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Thanks

Many thanks, Bongwarrior, for keeping an eye out for vandalism on my personal pages. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 10:24, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

And thanks for this. It happened like 10 seconds after I pulled up my watchlist! Thanks for keeping a close eye. :) • Jesse V. 21:53, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Apology

Sorry for my edits. I was just testing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hahahahohoho22222 (talk • contribs) 09:15, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Procedure query

• Please, what is the full procedure in blocking a user whose username's appropriateness is queried in Misplaced Pages:Usernames_for_administrator_attention/Bot? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:15, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Depends on how bad the name is, and how bad the edits are (if they have edited). And always take the bot reports with a grain of salt - a lot of those tend to be false positives. Which particular user were you wondering about? --Bongwarrior (talk) 10:22, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• User:ALongBrownTurd, listed in Misplaced Pages:Usernames for administrator attention/Bot. One edit, which was vandalism. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I would probably {{Vaublock}} and disable their ability to create a different username. If it was just the username with no edits, I would probably softblock and let them choose a new name, but it is sometimes useful to let the report linger until they edit, in order to see what their intentions are. --Bongwarrior (talk) 10:39, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Of course, often times you can judge the user's intentions by the username alone, if it is sufficiently foul. In those cases, there's no point in waiting for additional evidence - just block them as you would a regular vandal-only account. --Bongwarrior (talk) 11:02, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• What should I also do in leaving messages and information on one page or another? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

If you mean the user's talk page, there are various templated block messages specific to vandal+username, username hardblocked, and username softblocked. The templated reasons at the bottom of Special:Block will automatically appear when the blocked user tries to edit - if the user's talk page is a redlink, I will usually skip leaving a message for them there because the red "this user is blocked" banner will appear at the top of the screen. If the user's talk page has been edited, the banner doesn't show, so I'll usually leave a message there. --Bongwarrior (talk) 10:55, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• Please, where are these templated block messages listed?Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:56, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Category:User block templates, and at the bottom of the pulldown menu on the block screen. --Bongwarrior (talk) 20:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I am very sorry if I have done something to annoy you regarding my reversion of User_talk:129.100.107.81 edits... I promise that I have never had any such intention. I am curious about the number of reversions claimed. When I made the apology to his talk page, I only saw one reversion. I don't see two. Was there another that was removed or something? Again, I sincerely hope I am not annoying you, you seem like a very reasonable person. --Sue Rangell 22:07, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Not at all - I had removed the first warning that you left, but not the second. --Bongwarrior (talk) 22:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Article

I apologize for my behavior. I was wrong. You're doing what needs to be done and I respect that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coltonmc1 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

It's no problem, thank you. You may want to experiment with editing on your userpage, where we are generally far more lenient. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:30, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

User:69.126.3.144 IPSock of VOA User:SlapBot

Thanks for blocking SlapBot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). See WP:AIV for obvious IPSock of SlapBot, 69.126.3.144 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) here: . Shouldn't the IP be blocked as well? Thanks again, JoeSperrazza (talk) 04:59, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Probably, but I'm assuming the autoblock took care of it. --Bongwarrior (talk) 05:33, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Re:Kakrowts

Just to let you know that I admire your work and am sorry that I made you feel so. Indeed I often block before the "final" warning recently. In this case, there was a level-3 warning, which is "enough" for a justified block. Anyway, let me know if you want me to do something about it (unblock or something). Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 10:42, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Hasty .. I would think so a couple of years ago. Those who came here for cheap fun leave characteristic patterns, and I started blocking them quicker, for two major reasons - (i) I did try a lot to let them go and then saw them return, quite nastily, (ii) admins are leaving, vandals are only coming back in thousands - good to know that people like you are watching, but I do know that we are too few and we fail (I daily receive signals of unnoticed vandalism, and perhaps it is healthier not to know how much of it we let through :-). Materialscientist (talk) 11:07, 8 November 2012 (UTC)