your own (rather than as a revert). --Yamla (talk)

Thanks! --GRuban (talk) 15:26, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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Vanessa Beeley

@Yamla : Thank you very much for unblocking me (after the username was changed to fulfil Wikipedia policies) ! I have one question, I published an article, which was headed by 3 warning headlines, and 2 of them don't seem to be justified for me (as for the sources, I think I know what i can do about this). How to ask contributors and administrators to read my article and decide wether the headlines have to remain or not ? The article is about Vanessa Beeley (and as the subject is about propaganda, I know it will be difficult not to have people with strong interest about the question, because many people would have interest in the fact that such articles are deleated). Thank you very much for your help !--M.A. Martin (talk) 11:55, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

The best place to check is on the article's talk page! There's nothing at Talk:Vanessa Beeley yet, but this is exactly what it's meant to be used for. Note that the specific issues raised here (by others, I don't follow that page) is that the article might not meet the criteria outlined in WP:BOI, and some of the sources fail WP:RS. --Yamla (talk) 13:48, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Wrong

Sorry, BUT my photo is not from another website. It is my family's own. Don't assume. Ask me next time this incident occurs. Just don't delete my photos. I am proud of them. -PRAHLAD^Balaji 20:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

@Prahlad balaji: Those were screenshots of copyrighted software. Just because you took the screenshot does not transfer copyright from Apple to you. --Yamla (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Sure. -PRAHLAD^Balaji 02:21, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Another Zestylemon?

I know you and a few others have been on top of all these ZestyLemon sockpuppets. I've noticed the IP for Special:Contributions/178.99.34.107 is a new one. Again, more or less editing the same articles, and THIS EDIT[2] is identical to THIS ONE[3] made by a previous sockpuppet. Wasn't sure where else to report this. Thanks. ThisIsDanny (talk) 17:57, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeap, blocked. I hope they get the message soon. --Yamla (talk) 18:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for addressing my unblock request! Jackson735 (talk) 13:26, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Again

This edit[4] is again the same as the other IPs I showed you from you know who ThisIsDanny (talk) 15:41, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeap, blocked. --Yamla (talk) 15:43, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

I don't think they're ever going to get the message. ThisIsDanny (talk) 15:43, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

It certainly doesn't look like they will. I've started protecting pages targeted by this vandal. --Yamla (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Proxy on 75.112.168.18

Hi there,

I notice you've declined an unblock appeal on User talk:75.112.168.18 having confirmed that IP hosts a proxy. While yes, I concur it is a proxy, I cannot find any evidence that it is an open proxy. It looks like a globally-accessible but still authentication-required proxy for a school, much like that found at many corporate and academic organisations.

Please can you take another look at this, and re-evaluate the block appeal if appropriate? I'm content with it softening to anon-only due to the previous abuse.

Cheers muchly. [stwalkerster|talk] 00:35, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

I changed it to permit signed-in users. Thanks for letting me know! --Yamla (talk) 02:36, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Unblock request

Good comment, but you didn't flip the switch within the template to which it's a reply. I'd do so myself, but perhaps there's some rule saying that blocking admins shouldn't turn down unblock requests. (I'm too pressed for time to look.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:58, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I already declined one of that user's unblock requests, so a different admin should review the second request. They may disagree with me. :) --Yamla (talk) 01:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Ah, another rule I'd forgotten about! -- Hoary (talk) 04:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Follow-up: Administrator Abuse by Users Mandruss and NeilN

Good morning Yamla. Recently you participated in what I think is called "cyberbullying", after I had tried to file a complaint against two administrators, see below. Unlike the other bullies, you at least gave a reason, namely "block evasion". May I ask you for the background to this claim? It is a sincere question, and the reason that I am asking is that I am trying to understand the mechanisms of Wikipedia, so that I can file a successful complaint against these two administrators without risk of further allegations and blocks. Many thanks in advance for your cooperation. 86.158.154.106 (talk) 12:55, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

{unblock| 1=Yesterday, on the Wikipedia_talk:Consensus page, I made a Request for Comment on my proposed new algorithm for editing Wikipedia pages. Essentially, I proposed the idea of including a majority voting element, which is often already applied in practice, but has not been formalised. To my astonishment, Users Mandruss and NeilN ganged up on me with abusive language and blocked me. I request that I be unblocked immediately, and that those two Administrators be sanctioned for their behaviour. Otherwise I may refuse to participate in Wikipedia editing from now on. 86.158.154.104 (talk) 08:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC) | decline = I see talk page access has already been revoked. Good. If you aren't willing to address your block evasion, you shouldn't expect to be unblocked. Yamla (talk) 12:54, 19 January 2018 (UTC)}

Please don't request an unblock on my behalf. I'm not blocked. As to the unblock request I did yesterday, I presume you mean the one at User talk:86.158.154.104. I declined the unblock request because your block notice said you were blocked for "Block evasion" but you did not address this in your unblock request. As you did not address the reason for your block, there were no grounds for me to consider lifting the block. Nothing else in your request was relevant, when considering lifting your block. --Yamla (talk) 13:33, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the rapid response. So how do I (and you as an administrator/registered user) obtain information on the alleged block evasion? In other words, what precisely is the block about? 86.158.154.106 (talk) 13:59, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Ask the blocking administrator. Or look at WT:Consensus where you started a conversation and see how the blocking administrator closed the discussion. ~ GB fan 14:02, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

(edit-conflict) You'd have to ask the blocking admin. There's no information I have that you don't already have. I mean specifically, there's no sort of hidden blog log available only to admins, which has additional information. In your case, it's unclear if one of your other IP addresses was blocked, or if you previously used an account. You may know that, of course, but I don't. The one piece of information you may not know is that blocks apply to the person. What I mean is if you have an account and that account is blocked, you aren't permitted to edit through an IP address. Similarly, if one of your IP addresses is blocked, you aren't allowed to just change IP addresses and continue editing. Even though the block is placed on an account or an IP address, it applies to the person behind the account or IP address. --Yamla (talk) 14:06, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

In this specific case, you are believed to be the long-term vandal known as Vote (X) for Change (talk · contribs). See Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Vote (X) for Change. I take no position on this claim. --Yamla (talk) 14:07, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

I've blocked the latest IP. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:19, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Block of 86.20.193.222

I saw that you blocked 86.20.193.222 for evading the block on Ruchidamania. I know for certain (and can provide proof via email if necessary; I am somewhat wary of WP:OUTING) that while 86.20.193.222 has an account, it's unblocked and unrelated to Ruchidamania. What brought them to Marina Kuwar is a conversation I had with them on IRC (compare here for some later fallout). While I'm not overly happy with that editor apparently joining the AfD discussion and editing the article just to prove me wrong due to an unrelated disagreement, that's within their rights and not block evasion. Would you consider lifting the block? Huon (talk) 18:27, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Done. I trust your judgement here and don't need to see any proof. I don't see much legitimate from that IP address, but that's another question. :) --Yamla (talk) 18:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Actually, that's an important question. An IP may be blocked for socking even if their named account is not blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:25, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Needs fixing here too: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Kuwar 86.20.193.222 (talk) 19:15, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Your 'keep' vote has been reinstated with a note as to why. Thank you for bringing this to my attention and especially, a sincere thank you for doing so in a polite manner. --Yamla (talk) 19:19, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Administrator Abuse by Users Mandruss and NeilN

Summary of previous conversation:

Good morning Yamla. Recently I had tried to file a complaint against two administrators, see above. Unlike the other bullies, you at least gave a reason, namely "block evasion". May I ask you for the background to this claim? It is a sincere question, and the reason that I am asking is that I am trying to understand the mechanisms of Wikipedia, so that I can file a successful complaint against these two administrators without risk of further allegations and blocks. Many thanks in advance for your cooperation. 86.158.154.106 (talk) 12:55, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

You'd have to ask the blocking admin. There's no information I have that you don't already have. I mean specifically, there's no sort of hidden blog log available only to admins, which has additional information. In your case, it's unclear if one of your other IP addresses was blocked, or if you previously used an account. You may know that, of course, but I don't. The one piece of information you may not know is that blocks apply to the person. What I mean is if you have an account and that account is blocked, you aren't permitted to edit through an IP address. Similarly, if one of your IP addresses is blocked, you aren't allowed to just change IP addresses and continue editing. Even though the block is placed on an account or an IP address, it applies to the person behind the account or IP address. --Yamla (talk) 14:06, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

In this specific case, you are believed to be the long-term vandal known as Vote (X) for Change (talk · contribs). See Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Vote (X) for Change. I take no position on this claim. --Yamla (talk) 14:07, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

I've blocked the latest IP. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:19, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Continuation:

Hi Yamla. I have changed computers, but I am the same person as above. First of all, many thanks for the link pointing towards the long-term Vandal(X). So if I understand this correctly, NeilN is evading Administrator Abuse charges by blocking the plaintiff (me), by the simple means of tagging my IP onto a random other blocked account holder, alleging me to be that vandal, and then blocking me. Question: is there no independent checking mechanism on Wikipedia to prevent a single rogue administrator from silencing a whistleblower in this manner? If so, how do you suggest I bring this behaviour to the attention of senior Wikipedia administrators? 86.158.154.106 (talk) 14:37, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

There aren't any "senior Wikipedia administrators". There is, however, WP:ARBCOM and that would probably be the only way forward, here. --Yamla (talk) 12:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Roni Motors Thailand

Hi Yamla, Greetings. I came across this article Roni Motors Thailand, while curating new pages, and I tag CSD on the article for G11. I noticed the similar article was created twice this month by the same editor which was deleted by you - see here Roni Motors. I read somewhere and now I dont remember where I got it in Wikipedia, a tag could be place for such incident. Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 14:44, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll delete the article (your tag is correct) and block the user who created it. --Yamla (talk) 14:51, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

OK Yamla, thank you and have a good day. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 19:21, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Lysvincent

Hi there, could you block 58.152.157.169 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) as a sockpuppet for Lysvincent (talk · contribs)? They seem to be having unhappy about Ss112's comments (1, 2). Thanks. Hayman30 (talk) 12:16, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Well, they've come right out and admitted it. That makes things easy. I'll go block. --Yamla (talk) 12:24, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians who like Black Mirror

Hey! I saw that you edited the article Black Mirror and thought maybe you would be interested in this new user category I created?-🐦Do☭torWho42 (⭐) 12:01, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
• Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

• A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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Erroneous "Unblock request"

Hi Yamla, just thought you'd like to know, blocked User:Christiandgabriel21 erroneously placed the {{unblock}} request tag on my Talk page instead of his own.  JGHowes  ^talk 19:13, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Ah ha ha, sorry about that. Carry on, happy editing. :) --Yamla (talk) 19:32, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Yamla, These are 2 links to India's top News websites on Priya.. 1) https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/23-million-insta-priya-prakash-varrier-beats-dulquer-anushka-shetty-and-others-76417 2) https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/priya-prakash-varrier-the-nations-new-crush-5-pics-from-her-instagram-youre-welcome-1812016

She is a huge sensation, is it proper to exclude such a big news from India (Akshayacropolis (talk) 15:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC))

I have no idea what you are trying to say here. Are you saying the article shouldn't be deleted? If so, great. Why are you telling me? I didn't nominate it for deletion and didn't take a position on the deletion. --Yamla (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Roni Motorss

I dont remember creating this page.[5] It shows in my deleted article's list. Is there any way to clear the confusion? Yogesh Khandke (talk) 10:55, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

You didn't, not exactly. Back in 2013, you created an article on Triloknath Pandit. Then, bizarrely, in late 2017 a spammer repurposed the article to be about a car dealership, Roni Motors. In early 2018, they renamed the article. I want to be clear, you did nothing wrong. Your edits were not remotely about a car dealership and were most certainly not spam, not at all. Let me know if you need any more information. --Yamla (talk) 11:39, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Claiming the Image

Hi, I would like to inform that the facebook page is managed by myself and am the uploader of the Image. What source i need to produce to claim it. Thanks ~Sp!Deys~ (talk) 11:52, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jinoytommanjaly: Wonderful, thanks. Please add a comment to the image caption on Facebook, indicating that the image is released under the terms you listed. That won't work for the picture of the Bishop. That, you'll need to modify the copyright notice at the bottom of this page. Let me know if you need any help. Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 12:06, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jinoytommanjaly: No, really, you'll need to add a comment to the image caption on Facebook if you want us to be able to use that image. --Yamla (talk) 11:52, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

@Yamla: Sorry, i have not seen the first comment. I added caption that it's not comes under copyright protect in the facebook page. Is that enough. Actually the Bishop image is from another website, because I have on another good picture right now, but will upload soon.~Sp!Deys~ (talk) 12:06, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jinoytommanjaly: Yeap, that's sufficient. I'll remove the deletion notes from that page. We can keep that image, thanks!. And thanks for letting me know you made a mistake with the other image, I'll go and delete it now. --Yamla (talk) 12:08, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

@Yamla: Thankyou. And i want to know whether we can add/use images from Google which have no copyright protection in wiki. -~Sp!Deys~ (talk) 12:19, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Images from google would almost always have copyright protection. If you can prove that someone specifically released an image to the public domain (or another appropriate license), or if we can use it under WP:FAIRUSE, great. But the general rule is that such images are protected by copyright and cannot be used here. --Yamla (talk) 13:25, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Celebs go dating and coach trip

Hello, you edited Celebs Go Dating series 4 and have blocked anyone from editing it until august. meaning that the series will have ended way before then. The edits you undid were not wrong they was live up dates as each episode airs thats what i do i created the page and i update it as the episode airs with correct information. If you could undo what you did and allow people to edit it that would be great and the same with coach trip no one can edit it and its now same as celebs go dating its out of date by many days.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celebs Go Dating (talk • contribs) 15:40, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Juanacho Block

Hey, I need your help. Juanacho is messing up some pages by deleting some sources and necessary elements. I want her/him to be blocked again with your help since you have done that before...I guess. Please do reply soon. I want Wikipedia to be a resourceful place but he/she is ruining it. Kikkokalabud (talk)

Juanacho (talk · contribs) hasn't edited since 2013. You may well be referring to a different editor. Please point me to the correct editor and show some examples of the damage they are causing. Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 16:28, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

ZestyLemonz

I noticed that you protected both Survival of the Fittest (TV series), an article I've been having trouble keeping "stable" and Dancing on Ice (series 10). Both of these have been edited by the same IP (178.106.x.x). Am I to assume this is ZestyLemonz? --AussieLegend (✉) 17:41, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

There's a very good chance. The IP address geolocates to the same general area and the topic focus is the same, but... it's not conclusive, I'm afraid. And I don't have access to checkuser-information which would help confirm. --Yamla (talk) 18:12, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look at ZestyLemonz contributions. --AussieLegend (✉) 18:27, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

From the comments about the colour of the "WIN" column and the "Not in Lodge" being the same makes me think it's ZestyLemon. I remember him having issues with the colours in the Love Island article last year - and he's constantly fighting over the colours on the Coach Trip articles. It has to be his way of doing things, nobody elses. ThisIsDanny (talk) 18:39, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Name

I only decided to choose my earlier name because of non-availability of many names I typed in. I wanted a simple and unique name so I came up with the earlier one as a jocular name. There was no intnetion ever to offend. I wish the issue of non-availability of many names was solved. Beefybufoon (talk) 12:06, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

How

could you tell. I could not. Or is it a CU ability? -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 12:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

I'm not a checkuser. :) I could tell through a reverse dns lookup and through an nmap. If you open your browser to that IP address, you literally get back a web page. Often, though, the web sites run on a different port (for example, port 8000) instead of port 80. :) --Yamla (talk) 13:04, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Block of User:Nam Việt 18

Thank you for the block on Nam Việt 18. I had a hunch the user was a sockpuppet, but I couldn't identify the master to be sure. —C.Fred (talk) 19:12, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I'm not actually that familiar with that particular sockpuppeteer, but it didn't take long to correlate the history. :) So, you're welcome. --Yamla (talk) 19:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Why so vindictive?

I'm referring to the events of User_talk:20.138.2.51 - why did you insist in blocking it again? What was so hard about answering the questions raised? It was being honest, dude - you could've at least given the benefit of the doubt.20.138.2.59 (talk) 09:58, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

I see this IP address is now blocked, like the other, for block evasion. --Yamla (talk) 12:48, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Many thanks for your help with unblocking my account. RFD (talk) 13:02, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Happy to help! Welcome back. --Yamla (talk) 13:04, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for the prompt response to my unblock request and for the reassurance. I was quite perturbed and the soothing words were appreciated. I have since uninstalled the VPN; I have a sense of priorities, although arguably a misplaced one. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:04, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Ah ha ha, I didn't see the baklava until just now. Thank you, Gog the Mild! And I'm happy I was able to reassure you there. --Yamla (talk) 01:29, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

tag

Please check this page [6], where there have been two tags placed such as unreliable sources whereas the article has more than 20 sources which include leading newspaper including BBC, Dawn etc. Please look into this and if u think tags are unneeded, please remove them (103.228.157.32 (talk) 23:34, 1 March 2018 (UTC))

Best to discuss that on the article's discussion page at Talk:Rizwan Ahmed (bureaucrat). I'm unfortunately unfamiliar with which sources are reliable in Pakistan's area of the world. For the record, I strongly believe BBC News is a reliable source (WP:RS), not sure about the others. --Yamla (talk) 01:31, 2 March 2018 (UTC)