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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 151.36.156.109 (talk) at 01:35, 26 August 2022 (→‎Vandal and potential sockpuppet). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Please note that some wikis allow organisation accounts - see Commons policy for an example, the German wiki is another. Please don't report users at WP:UAA or caution them on their talk pages if they haven't edited on this wiki. Cabayi (talk) 07:06, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing that out. I'll immediately cease patrolling the account creation and recent changes logs. If doing so only serves to bite newcomers and not to screen out spamming and vandalism then such actions are only doing more harm than good. Blue Riband► 10:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not asking you to stop patrolling, just to be judicious in how you do it. Some usernames are so offensive that they are blockable on sight, no matter where they edit, or don't. Organisation usernames don't cross that line. Anything you see at RecentChanges obviously falls under the rules of this wiki. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 10:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A reminder, users are not bound by the local username rules of this WMF project unless they've edited this project. As for the idea of blocking users on the basis of what you think they might possibly do... have you seen Minority Report? Cabayi (talk) 07:00, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi You're referring to the User name report regarding Theusernamehasbeenblacklistedbecausethiswebsitewontletmesaythefword (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? I looked up policy on this one precisely because there were not yet any edits. According to WP:UPOL: "Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be immediately blocked upon discovery if they:..
  • "...are deliberately deceptive, confusing, misleading, unnecessarily long...
  • "...imply the intent to troll, vandalize, disrupt, advertise, or spam Wikipedia...
  • "...imply that you are not here to build an encyclopedia..."?
We already have indicators of "precrime" in effect. Perhaps you see this as no harm done yet, but I'm having some trouble understanding how I should anticipate an individual administrator's interpretation of this policy. Blue Riband► 11:33, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am. The report ended up dividing opinion. :-) Cabayi (talk) 10:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

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Thanks for CSD tagging inappropriate user pages

I was going to U5 User:ModernSchoolFBD, but saw that you beat me to it. Thanks for helping keep Wikipedia free of advertising! weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 05:05, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I've been patrolling the account creation log. In my brief experience in doing so, when a newcomer almost immediately creates a user page about half the time it's promotional in some way. Fortunately, they usually don't become problem children but instead just go away when they learn that they don't get free web hosting. Blue Riband► 05:13, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Crystal UnitedStates2.png

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Blue Riband

Thank you for creating Wausau station.

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Thanks Palesa Mhlongo (talk) 06:05, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

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Hello, you can just call me Betty Crocker if you'd like, it's my new nick and code name. :)

The photos that I have uploaded are from a completely loyalty-free website and has no copyright restrictions, so I was caught off-gaurd when seeing it did. I'd like to notice you that yes, I already did know of the current copyright policies on Flickr and that they are not free. Thank you.

Yours Truly,

Betty Crocker

BettyCrocker321 (talk) 02:06, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello BettyCrocker321, you are new and probably not aware that Wikipedia has much higher standards for "Fair use" images. The Betty Crocker logo that you tried to use was labeled "Fair Use" but Wikipedia only allows corporate logos in articles about the corporation itself, see WP:LOGOS and WP:OVERUSE.
The image that you had uploaded to Betsy Ross flag has been removed by another editor so I can't see were you got it. Flicker has been a huge problem here because some editors had done a "Flicker wash" - copyrighted images were uploaded to a Flicker site before using them on Wikipedia.
There's a lot to learn about Wikipedia. Here is a tutorial link to help you get started: WP:I. Blue Riband► 11:52, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Blue Riband,
The Betsy Ross flag photo that I uploaded was completely free, and I got it from either iStock or freeimages.com. I now know about why the Betty Crocker logo was being deleted. Thanks.
Yorus Truly,
BettyCrocker321 (talk) 18:32, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I took a look at iStock and it mentions pricing. Freeimages.com mentions in their licensing that "you are granted a free, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use the content subject to the terms and conditions of this license agreement." The problem here is that licensing that allow it to be used on Wikipedia are not free enough to meet Wikipedia's goals. The "non-transferable" term is the killer. Here's a long article on image use: WP:IMAGEPOL. Scroll down to " Fair-use/Non-free images".
Here's a page with sites that offer free images that conform with Wikipedia policy: Free image resources Blue Riband► 19:34, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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BettyCrocker321 (talk) 01:25, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal and potential sockpuppet

This IP address, 2601:986:8001:D870:C1C2:EA35:7F3A:FC41 and 2601:986:8001:D870:0:0:0:4860, needs to be blocked for vandalizing and distroting facts about Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! and for suspiciously being a sockpuppet with a similar IP address who previously vandalized the page in a similar way. 151.36.156.109 (talk) 00:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do whatever you feel is the right thing to do. Blue Riband► 01:02, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why have you restored the vandalized version?151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored it to the last stable version before ISP editors got into a conflict with each other. Blue Riband► 01:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

But he's/she's a vandal and a sockpuppet previously suspended.151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:19, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If a vandal and sockpuppet is allowed back then they can edit unless they do something that causes them to get re-blocked. (You're new - how to you know who is a vandal and/or sockpuppet?)
If you keep reverting the article without discussion I'm going to report you for edit warring and/or disruptive editing. Please see my message about how to start a discussion on your talk page. Blue Riband► 01:24, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

But IP address, though anonymous, is almost the same, and the edit is almost the same.151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:27, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Enough. I'm not an administrator and have no power to block anybody. If you believe that Yorshie2356 had "vandalized" the article please start a discussion about your disagreement on the article talk page here: Talk:Hatsune_Miku:_Colorful_Stage!. Blue Riband► 01:30, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can't believe it, I CAN'T BELIEVE. IT'S ABSURD!151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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