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Requests for global (un)block

Global block for 177.44.144.131

Status:    Done

Confirmed open proxy. Just spammed Wikidata. --Techman224Talk 20:28, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 20:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 101.99.3.164

Status:    Done

Spamming on Wikidata, and blocked as an open proxy on the English Wikipedia. --Techman224Talk 21:46, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 15:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 113.106.191.164

Status:    Done

Multiple blocks for being an open proxy. --Techman224Talk 05:17, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 15:59, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 119.254.90.18

Status:    Done

Multiple blocks for being an open proxy according to stalktoy. Spamming on Wikidata. Techman224Talk 05:25, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 19:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 61.19.201.7

Status:    Done

Spamming on Wikidata. Blocked as an open proxy on the English Wikipedia. --Stryn (talk) 19:00, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 19:36, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 37.142.155.136

Status:    Done

Cross wiki comment bot source (check global contribs) and a bot account just blocked on here suggests this is worth a gblock - thanks. --Herby talk thyme 11:53, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Currently not active. Ruslik (talk) 07:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Errr - kinda ignores the account I blocked a few minutes before I posted this request. There is a fairly substantial history of abuse by this IP. --Herby talk thyme 08:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Done; for what I can see in the logs the abuse do continue with spambot accounts. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:41, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 122.4.78.26

Status:    Done

Spamming on Wikidata, blocked as proxy on multiple wikis.--Techman224Talk 06:14, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 122.154.246.107

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 189.11.214.91

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 190.90.161.246

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:24, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. Ruslik (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 46.4.39.3

Status:    Done

Cross wiki comment bot - global contribs suggests this is worth a gblock - thanks. --Herby talk thyme 13:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Some "evidence" which does not appear in luxo: mw:Special:DeletedContributions/46.4.39.3, ru:n:Special:DeletedContributions/46.4.39.3, ru:b:Special:DeletedContributions/46.4.39.3, incubator:Special:AbuseLog/2058. --MF-W 13:51, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 13:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block 190.97.204.37

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 19:39, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, already done by PeterSymonds. Techman224Talk 19:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block 203.226.116.115

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 00:41, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done--Shizhao (talk) 12:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 195.20.126.163

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 02:08, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done--Shizhao (talk) 12:45, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 188.17.198.54

Status:    Done

This IP address has been used to spam at ru.wikt and en.v. Please consider blocking it globally. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 06:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 07:24, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 60.169.77.198

Status:    Done

This IP address has been used to spam at en.wp and en.v. Please consider blocking it globally. Mathonius (talk) 07:00, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 07:24, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block/unblock for 91.239.66.72

Status:    Done

See luxo - creating userpages of nonexisting users. --MF-W 14:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 14:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 121.204.0.2

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 20:53, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Already done by Vito. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 14:36, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unblock for 64.18.87.72

Status:    Not done

Can you deblocked the User 64.18.87.72 please ? Because I stop to touch the pronunciations. Thanks. 64.18.87.72 18:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

His new account is continuing to harass me in dept to my request to stop. Special:Contributions/Fai. JackPotte (talk) 17:26, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
  Not done, but your continuing harassment led us to block your IP also on meta, as well as your newly created account Fai. Hope that you'll grow a little bit during these months of sleep, else you will be immediately blocked when you return. Cordially, -- Quentinv57 (talk) 18:43, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 180.149.49.115

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open Proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:14, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 202.69.8.131

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:54, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 110.86.184.185, 108.89.158.120, 192.74.230.34

Status:    Done

--Ignacio   (talk) 06:37, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 07:59, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 159.253.137.107

Status:    Done

Cross-wiki spam --Ignacio   (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked by Billinghurst. Ruslik (talk) 08:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unblock for 24.236.235.74

Status:    Done

request unblock please. I blanked two pages not out of vandalism, but because they were hoaxes. if you'd seen the edit summaries, you'd see that my blanking was in good faith; i didn't know how to say "hoax" in the corresponding language, nor what the deletion templates were --24.236.235.74 22:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

  • Your listing is for the gopher frog, which does exist. It seems the real info and hoax info got conflated at some point. But see here for further explanation. Could you please unblock me? 24.236.235.74 23:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
    I would unblock if I could. You'll have to wait until a steward shows up. By the way, thank you for helping to rid Wikipedia of hoaxes. I'll look into this a bit. πr2 (t • c) 23:55, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
    I have another question. If the "Lithobates capito" species does exist (and a synonym is "Rana capito"), then what is wrong with having an article about it on the French Wikipedia? Which part of that article is a hoax? The image? (same for an.wikipedia.org). I would believe you, but I just want to make sure I understand the situation. πr2 (t • c) 00:04, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Since it was linked from the hoax article on en.wikipedia, I assumed that the french version was a hoax too despite not knowing a word of French. I ask that any steward reading this understand that I was editing in good faith. 24.236.235.74 00:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
    Hmm, the image File:Nagooche-frogfemale12.jpg was originally uploaded in 2009. It does look quite different from File:Rana capito.jpg in terms of color, but I'm not an expert so I cannot tell for sure whether or not it is legitimate. The file's name, including "Nagooche-frog", seems like it would be a hoax, but is that proof? "Nacoochee" refers to an area/region/locality of the US state of Georgia, so maybe it's just a local name for the frog? I'm already getting confused. I assume you're right, but I don't know what was on the original English Wikipedia version, which would help in order to check the others... πr2 (t • c) 00:14, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I dunno the history. Someone on en.wikipedia confessed to making the hoax, and I get nothing for "Nagoochee Frog" on Google outside wikipedia mirrors. 24.236.235.74 00:21, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Noticed something: your IP was globally blocked for spamming, not for removing content. Did you do anything that could have been misconstrued as spam or advertising [i.e., adding links]? πr2 (t • c) 00:19, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
  • No. All I did was blank those two pages as hoaxes, and my edit summaries had links to the en.wp article. Most likely they saw the en.wikipedia links in my edit summaries and misconstrued them as spam. 24.236.235.74 00:21, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Hi. I just assumed good faith and unblocked you. However, next time please don't remove content from pages, but better put the template {{delete}} at the top of it and put a summary like "Requesting deletion of this article". Adding some words on the talk page explaining why you would want this page to be deleted would also be helpful. Regards, -- Quentinv57 (talk) 01:48, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I've gone thru my logs, and I see a request from a GS for a block on this IP for "cw removal" and 22 seconds later a block from Matanya for Cross-wiki spam. Snowolf How can I help? 02:10, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 187.120.240.6

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 07:39, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 77.237.73.3

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 07:41, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 178.88.91.201

Status:    Done

Cross-wiki spambot (see also stalktoy).--Jasper Deng (talk) 04:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by Jyothis. -- Mentifisto 06:53, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unblock for 50.63.197.22

Status:    Not done

Today I make an account and I am un-Able to edit.. --Siz əmmək! Niyə bu tərcümə (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The IP belongs to GoDaddy/WildWestDomain and all users affected by such a block should be able to edit normally thru their regular residential/home IPs. Snowolf How can I help? 11:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  Not done inactive request — billinghurst sDrewth 13:51, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unlock for Farjad0322

Status:    Not done

Hi there... I am a 3-years old contributor to wikipedia (I am FudgeFury and I create articles about my country Pakistan and occasionally of K-Pop, which I enjoy very much... Yesterday, I decided to upload a picture on wikiimedia commons related to one of the articles I was creating, so I decided to log in, it automatically logged me into Global account or something... And boom, you guys blocked me... But let me explain, and try to understand me... I live in a country, where due to issues of religion, sites like YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia occasionally get banned for a long periods of time... In order to contribute here (actually not here, only on Wikipedia, because all other wiki sites are just horrible), I have no other choice but to use an open proxy server like HotSpot shield... Someone else might use the same open IP address as me, I do understand the risks of it... But you can CLEARLY see the contributions I have done on wikipedia... I just removed a copyright violation yesterday... I do also watch over some articles and remove acts of vandalism... Maybe logging into an global account yesterday was a mistake, because I was an auto-reviewed user and was exempted from IP blocking... I earned that trust in that wikipedia community... You can't just so easily take it away from me and block me until 2017... I am so seriously disappointed right now... 3 years of service and this... What is this wikimedia anyway, I only care for wikipedia... Try to understand, my country doesn't leave me a choice... Honestly, our ISPs here are complete crap... Return my rights of auto-reviewed and IP block exempt and I swear I will NEVER EVER return to this global account thing of wikimedia... Please, do it... Farjad0322 (talk) 06:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you... I can edit again on wikipedia... But I will appreciate it if you guys return my auto-reviewer rights at least... I have created over 100 articles to gain that trust... Farjad0322 (talk) 06:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
Template:Nao Neither of your two accounts are locked/blocked. It seems that the proxy IP rather than your account is globally blocked. Please put your request at Steward requests/Global permissions#Requests for global IP block exemption if you have to use open proxy to edit wikipedia. --Makecat 07:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
  Not done Nothing globally seems to be the issue. Please address issues at local wiki. Otherwise closing as an inactive request — billinghurst sDrewth 13:53, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unblock for 68.3.67.81

Status:    Not done

First of all, I wanna apologize for the constant vandalism I didn't mean to spread. And also, I will be sure to make sure I do the right thing this time and try not to spam. Okay? So can you please unblock me? I promise I really will stop myself if I think I might spam again. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.3.67.81 (talk)

  Not done. I have seen no evidence whatsoever during the past four years that you have changed your behavior in any way. J.delanoygabsadds 02:36, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, I have been doing good for quite a while lately, right? Just give me a chance. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.3.67.81 (talk)

No, you have not. For example, your current IP was blocked one day ago. J.delanoygabsadds 03:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, yes, true. But still, won't you just give me a chance? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.3.67.81 (talk)

Global block for 183.110.231.124

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 02:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 46.246.120.226

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 02:32, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 87.245.244.254

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 07:00, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 201.85.50.148

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. Techman224Talk 02:40, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 06:46, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 91.185.65.45

Status:    Done

cross-wiki spam --Iste (D) 14:37, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 14:38, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 218.28.111.102

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 23:38, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Blocked for 1 year. a×pdeHello! 23:49, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 89.211.43.202

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 03:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done,OP--Shizhao (talk) 03:12, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block/unblock for 219.153.5.3

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:45, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 05:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 61.241.223.172

Status:    Done

This is one of these spammers. Please consider blocking it globally. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 12:45, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 00:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block/unblock for 218.28.254.77

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 00:10, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 00:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block/unblock for 117.34.72.51

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata, Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done J.delanoygabsadds 05:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 87.248.191.118

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 00:19, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 21:51, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 213.230.22.170

Status:    Done

This IP address is being used by a cross-wiki pov-pusher, who adds a collection of Palestina-related images to articles about Israel. He has used other IP addresses before. He uses this IP address since the beginning of this month. Mathonius (talk) 19:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 21:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 212.107.116.234

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 18:09, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 202.6.100.10

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 18:09, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 61.55.141.12

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 06:41, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 18:09, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 86.198.167.59

Status:    Done

cross-wiki vandalism --Iste (D) 14:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:18, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 118.68.30.63

Status:    Done

cross-wiki spam, open proxy --Iste (D) 19:53, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:17, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 186.233.104.1

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 01:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:19, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 68.235.38.10

Status:    Done

Just blocked a bot account on here via this IP and there are page creations on de.wp that are spam. IP has a history and I suggest this is worth a gblock - thanks. --Herby talk thyme 09:10, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:21, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unblock for 99.83.4.158

Status:    Done

I had been running the Tor browser, i.e., Firefox with Tor, but it wasn't configured to be a Tor exit node. I have no idea why it showed up as an exit node, but in any case, I've shut it down. --Jfeise (talk) 08:58, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Elfix 13:17, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 69.148.170.68

Status:    Done

Please consider blocking this IP for some longer time, it has quite a history of making disruptive edits, see User:MF-Warburg/abuse and also its block on enwiki which seems to be related to en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mason Decker/Archive. --MF-W 14:50, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:25, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 74.131.177.233

Status:    Done

Is vandalizing Wikiquote tonight and seem to be vandalizing other projects recently as well. -- Mdd (talk) 23:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by PeterSymonds (see VR). Mathonius (talk) 00:02, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 185.2.12.33

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 06:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Global block for 89.28.117.176

Status:    Done

Spamming Wikidata. Open proxy. --Techman224Talk 04:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 06:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Requests for global (un)lock and (un)hiding

Global lock for NVH0204

Status:    Done

Cross-wiki long-term abuse, see LTA case or other version of that page. Two accounts have been blocked indefinitely on vi.wp as sockpuppets. --Makecat 06:55, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:45, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Fortune89

Status:    Done

Per en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Publicly-revealed passwords and the block [2], this new editor posted their password on their user page. It was deleted, but it's difficult to know if anyone recorded it so the account could easily be compromised and was locally blocked. I believe such accounts are often globally locked to prevent them being misused (although I couldn't find any mention in the guideline). --Nil Einne (talk) 13:43, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 13:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Jggggggggggggggfd

Status:    Done

Can this be locked please preferably without drama - review deleted contribs on Commons for rationale. thanks --Herby talk thyme 14:45, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 14:51, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks - appreciated --Herby talk thyme 14:52, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for pattern spambots

Status:    Done

All of these spambots belong to this group and haven't been locked yet. Please consider locking them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 21:09, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

All locked. Ruslik (talk) 07:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for spambots

Status:    Done

Global lock for LTA:ISECHIKA（いせちか）for Japanese Wikipedia 20130205

Status:    Done

Please lock there accounts.Vandalism of Japanese Wikipedia（discuss・reference 1・reference 2・reference 3）."name hidden" are private name accounts. Please remove from lists.--Taisyo (talk) 10:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done - You've not listed any "name hidden" accounts here; so I just locked them. Feel free to email me or stewards wikimedia org if there are abusive usernames (with a rogue approximate translation if possible) that need to be hidden. Regards. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
A rogue translation? πr2 (t • c) 15:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
IDK I was thinking about... Fixed. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 15:22, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ('rough' would be the word I was looking for)

Global lock for Saturn Supplements

Status:    Done

Exclusively spam contribs - thanks --Herby talk thyme 15:49, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done -- Quentinv57 (talk) 20:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Web67890

Status:    Done

Exclusively spam contribs - thanks --Herby talk thyme 17:02, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done -- Quentinv57 (talk) 20:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for cross wiki spam accounts

Status:    Done

Exclusively spam contribs - thanks --Herby talk thyme 09:33, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

All locked, thanks. I'll check this as soon as I've got a minute ;) -- Quentinv57 (talk) 09:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Eticaretseo

Status:    Done

Some nice spam ("SEO"). --MF-W 10:50, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

  Locked. Thanks for reporting. -- Quentinv57 (talk) 11:09, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for spambots

Status:    Done

These spambots belong to this group. Please consider locking them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 16:04, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

  Locked Thanks for reporting. -- Quentinv57 (talk) 17:39, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for spambot

Status:    Done

Spambot --Ignacio   (talk) 05:48, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Mentifisto 06:53, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Gyabogazer

Status:    Not done

Cross-wiki vandalism-only account, vandalism about Israel on several projects, already blocked on two projects. --Makecat 11:59, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

  Not done leaving to local communities as an account with a two year(minus) history — billinghurst sDrewth 13:55, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Dj Dani Algerie

Status:    Not done

Spam on multiple project. This account seems to be used for auto-promotion only. --DavidL (talk) 02:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

  Not done Not blocked anywhere. Ruslik (talk) 18:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unlock for Rolandhelper

Status:    Not done

Required to change new versions.for differences please see this and this.notable differences is from English Wikipedia and Mario Wiki is for Wikipedia is older and Mario Wiki one is newer. Update required. Background: I joined Wikipedia at 2 June 2012 at the age of ten years old.first block occurs at 9 June 2012 for incivility.blocked again at 15 June but this block is more severe because sockpuppetry but unblock always declined for poor English (but i learned English at intermediate level,not beginner and not poor).Finally the block is indefinite due block evasion. For severe reasons,i moved to NIWA at September 2012.originally i was in Pokemon wiki but later at Super Mario Wiki. I'm moderate at Super Mario Wiki. I not blocked and i more better than Wikimedia,which is poor.This case where i birthday at 20 July but this time i was at 11 years old. Σ and Boing is my enemy. --223.255.224.30 09:14, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

  Not done Others will fix it. At this stage I do not think that you are ready to again edit Wikipedias, your behaviour last time was unacceptable. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:09, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for spambots (2)

Status:    Done

These spambots are part of this group. Please consider locking (and perhaps also investigating) them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 13:18, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. -- Mentifisto 16:53, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for SUZDoming

Status:    Done

Please consider locking this spambot. It's part of this group. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 08:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done -- Quentinv57 (talk) 08:07, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for some sockpuppets

Status:    Done

Long-term abuse, see en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nipponese Dog Calvero. --Makecat 12:12, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done -- Quentinv57 (talk) 17:42, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for pattern spambots

Status:    Done

These spambots are all part of this group. Please consider locking them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 17:01, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by Vito -- Quentinv57 (talk) 17:44, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for ZeldaArre & KarinaDah

Status:    Done

Please consider locking these spambots. They belong to this group. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 08:05, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done Ruslik (talk) 08:26, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for CruzLaroc & MattBarre

Status:    Done

A few more spambots, part of this group. Please consider locking them. Mathonius (talk) 12:52, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

  Locked -- Quentinv57 (talk) 13:02, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for ADONAI E ASSOCIADOS

Status:    Done

Spam/advertisement-only account. Defender (talk) 16:55, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for spambots

Status:    Done

These spambots are part of this group. Please consider locking them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 23:17, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Please also lock the following spambots:

Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 23:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

All locked up. Thanks for reporting. a×pdeHello! 23:43, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Neetin kadu

Status:    Done

Crosswiki activity's with only personal attack--संतोष दहिवळ (talk) 18:36, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done--Shizhao (talk) 03:17, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for RNLDonnie & BettePren

Status:    Done

Please consider locking these spambots. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 12:40, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

The first one does not have a global account, and   Done for the second one. -- Quentinv57 (talk) 12:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Apologies. I meant to link RNLDonnie, with a 'N'. Mathonius (talk) 12:51, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
  Done. -- Tegel (Talk) 13:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for spambots

Status:    Done

These spambots are all part of this group. Please consider locking them. Also, it might be interesting to CU (some of) them. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 15:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. Matanya (talk) 17:44, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Oscartrollface

Status:    Done

Please consider locking this cross-wiki vandalism-only account. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 03:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done. J.delanoygabsadds 03:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for spambots (2)

Status:    Done

These lovely spambots are all part of this group. Please consider locking them down. :) Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 23:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

All   Done. J.delanoygabsadds 00:32, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for user:EMr KnG

Status:    Done

Cross-wiki vandalism. This user changes, persistently and incorrectly, words like Persia(n), Azerbaijan(i), Hettite, Hun, Oghuz, etc. into Turkey/Turkish. Blocked at 6 wikiprojects now. [3] A global lock would be helpful. Thanks, -- 2Curious (talk) 19:10, 19 February 2013 (UTC) (=user Curious@nl.wikt)

EMr KnG was locked by DerHexer today at 15:37 after my request on IRC. Regards,. --Vogone (talk) 22:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, both of you. -- 2Curious (talk) 19:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for LatishaCa

Status:    Done

Spambots. Érico Wouters msg 02:03, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Locked the first, the second one is not possible because it is not a global account. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:34, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, think that I typed "SethDaly" wrong. Please, see SUL-info of SethDaly and deleted contribuitions at pt.wikitionary. Regards. Érico Wouters msg 13:08, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
  Done MBisanz talk 14:46, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Makecet

Status:    Done

Impersonation of User:Makecat. πr2 (t • c) 03:12, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done MBisanz talk 04:57, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock/unlock for en.wikivoyage spambots

Status:    Done

Enwikivoyage spambots. --Rschen7754 07:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Done at 07:39 by Matanya. -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Addisoncollins21

Status:    Done

Please consider locking this cross-wiki spam-only account. Mathonius (talk) 03:34, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by Bsadowski1 -- Quentinv57 (talk) 08:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for ...kills me

Status:    Done

Please lock this cross-wiki vandal. Mathonius (talk) 07:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by Vituzzu -- Quentinv57 (talk) 08:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Global unlock for user:Michael Kühntopf

Status:    Not done

Obviously all my user-accounts in all Wikipedias has been deleted or blocked today without any prior notice. Can someone kindly temporarily unblock my user-account for the German Wikipedia so that I can save my watchlist with more than 1500 articles? I'ts very important for my work. Thank you. -- MKTemporär (talk) 21:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

(non-steward comment) See [4] for details on your lock. You created spam pages like su:Pamaké:Michael_Kühntopf. Also, the fact that you're blocked in your two main wikis (de.wikipedia and en.wikipedia) doesn't help. However, stewards may consider letting you get your watchlist temporarily. πr2 (t • c) 21:57, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
This would be helpful. Thank you. -- MKTemporär (talk) 21:59, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Lifted for now; will be re-instated tomorrow. —DerHexer (Talk) 22:18, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Unfortunately I have no access to my account. -- MKTemporär (talk) 22:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. The Job is done. But I do not understand this activism. It must be permitted to tell who you are on your user page. And it's easier, faster and more informative to give a link to your own website instead of telling long tales. Thank you again. -- MKTemporär (talk) 23:12, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
You created *dozens* of account to self-promote yourself on wiki by voting several times on a bunch of deletion requests. --Vituzzu (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Definitely not. That was a fierce witch-hunt using loaded dice. Nothing else. But we must not talk about it anymore. Good night. -- MKTemporär (talk) 23:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Nope, I locked also your "enemy" but there was another cluster of accounts heavily spamming you. --Vituzzu (talk) 00:53, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
  Not done I guess we're all done here, so I'm closing the request. -- Quentinv57 (talk) 09:43, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Ks...

Status:    Done

Spambot pattern. --MF-W 19:38, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done by PeterSymonds. Mathonius (talk) 04:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Makehoax

Status:    Done

This is surely a sock puppet of a notorious long-term abuser from the Chinese Wikipedia. Other sock puppets are Makecet and 時小昭和造貓差幾歲呢. Please consider locking this account to prevent further cross-wiki abuse. Mathonius (talk) 04:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Since this request, he started vandalizing cross-wiki. Mathonius (talk) 04:51, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Done. —Pathoschild 04:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Kszoreljd

Status:    Done

Spambot. Érico Wouters msg 04:41, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. Ruslik (talk) 06:53, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for AnnettPap & KarlaBett

Status:    Done

Please consider locking these spambots. They're part of this group. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 04:49, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Please also lock the following accounts:
Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 05:33, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
All   Locked. Ruslik (talk) 07:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for IrishSkip & VivienHin

Status:    Done

Please consider locking these spambots. They're part of this group. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 00:36, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for ClarkMurr

Status:    Done

Please consider locking this spambot. Mathonius (talk) 00:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global lock for Isobel64

Status:    Done

Please consider locking this spambot. Mathonius (talk) 01:47, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for Ntsamr spambots

Status:    Done

Please consider locking these spambots. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 12:18, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

  Done — billinghurst sDrewth

Global lock for Kumioko

Status:    Not done

Please global lock my account. It is currently indefinately blocked on the English Wikipedia for Socking and block evasion. I want that extended globally as well. If this is how longterm editors are to be treated then lets go all the way with it. I do not want to do something to require a block on each site but I will if I need too. Call this a preventative measure and threatening of that justifies it but I'm tired of the years of disrespect I haev had to endure. I am frustrated with the culture and no longer want to be associated with this. Its a shame, I had hundreds of thousands of edits and wanted to continue but I can only take so many people telling me I can't be trusted so many times. Kumioko (talk) 22:00, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

(non-steward comment) Stewards have historically been against self-requested locks. There are some exceptions, but they may also want to give you a short period to see if you change your mind. πr2 (t • c) 22:03, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I understand and expected that. I will do what is necessary to achieve a block if I must but that is a time consuming endeavor for myself and the community. There is no need to require me to be a vandal. This allows me to go and lick my wounds with a modicum of dignity and maybe, someday I will ask for that to be lifted. Kumioko (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
Just log out. Whatever your reasons may be, justified or not, I'm not going to fuel the fire for your dramatic exit, only for you to come back when it dies down. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:24, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
So it would be better to just do some vandalism and justify it? If that's what you prefer but I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. Kumioko (talk) 23:41, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
(non-steward comment) It doesn't make sense to say "there is no need to require [you] to be a vandal". You're responsible for your own behaviour, and it would be your own choice if you started vandalizing. Please be reasonable. What would really be preferred, is that you stop asking for attention, and just simply log out if you feel like leaving. Mathonius (talk) 23:49, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
Your right I am responsible but it seems that I am to be treated as a vandal I may as well become one! I fail to understand how asking for a block is asking for attention! A block means I cannot edit, it means I wouldn't be able to keep responding and keeping this discussion going. IT would have been done several reply's ago. The culture of ENWP is toxic and the community broken. Its driving off editors faster than it can recruit new ones and is systematically pushing out the most active contributors a few at a time. It won't be fixed unless it becomes a problem to those projects outside of EN so I come here to ask for my account to be blocked. Partially to bring attention to that toxic culture. I was an active contributor with hundreds of thousands of edits and years of experienced who got tired of being shit on. You can choose not to block me, but I will give you no option if I have too. Kumioko (talk) 00:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
The Wikimedia Foundation is way beyond just English Wikipedia, though can seen as the flagship. You are welcome to contribute to other projects in a positive and productive manner, there are another 700+ wikis. A global lock in this situation proves and achieves very little. We ask that if you are not going to edit that you simply walk away, it is the mature thing to do. If you wish to abandon the account, go in and change the email address to something non-functional, logout and then reset the password. Problem solved. Re lock —   Not done — billinghurst sDrewth 12:11, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Well until the foundation is willing to get off their butt and address the toxic culture in the "flagship" as you put it then I don't really have any desire to participate in any of the other projects. I started too, but a lot of the same players are rooted in other areas making a fresh start in another Wiki near impossible. Rather than allowing experienced editors to use their skills they just want to dwell on a block that happened over a year ago that was performed against me for the wrong reasons when there were other editors who actually violated the rules that were ignored. So, you are free to call me immature or whatever if you want but I want no part of this "comumnity" until something is done about the underlying problem. A lot of high level people know there is a problem including members of the WMF but no one is willing to do anything about it. Or they simply don't know what to do. Even Jimbo is cutting ties. So until they do, I would like my account to be locked. This will not only prevent my account from being used by me, but also prevent it from being usurped by someone else in another wiki that I haven't edited in and will draw some attention to the increasing problem of editor recruitment and retention. It also calls some attention to the fact that Experienced editors are leaving or being pushed out in droves. Some do come to other wiki's but many just leave and are gone. We need to start treating our editors with some respect, get rid of the influence pedelars and policy violators and return to a collaborative environment like it used to be. Not the current admin us and them mentality where Admins are gods and all the rest of the editors are just tolerated and allowed to do the grunt work as long as they don't ask questions and don't buck the system. The system is broken, clearly and needs to be fixed. If an editor like myself who has been around for years, has hundreds of thousands of edits across all areas and multiple wiki's can't be trusted then we should be asking ourselves why they can't. If they truly can't be trusted to edit a protected page, view deleted content to help with CCI, import things form one wiki to another without cutting and pasting or a wide array of other things, then what use are they? Which is exactly what I am asking for. I don't want to have to "get" myself blocked but I will. I would rather just ask for it. Kumioko (talk) 14:11, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Stewards have no specific authority at English Wikipedia which is a self-governing wiki within the collective of wikis. If you have concerns that you wish to express to the Wikimedia Foundation, then please go to them directly, their contact details are on the Wikimedia Foundation website. Stewards are the wrong avenue, we have little influence, and no authority in their affairs. Stewards are not the WMF. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:52, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Addendum. You have a SUL account, no one can usurp it. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Please do not insist, it is definitely out of lock's scope and, frankly, it won't reach any of the declared targets. --Vituzzu (talk) 14:20, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
The only target is me. I just want me account to be blocked globally with the same message of Socking and block evasion as my English Wikipedia account. Are you truly telling me that our system of government has no way to block an account globally, after showing a pattern of misconduct? Surely there is a way to block users who create trouble on multiple wiki's without each Wiki acting independantly. If there isn't then maybe there should be. We have a lot of smart people. Surely someone can write a script that can be used to lock an SUL account by setting a parameter across multiple wiki's. I know this can be done. Kumioko (talk) 15:55, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
This wont be done. You can remove the "not done" until you wont be blocked locally on meta, but it wont change the final result. --Vituzzu (talk) 21:04, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hello, Kumioko. Unfortunately, locking is really not appropriate in this case. If you feel it is a protective measure to prevent someone else from registering the account while you are not active on the Wikimedia projects, it is unnecessary, as SUL will prevent anyone from registering the name. If you want your account "locked" as a protest against what you believe is a toxic environment pervasive throughout all Wikimedia projects, exemplified by the flagship, that is not a valid reason to lock an account. May I suggest that if you wish to express your frustration, contempt, disgust, apathy, or whatever emotion is driving you to this decision, that you are better served by posting a message to that effect on every one of the user pages you control (which should be around 682 projects). Being your Wikimedia project philosophy, it is in scope for your user page (as long as other rules aren't broken, such as BLP, outing, etc.), and will serve to express your feelings much more clearly than a generic "lock" will, which is is almost invisible to regular users. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 21:22, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I have to say this is truly ridiculous. Someone levies a bad block on me and no one cares or bats an eyelash. I fight and fight for months to clear my name and no one wants to listen, says I am being dramatic, says I am untrustworthy until finally I persuade someone to let me come back. I ask for a global lock on my account to reflect my crimes of Socking and block evasion and I am being unreasonable!? It truly bewilders me how when I want to be a good contrinutor no one wants to listen or give me a chance but when I finally have enough of the abuse and want to lock my account all I get is the hand. Kumioko (talk) 21:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Kumioko, projects with robust dispute resolution methods must have local disputes handled on them. Meta is not an über-wiki; it is a place for collaboration between wikis, and where smaller wikis get support. Unfortunately, any issue you have with the English Wikipedia project must be handled with the English Wikipedia project. Perhaps an appeal to the WMF itself may help, but as demonstrated before (the Mbz case) it is pretty clear that Meta is not a place to turn with a problem with an existing remedy. If there was a situation where it can be shown that the entire dispute resolution process has been hijacked, which can happen on smaller projects, then appeal to the stewards is a possibility. For all its flaws, the ENglish Wikipedia project's dispute resolution system is NOT in that situation, and any further issues you have with them need to be handled with their ArbCom, Jimbo, or the foundation. Sorry. -- Avi (talk) 21:35, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
AVI, I don't need to be blocked on EN, I already am, what I am asking is that I be blocked globally with the same reasons as EN. That's it. Many of the sites are small and don't have dispute resolution as you put it. I'm not sure why this is such a difficult thing to do. It should be just a matter of a button push. Kumioko (talk) 01:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
  Not done. Global locks are used only as a last resort in response to crosswiki vandalism by a user account. They are only used at all because there is no global block feature for user accounts, and it is therefore the only way to effectively halt crosswiki vandalism by logged-in user accounts. The lock feature is very drastic and will not be used unless there is no other option. As a number of other stewards have said, they have not, are not, and will not be used at a user's request, given that there are many, many, many other ways to avoid editing wikipedia if one so desires, principally removing your email address from your preferences and scrambling your password. Doing this would be far more effective than a global lock, as there no way to undo this unless you ask a server admin to manually reset your password directly.
Please do not re-open this request again. No less than five stewards (including myself) have denied this request, and your insistence at drawing this out again and again leads me to believe that you are far more interested in gaining attention to yourself than you are at effectively preventing yourself from editing WMF projects. MetaWiki is designed to coordinate issues that affect more than one local project. It is not a place to carry on a grievance against a local project. If you wish to appeal your block on the English Wikipedia, you may do so using their standard procedure. Alternatively, you may appeal to the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee by emailing arbcom-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Stewards are not judges or arbitrators. We do not have appellate jurisdiction over any project.
Finally, a word of warning. If you open this request again, you carry a strong risk of being blocked from editing MetaWiki, as your edits are becoming more and more difficult to accept as anything other than intentionally disruptive. J.delanoygabsadds 02:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Global locks for Bebe36T & PilarFPTH

Status:    Done

These spambots belong to this group. Could they be locked? Mathonius (talk) 23:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You can do them by yourself within some minutes. --Vituzzu (talk) 23:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Fair enough. :)   Done. Mathonius (talk) 01:48, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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