User talk:Yamla/Archive 30

Following up

Prakash pandey07 is up-to no good and me thinks that it's time to follow up with an indefinite block, pursuant to your last warning. ∯WBG^converse 07:32, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Wow. Yeah, those edits were totally inappropriate. The account is now blocked. --Yamla (talk) 11:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Yamla, thanks for blocking prakash pandey and sumesh dumar. IMHO, first one is an employee and regular contributor of the website. Please check his talk page where I gave details. Regards,— Harshil ^{want to talk?} 12:33, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

See this.— Harshil ^{want to talk?} 17:12, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Yeap. That's okay. They aren't permitted to remove declined unblock requests for currently active blocks, but are essentially free to remove any other content. It's pretty unlikely they'll be unblocked without fully addressing the various concerns with their account, even with those concerns removed from the page. --Yamla (talk) 17:24, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

User:Apkril is also showing same behaviour at The Quint. Maybe all these are connected. — Harshil ^{want to talk?} 05:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

That user hasn't edited since November. I don't have checkuser access, so can't determine if they are related. There's certainly something nefarious going on over on that article, though. --Yamla (talk) 12:13, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Similar thing is going on OpIndia. Harshil ^{want to talk?} 13:23, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Yeap, it most certainly is. I suggest WP:AIV or similar noticeboard for that, though, as I don't follow that page. :( --Yamla (talk) 13:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Yamla, I again filed report against one COI editor at noticeboard. Can you please check it? Thanks, Harshil ^{want to talk?} 13:42, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

A troll IP

This IP 173.197.8.247 is no more than a troll [1]. He/She should be blocked again. Literally all his/her edits are trolling. Dimitris N.anagnostou (talk) 14:04, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

There's a vandal here

I couldn't find any other admins, but could you block this vandal on the disambiguation page Chelonian? It's Special:Contributions/97.32.225.20 Adrianclaired (talk) 01:08, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

They've stopped. --Yamla (talk) 11:14, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Weird stuff

Hello Yamla. I noticed that certain pages on my watchlist are marked as "seen", despite I did not visit them and it's not the first time. Is it because a technical problem or...? Puduḫepa 08:45, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

I have no idea. I have no reason to believe so. Please change your password and see if that resolves the problem. --Yamla (talk) 11:08, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Have changed the password. By the way, some of the pages I did visit are marked as "unseen" now and this is also not the first time. That's why I thought that it might be a technical problem. Puduḫepa 13:13, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hey I am not really sure where exactly to report this sort of stuff so I'm just gonna put it here but you may want to look over this for possible oversight. Adamtt9 (talk) 14:31, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

WP:OVERSIGHT or possibly, WP:AIV. I've deleted (not oversighted, just deleted) that particular edit and blocked the vandal. Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 14:34, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Apologies

I sent an AN notice to the other editors I mentioned, but didn't include you. You have found the discussion anyway, but I just wanted to let you know that it was an oversight, not some deliberate omission. Fram (talk) 14:38, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

I wasn't worried at all. :) Thanks, Fram. --Yamla (talk) 14:40, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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Lebanese prime minister

The lebanese prime minister is not Saad Hariri now it is dr. Hassan Diab. Thesaga7 (talk) 21:35, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

WP:CITE with a WP:RS, then you are welcome to make that change! --Yamla (talk) 21:46, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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UTRS appeal

Hi,

As you are the blocking administrator, could you please offer your thoughts on this appeal? -- 5 albert square (talk) 01:31, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Will do. --Yamla (talk) 12:17, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Toddstarnes3

You recently rejected an unblock request at User Talk:Toddstarnes3#January 2020. When doing so, you deleted that user's disclosure of what they said was their email addy. They also disclosed an email addy at User Talk:Toddstarnes3#Conflict of interest guidelines. IDK if that too should be deleted or WP:REVDELed; over to you, in case any action be needed. Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 01:03, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

It's not necessary, but it's generally not a good idea to post email publicly. So, yeah, I removed it. Thanks! --Yamla (talk) 12:21, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

User:Samurai Kung fu Cowboy

Hi, you placed User:Samurai Kung fu Cowboy on WP:0RR a few days ago and he has already defied it. The same day he re-started editing after his block expired, he was immediately back to reverting properly sourced material [2] and taking ownership of the same article again. Can you kindly intervene? SolarFlash^{Let's talk about it} 19:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Yeap. I'll go block. --Yamla (talk) 19:24, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

I have a strong suspicion he's already evading the block. [3]. Anonymous editor showed up immediately, taking ownership of same article, edit warring, and making the same edits. SolarFlash^{Let's talk about it} 20:44, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

I've protected the article against anonymous edits and requested clarification from the anonymous editor. --Yamla (talk) 20:53, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Fall of the Phoenix

If a person has Multiple personality disorder, does each person/fragment/??? need an account? How does it work? Asking for a friend (the little man who lives in my tooth).-- Deepfriedokra 22:30, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

I'd argue 0 accounts rather than multiple accounts, on the basis of WP:NOTTHERAPY. :) --Yamla (talk) 22:33, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Please block my user

Hi Yamla! Can you please block my user account forever? I'm not interested in editing the Wikipedia further times. Thanks very much. Corrun Falt (talk) 09:23, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

User:Aledownload

You blocked this user last year for persistent addition of unsourced content and they just couldn't grasp how to source it. Frankly you blocked them before I could. The point of me coming to you is, I very very strongly believe they're back. User:Dr. Andrey Smyslov has been editing the same articles as User:Aledownload. They made a "joke" that they're back. Normally geek articles, yes could be different users, but the crossover are obscure episodes of UFO, episodes of the Cars animated series among others. All of which were edited by Aledownload. I think this is quite a clear quacking sock. Canterbury Tail talk 17:32, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

The overlap is almost complete. Of 48 edits (at this time), 43 have overlapped and 3 have been to user-space. That's a 95.8% overlap. I have never seen such loud quacking. I think it'd be pointless to file an SPI here, but could be convinced otherwise. Assuming not, I suggest you do the block, with a warning that continued block evasion may lead to a ban under WP:3X. --Yamla (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Yeah it's pretty obvious. Okay, I'll do the blocking. Canterbury Tail talk 18:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Rejected article: Hammermen of Glasgow

Hi! My article "Hammermen of Glasgow" was rejected this morning. I believe I may need to sign the paid contribution disclosure. How can I do that, and by doing that, will my article be approved? Thanks! KristenWood4987 (talk) 14:05, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Please do not edit articles for which you have a conflict of interest. You need to build up a history of non-conflicted edits first. WP:COI has all the details you need. --Yamla (talk) 14:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Yamla For the record, I've already explained this in detail to them via IRC, they don't appear to be willing to disclose. Praxidicae (talk) 14:32, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

KristenWood4987, note that disclosure is mandatory, not optional. As I have already pointed out, you must declare your conflict of interest, as explained in WP:DCOI, prior to editing any article or draft. We aren't interested in having you write about your company or its clients, as explained in WP:COI. Regardless, though, disclosure is mandatory and you must do it immediately. --Yamla (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks from CiaPan

Thank you for this revert at my talk page Special:Diff/936078211. Actually I was going to reply to them I am actually involved from the series of March'19 vandalisms (threads at Oshwah's talk page archived here and here), but explaining my fair position in that situation was doomed to failure anyway.

So... Thank you once more, for this revert and for the whole adminship work you do for Wikipedia. CiaPan (talk) 16:03, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks, that made my day. :) --Yamla (talk) 16:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Vandal shows up "he's back"

Please see special:diff/936358441 and other edits by the same IP6. --CiaPan (talk) 10:18, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Blocked: Block log. --CiaPan (talk) 15:23, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Resolved

troll

this is definitely someones sock, though i haven't got a clue who. They're also trolling on meta. Praxidicae (talk) 21:43, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

SQL beat me to the punch. :) --Yamla (talk) 22:12, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Yamla, Every now and again, even a blind squirrel finds a nut :P SQL^{Query me!} 22:28, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

IP socks of a site-banned editor

Hello Yamla. The ips below are socks of banned King kong92. I wanted to report it here as you are somewhat familiar with this case.

• 115.64.133.112 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) – restored his sock's ([4]) edits here[5][6], which were reverted here by an admin[7] previously.
• 203.221.125.195 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) – restored his sock's edits here[8] and here[9], which were reverted here[10]. Puduḫepa 08:31, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

See also this[11]. The same range (203.221...) was there. Puduḫepa 13:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Pinging @Berean Hunter:. Puduḫepa 13:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I agree, it's very likely King kong92. Unfortunately, these are dynamic IP addresses, so blocking the particular addresses probably won't matter. Any thoughts on other approaches? If this continues, the articles themselves could be semi-protected for a while. --Yamla (talk) 14:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, blocking the dynamic ips is not the best solution, as he has been ip hopping for a long time. But the blocks on the ips have symbolic meanings in my opinion (confirmation of their sockpuppetry by an admin) and this would prevent further disruptions from these 2 ips at least. PS: I would not care removing his leftovers from WP pages, but I saw his other (now stale) socks on various WP pages and I noticed that the intermediate edits on the page were mostly from an another sockmaster + the content had additional issues besides being added by the sockmasters, I thought that it would be an appropriate action to make a bold revert. Feel free to revert me if you think that i was wrong. Cheers. Puduḫepa 16:27, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Update: He continues socking with the same ip [12].Puduḫepa 08:31, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

IP block

Can we get an IP block for 185.28.89.8? Seemplez 14:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Someone beat me to the block. Note that WP:AIV is the general place to make these requests. :) --Yamla (talk) 14:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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CentralTime301

Saw you reverted the threat on User talk:CentralTime301, do you want to do the report to emergency@? I started drafting a note before I saw your revert. creffett (talk) 00:34, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Already doing so. --Yamla (talk) 00:36, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Done. And many thanks, Creffett. I'm glad to see you were working on this, too. :) --Yamla (talk) 00:37, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

120.21.21.146

Anonymous user is vandalizing "Battle of Saragarhi" page by using personal views. Had to revert back changes but I am pretty sure the anonymous user will strike again. I have told the user to bring his discussion couple of times to Talk page but he just taunts same comments back. He uses different IP address everytime but 120 is the common digit. So not sure if there is a way to block but is it possible to block editing for anonymous users for this page particularly or block editing completely? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. These are some comments he used before:

curprev 04:48, 31 January 2020‎ 120.21.153.82 talk‎ 31,437 bytes +5‎ Once again, read my previous fucken message. Read the whole message, not the swear words retard.

curprev 10:20, 30 January 2020‎ WorldWikiAuthorOriginal talk contribs‎ 30,427 bytes -5‎ Undid revision 938266120 by 120.21.33.158 (talk) Please, there is no need to be abusive. You can bring your discussion to the talk page. 10000 is the number. Thanks.

curprev 03:07, 30 January 2020‎ 120.21.33.158 talk‎ 30,432 bytes +5‎ So it was 1,000-1,500. Are you are really that stupid not to read what the label “strength” is asking for? That number attacked the fort therefore that number was in the battle.

WorldWikiAuthorOriginal (talk) 19:55, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Kuiet

Hey. Doug Weller just DS alerted them. I have not reviewed their edits, but was concerned we've been misled.-- Deepfriedokra 18:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

I can't honestly say this is a massive surprise. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. --Yamla (talk) 20:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Thailand national football team and User:Trung tá Moore, 123.16.91.242

diffs of edits that suggest the accounts are connected between User:Trung tá Moore former account has already been blocked indefinitely from a suspected sock puppet and ip 123.16.91.242 new puppet of Trung tá Moore by made approximately a hundred edits to articles disruptive behavior, you can read more evidence on User talk:123.16.91.242 or Thailand national football team: Revision history since 11 February 2020

• 123.16.91.242 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

i copy some diffs of Revision history on Thailand national football team for you between my accout User:Peerapong097 and ip 123.16.91.242, User:Trung tá Moore

13:35, 11 February 2020‎ Peerapong097 talk contribs‎ 133,714 bytes +7,551‎ Undid revision 940256328 by Trung tá Moore (talk) i don't care about your edit is bigger than me, you shall go to learn from FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) wikipedia page, The ranking is a reliable thing to talk about a team’s performance. That’s why you can't use “THE DECAYING CROWN” for the title of content. undo Tags: Undo nowiki added

12:57, 11 February 2020‎ Trung tá Moore talk contribs‎ m 126,163 bytes -7,551‎ @Peerapong. Don’t revert the whole edit. Just change the parts you don’t like because my edit is bigger than yours. undothank

07:27, 11 February 2020‎ Peerapong097 talk contribs‎ 133,714 bytes +7,551‎ Undid revision 940221961 by 123.16.91.242 (talk) I left an explanation on your talk page, don't revert all. undo Tags: Undo nowiki added

06:53, 11 February 2020‎ 123.16.91.242 talk‎ 126,163 bytes -7,551‎ Did you not read what I said? You can't undone all of my edit because you disagree with a single part. Just change that part. undo

05:14, 11 February 2020‎ Peerapong097 talk contribs‎ 133,786 bytes +7,595‎ Undid revision 940203900 by Trung tá Moore (talk) we talk about the main performance/the results of Major tournament (2018 FIFA World Cup Q,2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2019 FIFA World Cup Q) all result from 2017-present Thailand national team was improve, you can check on Fifa world ranking , That cause you can't use "2017–present: the decaying crown" from the results of Asean tournament AFF Championship for the title of content

Albertpda Trung tá Moore and 123.16.91.242 use same word

• Albertpda (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

00:32, 9 November 2018‎ Albertpda talk contribs‎ 78,570 bytes -43,898‎ unimportant informations can led to hard navigation for the page, make it short as possible pls

01:58, 19 February 2020‎ 123.16.91.242 talk‎ 114,886 bytes -2,986‎ Stop lengthening this article by adding unimportant changes, plus the titles you put in are not neutral, they can't be accepted before discussion and consensus.

sorry my english not strong, thank you for your help Peerapong097 (talk) 05:34, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Unblock Appeal/Request

I appeal for the unblocking of User talk:Odzwale who has been blocked for being on the same Ip address with User talk:Babalee11 who was blocked for promotion and advertisement. He has also been subsequents. We are currently participating in the #1Lib1Ref campaign in our University and we actually used a single modem for internet at the event. Timmylegend (talk) 09:30, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Report

Hi Yamla,

Just letting you know that I'll be reporting you for review of adminship due to the conflict of interests and the belief of personal attack. You blocked me for spamming when I tried to have a conversation with you about the links I was adding being relevant and adding to the value of the Wikipedia page. I now have reason to believe that you may be in competition with one review site in particular I have added quite a few links to on various Wikipedia pages. This is because I have added various links and made many changes and you have targeted one review site in particular. So if you'd like to discuss further before I send you in for review, you're more than welcome to! I will be sending it off in 48 hours though so before then would be optimal. Thanks! - Mills.Rhys.1996 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

You are welcome to report me. For the record, I have zero association with all review sites. I mean that broadly. I am not employed by, contracted to, nor associated with any review sites. I have written the occasional review on Amazon and on Google, but the total number of reviews I've written there would be less than 20 and probably less than 10. I am not in competition with the review site you've been linking to. And for the record, I will continue to block you if you continue to link to sites which do not meet the criteria outlined in WP:EL; see WP:SPAM and WP:COI. Finally, note that I'll be away most of Friday, at a funeral. --Yamla (talk) 15:21, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Yamla,

I’ve been taking a delve into all the links and I think I may see your point as the review site I’ve linked to goes to a deals page, when it should be going over to the reviews page. It appears as though that’s an issue with that site so I do understand what you’re saying here and I will stop linking to them as long as the links don’t go directly to the ‘reviews’ or ‘worth buying’ page as I can see that it seems as though it may be an advertisement. I had only been linking to this page as it is an objective review site that is Ofcom accredited and provides highly relevant information for users (arguably better than similar sites because it also aggregates reviews from other sites - about as unbiased as you can get). Thank you for helping me to understand this issue and I’m sorry for the trouble - I am still fairly new here and getting to learn the ropes. Thanks - Mills.Rhys.1996 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

You will also want to review WP:RS and WP:NPA. --Yamla (talk) 12:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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Corrections at Wheely article

Hello! My name is Elena and I work for Wheely, which I've disclosed on my profile and the article's talk page. I've suggested a couple corrections at Talk:Wheely for editor review, but so far the article remains incorrect despite asking for help at WikiProject Companies and WikiProject Transit. I noticed you're an active editor who had participated in several discussions at Talk:Uber, so I thought I'd reach out directly. Might you be able to help with these corrections? Elena Wheely (talk) 14:27, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia page being blocked

Hello Yamla,

My Wiki page has just been unblocked. You informed me that all my existing edits about General Investment Co were not complying with Wikipedia's guidelines due to a conflict of interest. I would like to inquire about how to post about General Investment Co. Ltd. as an informational Wiki page. I am an employee of that company and we are trying to inform our consumers about the company's history and range of products. The reason I am confused is because there are many Wiki pages currently that showcase different companies and information about them, so why am I unable to?

Thank you in advance, and looking forward to your feedback! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rana Haddadin (talk • contribs) 13:05, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

No thanks, we aren't interested in having you write about that company. WP:COI has all the details, including specifically noting WP:AFC. Note that you are still obligated to disclose your conflict of interest before editing any further; please do so immediately. --Yamla (talk) 13:25, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

User unblocked

You've probably already noticed, but I've unblocked Ys91620; figured I'd do you the courtesy of letting you know. I'm not super-hopeful, but erring on the side of generosity, I thought it might be worth giving him another chance. Guess I must've gotten out of bed on the non-grumpy side this morning... Yunshui ^雲_水 09:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Fingers crossed! Sometimes this works out, sometimes it doesn't. :) --Yamla (talk) 11:09, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the BTS delete

After looking at the BTS disambiguation it seems that the page is meant to be there, but the blocked user may have caused us both to miss that fact Thepenguin9 (talk) 16:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah. I'm finding it very, very hard to unwind this vandalism. If you can figure it out, you are very welcome to take action. I'm about to jump into meetings for the next 4 hours, unfortunately, so won't have a chance to look until after then. If you can't unwind the vandalism yourself, I'll gratefully accept any pointers you have! --Yamla (talk) 16:55, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

If you could revert the deletion I can *try* and look at the logs with my lowly excom permissions, but I'll try and restore the page Thepenguin9 (talk) 16:56, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

The "User-talk" was intact with the pages history somehow so I moved it back. Thank mediawiki for that I guess Thepenguin9 (talk) 17:01, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Take a look now! I've maybe reverted the deletion. Dropping offline into a fun-filled four hours of meetings now. :) --Yamla (talk) 16:58, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	This is for your excellent work and commitment to patrolling CAT:RFU, in addition to your near-constant anti-vandalism patrolling. Thanks for all that you do, Yamla! OhKayeSierra (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Anonymous Dragon Of Red

Re: Anonymous Dragon Of Red (talk · contribs), whose unblock request you declined, note that they also have a separate Commons account (WikicommensRTTIME). The user page and talk page have contents relevant to the block issues, though the "company" appears to just be a kid's attempt at creating a "brand". —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:28, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Self-admitted sock of User:Binamra Deb

It's User:BinamraYT. At least he's honest about it. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:17, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Respected Wikipedian, I have come here after a long time. I promise to respect and abide by the rules of Wikipedia and be honest. I think you will support me🙂 and give me a chance. Regards, BinamraYR BinamraYT (talk) 15:20, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Well, as a rule you can only be unblocked through your original account and you are still evading your block even if you believe you have good intentions. Best,GPL93 (talk) 15:23, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

I am not able to request for an unblock from my old account. If I get my original account I would be very glad. I will be thankful if you could help. Regards, BinamraYT BinamraYT (talk) 15:30, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Confirmed and blocked by Bbb23. --Yamla (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Well, blocked anyway.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:10, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for your tireless work on articles and making them better. Also, without people like you, Wikipedia wouldn't be nearly as great, so hats off to you :) Weatherman27 (talk) 20:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

User:Brzikraken

You blocked the aforementioned user this month. But it seems he is making the same edits logged off. For example:

• Brzikraken two months ago
• His/her Ip today
• Brzikraken 2 months ago
• His/her ip today

I think you might be interested in this. 92.9.147.195 (talk) 11:59, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, there's a complete overlap in editing there. Blocked. --Yamla (talk) 12:02, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Brzikraken has returned:

• Brzikraken two months ago
• His/her IP today

Via a mobile network. 92.9.144.38 (talk) 23:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

No point blocking that one, I'm afraid. They'll keep on switching IP addresses quicker than I can block. --Yamla (talk) 10:32, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

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Report

Im just new but I only want to say that User:Cacapipi5 is a inopropiate user name and look what he did at his/her user page. he a spanish inapropiate user TheDoge1234 (talk) 09:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

It is, but that user hasn't logged in in more than a decade. --Yamla (talk) 09:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

And this User:Urmomisfat100010001000 i just want help wikipedia of these vandalizers, inapropiate users,... how do i can help wikipedia. That guy vandalize wikipedia and he have a inapropiate user name. --TheDoge1234 (talk) 09:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

We aren't interested in these reports. That particular account was blocked more than six years ago. If a user is currently vandalising, WP:AIV is the right place to go. There's no point searching out users who haven't edited in years, though. --Yamla (talk) 09:53, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Ok thanks you so much :) --TheDoge1234 (talk) 09:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Return of a dodgy IP

Hi Yamla. You (and other admins) have previously blocked this IP for (global) block evasion and trolling. Now they are back with, among other contributions, this rather peculiar request. I'm not familiar with the back story, but it looks like resumption of an old, unpleasant pattern, which is why I consult you. Favonian (talk) 17:49, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Youch. I can't even recall who that is, but that's pretty extreme. Blocked. --Yamla (talk) 18:19, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Yamla. 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.TheSandDoctor ^Talk 19:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: No objections to the unblock. If they cause problems after the block's lifted, it's easy enough to reblock. And they've had a few months to wise up. :) --Yamla (talk) 20:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Perfect! I've unblocked. Thanks. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 20:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Dispute resolution choices

I read this news

• Liptak, Kevin (2020-04-03). "How Fauci and Birx got Trump to listen to science". CNN. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

Dr. Fauci and President Trump seemed to exchange their real views with each other through media.

But I personally wonder if Dr. Fauci and President Trump with his fellow team in charge of the economy could have directly talked with each other about their real concern in mind without being evasive in front of each other, they would have forged a more unified strategy in response to the pandemic, which is meant to save more lives. I acknowledge that this process featuring straightforward could be hurtful to both sides but the result to the public might be better? However, do you think such potentially hurtful process meet the standards set by Wikipedia:Civility? I am not sure because such a straightforward process might involve comments that are subjectively thought to be rude and disrespectful. For example, dismissing someone's point with evidence using a determined tone might be subjectively thought as rude? Thank you very much. Your answer will be an important reference for me in the future! --Reciprocater (Talk) 09:54, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, what does this have to do with Wikipedia? Fauci and Trump obviously aren't bound by Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and I'm therefore not sure what this has to do with this encyclopedia. I want to be clear, I wish the U.S. was handling the pandemic better, and I very sincerely wish the country and everyone in it luck and success. I'm just not sure what this has to do with Wikipedia. --Yamla (talk) 10:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for not being clear. I meant does dismissing someone's point with evidence, using a determined tone might be thought of as rudeness per Wikipedia:Civility? Thanks. --Reciprocater (Talk) 11:42, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Can you please specify exactly what this has to do with Wikipedia? --Yamla (talk) 12:03, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh!I wasn't referring to real-life scenarios. I was just motivated by the news to ask how to determine if a comment on Wikipedia is rudeness and disrespectful as WP:UNCIVIL says Incivility consists of personal attacks, rudeness, and disrespectful comments.? I think my words at User:Reciprocater/sandbox#User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Continued_the_thread_above:_Paid-version_of_Wikipedia_that_permits_paid-contribution_that_is_meant_to_support_a_more_efficient_and_higher-quality_debate_among_democratic_processes_around_the_world! sounds a bit serious but not rude and disrespectful. And I would like to have some feedback from some friendly Wikipedians to confirm that my feeling was okay. Thank you so much! ^__^ --Reciprocater (Talk) 15:05, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

English grammar

Hello Yamla, it's your statement at User:Yamla#Yamla that really eases my mind and enriches my courage to contact you who seems to be well informed and able to resolve my confusion in mind. I am feeling lucky to have spotted you among the pool of admins!

So would you mind sharing your answer to my question at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#Identifying_object_in_a_sentence? to help me grow my English skill, please? Although my answer was A or both, my expression on your talk page was B. I answered A there mainly to emphasize my confusion.

Just feel free to neglect this entire post if you're busy or it's not convenient for you. :)

Stay safe in this difficult time of virus! (I highly recommend wearing a face mask.)

--Reciprocater (Talk) 16:57, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

New sock of User:Nitinpatkar194

It's User:NKP2002, who just created Nitin Patkar (Actor). This guy is addicted to trying to writing about himself. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:29, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Yup. Blocked, article deleted. --Yamla (talk) 17:36, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Please check my reasons

I do need to request for IPBE. I promise not to abuse it. Best wishes. --$\sideset {_{R}^{u}}{_{u}^{y}}\prod _{\clubsuit }^{i}$ ${}_{S}^{h}\!\Omega _{n}^{e}$ 11:04, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

You are welcome to make your request again, explaining your problem with VPN. :) --Yamla (talk) 11:23, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

I have writen the reason again. User talk:RuiyuShen Best. --$\sideset {_{R}^{u}}{_{u}^{y}}\prod _{\clubsuit }^{i}$ ${}_{S}^{h}\!\Omega _{n}^{e}$ 11:29, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Best wishes. $\sideset {_{R}^{u}}{_{u}^{y}}\prod _{\clubsuit }^{i}$ ${}_{S}^{h}\!\Omega _{n}^{e}$ 13:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)