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Vandalism part 34

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Serge's 34th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention. Sergecross73 msg me 00:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one citation for the change I made: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starset/comments/1cixg4m/metalcore_starset_album/. There are multiple more citations. It is not vandalism. Do you have expertise in this band or music or why was this reversed? There was no justification. 173.59.8.222 (talk) 02:50, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reddit posts are not usable sources on Wikipedia per WP:USERG. Sergecross73 msg me 02:52, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, based on the editing patterns, I'm wondering if @125.160.112.170 might actually be blocked editor @JustYourImaginaryGuy. Not sure how to report this; I noticed you dealt with the latter editor before. RegalZ8790 (talk) 05:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've blocked. Feel free to report incidents like this to me, and if I agree, I'll issue blocks or page protection as needed. Thank you! Sergecross73 msg me 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I figured this was okay, just wanted confirmation. Anyway, he's at it again, now with @125.160.115.29... RegalZ8790 (talk) 01:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked. Sergecross73 msg me 16:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sergecross73 Back for another round as @125.160.113.185. What can be done with an individual who has no intentions of respecting Wikipedia and its community? RegalZ8790 (talk) 06:10, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like someone else hit him with a WP:RANGEBLOCK. Hopefully that helps. Sergecross73 msg me 17:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, This user keeps reverting my changes saying they are vandalism. This IP traces back to the subject of the edits who has been using wikipedia to promote his own name, articles, and videos. He doesn't cite his work, he simply pastes it into other articles.

He has done this on the USNVGT page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_vs_Snakeand several others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/35.135.179.48

Surely this is against the terms. Thank you for looking into this. datagod (talk) 🍁 22:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding/restoring info without a source is definitely against policy. I don't know enough about these subjects to know who is correct in some of the disputes, nor am I following the accusations of self-promotion, but I'll warn them about the sourcing issues. Sergecross73 msg me 23:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These editors are definitely related, sharing similar usernames and making next to exactly the same changes. What do you recommend be done with the group of users? Should the article be protected based on this string of non-constructive edits? Panini! 🥪 15:57, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:BorisDG uncited information on Apple Silicon articles

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The user is at it again as in [9], still not having read WP:CITE, WP:RS, WP:VERIFY, etc. and providing a wiki as some kind of citation in the edit summary. You had given a last warning previously, is it time to ask for a nudge from ANI? —DIYeditor (talk) 09:51, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'll take care of it. Sergecross73 msg me 15:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Asking for advice

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Hi Sergecross73,

I had the talk page of MiamiManny still on my watchlist after I left them a message about a BLP situation. Yesterday I noticed the back-and-forth between them and Cambial Yellowing. They issued MiamiManny a standard notification for an incorrect edit summary. MiamiManny immediately described this as "wikibullying". It went to "wikihounding". Cambial Yellowing responded, saying if MiamiManny doesn't want to communicate, they shouldn't ping them. I left a message, that MiamiManny that accusing someone of such behaviour is acting in bad faith. That message made me also a wikibully for some reason.

They changed Cambial Yellowing's message, which is a violation of WP:OTHERTALK. This went on for a while, with some warnings issued and telling them not do so. Their latest edit again includes editing others' comments and the edit summary is "Removed repeated wikibullying and wikivandalism after multiple warnings- Please cease your harrassment". I respect WP:OWNTALK, but at the same time they've been told not to incorrectly (or falsely?) describe other editors' comments as bullying, vandalism and harassment. What are your thoughts? Do I need to start a discussion at ANI for this rude behaviour or just let it slide? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 08:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I considered doing so, given their repeated editing of other's comments and deleting of individual comments in the conversation, even after 3 explanations that editing other's posts is not appropriate.[10][11][12] (Miami deleted those explanations). Ultimately though, they have ceased their disruption of the wider encyclopaedia for the moment. I don't think we should escalate it unless it becomes necessary. In my view the facetiously inaccurate edit summary ("removed false claim about no physical evidence and reference that did not mention that claim"the references in reality) was more troubling than the talk page behaviour. Cambial foliar❧ 16:35, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree with both of you that the editor is out of line. Nothing there remotely constitutes "harassment", refactoring others' comments isn't allowed, and it's baffling to ping people just to tell them they're not welcome on their talk page (even though they are technically free to ask people not to comment any further.)
That said, if they've stopped for now, I wouldn't escalate it. Their talk (and user) page makes it pretty clear they have a chip on their should in regards to be told what to do by others. It'd probably be a messy, heated timesink.
Their "threats" to take you to ANI are meritless, they could never incur any action against either of you. So, I recommend letting it sit for now, and if you have further issue with the user, feel free to reach out to me again, and I can review at that point, and let you know if I feel like its something I feel comfortable taking action on, or if it feels like something that the community should evaluate at a venue like ANI. Sergecross73 msg me 18:13, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the advice, Sergecross, I appreciate it. They left their talk page for what it is, but they did wrote this uncivil message, which includes Further, your tone and hostility are uncalled for. If you persist with aggressive behavior and attempts to misrepresent well-sourced content, I will escalate this issue. You've been warned. Cambial Yellowing, that latest comment wasn't addressed to me, so I feel like it's up to you make a decision how to handle this. You're welcome to use my initial message here for the diffs, in case you'd like to take this to ANI. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 20:28, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking urgent assistance in WP:ANI

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Heya ☺ Just wondering if you could help take a look at this case. An IP address is persisting with wholesale addition of Tamil scripts without consensus nor edit summaries (and displaying identical behaviour to a blocked user). I think it's best to seek urgent intervention on this. Thanks! hundenvonPG (talk) 03:48, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I'm not really familiar with the subject matter, or the editor in question as far as I can recall, so I'm probably not an ideal Admin to field this one... Sergecross73 msg me 14:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The anon changing hip hop artists' articles is back

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Hey Serge, it has been a little while, seeing the previous discussion has been automatically archived, but they're back. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 18:26, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. Sergecross73 msg me 16:24, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]