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[edit] Name

An editor has revealed a person's real name against their consent and right to privacy. This person knows the rules and had prior knowledge not to do this. This editor does not stop commenting at the Arbcam case involving Fyslee. This is blockworthy. This is a very serious matter. QuackGuru ^TALK 21:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] That Mcbob sock

I figured that if I left the sock's first edit you'd know who it was and then remove the rest later. Take care, Flyguy649^talk_contribs 06:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 82.109.66.146

If you would care to take a look at my talk page you will see that I was asked to block the IP by the IT administrator in question. If the users of that IP wish to edit then all they have to do is create an account - it's not difficult! But I fail to see why we should tolerate sustained vandalism. By refusing to indefinitely block anonymous IPs we merely send the message that vandalism is fine as long as you do it anonymously, and, personally, I do not believe that is a message we should wish to send. Do you really want to encourage the idiots to use Wikipedia as their own personal playground? Because that's exactly what you're doing by letting them get away with it. -- Necrothesp 01:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with IP 74.109.244.5 and new account

I'm sure you remember vandalism trouble with this user, and it seems to have gotten much worse. They appear to hold a grudge against me because of my frequent reverts of their vandalism to Southwood Secondary School, and reporting them because of this vandalism. This user has indeed created an account in a parody of my own, with only one letter being different. You can compare my User Page with their own here. I realize that this may not be against the rules, but with this account that is so similar to my own they have continued to vandalize SSS, as seen in this edit, which I have since reverted.

I just want information on Wikipedia to be accurate, and since you were able to deal with this user last time, I thought it best to bring to your attention what has transpired. MelicansMatkin 03:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it's against the Wikipedia:Username policy for someone to register a username similar or parodying that of an established editor. In future, please report all impostors to WP:AIV and they will be blocked on sight. Thanks. --  Netsnipe   ►  03:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the help, and the clarification. :) I'll be sure to do that in future. MelicansMatkin 03:20, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question from 218.186.9.5

Why u ban me! ********* — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.186.9.5 (talk • contribs) 04:19, March 16, 2007 (UTC)

First of all, whose ban are you referring to? I block dozens of accounts and IP addresses each day. Please be more specific if you want an answer. --  Netsnipe   ►  04:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Welcomeg

I can see why you put quotes round "perfect" but it doesn't have these anywhere on Wikipedia:The perfect article, so I think it would be better to keep the template consistent with the guideline? Tyrenius 06:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DON'T PANIC!

Would you mind making a category of people who want Wikipedia to be Earth's version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (albeit in a more acceptable manner)? Or else, a category of wikipedians who are fans of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Zuracech lordum 11:31, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

Can I be an administrator? So I can delete articles, block users, protect/unprotect pages and all that? --BlakeCS 23:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi Netsnipe. Thanks for taking care of the User talk:Cremepuff222 situation. I'll surely have a stern talk with him. Xiner (talk, email) 12:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry, I'm just going by what I see.

I've seen people with slightly shorter names get banned for their name. If an admin says it's okay, that's all that matters; I'm just following what I consider procedure. You have to admit, it is fairly long. And I admit, I only took a cursory look at his history, so that's my fault. HalfShadow 17:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spammy usernames

Moving the conversation here for your convenience (I imagine your watchlist is longer than mine) - I have no intention to be contentious, I was just hoping (for my edification) to find out which of my WP:AIV reports you felt were disruptive, besides the User:BlueMoonCandles report you objected to.

I should say I've been spending most of my Wikitime lately with WP:WPSPAM, and the spamming problem seems to get larger each day; it's probably become larger now than the number of editors dedicated to fighting it can deal with - even with the use of monobook scripts (which lead to complaints of bot-like edits) and use of actual bots (which leads to other complaints.

I decided to try patrolling new usernames for obvious business and product names, because, in my experience so far, the vast majority of these are spammers. The idea is to get to them before they spam, and prevent having to expend resources on cleaning up after them later. WP:U is pretty clear that company and product names are strongly discouraged, and a user creating an account is informed of that policy right from the beginning. In my defense, I should point out that a very high percentage (on the order of 90-95%) of these usernames I reported to WP:AIV were blocked on site by a variety of admins. Some were referred to WP:RFCN, where, in turn, a large majority were disallowed by consensus. (See the archive for the past few days.) So I hope you see where I arrived at the assumption (right or wrong) that there is broad admin and community consensus to block obviously promotional usernames on sight.

No rush on the reply...I don't have any hard feelings but it smarts to be called disruptive when you spend a lot of effort trying to be one of the good guys. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:52, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ockenbock's back

I reported Mister Tuba Face (talk • contribs • logs) to AIV for this edit [1], purporting to be a sock of Ockenbok (or however it's spelled). Though you'd want to know. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 03:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually he got blocked before I got there, but the point's the same... Flyguy649^talk_contribs 03:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 66.167.214.211

Actually I don't think he is revert warring at all. It doesn't look much of a war. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:30, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

My bad. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I just looked at his/her first and last diffs and noted that the "Controversy" section had been blanked in both cases and assumed it was a 3RR violation in progress. --  Netsnipe   ►  18:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sorry

I must've been effectd by the block on the place i was at. sorry for wastin ur time. -- True ozzy 00:48, March 19, 2007

thanks for the help mate, i think i tried signing but i didn't work, better luck this time i guess True ozzy 01:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for unblocking my account. Regards, H.T. Chien (Discuss|Contributions) 04:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Man

thanks for fixing my auto block makaveli 4 life Supreme euphanasia 17:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

hey i thought i added them? cause i did it? didnt i? Supreme euphanasia 17:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

haha yeah man its all good -- Supreme euphanasia 17:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

is it a link now? :) -- Supreme euphanasia 17:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

haha yeah and probably the bad weather to -- Supreme euphanasia 17:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright infringement

Just wondering, was the message you left on my talk page a stock one, or were you really that angry?

If the latter, chill out dude. Vranak

[edit] WHOIS vs RDNS

Hi Selket. Is there any chance SelketBot can give preference to Reverse DNS lookup queries over WHOIS or at least try to fill in the host= switch to SharedIPEDU when possible. I find that there's a lot of primary/secondary school networks that are listed under University RIRs. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  04:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Probably. Can you give an example of a school where this is the case please? -- Selket ^Talk 04:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another unblock thank-you

Thanks much for relieving my six months of waiting! I will show my appreciation by holding to my initial promise. Thank you for believing me!Jean Girard 05:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding comment was added by Jean Girard (talk • contribs) 05:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] AIV

Hi there! Apologies for the late reply but them reports to AIV did seem to be vioaltions and other administrators blocked my other reports. Anyway - under no circumsances did I mean to offend you and I hope we can remain civil and put this behind us. Regards - Tellyaddict 18:12, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] help a brother out

hey man can u help me out on my user page i have 5 boxes how do i make them straight and close together? -- Supreme euphanasia 08:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

thanx man i fixed up my page :) -- Supreme euphanasia 11:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Backlogs

Could you take a look at the backlogs at AIV and unblock request? They're pretty sick right now. Part Deux 15:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry...about to sleep. I've done enough blocking for tonight = ( --  Netsnipe  ►  15:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Sigh, OK. But aiv has about 15 names, and unblock 20! *puppy dog eyes* Part Deux 15:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll check in with the admin IRC channel. --  Netsnipe  ►  15:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thx. Part Deux 15:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] i am confused

i am confused please explain. thank you anisha 16:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)starfire&robin 3-21-07

[edit] RE: School IPs

Sorry! I'm quite a detail oriented person and cannot help but type adequate explanations. Next time I'll key in {{schoolblock}} somewhere in the block log box. Rest assured I always alert IPs with block templates ;).¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 20:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Netsnipe, Thank you again for assuming good faith and un-blocking my account. I am very appreciative of the good faith you showed. I will be more protective of my account. Keep up the GREAT work! --Bfissa 21:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Fisch

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Sorry for the McDonalds thing. I didn't know how to start the thing where you talk over the disputed issue. I read the article for Burger King, and then for McDonalds, and found that there was a bias towards the McDonalds article, showing favortism for them. Sorry for any confusion, you may delete the tag or I will do so.

Have a good one NO NO NO E-Z-GO!

[edit] Re:User_talk:Walter_Humala#IP talk page threats

All right, just keep it up, best regards --Emperor Walter Humala · ^{( talk? · help! )} 02:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] School IPs

Heh, thanks... having the tools for only a month or so means I'm still a little edgy about blocking IPs for too long, but if you say it's safe, I trust you :) – Riana ^ঋ 13:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture not working

on my user page a have a picture and it does not show up but when i click on it it works can you help Owainbut 16:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 209.105.210.130

Hi there. I'm a newbie admin of just two days. You just changed my block on 209.105.210.130 from 1 week to 1 month and put the {{schoolblock}} template up. As I'm a newb, I'm trying to learn from this. The anon editor in question had a bit of a history of vandalism only, had recently come off a 1 week block and had got straight back to business. I re-instated the 1-week block but in light of your block, maybe I should have extended it. Can you maybe give your insight into why it should have been extended so I don't make the same mistake again? Was I going too easy on this vandal? Thanks! - Alison^☺ 17:28, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

• Ah - disregard this! Our edits clashed :) Thanks for sharing your rationale. I'm a lot clearer now - Alison^☺ 17:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example

WTF? I dont understand how its doing that, I actually reported Example (talk • contribs) but its displying User:Example. Anyway I did not report example and I dont know why its doing that, anyway your probably thinking I'm lieing but I'm honestly not sure why? Cheers! Tellyaddict 18:54, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Forgiven and forgotten, apologies for any confusion - Happy editing! Tellyaddict 18:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

It does still say in WP:USERNAME that they must not contain the word Wikipedia, any Wikipedia terms or other Wikimedia Foundation titles or terms, and thats an official policy so I tend to go by that.Tellyaddict 19:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Please remember that "wiki" itself is not a trademark. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for sorting it out

Apologies accepted. Thanks for sorting it out :-)

Badeggbill 21:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roitr

Just to let you know:

1. I filed a request for a community ban on User:Roitr;
2. Ryulong has just blocked a significant part of Bezeq Int (CIDR 88.154.0.0/16 and 82.81.0.0/16).

If you would take responsibility for blocking 88.153.0.0/16 and 88.155.0.0/16, I and Autocracy will try to get someone to care for 88.152.0.0/16 - and that might be it for a while. --Dmitry _{(talk •contibs )} 22:38, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block of PepsiCoke

I wasn't too sure of that one – did you know we have an admin named Pepsidrinka? Majorly _{(o rly?)} 13:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ptpgta

Sorry if my revert to Ptpgta was a mistake (I notice that you've undone it again). Please don't be annoyed, as any recent changes patroller does make mistakes from time to time. Lradrama 15:04, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Regarding Madhubot

Well, I guess I am a little confused here. I created the user page for Madhubot while I had logged in as Madhubot.. and I just tried submitting a request for Bot Approval - again, while logged in as Madhubot (I thot that's how it's done), but I got this message saying it was blocked... Umm, what exactly should I do now? (1) Update the userpage of Madhubot while signed in as Nmadhubala? (2) Submit the request for bot approval, again while signed in as Nmadhubala? Is that right? I am totally confused here, so any assistance would be appreciated! --Madhu 17:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes. That's right. Just copy and paste {{unblock|[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Madhubot]]}} into User_talk:Madhubot when it's approved and the account will be unblocked. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!! --Madhu 17:12, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

- for the sprot and IP-range block after the Hag incident :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 19:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shoot.the.emma (talk • contribs)

How exactly is this an inappropriate name? John Reaves (talk) 21:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Not sure why I got blocked or what caused the autoblock but thx anyway Victuallers 18:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Netsnipe/User VCN

User:Netsnipe/User VCN has been requested for unprotection due to editing needs. Take the unprotection template off if you, an admin, change it yourself. -PatPeter 23:33, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot it really helps. -PatPeter 14:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Ego

Hi: With regard to your block review of User:Billy Ego, please see my comment on my talk page. Should you decide to unblock, though, I'm puzzled why you think arbitration would be a good idea at that stage. What would there be to arbitrate that can't be solved at WP:AN level? The ArbCom would decline such a RfAr simply because there has not been enough subsidiary dispute resolution. Sandstein 06:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flavio

Go ahead and deny his unblock. He obviously has not qualms about his block evasion on it:, and has no regrets to his poor edits and language skills here on en:. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Nevermind... Tom Harrison got it. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning Bfissa

Hi there, Netsnipe. I just wanted to talk about the recent comments you made on Bfissa's talk page regarding a removal of his block. I just wanted to remind you (Because we ALL forget, sometimes!) that blocks in EVERY case are preventative and never punitive. I'm really glad that you assumed good faith in unblocking him, but I think the comments such as "you may not be so lucky next time" aren't really that productive. I agree in your way of approaching this; that any future instances of vandalism should result in a block, but you started this user out with an immediate indefinite block, which I disagree with. It is so hard to deal with vandals because every user account is different. Much of the time you here people say that their user account was user by a friend and that their friend vandalized the offending pages, but, honestly, I would rather assume that this is the case and be proven wrong than assume they are lying and be wrong in that instance. Anyway, I really appreciate the work you do here, and I hope this doesn't come across as an attack by any means, but more of just a discussion. Take care :) Kntrabssi 14:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Checkuser and Gordon James Klingenschmitt

Hi - regarding your input at this checkuser request, I agree. There's definitely a fishy editing pattern, although it's unclear how many are sockpuppets and how many are meatpuppets. I asked one of them directly about the situation and got this response. Hmm... In any case, maybe checkuser is superfluous - most if not all of those accounts have edited in a way that warrants a zero-tolerance policy and quick preventive block for any further disruptive editing. As I'm not an admin, perhaps you could look at the situation and see what you think? I know little about the subject of the article (came to it via AN/I dispute), but disruption is disruption, and even without the credit-card incident there's plenty of eyebrow-raisers in the talk page archive. Thanks. MastCell ^Talk 15:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just a note on User:RJASE1

Could you try to tell him when he is messing up, looks like a legit effort is being made from him. If he is getting a few wrong, a few kind pointers would be helpful :) —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 16:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I have replied, I think the instructions on the two pages are somewhat conflicting, and might need sorted out,l as this is not the only user I have seen have this problem :). —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 16:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I have replied again, do you mind if I or someone puts something up on the village pump, and we can have a nice debate on this matter, and figure out what instructions (probably a bit to both sets) need to be modified. This sort of confusion is just wasting all of our time :) —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 17:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Schoolblock

As in put it in the blocking summary? I doubt they are likely to look at that either. Or do you have a way to detect that if I add that to the block summary, unblock-en-l will know to ignore it/respond appropriately? VegaDark 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at MediaWiki:Blockedtext if you want to know what blocked editors see. You can also subscribe to unblock-en-l yourself if you want. --  Netsnipe  ►  02:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, perhaps I will subscribe in the future. VegaDark 02:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] More vandalism from 68.226.131.48

I reverted some vandalism from 68.226.131.48 and was about to drop a notice on their Talk page when I noticed that you had previously blocked the user and threatened to block again for a longer period of time if the vandalism continued. Well, it's continued. --ElKevbo 06:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The blocking of Ayatollah Rhobijnie

Ayatollah Rhobijnie isn't the same person as Mrlob, Mrlob just lied to get away with it. He told me that he was going to say this so he wouldn't be banned indefinetly as a sockpuppet of me (what he isn't) but he would only be banned for two weeks and he didn't like Ayatollah Rhobijnie anyway but now Ayatollah Rhobijnie is banned for nothing, proof of this is on the dutch wikipedia on my talk page, I'm called Kermansjahi with a j instead of an h on my talk page we discus it, the only problem is that it is in dutch so if you understand dutch there will be no problem, if you don't i could translate it for you but I'm not sure if you'd believe me. -- Kermanshahi 12:45, March 29, 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kermanshahi proved that User:Ayatollah Rhobijnie, User:Mrlob and User:Kashwialariski all operated from 84.87.138.105 and as such, their blocks will not be overturned. --  Netsnipe  ►  16:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

well could you remove the sockpuppet of kermanshahi template from el alamajins page, he is not my sockpuppet and this only makes a bad name for me. Kermanshahi 13:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for blocking that vandal and cleaning up my talk page. Grika 17:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Wikipedia Fan Always

I really don't think this is a username vio. I think you should remove the block. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I was reluctant myself, but considering "Ripple Effect Management" doesn't seem to exist online and what was written at Talk:Ripple Effect Management, I suspect we may be dealing with a troll here -- hence my lack of good faith. --  Netsnipe  ►  18:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Schoolblock

Re your message: You lost me a little here. I did note schoolblock on the block reason on the last two blocks, though I did forget to put in the parentheses this particular time (I usually do, just forgot these past two). I didn't put in the edit summary, but did use the correct template on the Talk page note itself. -- Gogo Dodo 19:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Re your message: Ah, okay, right. Normally, I do. Just had a slip-up there. Will remind myself to remember that. Sorry about that. -- Gogo Dodo 19:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for resetting the blocks. =) -- Gogo Dodo 19:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IP Blocked

Just wondering which pages were being vandalized by a user in 58.10.0.0/16 range. Since the entire range is blocked, which is that of Mahidol University in Thailand, it would be nice to know since now all the library computers cannot edit. ArchonMeld 10:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Schoolblocks

Hi again. Just another quick newbie admin question. I took your advice re. schoolblocks and block times, etc. You definitely have a point there. Re. this block, which I applied today, I notice you put up {{SharedIPedu}} and extended the block to 6 month. In the case of anon vandals, should I be checking the origin of the IP address using reverse-DNS and blocking accordingly? Am I slipping up by not checking this first? Thanks - Alison^☺ 18:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

In my experience, you should. It saves everyone a lot of time and effort down the track if you knew exactly who you were blocking to begin with. Reverse DNS lookups are very useful in telling you the exact role of a host is, for example, it can reveal if it's a proxy server and who owns it, or if it's static ADSL home connection or from dynamically-allocated pool of IP addresses. --  Netsnipe  ►  18:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time out to explain your rationale. This makes perfect sense to me. In future, while reviewing for blocks, I'll check that, update the talk page and block accordingly. I'm still learning here, but slowly getting there. Thanks again - Alison^☺ 19:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Does this look about right? - Alison^☺ 19:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page

Can I blank my talkpage? ^Klak_Sonn^Talk 20:36, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When Declining Unblocks.

This refers to your decline re: my unblock request. I found it very rude, that when declining my unblock request, you also made a taunting comment. This is not the way to deal with people, it encourages them to continue vandalism/rulebreaking, which, as we all know, is not a good idea. You may think it "witty", but others just find it insulting. In future, please, for the good of Wikipedia, think about how the other person might take it.

Sincerely, Omega Archdoom^Talk 03:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ahhh!

You keep beating me to blocks! Keep up the good work. I'm glad that somebody is patrolling AIV on a Friday night here in the US. Regards, alphachimp 04:31, 31 March 2007 (UTC)