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Hi Widr. You previously blocked this IP for the exact thing they are doing again; removing comments from user talk pages. Could you take a look please. Cheers. Rob van vee 06:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

They have now resorted to uncivil and degrading insults. Rob van vee 06:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA.-- Cahk ( talk) 08:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Widr: Why are you blocking 172.58.128.0/19 which is my Metro (TMobile) phone, and I assume all others who use this internet service provider? I have personally done nothing wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.8.46.46 ( talk) 14:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

The IP range 172.58.128.0 was blocked because vandals were using the IPs within it, and Wikipedia operates by the logic of "this is why we can't have nice things" towards the activities of persistent vandals.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 16:13, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for finally nuking the rampage of User:Altocontrara! Passenger pigeon ( talk) 05:07, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Could I trouble you to extend the block on User:62.219.62.203 ? You blocked them for a month due to gibberish being added to the Talk:List of organisms by chromosome count, and now that their block is over, they're back at it. Regards, Tarl N. ( discuss) 14:14, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Tarl N. ( discuss) 16:23, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey Widr, hope you are doing well. I came across GAMER COOL37 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who you blocked. It looks like they are vandalizing their talk page after you block. Just wanted to put it on your radar. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:36, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm trying to get a vandal blocked, but you wouldn't let me because you think my reports are "stale." I think he's also evading a block that has been placed upon a vandal that had done the same thing. Why, Widr? Why? Call me when you get the chance 17:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

You gave the IP three warnings in a row, several hours after their last edit, and then went straight to AIV, which is meant for urgent reports. That's why. Widr ( talk) 17:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

I didn't know that. Call me when you get the chance 17:28, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA.-- Cahk ( talk) 07:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) I've gone ahead and done so. -- Kinu  ^t/ _c 08:19, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

I recognize fixations. You blocked IP 146.199.224.201 on 25 November 2019 for making disruptive edits.
I think this user has returned as 146.199.224.135, and is again making disruptive edits in articles about lesbian women or in their names. Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 09:25, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

You recently blocked Special:Contributions/88.84.156.102 for LTA, I think you might want to look at Special:Contributions/88.84.156.103. Similar IPs and edit summaries. You make the call, since I'm not entirely sure what this is myself. – Toxi Boi! _(public) 23:09, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) I've blocked the little range 88.84.156.103/24, as all the edits from it are obviously by the same person, making 27 edits in all. Bishonen | tålk 23:23, 18 April 2020 (UTC).

They were blocked by El C in January for making the same edits in January: [1] [2], and previously warned about it, so your assertion is false. CaradhrasAiguo ( leave language) 16:24, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

When vandalism isn't obvious for anyone, AIV is not the correct place to file a report. Especially when there have been no warnings since January. Widr ( talk) 17:13, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA.-- Cahk ( talk) 08:30, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello!

You blocked User:Durikum16 in March for using multiple accounts. Was Durikum the sockmaster och suckpuppet? If sockpuppet, who is the master? And if sockmaster, who are the socks? Jonteemil ( talk) 15:38, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

What made me wonder was the low number of edits, only one. Were there deleted edits that were disruptive? Jonteemil ( talk) 07:25, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Can you please respond. I see you've been editing since I left the message. Jonteemil ( talk) 11:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

It should be quite obvious if you look at the editing history of the article in question, the editors and their block logs. What does this have to do with you? Widr ( talk) 11:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Well, it's just that Durikum18, Durikum17, Durikum16, Kashkumar16 and Zestray seems to be the same user and I just wondered which should have {{ Sockpuppet}} and which one would have {{ sockpuppeteer}}. Since no one had either template I wondered if there are any other accounts that are linked to these that lead to you blocking for abusing several acoounts. Jonteemil ( talk) 21:00, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Like most of my blocks, this was based on a report at AIV. I very rarely tag accounts, as I don't find that necessary in majority of cases. Widr ( talk) 21:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I found the report Special:Diff/946714738. I'll tag the users with the templates. Jonteemil ( talk) 22:13, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Widr, can you check out this user? I reported them to UAA but now they leaving messages on users' talk pages. I check WP:BRFAA and do not see this is an approved bot. S0091 ( talk) 19:25, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Never mind. 331dot has blocked them. S0091 ( talk) 19:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Since you have blocked socks of User:Vote (X) for Change I'd like you to take a look at activity on Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars. 86.147.59.44 has been misquoting a reliable source, and claiming she's right and the source is wrong, which is characteristic of VXfC. The location of the IP (SW England) and topic (calendars) are also characteristic. Jc3s5h ( talk) 14:25, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Let's get this right. I didn't say the twentieth-century source was wrong - I said that a fifth-century source with access to the papers disagrees. 86.147.59.44 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:29, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

And how is the source being misquoted? It claims 45 BC was a leap year, which is exactly what I wrote. 86.147.59.44 ( talk) 14:32, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

I need to request you that please delete the revision [3] as RD3 as that revision was purely disruptive or delete as the reason WP:RD2 as it also violates a biography of a living person or delete as the reason "Vandalism" because that revision is not supposed to be visible. Thanks. 2405:204:1385:C951:0:0:18D0:10A4 ( talk) 05:48, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Victoria & Landmarks; now they're vandalizing block notices. Special:Diff/956161219 -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 23:20, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

The last line above the Melanchthon photo should say Revolutionibus instrqd if revolutioninus

Someone called Widr is blocking me Brock2118 ( talk) 22:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Whoever posted this seems as if they've compromised an account. This editor is in decent standing, and has never been blocked, this is rather odd. They've also never edited Wittenberg. Henry20090 ( talk) 15:46, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Widr the user User:Ayushjioff is threatening on the my talk page when I warned against self-reverting speedy decline notices and reported at WP:AIV for the page Akhilesh Kumar Upadhyay. The user is only engaged in creation of WP:PROMOTIONAL articles evident from talk pages. Please help. Thank you.

At MediEvil - this IP remind you of anything? @ Materialscientist: In his previous edit summary ( here) he also refers to you... This appears like some form at LTA. Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 03:59, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Widr, you deleted my vm-message. Should it stay that way? Regards -- Serols ( talk) 08:57, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

That's not exactly vandalism, certainly not block worthy. Widr ( talk) 09:07, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. -- Serols ( talk) 09:11, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, as I noted in WP:AIV, I think this IPs edits on Continent should be revdelled as they target someone else. CMD ( talk) 10:30, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Widr I have tagged Mukondo Chileshe with WP:A7 as it fails clearly in WP:MUSICBIO. In response the editor has made improper accusation at Talk:Mukondo Chileshe. Please have a look. Thank you. ~ Amkgp ✉ 13:15, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

[4] - you removed a bunch of unprocessed items dated by June 12 (including mine) with edits summary "rm old". IMO you made a mistake. Please review you actions. Staszek Lem ( talk) 16:50, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

None of those reports require action, they are either stale or otherwise unactionable, such as yours. That board is for obvious vandalism. Widr ( talk) 16:54, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, disagreed. This is an obvious disruptive editing. And the warning template says so: "Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Surname. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing." Staszek Lem ( talk) 19:06, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, this is walkranrunning, aka Jeff Rodman, Polycom co-founder. I do not understand the problem. I have made no changes to the Polycom page yet (I'm reviewing it), and the only changes have been to the PictureTel page, at which I was director of hardware engineering in the early days. I made very few deletions there, and my changes were to fill in information about the early days of that company. I did change the product list, both by removing the PicTel name (that name was changed early in the company's history, as the page now describes) for products developed after the name was changed to PictureTel. I would not consider that deletion though, especially as the products are still in the list with more added. Walkranrunning ( talk) 19:17, 12 June 2020 (UTC)walkranrunning 6/12/2020 1217

Hi Widr, a couple of days ago you blocked Murumokirby360 for disruption on the Frank Sinatra article. His only two edits since coming off the block have been to continue that same disruption, despite a note asking him to stop (left on his talk page). He hasn’t discussed the matter (although he was pinged to the open thread on the article talk page), and isn’t responding to comments on his talk page. Is there anything else that could be tried? Thanks - SchroCat ( talk) 17:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked indef or until they start to communicate. Widr ( talk) 18:12, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

That’s great: thanks very much. Hopefully they’ll post something suitable on their talk page, although I guess there is a chance we’ll see an IP doing the same reverts. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 18:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Widr in January you blocked the IP range 152.51.0.0/17 for a whole two years. You may have had your good reasons, but these IP addresses are semi-dynamically assigned by Wind, one of the main broadband providers in Italy (they rotate at connection, but ADSL reconnections are infrequent). This means that 32 thousand Italians are currently unable to edit Wikipedia as it was intended, or register an account to do it!

One them is me. I was an active Wikipedia user 10 years ago, but currently I only do some editing when I stumble upon an error, which allowed me to understand the error message enough to get in touch with you. I hope you will reconsider such a blanket ban, and opt to use some less disruptive method, provided that the emergency you faced in January still exists.

Writing from my mobile is not very practical.

Kind regards. LP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.173.41.23 ( talk) 07:46, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

That range has never been blocked. Widr ( talk) 14:55, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

my bad, I miss-typed one digit, the range is 151.51.0.0/17, as I said it is not easy to write from mobile... cheers 37.170.105.90 ( talk) 13:27, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I've switched it to anon-only block, so registering an account should be possible now. I will not remove the block completely, because there has been too much continuous disruption over the years. Widr ( talk) 14:28, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I am having a little issue with Theroadislong. He has been biting Kayla kas pretty bad with nonsense like this and this. Kayla kas is a new editor with just 13 edits under her belt. Her first article, her co-hosted podcast, was approved by me. I felt it was a very neutrally written article. I gave advice on the second article, but with the way Theroadislong is acting, I don't expect Kayla to return. This is not constructive editing coming from Theroadislong and I think Kayla has the makings of a good editor, she just needs a push in the right direction.

Would you please have a word with Theroadislong, as my words have fallen on deaf ears? Thanks... Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:10 on June 18, 2020 (UTC) • #StayAtHome

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks! Ruiyu Shen 05:17, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

I have found sockpuppet of WackMack Called WackyMacandCheeseWars needed to being blocked, thanks - BEAMALEXANDER25, talk 10:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Dear @ Widr:. I nominated the article "Kamil Tolon" to be a good article. I am new here so I am not sure I completed the steps correctly. Could you help me? Thanks!!!-- Yiğitcank ( talk) 11:02, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I am not familiar with the process. Widr ( talk) 11:25, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA.-- Cahk ( talk) 12:02, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

whether Draft:Text. ly is meeting g11 or not can you please look at it Majun e Baqi ( talk) 07:41, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

It does, so I have deleted it accordingly. Widr ( talk) 07:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your help Majun e Baqi ( talk) 07:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Would it be possible to create an article on proposed government Medical College of any state on wikipedia for example Government Medical College, Nandurbar Majun e Baqi ( talk) 08:40, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Why exactly have you blocked this IP address in November 2019? You haven't even stated the reason for the block. -- 146.120.244.3 ( talk) 09:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

The person who was using this IP at the time, knows the reason perfectly well. That's all you need to know. Widr ( talk) 10:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA-- Cahk ( talk) 07:41, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Please look at this SPI case. It's an obvious duck. I left you a message because you were active just now. Thanks, Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 06:13, 2 July 2020 (UTC) ^{ping to reply}

No need to burden SPI pages with this one, just report to AIV when new ones pop up. Widr ( talk) 06:38, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry. Field Marshal Aryan ( talk) 14:39, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Recently when I tried to edit Wikipedia without logging in, I found that you have blocked my an IP address/range from editing. I don't edit from my IP address thus, I found it strange that if even I had committed any folly which I wouldn't knowingly, my account was left unblocked. After some reading on this topic and surfing thru your talk page, I concluded that it was not meant for me and I was some collateral damage. Please confirm this.

FlyingNinja1 ( talk) 06:48, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

I can't confirm anything without knowing which IP you are talking about. Widr ( talk) 07:00, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

182.68.0.0/16 

FlyingNinja1 ( talk) 07:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Alright. That range is blocked indeed from anonymous editing. Widr ( talk) 07:58, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

So.... Can you unblock me now.

FlyingNinja1 ( talk) 08:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

No, you have to edit while logged in, just like now. Widr ( talk) 08:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

I was blocked for a YEAR for a reason that has nothing to do with what I did. I was editing with specific and important information on the wiki page. And got blocked for scam and promotion. This is irrelevant. Unblock this ip Reflexa9 ( talk) 15:40, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Hey you guys blocked my IP. Can you please unblock it. MaxGamerTV5 or Codeer12 ( talk) 08:34, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

2600:387:6:982::/64 this is the IP you blocked. Please unblock it. MaxGamerTV5 or Codeer12 ( talk) 08:38, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi - I noticed you blocked Bilbyadelaideaustralia ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) given his edits at Adrian David Cheok. A few minutes later, we now an an anon account engaging in similar behavior: 2001:D08:1201:55D3:8D95:85A3:87B9:915E ( talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Can you look into this, please? -- ZimZalaBim ^talk 21:14, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

remove tpa from 2600:1702:2F10:48F0:C581:B7ED:8AD3:432C, misusing unblock template -- TheImaCow ( talk • contribs) 13:28, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Widr, thanks for your quick response to the mess at Ni no Kuni. I’ve just noticed that the contents of Talk:Ni no Kuni were lost in the vandal’s moves. Could you please look into this when you have a chance? Thanks in advance. – Rhain ☔ 14:40, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Fixed now, hopefully. Thanks for the heads-up. Widr ( talk) 14:45, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Widr,

When you fix an improper move, can you leave a redirect? Otherwise the old redirects that have been changed by the bots will become broken redirects. If you leave a redirect, then the bots can change them to point back to the original location. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:41, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

One of My Sisters want to join Wikipedia but her IP address seems to be blocked by You. Can you unblock that IP or can you give some advice on what should be done! Tylertoney Dude perfect ( talk) 17:30, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

What's the IP? Widr ( talk) 17:38, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

2401:4900:0:0:0:0:0:0/34 is her IP Address. Tylertoney Dude perfect ( talk) 06:32, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Problematic range, but account creation allowed for now. Widr ( talk) 14:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Widr, can you please protect my talk page for a long time? Or at least a short time? Either that or I'll just disable notifications from enwiki, cuz I'm sick of getting daily emails and notices from that LTA. Thanks, -- Ajraddatz ( talk) 05:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Done! Widr ( talk) 05:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Materialscientist. The IP range is obviously a Wikidestruction vandal ( Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Wikidestruction vandal). Can you block them? 183.171.120.125 ( talk) 06:27, 21 July 2020 (UTC) Wrong user. Sorry. 183.171.122.78 ( talk) 06:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I never ad or promoting anything in wikipedia.. please un block me. Logan241293 ( talk) 20:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello W. Whoever this is they made [ https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pullingo&diff=prev&oldid=968840735 this edit after posting here. Just thought I'd let ya know. MarnetteD| Talk 20:51, 21 July 2020 (UTC)