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User talk:NinjaRobotPirate

I hope you find my addition to your talk page aggravating and stressful, just the way you like it! :) Natureium (talk) 20:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I rarely check my email, so if you send me something important, you should probably let me know.

Bored? Check out User:NinjaRobotPirate/Games for a list of video games that are probably notable. I listed most of the sources, so you don't even have to find them.

The Plants vs Zombies sock is back. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 19:40, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think everything is cleaned up for now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Arbitration


Film budget vandal

The IP vandal you range blocked for vandalizing film budgets, like Meatballs III, has returned and continues to do so. They are currently using 2405:201:8011:C02E:F4E2:310E:54DA:7CA9. NJZombie (talk) 06:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, he tends to come in waves of IP addresses. It might take a few more range blocks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 11:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war oversight

Hello. Coming to you because of that ban in early April and I don't want to be slapped for edit warring. If you have a few minutes can you take a look a Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates: Revision history, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:53, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting disruptive editor yet again.

Do you remember when I reported this editor back in January and blocked them for six months? The editor is back yet again, making unexplained edits in articles [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 16:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Soft blocked for another six months. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP sock (again)

Hi. Similar to the topic above, this IP sock is back in action, editing Barbie (film), Mission Impossible, and reverting on Alien: Romulus. ภץאคгöร 17:28, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for 3 months, which should help somewhat. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, NinjaRobotPirate. There is currently a discussion at the Reliable sources Noticeboard with it having to do with the Carrie Keranen article that was recently edited by yourself. Figured you might want a heads up and to have a chance to participate in the discussion. Hope you have a good day, --Super Goku V (talk) 06:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ambili123

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2409:40F3:1094:A201:5F1:A577:18D:9819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Al_Madeena_Cherpulassery

socks keep creating and attacking "madeena" page, it was already deleted, any help Cenderabird (talk) 17:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Al Madeena Cherpulassery was recreated by a sock after a deletion discussion, so I deleted it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevens_Football
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bobanfasil
(same should be done with this copypaste of main article) Cenderabird (talk) 23:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ARoshanyadav7&redlink=1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Imsamrat392
i found exact same pattern of bad grammar across similar sports venue articles, highly possible another sock. Cenderabird (talk) 23:57, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know anything about this. I also can't read mobile links on my PC. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sevens Football, please delete. in my recent log too. Cenderabird (talk) 16:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea what you're talking about. If you want an article deleted, tag it. I don't understand your English. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Genre Question

Hello. I have a quick question on if I'm editing correctly. I've made edits on The Hitcher, The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting, The Hitcher, and Mayfair Witches in regards to horror being a genre of those projects. I was wondering if I'm editing incorrectly, because a user had messaged me recently about the former three projects and just today, again, the same user left a message about the latter project. Before I reply to the new message on my talk page, I wanted to know if I'm making incorrect edits. I left multiple sources on The Hitcher page, but the edit was still reverted. I'll leave links to my edits below and my responses so far. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong and any advice would be helpful, because I don't want to upset anyone or make any more bad edits, as I was already told that I shouldn't add things that I think would be helpful to articles. I'm just confused, I suppose, and just want to know how to be better. Thank you for your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 14:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First discussion
Second discussion
The Hitcher (1986) history
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) history
The Hitcher (2007) history
Mayfair Witches history

Well, genres should be based on what sources say. I guess I prefer tertiary sources for genres because a review is just one person's opinion. But sourced is better than unsourced, and it doesn't really matter what random Wikipedians think the genre is; this would be original research. Unsourced material also should not be restored unless it has been properly sourced. Genre warriors can be warned with {{uw-genre1}} through {{uw-genre4}}. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I had thought as well. I added five sources, not reviews, in this edit and it was changed back and I was told here not to add things to articles that I think would be helpful. I just don't want to keep upsetting people by adding sources, because I want to be helpful. I was continuing to edit other articles as well after that, but I was told here today that I was causing problems and it just made me want to figure it out. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) I didn't look at all the edits (or sources) in question, but just some general advice that strong sources to cite for genre include AFI, BFI, and AllMovie. The Hitcher, for example, is listed as "horror" at this entry. Usually I check all three sites to see if there is a consensus among them, then I roll with that. Worth noting that AllMovie isn't what it used to be (see this discussion), but AFI and BFI are definitely solid. --GoneIn60 (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have used AllMovie among other reliable sources and I'll keep that in mind. I appreciate the help from both of you. I want to edit the pages back, but I am worried about the same user calling me a problem again, or telling me to not edit the page again. I get hesitant to edit now out of fear of doing something wrong. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 02:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk Page Messages

Hello. Are other users allowed to keep removing talk page messages from my talk page? It's happened twice now by the user I mentioned above. Thank you for your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, people aren't supposed to do that. I guess I should leave a message about that, too. I'll do that in a little while. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:52, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I thought. I appreciate your time. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 (talk) 22:57, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Active socking help?

Can I get some help here? User:Warthunder20, a clear sock of Agustin Sepulveda Venegas 2004 Fan is running around making a mess. The smoking guns are requesting Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Agustin_Sepulveda_Venegas_2004_Fan to be speedy deleted (12), recreating Sasquash, as three of Agustin's other socks have, interests of Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, Bob the Builder, and what started it all, making a non-request at RFPP-D for the recently protected The Fat Controller (protected due to confirmed socking of Agustin's), while not addressing the reason the page was protected. Thanks. Zinnober9 (talk) 02:37, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's all cleaned up. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks great, thank you so much for the quick action! Zinnober9 (talk) 02:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP redirect requests

Some potential TTF24 IP requests on WP:AFC/R (@Ponyo) -- – macaddct1984 (talk | contribs) 22:54, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did some range blocks, which may help. I don't understand why people keep creating redirects for this sock puppeteer. I guess I'll watchlist them and see if anyone comes around to edit them later. Maybe I can at least use them as honeypots. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:15, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You've got mail!-- Ponyobons mots 17:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Disruptive IP

Thoughts about this IP? Based upon the nature of and edit summary from their first edit last December, it's the same person on a static IP. They've occasionally been disruptive, but the past couple of weeks they've shown up more frequently, and been more disruptive, than previously. I wondered if a preventative block might be in order, given the apparently static nature of the address, but I know admins are generally very reluctant to block IPs for long. Grandpallama (talk) 18:14, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what exactly is the problem? Some of the edits seem to be removing unsourced content, such as Special:Diff/1242882557 and Special:Diff/1242883490, which remove unsourced claims of urban legends with the rationale that they're folklore, not urban legends. Are there more disruptive edits? To be honest, I have no intention of checking every edit. If it were 10 edits, sure. But not that many. You have to show me the disruptive ones because my random sample didn't find any. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry--I'm going to drive you crazy with notifications today. I forgot I'd left this note for you. Mixed in with what look like reasonable edits from that IP are ones like this with an edit summary that it's not an urban legend, despite being sourced and the source very clearly describing it as such, and this, which removes as the "personal opinion" a sourced academic opinion. In any case, you're right that some of the editing is fine. It's a mixed bag, and I understand if their infrequent editing doesn't justify any real follow-up. Grandpallama (talk) 23:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keith McKenzie

I'm considering unblocking Keith McKenzie with strict restrictions. See UTRS appeal #94890. I'm the original blocking admin, you subsequently revoked talk page access. I've CU-verified there's been no recent block evasion. If you don't have access to UTRS, I'm happy to state the restrictions I'm proposing here. Let me know if you have questions or concerns. --Yamla (talk) 10:57, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, that was someone who was logging out to perform Nazi-themed vandalism and then posted obvious lies about it? If you think someone like that can be helpful. I just don't think that we're so hard up for users that we need neo-Nazis. If someone volunteered at a food shelter and got caught scrawling swastikas, I don't really think they'd be welcome there any more. For whatever reason, a lot of people treat editing Wikipedia as if it's a basic human right, and it's some kind of cruel and unusual punishment to tell someone to go away. If the press found out that we had a revolving door for neo-Nazis, there'd probably be a big scandal. I look forward to the inevitable New York Daily News headline "Wikipedia secretly written by Neo-Nazis who can't stay banned!!" NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. I'll decline the request. --Yamla (talk) 17:00, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive edit - October 2024

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Sofdunno (talk) 11:22, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Civil service puffery

I think the sockpuppet who edits in Indian civil services articles, such as All India Services, Central Civil Services, Civil Services of India etc has returned. There were additions in Union Public Service Commission in the last few months from random accounts and IPs. 2409:4073:4EC9:DA06:E8C6:838F:D3D1:30A7 (talk) 14:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A couple sock puppets edit those articles if I remember correctly. It looks like latest puffery was added by Sk7xd. That account has extensive overlap with Vrghs jacob and his sock puppets, but I'm not 100% sure that's a sock puppet. It would be easier if everyone stayed on the same IP range, like during the COVID19 pandemic. I haven't looked at these articles in a little while, so it's hard to remember what all the disruption was about. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

A kitten for you!

I see that you continue to be harassed by the annoying IP. I hope this kitten makes you feel better.

NoobThreePointOh (talk) 00:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's not really harassment. It's just some kid wasting his own time. Then again, I guess I'm used to being the internet's babysitter. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category sock

See Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Gng1999. I blocked them and tagged them as suspected socks of HollywoodHero30. You retagged them as a separate case. Now we have Douglas1998A, whom I'm willing to block based on the following behavioral characteristics in no particular order: username similarity, creates cats of a certain type and populates them; and edits at a rapid clip atypical of a new user. I also noticed some differences: uses the visual editor and edits the page rather than the External link section. Gng1999, unless there is recent login data, is stale, but I thought I'd ask for your CU and non-CU thoughts before blocking. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I was pretty confident of that tag, doesn't it? Douglas1998A is on the wrong continent, though. He has a previous account, Sirdougieparrella98, which hasn't edited in almost two years, but that was a while ago. Wrong continent for HollywoodHero30, too. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to behaviorally block with those technical findings. Thanks very much for checking.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:29, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion nomination?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_FC_Dubai# 93.143.139.150 (talk) 18:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Neiva#
another personal style isssue...several traces in his infobox club articles also need to be checked 93.143.139.150 (talk) 19:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea what you're asking for. If you think something is wrong with the article, you can always fix it yourself or post on the talk page. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:47, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Punisher Production Companies

In the 2004 The Punisher movie, Marvel is listed as Marvel Enterprises, not Marvel Entertainment. Stein256 (talk) 23:16, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia article is citing this page at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. It's written by film scholars, who probably know more than us about who produced what. Sometimes logos show up on the screen (or the poster), and sometimes they're production companies. Sometimes they aren't. That's why we cite reliable sources. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:31, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I just pinged you to Talk:John_Wick#Atomic_Blonde_cross-over where I ended my comments with a claim that the disruption around source misrepresentation has been happening at other pages, too. In the interest of not going completely off-topic at the John Wick talkpage, I'll note here the other two examples I found after only a couple of minutes of checking. Almost the entire sentence on this one, and the claim while acknowledging that there are plans for additional stories following the events of The Creep Tapes on this one. Grandpallama (talk) 23:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I'd prefer you brought it to WP:ANI. I think it would be fairer if someone besides me looked at the situation for once. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Note

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kolkata_Derby_matches

few previous edits made by highly possible socks Cenderabird (talk) 19:53, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Earl Lawrence edit requests

Hi, NRP. I have been sidelined by IRL problems and unable to keep up anywhere. User:Earl Lawrence (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), discussed at this ANI, is still at it. Sorry not to be more help; there is disruption across the Venezuelan suite, by this editor and others, and I'm unable to address all the vandalism and trolling myself. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did a partial block on Special:Contributions/2001:4454:200::/40, which should stem the disruption. If not, I guess let me know. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:21, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:19, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For blocking me four years ago. Whilst I have made mistakes since then it remains the only time I have been blocked, so I must have learned something. Sahaib (talk) 13:35, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Impersonator

Hey NinjaRobotPirate, it doesn't look like A&M is going to beat Texas so I'm going to try and go to bed. Thing is, someone on the other side of the world--well, if you have a quick look at my log you'll see what I mean. Can I leave the wellbeing of our beloved admins and editors in your hands? Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:48, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's vague and ominous. I might be awake for a little bit longer, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:50, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Zzuuzz got the last four. Means he gets $20 that could have been yours. ;) Drmies (talk) 04:01, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like more VPNs and very wide cellular networks. What a pain. The WMF needs to do something about these VPNs. We used to have bots that temporarily blocked them, but it looks like they're all offline now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't mean "other side of the world" literally, haha, but yes. They also managed to complain about not being taken seriously in a sad little unblock request that Zzuuzz deleted. Drmies (talk) 04:21, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Speedy-able redirect?

Regarding this block; I see that despite the range being blocked presumably as an LTA, someone innocently [7] nonetheless created the redirect, even though there's nothing in Lost media about "legal means." Would it be too much of a stretch to apply WP:G5 since the redirect was created at the request of a banned user? OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:41, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was a brief discussion about that that topic at the admin noticeboard, and people said they were going to discuss clarifying policy on that matter. I think it is (or should be) allowed, but I don't know if the discussion happened yet. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block may have become burdensome. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 07:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, one request isn't what I'd call burdensome. By definition, every range block has collateral damage. It would be fine to create an account for that IP editor. They could go through WP:ACC, which I think would reroute their request to a CheckUser (that's what Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide#CheckUsers seems to imply). However, I don't have any personal experience with that process.

If that's not how it works, I could just do it through Special:CreateAccount. To create an account that way, I would need to know an email address to receive the password, though. I don't see any way to request an email address through the UTRS request. To the best of my knowledge, UTRS comments are kept forever and can't be redacted, so people probably shouldn't send personal information like email addresses through there. They could create a temporary, one-time-use email and post that as a comment, but I doubt most people would bother with security measures like that. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for teaching me something even I didn't know about myself!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Apparently, changing genres without discussing why I'm doing so is not good. Thanks for teaching me. Seriously. TheBBGunman (talk) 17:01, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just follow the sources. Wikipedia is a tertiary source. You can't decide for yourself what the genre is; that's original research. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Noctarine6243

Maybe this looks familiar to you--if your memory stretches back to a rangeblock you placed in July. Longterm foolishness on Spore (2008 video game) is also involved. Drmies (talk) 03:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Aha: User talk:Bongtsh--but your block was much earlier than that. Drmies (talk) 03:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ergobus seems related. I don't know exactly what's happening at the Spore page, but it looks like someone who's pretty bored. Maybe on school break, too. It seems to me like there should be easier solutions to this. I'm probably going to regret saying this eventually, but maybe the WMF should be pushed to consider AI-based solutions. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:30, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the article Daniel Larson, the article was recently created by converting a re-direct page to the current article.

Earlier, one or more articles on this subject were speedily deleted. See, for example, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Larson (celebrity).

I request your help/advice on how to handle this situation. I think that if I revert the article to a re-direct page that my edit itself will just be reverted. Regards, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 18:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

That article was recreated by a sock puppet, who I blocked indefinitely. I also put the article under extended confirmed protection, which should stop further socks from popping up to recreate it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:04, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Debi Derryberry

Hello NinjaRobotPirate, I have a problem about someone is editing her date of birth without your permission. Can you please delete her sources? I they edited back her source, erase it. Bozoclown2024 (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I took a look at Debi Derryberry, but I didn't see any evidence of her DoB having been edited recently. Could you perhaps provide a WP:DIFF or clarify your concerns? DonIago (talk) 14:21, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could you please reduce the protection level of this article? The current 30/500 protection is too strict and is a major obstacle to contributing to the article. 2402:800:7060:F2CD:9757:59A7:5AE:9CDC (talk) 10:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, and I'm not really sure why your IP range hasn't been blocked. I doubt there'd even be much collateral damage. Let's try a 1 month block and see what happens. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing NinjaRobotPirate a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Miscellaneous


Removal of birthdate from James Newton Howard article

I saw you made an edit to remove birth date information with the comment "unsourced". As far as I can see though the "External links" section holds a link to IMDB which definitely lists his birthdate right on the page. Then there's WikiData which has 5 references for that bit of information: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213869#P569 What would you feel would be a proper way to link to those sources for you to keep the birth date? ZehJBert (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not reliable sources. Wikidata and the IMDb are both user-generated. An example of a reliable source is The New York Times or the BBC. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, that would have been immediately clear if you had used an edit comment like "no reliable sources".
Meanwhile I found that the webpage marked as "Offical Website" has a link to an Instagram account on its Contact and About pages, and that contains a post "I turn 70 today!" dated June 9, 2021. Following WP:SELFSOURCE, could we reinstate the birthdate info and maybe add a footnote to that?
Although I just spotted that somebody edited the first section "Early life and career" and sneaked in another source. ZehJBert (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, if there's no doubt to the authenticity, social media posts can be used. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
Eight years!

Happy new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Has an approval percentage?

Does this seem familiar to you? "has an approval percentage"(diff)

I might be misremembering and asking the wrong person, but there's a recurring ip vandal Special:Contributions/186.115.100.56 with poor grammar back again messing up film articles.

(If I'm asking the wrong person I'd appreciate if you could remind me the right people to ask.) Thanks in advance. -- 109.77.199.65 (talk) 21:55, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's someone who was indefinitely blocked several years ago. I think it's pretty safe to say that anyone editing film reception sections from Colombian IPs is evading a block. It's such a niche topic for someone in a country where English fluency is rare. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
At least this time there seems to be a few competent edits mixed in, but the same bad grammar and needless removing of better references persists. Thanks. -- 109.77.199.65 (talk) 23:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Off-wiki sockpuppetry request

Hello! I got...I don't even know what to call it. An off-wiki spam message from a suspected sock of TTF24 that was sent to a number of other users about restoring the pilot for Hazbin Hotel. Could I please email you about it? It has some cross-platform identification elements and I'd rather not share that so publicly. Thank you! Kazamzam (talk) 20:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You mean TotalTruthTeller24? It's not unexpected. You could send it to me if you want. Just use Special:EmailUser/NinjaRobotPirate. Or I guess you could forward the email (with headers and everything) to Arbcom with an explanation that it involves off-site canvassing by a sock puppeteer. I doubt they'd be excited about following up on it, but off-site collusion is supposed to in their remit. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, NinjaRobotPirate. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
Thank you! Kazamzam (talk) 00:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fyi

As a matter of paperwork, I added a new IB C/T alert, as the other one 'expired' a year ago. Viva officialdom! :) Serial (speculates here) 12:20, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that alerts no longer expire, but I don't remember where to find that in the mess of policies and guidelines. I'm beginning to think it might be kind of nice if we deleted or merged a few policy pages, cut them down in size a bit, and stopped trying to codify every little thing. For example, WP:DATERET, WP:ENGVAR, and WP:CITEVAR could be combined into a single guideline that says "don't make pointless changes to dates, spelling, or citation styles". Boom, done. One sentence, one page, one link. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:46, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Myers

Does that whole "Michael Myers is regarded as one of the most recognizable and most iconic horror villains, alongside Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Ghostface from Scream." content on the In popular culture section sound a little unnecessary? GyllenhaalSean (talk) 13:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You mean in Michael Myers (Halloween)#In popular culture? I don't know. It does seem a bit fannish, but sometimes statements like that are true. It could probably be toned down a little, and the sourcing (listicles) is kind of weak. If we cited better sources, such as academic press, we'd probably have better material to work off of, too. An academic overview of horror film villains would tell us why and how he became so popular, which is a lot more interesting and encyclopedic than citing a bunch of stupid Buzzfeed-style listicles. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:57, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that's what I mean but usually it would be him Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger because Ghostface isn't a true villain it's just an identity of multiple people Jason Michael and Freddy are practically a trinity. GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you might take off Ghostface from Scream on there GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:21, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah Michael Myers alongside Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger the most recognizable and most iconic horror film villains been around since slasher films in the Golden age. GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:26, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, this is an LTA (Jinnifer) who solicits other editors to proxy edit for them - the article in question is protected specifically so they cannot make this edit. MrOllie (talk) 15:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not true GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:36, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just giving advice that whole Michael alongside Jason Freddy and Ghostface thing was made by some fandom user GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:37, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
MrOllie and NJZombie always does incriminate random users for trying to do the right thing. GyllenhaalSean (talk) 15:39, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sounds about right. I was wondering who that might be but wasn't curious enough to run a CU. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:47, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Introduction to contentious topics

Thank you. HalfDome (talk) 17:59, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BLOCKEVASION

IronMike6 (talk · contribs) is blocked, and I suspect there is WP:BLOCKEVASION with Pseudopolybius (talk · contribs), edited after block articles as Universal monarchy and Empire in similar way, edit descriptions seems the same for both users in various articles. Yelowflower (talk) 20:23, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you heard of this film? I feel like it's missing a lot of information I normally put down edits relating to films' distributors and what they do with other countries but I'm not relying on specifically you to modify it for me I don't want to add more information in myself I thought of speaking to User talk:FloorMadeOuttaFloor but I feel like he is getting annoyed at me and keeps removing whatever topic I put down. Editoman (talk) 08:54, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've seen it. It was the last film that Roger Corman directed, I think. It may have gotten some coverage in Fangoria, but it passed through the mainstream without much comment, from what I remember. Hard to believe that was 35 years ago. As far as distributors, Box Office Mojo is probably the only place you can really find information on that unless you have a subscription account to something like Variety. This entry from the AFI Catalog of Feature Films indicates there's at least some coverage. If nothing else, you could probably work from that. I suppose there's also Archive.org and Google Books, which might have relevant digitized magazines, including Fangoria and Variety.

Ultimately, however, Wikipedia is a tertiary source rather than a database, so sometimes our coverage simply isn't going to be as good as people would like. For smaller films that didn't make waves, sometimes you have to make do with what the internet decided to preserve. It takes time and money to hunt down good sources, and sometimes all that work turns up nothing. I was working pretty hard on Hellraiser 3 and Hellraiser 4 for a while, actually, and I think I got both in pretty good shape. One of these days, I'll go back and try to finish up. You can get lucky like that, but you also have to pick your battles. Frankenstein Unbound doesn't seem like one of those winnable battle to me. You'd be better off focusing your time on something that made waves, like It Follows, which I think is an overrated film but has lots of admirers. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:01, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK understandable I'm not thinking that it is missing information the page itself says that at the top Editoman (talk) 07:05, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What I put down is references to Warner's distribution of the film and Blue Dolphin's UK theatrical distribution of the film MOS:DOMESTIC says if there is at least two distributors in general (domestic and international) then include both of them most foreign versions of the film are distributed by Warner Bros. while 20th Century Fox distributed the film in North America that was already added to List of Warner Bros. films (1990-1999) Editoman (talk) 07:08, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Independent films

Should I name films like Young Guns (film), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) independent films? because they are not produced by major film studios does it have to be made by one production company to be an independent film? does every film that's not produced by a major film studio considered an indie movie? Editoman (talk) 08:57, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said, Wikipedia is a tertiary source. The only thing that makes something an independent film is a citation to a reliable source that says it's an independent film. If there are no citations that say this in the article, then it's not an independent film. Wikipedia is not a database. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Miscellaneous


Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, NinjaRobotPirate. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 06:24, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP sock puppet

These linked IPs 217.218.48.197 / 217.218.49.102 / 5.211.164.57 / 5.106.156.68 / 217.218.49.196, continue making disruptive edits to multiple basketball pages over the past few weeks, after being asked to stop. They've already been reverted by other users, but they just switch their IP number and return. SpinnDoctor (talk) 09:44, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's someone editing while logged out. I'm not quite sure what the best solution here is. None of the IP editors have been warned, though, so that would probably be a good first step. There are warning templates you can use at Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential CIR issue

As seen on this editor's talk page, there have been multiple attempts by myself and other editors to help steer this seemingly new editor in the right direction, but it appears they've flipped on the blinders at this point. In addition, I think they are genuinely struggling to understand WP:RS and WP:V, and have barely made any efforts to cite sources. Would you mind leaving one last warning for this editor?

Also not sure if this IP is related, but that anonymous user has made similar edits at the same articles (diff1) and blatantly vandalized another (diff2) around the same time period. --GoneIn60 (talk) 09:36, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm a little tired of Wikipedia drama right now. You could file a report at WP:ANI or WP:SPI if you wanted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:37, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Burnt out, eh? Yeah that's how I felt back in September. Had to step away for several months and just now getting back into the swing of things. No worries, I'll go the normal route if needed! Always appreciated your help! --GoneIn60 (talk) 02:28, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ANI re an IP you blocked for 6 months in 2022

Hi NRP, just an FYI: per your reply in the above thread, instead of going to you directly, I opened an ANI thread called ""Long-term weirdness by a couple of IP's at List of You're Under Arrest characters and many other pages" about more oddness at that article (among other places) since your block re that page. Feel free to contribute, or not. Graham87 (talk) 09:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd really love to know how you do that

Not the template. I've been aching to get better experience dealing with socks and coordinated accounts. What was your process here? I'm reading the ANI and then contribs, but don't have sufficient experience to decode quickly. BusterD (talk) 23:17, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Younger people usually have trouble disguising that they're returning editors. They either act in a ridiculously over-the-top parody of a new user (expressing disbelief that Wikipedia even exists, professing their astonishment that it can be edited by normal people, etc), or they act like they've been here for years and have a deep knowledge of everything that goes on here. I wrote some of my thoughts at User:NinjaRobotPirate/Identifying sock puppets. Identifying which sock puppet it is, though, is tougher. Also, the CU tool lets you cheat. Without the CU tool, it's a lot harder to figure out who exactly someone is.

I usually rely on what I like to call the ghost theory. Basically, it goes that sock puppeteers are like restless spirits who obsessively repeat the same behavior forever in a small topic area (similar to a haunted house). They can't ever leave that topic area or stop obsessively making the same disruptive edits. If they could have stopped, they wouldn't have been blocked in the first place. So, sometimes, it's just a matter of looking through an article's history and saying, "Not him, not that one, no, no, no – hey, wait, this is an exact behavioral match for this editor. I forgot about that guy." Or you look through the talk pages to see who they constantly agree with.

But in this case, I did cheat and use the CU tool. I could see that Clintonfan1022 was on the same ISP. That made it a lot easier. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:51, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've long since internalized many of these things. I may ask some questions and make some errors along the way, but I've been seeing the pedia sideways for a long time (since 2011 or so) and it's time for me to get better at this pattern recognition and appropriate filing. Often I get too deep into the merits and lose track of the case itself. In New Page Patrol I call it "falling in love" with the subject. Sometimes makes me a less effective reviewer, but occasionally a better wikipedian. Thanks for the list. BusterD (talk) 00:05, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I've learned to trust my gut because I pick up a lot of stuff intuitively. Other times it really is just a lot of tedious pattern recognition. I did that with Vietnamese spammers/sock puppets. I eventually picked up a few words of Vietnamese, though it was temporary. I spent so many hours looking at diffs in Vietnamese that I could pick out words like "sex", "free", and "casino". NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Florida film awards guy

Looks like he's using a Packethub proxy right now. Range is 185.190.141.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)). wizzito | say hello! 12:17, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. if you can, can you tell me his original username/original SPI? Don't really want to keep referring to them as the "film awards guy" if I try to report them to you again. wizzito | say hello! 12:19, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The rabbit hole on this guy goes deep though... you can find 1 IP and then go through page histories and find more and more. Such is the nature of free public Wi-Fi sockmasters (e.g. WP:LTA/A5). wizzito | say hello! 12:24, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I found another range going through the page history on 97th Academy Awards - 212.32.94.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) (another Packethub proxy) wizzito | say hello! 12:26, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Guess he ran out of free public Wi-Fi to abuse in Miami if he's using proxies now lol wizzito | say hello! 12:27, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that looks like a VPN. Maybe all the packethub IP ranges are being used by VPNs. There are ways to block an entire ISP, but I try to avoid doing so unless I'm sure. It's got a lot of potential for collateral damage.

This sock edits up a storm when he finds an open IP range. There's usually a few range blocks that need to be done any time he becomes interested in an article. Page protection is sometimes an easier solution than spending an hour or two looking for all the IP ranges. But, yes, the IPs tend to show up in clusters. Keep hitting "geolocate" or "whois" for each IP editing an awards page, and you'll find more IP ranges.

As far as connecting IP addresses to usernames, that's a privacy minefield for me because I'm a CheckUser. Technically, I can usually say more than I do, but it's easier (and safer) for me to just decline to answer any such questions. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:00, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually looked at page histories a little more and it turns out he's been using those two ranges exclusively since February (!). Hopefully the blocks stop him in his tracks at least temporarily. I'll respect your decision to not state the original user. wizzito | say hello! 18:17, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. this doesn't seem like our guy despite the similar interests but it's a cloud service and worth blocking - 134.231.128.0/17 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) wizzito | say hello! 18:19, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. #2 looks like you set the 185. block to anon. only. Mistake? wizzito | say hello! 18:20, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that was supposed to be a hard block. That cloud thing looks like a VPN, too. I wish the WMF would automatically block VPNs. It's ridiculous that we're sitting here blocking individual IP addresses like it's 1995. Makes me want to go listen to Carcass or Godflesh now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:50, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here's his new range 2600:387::/43 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) - ISP AT&T, geolocation none other than Miami. Worried about the collateral here, though. wizzito | say hello! 14:57, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This was the smallest range I could get for the edits between 10:30-11:55 UTC today. wizzito | say hello! 14:58, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tempting, but let's try something more targeted. /60s might do the job. An IP range that wide on AT&T is probably multiple US states. I can always widen the blocks if necessary. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:46, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
More IPs:
wizzito | say hello! 20:24, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What a pain in the ass. I semi-protected a bunch of pages. It's the only way to stop this sock from rewriting every awards page. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:34, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also makes it harder to find his newest IPs. It's a double edged sword wizzito | say hello! 21:41, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sock Puppet

Review the user 雄奇 contributions. Their edits exhibit a strong POV bias, incorporate fabricated sources, and suggest a possible connection to the sockpuppet account MappilaKhrais R.COutlander07@talk 09:35, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me see how this is a sock puppet? What evidence is there? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:56, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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