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The Brazilian space man

Hello, Widr. I noticed that you recently blocked one of the IPs used by the Sao Paolo vandal who adds and then deletes spaces to random articles. Within the last few hours, he's been operating from this address: 179.228.13.73 (as seen here). NewYorkActuary (talk) 07:10, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Blocked, thanks. Widr (talk) 07:31, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

John Stritzinger Suggestion

Hey, Thanks for jumping in! You might want to look into User:Jstritzinger2 which seems to be the same editor under a different handle.ronaz 19:03, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

thank you widr for editing my changes...

My computer was being used by my nephew who must have edited the section on alexander graham bell because i forgot to sign out, i also saw tabs of[REDACTED] open when he gave me back the computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.158.2.4 (talk) 19:35, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Crazy fast on that edit on raw materials

Thanks for that. Studying chem and i was very confused for a sec. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.100.56.83 (talk) 02:04, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Aaron Jhinkoo

And it looks like the creator of Aaron Jhinkoo made a draft logged off as well (interesting its a different IP then the one I warned earlier for removing the speedy-but to be fair IP's are tricky and get changed.) Wgolf (talk) 05:05, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for swiftly addressing the vandalism/BLP issues at George Soros.

Safehaven86 (talk) 05:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

You re edited karah parshad?

Dude. Your wiki on karah parshad is totally incorrect. I was able to post correct information on it and you have now re posted your mis information. Why would you do that? Are you not familiar with Sikh religious customs and traditions?? Blessed food is an intergal part of the Sikh faith. Id advise you to gain some knowledge on the subject before making edits my dear friend. I have been fortunate enough to grow up in a Sikh family and learned at a young age how to make karah parshad. Please p post correct info Jungblud (talk) 09:50, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The nice thing about Misplaced Pages is that you don't need to be knowledgeable about a subject to take part in editing. In Misplaced Pages, verifiability means that anyone using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source. Misplaced Pages does not publish original research. Its content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors. Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it, furthermore it's also considered good form not to personally attack other editors... ronaz 10:15, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Another (talk page stalker) Unfortunately, the information currently in that article, which is quite a mishmash, is itself totally unsourced. Perhaps Jungblud can help improve the article by adding some published reliable sources, or at least providing them on the article's talk page so that other editors can access them to improve the article. - BilCat (talk) 10:21, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

More of the Brazilian spaceman

Hello again, Widr. He's back, this time as 200.206.160.67 (as seen here). By the way, if there is another place I should be reporting these things, please let me know. NewYorkActuary (talk) 03:36, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

You can report them to WP:AIV. Widr (talk) 04:39, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

User:Campus News Kenya

Hi, I was reviewing this editor's contributions at the same time as you. I'm surprised that you decided to block despite not a single warning on the talk page. Do you know something I don't? Okay that page was not suitable but who's to say they couldn't become a valuable editor in the future? Talk about biting newcomers ... Personally I don't think editors should be blocked without warning except in rare cases. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:03, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

I've also noticed that you sometimes forget to leave a block notice on user's talk pages, like in this case. Can you please take care to follow this part of the blocking policy? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:05, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

If you feel that the block wasn't justified, you are free to unblock at your own discretion, but spammish accounts are usually blocked on sight. I rarely leave templated block messages nowadays; they will see the message when they try to edit. Widr (talk) 08:24, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Sorry but that is not an acceptable attitude. The blocking policy says "Administrators should notify users when blocking them by leaving a message on their user talk page." If you want to change the policy you can start a discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:Blocking policy, but until that time you need to follow the established policy. So could you please leave a message for the users you have recently blocked? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

For this particular case I propose to leave User:Campus News Kenya soft-blocked as a potential username violation. But I will unblock and warn User:Matengo123 about multiple accounts and inappropriate pages. Are you okay with that? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, you are free to unblock at your own discretion. As for not leaving block messages, it's a common thing, and I could name some admins that never leave those. I haven't seen you at AIV until recently, so I'm not surprised that you haven't noticed this before. Widr (talk) 08:51, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm not talking about other admins; this discussion is about your actions. Do you agree to adhere to the blocking policy in future? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure. However, you should realize that in some situations common sense tells us that it's best not to leave any messages. This wasn't one of those cases, though, so I'll give you credit for that. Widr (talk) 14:36, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Removal of information at Camdean

Please note that I have reverted you edit at Camdean because it removed relevant infromation. Now I know that you are an administrator and the edit is very old, but this is unacceptable from such an esteemed editor. Moxhay (Talk * Contribs) 22:48, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Chances are that it will get reverted again, as it is a blatant copyright violation. Widr (talk) 22:52, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

How is it a copyright violation? I must warn you that if you revert back to the previous version of the article without proving to me that there is any sort of copyright violation, I have no choice but to report you to ANI due to your removal of information. Moxhay (Talk * Contribs) 22:56, 28 October 2016 (UTC)