[00:53:44] @DarkMatterMan4500 It's possible, I guess, but I don't speak Italian, and the second user's vandalism is quite long winded relative to the first. It's one edit each, so I'm going to say no action is needed here. If additional accounts acting in a similar way start showing up, then we have a case for needing to do something [00:55:29] Okay, so it's likely the case. I'll keep an eye on specific wikis that are likely going to be targeted for vandalism. So thanks for the information. [01:00:45] @DarkMatterMan4500 Okay, thanks for your report. 👍 [01:01:48] Sure thing. I'll specifically be keeping an eye on that wiki too since it has fell victim to 3 vandalism attacks by 2 users today. [01:10:14] 👍 [04:36:42] https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mike_Rowe%27s_Festive_Ghost possible username vio [04:36:43] [ User contributions for Mike Rowe's Festive Ghost - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [10:32:24] Ummmm, how? I don't see anything in the username that suggests inappropriateness. :/ You can always respond at anytime. [10:36:00] Not to sound rude, but I really don't see how that's a username policy violation. [11:31:02] Mike rowe is a celebrity @DarkMatterMan4500 [11:31:41] Oh, I see. I had ABSOLUTELY no idea he was a celebrity. [11:32:10] But do we have someone with that name? [11:38:10] Not on Miraheze, no. [13:46:49] @Zppix I discussed that with @Reception123 recently, and we agreed that Username Policy doesn't apply to celebrities or other public figures, or really anyone's, names. It only applies to existing Miraheze (sometimes to Wikimedia or Fandom) usernames. Hope that helps. [13:48:22] Yeah, while there's other reasons one of them is because it could be a coincidence and not someone trying to imperonate anyone [13:48:39] There's definitely many people out there who have names of celebrities [13:48:46] Yeah, I definitely didn't see that name indicating a username policy violation. [13:50:06] Unless it gets silly of course, like someone trolling and saying they're celebrity X, in which case they can be dealt with outside of the Username policy for simple trolling / not being here to contribute [13:50:51] Plus, last Wednesday, we had a discussion about something similar, and we all concluded that it wasn't a username policy violation unless stated otherwise. [13:52:38] @Reception123 Yeah, there'd be other reasons, but it was clear from Zppix' message that he was referring to the impersonation provision of Username Policy, so that's what I wanted to clarify for him [13:52:52] yeah [13:53:30] Makes sense that Zppix would make such an indication as he has done so before. [13:56:29] Also the name "Festive Ghost" seems a bit silly, if you ask me. [13:57:12] well there's no policy against silly names :) [13:57:24] Exactly. [14:02:57] https://horriblemusicandsongs.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dog_Walk&action=history Edit warring again? :/ [14:02:58] [ Revision history of "Dog Walk" - Horrible Music & Songs Wiki ] - horriblemusicandsongs.miraheze.org [14:34:01] $log protected Main Page on horriblemusicandsongs for excessive vandalism [14:34:06] Saved item "protected Main Page on horriblemusicandsongs for excessive vandalism" [14:47:16] $log Locally blocked [[Special:Contributions/72.180.73.244|72.180.73.244]] on [[mh:horriblemusicandsongs|horriblemusicandsongswiki]], this time for 1 month with account creation disabled, for continued edit warring and failure to communicate. [[m:Stewards|Steward]] action [14:47:20] Saved item "Locally blocked [[Special:Contributions/72.180.73.244|72.180.73.244]] on [[mh:horriblemusicandsongs|horriblemusicandsongswiki]], this time for 1 month with account creation disabled, for continued edit warring and failure to communicate. [[m:Stewards|Steward]] action" [16:53:02] https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#Global_lock_request_for_%E3%81%8B%E3%81%84%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%97%E3%82%84_and_other_related_accounts I'm surprised nobody has said anything even after I wrote a comment and left it there hoping someone would respond to it. [16:53:03] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [17:52:09] @DarkMatterMan4500 @Doug or @Void can probably look into it, though they are quite busy so don't be that surprised if things don't get responded to immediately [17:53:11] I know. But Doug was rather hesitant into looking at it as he doesn't know Japanese. [17:53:31] yeah, that's tricky [17:53:34] too bad The Pioneer left us [17:53:51] The Pioneer now goes by the name of Bakaba. [17:54:16] oh, so that's him then! that's funny [17:54:21] I didn't know that was his new username [17:54:33] Yeah, me and him have talked. [17:55:20] @DarkMatterMan4500 oh, are you sure it's him? it's quite an odd change and he's said nothing on his original account [17:55:30] FYI The Pioneer is https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/User:%E9%96%8B%E6%8B%93%E8%80%85 (former steward) [17:55:31] [ User:開拓者 - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [17:56:48] Yeah, he had this to say: "Hi, thanks for the reports regarding chakuwiki. Tbh, Bakaba is my account on another community, which I never expexcted to migrate here on Miraheze. You may share this information to stews and cvt members if necessary, but I don't wish to make it public, as I have no plans to use it except for chakuwiki and chakywiki-related issues. Thanks 🙂 I think you know me, but if you don't, I'm an [17:56:49] ex-stew on Miraheze under the name of 開拓者" [17:57:16] It would be pretty unbelievable though I have never interacted with The Pioneer, TBH. [17:57:26] *IMO [17:58:51] Okay, though weird you're making it public after he said "I don't wish to make it public" [17:59:08] Oh true. [17:59:11] @R4356th not that unbelievable since he used to be active between around 2017-2019 iirc but wasn't active anymore afterwards [17:59:35] I read his resignation note. [17:59:52] And it was understandable that he was very busy IRL. [17:59:54] ah yes, that was quite recent after myself and Doug asked him on Twitter whether he planned on coming back or not [18:00:04] and he unfortunately decided he was too busy to come back [18:00:28] That's true, but however, I don't plan on revealing that much detail. That is all I could say about this. [18:01:07] My apologies to Bakaba. [18:26:48] [[Special:CentralAuth/Santino100]] https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#Can_I_be_globaled Doesn't this request appear to be rather strikingly familiar to other complaints from before like these? https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=155373 https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=151371&diffmode=source [18:26:48] https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=128383 https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=128396 https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=128398 https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=127538 https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Void&oldid=127537 [18:26:49] https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&oldid=141538 I could've sworn I've heard similar complaints like this before. :/ [18:26:49]

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Santino100 [18:26:49] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:50] [ Global account information for Santino100 - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:51] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:51] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:52] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:53] [ Difference between revisions of "Stewards' noticeboard" - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:54] ... [18:26:56] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:26:58] ... [18:27:02] [ User talk:Void - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:27:34] Whyyy? must bot do this? [18:30:19] Because it's a bot, Jaroslavik. It malfunctions [18:30:19] It shouldn't [18:30:23] That should be limited [18:30:27] I'm gonna moan at that [18:31:20] Yeah I'm not sure I agree with that behaviour [18:31:25] Needs raising upstream [18:31:36] Sorry about that, but I saw something that appeared to be strikingly familiar to the previous revisions I have provided here. Here's what I'm talking about: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#Can_I_be_globaled [18:31:39] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [18:32:00] grant it [18:32:26] blackwidowmovie0: it's doing what the code says it should. I'm just not sure anyone thought. [18:32:56] RhinosF1|NotHere: What's the fix? [18:33:13] blackwidowmovie0: that requires investigation [18:33:20] you need help? [18:33:37] I'm available [18:33:48] Which one is he talking about? [18:34:25] if the fix were easy, it would be done [18:34:38] Refactor https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/blob/master/sopel/modules/url.py#L219 [18:34:39] [ sopel/url.py at master · sopel-irc/sopel · GitHub ] - github.com [18:34:46] And make it send messages at the end [18:34:55] Checking for dupes [18:35:44] fair enough, Reception, Rhinos, ping if you need anything [18:37:13] https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/issues/2024 [18:37:14] [ url: don't send duplicate messages where more than one url with the same title is in a message · Issue #2024 · sopel-irc/sopel · GitHub ] - github.com [19:10:23] [[Special:CentralAuth/SnoopDogg1995]] @Void https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards%27_noticeboard&curid=662&oldid=159376 Think this part is suspicious too? [19:10:23]

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/SnoopDogg1995 [19:10:24] [ Global account information for SnoopDogg1995 - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [19:10:25] [ Stewards' noticeboard - Miraheze Meta ] - meta.miraheze.org [19:37:13] I'll keep you posted if I see anymore WG8686 socks @Void. [20:13:56] @DarkMatterMan4500 If a user asked you not to make something public, you really shouldn't have posted this in a publicly logged channel. Additionally, I'm still convinced it's the same user, and I can't ask them to confirm privately, as they asked you not to make it public. Very awkward indeed. [20:14:17] s/still convinced/still not convinced [20:14:17] dmehus meant to say: @DarkMatterMan4500 If a user asked you not to make something public, you really shouldn't have posted this in a publicly logged channel. Additionally, I'm still not convinced it's the same user, and I can't ask them to confirm privately, as they asked you not to make it public. Very awkward indeed. [20:15:01] Don't worry about it. And you already missed the party. It's already been done by some of the evidence I gave to Reception123. [20:17:11] And I apologize for doing such a thing. [20:17:37] @DarkMatterMan4500 Well, it's not something we cannot just "not worry about." If you a user asks you not share something publicly, don't share it publicly in any channel (wiki, Discord, or IRC), broadly construed. [20:17:58] I'll talk to Reception123 privately regarding your last point. [20:18:35] Yeah, Reception123 already told me that. I knew I shouldn't have done such a thing. [20:21:27] @DarkMatterMan4500 I haven't received any evidence? [20:22:00] I was referring to the WG8686 sockpuppets, not The Pioneer. [20:26:48] @DarkMatterMan4500 Okay, that's what I was talking about then. At any rate, now I have to talk to Reception123 about how to handle this. [20:27:19] And besides that, I was already reminded not to share such information to the public, after I realized my mistake. I apologize again for that. [20:27:42] Oh, I also thought you meant Pioneer [20:28:33] @Reception123 I did mean Pioneer [20:28:40] ok heh [20:28:58] No, I wasn't referring to The Pioneer. And besides that, @Doug and @Reception123, I know I already said this, but I'll say it again, I apologize for sharing such information. How stupid of me. [21:19:05] I feel really awful about it. [21:28:34] Also @Doug, to change the subject even though I apologize for sharing such private info about Bakaba, I have DM'd you what to look out for when spotting WG8686 sockpuppets. That was what I meant when I said don't worry about the WG8686. To clarify, I actually thought you were talking about those sockpuppets that were already dealt with by Void, not The Pioneer. [21:53:15] @DarkMatterMan4500 Ah, okay, yeah, no the sockpuppet report you gave was fine. Thanks for clarifying, though. [21:53:59] And I'm very very sorry about that leaked information about Bakaba. [21:54:27] No problem. And I'm terribly sorry about what happened with that leaked info. [22:00:30] dmehus: You said you'd take a look at your DMs after dinner *yesterday*..... [22:01:43] He's a busy man [22:11:43] He sure is. I think I could just let go of this topic so it doesn't get to me.