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I recently noticed what looked like vandalism on this page which was dated July 2012. I'm surprised it hadn't been dealt with before, perhaps because it's somewhat disguised. I read somewhere how to alert you to possible vandalism but it didn't make much sense; can you enlighten me? Jodosma (talk) 22:40, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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This user seems to enjoy removing pictures, files and large tracts, from random articles for no apparent reason, simply putting "What to expect when your expecting (film)" as the reason. I hope you have your eye or him/her/it.Jodosma (talk) 12:33, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Recent release of blocks

Hello MTCD

I have a query about how ClueBot handles recent releases of blocks.

This user was blocked because of disruptive editing/vandalism, a couple of hours after the block expired he was back doing the same thing. However, ClueBot NG warned the IP? Surely that would class as vandalism after recent release of block and be reported to AIV instead of warning the IP?--5 albert square (talk) 18:36, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure it knows about the block and sees it as a new start I guess. - 80.45.149.194 (talk) 19:27, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Rich :)--5 albert square (talk) 19:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

guess I forgot to login again, glad I have that notice on my static ip (although I'm mobile right now so I'll have a different one) - 94.197.127.62 (talk) 21:15, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for the suggestion, however I'm not planning adminship anytime soon, unless someone cares to nominate me. - Rich(MTCD)^T|C|E-Mail 19:56, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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