Alison

Hi Alison,

Hope the holidays went, and continue to go, well for you. I think I'm going to get try to get my RFA rolling in the next week or so, once I recover from Christmas and become more active again. If you've still got time, I've made a home for your comments here: Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam#Alison's review of my previous account. If you're busy, I'll pester another Checkuser/Oversighter/BigCheese instead; just let me know. Thanks. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:14, 28 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

All  Done - good luck :) - Alison ^❤ 04:06, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Thanks very much, Alison. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:04, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

YellowVase (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is as transparent as a particularly clean window, but I'm sure there will be some sleepers as well. Perhaps a longer rangeblock will be needed to discourage the tedious tw@t? 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 14:40, 29 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

It's him again, though he's moved around a bit - calling this  Likely here - Alison ^❤ 22:15, 29 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. No sleepers?! 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:37, 31 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nope. Sorry, hackie - Alison ^❤ 04:07, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Have a good new year. BigDunc 18:26, 31 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Míle maith agat, a chara. An rud céanna dhuitse agus do chlainne :) - Alison ^❤ 04:08, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

There are two accounts there ("WossOccuring" and "WossOccurring"). –MuZemike 00:08, 1 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Yep -  Done - Alison ^❤ 00:09, 1 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

While were are talking about that, do you want to close this as speedy keep? It was started by Woss, but everyone seems to want this kept other than Woss. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:11, 1 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Nevermind, I asked Fences. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:27, 1 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello. I have found your user-page because you are an administrator who grants rollback privileges. I am performing academic research and I am particularly focused on usage of the rollback feature. I have imported en-wiki dumps into MySQL for analysis, and flag RBs by parsing revision comments for the "automatic comment" left by RB edits.

My question: In February 2009 and the months preceding it, about 200k RBs were being performed a month. Beyond that, usage of the RB feature seems to decline sharply; in September 2009 I show only 1k RBs. Can you help me understand this? Did the automatic revision string change? Did the use of anti-vandalism bots (with their slightly altered RB strings (which I don't try to parse)) become so prevalent that no one does it 'manually' any more?

My current research has found no reason for this 200x change, and I hope you can help. Of course, your help will aid my research -- which in turn will help the Wikipedia community in combating vandalism. West.andrew.g (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I was wondering if you could run a quick checkuser to determine whether the blocked user ModTheRod and Drsjpdc are related. We just did a SPI for Drsjpdc, and you discovered one puppet, but the last posting here makes me wonder if there is a link. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:11, 2 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I can't because it's  Stale - Alison ^❤ 04:56, 2 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I'll just tag it with the suspected sockpuppet template instead. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:20, 2 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

With your evil cuteness. But I see past your false image! Evil!--Misortie (talk) 06:51, 2 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sounds about right ^_^ - Alison ^❤ 04:09, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I love you! <3 --Ventimocha (talk) 05:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

And you are made of win and awesome!!! <3 - Alison ^❤ 04:09, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hi. Did you get my email? Thanks -- Chris 73 | Talk 06:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Oh! Yes, I did. Hold on - I'll reply - Alison ^❤ 06:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

For the removal. Pedro :  Chat  21:10, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome! - Alison ^❤ 22:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Do you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:ANI#Users_Collectonian.2C_and_SchmuckyTheCat... My gut feeling is that a liberal use of checkuser and/or open proxy detection may be needed—see my comment in that thread for my rationale. Pcap ping 22:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

"Liberal use of checkuser" isn't necessarily a good thing, mind. Can you please file a case at WP:SPI so we can have more eyes check it over? Thanks - Alison ^❤ 22:27, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I redirected the case to the sockmaster, but Lar saw it before the job was complete and undid my edit. As a result, the case continues at Stetsonharry and Copyedeye was duplicative - it was deleted by NuclearWarfare, so its currently (as of this moment, give it 10 seconds and who knows!) a redlink. That's why I delisted it (Stetsonharry is still in the CU section). Nathan ^T 22:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Oh, okay - thanks :) Just note, though, that the Copyedeye case is still ongoing ... Thanks :) - Alison ^❤ 22:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Are you Irish but just living in the USA or American of Irish decent??? (Irish-American???) Also, why do so many people hate you!?--Misortie (talk) 06:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I'm Irish-born, now living in American. And they hatin', because they see me rollin' ;) - Alison ^❤ 06:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

But Alison is too fly to be caught ridin dirty. ÷seresin 06:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Zackly, and because I'm young and I'm beautiful - Alison ^❤ 06:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Now livin in American? Tsk Tsk Tsk.. Allie's been in the usquebaugh again! [1] *grin, duck, run!* SirFozzie (talk) 06:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I could read that soooo many different ways ^_^ - Alison ^❤ 06:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Shoots Alison. --Caesar Augusta (Hail Caesar!) (talk) 15:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

As you were the checkuser in an earlier related report, the above discussion may be of relevance to you. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 20:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sorry,  Declined as it's pointless from a technical perspective due to the TTL of each IP address - Alison ^❤ 22:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

The same IP range is nevertheless still attacking User:Dream Focus with such edits as adding "fuckwit" to his user page, whoever is behind these IPs is not letting up. Please see the edit warring at this userpage with the IPs. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 21:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Honestly, it's a massive range - there's nothing I can do here. Possibly can you collect up every IP someplace and I can see if the IP block can be reduced any? You're free to ask any other checkuser, of course, but there's really not much that can be done here. I have protected Dream Focus' userpage, though - Alison ^❤ 22:13, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Part of my concern is knowing whether or not the IPs are indeed socks of Dalejenkins, i.e. so that in the future should any unblock requests, arbitration, etc. come about we are able to adequately indicate the full extent of what happened at this point in time, or if the person behind the IPs is not Dale, but someone else, then it is perhaps equally important that someone not be tarnished incorrectly. Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 22:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Could you look into User talk:Jpat34721. Scibaby doesn't often complain like this, he just abandons the sock and moves on. Could you look into this a bit further and see what's what? Thanks! --Jayron32 02:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Jayron. It's sorted now :) - Alison ^❤ 08:57, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Think you could take a look at User_talk:Watchover? Is there any other explanation for the confirmed results, or was it a slam dunk? Nathan ^T 15:05, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello. Given the results of your checkuser, could I ask you to please consider my comments here and if appropriate relook at this? Thanks. If I have to (talk) 08:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I'd appreciate a response to my post above. Thanks. If I have to (talk) 09:23, 12 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hi. If possible, I want a copy of 2004 US election in progress with its full history under my user space. I want to read the history of the page during the election day, then I will request the page to be deleted again. If restoring the history is not possible, there is no need to restore a single revision for me. Thank you. Sole Soul (talk) 14:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. That page only ever contained a redirect, which was deleted. You can find the actual content at U.S. presidential election, 2004 timeline - Alison ^❤ 22:08, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I need you to restore the above page that you have deleted just now. I am not the creator of the article and I don't know if the article contains copyvio material before you deleted it. I just don't think that it is appropriate for you to delete an article before bringing it to AfD. Plus you have never provide notification on the talk page that it was going to be deleted, and I didn't get a chance to protest or to fix it. Hunny Madu is a famous figure in Malaysia and I can prove you that she passes WP:N. Please restore the article and delete the part which you think violates Wikipedia rugulations or copyrighted. Thanks in advance.

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 12:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

• I don't wish to restore the page, per Wikipedia:Copyright violations as it was, IMO, non-salvageable and I did check page history first. However, I'll gladly mail you a copy of the text, plus the edit history if you like so you can check it and/or rewrite if needs be - Alison ^❤ 20:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I would like to have those sent to my email ASAP. Thanks. Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 06:31, 10 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

What the... The AFD deleted the article, not a redirect to an article that is relevant to the subject and that has a mention of the website... Is it possible that you restore it and send to RfD, or do I need to go to DRV? --Enric Naval (talk) 21:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Im not seeing any valid reason to restore it at this time, given this clearly went thru AfD already and there certainly was no consensus nor any agreement to create a redirect (unlike Google Watch). By all means, bring it to DRV as you see fit, but I'll be unable to comment until later. On my iPhone here ... - Alison ^❤ 22:03, 9 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

There you have Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2010_January_9#Wikipedia_Watch. Enric Naval (talk)

YOU THERE? I need you to block a POV pushing troll! I thought I would give you the honour. But it’s still early…--大輔 泉 (talk) 13:53, 10 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Aww, my fun is over. I didn't want to get into trouble, I mean what would you think of me!!! A TROLL? Never!--大輔 泉 (talk) 14:24, 10 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello Alison, please could I request your help for a moment, there is a certain editor User:Dbachmann being very uncivil toward me and harrassing me. I'm very concerned with his behaviour toward me, as you can see on my talk page and his, and the article History of Iraq. I noticed you are an eguor admin and appeal to you in confidence. Izzedine 14:11, 14 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

So your comment here, that there's not much to know, means that there is no failed RFA under a previous account? Because I can't see how one could honestly make the claim that there's no information on whether or not someone is qualified to be an admin if the actions of the previous account caused them to fail an RFA. "Never failed an RFA on my previous account" tells us next to nothing about the past account, so I can't see why we can't have an answer on that. --JayHenry (talk) 03:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

• That's a damned if you do/don't scenario, really. I can't answer that either way without narrowing down the candidate's past account. What I have done, though, is let a Bureaucrat know the previous name, so at least they will weigh that up once the RfA ends. But, in fairness, it's beyond my remit to comment - I hope you understand - Alison ^❤ 03:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
  • If the account never failed an RFA it's one of millions and there haven't been any lies of omission. There's no damned at all in that situation. --JayHenry (talk) 04:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
    • Well, since Alison, a respected and trusted administrator, has confirmed that Flo abandoned the old account for legitimate security reasons, isn't it only reasonable to respect the candidate's wishes and not seek further information? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
      • I don't know Alison very well and I don't appreciate the attitude that she's "respected and trusted" so therefore don't ask any more questions little wee Jay Henry. --JayHenry (talk) 05:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
        • Jay, Alison's hands are kind of tied here, and I've had to put her (and my nominators, and you too I suppose) in an awkward position. I asked her not to provide any more information than she has, and she's respecting my privacy by doing so. If you don't know Alison very well, and can't automatically trust her word without question, I 100% understand that. I asked Alison to be the one to review because she is widely trusted, but I never thought she was universally trusted, and I expected opposes based on this. If this lack of info causes you to oppose, that's cool. --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
        • What attitude? I was trying to be as pleasant as possible and offer my opinion. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
          • Well, a lot of my concern is this entire mentality that due to alleged "legitimate security reasons" that are known about by apparently three people, we're not allowed to seek further information. My question could easily be answered without compromising security. In the scenario that Floquenbeam failed a previous RFA, then at best his "legitimate security reasons" are also politically convenient in they hide the behavior that caused the failure of the previous RFA and also throw up a shield where respected and trusted administrators know the story, at Flo's behest they can share select parts of the story, and asking further than this is a security violation. That one of his nominators has a history of sockpuppetry is not confidence inspiring.
          • Or, think about it like this. Some people don't like me, say, because of my willingness to mention Majorly's old sockpuppet Aillema that went through an editor review back when that was a common step toward adminship. What would stop me, if I decided that I wanted to be a respected and trusted administrator from saying "I'm tired of people knowing I'm Jay Henry - it's a security thing. I wish I had signed up as HippoGuy from the beginning." So I get a new account, lay low, run for adminship, tell a respected and trusted person to disclose only the positive aspects of my account (he wrote FAs! He has no blocks! Both true!) and omit the negatives ("my hands are tied" about whether he failed an RFA, whether he clashed frequently with editors x, y, z, etc) and when anyone questions, "what's the deal?" I just say, "oh, legitimate security reason, stop violating my privacy" to cudgel them into silence. Were it hypothetical. It's actually an old script here on Wikipedia. Seems we're trying for a remake. --JayHenry (talk) 01:41, 16 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
            • I think that you should stop assuming the worst with no justification to. And BTW, I wouldn't care less if you got adminship under a new account. I don't hold grudges, unlike you it seems (clearly you hold one against myself, for whatever reason). I understand it's all political for you, but it shouldn't be. It's about whether the encyclopedia would be better off. Majorly talk 14:12, 16 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I did not realise you were active here again but noticed that you blocked User talk:Dubhtail. Od Mishehu declined a block removal and I left a note on his his talk page because I see he is evading the block by using at least 2 anonIP accounts, but he has not been online since. This diff to my talkpage clearly shows it to be him modifying his signature. This diff shows him replacing the same anonIP address signature with his own username after the block was imposed. Now he has also used another anonIP per this diff and this diff to my talk page. Whatever you can do to help is appreciated. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 04:22, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Since you're one of the few that I know with the Checkuser tools, you are naturally who I am going to reach out to. I was wondering if there is a timetable on closing this. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I am going to e-mail you some stuff as you are neutral and I really don't know who to trust on the SPI anymore. Hopefully you can sort this out since you know a lot more than I do about Wikimedia stuff. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

I have questions for you. Caspian blue 16:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)Reply