2804:F14:80D6:E401:940E:7D0B:8B52:EAB1

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

You're doing a fabulous impression of a bot. Knitsey (talk) 21:02, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

@Knitsey: Lol, thanks. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to restart the bot - their summaries (which I'm using a script to generate, and manually removing) are surprisingly useful.

Also hey, it seems that the fix for the permanently-there "you have a new message" banner for IPs has been implemented. – 2804:F14:80D6:E401:940E:7D0B:8B52:EAB1 (talk) 21:06, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

I noticed an update today but I only used my ip once whilst in hospital so I can't remember what you could and couldn't access for ip editing...but that's got to be much easier for you. Now all we need is a thanks button for you. Knitsey (talk) 21:11, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

No AIV clerking please

Hi 2804:F14:80D6:E401:940E:7D0B:8B52:EAB1, I understand your desire to help in this way, but it creates more work because I can't blindly trust your removals. Please don't remove others' AIV reports. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:15, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: Okie, I'll stop. I'm sure someone found it useful while it lasted - presumably the admins doing the blocks - but I do understand that the admin that did the block could just as easily remove it for less circular work. – 2804:F14:80D6:E401:940E:7D0B:8B52:EAB1 (talk) 21:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Yeah, I've checked and all removals seem correct. Thanks for your time and work. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:19, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	I can't just come here to complain about correct work done by the wrong person. The very least I have to do is to properly thank you for your time. If you're still eager, mainspace is probably still full of work, and vandals are editing it 24/7. I'd love to see you back as AIV as a reporter. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:22, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Oh for sure, it's honestly impressive how a lot of you admins do this every day - I've been on anti-vandalism binges (I guess is the word) before, up to months(pretty sure 99% of the edits on my /32 range were mine), but it's not like there is any less vandalism (just less of the same vandals maybe) - so multiple times I've had to just not do it for a while...

I guess what I'm saying is, I'm glad to help, it feels worth it if any of you all have a bit less work. Even if I can't bring myself to do it all the time. – 2804:F14:80D6:E401:940E:7D0B:8B52:EAB1 (talk) 21:32, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

---