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Request for adminship

Hi Reaper Eternal,

You are listed at Wikipedia:Request an RfA nomination#Editors willing to be asked to nominate a user. This is a formal request for nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. If there is anything else I should do or consider, just let me know. All feedback is welcome.

Best. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 21:44, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Just a note to let you know I'm still reviewing your contributions. ;) Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:07, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Note

Another one here: Special:Contributions/Estesourter. --AzureCitizen (talk) 15:34, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

A little more help

Thanks for blocking Venaldave. My user talk page is now being vandalized by here by another person, who based on behavior is likely Mangoeater1000 (not that it matters.) Any help on blocking that user and re-protecting my talk page would be appreciated. 72Dino (talk) 15:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Good grief. Blocked that account too. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:38, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Tell me about it. Thanks for your help. 72Dino (talk) 15:40, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2013

So, did I screw up?

Hi Reaper. I've just taken my first action as an SPI clerk trainee, closing Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hernan 12. Would you mind checking and making sure that I've done it correctly? Yunshui 雲‍水 14:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

(tps) It looks good to me, but you might want to move 5 albert square's comment to the bottom section of the report. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:55, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks DoRD. It's been archived now, so I'll leave it as is; your point is taken on board for the future, though. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:39, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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User talk:168.10.27.152

Hi Reaper Eternal, please revoke his talk page access as he abuse while blocked. Thx. Arctic Kangaroo 14:54, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:56, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit filter 499

I just noticed your change to Edit filter 499 that you made last month. I'm not sure that 499 is the correct filter for this as it is looking for a specific case instead of generic terms. I think 466 might be the better place for your additional search phrase as that one is looking for phrases. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:37, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I fully agree with your correction—sorry for not noticing this before! Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:51, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Were you the one that blocked me?

Hi Reaper Eternal? If you remember a couple of months ago in November, were you the one that blocked me for sockpuppetry? Would it be in my block log or did you delete it? JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail 20:56, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Nobody has ever blocked or unblocked you for sockpuppetry or anything else—your block log has no entries in it. If an entry were revision deleted, it would show up as (log action removed) rather than disappearing entirely. Furthermore, if I or any other admin hid block log entries to hide mistakes, we would likely lose the admin tools. I have also reviewed your userpage and talkpage histories and found that I never edited either one, so I don't know why you think I blocked you for sockpuppetry. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Maybe it was my IP adress. All I know is that I had only been on Wikipedia less than a week and could not access Wikipedia for at least two weeks. Is my IP adress linked to my account? Then how come I couldn't edit Wikipedia during that time? I don't know, I was 99% sure it was you. Oh well, the past is the past, but if you know anything about my questions, please answer them. Thanks. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail 23:39, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Reverted blanking

Hi there, when I was patrolling recent changes page I noticed a user blanked your talk page. I have reverted it for you. Hz. tiang 03:28, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, it has just happened repeatedly, but it just got protected. ZappaOMati 03:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 March 2013

Template tweakings

It might also be useful to look at the text in the templates used by Twinkle etc and so on, and also the relevant pro forma edit summaries.  Roger Davies talk 13:23, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm not certain what you mean. To the best of my knowledge, Twinkle doesn't user {{sockpuppeteer}} or {{sockpuppet}}. I have absolutely no clue what you are referring to by "pro forma edit summaries". My modifications to {{banned user}}, {{blocked user}}, {{sockpuppeteer}}, and {{sockpuppet}} are based solely on my personal view of them as unnecessarily aggressive, in-your-face, and hurtful to feelings if placed incorrectly. (Think of DeltaQuad's incorrect block of that one guy who asked the arbs to resign.) It is my belief that indefinitely blocked or banned editors should be allowed to leave this site in peace. Obviously, you can revert said edits if you find them inappropriate. Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:57, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I think you did the right on the templates. It occurred to me that there was similar bloodcurlding language in some of the popular admin tools.  Roger Davies talk 17:33, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Complements on banned template changes

Noblesse oblige, may you continue to be a magnanimous administrator.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 18:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

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Peter Damian

Regarding this edit, note that the ARbCom agreement is void since PD hasn't kept his side of the bargain (no more socking). As for your opinion that these templates aren't useful, well, YMMV, but that's hardly a reason to remove them if other people find them useful. Why is all this courtesy applied to a user who doesn't seem to care about it anyway? Fram (talk) 08:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

The {{banned user}} and {{sockpuppeteer}} in all honesty only serve to provide convenience links to ban discussions, contribution lists, block logs, and evidence of sockpuppetry. All of those links are available in the history of Peter's userpage.
To address your second question, "Why is all this courtesy applied to a user who doesn't seem to care about it anyway?", Peter Damian does seem to find the tags vexing. Accordingly, ArbCom agreed to remove them and courtesy blank his userpage. I rather doubt that he has changed his mind about the tags, so I reverted your unblanking. Finally, regardless of whether or not he is "deserving" of courtesy, should we not do the right thing and extend common courtesy towards him as a fellow human being? All too often, it seems, people forget that there is another face, another human, another set of feelings that can be hurt behind the screen name of the account. As such, should we not remove the tags that he finds so vexing? Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:55, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Um, no. If he doesn't want his Wikipedia user name (not a name or a face, but a user name) connected to any problematic editing and/or sanctions, he could have just stayed away from here after all the pages were blanked or deleted, as was agreed. Now, he has returned, he has continued socking. Apparently he doesn't find the issue of being tagged a sockpuppet sufficiently vexing after all? Why, after all this, should we still give a flying shit about what he finds vexing about our methods to easily follow up his socking (things like his usual IP ranges and so on)? Or conversely, why don't you try to get rid of all sockpuppet tags, for every editor? After all, they probably all are human beings as well. You really haven't given any reason why PD should get preferential treatment. Fram (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

SPI query

Hi Reaper. A quick question, since I can't see the answer anywhere obvious: is it acceptable for me to perform clerk actions on an SPI in which I've already acted as an administrator? For example, after a bit of consideration I ended up blocking all of the accounts listed at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kashmiri123, since they were all pretty clearly the same user. Would it have been appropriate for me to then close the case and mark it for archiving? I'm assuming not, using the same logic that says one shouldn't archive cases that one has already closed, but I thought I'd double-check with you. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 11:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

That's correct. You (or any patrolling admin) can close cases you have actioned. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:34, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, you've bewildered me - I'm correct in that I can't archive cases I've actioned, or I can close such cases? Apologies for my obtuseness. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:01, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

dw param

On licenses , thanks for the update. Any chance of updating the entire stack so that it works seamlessly? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:23, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I've fixed a couple, but other admins are changing the code slightly to use the yesno parser so I'm stopping to avoid interfering with their work. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
OK, I didn't know there was a template (or Lua script) that did yesno descisons ;) XD Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:33, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Sockpuppet templates

Hi Reaper, I noticed your new design with the standard exclamation mark icon. While I don't mind the overall removal of "teh ebil sock" image, I think we should have a quick visual identification for the three stages "suspect", "blocked", and "confirmed". So I suggest we add a switch like |image=[[File:{{#switch:{{{2}}}|case=blocked|result=Stop x nuvola|case=confirmed|result=Sock block|Information icon4}}.svg|45px]]. How's that? De728631 (talk) 14:45, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I concur with User:De728631. But I would prefer this code: |image = [[File:{{#ifeq:{{{2}}}|confirmed|Puppeter template|System-users}}.svg|45px]]
If parameter 2 is "confirmed", then File:Puppeter template.svg is used. Else, File:System-users.svg is used.
Also left a message at Template talk:Sockpuppet#Image used in template. Cheers, theFace 19:05, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Also: I see you've toned down the language of Template:Banned user. I don't disagree with that aspect, but don't you think you've made the image a bit too small? Same goes for Template:Blocked user. I think 25px is too little. 37px would be better. Cheers, theFace 19:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

WP:AN discussion

A discussion which relates to actions or comments made by you can be found at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive247#Peter Damian socks. Fram (talk) 15:56, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Can you explain this please?

Why do you insist on this tag (on many other users' pages too) when WP:SPI/AI states that where there is no confirmation by CheckUser (as in this case) the "{{sock|SockMaster|blocked}}" tag should be used. Have I misread the instruction, or have you misapplied it? That is a genuine question from a genuinely concerned editor. I am also trying to discuss this at User talk:Bbb23. Puzzled and curious (talk) 20:29, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 March 2013

Thanks...

...for protecting my page. I'm not sure exactly why this loser has singled me out, but another admin said it's a badge of honor. :-) But I appreciate your vigilance. Best, DoctorJoeE review transgressions/talk to me! 01:37, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate the unblock and the advice. Of course, as is often the case, I knew what to do, I simply did not do it. But, I will think again in the future. Cheers! ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 02:19, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the note and promise not to repeat, because I really dislike blocking anybody who isn't a sock or a vandal. I wish you well! Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Can you do a hist merge for me?

Hey Reaper! I was wondering if you could do me a favour. I would like to have the history of User:Status/GA, User:Status/Featured and User:Status/DYK hooks merged into User:Status/Contributions.  — Statυs (talk, contribs) 01:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Knew it!

no

I should've known, Reaper! Only Jimbo could hate User:Example so much. (It all goes back to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jimbo Wales and Example, which, of course, Jimbo OS'd and also erased from everyone's memories using that thing from Men in Black.) — PinkAmpers&(Je vous invite à me parler) 01:14, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hehe. Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:26, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

It's April Fools today

Please be aware of Wikipedia:April_fools/April_Fools'_Day_2013 The afds are jokes and not vandalism.--Auric talk 03:34, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Keep the April Fool's jokes out of mainspace. Bots add AFD templates to articles with AFDs. Furthermore, there is currently discussion on WP:ANI that is leaning towards blocking people if any more are created. I'd advise stopping. Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:39, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm more concerned with your mislabeling of the afds as vandalism.--Auric talk 03:50, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
The autobot templateing can be avoided by {{Bots|deny=Snotbot}} usage, please get along with April Fools, you are being disruptive Reaper. Eduemoni↑talk↓ 03:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
I'd be careful about mislabeling them as vandalism, though. The nominations were probably not vandalism and should not be labeled as so. There is a very specific definition for nonconstructive editing, which does not appear to be the case. Very questionable. TBrandley 04:04, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Until we can hopefully have an RfC later this month, there's nothing I can really do to say you can't delete them, but I'll point out that a) the discussion is not leaning that way and b)the articles you deleted had already been fixed so Snotbot would not add them to articles (removing the template that says remove this template when the discussion is closed does the trick). Ryan Vesey 04:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

From previous discussion

Hi, User Reaper Eternal

Seasons Greeting

At edit filter talk on my request you suggested me a code. The code is correct but,it did not work on our wiki, when googled and refered more info, probably \b does not work ,as a word boundry, with unicode charecters as easy as expected.added_lines rlike "\bतू\b" or contains_any(added_lines,"\bतू\b") gives no result; and that it blocks entire related charecterset.

Last one and half month I did ample self study and experimentation but that did not work.I do not know how rest of unicode wikis are doing it.I did not find any discussion on this topic here.So just,please, let me know if you get any more info , or do guide if it is more worth to enquire at bugzilla with a bug.

Thanks and warm regards

Mahitgar (talk) 14:42, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Filipino vandal help requested

You've helped with this problematic user (Jajadelera and other names) in the past, I am currently spending 90% of my WP time finding and undoing his edits all over the place. I filed a sockpuppet report two days ago but no one seems interested. I would appreciate it if you could maybe look into this for me. Thanks,  Mr.choppers | ✎  17:53, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for protecting this article! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 06:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
You're welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:09, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Contribution review for possible RfA nomination

Hi Reaper. At User talk:Reaper Eternal/Archive 21#Request for adminship you said you were still in the process of reviewing my contributions. What is the current status of that review? Best regards. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 06:48, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I'm still in the process of reviewing your contributions. I've just been really, really busy off-wiki these past couple weeks and haven't been able to put in all the necessary hours it takes to review someone and write a nomination yet! I'll try to have it done by this weekend. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, that's nice. Take all the time you need, I am absolutely not in a hurry to become an admin. Whether it's this week or next month doesn't make any difference for me. Best. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:16, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Project for RfA nominators

Hi -- I notice you've been active in nominating at RfA over the past year, and would like to invite you to join the WikiProject for Nominators, which aims to support editors interested in nominating there. We'd be glad of your expertise in getting this new project off the ground. Apologies for the talk-page spamming if you've already seen this message a dozen times. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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My user rights

For some reason editing edit notices is attached to the accountcreator user right. I would greatly appreciate having this right again. Thanks, 117Avenue (talk) 04:21, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:30, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Sock puppets

Hes at it again, but DoRD doesn't seem to be around today.

InayaKuzbari (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
ErBabas (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
ChronicalUsual (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Sopher99 (talk) 20:07, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

The latter two users are already blocked, and I'm not yet ready to block the first over only two edits. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Question of SP tags (again)

I've changed a couple of SP tags you've added from "confirmed" to "suspected" where there is no CU support for "confirmed", as per WP:SPI/AI (these ones: [1], [2] and [3]). If you think it necessary to change them back, or add others similarly, please explain your rationale for apparently contravening the clear advice given in that procedure. Puzzled and curious (talk) 08:11, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Read what the notice says: "This account is a sock puppet of DeFacto and has been blocked indefinitely. Please refer to contributions for evidence."
Furthermore, being the new user who knows about WP:SPI/AI you clearly are, you might be surprised to learn that operating an account in this manner is in violation of WP:SCRUTINY, for which I see you have already been blocked. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:26, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Ancient second chance

Back in 2011 you offered indef-blocked vandal John1kc a second chance, an offer that recently (and rather bizarrely) has been resurrected by a third party. You may want to take a look. Huon (talk) 18:07, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

There's not much I can do now, but I have unblocked him. That user is long gone. :( A massive whale to Avicennasis (talk · contribs) for removing a helpme / unblock request being used in accordance with the second chance template and possibly permanently driving away a new contributor. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:29, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

User:FurryPony

Hi RE, perhaps you may still remember that you semi'd my talk page due to persistent socking. That time, it was a bunch of IPs, whose master was some IP hopping Poland guy. Just to let you know, I can say that I am 95% sure that the above user is the same person. Because his edit summaries sometimes contain xD, and the YouTube link he posted on my page contained a picture of a penguin with an xD scrawled on it. When he was harassing me repeatedly the other time, he sometimes called me "penguin". For more info on this user, please refer to User talk:78.8.103.182 and the socks as listed on this IP talk page. Also, is there any possiblity that he could be a sock of LTA abuser in this report? The LTA guy is also from Poland. I hope you can give me some useful advice/info if you can. Cheers. Arctic Kangaroo 13:53, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't know who it is, but I've blocked that troll. Not much else I can do. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Maybe I'm paranoid....

...but I found the following weird. I had been reverting a trolling IP vandal (85.164.124.207, now blocked) that kept vandalizing the Retinol page. Its edits: [4] A little later I find this on my Talkpage [5], user Zyker wants to know more about the IP troll. I don't know the guy so I check his Talk page and find warnings [6] because he has been vandalizing the same article [7].

Should this be investigated? Yintan²  18:35, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I really don't care if it's the same guy or not. I've blocked Zyker (talk · contribs) indefinitely for vandalism. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:04, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

joe job?

Are you sure? I obviously wouldn't put it past some of the Wikipediocracy folk...even though I am a member there, I wouldn't piss on half of them if their heads were on fire... but they both seemed awfully chummy at User talk:Russavia#More images and commons:User talk:Russavia/Archive 11#More images. "Seleucidis" has quite a knowledge for flora & fauna, and Wikimedia intricacies in general. Also makes mention ay Russavia's of how things are back at, quote, "my Wikipedia", i.e. some other foreign-language wiki, though the SUL shows nothing under that name. Tarc (talk) 13:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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On blocks and rights

Hey Reaper. I definitely don't want to be that guy who's advocating for the blocked sockmaster simply because they had some positive interactions. However, looking over BarkingFish's block log, I see that this isn't the first time that he's wanted to be blocked, and there's no way for anyone to verify the long-term abuse he claims to have engaged in; IMHO, this is wikicide by admin at its finest. Anyways, point is, I saw you revoked all his rights... pulling IPBE clearly makes sense, but if he ever does choose to come back (and apologize for whatever damage he's done to the project over the years), it might nice for him to have reviewer and rollbacker to come back to. Your call, obviously, but I thought I'd put that out there. — PinkAmpers&(Je vous invite à me parler) 14:27, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

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Interac_(Japan) Editor Request

Would you mind having a look at my editor request? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests#Interac_.28Japan.29_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Cprotect.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29Taurus669 (talk) 10:39, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

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Haji Baz Gul Afridi

Hello,

May I know why did you remove and oversight those revisions on that page?

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:15, 23 April 2013 (UTC) [Talkback plz]

Hi! The subject of the article believed that a certain piece of information in that edit could endanger his life. Accordingly, I hid those revisions as a temporary measure for the WMF to evaluate any potential risk. If his fears are found to be exaggerated, then the revisions will likely be restored. However, with the potential consequences given the region, I'd rather play it safe. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
How was this request sent to you?
That is a plain attempt at manipulation. The primary editor (Possibly the same person as the subject, or directly connected) came to Help IRC trying to get this article through that was at AFC. Constant buggering on his part ensued for hours, after which I removed all puff and added the article. Per discussion, it came through that the article subject also had reliable sources(NYT, Chicago Tribune) speaking of him acting as an arms dealer; which I added. The authro came back and argued for 2 hours straight to either remove that line, or to delete the article. We could not do either, and so he resorted to PA. That ultimately led to him being banned from the help IRC [ban subsequently revoked].
The author is an undisclosed COI bent only to try and show the "good" facts about the article topic, and we have reliable sources demonstrating that the article subject was indeed an arms dealer, and very happy to flaunt it too. The endanger his life part was certainly humbug trying to get that reference out of the article by hook or by crook.
TheOriginalSoni (talk) 13:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
I agree with TheOriginalSoni. The draft's author was all too happy with using Mr Gul's job to paint him as a successful businessman. When we added context based on the same sources, he complained about us being unfair. For the record, the upcoming National Assembly election is on May 11, I believe, and the article's original author was very eager to have a puff piece online before then. Huon (talk) 19:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
I would not be surprised at all if he was gaming me. I'd be greatly disappointed, but unsurprised. I'm still waiting to hear back from the WMF.... Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:23, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
One clarification though, its the author whose life is potentially at stake, and not the article subject. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 19:42, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Unblock IP Address request

Hello, I am trying to edit articles from work, but my IP address 74.125.0.0/16 (talk) seems to have been blocked by you via {{webhostblock}} template. I have a valid Wikipedia account, but this does not seem to matter because of my IP address is blocked... what can I do in this situation? Is there some way to get a user-based override of a broad IP address block? I have added an unblock template on my user_talk page as instructed by the {{webhostblock}} template.

Thanks, JonathanCross (talk) 12:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. (IP block exemption also granted.) Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

A warm "thank you"

Thank you for protecting my talk page. Indeed there's no traffic of unregistered users. I hope this storm will be over in a month so unregistered or new users will be welcome again, if they feel the urge. But for now I'm glad with this service you offered me. Cheers, Wikiklaas (talk) 17:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

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Bedson sock

Thanks. What a pathetic asshole he is! Dougweller (talk) 19:23, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Protected page Die Young (song)

Back in September 2012 you indefinitely protected the page Die Young (song), apparently because some editor was repeatedly trying to crystal-ball the Kesha song. The circumstances that prompted the protection are no longer ongoing, and Die Young (song) should be created as a redirect to the disambiguation page Die Young, since there are now two songs with that title with articles. Would you be willing to lift the protection so the redirect can be created? Thanks, --ShelfSkewed Talk 13:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

I've created the redirect, so the page should now be open for anybody to edit. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 10:17, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks again--much appreciated.--ShelfSkewed Talk 13:01, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Appreciate your rapid removal of the case against me and my nefarious army of sockpuppets. Yunshui 雲‍水 06:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. Both the filer and Yunshui2 (talk · contribs) were Cmach7 (talk · contribs). Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 10:18, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Odd, don't think I've ever had any interactions with that user. Ah well. Thanks again. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:39, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Probably this. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 13:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Requesting deleted copy

Hello. Can I have copy of the deleted article here: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Conscious_Leadership so I can see if it is too similar to or some concerns are in this Articles for Creation: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Conscious Leadership? Thanks! Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 19:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Emailed it to you. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:34, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

For all your efforts in sending me that notification! Thehelpfulone 20:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Thehelpfulone! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:30, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Thanks for providing that copy! Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 21:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:35, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

SPI clerking double-check

Just checking that you saw some additional info added after the previous close before archiving. DMacks (talk) 03:31, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

He's already indefinitely blocked. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:34, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

SPI closure

You marked WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Jacobjakielaszek as closed, and blocked Ghostlyrevenge (talk · contribs) (the puppet) but not Jacobjakielaszek (talk · contribs) (the master). Why? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Why should I? I warned him about use of sockpuppets and using Wikipedia as a memorial site. If he persists, he can be blocked then—it's not like he isn't obvious. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
OK. Just curious. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:27, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
That's fine. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:28, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for deleted content

Reaper

I don't know if I got it onto the talk page but Talk:Cyan Kudu is being used as evidence for an SPI into the three different accounts that contested the CSD [8] is it possible for you to provide the content of the page somehow? MIVP - (Can I Help? ◕‿◕) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) - (Cakes) 15:49, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I already blocked the sockpuppets being reported. Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:07, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Oops, well thanks for sorting that ^^' while i'm here can I point you towards a CSD queried article by another UAA user? [9] MIVP - (Can I Help? ◕‿◕) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) - (Cakes) 16:41, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
I've declined the speedy deletion since the article contains credible claims of importance. If you think it should be deleted, file a request at WP:AFD. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
No problem, prepare for positive Admin Review feedback. MIVP - (Can I Help? ◕‿◕) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) - (Cakes) 17:17, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks...but you're too fast

Block evasion? That was me. I just didn't have enough time to log back in and reply to myself. I wanted to see what the notification looked like for new talk page messages. I want my orange bar back. --Onorem♠Dil 15:53, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Ugh...I'm really sorry. When IPs or new accounts with a lot of Wikipedia knowledge randomly pop up to attack another user on his or her talk page, it looks like someone evading a block to engage in harassment. I've unblocked your IP. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Yeah. I'm a bit sarcastic and bitter lately. Thanks for the unblock, but I really think that's too quick of a trigger finger. --Onorem♠Dil 16:06, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

SPI case

Hello, you recently marked an SPI case (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/87.93.62.153) as closed without commenting on all of its aspects or points raised within evidence. Could you explain that please? Mohamed CJ (talk) 18:07, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you are asking here. I did take action on the report by semiprotecting the article, as I mentioned in my closing comments. The IP ranges are far, far too dynamic to block, and the user you mentioned as possibly related is just that: possibly related. There isn't enough evidence to block him. Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:18, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, this is exactly what I asked for. Do you think it would be any good to ask for a CU? Mohamed CJ (talk) 18:42, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
No. Checkuser will not connect an IP to an account per the privacy policy. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:35, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 April 2013

Sockpuppet templates, RfC #2

A second RfC has been opened regarding your edits to {{Sockpuppet}} and {{Sockpuppeteer}}, as well as {{Blocked user}} and {{Banned user}}. It has also been put on WP:CENT. The discussion is here. I am curious as to what your opinion about this matter is. For the record, I actually prefer your versions, I just didn't like the blue dot image. Cheers, theFace 13:10, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Replied there. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Nutash Ali socks

I've been fighting the socks of User:Nutash Ali. I normally just clean up run-of-the-mill vandalism and this is my first foray into sock-puppetry. I've noticed you've asked for checkuser on this case. I'm still finding more of these socks. Should I continue to report them, or should I back off until a checkuser does their thing? Sperril (talk) 12:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Ugh, definitely continue to report them. But please just add them to the list of accounts in the open report rather than filing an entirely new report for every single account. Then leave a note in the comments section that you added more accounts so we don't miss them. Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the help! I think I've fixed all of the damage and caught all of the obvious socks. Interestingly, while searching all articles for "Nutash Ali" I found this edit [10]. This editor doesn't seem to be involved in any vandalism. I think that this may have been a legitimate edit, but I can't find anything useful in English about the company other than wikipedia mirrors. I removed the line but noted that it can be reinserted with a reference. Sperril (talk) 13:37, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks much

Thanks for your investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Onelifefreak2007, I've added a bit more there. Please do take a moment to look over the archives page for it and note the other similarities there as well. — Cirt (talk) 16:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Trainee clerk

According to this you can train me up as a SPI clerk. As you know I am not too bad at ferreting out socks, but am unsure if I am in "good standing" Fancy training me up? Darkness Shines (talk) 17:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Ehh, I've already got a couple trainees, and preference is given to administrators since only admins can actually action cases. You can apply on the clerk's noticeboard, however. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Please

Please do not delete sonic is dead. he really is dead, it's not inappropriate. i'm not joking :/ --Robertbobbyhill (talk) 19:47, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Stop posting nonsense. Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Apology

I do apologize for getting quite confused on the communication, but would you happen to have a guess as to what may have been improper about the edit to Legends of the Hidden Temple I tried to point out?--2600:1005:B015:6BD5:815B:C879:9554:753 (talk) 15:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi! I'm not certain what you are trying to ask, since I've never edited Legends of the Hidden Temple or interacted with you before. Could you explain? Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:26, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
What I'm talking about is when I did this and I later on see see this. I ask you because I'm not wanting to risk getting the editor a lot more mad.70.193.134.94 (talk) 23:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
One thing I've been wondering is if the edit I made years ago is against a Wikipedia rule. Could you perhaps tell AldezD I'm sorry for the incorrect talk (WP:PA) and he can explain to me about what he believes is improper about the edit, since I fear he'll still think I'm still violating WP:PA?--2600:1005:B015:6BD5:682E:248A:FB45:249C (talk) 16:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
The edit you made years ago didn't violate any Wikipedia rules—it was just grammatically incorrect. AldezD then fixed the grammatical errors in the article. I wouldn't worry about AldezD and his SPI, since there was no merit to it and a checkuser deleted it. Good luck, and enjoy editing! Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:50, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Ah, I see.70.193.134.94 (talk) 16:55, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

ACC Rights

Hello! I have come back from my wikibreak and am requesting the reactivation of ACC rights again. Have a great day! -Fumitol|talk|cont 15:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you! -Fumitol|talk|cont 15:46, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your work on behalf of WP. -- Scray (talk) 12:41, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

AIV

Reaper, you get double commission for blocking a combination VOA and username violation: Jewsarelegit (talk · contribs). Thank you. 207.157.121.52 (talk) 17:30, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I've blocked that account and several others with equally inappropriate usernames. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:55, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
No, cheers to you and your fine corps of admins. Your t-shirt is in the mail--please click here to verify your address and bank account information. 207.157.121.52 (talk) 17:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Operation Storm-333

This is a sockpuppet of user:Mujhideen101 cheers. Darkness Shines (talk) 20:31, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm not too sure that it is. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Msoamu SPI

I'm intrigued: why is it only a two-week block for sockpuppetry, when the offences have been going on for 6+ years? I'm not particularly asking for a longer block - although I definitely think one is justified - but I'd like to know why the sanction is so limited (yes, I know it's only a 2-week block for most first-time offences, but this is a VERY long term issue) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 08:39, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

This is the first time he's been blocked for socking, and we generally give second chances. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:25, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

User:Antisocky

When you have a moment, could you review my block of this user? It started here. As far as I can recall, I don't know Newnou, so I'm not sure why they came to me, but the two edits by the new account looked ugly on their face, so I blocked. Then I started delving a little deeper (probably should've done that first), and the tags added by Antisocky pointed me to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iaaasi/Archive, on which I noticed User:Stubes99. Then, I looked at the history of Newnou, which, to say the least, was unusual. Finally, I came to you because you were last admin to act on the Iaaasi SPI. I hope that's enough connected dots for you. Thanks for any help.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I've tagged Antisocky as a sock of User:Stubes99 and blocked Newnou as a sock of Stubes99's arch-nemesis User:Iaaasi. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I know I shouldn't be laughing, but I am. I'm curious how you figured all that out, but you don't have to explain if you don't wish to or if you think it would be inappropriate.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I'm fine with explaining all the behavioral quirks per WP:ADMINACCT, but I'd rather not since it takes a long time to lay out all the evidence in a side-by-side format and because sockpuppeteers commonly watch for ways to evade detection. After a while of dealing with these two, it becomes obvious when they've made their next socks and are back to rapidly edit warring with and tagging each other. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! I suspect Svetlovlas, who honored Newnou (so himself) with a barnstar, is also a sockpuppet of Iaaasi. --Norden1990 (talk) 00:56, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, that looks pretty suspicious. I'll try to see if I can flag down a checkuser to investigate that. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:06, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
There's a revert by another sock in my recent history, but you probably found that one already. I accept rewards via PayPal. Don't listen to Bbb23: I read their RfA and it was booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring. 207.157.121.52 (talk) 17:58, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Reaper, I blocked the IP (not because of their comment about my RfA), but their behavior in an incredibily short space of time seemed connected to one of the two masters. If I erred, please feel free to unblock.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I apparently was wrong (so I'm told), so I unblocked, apologized, and am now retreating.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, that IP doesn't look like either of the two. Scroll down to see their sockpuppets parading about this very page. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:24, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Other Stubes99 socks

WP:DENY. Sockpuppets. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:52, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Sovietsco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rightfullruler — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primul (talk • contribs) 10:21, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Why do you support the sock of banned user Iaaasi?

WP:DENY. More sockpuppets. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:52, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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The chauvinist banned user: Iaaasi created his " Treispe " sockpuppet to vandalise delete well referenced contents. Iaaasi is known for speading sprigle theories, nationalistic pseudo-history, he likes the edit warring, he is a well known racist and anti-semite. Why do you support his destructive efforts to vandalise wiki articles?--84.0.174.18 (talk) 10:44, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Reaper Eternal, please protect the pages edited by the above IP, he is trying to restore illegal text Doispe (talk) 10:50, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Doispe is a new sock of Iaaasi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wankelicus (talk • contribs) 10:59, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

can you please see this

can you please check that request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.154.59.16 (talk) 14:39, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Nice Catch

Nice job getting ThisguyYEAH, I've been reviewing his logs and I'm starting to wonder if by his attitude that he wasn't actually compromised, and was instead just trying to get back at the moderators for blocking him and whatnot. Some people just want to watch the world burn. --WackyPackyJohn (talk) 16:35, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Umm, OK. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:49, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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