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Mangalore Airport

Hey there,

Could you help me in changing the title from Mangalore Airport to Mangalore International Airport..?

--PageImprover 11:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PageImp (talk • contribs)

PageImp, please follow the process listed at WP:RM. I don't know if this is a non-controversial move to just do a move, best way to figure that out is to open a discussion on the talk page per the instructions at that page. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:07, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Please give references

No incorrect changes, please dont be childish but give references, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with references i will not continue this undo game i have better things to do--Parsi123 (talk) 14:13, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

You are the one removing valid IAST templates and changing text to suit your preference. An ounce of your own advice would do you good.—SpacemanSpiff 14:18, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Why you deleted my identity, I am Vicku Singh Chandigarh based leading beauty and fashion photographer on the name of vsmagicalclicks. Known for Specialized photography in Fashion & Portfolio, Show & Pageant, Model Portfolio, Celebrity & Glamour and Portraits photography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vsmagicalclicks (talk • contribs) 12:57, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Hey- why do you think that page wipekart is not valid and tagged for deletion?

Hirajha (talk) 19:07, 2 July 2016 (UTC)I can suggest you a bunch of such pages which is very similar to wipekart, please let me know why those pages are still on wikipedia?

(talk page stalker)@Hirajha:The answer to that question is that each article is examined on its own merits. You can initiate the deletion process for a single non-notable subject or several. You can find this contained in the essay WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS.
I see that you asked the same question at User talk:Boing! said Zebedee and got a similar answer. - Brianhe (talk) 23:27, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
What he said^. Also, the article was written like a brochure and qualified for speedy deletion as an advert. —SpacemanSpiff 05:29, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Help an innocent user

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KnightWarrior25

Here even after Bbb23's CU results they are trying to harass a new user.

If you dig up edit history of MBlaze Lightning and Spartacus! you will find these facts:

  • Spartacus! edits Bengali Wikipedia while Bb23 will know that MBlaze Lightning geolocates to a different city.
  • MBlaze Lightning had huge interest in Bollywood articles in which Spartacus! has little interest till today.
  • MBlaze Lightning was doing New page patrol which Spartacus! doesn't understand.
  • Spartacus! has zero knowledge about customized signatures.
  • Your wish is my command, O Great One. Another CU-blocked account that I didn't tag. It's clear which accounts are matches for the other accounts, but I'm still struggling with the relationship with Kichappan. As I said, it's  Likely technically, and then there's always Mike V's finding (Mike is pretty careful). I think I have to do one of those optical shifts where I make the diagram that was concave convex or the other way around. It's been a socky weekend.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Bbb23 That's one of the reasons I don't want to do the suspected sock tagging on these and instead link them to the first such account that I came across. Behaviorally, I'm still struggling to match these to the Tamil/Malayalam cinema ones and I know that Mike V is a little more conservative than I am in behavioral match analysis, unless it's due to an odd reason that I can think of -- something that I came up with only because of the longevity of some of the socks I've been dealing with. We at least have a lot less socks to deal with on the caste area now (which is why Sitush can afford to focus on his health now!), after the 500/30 rule implementation on the problem pages there. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:13, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

HI...!

I have noticed that you have removed a large amount of content from Adoor page.Please do not do this as citation has been added so please avoid doing this.Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerala-Nadu (talk • contribs) 15:12, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I love it when you socks contact me like this. —SpacemanSpiff 15:35, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Hola, Thank you for the note. I will keep in mind your feedback when updating articles. Amarnath.14 (talk) 12:10, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

a block please

Sangalaayush (talk · contribs) - same behaviour as Jhony jhony ha ji (talk · contribs) disruptive editing and inserting copyvio images. The Masked Man of Mega Might (talk) 21:10, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Done. You may also want to ask at commons:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections unless Dharmadhyaksha decides to earn his high pay over there first. —SpacemanSpiff 01:49, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Indopug123 (talk · contribs · logs) Can you do a mass rollback and apply some kind of protection to List of current Indian chief ministers and Template:Other Parties (India)/meta/colorThe Masked Man of Mega Might (talk) 14:37, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
For a second there I thought you were asking me to block the actual Indopug. I've deleted the new creation and protected the list. Looking at Sonowal, it appears there may be more accounts involved -- another copyvio deleted on Commons. You may want to file a new SPI as there may be other active accounts. —SpacemanSpiff 14:48, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, looks more like a competency issue. I reported them on commons for socking and copyvio, no action taken yet though. The Masked Man of Mega Might (talk) 13:10, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
There's one more sock now, added a pp tag on Muzaffarnagar (see the contributions on Commons). As for CIR, unfortunately we are far too tolerant of that. You may want to file an SPI here as there's likely more accounts and it's better to document this mess. —SpacemanSpiff 04:29, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Good morning Spaceman. Head-Tail (talk · contribs) passes the smell test for me (as a Jhony jhony ha ji (talk · contribs) sock). What do you think?—indopug (talk) 02:59, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!—indopug (talk) 04:52, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Ugh. Now at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jhony jhony ha ji. Thanks for reviving my earlier request at commons and zapping those accounts. I don't know which version is accurate/preferred by Indopug in List of current Indian chief ministers, but I've reverted the recent edits there also. Semi perhaps? The Masked Man of Mega Might (talk) 15:51, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

@Prophetkrish

Prophetkrish (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hi, A new user @Prophetkrish, adding unsourced content and OR to multiple articles, welcomed and urged to review content guidelines, but ignores the suggestion and now edit warring at Avatar. Needs a watch, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 06:01, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I am not edit warring. pls check my edits. I have edited earlier using my IP address on same article Avatar. The user Ms Sarah Welch is intimidating me, and I am not afraid of his/her abuse. Prophetkrish (talk) 06:05, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

original research and edit warring

I have stopped editing the article Avatar. For your information I have not included anything which is of original research.Prophetkrish (talk) 06:10, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

File:LCA4.jpg

Hii, I recently found that you have deleted one image File:LCA4.jpg from HAL Tejas which i had uploaded from Indian Air Force official website page citing copyright violation. Kindly head to the website and click Usage policy below the page. There you will find that i have not caused any violation. Hope you will respond soon. Deepanshu M. (talk) 08:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

As was noted on your talk page, the IAF website claims copyright and hasn't released any image under a free license and the terms explicitly reject derivatives. You've been warned about copyright violations multiple times. —SpacemanSpiff 08:23, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I kindly request you to atleast once check the usage policy. It's clearly stated that "Image is free to be shared and used unless tampered". I assure you that i won't cause any copyright violation. But please, in this case kindly check once. Thank You very much. Deepanshu M. (talk) 08:45, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

  • "unless tampered" is incompatible with our licensing requirement which is clear that derivatives should be allowed. It's not just your image copyvios on Commons, you've also been copying text from external sources on to articles here and all this has to stop. —SpacemanSpiff 08:51, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank-you SpacemanSpiff for the timely response. I right now step back quietly and after that i won't put or upload any picture "AT ALL" on Wiki Media. Please have some mercy.😁😁😃 Deepanshu M. (talk) 09:02, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Learning to upload images without copyright violation.

Please tell me on your own talk page, how to upload images which are essential to the article and are finished from the internet, keeping in mind that the uploader is a common man/woman, who has knowledge, but not the means to get the image, except from the internet, and also contributes to the truth about articles, which is not being liked by international organized crime, which killed, John F. Kennedy, at 46, and my ancestors informed the authorities in India.

Mamta Jagdish Dhody (talk) 07:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I have no idea what Kennedy's assassination has to do with uploading copyvios, or for that matter what your ancestors have to do with this and this business of making of idiosyncratic arguments is part of the behavior of yours that is causing an enormous amount time wastage for others, especially when it is within articles. THat said, you are free to read through this page to understand what images you can upload here and what you can not. —SpacemanSpiff 07:37, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Please be polite, we are all educated.

Mamta Jagdish Dhody (talk) 09:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Keshav Mahavidyalaya

Hii SpacemanSpiff, I want to inform you that i am a full time student of this college and all the information i added is my genuine personal experience. There is no comment related to my college at any website, so how could i violate any copyright. As a proof i can add the picture of my IDENTITY CARD in case you want to verify. Please, don't undo a content which is a result of somebody's hardwork. I Request you to check and respond soon. Deepanshu M. (talk) 08:56, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Let me be clear, you can't copy text from elsewhere and add it here. That you're a student there has no bearing. The next time you do something like this, you will be blocked. —SpacemanSpiff 08:58, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Hii SpacemanSpiff, If I see the page of Keshav Mahavidyalaya, i can't find the content which was copied out of the whole. Because i actually just restored back the content Added by someone else. But i assure i checked it before adding. Hope you to shed some light in this matter. Thank-you Deepanshu M. (talk) 09:09, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

THat large chunk that you added with this edit is copied from the website. —SpacemanSpiff 09:16, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I am sorry for causing such inconvenience, but i swear that I just restored collective edits made by Various Users on that page as you would have seen. Anyway Thank you very much for giving your time to me. I am still obliged to make Indian Wikipedia article better, but now more carefully. Thank you my Indian friend.😃😃Deepanshu M. (talk) 09:49, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Please read the link on copyrights that is there in the notice I posted on your talk page WP:C. If you follow what's written there and the linked guides then you shouldn't have a problem. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 09:59, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Friend SpacemanSpiff, I assure you that I will follow the rules and protocol while editing. Deepanshu M. (talk) 10:04, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Resurrecting an article

Hii, Good afternoon..I ask you for your precious help to resurrect the page Keshav Mahavidyalaya as recent deletions has left the page in pathetic condition. I seek your guidance to help me recreate it with some topics and suggestions. After all it's my institute. Thanks in advance😃 Deepanshu (talk) 09:33, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Take a look at Ramjas College and get an idea of a reasonable structure and also about sourcing of any content within the article and use that as a template for editing this. Be sure not to copy paste content from elsewhere though. If you need help with sourcing or are looking for collaborators then try posting at WT:INB. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 12:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance. Will ask you for further help. Cheers

Deepanshu (talk) 12:09, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Udayar (caste)

Judging by the consistent content changes + some of the edit summaries, we have an IP hopper at Udayar (caste). It's a bit slow-burn but a nuisance nonetheless. - Sitush (talk) 16:51, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Ha! The talk page history makes for interesting reading also. This is what happens when I take my eye off the ball. - Sitush (talk) 17:03, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Semiprotected per WP:GS/Caste. —SpacemanSpiff 17:30, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Spick news tamil

வணக்கம், 

 நான் M Harish22866. மீடியா நிறுவனம் ஒன்று தொடர்பான பக்கம் ஒன்றை துவக்க நான் விரும்புகிறேன். அதை எப்படி உருவாக்குவது என்று தாங்கள் எனக்கு உதவவேண்டும் என்று விரும்புகிறேன்.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by M Harish22866 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
M Harish22866, the problem with the article you created is that there's no assertion of importance and more importantly it was written in a way to promote the subject -- "our Tamil Nadu Election Survey Poll for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016 Predictions Were Accurate". You will need to find multiple reliable source references about the subject to show notability and verify any content within the article. Please see WP:YFA and if you still think the subject is notable then follow the articles for creation process. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 02:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Regarding Edit Warning

Hi SpacemanSpiff, I need your help please stop this IP 1.186.199.180, who is constantly editing these two template, making it clutter. I tried to explain him but he is not listening. Template:Infobox Indian political party / Template:Infobox Indian political party/doc. Please help.--kkm010 talk to me 15:26, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Kkm010, you are the one at fault here as you removed long standing sections and failed to discuss it anywhere. If you continue this edit war, you will also be blocked. —SpacemanSpiff 15:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Why don't u understand the infobox looks very clutter u must stop this nonsense.--kkm010 talk to me 15:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Kkm010, see also WP:ADMINSHOP. [1] --NeilN talk to me 15:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
(edit conflict)I'm inclined to do just that by blocking you and lifting full protection. —SpacemanSpiff 15:43, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Whos stopping you to block me idiot. Common block me indefinitely, but u cannot stop me from editing stupid jerk.--kkm010 talk to me 03:47, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Given your disruptive editing history, someone or the other will get to it soon. I will however do that the next time I see your disruptive behavior outside of my talk page. —SpacemanSpiff 03:52, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
(edit conflict) As requested. --NeilN talk to me 03:55, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Ajith Kumar ethnicity

Hi SS, if you get a chance, could you please take a look at Ajith Kumar and figure out how his ethnicity should be represented? This source says he was "Born of a Sindhi mother (from Kolkata) and a Keralite father". Currently the article says "Tamil", but that was changed somewhere in these 60 edits. I don't know jack about Indian ethnicities. Many thanks in advance, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:03, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

I'd trust The Hindu over any other newspaper any day. It was changed by this ip. I'm going to protect the article now for excess violations of BLP. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 03:07, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
For actual ethnicity, I think Sitush and Dharmadhyaksha have edited such things in the past. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 03:10, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
If in doubt/mixed then omit it unless there is a source where they self-identify. That's my cop-out every time. Ethnicity really is not important 99.9% of the time. Perhaps even 99.99%. - Sitush (talk) 05:09, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Cyphoidbomb, you may also want to look at Category:Indian Buddy films which is being populated at lightning speed, I doubt any of the films are classed as such. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff

Edit war message on my talk page

Hi SpacemanSpiff, my only reverting is this[2] since GorgeCustersSabre blatantly reverting to an old revision instead of addressing the concern on talk page. He even removed sourced material if you check his recent revision[3]. He has reverted here[4], here[5], here[6]. It seems he lacks interest to actually develop the article. Thank you. Bongaosl (talk) 06:57, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

No, both of you are edit warring. Edit warring does not require reinserting the same content and you both have been doing it with different things. If you continue this then one or both of you are likely to end up being blocked. —SpacemanSpiff 07:03, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Disruptive new user

Ntyhoney (talk · contribs) appears to be new, clueless and unwilling to talk. They've been causing chaos with articles such as Ahirwati, Ahirwati language, Ahirwati sa (now deleted) and Mewati language and have now moved Anup Kumar (kabaddi) to Anup Kumar Yadav(kabaddi) and uploaded an obviously inappropriate image relating to that guy. Would a 24 hour block perhaps concentrate their mind re: communicating with people? - Sitush (talk) 14:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Blocked 36 hours. --NeilN talk to me 16:01, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. Hopefully, they will now start addressing some of the concerns on their talk page etc and we might make some progress. I'm still at a loss as to how a book published in 1989 could cite data collated in the 2001 census. - Sitush (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

உதவி கேட்டு...

தங்களின் தகவல்களை நான் அறிந்துக்கொண்டேன். தவறுக்கு மன்னிக்கவும். SPICK NEWS (TAMIL) பக்கம் உருவாக்க உதவி பெற யாரை அனுகவேண்டும் ? அல்லது உருவாக்க தாங்கள் உதவ முடியுமா ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by M Harish22866 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

M Harish22866, the place to get general help and questions answered is Wikipedia:Teahouse. However, I've already told you above on what the requirements are to create an article and how to go about it. You don't seem to have read or understood that. Please take a look at the earlier section you created with this question. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Re:Final Warning

But I was Trying to say that Nepali keto62 is sockpuppet. Please Investigate on this topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiger Gang (talk • contribs) 14:20, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

You've wasted enough time of too many people. At this point, even if that were true, you haven't presented a coherent or cogent argument at SPI and are just continuing to throw accusations around. —SpacemanSpiff 14:23, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Indian Navy page

I want an answer..why is Bilcat removing page contents? Do you warn him? Indian Navy flag's are shown from teh British Indian Navy. If one has to look at History, the Indian history did not start with the British. So either have all the flags or have the flags of Indian Navy not British Indian. Now go and warn Bilcat. I want equality not just shit thrown around by British assholes.Itiltil (talk) 04:22, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Blocked for repeated personal attacks against other editors. —SpacemanSpiff 04:28, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

The Masked Man of Mega2

I finally beat you to a sock of Jhony jhony ha ji... INeverCry 05:12, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Haha, thanks. I'm sure The Masked Man of Mega Might must be thrilled to have a follower! —SpacemanSpiff 05:19, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
You should've seen when I was an admin here and an admin and checkuser at Commons. Still can't beat the stewards with their lock button... INeverCry 05:34, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
I think just being admin on one project is enough of a time sink. The kind of crap distractions is just far too much. —SpacemanSpiff 05:38, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Spam links

Hi, Can you please guide what kind of content i can add and what was the spam thing in that external link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madhukarwd (talk • contribs) 08:09, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. —SpacemanSpiff 08:49, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Sock sock

Why did you blocked Kichappan's IP sock 115.249.188.97 only for 72 hours. He had came with another sock, which I have opened an investigation. --Charles Turing (talk) 12:37, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

A CU will get to it when they can, there's likely to be more socks and CU is needed for htat. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:07, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Zakir Naik

Dear SpacemanSpiff, you sent me a warning that I appear to be involved in an edit war. That was certainly not my intention. I merely observed what I believed was a dogmatic editor disregarding an editor consensus and reverted him. I'll stay off the page a few days until other editors now work on it. Please also keep an eye on it (and the talk page). Thanks and regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 07:06, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

As I said in the above section, both of you are edit warring (in addition to another editor I warned earlier). If there's an impasse then please follow the dispute resolution processes like WP:3O and WP:DRN, not edit war on the content. —SpacemanSpiff 07:08, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Dear SpacemanSpiff, I reject you assertion of edit warring, but won't argue about it. All I'll highlight is that I did not violate the 3RR and I acted only to maintain what I believed in good faith was the consensus. As I noted above, I will step away from the page for a while. No problem. Thanks for your attentiveness. George Custer's Sabre (talk) 07:13, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
But can you please elaborate where you reached the consensus and how? You didn't even replied to the discussion on the article's talk page[7] before reverting sourced material[8]. Bongaosl (talk) 07:31, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
I meant the consensus that existed before you began editing and I reverted. It had been stable for quite a long time. I may of course be wrong, so I will stay off the page for a while. No hard feelings. Regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 07:39, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Could you take a look at Zakir Naik, an article that if I had any brains I'd take off my watchlist, and the user you warned recently, Sharif uddin? BTW, the user's revert of my revert and their comment in the edit summary are not accurate. They moved one piece and removed another piece from the article. One of the more disruptive and non-neutral editors of that article has already been blocked for edit-warring (Bongaosl). I, unfortunately, can't act because I'm involved. Let me know what you think. If you believe I'm out of line, please tell me.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:21, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
  • That's the reason I gave the warning to that user. I'm away in the mountains with only a 4" screen to type and read so can't do anything until Monday. Meantime I hope @NeilN and Bishonen: can step in. Same for your post below Sitush. Also ARBIPA warnings should go out for Zakir naik. 6 minutes to type. Cheers —SpacemanSpiff 15:50, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Applied 1RR to Naik. Maybe I'm missing something but as Israel is never mentioned in the article, I can't see how ARBPIA applies. --NeilN talk to me 16:19, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
  • @NeilN: ARBIPA was probably meant. - Sitush (talk) 16:21, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Brain fart. Yes, you're right. I believe using the BLP discretionary sanctions should achieve the same purpose. --NeilN talk to me 16:28, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
If a page is troublesome enough to need a 1RR, why not also apply semiprotection? And I'm wondering if one of its recent editors, Only1MesutOzil (talk · contribs), should be blocked for WP:NOTHERE rather than go through all the levels of warnings with them. EdJohnston (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Most of the problem editors are autoconfirmed. As an aside, Bongaosl is now completely out of the picture. They're part of a very large sock farm and I've indeffed them.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:10, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Dear @Bbb23:, @NeilN: , @EdJohnston:, honestly there are massive BLP Policy violation on Zakir Naik article from both pro & against Naik editors by including defamatory, contentious contents from recent news blogs, news opinions and breaking news in the awake of recent controversy over Naik with Dhaka attack. While, verifiability does not guarantee inclusion defamatory contents are being added to the BLP article so it needs a neutral uninvolved expert editor's attention to make the page balanced, neutral and perfect as per Wikipedia guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.250.223.151 (talk • contribs)
The article is already semied (thank &deity for that). IP, specific suggestions for changes would be welcomed on the article's talk page. --NeilN talk to me 18:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
I curse the day that I set my eyes on that article and decide to semi it because of all the nonsense. BTW, what's the status on article 1RR restrictions, do individual editors have to be warned separately or is just an article/talk page notification sufficient? I've never enforced anything like this before and it seems that I'll be moving into AE stuff like this as it comes up more often now. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 11:02, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I put up an article editnotice, a talk page header notice, and a talk page post about WP:1RR. Anyone who has been alerted to DS previously I consider alerted. Anyone I specifically name in my post I consider alerted. Anyone specifically warned by other editors about WP:1RR I consider alerted. I give first time offenders the chance to self-revert. Same goes for anyone reported for "chintzy" violations (and I'll mentally give the reporter the same look as your dog is giving me right now). --NeilN talk to me 00:14, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Possible sock of a blocked user

After the user Thecutehero (talk · contribs · count) got blocked on 21 May, you suspected that he might be active with some new account. Today I came across this account, which was created on 23 May. This new user is practically indistinguishable from Thecutehero.

He is creating same type of articles about the same type of topics as that of Thecutehero. Their writing style & way of citing/formatting are also indistinguishable, e.g. compare Thecutehero's this or this article with that of the new user's this article, which he created when his account was just one-day-old. Note that both users oddly wrote 'Area' as 'x acres' & 'Budget' as just 'INR' in the infobox. In fact, the remaining portions of their articles are also identical.

And, like Thecutehero, he is creating articles at a frantic pace, e.g. his account is just 50-odd days old & he has already created 96 articles! He is also struggling with copyvios akin to Thecutehero. - NitinMlk (talk) 15:38, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Looks like it but I think WP:SPI would be needed to make sure. I'm uncomfortable with WP:DUCK here because I'm not overly familiar with the original account yet and I'd prefer some technical verification before a block. Could you file it? cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 15:43, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I have no idea about the procedure of filing it. - NitinMlk (talk) 15:45, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
You can use WP:Twinkle to file it, just click on the "arv" tab on User talk:Thecutehero and check sockpuppeteer, and add the other account(s) as sockpuppets. Then in the explanation you can give the sme info you've provided above. Just look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nouman khan sherani (archive) for an example. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 15:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I am such a dimwit that I never used Twinkle till date! And, to be true, I haven't studied their behaviour in details. So, at this stage, it would be better if some experienced user files it - after studying both accounts properly. - NitinMlk (talk) 15:56, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
@SpacemanSpiff: Wow! Just saw your relevant work here. Thanks! - NitinMlk (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Stumbled upon this conversation while undoing addition of unecyclopedic family photos to Wikipedia articles by multiple users/IPs. FYI: User:Vdhillon appears to be the original master. He was blocked in 2014 for copyright violations. Proof:
Images uploaded by Vdhillon:
Images uploaded by Lezela:
utcursch | talk 23:42, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Of course it is Utcursch, why didn't I think of it? Especially since I wasted a lot of time cleaning up after that account! He's never gone away it seems. There's another intermediate sock that's been blocked. Pinging Bbb23 to see what kind of tagging can be done for this as SPI only covers the two most recent socks and any unblock requests won't have the full context without the right tags showing that this is a three year problem. —SpacemanSpiff 23:50, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
I suppose what I would do is present evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thecutehero that there is an earlier master. There's nothing I as a CU can do, so you just need to convince a clerk (not that there are many around lately) that Vdhillon is the correct master. If you do, the userpages can be retagged appropriately. A much easier way is to add {{sockpuppet|Vdhillon}} to Thecutehero's userpage. It's not as good, but it'll at least make the connection.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I've added the tag, don't think there's a pressing reason to add to clerk workload right now. The evidence is there in terms of contribution history as well as the (soon to be deleted) images on Commons. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 00:43, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Ishq Hawa Mein

User:Gee Aap Kon is definitely a sock of User:Ishq Hawa Mein. Since Ponyo is offline and there's no investigation page, so don't know where to report this.- Managerarc™ talk 11:27, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

No idea who that is, you'll have to start a new WP:SPI in the master's name or wait for Ponyo to return and wave her magic wand. —SpacemanSpiff 12:04, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Laxmi Chand Tyagi

I think there is either a sock- or meat-farm operating here. The article to which I have redirected the bio is crap but the bio was even worse. - Sitush (talk) 10:19, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

I think there's a sock farm around Milkman, some of the other accounts appear stale, but can you file an SPI? maybe a paid editing ring. —SpacemanSpiff 10:25, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Nikam

Am extremely sorry for my behaviour and promise to be more professional.But i would like to know the reason, why is Sitush and many others editing the Nikam/Nikumbh page and giving less facts about that clan? Kondev (talk) 15:35, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

The issue here is that you don't seem to understand our verifiability and reliable sources policies among other things, despite being alerted to them earlier. In addition, you (on this account) and as the currently blocked IP have been blanking content because you don't like it, you also reverted in content from another account that was warned about this behavior. All this is clearly disruptive. —SpacemanSpiff 16:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

UTRS Account Request

I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. —SpacemanSpiff

 Done. Let me know if you have any questions with the interface or process! Cheers, --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 22:13, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Danke, I'll check in shortly. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 02:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Nadar (caste)

Any chance of you looking at the history of Nadar (caste)? I think some semi-protection might not go amiss. - Sitush (talk) 00:26, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

If you look at the history deep enough (7-8 years back) you'll see that I've edited the article, so someone else will have to take a looksie and do the protection (or not). cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 02:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Looksied. --NeilN talk to me 02:49, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
That's, like, prehistoric, Spiff - surely NOTBURO. Thanks, NeilN. - Sitush (talk) 02:57, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
True, but you never know what kind of stuff can waste one's time at ANI etc, this is more for me avoiding anything that'd waste my time more than I already do by adminning crap out here. —SpacemanSpiff 03:35, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement TripWire

Please do not refuse to admin or edit in the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement TripWire . It had been a very conflicting situation on south Asian pages. With a positive intent to help busy admin like you burdened by time & tasks. I have worked in detail on edit patterns of Tripwire and Kautilya3. Given three options two-way IBAN or Topic ban or Two-way Aspersion restriction. I find IBAN bit childish (sorry for the language). I would recommend Aspersion restriction (one moth) on TripWire for Baluchistan related articles. I agree with SheriffIsInTown after a detailed hard work on edit pattern of Kautilya3 and [9] [10] [11] mentioned by @TopGun: I would strongly recommend Indefinite Blanket topic ban on Kautilya3. This might be a reasonable solution to end Kautilya3 Vs Other party editors endless WAR. Other solutions might fail again and again. We need a good admin like you to help us on the subject. Thanks for your valuable time SIR.Xenoverse9 (talk) 10:24, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) above user is blatant WP:DUCK sockpuppet. Please see this [12]. Spartacus! (talk) 10:46, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

New sock.

Blocked on Commons: SpaceSockSuperMan. Hasn't edited here yet, but he's registered. INeverCry 19:10, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Nouman Khan Sherani created SpacemanSpiff23 yesterday. And today Jhony does this one. These damn socks are ruining the whites in the laundry! —SpacemanSpiff 19:16, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Another one registered here with no edits and blocked on Commons: [13]. INeverCry 04:51, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
He seems to have moved to new images after your protections. This one's ducky too, following that Chief minister obsession. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 04:57, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
This one was easy, as it re-uploaded over a deleted pic from Zindopug. INeverCry 02:04, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Request for protection

I want to protect my user page. SpacemanSpiff can you protect my user page. Please if you can please protect my user page. Aayush Sangal (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

List of highest-grossing Indian films

Hi SS, could I please trouble you to add List of highest-grossing Indian films to your watchlist for a little bit? I'm seeing a flare-up of activity where a bunch of users keep changing the box office data of Kabali to 320 crore, when each of the references attribute this value to the producer's claim (i.e. they're using primary sources for controversial data.) The article is semi-protected, so many of these users are autoconfirmed, but some are suspiciously active after long periods of inactivity like this guy and this guy. I can't provide round-the-clock scrutiny, so any assistance you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:58, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

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