I dream of Maple

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November 2019

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Antisemitic canard: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. CLCStudent (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

CLCStudent I've seen other users handing them out. I'm not entirely sure what level to place on each one. Also is there is some automation I can use? Looking at your contrib feed I see edit summaries that look like they come off of some script? I dream of Maple (talk) 15:50, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

You can use this gadget call Twinkle. Instructions can be found at Wikipedia:Twinkle. CLCStudent (talk) 15:56, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I dream of Maple (talk) 15:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks! Yummy! I've been snacking on a couple of socks today too. :). I dream of Maple (talk) 14:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Eastern Europe discretionary sanctions alert

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Eastern Europe or the Balkans. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

El_C 09:05, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Unblock request and response to allegations

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

I dream of Maple (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. whatismyipaddress.com says my IP address is 38.122.71.90. I am using a notebook provided by my institution. I can't connect to a network without a shield icon in the tray being enabled. The IT department said this is required for my safety and for their network to be safe.I dream of Maple (talk) 06:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Decline reason:

See SQL's comments below.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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I am unable to respond to User:El C, User:Piotrus, User:TonyBallioni, User:Bbb23 on El C's talk page or to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Icewhiz linked from there. This is my response:

A. I have not edited with other accounts. A long time ago I did edit some without registering an account. I had some time on my hands, so I registered and I've been learning the ins and outs of stuff on here.

B. I installed Twinkle after User:CLCStudent told me about Twinkle and user warnings. You can see this User talk:I dream of Maple#November 2019. Before, I used the undo button.

C. My involvement with Poland is through Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pastsheld.

D. I first encounterd Patsheld when I saw other editors undid his contributions, however he made similar edits that were not undone. So I examined those edits. So [1] led to my edit there. and [2] led to my AfD. I then looked at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender, saw duplicates I removed, and voted in a few other discussions. I think I also added to my Watchlist other articles which involved people in the AfD or Patsheld.

E. The next day, I saw User:Rayonlada make the same edit on the page I watchlisted. So I filed a report: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pastsheld/Archive.I did a similar report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Couper2802/Archive where User:YorkshireLad was also suspicious because of repeating the same edits. I got there also from recent changes.

F. After this popped a bit more on my watchlist, I made an edit to Home Army, commented on the talk page, and also commented on a MilHist discussion that User:Piotrus linked to on Home Army: [3].

H. I did not make "extreme anti-Polish claims". I quoted [4] published in German Studies Review: "As Marcin Zaremba and other historians have pointed out, Poles killed more Jews than they did Germans during the occupation (excluding the September 1939 campaign and before the Warsaw Uprising of 1944), and the lessons were carried on in a “fourth phase of the Holocaust” after the war.". This was brought up by another user on the talk page.

I. In parallel, User:Boshjake234 repeated the same edit as User:Pastsheld on another page. This led to me filing again at: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pastsheld

J. As a result of this filing, some sockpuppets were uncovered and blocked. I examined their contributions and undid them. So on Katyn massacre, I undid [5] an edit [6] by User:Voltcable. On Stefan Michnik I undid [7] and edit [8] by User:Agingrooms that was blocked in the investigation.

In short, my involvement with Poland was random, resulting from me following Pastheld (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pastsheld) whom I encountered at random. I have been trying to learn on Wikipedia, and I followed advice by User:CLCStudent to install Twinkle and warn users I undid their edits. I did not think this would make me prime suspect #1. --I dream of Maple (talk) 06:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

SQL one of your range blocks. It's definitely an ISP that can be used as a proxy, but I'll let you double check. TonyBallioni (talk) 06:46, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

TonyBallioni, This specific range looks to likely be FDCServers.net, see: [9]. Frankly, this feels like a commercial VPN to me. UTRS appeal #27983 also mentions issues editing from work on a nearby range (and is also in the middle of a pool of mailservers...), to be on the safe side however, I will lift the 9 rangeblocks I placed on Cogent / FDCServers last night, possibly pending a closer look. SQL^{Query me!} 15:34, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. --I dream of Maple (talk) 17:54, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

• @I dream of Maple, TonyBallioni, and ST47:, Upon further investigation, 38.122.71.88/29 is Hola (VPN), a free peer-to-peer vpn that is commonly abused by LTA's. This extremely unlikely to be a work-related VPN (I don't know of an IT dept that would use a peer-to-peer vpn!). As such, I have reblocked the range. You will either need to apply for WP:IPBE via the instructions at WP:IPECPROXY, or disconnect from Hola in order to edit.

sql@ns1$ whois -h rwhois.cogentco.com -p 4321 38.122.71.90
%rwhois V-1.5:0010b0:00 rwhois.cogentco.com (CGNT rwhoisd 0.0.0)
network:ID:NET4-267A47581D
network:Network-Name:NET4-267A47581D
network:IP-Network:38.122.71.88/29
network:Org-Name:Hola networks Ltd
network:Street-Address:245 Consumers Rd.
network:City:Toronto
network:Country:CA
network:Postal-Code:M2J 1R3
network:Tech-Contact:ZC108-ARIN
network:Updated:2019-05-17 20:29:51
%ok

SQL^{Query me!} 22:48, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Just a note: don't bother applying for IPBE. You won't get it.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Eastern Europe topic ban

Since the block on the open proxy you use is, somehow lifted (!), you are hereby topic banned from Eastern Europe, broadly construed, due to such suspicious edits as these: Icewhiz — you. You may appeal this ban at AE, of course. El_C 17:13, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

El_C what does this mean? What is AE? Can I discuss this with you? I am not using an open proxy, I am using the notebook assigned to me. In the edit you are pointing at I undid the sock-puppet User:Agingrooms: [10] who used a bad source. The only reason I got to that article was because User:ST47 uncovered Agingrooms in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pastsheld. I reported a different user, who repeated the edit of a blocked sock. After ST47 blocked the six users there, I went through through their contributions. Each of the six accounts had one edit. Some were previously undid as vandalism, some were innocuous, and two I undid. The only reason I got there was the Pastsheld investigation. --I dream of Maple (talk) 18:06, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

What is AE, you ask without bothering to click on the link. Okay...? Anyway, what are the odds that, you, of all editors, would be logging into Wikipedia via a connection that is seemingly checkuser immune? Seems far fetched — that you won the randomness lottery, as it were. But I can't prove it. So, fine, ban rescinded. But you will have to do without extended-confirmed access, I'm not going to rescind that so that you can continue edit warring in Home Army. Naturally, any further involvement in edit warring or any edits viewed as disruptive or tendentious in that (or other) area(s) are going to be responded to harshly. Thank you for your close attention. El_C 19:02, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I do not intend to war at Home Army or anywhere else. I did not realize that Polish topics were such a minefield. --I dream of Maple (talk) 14:48, 11 December 2019 (UTC)