User talk:Billinghurst/Archives/2022

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Happy New Year 2022! I put an unblock ticket there. This is our school IP, our principal wants students to create an account in school. Could you please unblock only the account creation? Joe Pig (talk) 07:25, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:UTRS — billinghurst sDrewth 11:43, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

You recently posted a list of URLs which have been usurped mostly by an Indonesian gambling organisation. I had already spotted and listed most of them at WP:JUDI using my existing search methods but some of them I hadn't. Can you tell me how you found them, email is fine if there are BEANS reasons Lyndaship (talk) 16:39, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

@Lyndaship: Seeing a common term showing up in spambots operations either through COIBot reports or through global abuse filters. Then with my familiarity with spambot operations through years of work here utilising https://global-search.toolforge.org/ and some time and effort. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

I noticed that the Phuture Protocol draft in my sandbox was deleted. Please give advice on what exactly I need to change in the text so as not to violate the rules? I was planning to change the Protocol section anyway, making it more neutral and technical without personal opinion. Is there anything else that needs to be fixed? Unchained7 (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

@Unchained7: It was in the draft namespace and there was multiple things wrong with it: notability, neutrality and sources being primary among it. I would suggest that you head over to WP:Teahouse and step through their processes. — billinghurst sDrewth 20:21, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: Please look at this account User: Itcouldbepossible similar to this blocked account User:Pritam kumar roni das and doing same edits, Thanks 2409:4060:2D9C:CCD:0:0:58C8:FB13 (talk) 20:10, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Again that same guy from User talk of Ohnoitsjamie Special:Diff/1080622579 and General Notability Special:Diff/1080552987/1080599485. Firefly you might want to look at this. Itcouldbepossible^Talk 03:34, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Ohnoitsjamie Firefly 3PPYB6 just wanted you all to look here. Itcouldbepossible^Talk 09:37, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible—I calculated a rangeblock using Fastily's browser tool. It looks like to stop all this block evasion we have to block at least the /44 range. At this point, I really am getting the suspicion that even Pritam kumar roni das and Shaiksuhana2 are the same person and that we need to merge two sets of SPIs. Just a consideration. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Just realized that Billinghurst is not a CheckUser. Way to go, IP user. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

This is now on WP:SPI. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 14:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

3PPYB6 Blog19 is pretending to be AAhap36. Blog19 is from Bengal and she is from Southern India. You can check their contribution too and even you can match both acc. 2409:4063:6E8E:8A92:BA66:FA55:7630:350D (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

AAhap36 filed SPI against blog19 [1] so he is trying to take revenge. 2409:4063:6E8E:8A92:BA66:FA55:7630:350D (talk) 16:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

@3PPYB6 Primefac FormalDude Blablubbs Just pinged so many because this is now getting serious. The IP has started requesting a global block to meta. Please see this, this (thought reverted by JavaHurricane), this and also this. Now Primefac or any other admin, I don't know, maybe someone who has spent considerable amount of time here, please help me out in this case. I don't have much contact with people on Meta - Wiki, but if this continues, then I think I would run into serious trouble. Is there really any way of intimating people there, that all this is being made by an LTA to harass me? Where should I write about all this on Meta Wiki? Itcouldbepossible^Talk 02:27, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible—Either A): we can request a block of 2409:4060:2080::/43 on Meta, which would catch the harassment but would also rope in a lot of innocent Indians. (A global block does not affect Meta-Wiki, so global blocks don't work.) Or B): Simply deny recognition. If you choose to take B, then note that you'll still be receiving some harassment, but it will stop once the troll figures out there is no food for you to feed it. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 15:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

@3PPYB6 I think blocking off will be better. Then if the troll shifts to another range then we could deny recognition. For requesting a block globally, can you make that on behalf of me? And please let all the experienced checkusers determine the range to be blocked, though I regard you as experienced too, but just to avoid any collateral damage. They will be understanding it better. Itcouldbepossible^Talk 03:22, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible—I am literally about as experienced, maybe even less experienced than you are. I joined ~2-3 weeks before you, and have about 30% of your edit count. It might be that I appear more mature than I am, having ~7 months' experience and ~3,600 edits. As for the global block, I'll go to meta and do that now. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 12:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible— Done, I've requested it on meta here. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@3PPYB6 You editing style and your overall knowledge tells me how much experienced you are. For instance, I couldn't calculate the range to be blocked, but you did. Would you please tell me how? And thanks for requesting the global block on Meta. I will also be mentioning where all the IP made global lock requests for me. Thanks for your overall help. Itcouldbepossible^Talk 16:34, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@Itcouldbepossible—I used Fastily's tool at https://ftools.toolforge.org/general/ip-range-calc.html. Also, you are more than welcome. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 16:36, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello can i ask you to lock a particular page from editing because it's spam editing all the time and I can't do this action, I'm not an administrator Julian134 (talk) 06:31, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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Hello Billinghurst,

Aargh, I should have read the top of your talk page. I moved my problem to your Meta-Wiki talk page.Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 17:09, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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• Billinghurst Requesting refund of this page so can make edits on it also want to add reliable sources as of now. 117.226.182.234 (talk) 05:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

 Not done — billinghurst sDrewth 10:19, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

	Question
	You banned me on Wikisource for "Spamming/Promoting links to external sites" I have not done any of that as far as I know, so may I ask why you have blocked me? YochanonBenMat (talk) 17:34, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

@Billinghurst YochanonBenMat (talk) 18:19, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

You removed a reference to eMontana from several climbing Wikipedia articles. It is the online version of the main Czech climbing magazine (per this list). Oher climbing magazines often refer to it especially for Adam Ondra, who is Czech. Can you please restore it. Thanks. 78.18.254.195 (talk) 19:43, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Billinghurst, just checking back in on whether you have thought about my comment above? Do you need more information? thanks. 78.18.254.195 (talk) 08:53, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Please stop WP:SPAMMING links to this antique non-RS source! Johnbod (talk) 13:02, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

@Johnbod: This is a published work of 1857 and each article is directly related to the topic matter, how are you saying that a published work is not to be linked just due to its age? How are you saying that it is not a valid wp:external link. Yes, it is of its time just makes it is what it is and reflects its state of knowledge at the time and is interesting for how one is able to compare the two approaches to encyclopaedic articles. Some of it is well-researched, and arguably others are less so, hence why it is typically more an EL. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (history). A non-specialized compilation of summary biographies that is 175 years old should not be given as a general EL. If there is a specific point to be made then, fine, make it in the text. Unfortunately far too much of our content on these subjects still relies on EB 1911, which may not be that much better, so the comparison would not be that useful anyway. See Wikipedia:External links. Johnbod (talk) 16:41, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy 15th anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Chris Troutman (talk) 15:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Dear Billinghurst/Archives/2022,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 15:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:12, 23 December 2022 (UTC)