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Please note, Alison is currently Out of the Office, Out to Lunch, out of luck, and out of control (well, the last doesn't surprise any of us, her favorite TPW). If you need help, and it's something someone besides Allie can do, please bring it to their attention.. Otherwise leave a message at the *beep* and we'll try to do it for her anyway.. SirFozzie (talk) 05:06, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
[[Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of John Daker]] My guess is JtV. Happy New Year! NawlinWiki (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I have left a comment on the Talk page, I'd very much appreciate it if you'd join me in discussion. THanks. Twafotfs (talk) 20:38, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, just a minor clean-up issue. Could you please remove or deactivate the ((reqscreenshot)) template in User talk:Alison/Archive 10. Thanks --Traveler100 (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I just blocked Sourabholland (talk · contribs) as an obvious sock, but maybe I should have raised an SPI to make this better known. He'd quickly edited and reverted himself on another article so he could get past semi-protection. I see you tried a range block but it didn't take him long to get past it. Of course, I could be all wrong. I haven't tagged him yet. Any suggestions as to how to progress (or a trout if I've made a mistake)? Dougweller (talk) 12:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
What's going on with ScottyBerg? Are you sure this was a sock? AFAIK, Scotty has been editing productively on Wikipedia for quite some time. I'd be very surprised if he was a sock. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 18:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Wait - I must be losing my mind or something. This report is from September of last year.[1] Am I looking at the wrong one? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:56, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
This looks dubious to me. I would urge you to re-examine your evidence and (if still convinced) make clearer in public what your basis is William M. Connolley (talk) 09:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. Just to say that I'm currently working with the Arbitration Committee to resolve this issue one way or another. Yes, there is evidence that I cannot share here and to be honest, I don't like "secret" evidence any more than the next person, but for reasons of privacy I'd rather not share it here. That wouldn't be fair either. Checkuser is not perfect either and I would never claim 100% infallibility in anything. While I'm quite certain here that the block is justified, if ArbCom decides otherwise on review of the evidence, I will not hesitate to undo the block and apologize. It's happened before. In short, I'm working with ArbCom and I understand that ScottyBerg is also - Alison ❤ 18:13, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Alison,
ScottyBerg is currently involved in a lengthy deletion discussion in Wikimedia Commons. [4] The "length" of the discussion is due to ScottyBerg, since he is the only complaining editor.
I believe this block should apply to ScottyBerg in Commons as well. If it does not, is there any way to recuse him from the discussion and pending decision? Thank you for your time. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 19:51, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Okay, thank you. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 20:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you please tell User:Edison on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Tarc_reported_by_User:WR_Reader_.28Result:_.29 that http://184.172.174.94/~wikipede/ is the Wikipedia Review, not a successor or a replacement. The domain name (wikipediareview.com) is the only thing that expired. The forum, its threads, and the accounts are still there. Tell him that you can still log in to your account. See http://184.172.174.94/~wikipede/index.php?showtopic=36278 for some background. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 14:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
You previously protected Laura Wilson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) about three years ago for what I assume are oversight-related BLP reasons. I'm giving you a message to remind you of the state of the article :) Sceptre (talk) 21:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
I will certainly abide by it, but I would like to note that I was not speculating (the User himself acknowledged on the other site that he had posted the material here) and neither was I identifying a real life identity (merely a message board handle). That said, I filed the report and am done with the matter. Thank you.AceD (talk) 00:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate you protecting the page (as you noted, I suggested the same at WP:AN), but the edit-warring happened mostly five or more hours ago, so your edit summary may have been a touch out of date. Lame edit wars happen, but editors are not always lame about it. Geometry guy 01:57, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey Alison, could you take a look at User talk:208.102.209.78? It's User:Zhand38 who has been globally blocked for some time and is again threatening self harm, both there and on my talk page at commons. Thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:18, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Alison,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 06:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hope everything is fine with you. :) Quit coming online on Skype? --Highway Hitchhiker (talk) 08:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/F%C3%A6&diff=475795227 – Can you please Email me a copy of my revision. I don't have any copies, and I don't want to forget what I've said. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 21:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison. Did you see my email ? Please let me know any reply or if I should redirect the query, thanks - Youreallycan 13:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Alison, I actually have a feeling that User:Takabeg is also a sock puppet of User:Ledenierhomme (or vise versa). The reason I think this is because, historically, when I have forgetten to sign in, they have accussed me of being a "troll" just as User:AbdolRezaCCIH has been doing in the last few days towards User:OzofAvrupa. Furthermore, Takabeg used to be seen on the Iraqi Turkmens article as well as at Turks in Europe. Could you look into it? I have not listed it under the sockpuppet investigations just in case I'm wrong on this one, I don't want to start reporting innocent users. Turco85 (Talk) 13:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Not being a stalker, but how old are you. At first I thought you were in your early 20's, but then you talked about the late 70's, so now I'm confused!
Ironic, huh, that you'd support COPPA and you have kids of your own? Wouldn't they want to join wikipedia too or are they like six and seven years old? Just wondering.
((SUBST:User:Atum World/Toast)) (talk) 03:31, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
hi Alison. i expected it, more or less. some people have no sense of humor or taste in dongs. :< -badmachine 06:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison, as you seem to have some knowledge of this users behaviour would you please take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ledenierhomme. It seems as though know one has looked at the current case, Ledenierhomme is now going by the name "User:GAYousefSaanei".Turco85 (Talk) 01:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Guerillero | My Talk 05:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
User_talk:Fastily#Restoration_request – Can you please fulfill this restoration request? The image was uploaded way before Logs existed, so I need the page history. Fastily is "burnt out", so he or she won't be able to fulfill my request. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 11:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm leaving this message for known script authors, recent contributors to Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts, and those who've shown interest in user scripts.
This scripts listing page is in dire need of cleanup. To facilitate this, I've created a new draft listing at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts cleanup. You're invited to list scripts you know to be currently working and relevant. Eventually this draft page can replace the current scripts listing.
If you'd like to comment or collaborate on this proposal, see the discussion I started here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User scripts#Scripts listing cleanup project. Thanks! Equazcion (talk) 04:29, 25 Mar 2012 (UTC)
on my talk page. Please see User talk:LadyofShalott#?. See what you think. LadyofShalott 14:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
dear alison,
here is another one, [5].-- altetendekrabbe 07:11, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey if you get a chance, there are a few requests on the ACC tool that require a checkuser. Some are coming up on two days in the queue. Thanks! — Bility (talk) 16:36, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison! I'm sorry to bother you, I was wondering if you could take a look at this thread at ANI. I have no idea whether the circs of this incident warrant CheckUser action or not. It's very rare that report things to ANI, so I'm not fully clued up on procedure, but there is something about these editors contribs and concerns raised in the ANI thread that sets my spidey-senses off. Thanks on advance Pol430 talk to me 20:56, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Alison:
Tá brón orm go bhfuil mé caillte do affection (agus gur de Brown-eyed Girl, a bhfuil meas agam go mór). Tá mé ag cur sos ó Vicipéid. Ba mhaith liom tú ar an saol mór le do na páistí. Is mise, Quis separabit? 23:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I just thought I'd let you know what I think about your principles:
Thoughts on my reply? ChromaNebula (talk) 02:08, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey :). You're being contacted because you are involved in the ACC process, or participated in the original discussion in '08 about the ConfirmAccount extension. This is a note to let you know that we are seeking opinions on switching this extension on, effectively making the ACC process via the Toolserver redundant. You can read all the details here; I would be very grateful if people would indicate how they feel about the idea :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:18, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Alison, hope you are doing good :). I need to ask about a frank view/opinion on my contributions so far from all experienced users (all other users are also most welcome to comment). As i want to improve more and more day by day and help the project become more successful which i am proudly a part of. I am always truthful, i also intend to become an administrator in the future to help and serve the project better than ever and for that i need more help and support from all other users on every aspect. I had started my Wikipedia editor review Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser almost a month ago, but only one user till now have given me feedback about my contributions. Looking forward to hearing for suggestions from you and all members of the community :). Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 18:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.
For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi!
I'm a student at Michigan State University and am currently working on a project that highlights the experience of Wikipedia Administrators. As part of a class assignment, Professor Obar provided your contact information to be interviewed about the Adminship process. I can e-mail you a brief list of questions for the project as long as you're still interested in taking part. Feel free to e-mail me at hocka2012@gmail.com.
Thank You,
Allie
--Michaeldsuarez (talk) 15:51, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/David Lauder, thanks. 2 lines of K303 16:04, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
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I thank you, Madam. — 99801155KC9TV (talk) 18:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC) |
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And a post-script: — it seems, my dear and my most learned friend and lady, that the both of us are equally international in nature, albeit in separate, but not opposite, directions, and with vastly varying fortunes. — 99801155KC9TV (talk) 18:36, 1 May 2012 (UTC) |
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For saying "This project needs more tolerance, not more bannination" in a recent WP:ANI thread. I totally agree. —Torchiest talkedits 18:47, 2 May 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Alison, You recently performed a checkuser for a sock-puppet investigation I filed against ProwlingToad[7]. Thank you for taking care of that. I wanted to inquire about what the standard protocol is in removing, archiving, or striking out inappropriate article talk page comments by blocked users (or in general). Elsewhere I've witnessed editors deleting talk page comments—including by legitimate editors—that violate WP:FORUM. In the case of confirmed socks, I've seen editors strike out their talk page comments. I've searched, but cannot find any policy documents or guidelines governing these matters. Could you advise? I'm really just looking to clean up the talk pages that this guy cluttered up with multiple unconstructive threads and personal attacks. Thanks. Homunculus (duihua) 14:19, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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For your quick response to a new editor mistakenly posting his e-mail in a Feedback form, which I thought was beyond the technical ability of Oversighters to remove! :) Salvidrim! 06:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC) |
Pine(talk) 08:26, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
ma'am, you'd know- where may I find the lulziest lulz in wikipedia:/wikipedia_talk: space? Egg Centric 23:16, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison
Thanks for your "explanation" however the point I was making wasn't that the "urban legend" was true. I was making the point that it should be mentioned and then disproved by the many citations and sources arguing AGAINST it (bbc / Daily Mail / Daily Mirror / et al). I don't see how disproving or correcting an incorrect legend does any harm? For example, if a rumour was going around (and had been for 20 years) than Jimbo was gay but there was plenty of evidence that he wasn't would that be banned not only from the article but from the talk page as well? This seems to be a very very flimsy argument and whilst I can understand the need to protect people I think on this occasion it speaks of "fanboyishness" and serves to hide an issue that WP should be more than capable of setting the record straight on.
Removing a TALK section rather than addressing the issue raised seems to me to be very undemocratic. Why didn't you simply respond to my question on the TALK page rather than simply deleting the entire section - which smacked of Big Brother. I was making a point but also asking a legitimate series of questions which simply got binned! My points comparing the rumour to the ones impacting on Lady Gaga were just ignored when they merited a little discussion -- or is someone on the payroll of JLC? It hardly looks independent does it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanzarotemaps (talk • contribs) 00:38, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I've replied at my talk page. E-mail, if you'd rather. I'll monitor my e-mail continuously over the next half-hour if I see nothing on my talk. Cheers, --OhioStandard (talk) 09:20, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
The ANI post was over the top with "The original abuse, in a small way maybe, is just being perpetuated here. " No, it is/was just good faith editors seeing BM's actions as disruptive rather than misguided. Nobody Ent 03:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
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For following your heart. -badmachine 05:15, 24 May 2012 (UTC) |
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For being the best user on wikipedia Egg Centric 21:51, 24 May 2012 (UTC) |
~Crazytales (talk) (edits) 19:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I've reverted your unilateral whitelisting of a website notorious for hosting highly defamatory attack pages directed at wikimedians. I would suggest that you gather some sort of consensus for the inclusion of links to that website instead of unilaterally whitelisting it. I have to step away from the PC now, but seriously, let's not whitelist links to ED, which as you know is in a category of its own in his horrible harassment of wikimedians in the worst ways possible. Snowolf How can I help? 09:09, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison, where exactly do I have to request the blocking of an IP? As you can probably guess I don't normally request blocks. Thanks in advance.Turco85 (Talk) 18:08, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Guessing you've seen this. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 01:38, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
here: Diff of Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fæ/Workshop Regards, Bielle (talk) 21:48, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Doc9871 (talk · contribs) and some IP have helpfully mentioned you in this thread. Hope ya have your IPv6 tools sharpened. IPs are actually right, but may be anak nakal. Several of the user account are pretty BITEy, too. Br'erRabbit 06:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, your input is requested at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luka Magnotta (4th nomination), per your previous comments at the third AFD. Regards, -Stevertigo (t | c) 03:50, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison. FYI that User:Mgunetiquette is back with the account: User:Machinegunetiq. They continue their un-bias edits. I have requested a sockpuppet investigation, though, that might not be necessary since it's rather obvious. Perhaps you have better input on what to do :) Thanks. Sarah (talk) 18:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Alison. Here's to the one year anniversary of my unban. Cheers! CRRaysHead90 | Get Some! 09:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
I would like to report that banned user SCottyBerg might have returned under IP address 173.63.176.93. as ID. This individual is making pro-NY edits using travel sites(www.explorechinatown.com) as his sources. In the meantime, he rejects reliable resources that say otherwise, such as www.city-data-com. www.city-data-com collects data and info gathered by the U.S. census bureau for all communities w/in the U.S., from state all the way down to individual neighborhoods.
173.63.176.93's edits are eerily similar to ScottyBerg's. Furthermore, the edit history of 173.63.176.93 was non-existent until right after the blockage of ScottyBerg! We all knew he was going to be back sooner or later. It wasn't a matter of "if", but "when" and as "who". I'd give at least a 70% chance likelihood that ScottyBerg and 173.63.176.93 are one in same. In any case, I think it's in your best interest to definitely run a checkuser and put a block on them.
Regards, MBaxter1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:48, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
That's totally hot and I hadn't even noticed. Thanks for pointing it out! Keep the faith, Drmies (talk) 03:32, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for blocking. The only edit of his I didn't revert was this one because I was loath to touch that page. Also note the preceding edit (left side of the diff) by the IP and the edit summary.--Bbb23 (talk) 09:41, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your block of User:58.7.138.14, he of the incoherent anti-feminist screeds. You may well have spotted it already, but in case the situation escalates I'm 99% sure that User:120.151.106.44 is the same person, mostly due to posting the same nonsense on the same or similar articles. Thank you again for your quick work on this! Euchrid (talk) 00:11, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
I understand you are having issues with this user, he has turned up on History of antisemitism, can you keep an eye on this if possible? Joshuaselig (talk) 16:04, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Ali. Can you close out this AFD, please. I initiated it but am withdrawing it on second thought; we might as well nip it in the bud before I start getting insulted. Thanks.
:: BTW: Did an editor calling himself Terence noel george ever contact you? I advised him on his talk page, in response to a request that I re-edit his article, that you might be the best person to assist him. I doubt he is who he claims to be but everything is possible. ♥ Quis separabit? 16:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I saw the "wups!", so no worries : )
But I was wondering what happened? - jc37 00:29, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
With respect to your diff here; two editors appear not to understand your edit summary. Would you please elaborate on this at the appropriate talk page?. Fasttimes68 (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison. I was going through a list of checkusers and was wondering if you could checkuser this as it appears someone is impersonating me and other users and trying to get them blocked.—cyberpower ChatTemporarily Online 18:17, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
I've now seen several comments by the editor suggesting they have been using more than one account. This, depending on how one reads it, would appear to be another. Would this be worth requesting a checkuser? - jc37 16:12, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
I notice you've protected the Stephanie Adams page. I'm wondering why the discussion archives have been blanked. Is this something that's normally done? Talk:Stephanie Adams Thanks for checking into this. Pkeets (talk) 16:26, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. Normally I wouldn't bother, but considering it's not my usual address I'd hate for some troll to latch onto the wrong chap :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk)
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Hi. I'm not sure if you're aware (or if it's just me, for that matter), but <http://www.alisoncassidy.com/> currently returns a white screen accompanied by the text "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable" for me. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:39, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for that impressive round of sock-smashing. Looking at your contrib list... I think my mind would have exploded halfway through. Kevin Gorman (talk) 09:02, 15 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. Can you link me to the sockpuppet investigation that concluded that Kardthrow violated WP:SOCK? Was it established that he did not create a second account to effect a "clean start"? I'm just curious. Nightscream (talk) 14:26, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Ali. Thanks for having my back. I just noticed a little while ago. ♥ Quis separabit? 18:11, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
While getting rid of the article was the right thing at the time, she is now in Celebrity Big Brother so I don't feel that BLP1E still applies and seems a good idea to have the entire history there... Egg Centric 14:13, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Alison. I see that you indefinitely blocked User:DarthVader&Sons. Well, I'm pretty certain that he's back, this time as User:Lagresi. DarthVader&Sons added this contested material to the Serial killer article. Lagres has showed up out of nowhere and added the text back. Even though, unlike DarthVader&Sons, he has removed "(although this percentage is consistent with the general population of male homosexuals)," it's still suspicious that this "new user" would show up and pull this text out of the edit history to add it back to the article. Flyer22 (talk) 19:40, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/58.7.117.65 I think this new IP should seem familiar... Especially diffs such as this and this. Boasts of trolling and of being banned, again. bridies (talk) 14:12, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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--The Olive Branch 18:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison. I guess you're right, but I'm slightly confused. We have other images used in similar articles (such as [[Murder of Joanna Yeates|this one] which I used as a template for the above article]). So should none of these articles include images because they're about the event rather than the person? If you can spare a couple of minutes I'd appreciate a bit of advice on this as I don't want to do something that's not right in future. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:01, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Do you think it is reasonable to explain to people that the GNAA group are not actually gay black people trying to reclaim a pejorative? —Cupco 09:23, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi-At the talk page of the town of Colburn, Adams County, Wisconsin article, someone left his/her e-mail address. I am not sure if it is a problem or not. According to the history of the article's talk page, it has been there since 2006. Thank you-RFD (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Ankh.Morpork 14:49, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Can you put this ridiculousness to rest? Please and thank you :) --Zaiger (talk) 02:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Ali. Could you redirect this old userpage to my username as the name happens to coincide with my signature. (Can you believe it's been 5 years??). Thanks, as always, Quis separabit? 17:57, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Maractus talk 00:47, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I'm contacting you because, as a participant at Wikiproject Medicine, you may be interested in a new multinational non-profit organization we're forming at m:Wikimedia Medicine. Even if you don't want to be actively involved, any ideas you may have about our structure and aims would be very welcome on the project's talk page.
Our purpose is to help improve the range and quality of free online medical content, and we'll be working with like-minded organizations, such as the World Health Organization, professional and scholarly societies, medical schools, governments and NGOs - including Translators Without Borders.
Hope to see you there! --Anthonyhcole (talk) 21:17, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Lather-rinse-repeat. Does the repeat apply to both Lather and rinse, or just rinse? Nobody Ent 12:34, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Alison, you've just protected Youreallycan's user talk page on a version which outs me and falsely claims that I edited under my own name, which I never have done. I have asked for oversight on YRC's outing edits. Please get rid of that last edit. Prioryman (talk) 23:09, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you delete all revisions violating WP:OUTING, please.--В и к и T 23:11, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
I wanted to let him know I have proposed an IBAN but you have shut his talk page off, will you let him know please so he may respond, thanks. Darkness Shines (talk) 01:59, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks, --Rschen7754 04:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
I am a tad confused. Why was the revision by Viriditas on 22:54, 26 October 2012 oversighted? No comments containing Prioryman's name were there beforehand and it would seem odd for Viriditas to say Prioryman's name when it was clear Prioryman was citing outing over that very issue.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 20:31, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
I name-dropped you at ANI, regarding a user you once blocked for calling others homophobes at Talk:Crisco. Tarc (talk) 19:52, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison: This just in. Regards, Eric: Esowteric+Talk 15:38, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Vacation9 (talk) 00:26, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
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For the Arbitration Committee, Lord Roem (talk) 23:13, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks very much for pointing out my mistake on dexamethasone. Saturnink (talk · contribs) has been warned about the inadvisability of adding codswallop to Wikipedia (after all the interaction has not been documented). JFW | T@lk 22:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello Alison! I came here because of your quick work when we contacted Oversight earlier. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to help with the COPPA compliance? As I am doing my reversions, sometimes I see all kinds of personal information being put out there about kids. This is particularly true about highschool articles and music articles. I wish I could lock pages, but you have to be an admin to do that, and I'm not interested in the headache of going through the admin process. It's painful just to watch others go through it. Is there a COPPA project or anything like that? I'd like to help. --Sue Rangell[citation needed] 01:29, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Alison
You have dealt fairly regarding other articles I have been an editor on and wish to ask you to offer opinion on the above talk page.
Here are the facts: The BBC flagship news program 'Newsnight' suggested a very senior Conservative member of parliament abused children. Evidence for this was obtained through web sites including Lord McAlpine's talk history, allegations which had no substance were bandied about on this page. Now the BBC have issued a grovelling apology the BBC in disarray and the program made be cancelled and yet even now some editors wish to include this incorrect and defamatory nonsense in the main article. I wish to roll back and delete any suggestion that Lord McAlpine was involved in child abuse on the talk history page. Not only is it a bad day for the BBC but a terrible day for Wikipedia.
On the Harriet Harman BLP article you stated that the talk history be archived or deleted, this is a much stronger case for removal as a matter of urgency to protect this poor mans reputation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/09/newsnight-lord-mcalpine-abuse-allegations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20278885
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20268548 Twobells (talk) 11:45, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Ali, do you know anything about or can you help with this? I only ask since I know you're a computer whiz. Thanks. Quis separabit? 16:56, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
In this AfD discussion House_of_du_Souich, I strongly suspect sock puppetry and astroturfing. I do not know how to launch such an investigation or even if I should. Could I get another set of eyes on this? --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 00:50, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
You will see that glowing description here. It was suggested there that I wave this towards you. I think it intersects with some of your specialist area of interest, and you might find it of more than passing interest. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 00:17, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
I have sent you one. pablo 11:06, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
Alison, one of the major disadvantages of this site is that there is no way in which long-established admins can contact/console each other. Or if there is, I have not found it. I am still here; is all well with you? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 23:14, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Alison, a few years ago you created this account for me as a doppelganger so I couldn't be impersonated. You procedurally blocked it as I was banned at the time. Well, as you know, I'm not anymore and was wondering if anything can be done about the block message to update it to reflect my current status on wiki. thanks. CRRaysHead90 | Get Some! 00:52, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
SQGibbon (talk) 21:54, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Saw your CU. I'm familiar with Flyer22, have had many private talks and even gave her IP exempt due to problems with her "brother", in good faith. Whether it really is her as both, or her brother, you may know this has been a long term problem. I would be shocked if I didn't get an email soon, and I will direct her this way. I revoked Mike's talk page access based on the fact that this is a sock, making his current activity just trolling. There has likely been a few dozen IPs and names that trace back to this same place, much of which isn't in the SPI archives. In hindsight, I can completely see how this the same IP as Flyer, whether or not there really is a brother. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 00:05, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Alison, what the heck is the situation with Flyer22?
I mean, if Flyer22 has to be blocked for some reason, OK, but this would be a terrible loss to the project. We need her. There are very few editors willing and able to engage editors in depth on certain fringe sexual issues, such as editors who wish to normalize adult sex with young children. These editors are sometimes clever, erudite, and subtle, and are often tireless. I can't do this. You can't do this. Flyer22 can. Do we have to throw her away? Now that Will Beback is also thrown away, practically the only one left willing and able to do this is Legitimus, and he's only one person. This is a problem.
If Flyer22 is some kind of destructive or mad troll, she'd be a pretty unusual one, in that she's put in years and years of really constructive work that is vital and that virtually no one else is willing to do. I've worked with Flyer22 for years and haven't seen any evidence of the behaviors that you attribute to her, such as a "LGBT POV-pushing spree". So this is a very odd case.
Everyone understands that many households have one computer that is shared by two or more people, as is the case in Flyer22's household. We're not all rich or middle-class you know. I suppose this presents a problem regarding puppetry, and I can see that that could be complicated and I don't know how that's handled or should be handled. However, that's not an issue here, since I gather from your note that you have 100% incontrovertible proof that Flyer22, and not some other person using her computer, is engaged in the nefarious behavior you describe, based on edit times and other info.
I'll be double-checking your work very closely over the coming days, what I can check. I can't check who is using a Singaporean proxy, but you've stated that the actual account Flyer22 has been using a Singaporean proxy (it would be counterproductive for Flyer22 to run the actual Flyer22 account through a proxy, though, so that seems odd -- is there no chance that this could happen due to using a browser setting set by a previous user of that browser, or something?). But I assume the data is incontrovertible or you wouldn't have acted as you did, so this is just a formality I suppose.
Whatever, it's a sad day for the Wikipedia, that's for sure, and a serious loss. A little less crowing ("you're done here") might have been in order, maybe. Herostratus (talk) 05:10, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hey all :).
I'm dropping you a note because you've been involved in dealing with feedback from the Article Feedback Tool. To get a better handle on the overall quality of comments now that the tool has become a more established part of the reader experience, we're undertaking a round of hand coding - basically, taking a sample of feedback and marking each piece as inappropriate, helpful, so on - and would like anyone interested in improving the tool to participate :).
You can code as many or as few pieces of feedback as you want: this page should explain how to use the system, and there is a demo here. Once you're comfortable with the task, just drop me an email at okeyeswikimedia.org and I'll set you up with an account :).
If you'd like to chat with us about the research, or want live tutoring on the software, there will be an office hours session on Monday 17 December at 23:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office connect. Hope to see some of you there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:32, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
Spread the cheer by adding ((subst:Xmas2)) to their talk page with a friendly message.
Thank you!! Merry Christmas to you as well - Alison ❤ 06:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
--Pine✉ 08:52, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Alison - I saw your edit here. I don't doubt it - the user's behavior makes it likely - but when I click on the link for the SPI, it leads to the Nrcprm2026 page where an SPI archive link is listed, but it doesn't contain any information on 2010 SO16. Can you refer me to the page where 2010 SO16's SPI took place? Thanks, AzureCitizen (talk) 04:48, 24 December 2012 (UTC)