User talk:The Bushranger/Archive39
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GS
Hello, I hope you're doing well. Woxic1589 has made WP:GS/AA edits [1], [2] after being warned [3]. Would you mind taking a look at this? KhndzorUtogh (talk) 05:37, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- Given them a final warning. - The Bushranger One ping only 08:56, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Curious about a deleted page's history
Hi, asking you as a random recently active admin. I'm wondering about Talk:Arisman Pongruangrong, which shows in the log as having previously been deleted in 2010, though the corresponding page Arisman Pongruangrong shows no such entry. Is there perhaps something in the deleted history, visible to an admin, that shows what exactly happened those 15 years ago? (It's not a big deal; if you have more important stuff to take care of please say so and I'll ask someplace else.) --Paul_012 (talk) 09:12, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- It looks like an IP editor created the talk page back then (IPs not being allowed to create articlespace pages) to post a somewhat rancid rant that doesn't look to be related to the article subject at all. - The Bushranger One ping only 09:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- I see, thanks! --Paul_012 (talk) 09:48, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
More users that refuse to communicate
Hi, just wondering if there's any other avenue other than ANI for editors that refuse to respond to concerns on talk pages? For example one (I don't want to be seen as if I'm reporting them, so I'll leave the name out for just now!) editor I've been interacting with hasn't edited a single talk page, and hasn't edited a user talk page since December 2020... yet has over 7k edits, and numerous notices on their talk page regarding the fact only 5% of their edits have any kind of summary. What can be done to get them to communicate? Danners430 (talk) 14:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) It is a bit bizarre. They've been here over twelve years and have never even edited their own talk page. That must be some kind of record. —Fortuna, imperatrix 15:00, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- I guess my contribution history does kind of give it away somewhat :D In fairness this user did start using edit summaries after I poked them (fifth time in two years... so finally!), but I'd still be interested in the best course of action for the future, as I seem to attract a lot of such users...! Danners430 (talk) 15:03, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Communication is required. While skipping edit summaries may seem one of the more minor infractions, skipping them almost entirely is, if nothing else, disrespectful to the community. Sometimes it is necessary to block an editor to get their attention. Donald Albury 15:04, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oh I wholeheartedly agree... I'm just trying to find alternative avenues that could be used before going nuclear and opening ANIs! Danners430 (talk) 15:05, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- Alas, ANI is pretty much the main venue for such things. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:48, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oh I wholeheartedly agree... I'm just trying to find alternative avenues that could be used before going nuclear and opening ANIs! Danners430 (talk) 15:05, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
Clarifying aircraft status in equipment section
Hi there, Majid8097 (talk) 21:56, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
Your Comment at the Administrator’s Noticeboard
You are one of Wikipedia’s best administrators. I’m disappointed in your response at AN. Bbb23 should be afforded more respect than he’s received. He spent years and countless hours trying to better the project. Unfortunately, he lost his way and the tools needed to be removed. Please consider the person behind the screen and those hundreds of thousands of edits they contributed. It must be an absolutely gut wrenching experience for him. Thanks. Hy Brasil (talk) 04:19, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
- @Hy Brasil: On reflection, you may be right, and I apologise for responding the way I did. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:10, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
Good close
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| Good close of a rambling discussion at ANI Chetsford (talk) 12:46, 9 June 2025 (UTC) |
- Thank you! - The Bushranger One ping only 22:21, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you
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| I highly appreciate your well-reasoned closing statement. Best wishes, Jusdafax (talk) 18:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC) |
- Thank you! - The Bushranger One ping only 22:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks
Regarding your action here, and specifically your comment therein (the "supports" ... don't make compelling arguments, while the "opposes" make more grounded arguments
), I was reminded why I previously delivered a self-trout for not only participating in an ArbCom discussion, but for believing that such participation would benefit the project. I will now do the same for ANI, as I now understand, beyond the slightest shadow of a doubt, that my participation at that forum can serve no helpful purpose. It was truly wrong for me to think otherwise, and I thank you for helping me to recognize my mistake. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 20:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
- You're welcome, I suppose? - The Bushranger One ping only 22:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
- The nasty sarcasm evident here is, in my view, further indicative of the WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior I referenced in the aforementioned An/I thread, and ArbCom is indeed probably the next stage. I found that the final three comments and your close were particularly incisive regarding the issues. Jusdafax (talk) 23:35, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi The Bushranger! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC) |  |
Wikipedia.pt account...
Hello @The Bushranger, I came from Wikipedia in Portuguese. (I'm talking to you cause you're the first admin i founded) In past year (in November), I got banned in Portuguese WP, In the account DavidHup, I'm here to gain confidence and be a good user so i can get confidence here too. If I got banned or else, I will very understand, I'm not here to be like my country WP. I promise editing in one account. If you have something to ask, it's okay to ask and I'll answer. PixelWhite (talk) 22:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
- Ot's a little different having en.wiki on the receving end as opposed to "sending a user somewhere else to rebuild community confidence", but this is pretty much the standard offer in action. Welcome to en.wiki; as long as you keep within the policies and guidelines you shouldn't have anything to worry about, and can use your good-standing history here to, in time, appeal your ban there. Go forth, and help build the encyclopedia! - The Bushranger One ping only 22:02, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry if i look an new user that doesn't know what I'm doing, but at the previous talk i had an autoconfirmed account in Portuguese WP. So I'm not a newbie who joined yesterday, I've been on Wikipedia for 1 year (on the Portuguese Wikipedia) PixelWhite (talk) 12:51, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
Returned sockpuppet
Hello. I hope you're having a good day. Recently I noticed that the obsessed sock stalker has come back with a new IP address that initially slipped past me. After looking into it a little more, it seems pretty clear that this is Wallis once again; his blocked 37 range had posted the same message as this new 176 [4], [5]. This is probably the range for 176 [6], but you can determine better than me. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 08:33, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
(Redacted)
- @KhndzorUtogh, I think you should pass this case to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents so you can get an faster response.
- @KhndzorUtogh: Looks like @Firefangledfeathers: got the IP directly. I've added a rangeblock to the /17 as clearly-them made some edits earlier today on a different address in that range. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 06:52, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- @KhndzorUtogh: Looks like @Firefangledfeathers: got the IP directly. I've added a rangeblock to the /17 as clearly-them made some edits earlier today on a different address in that range. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for moving that
I was not sure if I placed that notice in the correct location. Should I have put it where you moved it to in the end? Or was it correct to place it where I did, and then wait for an admin, such as yourself, to move it? Iljhgtn (talk) 03:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- If it's about admin conduct, it should usually be at AN. For an incident involving another user (or an admin simply editing as a normal user), ANI is the place to post. No worries! - The Bushranger One ping only 03:35, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
Since you brought it up, see this proposal. Cheers! BD2412 T 18:29, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
- I'll take a look - thanks. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:48, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Seeking your opinion
My time available will be on the wane soon so I was hoping you'd help me out with two cases that involve intermittent disruption not otherwise related.
73.8.124.70 has dropped by every couple of days to mess around, they also used another range but not at all recently. I was planning to just monitor for a bit to try and sniff out additional IPs/ranges as they targeted more pages, but it's clear I won't have the time. Too stale for AIV and there might be some reluctance to apply a lengthier block since the last one was only 31 hours. My take here is that anything less than a week seems likely to be ineffective, and since this is ongoing back to March, three months isn't out of the question for appropriateness.
2601:280:CD80:9F10:0:0:0:0/64 has a shorter intermittent spree that has been ongoing for just over a month, hasn't been blocked before but a 31 hour block is not going to cut it and they've ignored multiple warnings over many IPs. I'm inclined toward a month as appropriate given the lengthy persistence, low odds of collateral, lack of communication, and overtly disruptive intent, but I know that can be seen as a tad longish for a first block, so I'm open to correction.
Thought I’d reach out to you since we’ve been working together a bit on the noticeboards recently. Thanks, 184.152.65.118 (talk) 02:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
- Always glad to help out. Given the 73* a block for a week; the 2601* /64 also gets a week, as it's a first block better to start at the low end, if they return once it expires it can be lengthened. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:51, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, 184.152.65.118 (talk) 02:59, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 230, June 2025
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Baronage of Scotland page revert
WP:BLP trumps /all/ other policies (bar WP:V, I suppose). If there is contentious content regarding living people it MUST be left OUT unless a consensus is established to include it
Hi @The Bushranger I genuinely would like to learn here. May I ask why name-titles in a list are contentious?
Would name-titles and heirs listed here also be contentious where there are zero citations on the page?
I can't see the difference. Kellycrak88 (talk) 23:21, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
- Content of other articles is not relevant to whether or not content in one article is contentious or appropriate. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:50, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
- Appreciate the reply, I understand that, but that doesn't answer my two questions. I am genuinely trying to learn here. Kellycrak88 (talk) 09:20, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
TPA needs removal
Hi, do you think you can yank TPA from User talk:Jimbo "Willy" Wales? Relativity ⚡️ 02:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
- They're globally locked now, so they can't log in and edit at all. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:39, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks, must have missed that. Relativity ⚡️ 02:40, 18 June 2025 (UTC)