User talk:HJ Mitchell

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The Bill

Hey, really sorry to see that The Bill is no longer a GA. I only noticed that it was up for review yesterday and tried to help out with a few sources, but it was seemingly too late. I'm surprised it got delisted based off one comment, but I suppose sourcing is an important one! – JuneGloom07 Talk 22:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

It's a shame. I saw the review but the article needs quite a lot of work and it's been a few years since I've been involved with it. I'd essentially be starting from scratch and I don't really have that kind of time or energy at the moment. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:53, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

I get you. Although it's back at GAR again lol. I don't mind adding a few sources here and there, but I'm not keen on trying to rewrite anything. – JuneGloom07 Talk 03:12, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Curious question

I am curious about Draft:Daniel Upton – I know it was deleted earlier today but I can't see any logs for it, which is not something I've seen before! There's a deletion log entry for Draft talk:Daniel Upton, saying you deleted that. Was the draft deletion log suppressed for some reason, or is this just a database hiccup? --bonadea contributions talk 11:33, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

@Bonadea I suppressed the entire page, which leaves no trace that it ever existed unless you knew to look for it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:46, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

I see – thanks! You live and learn. --bonadea contributions talk 11:50, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Socks?

Hi, Harry. I noticed you indeffed Random things to think, I assume mainly for the stuff that was caught by the edit filter. Do you think Wiki adult films may be the same person? The accounts were created just 8 minutes apart, and I've speedied both their userpages. Do you want to CU them? Or do you think I have reason enough to indeff Wiki adult films as is? (I'm not sure, as porn isn't exactly outlawed on Wikipedia.) Bishonen | tålk 19:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC).

@Bishonen you'll be shocked (shocked!) to hear that out scatological friends are  Technically indistinguishable. I only ran the check in case there were any more out there. I've indef'd WAF. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:08, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Amazing! Bishonen | tålk 21:33, 29 October 2024 (UTC).

The Bugle: Issue 222, October 2024

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Regarding User Priyanshudhalglt

I'm writing to report that User Priyanshudhalglt has repeatedly uploaded files that violate copyright on Wikimedia Commons, with several of these contributions already deleted due to copyright issues. Given the pattern of infringements, could a formal warning be issued to help prevent further violations? If needed, a temporary block might also be considered to ensure compliance with Wikimedia's copyright policies. VeritasVanguard (talk) 10:42, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@VeritasVanguard (talk page watcher) Wikimedia Commons is a different website from Wikipedia, though they are owned by the same non-profit. You can warn Priyanshudhalglt yourself by going to Wikimedia Commons, searching for User:Priyanshudhalglt, and adding {{subst:File copyright status}} (for the first warning) or {{subst:End of copyvios}} (for the second). If they've received both warnings, search for COM:AN/U and report them there. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 16:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Spam

Hi, nice to meet you! We recently identified a farm of accounts that publish spam in mass. The accounts have identical modifications (posting the same spam links and editing the infobox). User:ElRobertico, User:FoxWithAMoon, User:ZeleniListovi, User:NancyW92, User:IamSnooob new - User:Onegaborwe, User:Rare Voguer, User:Cupcakeguru, User:SPARKLINGcream

P.S As I am not familiar with the lock process and I don't have these special rights, please do it yourself if you are available (or refer me to someone who can help me).

Thanks! Bexaendos (talk) 20:34, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Bexaendos thanks for the report. I'm always happy to take reports about spam. I'll look into this in the morning (UK time). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:34, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Once I identify such similar cases I will get back to you! Bexaendos (talk) 10:34, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bexaendos I've looked at all those accounts now. Funnily enough, I can't connect any of them using checkuser but they're clearly the same person or a small group. I've blocked all the accounts and blacklisted the domains they were spamming. Let me know if you see anything else like this. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:43, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Your block's problem

I am from India and I was trying to create an account but when I tried, it was written that I can't edit pages because of a block issued by you (HJ Mitchell). So, I decided to not create an account and firstly message you. Please help me. 146.196.34.196 (talk) 06:07, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) What's strange is that I just checked your block log, and it doesn't appear that the IP address you used to write this message has any block currently. There are blocks in the past, but they've expired and weren't issued by HJ Mitchell. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 08:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

It's a proxy https://utrs-beta.wmflabs.org/appeal/95969 -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:53, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@Deepfriedokra Contrary to popular belief, I'm not an admin, so can't view that. The situation seems resolved, anyways. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 16:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@I dream of horses ever thought of changing tgat? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:31, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Briefly, but no. I'm content with delegating the real work to the adults admins. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 11:17, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #95969

The block log indicates appellant should contact you. Appellant was rebuffed on their talk page -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:52, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@Deepfriedokra I'm happy to AGF for anyone who makes a coherent request from that range. Could you accept the appeal please, and if necessary grant IPBE? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

I will do my best. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 11:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

This is the user who filed the appeal. Thank you for granting me an exemption. Chaitanyathengdi (talk) 08:57, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Chaitanyathengdi you're welcome. Happy editing. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:30, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Draft talk:M R Sameer Khan

Hello, HJ,

There is a request on this draft talk page for protection to be lowered on the draft page so that this editor can work on a draft. It's not a promising start but it's unusual to have full protection on a page in Draft space and I wanted to ask you if it could be lowered. I'm not sure of the circumstances that led to full protection but do you think it is still necessary? Thanks for considering this request. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:27, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Draft reads more like a promo or resume to me. Blake Gripling (talk) 23:05, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@Liz, the drafter is probably evading a block. The draft was created three times by two different accounts and an IP and has been deleted three times as spam. Full protection is unusual but ECP is just a target to aim for. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:51, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:20, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

quick revdel request

A bad edit was made on red bull recently and I believe it's worthy a revdel. Heres the link: expunged Gaismagorm (talk) 18:37, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

also while you're at it expunged is also a pretty bad edit. Gaismagorm (talk) 18:56, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Gaismagorm (talk page watcher) Please don't publicly link edits you want rev-deleted. We don't want to call more attention to them. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 19:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

ah okay my bad. Do you want me to remove these links? Gaismagorm (talk) 19:13, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

A big reason I do this was cause I was told I could do it like this by an admin, but I am willing to change how I do it however. Gaismagorm (talk) 19:16, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Gaismagorm You can remove those links, and you probably should. They're pretty mild compared to what I've seen, but I've seen things that have needed to be oversighted.

Which admin told you to do it like this? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 19:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Joyous. They also didn't tell me to do it like this, rather that this was an option. Gaismagorm (talk) 19:47, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

also don't worry, I know not to post things covered by oversight. Gaismagorm (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

also I checked and WP:REVDELREQUEST says that this is viable (so long as privacy isn't of concern, which I'm assuming is mainly there to cover things like doxxing and extraordinarily vulgar/disgusting content/images). Gaismagorm (talk) 19:53, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Gaismagorm I think this is is a situation where we're both correct and both wrong. If racial slurs are rev deletable, they'd be RD2, which is listed as something that shouldn't be dealt with publicly. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 21:03, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

ah okay Gaismagorm (talk) 21:10, 3 November 2024 (UTC)