User talk:Luna Santin/Archive 24

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Serial Vandal

Hi, I know a checkuser is pretty pointless, because well, we know it is the same person, and I may have already asked this, but isn't a rangeblock possible? Or at least an abuse report? Also, thanks for the revert.— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 05:54, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Also, is there some way that you're alerted to usernames with a particular meme in them?— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 05:59, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

This one I just happened to glance past the recent changes feed in #cvn-wp-en (Wikipedia:IRC#List of useful channels) and recognized the username. Currently in the process of checking for sleepers, but I don't think a rangeblock is possible here, sorry. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

:/ — Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 06:14, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Block of (renamed due to impersonation of real person)

I've blanked this due to it's nature and the fact that the accounts were impersonating the real life person of the same name. I hope this is OK, Luna. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 01:57, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Socks

Hi Luna, I noticed some of the socks listed on User talk:What's The Buzzoff? are from User:Wroth of Groth. Based on behaviour and similar interests on comic-related articles, I wouldn't be surprised if DollyD (talk · contribs) turns out to be a sock. Wroth of Groth has previously created Netsnipe is a CU NT (talk · contribs) and Andrew Lau II (talk · contribs) to target Netsnipe (talk · contribs) - an admin who frequently blocked his socks and IP range. Well, this interaction between DollyD and him only raises my suspicion. Also, there may be a connection between DollyD's opposition to the SPA tag (which that admin created) and the username User:The Single Purpose Account tag is SPAstic. Spellcast (talk) 12:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I do find the whole thing rather suspicious, but notice that Alison previously felt the same way and later pulled a quick about-face. I'll have to see if I can find out why, but will have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me, I'm afraid. =\ – Luna Santin (talk) 21:57, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi. For future reference, I am NOT a sockpuppet of Wrath of Grath. See here for checkuser evidence [1]. So now that you know, there's no need to ever make such accusations again. Thanks! DollyD (talk) 10:02, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, for the record, your post here came very shortly after Malkenstein became aware of User talk:What's The Buzzoff?. Spellcast (talk) 10:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, for the record, I found out from this link.[2]. Thanks, Spellcast, for your efforts on this page to cause trouble for me. I really appreciate it. DollyD (talk) 10:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your recent intervention on Talk:Antiochian_Catholic_Church_in_America —Preceding unsigned comment added by Midnite Critic (talk • contribs)

Glad I could be helpful. :) I'll try to check back periodically, but feel free to grab me or otherwise request more help if they turn up again. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:13, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Administrators open to recall

You have listed yourself as an adminstrator open to recall. I would like to make an official request that such a question be opened. Thank you. Darren 'John Jones' Madigan (talk) 09:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Acknowledged. As per User:Luna Santin/Accountability, I'll be waiting for another admin open to recall to second this, before moving forward. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Darren: What is your rationale for requesting that Luna resign his Administrator tools? AGK 20:53, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

And blocked. Don't think Luna you blinked for a second, did you? 220.239.47.163 (talk) 02:09, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Blocked, yes, but not by me. I put about as much effort into replying as apparently went into the recall request -- seems only fair. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:18, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Also of note, Empress Of Swings (talk · contribs) is another  Likely match for the Buzzoff bunch, while this IP itself is a possible match for another sockfarm I've been looking at recently. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Return to template:gestures

Sorry, I forgot to check back and see what you'd found. Not sure those images you found are optimal (I'd prefer a picture of a human hand). I found some in the article Types of gestures. There is

This gesture mimes a handgun.

(but I'm not sure the aspect ratio of the image is good for the template. There is also a fist. There are also some sign language gestures but I wouldn't recognize them since I don't know sign language. RJFJR (talk) 18:10, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... that one could work, also Image:Ily.jpg and Image:Gesture raised fist with thumb and pinky lifted.jpg seem worth considering. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Malkenstein

Whose sockpuppet is this? It's not clear from his contrib history (though I speedied his one edit as a G4). Blueboy96 04:46, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Mixed in with the others mentioned at User talk:What's The Buzzoff?. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:What's The Buzzoff?

Hi Luna Santin. I'd like to politely ask that you remove my name from the list of socks, or at least note my objection to being listed as a sock on the page. My request for unprotection was denied [3] so I cannot do so myself. It has been established that I am NOT a "Wrath of Groth" sock. [4]. Best Wishes and Merry Easter. DollyD (talk) 11:03, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

And done. While I appreciate your objection, and have noted at least a few times now that I'm aware of Alison's about-face on the matter, I'm not sure what prompted that and have to work with what's in front of me. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:28, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Cool. Basically, I'm not the only person on this IP range on Wikipedia. It's complicated and it sucks. Ugh. With respect (and I honestly do respect you, you seem like one of the good admins) perhaps you could put a note on my talk page or email me if you have problems with my direct IP. I'm sick to death of it and I'd like to stop it at this end. DollyD (talk) 13:04, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Smile

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I just noticed that I haven't run into you lately while I've been reverting vandalism. Hoping you're well! RainbowOfLight ^Talk 00:58, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Haven't had nearly as much time for it as I used to, unfortunately. Still very much around and active, though! Glad to see you're still about, too. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 07:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Marriage wars

And keep your Hellenism, anti-Judaism, and Christophobia to yourself, as well. 75.168.220.204 (talk) 06:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't consider myself an especial proponent of any of those things you've mentioned. Care to explain the accusations, or are you more interested in tossing around insults? – Luna Santin (talk) 07:13, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Good faith edits or Bad faith AIV reporting?

Hi there, regarding Chaingangsolider76 (talk · contribs), most of their edits have been removing the {NZ stub} template, or categories, from various articles - without giving a reason (e.g. [5][6][7][8]). I listed the reasons behind my AIV report here [9], and while I understand that it is vital to WP:AGF in such an instance, I do find their edits troubling. I find it strange, for a "new user's" first mainspace contributions to be: [10][11]. While not clear vandalism, a new user engaging is such behavior, raises red flags. Maybe a Checkuser is necessary?--Flewis^(talk) 09:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Certainly I can see why their edits might be considered objectionable; I guess my concern here is that the standard vandalism warnings really don't seem to be intended for this sort of dialogue or guidance, and that there's probably a more helpful message we could be sending an apparent newcomer. As you mentioned, immediately leaping into those changes does raise an eyebrow, but I can't think of anyone they might be a sock for and personally prefer to AGF until I have a reason not to (though, obviously, I could be wrong here). – Luna Santin (talk) 09:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Note - blocked for disruption [12] --Flewis^(talk) 06:01, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, fair enough. Thanks for giving it a shot, at least. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

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Aw, thanks! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:20, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Latest MascotGuy sockpuppet farm

I have never, in all the years I've edited this site, seen anything quite like this individual. Since I patrol for his sockpuppets quite often, could I impose on you to run a CU on User:P.S. I Love You Guy and perhaps place a range block on him? Between you and I, the powers that be don't seem to care and it's folks like you and I who are pulling out our hair over this nimrod. Thanks. You are the best. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

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Finding that last batch was actually a small bit of serendipity; at the time, I was hunting for someone else's sockpuppets on the same range. :) As you might guess from that, though, there's a large umber of users on said range... once I know they're about, it's easy enough to check, but rangeblocking would probably do more harm than good, I'm afraid. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:19, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

And here we go again with User:Almighty Guy. What I want to know is, why the heck do squirrels like this get themselves dynamic IPs while we in the trenches are lucky to have just one or two addresses? Sigh. Looks like someone is going to run yet another CU. As for me, 'tis been a long day, so I'll say good night and thanks. I can't possibly express how highly I think of you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Oompa-Loompa Virus

Hi. I think that you speedied this just as I was tagging it with Twinkle, and now Twinkle has recreated the page with just a tag. Would you like to speedy it again? (I won't tag it for speedy, I'll leave it to you). - Richard Cavell (talk) 11:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the note. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 11:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Recreated 3 times in under 20 minutes [13]. Maybe semi-protection of the title is necessary?--Flewis^(talk) 11:07, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Worth a thought, but nothing since last night, so probably okay for now. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:43, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Untitled thread from Sauve.sean

I have no bigotry Luna. I do not believe myself to be better than homosexuals. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory. Still, homosexuality is a sin. There is a large difference between condemning the act, which I did, and condemning the person, which I did not. You would do well to read comments before insulting people.Sauve.sean (talk) 13:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

You say that you don't condemn the person, and yet the ways in which you "condemn the act" regularly imply highly negative value judgements regarding the worth of other human beings. I have no interest in changing your religious or personal beliefs, but I (and I imagine many others) would prefer it if you avoided proselytizing on Wikipedia and instead stuck to encyclopedic matters. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:43, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Gerald's socks

Thanks heaps for taking out all those Gerald Gonzalez socks. That's just saved us heaps of work. Muchly appreciated. :) Sarah 08:38, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Glad I could help! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 09:03, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

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User:Milop Den

User seems to be a returning user. Not sure how to handle it. What do you think? Please review the users entire contribution (four edits). -- Cat ^chi? 12:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Pretty obvious sock, but probably not worth losing sleep over unless it becomes a persistent problem. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:19, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

RFCU case

Hi, thanks for your attention to this. I have added some more evidence to this. I have a very strong hunch that 'both' of them are 'complementing' each other's works. While the puppet master, who has been blocked six times, including one just two days ago, goes on writing POV to push an agenda, the puppet is on a defacing agenda in the articles that correspond to the POV ones. To give you an example, one of them goes on to write that Sanskrit came from 'Mars', while the other goes on a rampage against Greek, Tamil, Latin and 'lowers' them so that the POV pushed in the first one can be evident. Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 03:04, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Diffs would be helpful, I'm having trouble finding edits similar to the sort of thing you describe. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:19, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Wham's Glowball

I don't have to tell you that an account which ends in the word "Glowball" is attached to our little San Diego "mascot guy."  :) Funny thing is, I was in San Diego yesterday driving into downtown with my brother-in-law and I couldn't help but think about this little menace. I've left word at WP:RFCU regarding this latest sockpuppet generator. The articles were the usual targets. Can I impose on you to semi-protect his target articles and to salt those damned Fraggle Rock redirects he insists on making? Thanks. Luna. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 20:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Why can't we just blow him off the desk and tell his mum to prevent him from using the computer? Blake Gripling (talk) 23:25, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Wish Bone Ball Guy

Looks like it may be time for yet another MascotGuy CU. Happy Friday.  :) Thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:16, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Ahh, my. Seems I missed the above thread, too; both are  IP blocked, will be checking to make sure any and all sleepers are blocked, in a moment. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:22, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Are you able to tell me if this is a new IP or one on which the block expired? I wish to heck I knew how he does this. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:52, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think either IP had been blocked previously; one or both of them had been used previously (I think both, but memory's a bit fuzzy by now), but I guess whoever looked at it didn't think they'd be repeat vectors. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Checkuser

Thanks for investigating. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 12:03, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Glad I could help. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 07:42, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

*hugs*

*hugs* -- Gurch (talk) 11:47, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Yay, hugs! *hug* – Luna Santin (talk) 00:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

plz guard my account

plz plz i begging you --—Preceding unsigned comment added by Thezygorodimos (talk • contribs)

Can you guard my account too? plz? -- Gurch (talk) 12:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Me too, por favor. --CableModem^^ (talk) 13:29, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I endorse this product or service. LunaGard^TM your account today, before it's too late! ++Lar: t/c 14:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Plans to get an ad in Times Square are moving forward smoothly. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:10, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Checkuser request from yesterday...

Re: my checkuser request from yesterday, I found a course syllabus on the internet indicating that all of the various -GMU suffix accounts are different users, members of an honours biology course. Which prompts the question... is this a new type of conflict of interest? In my opinion, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, not the encyclopedia that anyone should be forced to edit. If editors are editing articles with a blatant interest at heart--whether it be financial gain or half of one's grade in a course--they are conflicted.

There's also a separate issue: what will happen to Wikipedia if professors (or, gods forbid, schoolteachers) begin following this example and requiring WP participation as a course requirement? These editors were senior-level undergraduate honours students, and with few exceptions, their edits were fairly bad: negligible apparent understanding of the subject matter, propensity to plagiarise, and quite simply a lot of repetitive detritus. I don't mean this as a slight to them; rather, editors who are forced to edit are unlikely to edit well. I expressed my concerns in a friendly email conversation with the professor, who feels that Wikipedia editors will quickly revert sub-par edits, hence no harm done.

Do you have any thoughts on this matter? Do you know if the issue of compulsory editing has arisen in the past? And could you please recommend a forum where I could bring the matter to wider attention? Regards, Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 21:54, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I had suspected as much. :) Assigning students to edit an established wiki can be quite a double-edged sword, as you say; if it's handled well on all sides, things can turn out pretty well, but unfortunately people often only go halfway about it. There's a fair amount of documentation about this sort of thing at Wikipedia:School and university projects; I think User:Fuzheado may have tried something to this effect, and had some success at it. I've been interested in this sort of thing, off and on, but seem to have lost track of my bookmarks associated with the topic. Couldn't hurt to bring it up at the village pump, I s'pose. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the helpful information; I'll make sure the course director is aware of the link you provided. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 17:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Recent MascotGuy activity

Hi, Luna. He's back. User:Wedding Bell Blues Guy is the latest example. I freaking give up. I gave back the admin rights precisely over this sort of nonsense, but I feel absolutely helpless having to run here each time I need either a block or a CU. I Googled what I believe to be his real name and the little monster is all over the internet doing his particular brand of weirdness on a lot of other wikis and bulletin boards. Thanks for letting me rant. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Guy doesn't know when to quit, eh? :p One more IP blocked. Quite an impressive list he's got going, by now. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:25, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I'll say. More than one thousand socks simply can't equal one thousand IPs unless the guy is an idiot savant when it comes to logging onto zombie proxies. All this time and not one single keystroke of acknowledgement to other users, at least not here. He does post commentary on other sites...pretty much all pure bovine excrement. He wrote some bogus news story on one site regarding a merger between, I believe, Six Flags and Anheuser-Busch in order to consolidate their theme park operations. Here's another site which is being driven out of its mind by the kid: [14]. Mine is the last comment on the bottom of the page. Mommy needs to take away his computer privileges for good, it would seem. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, once somebody gets well and truly determined, it's pretty hard to keep them off a wiki. =\ WP:RBI works in the meantime, and we can always hope he'll move on to greener pastures. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Lolz, he really did havoc on this one: MG making a hoax on Topix; I know he seems to be autistic, but he does deserve to be revoked of his browsing privileges indefinitely. Convincing MG's mum to lock out the family PC and impose strict hands-off policies on the kid's behaviour on the console might be the ultimate solution. Blake Gripling (talk) 05:22, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

That would be the article. What an imagination, but boy, what a pain in the you-know-where. I tried the e-mail addresses a couple of weeks ago, but they're now invalid. On another matter: Luna, I'm about to send you an e-mail. You'll likely have it before you get this message. Thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 05:56, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Help?

Luna, can you unprotect User_talk:east718? It's not meant to be protected, but I can't do it myself as I'm at work and the Internet filter is stopping me from accessing the protection page for some reason. Ta Black Kite 11:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Looks like the semi expired recently (about an hour ago, ish?), but move protection is still active. Is that right? – Luna Santin (talk) 11:40, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that's right. Doh, I didn't realise the semi had expired (it shouldn't have been protected anyway, but never mind). Cheers! Black Kite 12:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy to take a look, anyway. :) On that note, I should really be getting some sleep... see you around! – Luna Santin (talk) 12:08, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for killing the spam on my user talk page. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 11:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) Given it a quick bout of semiprot, since they seem to like you. – Luna Santin (talk) 11:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Longer block needed

this IP is an open proxy. Monster Under Your Bed ^(talk) 11:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

More time to deal with that, later, if need be. – Luna Santin (talk) 11:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Long time no see! Thanks for getting rid of the whatever it was from my talk page. :) You are the guinea pig for my new sig. Figure after 2 years I should change it. :) --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 11:22, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

You betcha. :) Looks like some people got together and decided to put together a raid for... something. Never a dull moment, I guess! Gotta ask, though: "diamming"? – Luna Santin (talk) 11:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Disamming. :) --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 12:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I even have a listing of pages I patrol. Because well. I have no life. :) --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 12:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

NOW I see what you mean. I misspelled it! Oi. Fixed. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 12:49, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

189.19.251.140

I'm curious as to why the above IP was blocked for 48 hours after one posting to my talk page. Could you explain? -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 11:27, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind; just noticed the spambot network. -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 11:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Glad you did. :) Quite a bunch, no? – Luna Santin (talk) 11:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Aw

I was about to do this and add an amusing sarcastic comment to go with it. *sulk* Bradley0110 (talk) 11:52, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, shucks. I'd hate to get in the way of a quippy comeback. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 02:35, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

When you block the vandal...

When you block the vandal who's been creating these enormous talk pages (e.g. User:Bauvar), please also uncheck the "allow to edit own talk page" checkmark - otherwise blocking him does no good, as his edits are to his own talk page. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 13:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, sorry. Sometime when I have a moment, I should get around to updating my blocking scripts to support this. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:34, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

And done. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:39, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Bring Back the Newspaper team

That was a good article that was taken away. They are famous throughout Los Angeles, and it would be good to educate people about them. Please bring bring back the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.133.138.215 (talk)

I can also verify that the newspaper team is immensely popular in the LA/Valley area and am surprised that its popularity has not spread outwards of Southern California. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.110.90 (talk) 02:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Looks like I deleted an article at The Newspaper Team sometime last year. Has the subject been discussed in any third-party reliable sources, that either you knows of? My impression is that it's a column or paper maintained by a few teens, I think possibly middle schoolers; that's great on them, and I wish them nothing for success, but that in and of itself doesn't seem to suggest an international encyclopedia needs or can reliably maintain an article on the subject, unless there's third-party sourcing available. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:22, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

What is an example of a third party source —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.133.138.215 (talk) 02:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

what makes one more viable of a source than i??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.110.90 (talk) 03:33, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I live in LA I would know —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.110.90 (talk) 03:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

u wouldn't need to he could self-maintain it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.110.90 (talk) 03:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but "I said so" really isn't a solid basis for an encyclopedia. Have any major newspapers mentioned or discussed this group, for example? – Luna Santin (talk) 03:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		In recognition of all your services as an administrator and checkuser to Wikipedia's counter vandalism unit. Master&Expert (Talk) 02:03, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. :) For the most part it's been pretty rewarding to be able to help out the project in this capacity, and I hope to keep at it for a good long while. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

We hope you do, too. It's great to know that we have such good contributors to this project. ;) Master&Expert (Talk) 00:28, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Pls remove Picture of Muhammad the Prophet

Dear writer,

Please remove all the picture depicting Muhammad the Prophet, as it is prohibited in Islam. And please pay us some respect, with not citing picture of Muhammad the Prophet, as well as broadcasting it over internet.

This concern to all pages is Wikipedia as well as others wabsites. Especially Wikipedia is public domain media.

thanks with regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.121.31.7 (talk) 16:58, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, there! I'm not entirely sure why you left this message for me in particular; I have from time to time opined on issues relating to image censorship, but wouldn't consider myself a regular face at the Muhammad article. That said, you are welcome to take a look at Talk:Muhammad/FAQ. In a nutshell, Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia written from a neutral point of view; if we wrote all of our religious articles according to orthodox interpretation of religious scripture, we would be doing our readers a great disservice, which is exactly why we don't do that. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:23, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

LittleGreenVolleyball

Hi,

Two questions if I may?

First, MS was the one actively acting against consensus - one person had added the section, I had modified it to try to fit policies, and a third person not only put it back but added to it.

Second, I do not know what to make of jpgordon's comment "No grounds for unblock provided" in the case. It seems very clear to me that the administrative action taken against LGVB was a bad, disproportionate action especially since the 3RR was breached by MS, who was not blocked, and not by LGVB, who was. I find the actions of administrators in this case, and the preceding one on that page (in which an administrator went straight to indefinite blocking and then locked them off from appealing [15]), both disconcerting and disheartening.

I hope that Wikipedia is a collaborative environment as it was intended to be, but the actions of administrators are fast indicating to me that collaboration is not really valued at all :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.194.45 (talk) 00:15, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I suggest you read Wikipedia:Consensus before bandying about the term. Can you point to any discussion where these users explained the reason for the content's inclusion, using arguments grounded in Wikipedia policies and best practices? You say that you're interested in collaboration, but most of your posts to the article's discussion page consisted of acidic accusations or simply refusing to discuss your changes -- hardly a collaborative attitude. Also, you should be aware that evading a block, whether by registering a new account or by editing anonymously, can have some negative consequences. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:56, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

further RFCU

Hello, Luna Santin, could you check on Proud Queer, Gay, and Homo (talk · contribs) who appears with same agendas with Julius Ceasarus From Primus (talk · contribs)'s socks[16][17][18] as well as his same phobia as suggested his new name.--Caspian blue 01:23, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

In progress.  Confirmed so far...

1. Alexeisiniss (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
2. Proud Queer, Gay, and Homo (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
3. Utropastas alra (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Will post more if they turn up. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Also Proudgayhomo (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). – Luna Santin (talk) 02:07, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the help. I will copy this to the RFCU page.--Caspian blue 19:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Anon Users removing warnings discussion

As someone who was involved in the discussions last spring, your input here[19] would be appreciated. Thank you, Terrillja _talk 20:53, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:27, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Charles Foster Johnson

Regarding Charles Foster Johnson, please see the talk page there. MS has suggested moving the content he objects to into the Little Green Footballs entry instead. I have researched the two pages and it appears that without the blog, Charles F Johnson is simply not notable and that any useful content from Charles Foster Johnson should simply be merged there. Since you have protected the article, I am asking you to put up the appropriate templates regarding this suggestion. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.194.45 (talk) 22:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Think I've done what you requested. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:48, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Sorry about that, just, you know, it's BT - the addresses change so often that it's more likely to do collateral damage than get the person in question. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 09:00, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks as well for the fast removal of the autoblock --Snowded TALK 09:03, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: Your help

Thats OK, Thanks very much for sorting it out. Police,Mad,Jack (talk ·

Also, not that I am telling you what to do in any way shape or form, but it may be an idea to copy your reply to Admins Noticeboard because I also copied my problem to that, just to save anyone else getting involved when they need not. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:09, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, whoops. Didn't even see the noticeboard thread; was just glancing through unblock requests and saw a bunch that needed taking care of. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much

... for removing the autoblock affecting me, I appreciate your help. NSH001 (talk) 09:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

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ANI thread on Charles Foster Johnson/Little Green Footballs

Hi. Since users 98.194 and LittleGreenVolleyball have been using your talk page, I thought I'd link you to the AN/I thread I started. I suspect and am reporting abusive editing and possible ban evading and/or sockpuppetry on their part. Thanks. McJeff (talk) 18:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I've been quite busy, off-wiki, the past week or so. Thanks for the heads up, though. I'll take another look at this, later, if I have more time. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:07, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

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Question re. checkuser

Hi, Luna. I'm going to circumvent the usual checkuser request morass in hopes that I can request your direct intervention regarding a sockpuppet. User:PewIIherman is yet another sock of that "Pee Wee Is God" fool who made the error of doing some of his past idiocy via one of his university's IPs. Might I impose on you to run a check of this latest sock and let me know whether or not it resolves back to his school? I'd lodged a complaint with the school's IT department who in turn took the issue very seriously. Feel free to e-mail your answer if you'd like to keep it off-wiki. Thanks for the help if you can pull this off for me (and even if you can't). --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Let's add User:666PWeeHerman666 to the list if we may. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Ditto User:HurmanXVIPee. Thanks again. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:10, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

And I just found User:2PW e EhUrman2. Why do drooling idiots like this guy all have dynamic IPs, anyway? Sheesh. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:19, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Also  Confirmed is PewIIherman2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). No obvious socks, otherwise. Short rangeblocks may be possible, if they turn up again. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

ohai

I think you made a new friend. --Charitwo ^(talk) 00:25, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Always good to make friends. :p – Luna Santin (talk) 06:07, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:76.28.179.73

The IP is under a {{checkuserblock}} and is requesting his block be reviewed. Mind dropping a note? Thanks, Tiptoety ^talk 19:46, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

WNHU

I was working on cleaning up articles related to University of New Haven and came across WNHU and found some issues. I tagged the article and was hoping I could get your thoughts on it; I'm not sure if I should go ahead and delete/rework the offending sections or wait for more discussion. Also, please see Talk:WNHU. Thanks! Roarke Stratton (talk) 07:27, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Could you please explain more fully...

The record shows you deleted 361st Psychological Operations Company. The deletion log says "db-blanked". Do you mind telling me who blanked it? Excuse me, but being blanked isn't normally grounds for deletion, unless it was the article who creator blanked it, correct?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 02:39, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, {{db-blanked}} might be a helpful read. The article was created, and thereafter blanked, by Smcelravy (talk · contribs). – Luna Santin (talk) 07:29, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Email - Please Check Soon

Hi Luna, I've sent you an email, could you please check your inbox as soon as possible? Thanks.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 05:34, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied (and only a "little" late). – Luna Santin (talk) 08:42, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Special:Block tabs script :)

Heya, I don't know if you're still using that handy script, if you're interested I have amended mine to avoid reblocking users that are already blocked. See the diff :) -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 12:49, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. Interesting. Thanks for the heads up. :D – Luna Santin (talk) 07:30, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

And finally got around to it. Slightly different method, but very similar idea overall. Thanks again. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Dolly

It looks like our friend DollyD / Wroth of Groth is back with User:The Pink Vulva Of Peace (seeing as they edited the same talk archive). Perhaps a check could be in order for that account. Spellcast (talk) 04:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Also:

1. Wroth of Dolly (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
2. Privateassumings (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
3. Guano II (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
4. Essjaywalker (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

– Luna Santin (talk) 07:49, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

One Quiet Day in the Admin IRC Channel

2008-12-21 07:12 < Luna-San> thanks. That worked. :o

2008-12-21 07:13 < amidaniel> Yeah, I'll tell you the other ones to block also.

2008-12-21 07:13 < Luna-San> Heh, yeah

2008-12-21 07:13 < amidaniel> Also great when an "uninvolved administrator" happens to quickly agree with my decisions :P

Color me curious, but I don't recall having been on freenode at all in the past week or two, and have barely had time for Wikipedia at that. If you're going to create or distribute iffy logs, you could at least make sure I was online at the time, really. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:37, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

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About the deletion of the article Sudipto Sarkar

I wanted to know, what article was present in wikipedia about sudipto sarkar, that you had deleted. Please leave a message in my talk page.

Thanks, Xtreme —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xtremethegreat1 (talk • contribs) 16:29, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Wow!

You, Sir, have too much spare time! ;) -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 15:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for the reply regarding my inquiry about the deleted article Sudipto Sarkar. Actually that's my name too. So, I was just searching for that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xtremethegreat1 (talk • contribs) 11:45, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, understood. Thanks. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 07:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Mail

You have mail. I would like to talk it over with you. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:13, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I have talked further with Martin after the above email. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Just back from my "vacation" of sorts -- I'm not quite sure, yet, but I get a slight impression this calmed down during my absence? – Luna Santin (talk) 07:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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I've been asked for help (last entry on my talk page). I'm not confident I have experience in this field. Could you look at it and advise me, please. Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 03:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... looks like dispute resolution turned bitter, a lot of accusations going around without much in the way of productive discussion. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:41, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Julius Ceasarus From Primus

Hello, Luna Santin, could you look at this report since you looked into this account last time. Thanks.--Caspian blue 06:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Done, for now. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

E-mail regarding this CU coming your way in a few. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 07:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi?

Hi Luna... Just wondering, when you get a moment, if you could semi protect my user page? It would be much appreciated. κaτaʟaveno^T_C 15:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much. κaτaʟaveno^T_C 00:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Aunties Ants/Tfoxworth

I've blocked these over the course of the past 24 hours. They appear to be related:

• Jericho Rangers (talk · contribs)
• Decemberist Revolution (talk · contribs)
• Restraining Orders (talk · contribs)

Just thought you'd like to know, in case you didn't notice them already. Take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 07:14, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. All  Confirmed, along with a few others that are all already blocked. Nothing obvious left hiding in the bushes, which is both good and bad news. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:10, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

192.147.58.6

Blocked for repeated abuse? Please state what "abuse" you speak of..... Tom Vazquez (talk) 19:52, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

You can't be serious. Did you even look at recent edits from 192.147.58.6 (talk · contribs)? – Luna Santin (talk) 21:46, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

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help me unblock please

i made one at the same time as my friend: stephaniehong .. we are not the same person. we didn't know we were spamming by adding links. sorry! we thought it was adding to the site! Skoh25 (talk) 19:27, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Harrassment

Hi Luna. It seems that Peter123465 who has been blocked by you in the past, has an incarnation in the person of Vercinquetorix. I'm a moderator on the Dutch wiki, and this guy is harrassing me there too (see [20] for a list of impersonations there, under which Peter123465 and Vercinquetorix). Please look at his contributions on the english wiki and take you conclusions. Regards, Lexw (talk) 14:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I see that Vercinquetorix (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is already blocked. These two appear to be the same person, and are now blocked as well:

1. Xaliantei (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
2. Xaliante2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Hope that helps. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:24, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, the Xaliantei identity. That's one of his sockpuppets on .nl too. Thanks. Lexw (talk) 19:24, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Ta muchly

Hi Luna, thanks for unvandalising my user page, PS Love the sheep. WereSpielChequers 10:04, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Glad I could help. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 10:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Ibaranoff24‎

This user is now harassing me through the wikipedia email feature, so can you please block that right as well?— Dædαlus ^Contribs 10:14, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Hm... tricky. I hesitate to do so, as it seems to be their last line of communication at the moment (their talk page is protected). The volume of email Iba has recently sent does not seem excessive, though I can't speak for the contents of those emails. If it keeps being a problem, we could maybe try blocking email and unlocking the talk page. Either way, I'm somewhat inclined to let other administrators respond unless the issue is urgent. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

The issue isn't urgent, but alright.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Daedalus969 (talk • contribs)

Just letting you know that I've put a hold on this user's unblock request. --w^{L<speak·check>} You might want to look into it. --w^{L<speak·check>} 08:12, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

The sock case can be found here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ibaranoff24.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 08:25, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Not sure how far into this I should comment, given the privacy policy, but I will say that I did some checkusering before extending the block. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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The instigator of the edit war, User:AKR619, has been blocked. Looking closer at the edits, he'd already violated 3RR *and* was being rude in the edit summaries. That should hopefully end the war. Mo0[talk] 10:23, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, hadn't realized another admin was looking at that same conflict. :) Hopefully things will calm down from here, though I'm a bit concerned by the level of stress AKR619 seemed to be showing. Thanks for the note. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:26, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I did end up permablocking after he decided to continue throwing invectives at people, so hopefully the matter is settled for good. Mo0[talk] 10:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Indef strikes me as a bit harsh, personally, though I can see why you went for an extension in general. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:24, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Just to add two cents, this was not an isolated incident. This user had been displaying this kind of behavior throughout his history on Wikipedia (having previously been blocked as User:DaffyDuck619). He repeatedly blanked his user page (claiming to retire when annoyed, and blanking again when messages surfaced with "Oh quit your complaining people") and used obscenities, added provably false info (often submitting trivia rumor claims or even making up TV episodes to IMDb and then using it to source what he had here, and vice versa), repeatedly violated the three revert rule (but seldom in such a way as to bring much attention beyond continued annoyance), and more. He ignored requests to cite sources (again, often claiming it was sourced in a TV special or something which, on further examination, either did not make that claim or did not exist) and removed info from several pages to prove a point when irked over an edit. He ignored reminders that tabloids and IMDb are not reliable sources and basically ignored the Wikipedia definition of reliable sources anyway, over a span of two years or so. He repeatedly called other users racists, pedophiles, and retards. Two archived pages full of warnings and reminders did nothing (nor did his very few blocks). He had been previously blocked from other places, such as Muppet Wiki, for the same behavior and just making up personal fantasies. I don't normally recap a user's wrongdoing, but frankly, this user (who I kept seeing on entertainment articles that I have an interest in or like to keep tabs on) scares me, as an occasional user, and probably does the same to others, and I wanted to clarify the fact that this was *not* some isolated incident but merely a more extreme outburst in a continual pattern. I'd feel more comfortable knowing he's blocked (at least under that name, and any proven aliases can be reported and hopefully dealt with as deserved). It doesn't seem harsh if the user has merited it by his behavior and shows no signs of ever changing (just sometimes, if his obsessions aren't involved or another edit doesn't trigger him, he could edit normally, but his interaction with other users never was so). -- Aleal (talk) 22:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Your TOC

Your TOC is in such tiny letters I cannot read it. Why did you do that? KillerChihuahua^?!? 10:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

It did have a tendency to get lengthy, at the time I made that header. Most feedback I've had has been positive, but I'd rather not create a usability problem... does this help? – Luna Santin (talk) 10:38, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I squint but I don't wonder where my magnifying glass is... lol. thanks! KillerChihuahua^?!? 10:44, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Glad we could find a mostly agreeable compromise. :) Thanks for speaking up, too, it might have been some time before I realized, otherwise. – Luna Santin (talk) 13:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad as well, and I appreciate your willingness to find that compromise! KillerChihuahua^?!? 15:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

IOU

Hello. Just wanted to thank you for, well ...making it easier for me to work on this :) Thanks a bundle. ~ Troy (talk) 06:27, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Ahh, it's good to see that template being used. :) Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Attack accounts

Thanks for finishing the blocking. I couldn't miss that train! Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 15:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Glad I could help!  :) – Luna Santin (talk) 20:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

85.16.164.6

So much for short blocks :( -- lucasbfr ^talk 17:09, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Agh. Thanks for catching that one. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

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Orly Taitz

Why did you delete the information on Dr Orly Taitz (who is filing a lawsuit against Barack Obama). What pressure did you have to delete that information... seems very odd. There are a lot of people interested in the case and the fact that our president isn't really eligible to be the president. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.40.94 (talk) 01:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Looks like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orly taitz has since been blanked as a courtesy, but at that discussion several editors appear to have reached a consensus that the article should have been deleted. Another administrator, User:Aitias, closed that discussion and deleted Orly taitz, but missed Orly Taitz (note the caps). I deleted the second article, as it seemed to be a simple procedural oversight. If you believe there's some reason to doubt the outcome of that deletion debate, you're free to inquire with the closing admin or take a gander at Wikipedia:Deletion review. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Considering a rangeblock, would like checkuser input

Indef blocked user Asprakash (talk · contribs · logs) whose site was blacklisted has been pestering me (and others) on a daily basis for a few months now. I've been blocking this IPs as they pop up, but he's able to switch fairly easily. Looking at the history of my talk page, most of his IPs are from 59.92.0.0 - 59.92.255.255 (Range 59.92.0.0/16). Though this potentially affects some 65k IPs, I rarely see other contributions on any of the IPs he uses. Would it be appropriate to run a checkuser to make sure that too many innocents wouldn't be adversely affected? Any other thoughts on the matter? Thanks, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 01:35, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

WHOIS seems to suggest 59.92.64.0/20; excepting one IP which appears to be widely shared, I haven't yet seen anything that seems obviously outside of that /20 range, but it's a pretty noisy range, either way. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the help; I'll try that range first. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 03:23, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Question

I was asked to approach you because someone wants a CU done on something regarding Eastern European-related AfDs. See [21]. -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 09:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren's had a chance to comment on the thread, by now; given what they've said, I'm not sure if my services are still required, here. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 10:39, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

possible COI user?

this user has been adding external links to interviews on drewmarshall.ca on various celebrity pages as external links (granted, there is an occasional REF'd item, but those are few and far between). From the looks of the contribs, it appears that this user has a WP:COI by posting drew marshall-related material (considering they only make Drew Marshall edits, and moved their own talk page to Talk:Drew Marshall, etc...). SpikeJones (talk) 15:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

the SPI on me

Hi,

just thought I'd let you know that I have commented on the SPI. Feel free to ask if there are any more questions. Διγουρεν_{Εμπρος!} 18:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Cencorship

Looks as if your personal views do come into play with your "holier than thou" censorship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.170.193.103 (talk) 13:47, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it's very difficult to respond to a complaint when I have no idea what you're referring to. If you'd like a useful reply, you'll have to be more specific. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:35, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

User_talk:Terrakyte#Request_for_unblock.

The discussion is still ongoing. While most editors who commented there are for unblock, most checkusers are opposed to it. As you are the only checkuser who seemed to assume good faith of Terrakyte's part and had not condemned him to an indef yet, I'd appreciate if you could follow the discussion and offer more insight. Thanks, PS. Further, I am threatened that if I, a non-checkuser, undue a checkuser block, I will be violating some policy of ours and misusing my admin tools... :( Perhaps, as one of the users suggested, you could consider shortening the block from indef to a few days (Terrakyte has already served 2 for something he may not be guilty of at all...)? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I see that they've since been unblocked (sorry I couldn't have been more helpful, here). – Luna Santin (talk) 00:21, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks indeed!

"My eyes are vestigial, so like Shirt58, I just blunder around en.wikipedia, and am even more lost at the wikimedia commons!"

Hi, Luna Santin. As per WP:Marsupial Mole, I am obligated to award you the The Southern Marsupial Mole shaped and arguably somewhat dubious barnstar of helping me out about Public Domain images of Arthropods (pictured there in its natural sandy habitat). Please feel free to add it to your awards page. Please also feel free not to add it to your awards page!

--Shirt58 (talk) 11:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

ps: Thank you again - the Sminthurus viridis free image pic I uploaded to en.wikipedia and the Commons will get a (curly-brackets,curly-brackets) db-commons (curly-brackets,curly-brackets) tag asap. --Shirt58 (talk) 11:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. :D Glad I could help out a bit! – Luna Santin (talk) 00:30, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I hereby award you the...

		The Star of Awesomeness
		Have a nice day :) --Chris 02:05, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

thank you

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User talk:Richard Relucio

If you look at the prior history of that talk page, you'll see some explanation, which is somewhat confirmed. I would suggest longer blocks for sockpuppetry and talk page protection for at least a day until they decide on a single account. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Might not be a bad idea. I'm trying to tread lightly, for the moment, in the hopes that somebody more familiar with the situation will act accordingly, but I can always break out the big guns if they're needed. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

User talk:TheBrokenSky

Hello,

Thank you for confirming the Akari Kanzaki / TheBrokenSky connection.

I don't know if it can help, but here's a list of all the (highly) suspected sockpuppets so far. I added a recent IP (76.120.154.28), which I believe was used to circumvent the 3RR and might be the current IP of both Akari Kanzaki and TheBrokenSky. Erigu (talk) 09:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Replied at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/67.163.193.239. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

user:The Lord God Almighty

Hi there; you applied an indef checkuser block to this user. I have no reason at all to doubt your accuracy, but said on his talkpage that I would bring his unblock request to your attention. Incidentally, do you feel that his username is borderline unacceptable? --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 11:35, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Originally I wouldn't have thought to check that particular user, but they logged out to make some trouble anonymously, from an IP that's had some pretty serious troubles, before. ;) I did think the username was a bit iffy, too. Still, I do welcome independent review, though I acknowledge that's tricky with CU involved. – Luna Santin (talk) 11:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Jpark3909

Sorry about my comment on his talk page. I was focusing on the 'compromised account' rather than his track record. I guess I have a lot to learn still. Templarion (talk) 16:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. :) Usually I figure the more people we have looking at unblock requests, the better off things are going to be, and obviously you're paying attention to things as they develop, which I rather do appreciate. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Your election page

See Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections/February 2009 — Rlevse • Talk • 01:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Dereks1x?

this guy is most definately Dereks1x. You may want to check for sock farms. You blocked him as a sock of YesOn8; which may mean that the former is Dereks1x as well. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 12:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I think I remember seeing some overlap with some account blocked as DavidYork71, but it was very old and on what looked like a proxy. Keeping an eye out for more, but hard to say if there will be. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Males

Hi! I apologize if I disturb you, but I am sending to you a link to my talk page with discussion about my blocking by an administrator - [22]. In this discussion your name is mentioned many times. I ask for help on how to proceed in the case. Actually, I do not know to whom to address my request. I would like to know what is the way to complain against the bias actions of an administrator. My English isn't brilliant, but I hope that you’ll understand me. I feel aggrieved and I would like someone to review the case. Regards, --Males (talk) 13:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC).

Looks like the block has been reviewed and supported by several administrators, all of whom seem to have been uninvolved in the dispute prior to their review. You could always submit the incident for further review at the admin noticeboard or at requests for comment, but neither of those seems likely to solve the root of the problem, which is the original dispute and edit war. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:37, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I am grateful for your efforts to enter into the whole story and for useful information. I am confident that if there is more impartial and profound administrators as you Wikipedia will be a more pleasant place. With the excuse of trouble and bad English, --Males (talk) 18:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)