User talk:TonyBallioni

Gregory Maxwell

Hi. Would you please do me a favor and email me the wikitext for the subject article?   — Jeff G. ツ 08:56, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Jeff G., sent. Sorry for missing this. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:16, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ 13:44, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Ben2719941

Hi. I believe that User:Ben2719941 is evading a block and editing as User:MusicPerson123. The edits themselves may be few and harmless but they're certaintly indicative of his recent editing patterns. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 06:14, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Yep, that’s  Confirmed to him. Indef’d both. Feel free to file an SPI for the record and I or a clerk will get to the paperwork tomorrow. TonyBallioni (talk) 07:16, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Sock, but I'm not clear who...

Hi Tony, could you please look at this guy? I think he might be the same as these others. I didn't know who to block them as, since I didn't have a sockmaster. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:56, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: that'd be Bothiman. I blocked a few sleepers and confirmed it to Tyuop12. They're using proxies, so they weren't on the same ranges as the ones I previously blocked, but the behavior is a match and given the number of accounts, the content focus, and the username format, I'd say its that sockfarm. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:59, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

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2A02:C7F:BE3E:4200:D834:6525:605F:C5B4 (talk) 19:38, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

I don't know if ^^this guy is responding to this discussion or another, but I'll just drop a "thank you Tony" down here. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:16, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Block Request

Hoping this is a mistake and meant for another user. Not sure the reason if otherwise. --CNMall41 (talk) 22:44, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

It may be this one. I declined the draft and looks like the user placed the unblock request on my talk page. --CNMall41 (talk) 22:50, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

School of Economic Science

Thank you for taking the time to intervene and for making the right decision. Given the huge amount of time wasted there this week, you've brought very welcome relief. I'd now like to draw your attention to the part of the ice-beg below water. Because the problem is not just aggressive sock-puppetry with a massive axe to grind; it is exceptional lack of appreciation for the Five Pillars that would have gone straight to ANI if the user(s) weren't new. The page had been stable for well over a year. We're talking constant revert-warring, next to zero consensus-building, addition of OR, removal of sourced content, no understanding of verifiablity versus fact and primary versus secondary sourcing, etc., and even a projection of bad faith in response to even-handedness and patience. User:MelanieN appears to have interpreted this as a COI problem and I would concur. So if you haven't already, please take a closer look at the editing history and Talk page this week. I hereby request that your temporary silverlock becomes permanent until further notice, otherwise all this time-wasting will be back immediately. That would also give the new user(s) a chance to adjust and learn by editing elsewhere. Talk page requests for content change are and will continue to be given a fair hearing. -Roberthall7 (talk) 05:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Let’s give it a week and if it starts up again I can restore it pretty quickly. Takes three clicks of a button :) TonyBallioni (talk) 06:32, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Great, thanks. -Roberthall7 (talk) 16:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Could you look at this, please?

Hi T, could I please trouble you to look at this ANI report? There's a bit of craziness happening across a few articles about people named Qasmi, such as Waheed Zafar Qasmi and it looks like there's sock/meatpuppetry going on. We have Shiraz Qasmi and ShirazQ who are obviously the same person. I'm not sure if they are engaging in specifically pernicious editing, but there are COI issues and they've added lots of original research. There is also Pcheeku, who I don't think is the same person as Shiraz, only because they've undone some of Shiraz's edits. But Pcheeku appears to be evading a previous block of Tcheeku. This article has a litany of blocked accounts dating back several years. Regards and thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:12, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Cyphoidbomb, Materialscientist seems to have been dealing with it, so probably best to talk to him. Tcheeku is too stale to look at from CU, but if you are convinced behaviorally, you can block. I've extended confirmed protected that article for a month because of the extent of apparent socking there. Hopefully it will help. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:14, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Oh, my bad. I didn't know that MS was a CheckUser. Sorry for the timesuck. :D Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:51, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Millandhouse33

Hallo Tony, you blocked and unblocked, but there is still a talk page banner saying that the account is blocked, with the only mention of an unblock being much further down the page. Could you do whatever's needed to remove the block banner, or to add another banner to say that it's been unblocked? Thanks. PamD 16:46, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Gone. It was just a block notice, so they could have removed it themselves, which is why I didn't :) TonyBallioni (talk) 19:09, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Do articles like Beautiful Reborn Flower qualify for WP:G5?

As you probably remember the sockpuppet NJHSKA (talk · contribs) created a gazillion redirects which have all been converted into full-size articles by these IPs from Africa. I suppose the TV shows that have aired can stay, but there are still a few dozen shows that remain unaired and unquestionably fail WP:NTV. Instead of taking them to AFD one by one, I'm wondering if they can be speedied to save us some time. Please advise. Timmyshin (talk) 14:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

​Given that it fits that sockmaster’s MO, yes. If you create a subpage (like User:Timmyshin/G5) that lists all the articles on a separate line, I can batch delete them so you don’t have to manually tag them all/I don’t have to manually delete them. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:51, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for taking immediate actions; I have created a list at User:Timmyshin/G5. I excluded Queen Dugu (TV series), whose scheduling seems to have been confirmed (though on the web and not on TV as the title suggests), but if you think it's better to delete it that's fine with me as well. Also feel free to edit that subpage if it makes your job easier. Thanks, Timmyshin (talk) 16:48, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

• Everything gone :) TonyBallioni (talk) 17:16, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Why did the page The Love of Hypnosis meet WP:G5?

The page had some substantial edits by other users. It should not meet the criteria. Thyang1990 (talk) 18:08, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Thyang1990, see the above discussion. Your contributions looked relatively minor when I was going through, but I have no problem restoring the article at your request, and have done so. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:13, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

user:Hp joker1

Hello user:Hp joker1 now blocked in arwiki (I'll lock his account soon), and I deleted all of his articles in arwiki, so hope if you can do so in enwiki. Probably there's a relation with (user:IamIRAQI)! --Alaa :)..! 19:39, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

@علاء: hope you're doing well and getting some rest! How confident are you that he is a sock of IamIRAQI? If he is, I can go ahead and delete the articles under CSD G5. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:17, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes I try to take a rest, Hope I can! umm you can take a look on CUwiki (+ see this). Also, I see that all of his articles being under G11 + A7! --Alaa :)..! 20:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

@علاء: I deleted all of the articles under G5 per them likely being associated with IamIRAQI. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:56, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. His account locked globally --Alaa :)..! 10:18, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Hi Tony, here's an Admin Barnstar for all-around smarts and good adminning. Every time I see your name I know I am about to read something sensible! Thanks. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:50, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Awww, Diannaa, that's so kind of you! I miss running into you around copyright and new articles (speaks to my changing focus and IRL stuff than you). Hope all is well with you :) TonyBallioni (talk) 04:52, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Nice

closing statement; though given the obviousness from the numerical strength:-) ∯WBG^converse 08:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, but anything that long, with some of the Wikimedia movement’s strongest personalities on both sides that is also featured in a current case request needed to be explained, imo. Anyway, bed :) TonyBallioni (talk) 08:10, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

I also wanted to say this was a first class closing statement. Thank you. GoldenRing (talk) 10:22, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

And here's your courtesy link to the inevitable DRV. —Cryptic 14:56, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Yep. Knew that was coming. Thanks, Cryptic. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:38, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at User talk:DannyS712 test/chance.js

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:DannyS712 test/chance.js. DannyS712 (talk) 08:30, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Template:Z48

Question

Here is someone edit warring through an IP proxy server. Where this should be reported? Thank you, My very best wishes (talk) 18:54, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

My very best wishes, yeah, it’s a proxy. I’ve hard blocked it for a year. I’ll look later tonight to see if we can block the range or the entire ISP. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I also think the info IP wanted to remove was really important. My very best wishes (talk) 20:26, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

P.S. There is another user who plainly refuses to talk. I started a discussion 6 days ago [1], because I do not see that cited sources support the statement. However, instead of talking, they just revert (edit summary), revert (edit summary), and revert even minor changes. He did say before that he is not going to talk with me [2]. I am not sure how to resolve this. I would rather not report this to WP:AE, but maybe that's the case.My very best wishes (talk) 22:37, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Book recommendation

Hi Tony. On the off chance that you have not come across this book yet, I wanted to give a mention to The Deaths Of The Popes by Wendy J. Reardon. I picked up a used copy recently and found it full of interesting details surrounding the deaths, funerals and burials of many of the Popes. All are covered though some have scant information because there is not much surviving. But all in all I was pretty impressed. I hope all is well. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:13, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Restore my Extended-Confirmed user

My user has been autoconfirmed user, so you can have the PERM restoration. --Banana19208 (talk) 23:52, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Banana19208, So, would you be able to address the concerns brought up on your talkpage, that first you were asking for EC on perm, then appearing to game the system in order to get it? SQL^{Query me!} 00:00, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

February 2019

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, you may be blocked from editing. Why do you remove my extended confirmed user? because I am autoconfirmed in this Wikipedia user page? Banana19208 (talk) 10:42, 13 February 2019 (UTC)