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The guy who erased everthing

I saw that the account erased your account and others. I actually laughed a bit. sorry but i did. Winterysteppe (talk) 20:59, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

@Winterysteppe: Yes, these attacks happen frequently, in various forms. Widr (talk) 21:04, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

User talk:66.169.189.4: Difference between revisions

66.169.189.4 is most certainly me, but nobody from this addy has ever contributed to wiki in any way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.169.189.4 (talk) 05:42, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

There was one previous edit from this IP in September 2013, but that's ancient history and nothing to worry about at this point. Widr (talk) 05:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Thanks for this and congrats with your imminent adminship! - DVdm (talk) 10:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

@DVdm: Thanks! Widr (talk) 10:32, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

@Widr: you did it! Yippy-Aye-O-Ty-Ay! - DVdm (talk) 19:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you everyone, and I do mean everyone who participated in my RfA and/or has made a comment here. I won't go on a spamming spree now to thank all of you individually; instead I will say that I'm most grateful and humbled by all your kind words, constructive criticism and the advice. I will keep it all in mind, and will continue to do my best for this project. Widr (talk) 20:21, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Time to start the pile of congratulations for a successful RFA. Winterysteppe (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

From me too. Wow you had a lot of participation at your RfA. Only one short of 200 supports! The new edit notice is doing its job. I didn't know you before but I followed your RfA fairly closely because I found it to be an interesting one, hopefully setting future precedent regarding content creation. Maybe I'll see you around again. Cheers, Jason Quinn (talk) 18:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Great job with your RFA, I'm sure you will be a major positive for en WP with the mop. Vandals beware... Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 21:35, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Some music

"Widr's Victory" (4 bars)

$\relative ees'' { \key ees \major \time 2/4 ees ees8. ees16 ees16( f16 g16 aes16) bes8-. ees,8-. f8. f16 f8( g16 aes16) aes8-. g8-. r8 bes,8 }$

(recording here.)

Not implying that RfA is a battle or anything! Eman235/talk 22:00, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

@Eman235: Yeah, that's my soundtrack now. ;-) Widr (talk) 22:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for sorting that out. Much appreciated. :-) --Ches (talk) (contribs) 09:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Chesnaught555: No problem. Widr (talk) 09:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!!

		The Special Barnstar
		Congrats on becoming an admin! I expect we will run into each other around every week as I report vandals to AIV. Peter Sam Fan 12:16, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Peter SamFan: Thanks! That is likely to happen. Widr (talk) 12:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Widr: Told you we'd run into each other! Peter Sam Fan 12:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Peter SamFan: @Widr: same here. i do a lot of recent changes on IP addresses. Winterysteppe (talk) 13:21, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Congratulations on your successful RFA! Here, have some home-brewed coffee to keep you energized! —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:15, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@K6ka: Thanks! Good to see you're still around. And I do remember how you already envisioned me with this mop some years ago. ;-) Widr (talk) 13:23, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	As if you weren't decimating vandalism previously, you've immediately put your newfound admin powers to use by clearing out dozens of vandals with blocks. You're truly an asset, keep it up! Y NottNott talk\|contrib 15:38, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@NottNott: Thanks for the kinds words! Widr (talk) 15:39, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

A beer for you!

I'm late to the party, but congrats! You've earned it. GAB^Hello! 18:36, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@GeneralizationsAreBad: Thanks for the cold one! Widr (talk) 18:38, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations!

We don't personally know or know of each other, but I noticed you're a new administrator, so congratulations and thanks for protecting my talk page and taking care of that vandal. Amaury (talk) 23:54, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Amaury: Thanks and you're welcome! Widr (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I need help with this situation

I don't know what noticeboard I should put this on so I am asking administrators for help:

A user has made the page List of ships of the Second World War (A) and every other letter in the alphabet as an individual article. (List of ships of the Second World War (B), List of ships of the Second World War (C) and so on). Music1201 (talk) 00:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@Music1201: Those seem to be valid creations. No need to put it on any board. Widr (talk) 00:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok thanks. Music1201 (talk) 00:23, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Apologies

I hadn't noticed the 1 hour expiry of your talk page protection. Back to work we go! 182.239.103.159 (talk) 01:50, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Bread

Sorry, I hit rollback on that. Only after did I see you were the blocker. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Anna Frodesiak: Did you? I didn't even notice. That bread left quite a mess, but it gave me a chance to practice many new things. :-P Widr (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

I did. It didn't really do anything. I just tend to rollback in that case if the user isn't around.

So, you used "nuke". Nice. Baptism by fire, eh? Say, do you have the thingy that makes blocked usernames appear in italic-strikethrough? It's good. Anna Frodesiak (talk)

I'm not sure of all that I've got. I've just copied things from others but haven't quite checked them all out yet. Widr (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay, well if you don't see blocked usernames in italic-strikethrough and wish to, let me know when the dust settles and I'll give you the code. Best wishes and happy adminning. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:11, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! Widr (talk) 23:14, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

There was a sock drawer of other accounts along with this one, waiting in the wings for the autoblock to expire. And yes, it does appear that you have the markblocked script in your common.js. Congrats on your RfA as well! —DoRD (talk) 17:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@DoRD: Yeah, the script works now. Thanks for the support! Widr (talk) 17:18, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

belated congratulations

I'm late, but congratulations on your successful RFA!
Allow me to impart the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost nine long, sordid, I-oughta-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. (I got nothing here. It's inevitable.)
Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. Without exception, you will pick the wrong one to do. (See #5.)
Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. (You'll attract many more of those now, because mop. They must like to drink the dirty water in the bucket.)
Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block, because really, what else is there to live for?
Remember that when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. It will not be a personal attack because we are admins and, therefore, we are all rouge anyway.
Finally, remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.

Katie^talk 20:30, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better.
All rights released under GFDL.

@KrakatoaKatie: Hehe, thanks for this and for your recent support! Widr (talk) 20:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Evlekis sock with talkpage access

Asking you because you're one of the most recently active admins in the block-log and on AIV and the originally-blocking admin is off-wiki for a while, but any chance you could tweak the block on TrackerMartin to disallow editing their own user talk and then CSD their usertalk as attack page? This is rather egregious abuse of that privilege and as one of the many socks in Evlekis' drawer, they're not going to be unblocked anyway. I'd slap a CSD-tag on, but I don't want to feed the troll—also the reason I'm not going to one of the noticeboards with this (AIV would be useless, since a bot removes all already-blocked users; ANI and similar are just feeding them). AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@AddWittyNameHere: Access revoked by me, pages deleted by some quicker ones. Thanks. Widr (talk) 20:39, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks. The other socks from the bunch this one originally was blocked in already had their talkpage access revoked, thankfully. (Made sure to check after finding this one) Also, (belatedly) congratulations on becoming admin!

AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:44, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :-) Widr (talk) 20:46, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

And has now returned as IP: 188.31.214.87 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Another case of already blocked, still has talkpage access. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) done, thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

zzuuzz beat me to it (again). Widr (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, then, @Zzuuzz:.

Since it's Evlekis, I suspect there'll be opportunity for you to beat zzuuzz to it, though. Evlekis tends to be like the mole in a game of whack-a-mole. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

False Accusation of "Vandalism" on article Terry Bean

You made a false (and indeed foolish) allegation of "vandalism" on the Edit History page of the article "Terry Bean". No doubt there has been editing of material that the usual cabal doesn't like (because it shows Terry Bean as a child rapist, as he was accused by an Oregon prosecutor in 2014), but that doesn't constitute "vandalism". It is merely unwelcome editing that people who think they control that article do not want. Calling it "vandalism" is merely your ham-handed way to deal with the situation which you cannot otherwise control. 67.5.192.83 (talk) 20:28, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Changed to edit warring / content dispute. Widr (talk) 20:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Aha! So you admit you screwed up! You made the first accusation you could think of, no matter how false it was. And no, it wasn't "edit warring", at least not on my part. I am adding well-sourced material that others didn't want to see present on the article. That doesn't mean _I_ am guilty of "edit warring". They were removing the material I added, and they were doing so without using the Talk Page, as Wikipedia policy WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, and Discuss). They were, and are, refusing to discuss. Clearly you are sympathizing with them, and your actions help back them up. 67.5.192.83 (talk) 20:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

See this discussion on my talk page, it's a user named Lurie2 who in multiple incarnations, including a long list of IPs all geolocating to Portland, Oregon, has been going after Terry Bean since at least October last year. Even getting blocked for doing it. Thomas.W ^talk 21:21, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: Thanks for letting me know. Widr (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Problem is, merely saying "going after Terry Bean" doesn't mean something against the rules, though I can see you'd like it to be against the rules. (If you could actually find something I'd done wrong, you'd have something more specific to say than "going after Terry Bean".) Stop pretending that the rules don't matter. I'm the one following the rules, you two thugs are two of the many people who are repeatedly refusing to follow the rules. A good clue can be had by looking at the Talk Page for Terry Bean: The people who are trying to "clean up" the article are exactly those people who refuse to WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, and DISCUSS) on the Talk Page. There is simply a group of people who are sitting on this article, defending Terry Bean despite his perversion, and you can't stand the idea of people who want to add (accurate, well-sourced) material that show him to be a child rapist. There must be a reason you defend him. You are probably aware of an old word that means, "that which sticks together". 67.5.192.83 (talk) 21:53, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Rather belated, but I noticed that your RFA has, at least for now, the highest number of support votes. No mean accomplishment, this, and I'm glad one of those was mine. Best of luck with the mop! Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:04, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Vanamonde93: Thanks for your support! Widr (talk) 07:52, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for those 2 quick blocks. I see they have added another fake EW report, though. (someone else just deleted it) Same IP range, seems this person will be at it for awhile. Anyway, you're doing a great job tackling the vandals (as was the basis of your RfA - congrats btw), any chance you might want to handle some edit warriors? The ANEW board has been largely ignored all weekend, and I have a 3 day old report sitting there, meanwhile the user keeps edit-warring. Of course, the other reports there could some attention as well. Anything you can so would be appreciated. Cheers - ^theWOLFchild 18:01, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: Thanks. I'm going to stay mainly on AIV for the time being. If evasions are as obvious as these ones, you can report them there too. There are more eyes to handle reports.Widr (talk) 18:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

UAA

Hey welcome to mopland. Thanks for getting the name I just submitted, but I think you may have moved too fast on one you did right after. Cumminschick350 appears to be a totally benign name. A Cummings 350350 is a diesel engine commonly installed in Dodge pickup trucks and has quite a fandom. If she has no negative edit history, I think that was probably a bad block. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 20:54, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@John from Idegon: Yes, it's obviously my bedtime now. Thanks for noticing, I unblocked. Widr (talk) 20:58, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

2001:8A0:6CC4:5601:*

Globally blocked user will change its ip and continue. I request a range block. See my reports at WP:ANI. SLBedit (talk) 20:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

@SLBedit: Yes, I saw that. I suggest you go to Materialscientist's talk page. He has turned off pings, but might be able to help. Widr (talk) 20:29, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Up for a new Admin challenge?...

There's backlock at WP:RfPP if you want to get your new Admin feet wet... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:45, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

@IJBall: Thanks, I'll look into it. Widr (talk) 04:52, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Supreme Genghis Khan

Hi Widr. I've created a new SPI for the sockmaster. Thank you and the other admin for the blocking action. I made this SPI because I believe an RB will be effective. Regards, Optakeover ^(Talk) 06:43, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Widr (talk) 06:52, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Human Rights Foundation

I think your limited block on the Human Rights Expert was a bit naive. There is absolutely nothing productive to be gained from not applying indef. --ℕ ℱ 13:51, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

It was meant to stop the ongoing disruption while I check all the details. It can be altered. Widr (talk) 13:58, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

OK, just so you are aware the same type of actions by ip edits have been made in the distant past. The only goal of this user is to eliminate that article in preference to a questionable looking website for presumably SEO purposes. I fully expect they will return in the future as I seem to remember this goal goes back years. --ℕ ℱ 14:04, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

you may find the following discussion particularly relevant. [1]] --ℕ ℱ 14:17, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thank you so much for taking care of Supreme Genghis Khan's sockpuppets! TheCoffeeAddict talk|contribs 15:33, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Widr (talk) 16:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Whoops!

....you're right of course, the edits by User:DavisIsMyUniBro aren't vandalism (though if they keep it up, they could rapidly find themselves at some sort of dispute resolution venue and won't stand a chance with their unsourced content, I wouldn't have thought!), and thought I'd asked Huggle not to report to AIV, but I obviously misclicked. Also, on a more general note, congrats on your successful RFA, and great to see you so active at AIV/RFPP! Thanks! Mike1901 (talk) 18:03, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! It's not a big deal, their edits are unsourced but not disruptive enough to make me consider blocking at this time. Widr (talk) 18:06, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Nancy Reagan

Hello, Widr. Congrats on your new commission.

I noticed you semi-protected Nancy Reagan today; did you realize it was already under pending changes review? It seemed to me pending changes was working fine for handling vandalism, but, if it wasn't, I think you should consider removing pending changes as it's redundant and needlessly confusing. (Pending changes only applies to edits by anonymous and unconfirmed users—the same users that aren't allowed to edit semi-protected pages.) Thanks! Rebb ing 22:03, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes I did notice that, but there was a separate request at RfPP. However, since there has been no edits since I added semi, I have now removed it again and reset PC. Widr (talk) 04:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Rollback rights

I applied for rollback rights and you turned down my application stating I should re-apply when I become involved in fighting vandalism. In just the past year, I've made 25 manually reversions and warned users about vandalism 23 times, and have a total of 66 reversions since I started editing WP 10 years ago. Should I post the list? NotaBene ^Talk 13:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

To be honest, your edit count in this area isn't very impressive at the moment, and I did check your contributions. You have of course done a lot of other useful things here. I also noted that you have been truly active only since last year. I would suggest you keep an eye on recent changes, try to spot vandalism and report vandals at WP:AIV. After several successful reports, I or any other admin will be more than happy to reconsider. Widr (talk) 13:58, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

John Saxon

Hi Widr, saw you moved the Saxon article, but you should also move Talk:John Saxon (actor) to Talk:John Saxon. Right now, it's a redirect to the disambiguation page, meaning that clicking Talk on the Saxon article brings you to the DAB page. Nohomersryan (talk) 14:44, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Done now (I hope). Widr (talk) 14:54, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Looks good to me (though I recreated John Saxon (actor) to not bust up existing pages) Nohomersryan (talk) 15:07, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Page Move Request

Could you move the WWWJ page to WGCX (over the current redirect). Radio station WWWJ changed it's callsign to WGCX today. Thanks in advance. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:04, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Should be done. Widr (talk) 20:14, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Sort of a semi-protection request

Could you consider semi-protecting the pages linked at this template? Particularly the main games. I ask you because I'm not really making a proper request, hence why I'm not at Requests for Page Protection, but more of a "hey what do you think?" comment. The articles have varying degrees of unconstructive activity, with one editor repeatedly adding insignificant, unsourced, and potentially factually incorrect information into the game articles despite attempts at discussion. Again, not really an outright request for protection and more of an opinion seeking comment so it's good if you don't think there's enough activity to justify protection. —DangerousJXD (talk) 06:51, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

There isn't enough activity. You can just revert the random vandals, or then report at RFPP if it gets out of hand. Widr (talk) 08:56, 2 April 2016 (UTC)