User talk:PhilKnight#Handling dishonest editors

Hi @PhilKnight, user Woodlandscaley changed origin of croissant to Austria despite consensus in the talk page. It is not the first time he does that. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 09:35, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

:@PhilKnight in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Croissant there is a section called Austria where consensus was reached. Despite that, an user changed it to Austria again a few days ago. The same user did that serveral times, for example the 27th of June 2024. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 10:03, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

::@PhilKnight Can you see my messages? I am not sure if it's working. 84.242.14.170 (talk) 09:48, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:::: Sorry, yes, I can see your messages. PhilKnight (talk) 14:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::Thank you for your response. I wrote in talk section and sent you the link to the section where consensus was reached. I don't understand why it has to be changed now. Could you have a look? 84.242.14.170 (talk) 10:17, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

: {{ping|JeffSpaceman}} No problem, do you want it revision deleted? PhilKnight (talk) 20:26, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

::I appreciate your asking, but I don't think that's necessary. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

::I will say, though, they are abusing their talk page access to continue to attack me. Might want to revoke that. JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

::: Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 20:36, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Greetings, PhilKniht. Thank you for your help in eliminating that information. I had added that so that the concerned user can comprehend my working but eventually I was also reconsidering to withdraw that. Madamrose1965 (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

User:2402:8100:2798:B088:AD58:A631:6878:D75D is violating their talk page access by continuing to harass me and you, including by spamming pings. I probably should have asked earlier, given how long this has gone on, but I was hoping it would be discovered and stopped by now -- would you be cool with revoking TPA there? JeffSpaceman (talk) 23:30, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

: {{done}}. PhilKnight (talk) 00:27, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Phil, I've upgraded a couple of your blocks to hard blocks. Probably worth making them hard blocks by default in this case. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

: Hi Harry, thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 20:44, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Phil, can you take a look at {{noping|Primerose2020}}? See their post to this page, which was reverted by another user, and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hajpo (their first edits), which I deleted. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

: I used checkuser, but it didn't turn up any obvious matches. PhilKnight (talk) 14:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:::I am new to editing but i am a decade long reader, sorry if i made any editing mistake while creating the page, but their behavior are very similar to each other, anyone can understand, hajpo made this edit req [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ezhava&oldid=1257589074#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_1_Nov_2024] after orunaalkallan got reverted for adding the same thing Aleskbi added the same without any citation , how come this is a coinincidence ? [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ezhava&oldid=1281141989] that too right after orunaalkallan got blocked check the edit history of the page Ezhava , you can judge me as i am new, but the page Ezhava is possibly vandalised and they might target more. Kindly show the mercy to atleast check these links or check the page . I know this because i am reading this since a decade and how they post edit requests . Primerose2020 (talk) 16:29, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for preemptively removing talk page access here. No need to risk further attacks against me or admins, as they have indulged in previously. I appreciate it. JeffSpaceman (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

I saw you blocked, 2600:387:15:1817:0:0:0:0/64 already, but judging from the page history. It seems going back at least a week that the full mobile range used is closer to 2600:387:0:0:0:0:0:0/32. Could you please p-block it from that page; should help keep the rate of disruption down a bit. 184.152.65.118 (talk) 18:32, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

: Done. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 18:35, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, I just wanted to let you know that User:85.132.89.228, who you previously gave a 2 year block for vandalizing Baku, is back at it again. 9yz (talk) 05:31, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

: Thanks. Blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 06:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

::Cheers! 9yz (talk) 06:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I would like to ask for advice on how to merge a preexisting SPI archive with an older SPI. On retrospection, I have reason to believe that Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dietricht may actually be connected to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dirceu Mag and socks @Magi Merlin and @Bolt Kjerag on grounds of same POV-pushing, WP:WALLOFTEXT and WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior on elections and polling, not to mention the ability to misspell my username multiple times. Borgenland (talk) 11:58, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

: Hi {{u|Borgenland}}, I have taken the case out of archive and left a request for the clerks. PhilKnight (talk) 13:27, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks! Do I still need to dig out the diffs from sockmaster(s)? Borgenland (talk) 13:59, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

::: I think you should wait and see what the clerk says. PhilKnight (talk) 15:03, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure whether you generally accept requests to re-evaluate your CU blocks, but if so I'd like to call attention to the follow-up discussion at User talk:Rattlingbog55#Blocked for sockpuppetry. In short, the SPI you closed rested on the assumption of UPE by the case filer (which I would have disputed had I been pinged when one of my interactions with the user was cited). In the follow-up discussion, however, the user explained that the change of accounts was due to privacy concerns (WP:LEGITSOCK), and two admins pretty much came to the conclusion that the explanation was legitimate, though neither was willing act on an unblock due to other concerns. I advised the user to file a second unblock request, but it seems that given the previous discussion, no uninvolved admin was eager to look into the case, and it has been left sitting for half a month now. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

: Hi Paul, I have unblocked his new account, and left the old one blocked. Thanks for reaching out. PhilKnight (talk) 12:14, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

should probably be blocked based on behavioral evidence. The behavior is identical to that of the other socks. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

: {{done}}. PhilKnight (talk) 12:24, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Admin Philknight, I am Shaneapickle and I am just mediating this situation.

So anyways, here is the situation, we have 2 users (i am trying to mediate this war), Kajmer05 and MHD1234567890, MHD is claiming that Kajmer is going after kurdish nationalist pages, but when I asked him about it, he said that he did not do that,

Here are the two talk pages i discussed with them.

User talk:MHD1234567890#Hello, MHD1234567890

and

User talk:Kajmer05#Hello, I came here from MHD's page

This has already turned into an edit war due to MHD and Kajmer's claims against each other.

I hope you will help to resolve this situation. Shaneapickle (talk) 15:34, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:{{tps}} The appropriate venue to report an edit war is WP:AN3 - the administrator's noticeboard for edit warring. Departure– (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:: {{u|Shaneapickle}}, which articles are affected by the edit warring? PhilKnight (talk) 20:53, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:::i misworded this before i knew the actual thing, it's a disagreement, we also have 1 person (*cough cough* MHD) throwing mud at Kajmer for removing MHD's pages, when the AFD is correct about the pages and their structure, and being the reason for the deletion (kajmer is just enforcing the pages) Shaneapickle (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::: I'm not yet convinced that admin action is required. Editors often get grumpy when their pages are deleted, and I don't usually block them for that. Has there been any particularly offensive personal attacks? PhilKnight (talk) 14:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::no not really, although MHD did say that kajmer did appear motivated by "anti-kurdish nationalist sentiments" Shaneapickle (talk) 15:10, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::: You could warn them with {{tl|Uw-npa2}}. If they continue, they could be warned again with {{tl|npa3}}, and if they still continue, a short block could be applied. PhilKnight (talk) 15:55, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::::: @PhilKnight Hello, the user was blocked yesterday. I nominated an article created by this user for deletion, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Northern_Iraq_%282023%29&diff=1287299430&oldid=1287182298] the IP left a message on my talk page. WP:DUCK [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AKajmer05&diff=1287320813&oldid=1286924784] I could file an SPI, but I'm asking this because they're so obvious. Kajmer05 (talk) 14:32, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::: {{done}}. PhilKnight (talk) 14:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi PhilKnight. I contacted the Oversight team to suppress the userpage content of {{noping|Jayantindia1}}. I got a reply saying it was done, but I can still see the content. Your name is now in the page history - were you trying to do something there? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:46, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

: I removed the birth year, and left the rest of the content. It could still be deleted as WP:U5 or WP:G11. PhilKnight (talk) 17:50, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:: I have deleted the user page as an ordinary admin action. PhilKnight (talk) 17:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

The IP is a block evasion, multiple vandalism, I did post to AIV. 48 hours? It will be back doing the same thing again after that. Regards. Govvy (talk) 16:21, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

: {{ping|Govvy}} - who is it block evasion of? PhilKnight (talk) 16:24, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/77.244.117.51], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/77.244.119.212], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/77.244.117.17], maybe more. I keep seeing the same 77.244 IP popup. Regards, Govvy (talk) 16:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

::: 77.244.116.0/22 blocked for 3 months. PhilKnight (talk) 16:35, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Thank you, much appreciated. Govvy (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, I was reading a page on "Non-logical symbol" and read the "Talk" tab aside from "Article". Then I saw the latest comment, which is an unsigned one that looks suspicious (seems like trolling):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Non-logical_symbol#c-93.229.109.29-20240925210600-…_to_or_or_to_or_…?

I was interested in the reason why these kinds of users weren't banned until I saw the following page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:93.229.109.29

Anyway, thank you for making wiki a better place.

Nyngwang (talk) 18:32, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

:: No problem. PhilKnight (talk) 18:34, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you, but Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#J-P Conte is way more serious than it appears at first glance and may implicate an administrator in a paid editing scheme. Wasn't sure where else to turn, and I saw you were active. I strongly recommend it be looked into thoroughly, before the associated documents are taken down. MediaKyle (talk) 03:10, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:I'm an idiot. I thought I was replying here, when I replied on the COI noticeboard. It's late and I'm a little shocked at what's been uncovered. Do you want me to send you what I'm talking about? MediaKyle (talk) 03:45, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:: I don't think I'm the best person for that, I don't have any experience in COI Noticeboard cases. Sorry. PhilKnight (talk) 03:47, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::I understand. I guess it might be in my best interest to just let this go, but there is credible evidence out there that suggests a current administrator was involved in an expansive undisclosed paid editing scheme. It may be worth mentioning this to someone who does work in this area. Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 03:50, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::: I think you should email ArbCom about this. PhilKnight (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::Gotcha. Will do. MediaKyle (talk) 03:52, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:: Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 17:33, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hey Phil,

You marked me as disruptive on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Communist_Party&action=history

I'm reaching out so that does not happen again.

internationalcommunistparty.org is listed as first but the wiki page was written specifically to reflect the activity of ICP of international-communist-party.org, so the other links need to either be removed or at least placed in lower order.

I wrote the vast majority of the contents of that page, so, if anything the recent edits are disruptive.

Also they seem to be massively exaggerating their activity, supposedly regularly publishing in French, German, Serbo-Croat, Romanian and Swedish along with English and Italian. In turn, the page does not even say international-communist-party.org publishes regularly in Turkish, while by the standard of the new edits we publish regularly in numerous languages, and have for example published more than the the other sites in French since the split last year. I think the objectivity of the posters who made such edits can be questioned. Yameezy1917 (talk) 02:30, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

:: Hi Yameezy1917, I protected and described the protection as disruptive editing because you were one of two editors reverting and calling the other editor a vandal. PhilKnight (talk) 18:38, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Can you address the other issues I brought up? Would it be disruptive if I reverted the page to a page that does not misrepresent the facts of the subject under question but without using name-calling? I can see a situation where one person is reverting but misrepresenting facts and the other is trying to fix this and getting a bit frustrated. Yameezy1917 (talk) 17:45, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

::::: You should try to establish consensus on the talk page, and not continue edit warring. PhilKnight (talk) 17:48, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

::::::I have posted to the talk page but the problem is they are not reading or responding to it. If they don't respond, what recourse do I have? Yameezy1917 (talk) 17:50, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::::: You haven't posted to the talk page this year. See WP:Dispute resolution. PhilKnight (talk) 17:52, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::Appologies, I had the post prepped on my phone but forgot to hit send. The post is up now for discussion. Yameezy1917 (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Phil, I blocked {{noping|Guotaian}} for violating 3RR. Their appeal was declined. A new account, {{noping|Powerpolnow}}, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Guotaian&diff=prev&oldid=1288805067 requested an unblock] very similar to the user's first unblock request. The new user then reverted their edit in less than a minute. Before those two edits, all the articles the new user edited were ones that Goutain had also edited. Behaviorally, it's obvious, but just in case it's a joe-job, although it doesn't seem likely based on their revert of the unblock request, could you check? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:17, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

: Hi {{u|Bbb23}}, the 2 accounts are {{unrelated}}, however it appears {{np|Powerpolnow}} is a sock of {{np|Pimplescrote}}. PhilKnight (talk) 00:43, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks, Phil, I've tagged the two accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:38, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

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