User talk:NinjaRobotPirate

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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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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]

Reliable sources Noticeboard

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 (1 2), 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!-- Ponyo^{bons 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

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Graveland. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.

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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!

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	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]

UTRS appeal #97960

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]