User talk:Kinu/Archive 17

Because the pop-ups gadget tends to display in the preview the first image within an article that is not within the infobox, I was fooled for a second when the header Gratuitous picture of my wiener appeared first in the preview. Then, of course, opening your profile, the picture of the dog shows up. I really have not laughed so hard at a Wikipedia user's profile in so long! CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 21:03, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Ha! Glad I could be of assistance. :) --Kinu ^t/_c 20:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, thought I was reverting the IP. Schazjmd (talk) 22:41, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

No worries! Thanks for filing the report. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:42, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for blocking the user I reported at WP:AIV. pikachu - pika - play 07:07, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

I fixed a typo. The article had "abut", but i fixed it to "about" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.78.218 (talk • contribs)

In that sentence ("... [in] British Columbia where its range may abut that of its somewhat larger cousin, the hoary marmot"), the use of abut is correct. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:16, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Kinu, I see you already nominated articles related to Venture Capitals or Companies, so I take for granted you are familiar with WP:NCORP and the criteria of the Private Equity WikiProject Task Force. Would you be so kind to let me have your opinion about Deep Knowledge Ventures. The AfD discussion has been included in the list of Finance-related deletion discussions. Thank you for your advise.--Ms4263nyu (talk) 11:56, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Kinu: I saw what recently happened during the Afd discussion Panthers/Seahawks. Something similar happened during the AfD discussion on Deep Knowledge Ventures: reference bombing, three attempts of vandalism, and now before the AfD article is completed, the same content is reproposed in a different article.

Briefly, here is what happened.

21:18, 28 April 2020 new account Wisdom2020a removes content from Deep Knowledge Ventures -> Outcome is a partial blanking [1].

21:19, 28 April 2020 Ifnord restores the page.

08:44, 29 April 2020 an editor creates a new article VITAL_(machine_learning_software) using some of the text from Deep Knowledge Ventures beofre the AfD was completed.

Those two pages have surprising similarities considering the short timeframe in which they were created:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deep_Knowledge_Ventures&oldid=953745915

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VITAL_(machine_learning_software)&oldid=953836220

I am the editor who nominated Deep Knowledge Ventures for AfD. But I struggle to understand if I am doing correclty, if I should ignore those coincidences and even worse the creation of a new article before the AfD decision (in which prevailed the delete votes wiht no merges and redirect). What is your advise?

Thank you for your help.

Kinu, please unblock User:SheriffLew. OTRS evidence has confirmed their identity. Sam-2727 (talk) 20:20, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for letting me know. --Kinu ^t/_c 20:40, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. XXeducationexpertXX (talk) 01:34, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

This should be fun. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Excuse me Kinu I am sorry if my edits are misunderstood but please tell me what is wrong with Kinvara United thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.127.59.173 (talk) 16:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't see an article with that name. Can you please be more specific about your concern? --Kinu ^t/_c 08:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Well why do you just remove my edits about Kinvara United for no reason. It is a real club so what do you have against it or against me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.127.59.173 (talk) 11:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

If you are referring to this edit, then it is because you did not provide a reliable source, and because edits related to the subject of that name have been repeatedly added by spammers. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:33, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello Kinu, thanks for blocking 36.91.58.207 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)! Could you uncheck anon. only for me? As an open proxy, it should not be used by anyone, inclusing registered users (unless they have an IP block exemption, of course). Thanks, MrClog (talk) 10:47, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Oops, of course... done! --Kinu ^t/_c 10:49, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Why are you publishing false information about my father and my family? And why has my fathers wiki page been taken hostage? GChinagliaJr (talk) 11:42, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia provides information that is previously published in reliable sources. Even if you are who you claim you are, and assuming that you are the same as the IPs who have been disruptively editing the article, a subject of an article (or a relative thereof) does not have unilateral authority to delete sourced content if its inclusion abides by policies and guidelines. If you have sources for the information you have provided, please take them to the talk page of the article. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:13, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Here's another self-admitted IP sock: User:100.37.199.188 Passengerpigeon (talk) 12:27, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

I am the actual person Sotiris Tsiodras How come stuff about my personal life -that i do not approve off- is listed in wikipedia? how can i have control about what is said about my life, my kids, my personal beliefs? This is totally unacceptable and I am thinking about mobilizing legal action against wikipedia at an International rights court. I am a person/scientist in charge of the covid epidemic response in my country and some of the "innocent" comments are malicious ones trying to take advantage of the situation or reduce my role for this national emergency. Please get in touch with me re this important issue

S Tsiodras, MD, PhD, FIDSA Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Univ of Athens Medical School [redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sotirios Tsiodrad (talk • contribs) 18:13, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia provides information that is previously published in reliable sources. Even if you are who you claim you are, a subject of an article does not "control" the content if its inclusion abides by policies and guidelines. Also, per WP:NLT, I have blocked your account. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:13, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Greetings. I noticed that you gave XXeducationexpertXX a "final warning for edit warring." Unfortunately, the user has decided to ignore your warning and continued with reverting edits. I was wondering what the appropriate response would be. Thank you. William2001^(talk) 21:55, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps an extended confirmed protection would be appropriate? However, inspecting the user's contributions reveals similar activities in many other articles. Therefore, a warning or a block on the user may be more appropriate. William2001^(talk) 22:12, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Let me consider what action, if any, is necessary. That user is communicating on the talk page and there is some substantive discussion. However, whether there is consensus is one issue, and whether it is appropriate for someone who is involved such as that editor to determine if that consensus exists is another. Note that I may have to defer to someone else since I am technically involved also. I'll investigate this further and see what the best course of action is here. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:36, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Appreciate your immediate response, Kinu. Thanks for taking action against that vandal.

— Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 22:34, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Not a problem, thanks for reporting. I've also redacted some of the egregious WP:BLP violations. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:42, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

I saw. Again, thank you. — Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 23:47, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Excuse me, that user you blocked for a week is a repeat offender. This has been going on for months. I don't believe they will ever contribute anything constructive. I think they aren't mentally with it by the looks of it. Doesn't excuse what they do, though. Maybe something can be done about this user? Maybe not, since they've used different IP's before. I'm just so sick of seeing one of my favourite subjects continually vandalised. 106.71.165.25 (talk) 18:01, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Kinu. I think you'll have to revoke talk page access for NSPlus Technologies, as they've posted promotional content on their user talk page. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:58, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done Thanks. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:22, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for improving the lead consistency on the Texas state highway spur listicles. However, I should note that, according to TxDOT, the official name for these highways is State Highway Spur xxx, and Spur xxx is simply an abbreviation that should be parenthesized after the full name. Please keep that in mind if you plan to improve other listicles in this series. Thanks!

Thanks for your note! I went with the "path of least resistance" in that I chose to amend the fewest possible leads to match the majority. Based on the standalone articles on loops and spurs, there seems to be a de facto consensus that the short form is sufficient for the lead, similar to how the state highway articles omit the word "Texas" in the lead. I can't find anything firm in the WP:USRD talk archives, but I'll dig a little deeper. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:40, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

State highway naming on WP has a highly contentious history, going all the way to ArbCom. WP:USSH has the current naming conventions. -happy5214 12:46, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Kinu, I see you've revdelled the edits from that atrocious person - Just wondering should my reverts (and UFAA) reporting also be revdelled ?, IMHO there should be no trace of that name on here but that's just my honest opinion, many thanks for revdelling/hardblocking!,
Thanks, Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 20:32, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  Done Mz7 (talk) 22:53, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks Mz7, much appreciated!. –Davey2010^Talk 22:58, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Good call Davey2010, and thank you Mz7 for taking care of this! --Kinu ^t/_c 16:30, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

I understand that I was reporting way too fast, and I just came to ask, how can I stop vandals by what you're suggesting to me? Zangoose&SeviperMan4055 (talk) 17:12, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

I'll respond to this at the relevant thread on your talk page. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:42, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

I think you can help me out here with a sockpuppeteer.

ARAVIND NAMBOOTHIRI, Poiuyananthapuri, VINAYAKA MENON, RAMARAGHAVA IYYER, MADHAV DIXT The guy himself claims he as a paid editor. Outlander^07@talk 16:31, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I'd recommend bringing this up at WP:ANI or WP:COIN. Those who frequent those venues (especially the latter) might be able to investigate this more thoroughly than I am able to at the moment. --Kinu ^t/_c 19:39, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

@Outlander07: You might want to open an investigation into sockpuppetry instead. Firestar464 (talk) 07:38, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

O.K Sure Outlander^07@talk 16:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that my guy!! Hockeycatcat (talk) 07:10, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

@Hockeycatcat: Next time, you might want to send the Anti-Vandalism barnstar instead. It's more fancy, and it thanks the user as part of Wikilove. Firestar464 (talk) 07:40, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Don't take too much credit like that. You are coming across as narcissistic. Be glad that I thanked you in the first place. I read myself that it's weird to give out barnstars willy-nilly, as it will destroy the value. Thanks Hockeycatcat (talk) 07:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Hockeycatcat: I'm not the one who posted the comment about the barnstar, and I do appreciate your thank you note. Firestar464: I'm not sure what purpose your comment serves here. --Kinu ^t/_c 08:06, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Massive apologies Kinu, I should read signatures. I wasn't expecting someone else to respond. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hockeycatcat (talk • contribs)

No worries! I wasn't expecting someone else to respond on my talk page either, especially in such a confusing and almost condescending manner. --Kinu ^t/_c 14:05, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Just a tip. If you're still unhappy, there's nothing I can do. Firestar464 (talk) 10:17, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

I ask that you please not seemingly respond on my behalf on my talk page. --Kinu ^t/_c 14:05, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Kinu! You blocked TEditingAndroid, for which thank you. Now back as Rbgsghost. I'm involved, so can't block it myself, wondered if you'd care to? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 08:52, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Done, and I've also semiprotected the article that this person seems to be targeting. Thanks for letting me know! --Kinu ^t/_c 12:36, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Would it be possible if you could rev-delete now-blocked user Qwertycaps's last edit at Behemoth? It's copyrighted material copied and pasted from Answers In Genesis. Thank you for your time.--Mr Fink (talk) 04:41, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Done! Thanks for the heads up. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:00, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

My pleasure. Arigato gyoza christmas.--Mr Fink (talk) 06:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Consider redacting the page creation log entry found here. The editor obviously planned ahead. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:03, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for the heads up. --Kinu ^t/_c 06:18, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

You really made it completely invisible, at least to us mere mortals. I was just hoping to have the "log entry" replaced with redacted like it is with WP:REVDEL, keeping the fact that the file existed and the timestamp and creator present. But hey, as long as admins can see it if he comes back as a sock, that will be good enough. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 16:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Kinu, thanks for blocking that IP. You may already be on this but also requesting revdel of their edits. Thanks! S0091 (talk) 00:06, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the heads up! --Kinu ^t/_c 00:09, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Kinu. Hope you have have a wonderful New Year! S0091 (talk) 00:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Looks like this IP is the same person as the account you blocked, going by the message they left on my talkpage. I'm a bit rusty around the edges (coming off a long break), so not entirely sure if that alone is enough to warrant a block for the IP as well. Figured I'd give you a heads-up either way. Emma (chats ✦ edits) 07:07, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

According to the timestamps, I blocked the account at 07:01:16, which was right after the IP posted on your talk page at 07:00:11. If they are the same user, then the autoblock should catch them, but seeing as how they haven't done anything that would suggest block evasion, I'll leave it be for now. I'll keep an eye on the IP's contributions for a bit, though, just in case. Thanks for letting me know! --Kinu ^t/_c 20:37, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind I restored talk page access for the purposes of appealing the block per User talk:LocalContributor281. Also pinging Deepfriedokra who seems to be involved somehow. Sro23 (talk) 17:51, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. It looks like things there played out in a manner that was not surprising but nonetheless disappointing. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:47, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Donner60 (talk) is wishing a foaming mug of Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec20}} to your friends' talk pages.

@Donner60: Thanks, and cheers to you as well! --Kinu ^t/_c 06:05, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. Improved.[2]. I appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia.Wil1andar (talk) 14:49, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for looking for additional sources. I see you've added them to the talk page, so it would be a good idea to start incorporating some of them in the article if you have not already. The next step would be to format the article to be consistent with the Manual of Style; you might get some ideas on how best to do that by looking at other articles about record labels. I'll keep an eye on the article and see if I can make some improvements myself as well. Cheers! --Kinu ^t/_c 03:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Regarding this block, I thought I should be notifying you about the SPI case I've filed. This user looks very much like the previous blocked one with similar agenda of removing content. That user also never communicated. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Looks like a WP:DUCK to me. Thanks for filing the SPI and letting me know. --Kinu ^t/_c 20:08, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your help on Nelson Rockefeller. However, I noticed that the protection you put in is the same length as the previous protection, which expired only hours ago. Are you sure you don't want to go with a longer length on the protection? The page has been a vandalism target for more than a year despite multiple protections. Millingtonian (talk) 22:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

I feel that one year is sufficient for the time being, but I'll reevaluate that as needed. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

FYI, comment was left by a banned user. UW Dawgs (talk) 21:12, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Not sure what to do but their editing style of always adding unnecessary spaces to File names, to reference names and so on is at the very least problematic. Not sure what to do but I noticed you posted on their talk page as well... Shearonink (talk) 06:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

I've left them a more direct warning on their talk page. The unnecessary spaces, introduction of grammatical errors, and changes that contravene WP:ENGVAR are disruptive. They seem to mean well, as I noted here, but having to sift through a edit that is primarily not helpful to find such positive changes means reverting the whole edit is easier, as you have pointed out. Let's see if they respond. --Kinu ^t/_c 07:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi there, thanks so much for blocking that vandal. If you wouldn't mind, would you also remove the edit summaries from my report to UAA? [3] [4] Thanks. Igarnish (talk)

 Done Feel free to drop me a note if they return. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for blocking user SwitzerlandCanadaLove. Can you please revdel their edits on their talk page? They are very offensive. --Ashleyyoursmile! 20:02, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Kinu ^t/_c 21:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Ashleyyoursmile! 06:19, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:46, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

(Leaving comment for anyone watching this page.) The file was orphaned due to vandalism at the target article, which has now been fixed. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

I noticed you deleted the autobiography at Kawha Yang however the talk page didn't get deleted as well. I flagged it just in case you can't get to it. I more wanted to see if the alt account of the original author should be banned as well USER:Teagirl92? McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 02:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

• Good catch. I've deleted the talk page and have blocked the other account. Thanks for the heads up. --Kinu ^t/_c 02:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello Kinu. I'm here to ask if you are able to censor these edits ([5] and [6]) made by a now banned user. You recently blocked their former sock account (see [7]) and, while I could be wrong, I believe you also censored their previous inappropriate comments about me. I would greatly appreciate some assistance. Carbrera (talk) 23:56, 4 April 2021 (UTC).

 Done Sorry for the delay. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:51, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

2600:1700:DC00:6D60:6993:3032:7475:3BDF (talk · contribs), who you recently blocked, probably should have their talk page editing revoked. Thanks, Reba16 (talk) 22:47, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Since I've rangeblocked the /64, I've semiprotected the talk page, since they will likely hop to a new IP soon and revoking talk page access would be ineffective. Thanks. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:50, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

OK, makes sense. Thank you. Reba16 (talk) 22:51, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I noticed you blocked JakePaulBenAskren so I thought I'd bring this here instead of AIV...JakePaulBenAskr popped up a couple of minutes before you blocked the former, spamming the same link. Would it be worth me taking a trip to RFPP? There hasn't been much disruption but it'll only continue as the event is on later today. – ².O.^Boxing 18:24, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Good catch... I've blocked the other account. I've also gone ahead and semiprotected the article, since you're right that this will likely be a continued spam target until it happens. --Kinu ^t/_c 18:34, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Marvellous. Thank you very muchly. – ².O.^Boxing 18:36, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, apologies for the random message. User Finn Sharkey is Chinese!! had been making edits, such as this one before their talk page access was revoked. Is there something that needs to be done about this? I'm not sure whom to ask. --Ashleyyoursmile! 15:22, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know; I've REVDELed the inappropriate diffs. I highly doubt that there is any actual substance to what was posted, but if you feel otherwise (and in case something similar pops up while you're patrolling in the future), following the process at WP:EMERGENCY is probably the best way to ensure that it's dealt with as soon as possible. --Kinu ^t/_c 15:29, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much for looking into it. I'll make sure to keep in mind what you said for the future. Ashleyyoursmile! 15:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am DXLB and currently the user User talk:Ant dabdabdab is attacking me and trying to make me get blocked, He is an vandalism only account and due to his targeted attacks against me and attempted framing I would like to see him blocked. DXLB Muzikant (talk) 19:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

I was away from my computer when you posted this, but it appears that the user has been blocked in the meantime thanks to your AIV report. --Kinu ^t/_c 20:30, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Can you change the tag on User:Mathew Munna by adding |blocked in the tag template name?LooneyTraceYT comment • treats 18:06, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Kinu ^t/_c 17:12, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I suggest you take a look at WP:DNB. It appears you may not be aware of this yet, considering you immediately banned my personal WP account with no public consensus. BeesBeesBeesDotCom (talk) 21:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

• Shit shit shit BeesBeesBeesDotCom you said this from the wrong account! I'll leave a note at User talk:𝕰𝖒𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖁, OK? Drmies (talk) 22:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
  • What Drmies said. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:23, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Dear Sir,

I am writing solely to thank you. For the following:

1. You blocked someone instantly for trying to add extremely harmful untrue sexual information from a gutter web site which the site refuses to remove. Over the years an "agency" of UK Gov called the Integrity Initiative have sought to completely change my Wiki biography.

2. The last editor who removed the vandalism on 1st which may have been you or another, has left out at the end of the paragraph "Later career" final sentence the words 'of the United Kingdom' as in I worked for the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. You will see the correct name in the previous sentence.

3. If there is any way that attempted alterations to this biography, which is pretty thin because I have not sought publicity in the media for my work, could be flagged to someone of your stature. There is a small group who have worked for 5 years to blacken my name.

Thank you again, Matthew Gordon-Banks2A00:23A8:983:6D01:B877:5BCE:C25E:A89E (talk) 16:05, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

I am considering starting an iDesign article. I see that you may have started one about 14 years ago. What are your thoughts? --CollegeMeltdown (talk) 20:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

@CollegeMeltdown: The version of the iDesign article that existed in 2007 (and which I deleted as spam) was about a non-notable website of that name. If the version of the article you intend to create is about a completely different and notable topic, and it is properly sourced, then I see no issue. The title is not protected so you should be able to proceed. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, it's a different organization, a significant online program manager.--CollegeMeltdown (talk) 21:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive edits of date formats on Melody Goodman. The date style was clearly specified in the header template as being spelled out for publication dates but numeric for access dates. You should not be changing this to spelled out everywhere. If your script does not know how to handle this standard and acceptable date format, then you should not be using that script. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

That's a pretty heavy-handed message for an honest mistake about something I was not aware on my part. Thanks for the information, I suppose. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:55, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

For the record, I was basing my edit on my understanding of MOS:DATEUNIFY, which suggests that "the format used in the article body text" is acceptable for "[p]ublication dates in an article's citations"... of course, this isn't the only option, so I'll leave it be, but calling my edit "disruptive" is disingenuous. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:00, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Also, given your edit summary here, I'll assume that I did something worthwhile toward improving the article by changing the format to mdy, and that your jumping down my throat for one edit is not something I really need to waste energy worrying about. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:04, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

You're the third long-term editor and the second admin I've had to call out for problematic misbehavior of this script. As you might imagine, my patience on this issue started to fray long ago, especially as the script keeps getting used and nobody seems interested in fixing it or avoiding using it unless/until it is fixed. Your indifferent and unapologetic reply does not give me much hope for a day when I don't have to be so aggressive in defending a format that the guidelines say should not need an aggressive defense. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:10, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

In all fairness, I will apologize for not fully understanding the motivation behind the cs1-dates parameter; my presumption per MOS:DATEUNIFY was that, aesthetically, it makes sense and is within the MOS to have all dates be presented in the same format, hence my change. Perhaps there are some situations in which this is not preferred; for my part, I'll keep an eye out for this when using the script. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:17, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Apparently, that IP range is a bit of a recidivist. MiasmaEternal^TALK 04:57, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

You blocked this user not too long ago. Can we get TPA revoked? Thanks. Amaury • 08:14, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Kinu ^t/_c 17:26, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Back On August 20th you blocked 77.130.148.2 for a week, Now it appears the same ip is back using a different ip address (77.130.149.80) this appears to be block evasion of 77.130.148.2 .

It looks like that 77.130.148.2 and ip address 77.130.148.2 is part of the 77.130.144.0/20 ip range Chip3004 (talk) 15:38, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=Qlik&lang=&q=Special:Contributions/77.130.149.80

It looks like Favonian took care of a rangeblock before I could get to this. I'm hopeful that this will reduce the possibility of block evasion, but I'll also keep an eye on the articles this editor seems to be targeting. --Kinu ^t/_c 19:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Cheers. Ifnord (talk) 19:52, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Here's to the best blocking message I've seen in a while... "Very blocked username lol". You, sir, are a madman. XD Helen(💬📖) 22:50, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

• Ha! Thanks... I do what I can. ;) --Kinu ^t/_c 22:56, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I just found out you are also an admin. Can I request that you block me indefinitely as I have no intention of editing back to avoid more disruption? Thanks in advance. GeeJay24 (talk) 06:08, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, must have edit conflicted with you on the revert. Meters (talk) 05:22, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

This edit [8] may be the same as the one you dealt with (same size as user:Jagerwookie's edit and made 2 minutes before the Jagerwookie account was created. Meters (talk) 05:30, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Good catch... thanks for the heads up. --Kinu ^t/_c 15:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Kinu,

I noticed that you just blocked User:Recyclelady. User:Inthestall has almost the same profile, 10 useless edits then an offensive redirect created during the last 20 minutes. Think they are related? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:31, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Oops! I see you already came to the same conclusion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Yup, most definitely the same person/troll farm, along with several others. Per that suspicion, I've nuked their (and the others') contributions per WP:CSD#G5. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:33, 22 October 2021 (UTC)