Kiev Guy

May 2021

Hello, I'm Serols. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Category:Kyiv—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Serols (talk) 06:44, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Askold and Dir. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Serols (talk) 07:04, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Category:Kyiv, you may be blocked from editing. Serols (talk) 07:04, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Guess what? They're seemingly on my side. I think you are wasting your time trying to reinforce that shitty spelling. Kyiv Guy (talk) 07:04, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Category:Kyiv. Serols (talk) 07:07, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Alex Bakharev (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Alex Bakharev: Considering that this account Kiev Guy was created only 4 minutes after Kyiv Guy, I suspect sockpuppetry here. Mellk (talk) 15:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Melik: I suspect that both accounts are sockpuppets, but I don't know whose socks are they. Spelling Kiev/Kyiv is a contentious topic that may attract many users. I have checked Kyiv Guy's contributions and they do not look controversial. Even if he/she is a second account of another user it would not probably a policy violation. On the other hand adding a newly created Category:Kiev to dozens of articles just to score a point as Kiev guy did was a very bad editorial practice Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:35, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Alex Bakharev: To me it looks like both were set up by the same user, with Kiev Guy set up as a strawman sock, since it was behaving very foolishly and making childish personal attacks. This sort of gives this indication to me. Mellk (talk) 15:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)